Chapter 9
The lion’s vertical pupils stared at Nyx, its gaze surprisingly develd of any malice but only pure friendliness.
Nyx was so nervous that her palms were sweating. She’d mentally prepared herself for a bloody showdown, and it actually ended up so peaceful.
She was pissed but also kinda amused. Tossing her fork aside, she plopped back down into her chair with a heavy sigh
“She thought, ‘No doubt, this is the same lion from last night.
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So last night wasn’t some crazy dream after all.”
The lion acted like it owned the place, sidling up to her, rubbing against her side, and eyeing the leftover soup like it was a five–star meal.
“Hey, you can’t eat this,” Nyx warned, using one hand to move the bowl away while she tried to push the lion’s face back with
the other.
And then, the lion licked her hand again.
This time, Nyx was a little more chill about it. Without skipping a beat, she used the lion’s fur like a towel and wiped her hand on it.
Last night, she only saw a shadowy outline of the lion due to the light, but now she could see it clearly. Its golden fur shimmered, its thick mane was straight–up majestic, and it oozed wild, untamed charisma. It was like a young and beautiful king of the jungle.
But then, Nyx blinked and shook her head.
On closer inspection, there seemed to be a swirling cloud of black mist wrapped around the lion, writhing and twitching in a way that didn’t look friendly at all.
She reached out to touch it, but her hand passed straight through.
She tried a couple more times, but the mist just stayed out of reach. The lion, looking increasingly annoyed, finally let out a low growl and snapped at her hand.
It came fast and vicious, showing its sharp teeth and violent expression. However, the lion just gently rested its teeth on her hand but didn’t actually bite her. It was just a bluff.
Nyx yelped in mock pain, exaggerating her reaction. “Ah!!”
The lion immediately let go of her, its face wearing a look of shock and guilt, like it hadn’t meant to actually hurt her.
The sight was so ridiculous, and Nyx couldn’t hold it in anymore She burst out laughing, but that only led to the lion pouncing on her again.
Nyx almost toppled the chair in the process. Feeling way too comfortable with this lion, she slapped it right on the face as at playful retaliation and then bolted.
The lion, still clearly in the mood for a game, lazily trotted after her but didn’t push too hard. They ended up running in circles until they hit the bedroom, where the lion gave her a powerful shove that sent her tumbling into the soft bed.
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It could’ve easily crushed her with just a fraction of its strength, but somehow it managed to keep its power in check, ensuring she wasn’t hurt. Its control of power was almost impressive.
Nyx, feeling surprisingly touched by this, decided to go all in. Using the same moves she’d mastered back when she used to play with Dollar, she gave the lion some good massage. The lion completely into it, rumbled happily, purring like a motor.
But after a while, Nyx’s attention shifted back to the swirling black mist.
She couldn’t touch it, but she could see it. And it just didn’t sit right with her. Something about it felt off, like it was leeching onto the lion, making everything more dangerous.
Nyx tried to figure out how to deal with the mist. Suddenly, she felt a shift. A small section of the mist in front of her seemed to dissolve.
Nyx kept pushing, trying to break it apart. The mist seemed to burn away, like a cloud of bugs being roasted by flames. The hole in the mist widened, and the dark mist gradually retreated.
But just as she was starting to make some headway, dizziness hit her. She had to stop and rubbed her temples, feeling the pressure building behind her eyes.
Her ears were ringing, and she felt a heavy fatigue wash over her not physical, but mental, like her brain had just run a marathon
She instinctively thought of the stories she’d heard about the “mental power” of female beastmen.
‘Wait… Could this be me? Do I have mental power too? And what about that black mist? Is it related to the black mist?‘ she thought.
Too many questions were flooding her mind. She thought she needed to ask Zayne about this. He seemed like the expert on this whole mental power thing.
Nyx glanced sideways at the lion, which had its eyes half–closed, burring lazily as if it were on the verge of dozing off. Taking advantage of the moment, she quietly pulled up her Intelligent Brain and sent Zayne a message: [How’s work going? We’ve got a lion in the house.]
She figured since Zayne had just left not too long ago, and medical rescue wasn’t that quick, he wouldn’t see the message right away.
To her surprise, Zayne replied almost instantly: [A lion? In our house?]
A video call invitation popped up right after, and Nyx clicked to answer. She saw Zayne’s anxious face on the screen.
“You saw a lion? Where is it? Don’t be scared. Just hide now. There’s a safe door next to your wardrobe, hurry!” Zayne barked, his voice sharp with worry.
Nyx couldn’t help but notice how he sounded way more panicked than she felt. She quickly said to calm him down, “It’s a lion. But don’t worry, it’s really friendly…”
Just then, the lion, who’d been napping behind Nyx, made its presence known.
When Zayne saw the massive lion on the screen, his face went pale. It was clear that the lion could easily smash Nyx into pieces with its claws.
Zayne could tell that this wasn’t just any ordinary lion. This was Theon’s beast form, and it was way more dangerous than any regular lion.
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Most importantly, Theon had lost his human rationality now, and it was a 100% wild animal. Right now it looked tame, but in the next second, it could go rogue and hurt Nyx.
Sure enough, as Zayne was thinking this, the lion’s eyes suddenly turned sharp.
It took a few steps back, crouched low, and flicked its tail. The stance screamed attack mode.
Zayne’s eyes went wide, and he shouted, “Get away from it! Run! The safe door, NOW!”
Nyx blinked in confusion. But then, before she could figure it out, the lion let out a furious roar and bolted past her, straight at the video screen.
It was clear it was aiming for Zayne, but since the screen was just a projection, the lion just lunged at thin air.
Zayne was momentarily dumbfounded, unsure how to process what just happened.
He never expected that Theon would leave the fragile, helpless female and choose to go after him.
Meanwhile, Nyx hopped off the bed to pull the lion back from the empty screen. After a quick check, she confirmed it was fine. With its tough skin and thick fur, even after the fall, it didn’t look hurt.
Nyx gave its head a little tap and scolded, “Bad lion! You were trying to bite someone, huh?”
She could tell the difference between the lion messing around and when it was actually getting aggressive. Its movement just now wasn’t the same mode when the lion was playing with her.
Watching Nyx giving the lion a lecture, Zayne couldn’t help but widen his eyes.
He saw the lion, which had just looked ready to kill, now seemed totally subdued. It just growled a little in protest and remained its tame mode.
Though the lion looked just fine now, Zayne couldn’t shake his anxiety. After all, this was an out–of–control beastman!
There was no world in which “submissive” or “tame” were words that could ever be used to describe a beastman in this state.
Most of such beastmen would be locked up before they could get this far gone. What Theon was doing, with his aggression shooting up six points in a short time, was extremely rare.
Such incidents didn’t happen a lot, but when they did happen, the consequences were severe. Almost every beastman who lost control and ran away had a history of hurting people. Some of those aggressive creatures even caused fatalities–more than one in some cases.
How Theon attacked Zayne earlier was what a true out–of–control beastman looked like.
Zayne’s voice dropped as he warned Nyx, “Get away from him, Nykie. I’m coming back now. Get into the safe room and stay there.”
The moment Zayne started to talk, the lion immediately bristled its eyes narrowing and fixating on him with a dangerous glint.
Before Nyx could respond, the lion lunged at her again, pushing her back into the soft bed with surprising force.
The lion firmly pinned her underneath, growling at Zayne like it was staking its claim. The look in its eyes was crystal clear -it was marking its territory and loudly proclaiming Nyx as its own.
Chapter 10
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