Chapter 16 B

"All right then. Nyow Inuka, show me the results of your training!" Pitou commanded.

"Y-yes Pitou-sama! Here goes" Inuka stood up from her chair and held her arms out in front of her. A bluish-purple aura was emanating from the dog girl's hands. Seeing nen ability It was a mesmerizing sight for Hippotsu causing him to gasp at the otherworldly appearance of the aura spewing from Inuka's finger tips. Even though Hippotsu was amazed at this sight, Neferpitou was used to it and isn't so easily impressed.

"That's your hatsu Inuka?" asked Pitou.

"Yes Pitou-sama. I can emit my nen through my paws!" Inuka said excitedly.

Neferpitou looked a bit puzzled, perhaps she was expecting something extravagant. Or maybe her standards were too high since she herself had one of the strongest nen abilities on the planet. Leaving her judgement aside, she decided to try and be patient with Inuka. "I see. Not bad Inuka. It's a step in the right direction. Pretty soon you'll be able to make, 'useful abilities'. Nyow then, Hippotsu-san, are you re-" Inuka cut her off.

"Um...Pitou-sama, please keep looking. I'm not finished yet." Pleaded Inuka.

Neferpitou turned her head back to Inuka and noticed the quality of her nen started to change. It was become misty and making the air kind of thick however not difficult to breathe in nor was it toxic in any way. After a few seconds the entire room was engulfed in a bluish-purple cloud. Inuka then concentrated her aura into different sections of the mist in order to change it's quality even further. A thick and bouncy cloud like substance was formed from the mist. Multiple small purple clouds were now floating around the room being controlled by Inuka.

"Th-that is amazing! Inuka! This is your nen? It's so-" Hippotsu cut himself off since he was mesmerized by Inuka's fantastic display. Hippotsu of course knew of how nen worked and he has performed check ups on nen-nodes before, however actually seeing the power in front of him still was very surprising.

Each cloud was individually controlled by Inuka. A stunning display for those who aren't to familiar with nen abilities and those who barely ever bare witness to it's majestic nature.

"You see Pitou-sama! I made little baby clouds! Hehe, aren't they adorable?" Inuka was excited to finally be able display her hatsu. She's worked hard on it for two weeks straight after all. This was a chance for her to finally prove that she can be useful to her queen and she has the means of doing that wit her nen ability.

The clouds dissipated and the room was cleared of the smog. "How was that Pitou-sama did I do good?" Being part dog one could assume that Inuka was very sensitive to criticism, scolding or negative feedback in general.

Domestic canines usually respond best to cues that that an owner endows within while training them. Some owners however abuse their pets with loud and angry words that just frighten them. There was once such a dog underwent such hardships through an abusive master, a small beagle that was popular in dog shows. She'd often get high scores and be praised by the judges. However on the off chance she make one mistake, the owner would scold the poor dog and yell at it for it's poor performance and starve her for an entire twenty four hours for every mistake that's made. After years of abuse the poor dog ran away from it's owner abandoning that life of abuse for good.

"Did I do good Pitou-sama... or perhaps I failed...and you're upset with me?" Inuka asked.

Pitou looked at Inuka while smiling and said "it wasn't anything special right nyow, but with a bit more polish it could turn out to be very useful nen ability. You have potential, great work Inuka."

That wasn't the reaction she was expecting from her queen. It wasn't positive nor was it negative but it was completely neutral. Inuka didn't know how to respond. She bowed in front of her queen and thanked her out of respect. Then she attempted to walk out of the room.

"Hey, where are you going?" Pitou asked.

"I-I just need a minute to myself. Sorry your majesty." Inuka said in a soft voice, almost as if she was devastated to hear those words. Afterward, she walked out of the queens chamber leaving Neferpitou, Hippotsu and Jagren.

Hippotsu tried to rectify the situation by saying "Your majesty, please pay her no mind! She's always been like that ever since we first met. She'd often work with Pig to expand her culinary horizons. Of course back then her squadron leader 'Zazan'-sama would often scold her for wasting her time cooking anything but meals for the queen. Every time someone said anything bad to her, she's start to cry or run away to her room. It's the same thing with her every single time."

Pitou noticed a specific name that dropped from Hippotsu's mouth just now "What did you just say Hippotsu?" she asked.

"Oh uh well, Inuka's just very sensitive and she's always been like th-" he was cut off

"No the other thing. Who was her squadron leader?" Pitou asked

"Um It was Zazan-sama. May I ask why that name stuck out to you my queen?" Said Hippotsu

Pitou grabbed her chin with her thumb and index finger and said "Perhaps...I should inqure a bit more about what happened to me while I was in my coma...or rather while I was considered dead." She thought to herself. "Hippotsu, let's put this little party of ours on hold for now. I need to check something! I'll see you soon!" Pitou ran out the door immediately headed to who knows where?

"Uwa! Your majesty wait!" Hippotsu sighed. "Damn it. So I guess I'm the one who'll have to clean all of this up huh? Well, it is for the queen. Maybe I should carry Jagren back to his quarters as well."

Hippotsu started to clean up the leftover snacks off of the table in order to keep the tidiness of the Pitou's room. However as he was cleaning, there was another presence besides him and Jagren in the room. "Huh? Oh did you wake up already Jag-! Who are you? W-wait...PLEASE DON'T!"

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