Chapter 222: Bones
222 – Bones
For the time being, I’ll search each nook and cranny of the shrine for something to eat. On top of the legless spider (now crushed) and the egg sacs (currently my partner’s hat), there’s also a few rotting corpses covered in flies… And some human bones.
The bones are quite small, so I think they were a child’s. It looks like they died a long time ago.
It’s probably a Lithovar child that the manticore captured. Maybe the manticore has a thing for capturing children.
“Gaa…”
I regret not being able to kill the manticore now. It was too fast at running away; I should have finished it off while it still had its guard down. At this moment, the manticore could be eating children or mothers with eggs without me knowing. That’s a depressing thought.
“Gaah gaah!”
Oblivious to my feelings, my partner giggles, playing with the egg sacs on her forehead. Well, I suppose there’s no need for her to feel sad too. She’s a monster after all. I am too, but, well… She listens to what I ask her and heals humans with magic… but that’s all.
Hey is that actually fun? Maybe it’s a game where she’s trying to roll it into her mouth to eat.