Night.
In the outskirt of Red Wood Forest at the west side of the city, two shadows could be seen walking.
"S-so, y-young master… W-why are we here?"
The voice of one of the shadows was lovely and sweet. It was obvious that the owner of the voice was a young girl. Her voice shivered as she looked at the second shadow. It was not sure if it was because of the cold forest or because of her fear that something dangerous would happen to her.
Looking lustfully at the tender and young body of the innocent girl, the second shadow spoke with a gruff voice like a villain in a third rated novel. "What do you think is the reason if a man brought a lovely innocent girl in a dark cold forest? Hehe."
The man even laughed with an evil laugh that could only be heard from a one-chapter character.
"Y-young master. D-don't look at me like that or…," said the lovely girl weakly like a little rabbit.
"Or what?"
The man was having fun as he continued to harass the sweet girl with his lewd dark blue eyes. His wild long blue hair was waiving as his muscular body was trembling with excitement like a bear ready to pounce on its prey.
"Or I-I'll gouge them and serve it to you! You @#$% pervert! @#@#%%@!@#$!"
The lovely, ahem, filthy mouthed young girl cursed the bear indiscriminately.
"Damn, Rose! Where did you learn those words?! Where is my sweet and innocent little rabbit?!"
"Little rabbit your face! You dragged me here, you @#$% buffoon! It is really cold in this forest and I am already shivering! If you want to play around, then play with your p#&%$ then shoved it in your @$## until you're satisfied, you @#%%@#$^!"
The bear could not believe what he was hearing! Well, actually, he already knew that the lovely and innocent looking Rose was this filthy mouthed but he just could not accept it!
"Stop it, Rose! Can't you see how I'm trying to be romantic to you by bringing you to this place? Look at the moons and the stars as they bless our love with their lights! The cold forest tells us that we need to surround each other with our warmth! Do you see?! I'm so romantic to you that even I myself can't believe it!" The bear's gruff third rate villain voice sounded like he was asking for a beating.
"Oh, romantic?! How about I dig out your heart, my dear young master? If you really love me you'll give me your heart, right? I really want to keep it!" The innocent girl smiled with bloody anticipation while acting cutely to his beloved young master.
"What's wrong with you always wanting to gouge my eyes and dig out my heart? Sigh, I really miss when we were children, we even took a bath together, remember?"
"I only remember that you have a small pet between your legs, heh," said the young girl with a smirk.
The big bear froze like he was deeply offended by the young girl's words.
A cold wind blew as the smirk of the young girl also froze. She became aware that her young master was getting serious. Most of the time this young master was easy going and playful but he sometimes got serious about certain matters.
"Umm, young master Michael. That was only a joke, ha-ha. You don't have to worry if it's small, you know. Some girls like cute things so you don't have to think much about it, I think, hehe," said the young girl with awkward laughs.
With a serious face of a third rate villain, Michael the big bear with a small pet looked at the young girl. "It seems that I have been too lenient to you that you forget why I'm the young master. I think I have to open the red room again and punish a filthy rabbit."
Hearing that, the young girl's face turned red like a rose. With a meek and shy voice, the little rose rabbit weakly said. "M-master, anything but that…"
"Anything?!" The bear's stern face crumbled as he imagined the 'anything' but he did not see the smirk hidden by the shy rabbit.
Suppressing his excitement, Michael coughed and told Rose. "Let's talk about 'anything' later. The people I'm waiting for are already here."
Michael then led Rose to quietly hide.
These two people bantering like a duo of clowns were a young master and his servant. Though they had a master-servant relationship, Michael treated Rose more like a childhood friend and was used to banter with her about nonsense things.
Michael's easy going and playful attitude were opposite his rough bear like appearance. He was a young man more than twenty years old but he looked older than his age. Coupled with his muscular body and strong presence, if his lascivious eyes for Rose were ignored, then it could be seen that Michael was very strong for his age.
"Young master is waiting for some people? Why are we hiding then?"
The sweet voice of Rose sounded in the quiet forest. This servant was really a lovely young girl. Her rose colored hair coupled with her red eyes made her very charming. With a petite figure, the innocent looking young girl looked like a cute little rabbit. No one would believe that her small mouth could spout curses until they heard her.
"I am just curious about something and I don't really want to meddle with other's business. Do you remember that I told you I went to the black market yesterday?"
"Yes, you said you saw a ghost. Will this ghost appear here?"
"What? Are you afraid? Don't worry I will protect you."
"Humph, if there are ghosts, they are only spirit beasts. I'll just fight them."
Michael saw that he was not able to frighten and take advantage of Rose, so he started to go back to the topic.
"Remember what happened to Damian more than two years ago? He came back from the Red Wood Forest without his servant and said that he died while they were in the forest."
"Damian? Isn't he just an ordinary clansman? Why does young master care about him and his dead servant?"
"Come on, Rose. Think carefully. We are here in a forest and talking about a ghost and a dead man. Aren't those enough clues?"
Rose just looked at Michael with confusion. She was even cutely tilting her head.
After a while, Michael gave up.
"Okay, just be cute and I'll explain.
"When I was at the black market yesterday, I saw the supposedly dead servant of Damian. You know I'm such a genius that I have a great memory, so I barely remember the face of that servant. I just got curious and ordered someone to follow him.
"A while ago, I received a report that he's going to meet someone here in the forest. I am just curious why he's alive but Damian said he is dead."
Michael explained to Rose with some boast but Rose ignored it as she realized what her young master wanted.
"So, young master wants to see the ghost. I see! I understand now! Young master wants to learn the secret of being undead! That's gross!"
Michael looked at Rose frustratingly. Aside from her cute face and petite body, he did not know if this little rabbit still had anything redeeming about her. But he still loved this Rose!
"Okay, stop throwing up! I'm not going to become a rotting corpse! I just thought that this Damian is not simple. If he planned the fake death of his servant, then why did he do it? Why does he hide his servant? He appears ordinary in the clan but sometimes I feel that he should not be a bear but a fox instead."
Then, Michael signaled to Rose to keep quiet as he already sensed the presence of some people.
They saw a group of people gathering in the dark forest. Looking at their unkempt and crude appearance, anyone would know they were part of some gang.
In the middle of this group was a stout man with a rough and long face. His anger was obvious as he waited for someone. The man was Grey, the leader of the Grey Rat Gang.
Yeshua was really lucky that Grey waited for him patiently but Grey was already planning what he would do to the boy once he got the package. He would not kill the boy immediately and make sure that he would suffer to appease his anger.
When Michael saw Grey, he could see that Grey was not cultivating properly since his savageness even affected him while he was in human form.
If Michael remembered correctly, this servant of Damian was not yet an Alterer before the incident where Damian claimed that he died in Red Wood forest.
Indeed, Grey was the ghost that Michael was talking about with Rose. But Michael did not think much when he sensed that Grey was an Alterer. The servants of clans had a chance to become an Alterer and Michael just thought that Damian helped him.
Since Michael was stronger than Grey, he could feel the power of Grey's soul especially when his savageness leaked out.
After waiting for some time, Michael saw a silhouette approaching the group.