𝐃𝐞𝐚ðŦ 𝐍ðĒðĒ-𝐎𝐚𝐧,

𝐘ðĻðŪ ðĶðĒð ðĄð­ 𝐧ðĻ𝐭 ðŦ𝐞ðĶ𝐞ðĶ𝐛𝐞ðŦ 𝐎ðĒ𝐧𝐜𝐞 ðēðĻðŪ 𝐰𝐞ðŦ𝐞 𝐠ðĻ𝐧𝐞 𝐝ðŪðŦðĒ𝐧𝐠 ð­ðĄðšð­ 𝐭ðĒðĶ𝐞, 𝐛ðŪ𝐭 𝟑 ðē𝐞𝐚ðŦ𝐎 𝐚𝐠ðĻ, ðĶðē 𝐜𝐚𝐭 ðŦ𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚ðē.

𝐈 ðĄðšð ðĶ𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭ðĻ 𝐭ðŦ𝐚𝐜ðĪ ðĄðĒðĶ 𝐛𝐞ðēðĻ𝐧𝐝 ð­ðĄðž ð”ðœðĄðĒðĄðš 𝐂ðĻðĶðĐðĻðŪ𝐧𝐝 𝐭ðĻ ð­ðĄðž 𝐛ðĻðŦ𝐝𝐞ðŦ𝐎 ðĻ𝐟 𝐚 ðŊ𝐚𝐎𝐭 𝐟ðĻðŦ𝐞𝐎𝐭. ð“ðĄðž 𝐭ðŦ𝐞𝐞𝐎 𝐰𝐞ðŦ𝐞 ðĄðŪ𝐠𝐞, 𝐎ðĻ ðĄðŪ𝐠𝐞 ð­ðĄðšð­ ð­ðĄðž 𝐎ðŪ𝐧 𝐜ðĻðŪðĨ𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐎𝐞𝐞𝐧 ðĒ𝐧𝐎ðĒ𝐝𝐞.

ð“ðĄðžðŦ𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐎 𝐚 𝐰ðĻðĶ𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐚ðŦ ð­ðĄðž 𝐚ðŦ𝐞𝐚. 𝐈 ðĨðĒðĪ𝐞𝐝 ðĄðžðŦ ðĄðšðĒðŦ. 𝐇𝐞ðŦ𝐎 𝐰𝐚𝐎 𝐟ðŪðĨðĨðē ðŊðĒðĻðĨ𝐞𝐭, ðŪ𝐧ðĨðĒðĪ𝐞 ðĶðĒ𝐧𝐞.

ð“ðĄðž ðĪðŪ𝐧ðĻðĒðœðĄðĒ 𝐎𝐞𝐞ðĶ𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐜𝐚ðŦðē 𝐚𝐭 𝐟ðĒðŦ𝐎𝐭 ð°ðĄðžð§ ðŽðĄðž ðĄðšð ð­ðĄðŦðĻ𝐰𝐧 𝐚 ðĪðŪ𝐧𝐚ðĒ 𝐚𝐭 ðĶ𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 ðœðĄðšðŽðžð ðĶ𝐞 𝐚ðŦðĻðŪ𝐧𝐝 𝐟ðĻðŦ 𝐛𝐞ðĒ𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 "𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞ðĶðē 𝐛ðŦ𝐚𝐭 𝐎𝐞𝐞ðĪðĒ𝐧𝐠 𝐚 ððžðšð­ðĄ 𝐰ðĒðŽðĄ", 𝐛ðŪ𝐭 ðŽðĄðž 𝐰𝐚𝐎 𝐚𝐜𝐭ðŪ𝐚ðĨðĨðē 𝐧ðĒ𝐜𝐞!

ð’ðĄðž ðĐðŦðĻðĶðĒ𝐎𝐞𝐝 𝐭ðĻ ðĄðžðĨðĐ ðĶ𝐞 𝐟ðĒ𝐧𝐝 𝐊ðŪðŦðĻ, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 ðĒ𝐧 ðŦ𝐞𝐭ðŪðŦ𝐧, 𝐈 𝐰ðĻðŪðĨ𝐝 𝐛ðŪðē ðĄðžðŦ 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠ðĻ. ð“ðĄðž 𝐰ðĻðĶ𝐚𝐧 ðŦ𝐞ðĶðĒ𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 ðĶ𝐞 ðĻ𝐟 ðēðĻðŪ.

𝐘ðĻðŪ 𝐛ðĻð­ðĄ 𝐚ðŦ𝐞 𝐛ðĒ𝐠 ðŽð°ðžðžð­ðĄðžðšðŦ𝐭𝐎! (𝐀𝐧𝐝 ðĄðšðŊ𝐞 𝐞𝐧ðĻðŦðĶðĻðŪ𝐎 𝐎𝐭ðĻðĶðšðœðĄðŽ. ð–ðĄðžðŦ𝐞 𝐝ðĻ 𝐚ðĨðĨ ðĻ𝐟 ð­ðĄðĻ𝐎𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠ðĻ𝐎 𝐠ðĻ?)

Her leg was nuzzled, and she turned to see Kuro wiggling its tail.

"You really like to be pampered, don't you?"

𝐊ðŪðŦðĻ 𝐜𝐚ðĶ𝐞 ðŦðŪ𝐧𝐧ðĒ𝐧𝐠 ðĄðĻðĶ𝐞 ðĻ𝐧 ðĒ𝐭𝐎 ðĻ𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞ðŦ 𝐚 ð°ðĄðĒðĨ𝐞, 𝐟ðĻðŦ𝐭ðŪ𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞ðĨðē. 𝐇𝐞 𝐟ðĻðĨðĨðĻ𝐰𝐎 ðĶ𝐞 𝐚ðŦðĻðŪ𝐧𝐝 ð°ðĄðžðŦ𝐞ðŊ𝐞ðŦ 𝐈 𝐠ðĻ 𝐧ðĻ𝐰, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 ðēðĻðŪ ðĶ𝐞𝐧𝐭ðĒðĻ𝐧𝐞𝐝 ð­ðĄðšð­ 𝐊ðŪðŦðĻ 𝐰𝐚𝐎 𝐎ðĐ𝐞𝐜ðĒ𝐚ðĨ 𝐜ðĻðĶðĐ𝐚ðŦ𝐞𝐝 𝐭ðĻ ð­ðĄðž ðĻð­ðĄðžðŦ 𝐧ðĒ𝐧𝐧𝐞ðĪðĻ𝐎, 𝐛ðŪ𝐭...

She grabbed the toy mouse and placed it in front of him, watching for his reaction.

He zoned in on the doll and stared.

Just like a cat who was about to pounce on its prey, Kuro's mouth opened wide.

His eyes expanded and expanded, pupils overwriting everything on his face, matching that of his fur...

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Until it was his moment to strike.

"Yowl!"

She laughed lightly at the sight of Kuro trying his best to tackle the toy.

𝐈 ðŪ𝐎𝐞𝐝 𝐭ðĻ 𝐠𝐞𝐭 ð­ðĄðž 𝐟𝐞𝐞ðĨðĒ𝐧𝐠 ð­ðĄðšð­ ðĒ𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐎𝐧'𝐭 ðŦ𝐞𝐚ðĨðĨðē ðĶðē 𝐜𝐚𝐭 ð­ðĄðšð­ 𝐜𝐚ðĶ𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜ðĪ ð­ðĄðšð­ 𝐝𝐚ðē, 𝐛ðŪ𝐭 𝐚 𝐜ðĻðĶðĐðĨ𝐞𝐭𝐞ðĨðē 𝐝ðĒ𝐟𝐟𝐞ðŦ𝐞𝐧𝐭 ðĻ𝐧𝐞.

𝐈𝐭 ðĶðŪ𝐎𝐭 ðĄðšðŊ𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 ðĶðē ðĒðĶ𝐚𝐠ðĒ𝐧𝐚𝐭ðĒðĻ𝐧, ðŦðĒð ðĄð­?

𝐘ðĻðŪðŦ 𝐝ðŪ𝐜ðĪðĨðĒ𝐧𝐠,

𝚄𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚑𝚊 𝚂𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚔𝚘.

ï―Ĩ ï―ĄïūŸ: *.āļ… āļ… .* :.ï―ĄïūŸï―Ĩ

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A mouse sniffed the chalky power surrounding the metallic fence.

When it saw nothing cropping up, the rodent took a step forward and entered the forested training ground, munching happily on a patch of dried, white-like leaves blooming in the center.

"Squeak!" The sound echoed.

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Jet-black tendrils retracted themselves, dropping the body emulating the colorless flora to the ground.

The Forest of Death was once again struck with silence.

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Iroko means "cousin".