Chapter 16

In the private villa, tall green arbor trees shaded the yard. A lone villa stood amid the arbors, permeating a slight air of melancholy in the deserted landscape.

Woof, Woof...

A barking dog woke me up abruptly.

I looked up in fear, only to see a dark hyena staring hard at me with yellow eyes like copper bells.

I don't know if it's because I don't have a wolf in my body, but I've been afraid of this horrible beast since I was a child.

I cowered in horror at such a roar, but the hyena-like dog barked again, this time with an astonishingly loud sound.

Where is this, and who brought me here?

"Molly Mario, lately, you have been pushing your luck, but Kelly and Phoebe are no match for you, are they?" A woman wearing a mask, seated in a chair, was coldly staring at me. Although I could not see her face, her eyes, filled with disgust and hatred, were so glaring that they were impossible to ignore.

"Who are you..." I shivered in the cold, but it was more from fear.

That fear of ignorance and