Curse of Loyalty 2

Slightly stroking Korone's back, Kuro said while suppressing the increasing pain.

"Did you calm down?"

Although Korone's breathing were rough, she was now calm and were fine to talk

"Yes…"

It bothered Kuro that she was still facing down and trying to diverse her eyes from making contact with him—nevertheless, he smiled.

"All right, all right." He next moment, Kuro teasingly smiled.

"Let's think of your punishment, shouldn't I? Korone-chan have hurt me so badly, after all." Hearing his sentences, the dog's back twitched once.

Under all the worst imagination she was making—taking a breath, Kuro finally opened his mouth.

"No biting my finger for a week… no, is it too short? Okay, how about no biting my fingers for half a month?"

Huh? What is this kid saying? Kuro's words clearly reached her ears but that further increased her confusion.

Puzzled, she looked upward to meet with Kuro's eyes.

"Hm? What is it? Is it too heavy? Do Korone-chan want to shorten the time?"

Confirming Kuro's teasing voice, she was taken back to this world as she aggressively shook her head- an ounce of relief welled inside her…

Or is it? Isn't it a big deal not being able to take a taste of his finger for half a month?

'No, no.' Once again, she shook her head aggressively as this action of her now contained the 2nd meaning. 'Don't think something dumb'

Now that she can look at him at the same level—instead of the bad dog who did something bad Kuro changed his tone.

"Now then, will Korone-chan do me a favor? Actually 2 favors."

Upon hearing this, she stopped her current action as she looked at Kuro's eyes before nodding. She seemed to have no courage to speak yet.

"First, will you talk me the 'reasons?' Second, will you be my friend?"

Understanding the meaning of the more complicated one while being complicated of the more simple one, she confusedly nodded her head.

Then she spotted Kuro extending his hand.

"The proof of our friendship." Showing the gentle smile no different from when he was being beaten, he looked directly at the dog's eyes.

Although she almost tried to dodge his eyes out of reflex, she met his eyes with her, while both of their hand shook each other—indicating their friendship that finally begun.

After a while, Korone begun talking the reasons she begun unconditionally beating him, her hatred towards him, or so.

She firstly explained her past which she didn't told to—even to her best friend

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3 years ago, I was born—without knowing when my conscious began telling me of my existence but when I known it, I saw the two faces of human with dog ears.

A female one and male one. I heard from them that they weren't my parents and they just coincidentally found me but I treated them like one because they treat me as their daughter.

I didn't think too hardly because the current life I had were stable, peaceful and fun.

Mom taught me to be energetic while dad taught me to be strong. And that made me the past me which I acted as the future me.

The world I was in were big yet, infinitely small once, I asked mom the reasons of this barrier and she told me that it was to protect ourselves from outsiders.

She strongly said that if we got out of this barrier, scary monster outside will bring our life in danger.

Although I was curious, it didn't pique my interest that much because I was more scared than wanting to check out.

I thanked to this barrier filled with mystery and played with mom, the barrier and outside world slowly leaving my mind.

Once upon a day, when dad came back home from hunting, the scary 'monster' from outside 'somehow' found us and while they were attacking the barriers, mom and dad hid me underneath the earth.

I tried struggling saying I will fight with them too but in the end, I was hidden outside which after a while, I heard a multiple sounds of footsteps.

"Kahkah! Dogs were really in this place!? I thought they were extinct—I was right to leave it to my instinct and come here as that guy mentioned!"

Due to the language barriers, I couldn't understand what they were saying but I was terrified by this voice alone—however thankfully, they didn't find out about me.

It was that moment when they finally left, the earth began softening and with just a push, I successfully got out from it—back to the surface.

I rushed to the direction where mom and dad left using my sense of smell. And soon, I easily found the place where their scent stopped.

That small time is a moment where I will never ever forget during my entire life.

Dad and mom who was running was caught by the 'monsters' and was forcefully fed a fruit, whatever they find around here.

Then from that on, mom and dad stopped resisting, their breath became faster as they wagged their tails in front of the monster.

"Leader, didn't he said that directly giving the dog a food make them forever loyal only to you? Even if we sell them at this rate, the price will halved."

"What, really? Argh, damn it… whatever. While we're at it, let's play with these dog."

The groups shaking their head at the stupid leader—one whispered to leader his wonderful idea of how to play with the dog.

"Male, go rape that female dog." Despite having 100% loyalty to their master now, they still had the rational thinking—as of now, the mom screamed unwillingly as she tried running away.

The leader who heard this, silently laid a barrier to erase her escape route—instead of giving her the order to stop struggling.

Although I had no idea what they were saying I could see these 'monsters' enjoying the scene in front of them—I tried going out to help them.

But… but why is it…? I can't move my legs even an ounce.

"What is this, boring! Turn into your humanoid form! We have no interest in dog mating other." After hearing this, mom and dad obeyed to his order as they changed their form into human form.

The groups began cheering up as the two dogs' human form were good-looking, moreover it aroused them seeing how mom was struggling. (Korone didn't notice this)

As much as I tried to save the two—the more my body refused to move.

It was some time later, the leader began getting bored as he said his final order.