“Ha, I have to find prey again.”
It was too bothersome. If he went back barehanded, the Empress’s nagging would surely fly.
She was always trying to scratch at Nathaniel whenever she could.
Nathaniel decided to catch all the ogres.
It was not possible to let monsters live in this forest anyway.
The ogre, feeling the extraordinary power flowing from his body, bravely stepped forward.
“I’ll kill you without pain.”
Nathaniel smirked at its determination to protect its family.
It was not worth fighting.
In one breath, Nathaniel’s clean hand grabbed the thick neck of the ogre.
The size difference was unbelievable, but to him, a naturally powerful being, it was nothing.
“Uoooorr!”
Then, another monster appeared from somewhere and pushed Nathaniel’s body hard.
“What?”
Nathaniel, who was surprised by the sudden attack and rolled on the floor, was shocked at the appearance of another ogre.
The slightly smaller one stood in front as if protecting the ogre lying on the ground.
And the way it kept looking at its side looked like it was trying to protect the cubs as well.
It looked like a family when seen this way.
“Damn, I feel like I’ve become the bad guy.”
The cubs were even crying.
Nathaniel sighed deeply and plopped down on the floor.
It’s a strange feeling.
He had never hesitated to kill something.
What does it matter if it dies by his hand or by something else, since it will die if it’s a living creature anyway?
Nathaniel watched the other ogre lift the one that looked like its husband.
‘Monsters also cherish their family.’
He recalled the families he had seen.
His father loved himself and spoke about it, but he was the most important person to himself.
He tried to strengthen his reign by borrowing the power of his deceased mother’s family, the Florence Ducal House. For that, he left Milia, whom he loved so much, as a mere government for a long time.
And Milia was busy taking care of her dreams and ambitions by using her child as a tool.
She didn’t hesitate to hit her own child if she didn’t like it.
And his own mother…
“Someone is coming here.”
Nathaniel stood up.
‘It seems intelligent, so it won’t need to go out of the forest.’
He gestured to them to go far away, still on guard.
Nathaniel sighed long and stood up from his seat. He was too lazy to catch new prey.
When he looked back again, Nathaniel was surprised to see someone approaching him.
“Jaina?”
“Your Highness! My God, you’re still safe.”
Nathaniel was taken aback, looking at Jaina running towards me with a bright smile.
Why is she suddenly in this forest with that outfit?
At the same time, Jaina was angry.
“Why are you here? If you can’t even protect yourself.”
“I didn’t come alone. I came with a knight.”
Jaina complained with a pouting expression.
‘I came all the way here to worry, why are you angry?’
The grumbling girl grabbed Nathaniel’s hand.
“Let’s go down for now.”
Nathaniel intently looked at Jaina’s small hand holding his.
He felt good at the small, white, and soft hand.
“I haven’t caught my prey yet.”
“What’s the matter? Nathaniel, you’re sick right now. What will you do if you turn into a dragon in that state?”
Being a baby dragon, Nathaniel became vulnerable.
His available magic power was greatly reduced, and his mobility was low, so he was no different from a really small monster.
Usually, he experienced this once or twice in a quarter, but recently, the frequency of turning into a dragon had increased sharply.
“Are you worried about me?”
Nathaniel, who was obediently being led down by Jaina’s hand, suddenly asked.
Jaina stopped in her place, turned around, and said,
“Isn’t it obvious? If you wander around the forest in that tiny form, what if someone thinks you are prey and shoots you with an arrow!”
At her words, Nathaniel blankly looked into Jaina’s eyes.
It had been a really long time since someone worried about him.
Everyone knew about his destructive power, so they didn’t worry about him.
“Oh, this is really unbelievable. Let’s go down quickly. If Her Majesty the Empress scolds us, I’ll say I brought you because I hate being without Nathaniel.”
Nathaniel intently looked at the back of her head as she grumbled and went down the mountain.
“She’s cheeky but cute today.”
“What?”
Jaina turned around in surprise, not knowing what she had just heard.
Nathaniel calmly said,
“It’s nothing. Let’s go down.”
And he started to walk ahead.
[This is the time separator]We slowly went down the mountain.
But Luna and the underlings that should have been visible were nowhere to be seen.
“This is strange, Luna was supposed to hold them off here.”
At my words, Nathaniel looked around.
I started to carefully examine the surroundings, thinking maybe Luna left a trace.
“Grrr.”
Then, without realizing, I backed away at a sound coming from somewhere.
Hastily turning to Nathaniel, I grabbed his arm.
“Na… Nathaniel.”
At my words, Nathaniel slowly turned around.
A monster that didn’t fit the small and compact forest was there.
A gigantic snake, several times the size of a human.
“Su… Surely, Luna hasn’t been eaten?”
Poison was dripping drop by drop from its wideopen mouth, and there was blood on its mouth.
“I don’t know.”
Nathaniel looked at it, narrowing his eyes.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
