"Li Shen, once you reach my family's home, stay put until the Empire sends word, alright? Promise me. Don't you dare think about living on your own. And also—"
If he were still the so-called 'Del Delatia,' would this situation be nothing to him? Could he have crushed it with a flick of his hand? Or would his old self have dismissed it without a second thought?
"Humans, demi-humans, all of them should just die."
He was supposed to hold power, but the Li Shen of now was nothing but powerless.
Protected by Somnus, sulking at careless words, unable even to accept his own past, just drifting along and running from everything—the same as back then.
But then Cinniuint stopped his thoughts cold. Her voice dropped zo that only he could hear.
"I thank you for everything you've been until now, Del Delatia."
Li Shen's eyes widened. Filling his vision was the golden wolf beastman, smiling gently. Ah, he thought numbly, is it the morning sun making her fur shine so beautifully?
