Angelica’s head was still hanging down and her body was still trembling… No, No, this violent level could no longer be called a tremble but should be said that she was twitching, her body was twitching unnaturally.
After that, without any warning, she twisted her body frantically, and at the same time from the mouth covered with black cloth, she continued to growl in an unnatural voice: “woo, grr….”
“Hey, calm down! I’ll help you untie the rope!” I yelled to her.
However, Angelica continued to struggle as if she couldn’t understand my words, and the voice in her throat became scarier and scarier.
It felt like a reaction to some kind of illness or poisoning.
“There’s something wrong with her! What did you feed her?” I asked Felina.
“No, the potion… she hasn’t taken the potion yet….”Felina held the potion bottle at a loss.
“Other than this? What else did you give her? Quickly say it!”
“No… really nothing! We just tied her up and dragged her here….” Felina anxiously explained, her voice turned in a sobbing tone.
It doesn’t look like she is lying….
Forget it! Saving a life is more important! Whatever the reason is, first let’s take Angelica to academy doctor and —–
Pop!
The sound of rope breaking interrupted my thoughts,
I looked at Angelica again in shock.
She just snapped a rope string.
The last time I saw a person breaking the rope by such strength was Miriya with whom I was locked in the equipment room, but Miriya was a top-level warrior. And, the rope Felina used to tie Angelika was thicker than the one I used. I don’t think Angelica has the strength to break a rope like this.
However, an incredible thing happened. With her fierce movement, the rope strings tied to her broke one after another.
Is it my illusion? How do I feel her body… seem to be a little bigger?
At this moment, the struggling Angelica suddenly raised her head and looked this way.
Under her forehead, the eyes glowed with a green light.
The sense of crisis ran through my whole body and made my body move before I realized it.
I lowered my body and rushed next to Felina. I put the arm around her waist and jumped aside while hugging her.
At the same time, the last strings of ropes that bound Angelica broke apart and without a trace her figure disappeared from the tree, drawing a trail of shadows that came hurtling towards this side.
“What are you doing!? Let me go!” Felina who I was holding underarm was frightened and writhed restlessly, she also hit me in the ribs with her elbow.
“Stop making trouble! Look ahead! Do you know If I didn’t hold you and dodge, you would be dead?” I shouted at her.
Felina cast her gaze to the place where we had just stood and her expression froze immediately.
Angelica was there on with all four limbs, and it was now clear that her body was indeed a circle larger than before. Her hands sank deep into the earth, clearly showing just how powerful the attack was.
No, that couldn’t be called hands anymore….
Angelica just seemed to notice the black cloth on her mouth. She shook her head, then finding it useless, raised her hand to grab it.
The fingertips of that “hand” had sharp nails, and the reddish-brown hair covered her bare arm, which had become extremely slender.
…..it was appropriate to call it claws.
Not only there were claws… a pair of pointed ears covered with reddish-brown hair grew on her head, and the color of hair became gradually assimilated with it.
After tearing off the black cloth, she stared over here with a fierce face. As if intimidating, her mouth opened and made a terrifying roar.
Through the bright moonlight, we all saw the sharp fangs in her mouth at that moment.
When I just looked at her before, I felt a degree of danger, because her posture and eyes reminded me of a beast before the attack. Only the eyes of the beast could reflect that kind of light at night.
The answer was obvious enough.
“She, she, she is… she is…” Felina was already stuttering with fear.
“Werewolf…” I muttered.
Seeing the scene in front of me, I finally realized the reasons why Angelica acted strangely all this time.
The werewolf curse has only been seen in humans….
As long as infected with the curse, both humans and elves could turn into werewolves. The reason why there were no werewolves among the elves of Saidian was that most of them rarely leave their territory, and live a life close to isolation from the outside world, while Angelica was a half-elf who grew up in a human village.
She never spoke in front of others….
Because she doesn’t want people to see the fangs in her mouth.
She has shut herself these days in the dormitory and doesn’t come out….
Because the wildness lurking in the wolf’s body will fluctuate with the phase of the moon. A werewolf could easily lose control on the full moon’s night. The days when she would lock herself in the dormitory were also the days approaching the full moon.
Now thinking about it carefully, the academy was still near the periphery of the city where elves live. This piece of forest was under the jurisdiction of the academy, how could a beast suddenly appear?
Tonight was the night of the full moon, and it’s the time when the werewolf’s wildness is at its highest.
In front of us, the half-elf…. The werewolf Angelica straightened up as if being called, raised her head towards the night sky, looked at the moon, and then slowly opened her mouth….
“Owooooo—-”
A loud wolf howl came from her throat filling the night sky.
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