how pretty the snake’s scales were.
But she always followed it up with, “Too bad they’re on a dirty, low–life beastman.”
She’d hurt the snake’s scales during torturing
sessions.
My chest tightened.
Since I met the snake, his expression had
always been blank. And it was the same now.
He kept going.
“I don’t have anything to give you, so I pulled
off a scale.”
I couldn’t take it anymore.
“Your scales are beautiful.
“But I’m nice to you, not because of that. I want
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to help you.
“And… beastmen aren’t low–life, I think they’re
adorable.”
The snake blinked.
“But you said…”
“That wasn’t me!…Anyone who calls beastmen
low–life is sick in the head!”
I turned abruptly.
“I’m gonna go, you take care of the wound…”
Before I could even take a step.
Someone wrapped their arms around me from
behind.
In the mirror, I saw a pale, beautiful young man.
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He had long, silver hair, taller than me, his wide
back hunched, burying his face by my ear.
His warm breath hit my neck.
I turned my head slightly.
I saw his sexy face.
“…Jiang Mian, thank you.”
Then, the snake loosened his grip to adjust my
collar.
His fingers were long, wrists boney, beautiful
like art.
When he was done, everything was back to
normal.
No one would ever know the hickeys on my
collarbone.
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I swallowed hard, about to say something.
And then, I looked up and saw the cockatiel
staring right at me.
He pursed his lips, not saying a word.
He’d been standing outside my door for who
knows how long.
He stared at me and the snake.
Finally.
He scoffed and glared at me.
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That night, I dreamed of the snake.
I was in a rainforest, wrapped in a giant boa.
My neck was getting tighter, about to die.
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But the beautiful, white boa suddenly released
- me.
He lowered his head.
And kissed my forehead.
Because of that dream.
I was spacing out the next day.
Until I got the message that I got paid.
This month, my salary plus surgery bonuses
added up to 50,000 star coins.
This was the first money I’d ever made in this
world!
After paying off some of the original owner’s
debt, and subtracting living expenses, I found I
had some left over.
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That day, when I was changing the wolf’s
bandages, I offered to take him to the pet store
and let him help pick out some pet beds.
“Beds?”
The wolf asked, “Why are we buying beds?”
“For your animal forms! The store has all sorts
of pet boxes, I’ve been drooling over them for a
while.”
I started naming them off.
“The snake’s box can have climbing vines, and
the cockatiel’s cage can have perches… By the
way, what kind would you like?”
“…I don’t need one.”
He said, changing into human form.
Th
bad
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- 14.
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The wolf had a killer bone structure, yet also
had phoenix eyes and naturally arched brows.
Every time I saw his human form, I was
mesmerized.
Let alone his hot body.
One–ninety height, broad shoulders, narrow
waist, a combo of power and beauty.
Then I thought back to the first time I saw him,
when I was stepping on his chest, and he was
staring at me with hatred.
No, stop it!
