[76.1] Severing The Ninth Tail.
"A cub… " Gracian mouthed under his breath and raised his finger. When he put it under the little nose, as he had thought he did not feel the sign of life.
He was expecting this as that maid had reported to him about this dead thing but he did not why… when he saw the dead body, something inside his chest twisted violently.
Thumb! Thumb! Thumb!
Gracian's heart rate became frantic and it hurt so much he felt like it wanted to jump out of his chest. As he looked down in the coffin, he finally realized where his mad heart wanted to go.
As seconds passed, without his knowing two lines of blood ran down from his eyes. The blood fell onto the ground and turned into solid droplets.
He raised his hand and touched his face. Indifferently, he saw the fresh blood which stained his fingers.