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"Liliruca Arde"
William looked at the familiar face of the pallum Without blinking his eyes.
"U-Um it's a pleasure to meet you C-Captain"
Lily said in a trembling voice while taking small steps towards William.
Unfortunately for her, William's intense glare was all that she got as an answer.
"..."
A weird silence permeated throughout the room as William kept his silence while no one else dared to say anything.
Beads of sweat formed on Lily's forehead as she thought in her mind.
'Did he found out?....'
That's the only thing that she could think of after seeing the hostile environment.
'Should I run...'
Many of such thoughts ran through Lily's mind as she calculated about her chances of a successful escape.
Just when Lily was about to pull out her knife and take Emile hostage.
"You.."
A monotonous rang out.
Lily entered full vigilant mode, ready to move at a moment's opportunity.
"Let me touch your ears."
"HUH?"
A stupefied voice came out of Lily's mouth as she wondered if she has heard wrong.
"Your ears"
But William's next words as he pointed at her ears with his finger made Lily realise that...
"I said let me touch them"
That she has met a pervert.
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[Coming back]
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"Hm that seems about right"
William let's go of Lily's ears, But due to his words and his expressionless face, it looked like he felt quite satisfied with his action.....
*Crack*
William paid no heed towards the weird noises as he looked at Lily who was grasping for air after the intense touching that took place between them and opened his mouth to say.
"So why did you wanted to meet me"
"..."
Lily fell silent when she heard William's words.
'I can't turn back anymore as this might be the only way to find him.....'
A new determination burned in Lily's eyes after she remembered about that person.
"I Liliruca Arde would like to join your party as a supporter, Captain"
"Oi Kid do you even know what you're asking Fo--"
William raised his left hand and stopped Eldest Lackey from saying anything else as he looked at Lily's small figure with eyes that burned with determination.
Honestly William had been thinking about getting a supporter for a while now.
But that dosen't mean that he'll just accept her.
"Tell me then Miss Arde, Why should I choose you over all the other supporters."
Lily froze on her spot, She clearly had not anticipated this.
"Tell me how will you be any different than a burden.
Lily's cat ears dropped, But William ignored it and continued.
"Answer me Liliruca Arde"
"captain--"
Even Emile let out a small voice when she saw William's harsh attitude.
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---[P.O.V changed to Eldest Lackey]--
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"captain--"
I shaked my head when I heard Emile's small voice of protest.
Looking at William's actions, I can clearly say that he dosen't want to let Liliruca join our party.
And I agree with him.
Looking at Lily's small and weak figure, I can clearly say that she's still just a week lvl1.
Also Captain's team is a little different from other teams...
He is a little more.....extreme....not that I hate it....
In short I totally agree with his decision.
And so I looked at Lily's helpless action as she opened her mouth to say something, Unfortunately it is futile as I know that Captain will never agree to take her in.
"U-Um..."
Look she got no chance, she's already shuttering.
"I-I have a skill which lets me turn into any other being with the same size as me"
"...."
A silence permeated over the hall.
'Seriously.....that's the best you got?....'
I thought in my mind as I looked at Lily's figure.
'Your skill is quite good....but with such a small body size.....what can you even turn into? A goblin?'
I looked at Captain....oh she's done for, Even I have never seen such a serious expression on his face before.
Just as I was thinking of making a grave for her, Captain opened his mouth and said in his most serious tone.
"Your skill...."
She dead, just looking at the atmosphere around captain is giving me the chills.
"Can you turn into a fox as well?"
"..."
Huh?
"Y-Yes I Can"
WHat?
"Good your accepted"
WTF?
*Crack*
The sound of the entire door breaking rang out, but nobody paid it any mind.
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William left Soma familia's Castle after accepting lily as the new member of his party.
William remembered everyone's reaction while walking down the street.
Well Lily first of all was delighted.
On the other hand...
Eldest Lackey came in front of me and for some reason gave me this weird red ticket and left silently...
William no longer thought about the incident that happened in the office and quickly left to try out his new discovery.
Yes there was a reason why he accepted Lily in his team.
William stops on the street and sees that there are not many people around he closed his eyes as he takes in a deep breadth and calms his mana.
And then he controls his mana to flow in a specific way while slowly letting out his breadth.
After doing it a few times a change started taking place.
Two small bumps appeared on William's black hood.
Slowly but surely the bumps were increasing in size.
*Wish*
A wind blew back the black hood covering William's head.
What appears is a head with black hairs and a pair of small cat ears.
The black coloured cat ears in William's head we're slowly growing in size, As William continued the process.
After some time two fully grown beast ears appeared on his head.
William opened his eyes and tried to feel his newly grown ears.
'Its quite uncomfortable...'
Perhaps it's because William was a human, As he was not completely able to adapt to the change instantly.
But even though at a slow pace..he was getting used to it.
"MOM I WANT THAT CANDY----WWAAAHHHH--"
"What would you like for dinner honey?"
"GET BACK HERE YOU MAGGOT"
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William could hear the voices coming from inside of the nearby houses, which his human ears could never do.
Yes this is the difference between races.
Beast kin have sharper senses while elves have a natural affinity towards mana.
On the same level it is nearly impossible for a human to beat someone like a werewolf in a fist fight.
It isn't because humans are weak.
It's because humans don't specialise in any particular field.
Though if humans leveled up then with the help of falna provided by gods, They could also achieve this feat.
But what if the beastmen was also on the same level.
With the boost from its natural ability as well as falna the senses of a beastmen will be off the charts.
And this is why William was so thorough in touching Lily's animal ears created through her skill.
He was sensing the flow of mana with his hands.
And after memorising it, William tried the same thing on himself
And this is the result.
*Twitch*
'Hoh I can even control them...'
William moved his ears by tensing his face up a little.
*Twitch*Twitch*
"P-Pl-ea-s-e..."
'Hmm?'
A kind of familiar voice came into William's ears.
"Please listen--"
William forced more mana into his ears to pick up the sound.
"M-My Child---"
William forced even more mana in his ears as the familia voice grew clearer.
"P-Please help my familiĆ ---"
'God Miach!!'