Chapter 104

The Lapis Malamus seemed to have found its outing the other day fairly impressive, because it was acting strangely.

"Grrrrrrr……."

It bared its teeth and growled, but instead of curling up in a corner, it paced around somewhere near the middle of the pen — even though I was the one standing inside it.

Such a thing deserved praise, so I tossed it a treat.

"Here, eat up."

That it had lowered its guard a little and come closer on its own was worth commending. When I threw the treat it liked, it stretched its nose toward the treat that fell to the floor, sniffed at it for a while, then snapped it up.

Even eating a treat used to take it ages of cautious sniffing around before it would actually eat. Seeing that the time it took to eat had shortened too, I couldn't help feeling proud.

"Litia, I'm…