Winner

*blink* *blink*

Kuro opened his eyes as he viewed Ayame's cute face from below. Their face were at the distance about to kiss but Kuro had no intention or something.

Without any intention to wake her up, Kuro carefully moved from her laps and piggybacked her gently.

Then, Kuro looked at the gathered crowds. "Sorry for making you wait. Let's go down."

As they went below, Korone poked Kuro, teasing him. "Your prediction went wrong, Kuro HA↑HA↑HA↑HA↑"

However, seeing Kuro's genuinely sad expression, she stopped and looked down. "Ah… I'm sorry."

'She's easy.'

Kuro began feeling guilty for tricking this innocent and kind dog.

Whilst this was happening, they arrived to the room before and the trump card was already cleaned up inside the deck.

Kuro laid down Ayame to the chair and began talking in order to make a serious atmosphere. "Why don't you guys, sit down as well?"

First step: begin putting them pressure.

Kuro also thought 'I wonder why this Maou guy not exposing me? I believe he also figured out how i cheated from Ayame-chan's words.'

At the same time, some peoples gulped their saliva down.

Seeing his plan work, (to some people) Kuro began smiling coldly. "As I don't want anyone to knows what I want them to do, I'll call you guys in order and come inside that room."

Kuro pointed out to the different room.

Some people have began to be more nervous. They won't experiences this suffering(?) together—but one by one?

Kuro called out Okayu and she followed him like a ducklings following their mother. For some reason, her steps bounced while following him. Is she happy, or something?

Since Kuro's face looked like those of prepared to kill someone, Korone couldn't help but be worried of Okayu.

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Kuro began with her common tongue. "Nya~ (please sit down there)"

Okayu tilted her head adorably. "I am fine with Maoul?"

"My rudeness. Can we begin with simple question?"

Okayu nodded. "Uhn."

She was still smiling. "How old are you?"

She acted like an energetic Loli. For some reason, she put an effort to this acting of her? "3 years old!"

"What is your name?"

Okayu paled her face. Her identity was revealed, nd it was from her mouth unconsciously. "Nekomata Okayu! Ah…"

Kuro paid her back for the teasing she did to him before. "That's a good name. I like your name, Nekomata Okayu."

Okayu looked at Kuro's eyes directly. "Thank you…?"

"Next question what's your favorite food?"

"Nothing…"

'That's right. Rice doesn't exist in this world yet, or rather, most Japanese foods don't exist for some reason.'

Kuro finally stoped here. "Here's my last question."

Okayu nodded, her 4 ears listened to Kuro's words.

"Why are you so sad? You can smile, laugh without faking it, you know?"

She seemed somewhat in pain.

I am not a therapist nor I can be. Although I can 'understand' human's emotion instinctually, I am not sure if I 'truly' understanding their feelings or I am just theoretically analysing. Moreover, I can't erase all depression or stress with a single smile like her.

Even so, I'd like to understand creature. I'd like to get closer with another person. I want to make a friends. I don't want to be lonely anymore, nor I want someone to experience the same feeling of isolation I've felt.

Kuro gently smiled, in response of her silence. As if he wasn't bothered by the fact of it. "You can't say it? I can't blame you."

"Alright I am going to ask you one thing as the winner of trump card."

I looked directly at her eyes. It was filled with fears, loneliness, similar to myself before she came to me and filled my everyday.

"Become my family if it doesn't bother you."

"…sure."

Her voice was infinitely weak, yet it was not of those who lost despair. It was filled with endless happiness, looking forward for the hope after escaping from despair. At the same time, fear was also mixed in.

Okayu turned her back from me, her shoulder was slightly shaking, while she was hiding her face from me. "…can I go outside already?"

Are you hiding your face from me out of embarrassment? You cute girl… unconsciously, Kuro's hand went above Okayu's head and patted it. Her ears was fluffy that it gave a different happiness to him compared to when patting Ayame's.

''??? (17) (21)''

Okayu's hand gently made Kuro's hand separate from her head. Although it was an action of resistance, there was no unwillingness from the force transmitted from her hand.

Then, the cat ran to the door leading to outside, not the door leading to the room before they were in.

'I may be more terrifying playboy more than Okayu or Flare… (21)'

'I think I did great, right? Me. With this action of seduction, although my intention was pure, I still managed to, pull her in? my family. (17)'

As these 2 made a conversation after some chapters in a while. The story was still continuing. "Alright, next! Inugami Korone! Come in."

Kuro's voice was filled with cold, contained in northern, or something an iceberg that will not melt for the next millennium years.

Hearing this, Korone was filled with fear and her body started to shiver and not out of cold, but because of fear. (and coldness contained in Kuro's words) If we were to compare the fear she's feeling right now, it's when she saw [SOAP] for the first time.

She could scream at anytime as if she saw a dead body.

"e-e-entering…"

*squeaaa~k*

She opened the door so slowly that the crude door's sound started sounding like in horror game.

'What is this creature… she is so fun to play with.' Is what Kuro's thinking right bow.

"Please sit there." Kuro pointed to the chair with respectful manner.

"Y-ye-yes!" She dragged the chair backwardly, and it made an unexpected sounds, because of how crude it was. This unexpected sound didn't fail to scare the dog.

"KYAA*#@#&&@¥&!?"

It took some seconds for Korone to calm down.

Only then, Kuro actually talked with her. "I'll be frank. Live here."

"I refuse. If Okayu lives here, she will get taken by you."

Kuro went into silence before taking something inside from his Void Lord's 4th Dimension "Live here. I'll give this to you."

"I, re-…I refuse!"

Kuro then took 2. It was just some fruit he took at the forest so he have much more. "Live here, I'll give these to you."

"Wha!? You got one more…!? but.. but… I refuse!"

Kuro then took 1 more. "Live here. I'll give these to you. EVERYDAY."

At the same time, the balance was broken, the truth of universe was revealed (inside the dog's mind) "Okay!"

Kuro happily gives the fruit to the human-dog but before his 'finger' separated with fruit, her mouth was faster, as it devoured both Kuro's finger and the fruit.

At first, an electric shock went through from Kuro's finger to his whole body and, it kind of felt good but… once the fruit was gone, the dog's mouth began demanding for Kuro's finger more. "Wow! This fruit is so delicious."

Kuro began to pale. His plan went toward the REALLY WRONG direction. "Uhm… Korone-san? You're biting my finger? It hurts? Please stop?"

Her sharp fang started biting Kuro's finger more fiercely and it pierced through the skin level. 'At this rate my whole finger's going to get devoured.'

Kuro changed his suffering face to surprised face suddenly and looked at certain direction. "Oh hey! Okayu! What are you doing there? I thought I told you to go outside?" He made sure to make it loud that Korone can hear it.

"What? Okayu is here? Where? Where?"

*gasp* she finally released my finger. Next time I'll make a magic hand and only give her a fruit through magic hand. Or else, no matter how many finger I have, it's not enough.

Although Kuro's finger was quite bloody and his skin was injured, it was not to the point of being fatal. One weird things of dog's saliva, unless the dog licks a human's hand for some duration continuously, (10~30 seconds) it will get dry real quick. Maybe that's why. My finger isn't that wet despite being almost bitten of by Korone.

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