The hidden beast and a strange feeling

Outside I didn't see Kestrel around and assume she's upstairs. Looking down the long empty hallway I pause. It was completely silent and empty, yet for some reason, I get the feeling that something bad will happen if I try to leave here on my own, not sure why but the storefront from earlier and the guy Kestrel tossed out of her house keep flashing through my mind. Feeling uneasy I turn away from it and sit on the chair Kestrel sat in when she was observing me. Deciding to wait for Kestrel, I decided to try to see what my chakra could do.

Starting off with chakra cloak I slowly let the chakra flow outside my body. To my shock, my chakra flows through my outfit like it wasn't even there. Looking at the chakra sitting on top of the outfit I realize these cloths are better then I thought. Then I remember seeing an equipment tab on the screen. I call it up.

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Welcome back Luke~

Status

Inventory

equipment*

Fenrir's howl(Bond)(Plant)

Complete set (6/6)

Armor

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Goggles

Shirt

jacket

pants

WEAPON

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Gloves

Shoes

Set effect:

Skills: Devour, Frenzy, Auto repair, Combat mode, Soul of the wolf(Sleeping)

Equipment description: Created using a forbidden method, Fenrir's howl was created from a prematurely born Fenrir. Using its body, soul, and will of its parents to allow the newborn Fenrir to continue living on as a soul.

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"Wha..?" Shocked was the only thing I could feel right now. I'm 110% sure I picked up something ridiculous. This outfit I randomly picked up for 30 silver turned out to be made from a Legendary beast. Although I don't know a lot about Fenrirs but back on earth I chanced upon a fan-fic that features a certain murder fluff that everyone loved and adored. I brushed up on some of the legends of Fenrirs. Though I only skimmed it, I know Fenrirs grow by devouring things and are very temperamental. A Legendary beast that doesn't lose out to Dragons and Phoenix. What really made me happy was getting new skills that didn't use up my skill slots.

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Skills: Devour, Frenzy, Auto repair, Combat mode, Soul of the wolf(Sleeping)

Devour: The basic innate skill of Fenrirs, the first element they devour will become their permanent element. Devour anything and everything, and refine the true essence from it. Massively increase the amount of true essence drawn from the atmosphere

Frenzy: Allow rage and instinct to take over

+30% To Agility/Strength

-60% to Endurance/Intelligence

Gains skill Frenzied assault: Fire all energy in body forward in a claw shape. The more energy used the stronger and farther the ability is.

Enter weakened state after the skill is used for 5 minutes All stats -80%

Cooldown 1 hour

Auto repair: As long as there is energy this equipment will always repair its self to peak condition. Devouring things boost its speed.

Combat mode: Gain everything a Fenrir needs to be ready for a fight.

+20% Strength/Agility

+10% endurance

Amplify 5 senses

Instincts of a wolf gained

Soul of the wolf(Sleep): All equipment abilities are reduced by 50% and 2 locked abilities under sleep conditions. When the equipment user uses the abilities of equipment they will feel more and more connected to the soul of Fenrir's howl. Upon awakening, if the soul of Fenrir's howl feels that the user is unworthy it will attempt to devour the user. If it feels the user is worthy then the benefits gained will be unknown.

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"Wow!" This outfit just got way better. Even though the skill 'soul of the wolf' can be considered a time bomb, I'm already bound to it so nothing I can do there. The two active abilities, well three, gained will boost my fighting potential sky high, not to mention that they are only half effective and there are two unknown skills.

Also seeing as the fingerless gloves and the shoes are considered weapons must be because of the combat mode ability. Wanting to test it out I try activating it. Instantly I feel a tingling all over my body. I watch as for sprouts from my gloves to my elbow and claws grow over my fingers. The same for my feet, it grows to my kneecaps. I feel something pop out of the top of my head and a slight pain at the bottom of my spine before something pops from there too. My scalp tingles for a bit the goes back to normal. This feeling lasted for about 20 seconds before it stopped. I notice my eyes were also affected.

Checking the changes I first notice that my hands look like paws, they even have paw pads. I also have claws that extend 2 inches out of my paw, flexing it the paws go out another 3 inches. I can only contract them until about half an inch of claw is sticking out, same with my feet. These claws look very sharp, I bet if I do chakra cloaking they will get even more deadly. Thinking about this I feel very happy! With my excitement, I feel something on my backside move back and forth. When it started up I almost jumped in shock making the thing stand straight up. I also get the same feeling from the top of my head.

Reaching one hand to my head and another to my backside, I feel I gained a few extra appendages. It seems that my ears have moved to the top of my head and have become quite large, they twitch when I touch them. My eyes twitch when I feel them. On my back side, I come across what could only be a tail. Looking back at it, it's a very large tail at that, reaching almost a foot and a half in length. Staring at it, I slowly move it back and forth. Seeing it move I confirm that I sprouted a tail. The two final things I notice are that I seem to have grown a pair of canines and that my hair has grown to my shoulders changing to a green color. In fact, all the fur on my body is green.

Even though I was wearing shoes I can clearly feel the cold ground under my feet, my eyesight seems at least 3 times better, I can smell something coming from the room I was in that instantly makes me frown. Seems my sense of smell got an unwanted boost too. I'm pretty sure I can hear whimpering from the hallway, no I can definitely hear whimpering in the hallway. Along with the sound of something scratching against something. Wait, I know this sound, it sounds like a pen scratching against paper. Pausing for a second I confirm the sound and slowly face towards it. Appearing at some point in time I see Kestrel writing feverishly into her notebook. When she sees me look at her she pauses for a second, writes a bit more into her notebook, then shuts it with a clap. I stare at her for a few moments and suddenly feel embarrassed. It seemed to show very easily cause my ears flattened against my head and my tail goes between my legs.

Kestrels' eyes open slightly and I could swear I saw stars in those emerald colored eyes. Slowly she walks towards me and raises her hand, with experienced hands she pets my head. I don't know why but the moment she touches my head especially when she touches my ears I feel strangely violated. I feel like she's fondling me and this feeling sends a tingle straight to my waist. Instinctively I cancel the combat mode and feel the changes reverse in less than 5 seconds. The feeling instantly disappeared. I felt like a door was opening somewhere in my mind and I'm not sure if it was a good thing.

"Why? Change back!" Kestrel said with a pout appearing on her face and what could only be a closed-eyed glare. Seeing this cute display, if not for the shame I was feeling at the moment I might have done so.

"No." I said, calmly shaking my head. She glared at me for a few moments before unleashing an innocent-looking smile but for some reason, a chill shot down my spine and knocks at that door I felt earlier. Instincts tell me I might not have a choice in the future.

"So what's all this? Also, how is your chakra? Why is it green? Tell me everything!" Kestrel fires off a few questions. Seeing as that smile is still on her face I feel like I bad thing will happen if I don't tell her everything, well not like I have anything to hide. So I tell her everything from the process of the chakra creation and about the outfit and its abilities. When she learned that the outfit I was wearing was created from a premature Fenrir she almost showed a face of horror but when she learned the later part of the explanation she sighed in relief. Seeing that face I had a feeling of unease but continue to tell the story. Telling her all about the strange shop and my experiences. By the time I was finished my throat was feeling very dry. Seeing Kestrel sitting there with a deep in thought look, I sit there patiently.

After about 5 minutes she looks up at me with a strange expression and opens her mouth. "Your lucky it said that the parents willingly changed their child into that outfit, otherwise if you ran into another Fenrir even allying with the dragon clan wouldn't be able to save you from their Wrath. Since the will of its parents accepted you, it didn't leave a will of malice behind but a will of acceptance. Other Fenrirs probably won't actively hunt you down and if the soul accepts you they might even accept you as a half clan member. Also tomorrow we will head to that shop to seek any clue. This is my first time hearing of it in all my times living here, so it must have appeared around the time you transfers appeared. We're gonna need to add extra things to your training schedule now to get you familiar with those clothes' abilities. Since it seems like your gonna be together for a long time." 'Hope it isn't female' She said under her breath. Although it didn't feel weird when I used it, I also think practice makes perfect. So I nod my head without thinking too much. Kestrel once again unleashed an innocent-looking smile, once again my spine chilled.

"Come on we've many things to do in the morning." Kestrel said and headed towards the hallway. Seeing her leave I quickly follow behind her and look around the hallway wearily. Seeing nothing strang I couldn't help but speak what's on my mind.

"So um, Kestrel earlier I was getting a strange feeling from this hallway, but it's gone now. Was it just my imagination?"

"Nope! If you had tried to leave then this hallway would have turned into a highway to hell in less then half a second and tried to invite you on a one wat trip. Only me and those authorized by me can get through here with no issues. Next time I'll set you for authorization so that you can use the training area down here. By the way, I advise you to not open any of those doors no matter what you hear. Otherwise even with the security of the hallway I can't grantee your safety." Kestrel said with a straight face. Hearing this I couldn't help but inch closer to her just to be safe. By the time we get back upstairs, I realize that it's way into the night. Kestrel doesn't bother with me and heads off somewhere. I just head back to my room to get some sleep. I learned that fainting and sleeping aren't in the same category since I'm feeling exhausted, not long after I fall asleep. While I was asleep I had a dream.

I was standing in a field with trees and plants all around. In the middle of this field is a massive tree. It was so large that just the leaves of this tree were the size of mini Vans. Its roots were bursting from the ground and were several meters tall. On top of one root that drew my attention was a small alter, well small in compared to the root, I saw a small wolf sleeping on the altar. Even though I should be several miles away from this tree I can still see the wolf as clear as if it was right in front of me. The only way to describe this wolf was as beautiful as carved jade. It looked so delicate and small. From my point of view, it was as small as a house cat and seemed to be sleeping peacefully. I took one step forward and instantly felt as if a mountain was dropped on my back. Before I could do anything I woke up in bed with a cold sweat gasping for breath. Checking my body I look around the room for anything outta place. Calming myself I notice that it's morning. I can smell something delicious being cooked in the house causing my stomach to growl. Getting up and heading to the kitchen I find Kestrel in an apron, shorts and flip flops cooking food. Hearing me enter she looks at me for a few seconds and turns back to the food to finish cooking. Several minutes later a table filled with food that looks like it came from a five-star restaurant appeared before my eyes. Once again an innocent smile appears on her face.

"Go ahead sit down and eat. I made extra so that you will nice and full." Even though I feel doubtful for some reason my stomach protest against my inaction. So I sit down and begin to eat. The first bite almost sent my taste buds to heaven. Even though it looks like normal breakfast foods, the flavor is hundreds of times more delicious then what I've ever tasted. Dropping all hesitation I eat like the food might grow legs and run off if I'm too slow. Kestrel was sitting across from me, just watching. With every bite, I take her smile gets wider and wider. By the time I finish everything on the table the smile on her face seems to threaten to split her face in two. Relishing in the after taste of the food I pat my stomach in satisfaction. At this point, I'm already prepared to take on anything Kestrel has to throw at me.

"Now that your done let head to the shop you visited yesterday and scope it out. I wanna see who the owner is that dares to sell such equipment for 30 silver and not fear the Wrath of the Fenrir clan." Kestrel says and heads to the front door. Although I know something is gonna happen later on today. I obediently follow behind her to show her the way.