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Chapter 52 - The beast master

Kiro gets up and walks takes a walk around .

"I thought staying in bed for all day would be relaxing ,

Even though he was wounded he simply didn't feel pain .

"Vallerie did a great work with these bandages"

Kiro then heads to the living room . He sits carefully so he doesn't make the wound in his back any worse . He stretches his body and rests his legs on a chair . The door opens , Vallerie comes in , looking tired , she yawns and then she turns her head just to see Kiro doing just fine .

-What do you think you're doing ?! You still haven't recovered !

-I feel just fine.

-You should go to bed right now .

"Does she think I'm a child ?"

-Breakfast is ready .

Kiro heads outside and is confronted by Luchia , holding two plates as she was headed to Kiro's bedroom .

-What are you doing out of your bed ?

Kiro heads towards the dining room and says:

-I'm feeling a lot better now , can we just go the dining room and eat breakfast ?

-Are you serious ? I saw your wounds yesterday , It's impossible to recover in such short time !

- Not for me .

Kiro enters the dining room and takes a seat , so does Vallerie .Luchia serves the food and takes a seat as well .

-Luchia , you forgot the honey .

Vallerie stands up and says .

-Don't worry , I will get it .

Vallerie leaves the dining room , as Kiro and Luchia sit waiting. Luchia notices that Kiro had removed the bandages on his shoulder . To her surprise , the wound had healed .

-How.....how did you do that ?

-Do what ?

-The wound on your shoulder , how did it heal so fast ?

-I don't know , at least it didn't stick on me for long .

-It's still so bizarre .

"The last thing I want her to know is that I have a live devouring demon sealed in me ."

Vallerie comes back with the honey .

-Well , now we can eat .

Kiro pours milk on the pancakes and stars eating them .

"It tastes just like home ."

After a while Kiro finishes and says :

-I'm going to take a stroll , I will be here soon .

-You must be joking , there is no way I'm letting you out Kiro !

-As you say , Time leap

The time slows down , Kiro walks away from the dining table and heads to the forest . The time goes back to normal . Kiro leaves thought the front gate and then he enters the forest :

"I should take a walk , and maybe visit the lake , some good training would get me back to shape "

Kiro continues his way to the lake . After a while he could hear the waterfall from a distance .

-Finally I'm here .

Kiro reaches the lake , he starts taking off his clothes and he notices he had forgotten his coat .

"If it weren't for Luchia I would still have my coat "

Kiro ties a big rock with his leg using vines . He pushes the rock on the lake , the rock drags him in.

Kiro sinks deeper and deeper into the lake . He sinks until sun light wasn't visible at all .

"All right I guess this is enough "

Kiro starts swimming back to the surface while having the rock tied to his leg . He swims and swims , trying to reach the surface .

"I'm running out of air , I should hurry "

Kiro starts to swim faster , until he reaches the surface . He cuts off the rock and lies on the surface. His body feels a lot lighter , and he could breath a lot easier than before entering the lake .

"Now my bandages are wet , I should let them dry in the sun ."

Kiro starts taking off the unnecessary bandages , keeping only the one covering his wound in the back .

"Now's better"

Kiro waits until he bandages are dry . After a while , Kiro gets up and starts dressing up . He leaves the lake and heads to the Mansion . In his way he hears the leaves rustling .

-Bloodlust

Kiro sees a big black wolf hiding behind a bush . Then It reveals itself . The wolf starts growling and slowly approaches Kiro . Kiro reaches for his sword and draws it .

"I'll slice it into ribbons as soon as it comes close enough ."

The wolf continues to approach Kiro until it suddenly stops growling . It's face expresses fear now rather than dominance . It lowers it's head towards Kiro and starts whining like a little puppy .

"It's not attacking me , wait , This must be the ability that Esgrieth was talking about , there is no other explanation . "

Kiro tries to test his new ability on the wolf .

"I wonder can It do as I say , would it stand on two feet if I told it so "

The wolf raises it's body in an rather uncomfortable position , so it could stand on two feet .

"I see , so I can command this wolf to do as I wish , without even saying a word . It looks like it's struggling to keep my order "

Kiro thinks about the wolf sitting down . So does the wolf .

"So I can use it as I want , against of it's own will "

"Stand"

The wolf gets back on it's feet as it continued whining .

Kiro gives it a cold stare in the eyes , then the wolf finally stops whining .

"Stupid animal , begone !"

The wolf runs as fast as it could to flee from Kiro .

"So all in all , This ability allows me to control animals against their own will , That wolf proved it all , I wonder if it works on beast men too ."

Kiro finally arrives at the mansion . He enters and sees Luchia and Vallerie , sitting , waiting of Kiro impatiently .

-What's up

-You worried us sick ! Where were you

-You still haven't recovered!

-What were you thinking ?

-I told you I was going to take a stroll , just a peaceful slow walk , now would you please make me a cup of tea .

-As you wish , but never do this again , We were so worried .

-I'll try , I guess

Vallerie heads to the kitchen , to prepare the tea , while Luchia leaves the living room to continue her work .

-Finally , peace and quiet .