I Have Nothing to Return To
"Selena, as a member of the Blackheart family, you’ve betrayed your clan and conspired with outsiders. You are a disgrace to the Blackheart family!"
Magnus Blackheart’s voice grew increasingly cold. Carrying a bone-chilling edge.
"Dissolve the contract now and come back with me. I’ll put in a good word for you with the clan head."
"But if you refuse... don’t blame me for force. I’ll make you return. We have good past ties so don’t make me use force."
Magnus spoke as if it were his unquestionable right.
As for Selena’s beast-soul master, Leon? He was completely ignored.
Selena floated in midair.
Her expression icy as she gazed down at Magnus.
A flicker of contempt passed through her golden eyes.
She had once been a member of the Blackheart family.
But since being contracted by Leon, she had first advanced to S-rank.
Then directly evolved into an SSS-rank Divine Beast White Tiger.
If it weren’t for Leon, she would probably still be toiling away for the Blackheart family.
Handling trivial matters.
Counting coins.
Bowing her head.
Wasn’t it better to control her own power?
The contract between her and Leon seemed even more powerful than the soul contracts she knew of.
The rice was already cooked. What could she do about it now?
Besides, Leon was young and vigorous. Handsome.
Following him wasn’t exactly a loss. Who doesn’t love a handsome and powerful man?
And those old geezers in the Blackheart family.
Always staring at her body with those lecherous lustful eyes.
Did they really think she hadn’t noticed?
The way their eyes crawled over her F cup tits.
The way they stared at her narrow waist.
The way they licked their lips when she walked past.
The way they imagined what lay beneath her fitted snow-white robe.
She had seen it all.
Felt it all.
Endured it all.
For years.
*No more.*
At this point, Selena’s heart had completely belonged to Leon.
What was there to go back to in the Blackheart family?
Go back to being their bookkeeping maid?
They called her the head of the Blackheart family’s finances.
But put bluntly, she was just a servant.
All these years—since her husband had passed early—she had endured nothing but contempt and hostility in the family.
Surrounded by lustful wolves.
Everyone wanted to take a piece of her flesh.
Her husband’s brothers.
Her husband’s uncles.
Even some of the younger cousins.
They all looked at her like she was prey.
When had they ever cared about her well-being?
When had they ever treated her like family?
She was just a pretty face to them.
A body to ogle.
A servant to use.
"Magnus, since when do I need to explain myself to you?"
Selena’s voice was cold and clear.
Having sorted out her thoughts, she showed Magnus no respect whatsoever.
Magnus’s expression darkened.
He let out a cold laugh.
"You think following a piece of trash like him gives you the right to challenge the Blackheart family? How naive!"
As he spoke, the gentle-looking woman behind him stepped forward.
Her name was Diana.
She had awakened an A-rank beast-soul.
The Overlord Deer.
She was Level 48.
Just standing there, she radiated an oppressive pressure.
Diana immediately activated her beastification.
Two deer horns sprouted from her head.
Golden light swirled around her hands.
She charged toward Selena.
The crowd scrambled backward several steps.
Diana’s level was extremely high. Over forty. And her beast-soul was A-rank.
Everyone retreated. Afraid of being caught in the crossfire.
One clueless student stood frozen.
Until a teacher yanked him back by the collar.
"Get back!"
"Are you crazy? That’s a Level 48 beast-girl with A-rank aptitude! Standing that close—you want to die and reincarnate early?"
"Holy shit, Level 48? How the hell are you supposed to fight that?" The student was utterly stunned.
Everyone knew that leveling got harder and harder the higher you went.
Reaching Level 48 usually took at least a decade of dedicated effort.
Unless you had exceptional aptitude and enough money to constantly feed your beast-girl Demonic Beast Cores.
For ordinary people, Level 48 might be their lifetime achievement.
But that young woman was so young!
"Hiss!"
"Children of major families really are on another level from us ordinary folk."
"Yeah... I heard they eat Demonic Beast Cores like candy!"
Leon, however, showed no fear at all.