Orñado was instantly in a dilemma.
Unaware of this, Yuxing stepped blindly into the trap, walking right up to the beast's jaws. "I've never begged anyone in my life."
Orñado's gaze fell on the pet's flushed cheeks and earlobes, finding her more pleasing to the eye the longer he looked. Putting on a facade of solemn restraint, he tempted his pet to continue.
"And then?"
Cutting straight to the point, Yuxing stated her purpose, then shook Orñado's hem and pulled out the ultimate skill she only used on her parents: acting spoiled.
"If you don't agree, I'll..."
Orñado's gaze lingered on those parting and closing red lips. "You'll what?"
Yuxing used two fingers to simulate kneeling on the ground. "I'll kneel down and beg you..."
Before the tail end of her sentence could fade—
Ignoring the pet's instinctive resistance, Orñado pulled her into his arms.
Yuxing's waist was instantly imprisoned by a broad, powerful palm.
Orñado's unannounced move made Yuxing's eyes widen in shock. She tried to break free, but the sheer strength of his grip rendered her unable to move.
As if under a spell, Orñado indulged himself by drawing closer to his pet, his lips brushing against the side of her face.
Not intimate enough.
Far from enough.
The outer corners of the pet's eyes were flushed, like roses bleeding juice. He should cover her entirely—for instance, taking her in his palm and kneading her to pieces.
So that she would belong to him forever.
That's right.
She belonged to him.
A sense of oppression surged from all directions, wrapping around Yuxing. Her skyrocketing body temperature felt like a volcano about to erupt.
With her thin shirt rolled up, Yuxing had to be on guard against her owner while simultaneously preventing any accidental exposure, meaning she managed neither task well.
And she even let him bite her weak spot.
In an instant.
A flush rapidly invaded Yuxing's neck and spread across her entire body, and a low, uncomfortable sound escaped her throat: "Mmh..."
Sharp teeth touched the skin of Yuxing's neck, leaving behind tooth marks, and immediately afterward, a large hand abruptly gripped the back of her neck.
Yuxing's eyes darted about, searching for an escape route, wondering if Orñado had seen through her thoughts.
Abruptly, he let go of her.
Giving her a gap to escape.
As the pet turned to leave, "Orñado's" eyes gradually darkened. He lunged forward, reversing their positions.
He trapped her between the seat and himself.
A strange, ambiguous luster bloomed in "Orñado's" deep eyes. "Weren't you going to kneel and beg me?"
His scorching breath sprayed against Yuxing's ear, and "Orñado's" voice dropped very low, laced with playfulness and amusement.
Despite the spaciousness of the seat, their posture made it feel cramped.
Terrified, Yuxing shrank back.
Her back pressed tightly against the seat's backrest, yet he inched closer, crowding her space until her entire body was squeezed out of shape.
The smile at the corner of "Orñado's" mouth deepened. "Are you afraid of me?"
Yuxing pressed both hands against his chest.
"Orñado" lowered his gaze to those hands. Her wrists were as slender as he had imagined; if he gripped them lightly, they would bruise.
Yuxing never expected things to turn out this way. She didn't want to be scared, but the person in front of her was terribly wrong.
His whole body radiated a beast-like, ferocious murderous aura. Without intentionally restraining his presence, the oppressive weight of a superior who had slaughtered his way through blood and fire pressed down heavily on her.
She had never felt such a powerful aura even from the strongest beings in the apocalypse—just how much blood must be on this person's hands?
He was clearly still the same person, with the exact same face, yet Yuxing knew this owner was not her owner.
However, if not her owner, who else could it be?
Forget it. She couldn't afford to provoke him, but couldn't she at least hide?
Yuxing shook her head frantically, and in her panic, she blurted out her owner's name: "Orñado, I'm not begging anymore!"
"Orñado" lifted his eyelids, his dark blue eyes narrowing slightly, concealing a desire to tear her apart.
He repeated her words, his voice bone-chilling.
"Orñado?"
Yuxing eagerly admitted her mistake. "I called the wrong name. You're not him."
The harsh, rigid lines around "Orñado's" mouth relaxed. "You can tell the difference between him and me?"
Yuxing roared inwardly.
Was it really that hard to tell?!
"Orñado" gently pressed a kiss to the back of his pet's hand, a hint of a smile in his tone. "Ernad. I named myself Ernad."
Yuxing: "..."
Ernad... End?
The End of All Things?
Nobody told her that not only was her owner sick, but his tentacles might also undergo mutated development at any moment, or that he even suffered from dissociative identity disorder?!
The crucial point was that this guy looked like a textbook sociopath.
Was it too late for her to delete her save file and start over?
Ernad stroked his pet's neck with a beaming smile.
As an alternate personality, he could only linger in the depths of the body, fixing his dark gaze tightly upon her.
Peeping at the master personality's pet.
Finally, he had seized control and taken advantage of the opening to replace Orñado, briefly possessing the pet.
He tasted the long-desired softness.
Orñado was such a loser.
If it were him, how could he possibly leave such a fine meal untouched for so long?
Ernad scoffed mentally and lowered his head.
The ill-fitting shirt had slipped down significantly, exposing half of the pet's snow-white shoulder, her collarbone plunging low enough to be seen in full view.
This outfit suited her very well.
Noticing the pet's resistance toward him, Ernad suddenly smiled maliciously.
"Do you know what I was just thinking?"
"I want to tear you apart, inch by inch."
Yuxing: "..."
Did he really think she'd be happy knowing something like that?! Huh?! Ahh!
Yuxing was numb. She no longer had any desire to ask for favors; she just wanted the master personality to return immediately.
She had never missed her normal owner this much before!
Ernad grabbed his pet's wrist, kneading it continuously.
At such close range, he could smell that warm fragrance that made his soul tremble. Suddenly, he had a strong urge to break his pet; he watched her tear-filled eyes, hazy and dazed, and inhaled the charming pheromones slowly seeping from her bone marrow.
He wasn't satisfied with just biting her neck.
He wanted to bite somewhere... else.
Where would be good?
Ernad's scorching gaze landed on his pet's lips.
Her lips were full and rosy.
What would it feel like to bite them?
Acting on impulse, he leaned down, intending to try an experience he had never had before, never expecting Orñado to wake up so soon.
Closing his eyes and opening them again, the dark emotions in Orñado's eyes receded, replaced by a clear, gentle light as his gaze swept over the person in his arms.
Biting her lip, the pet's eyes held a look of embarrassment. Her shirt was full of wrinkles, and blue-purple finger marks bruised her wrists.
A bizarre heat surged up from his lower abdomen. It wasn't that he didn't understand what that meant; it was precisely because he understood that he felt angry.
Orñado's mouth tightened into a straight line. "Did he bully you?"
With a pitiful expression, Yuxing nodded.
She reached out to wrap her arms around Orñado's neck, twisting her head to rub against his neck like a kitten acting spoiled with its owner.
She was completely oblivious to the way Orñado's body instantly stiffened the moment she lunged at him.
Right then and there, Yuxing delivered a flawless performance of "Three Minutes to Make You Weep."
"Mhm! He bit me, and it hurt so much!"
"He even tried to take advantage of me. I've never seen anyone so perverted!"
"Good thing you're back, wuu wuu wuu!"
Frowning deeply, Orñado's chest heaved with anger. He struggled to control his emotions, keeping the fury out of his voice.
"Where did he bite you?"
Stretching out her neck to reveal the bite mark, Yuxing accused him, "Look."
——Omake——
• Radish: Two male guests, which one would you light your lamp for, Xingxing? Andor or Ernad?
• Yuxing: Or—