Warning! Beware of the Dog

· @manga_collector· Xiao Ding Ding (笑丁丁) · Lily Club (橘姬社)

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1. "I..."

1. "I wish that you had been the one by my side."

1. "Of course..."

1. "...hold on!" 2. "Don't think you're getting out of this just by acting cute!" 3. "...?" 4. "You're right," 5. "We shouldn't get normal people involved in this dangerous world," 6. "When unavoidable accidents happen," 7. "Erasing their memories is probably the kindest thing to do." 8. "But," 9. "After going through all these troublesome things with you, I've learned some lessons as well..."

1. "You're in the eye of the storm. That's an undeniable fact."

1. "In the future, you'll likely be forced into more scenarios where you're faced with these choices again." 2. "Either we get strong enough to protect all our powerless friends,"

1. "Or..."

1. "...we'll have to make a clean break, and give up on these relationships."

1. "Flowers..."

1. "!"

1. "Well..." 2. "That being said," 3. "I can't bear to part with them..."

1. It's rare that humans are so welcoming to me, 2. If possible, I want to become even better friends with them... 3. But...

1. "...I get what you're saying..."

1. "..."

1. "I've been thinking"

1. "About it this whole time as well."

1. I never intended to get close with them,

1. Just hoped that they'd take the hint and leave me be.

1. But xia yihan... Curse her gentle soul and giant heart... 2. Even cold as I was, she was always so friendly.

1. Was always so friendly towards me.

1. As for liu xue... 2. I don't love the way she orders people around, but I know she's not a bad person.

1. She shows affection for us in

1. Affection for us in her own ways.

1. Those two are always keeping the dorm noisy.

1. Liu xue blabs on and on about random nonsense, and yihan never leaves her hanging.

1. Her hanging. 2. But seeing how much fun they have together, I can't help but get sucked in by the cheery atmosphere.

1. "Sigh... I'm out of here."

1. Even though I'm not participating in their conversation, it feels like I'm a part of the group... 2. As if I was just a regular student like them.

1. "Like them..." 2. "But"

1. "...but,"

1. Whenever I'm shaken awake by a nightmare, seeing them sleep so soundly, without a care in the world...

1. The boundless distance between us drags me back to this lonely reality.

1. "I'm the worst, aren't I?"

1. When I'm in a good mood, I let myself get attached to this temporary haven... 2. Yet, when I realize

1. They'll never be able to understand me, I heartlessly push them away...

1. "For someone"

1. "For someone like me..."

1. "Leaving the dorm seems to be the more responsible choice..."

1. "I'm relieved to know you're prepared for the worst," 2. "But you don't have to be so sad quite yet."

1. "Quite yet..." 2. "...?"

1. "No matter what... You'll always have me, right?"

1. "..."

1. "Also," 2. "I don't think the me from the past was as heartless as you described, either."

1. Maybe her initial motives were less than pure,

1. "But in all that time she spent with you,"

1. "There must have been some moments where her heart wavered... Right?"

1. Otherwise, why would the supposed tyrant, who viewed everything as beneath her,

1. "Spend all that time teaching you self-defense," 2. "Refuse all those opportunities"

1. "Those opportunities to kill you,"

1. "And watch you grow up safe and sound?"

1. Her and I, maybe we're two sides of the same soul reacting to two very different environments.

1. The way I sometimes have flashes of violent rage...

1. Perhaps she also...

1. "Sometimes felt a hint of warmth towards you?"

1. "..."

1. "I suppose that's possible..."

1. But I don't have it in me today to keep thinking about these unanswerable questions anymore... 2. "!!" 3. "Then get some sleep," 4. "It's okay to let yourself relax every once in a while."

1. "After all, I'm now an official member of the team, approved by that great and mighty opal!"

1. "So you can just sit"

1. "So you can just sit back, relax, and let me handle everythi-"

1. "..."

1. "You weren't saying all those comforting words just to scam a meal out of me, were you...?" 2. "Nonononono listen to my excus- explanation!" 3. "No matter how hungry I get, I have enough self-control to not go after a student like you!"