Demons Beside You

Translator: Larbre Studio  Editor: Larbre Studio

Suddenly, a black shadow loomed over Little Nine.

 Amon! Amon had come. He"d gotten even bigger. Swimming past the gla.s.s window, the entire view turned black.

 Fali had seen Amon before, but it was her first time seeing Amon"s full body. He was like a prehistoric beast. His figure contained a repressive aura. The current that he created overturned Little Nine.

 “Can killer whales be in freshwater?” Fali asked in shock.

 “Yeah,” Chen Zhao answered.

 Actually, there had been records of killer whales entering fresh water from the sea long ago. For example, there had once been a group of killer whales in the Thames River in England.

 Of course, they couldn"t stay in freshwater for too long. Most of them were used to the salt in seawater. Being in freshwater for too long would damage their bodies.

 This was unrelated to Amon though. He was a demon—not a true killer whale. Freshwater and seawater were the same to him.

 Chen Zhao took out the monster skeleton and placed it on the side of the bas.e.m.e.nt. The bones were close to ten meters long and the creature was four-legged, similar to Obitos.

 Of course, there was no way that it was a dragon.

 Chen Zhao and Fali took a long time to a.s.semble the bones.

 “Chen, are you sure it"s okay to put this skeleton here?”

 “What problems can we have? We"ll just say that it"s a manmade piece of art. No one will suspect anything.”

 “That"s true.” Fali was rea.s.sured.

 The house was habitable now, but they couldn"t stop. After all, they still had to buy large amounts of everyday items and groceries.

 “Chen, I think you should buy another car so you can go places more easily. You can"t drive an RV to buy groceries, right?”

 “Okay, I"ll go buy one tomorrow,” Chen Zhao said. “Oh, let"s invite all our friends for a housewarming party since we"ve moved now.”

 “Sure! Let"s invite the members of the Coastal Rescue Guard too, especially Robio. He designed our house.”

 They obviously had to invite Robio. Chen Zhao had to invite his friends too. He just didn"t know what the scene would be like when Ethan, Caprice, and Robio met.

 “Oh, we have a special pet too.”

 “What special pet?”

 “My friend asked me to take care of it.”

 “It"s not an average pet, right?”

 “A three-headed h.e.l.lhound.”

 “Three-headed h.e.l.lhound?” Fali was both scared and excited. “When can I meet it?”

 “You should say them. The three heads have separate minds,” Chen Zhao said. “I"ll introduce you tonight.”

 “Are they dangerous?”

 “They"re like Walter. They"re not dangerous as long as they know you.”

 At night, Chen Zhao and Blackie went to the bas.e.m.e.nt one last time and took the three dogs out. Chen Zhao rode them back to Mirror Lake, taking advantage of the darkness.

 These three were the biggest of Chen Zhao"s pets, other than Amon. Even Princess was three times smaller than them.

 The three dogs" body was also very muscular. They ran as quickly as a sports car.

 Chen Zhao planned on introducing Fali to the three dogs because he didn"t want them to be stuck in the tiny s.p.a.ce crack like before. It was like how a lion shouldn"t be locked in a cage for people to gawk at.

 Dogs were naturally energetic and wanted people to accompany and play with them. They looked like monsters, but they were still dogs deep down.

 “Fali, we"re almost at Mirror Lake. You can come out to wait for us.”

 Fali stood at the door. She could hear a light wind. In the distance, she saw a huge shadow galloping in the dark. There were also some eerily glowing eyes.

 When the three dogs came before her and the three heads looked down, she stiffened. Facing them felt different than facing Little Nine.

 Little Nine wasn"t big, so it wasn"t that shocking. Plus, there was a gla.s.s between them, so she didn"t feel any danger.

 However, she was face to face with the three dogs. Fali stiffened like she was faced with a lion, not daring to move.

 Chen Zhao jumped down from their back. “Little Three, Little Two, Little One, let me make introductions. This is my girlfriend. You have to treat her like you treat me, okay?”

 The three immediately went forward and s...o...b..red over Fali"s face. She couldn"t really take their enthusiasm.

 But after getting over her fear, they gave her the same feeling as Black Ma and White Ma did.

 “Fali, this is Little One, this is Little Two, and this is Little Three.”

 She took out the meat that she"d prepared. Chen Zhao had instructed her to do this beforehand.

 She gave an entire roasted cow thigh to the head in the middle. The other two tried to steal it and Fali immediately comforted, “Everyone has food. Don"t fight.”

 Then she gave food to the other two heads. The three heads all ate tastily. Next, Chen Zhao introduced the dogs to Amon. They"d actually already met the other pets, especially Little Nine. It had been kept in the s.p.a.ce crack before too. They were companions and were now extremely familiar with each other.

 The dogs hadn"t met Princess, Briar, Bramble, Simba, and Nala before either. They were honestly too excited to meet so many new and old friends. They practically went crazy.

 After playing for a few hours, the three dogs finally went through the hole that connected the bottom of the river to the house and ducked into the second bas.e.m.e.nt.

 Chen Zhao had left this entrance to the bas.e.m.e.nt just for the three dogs and Little Nine.

 Little Three"s head was too big. It couldn"t go into the bas.e.m.e.nt from the front. With the three dogs" size, going in from the living room would destroy the newly-constructed room.

 Little Nine wasn"t big, but Chen Zhao learned from Beelzebub that a hydra"s final form would be much, much bigger than Amon. By then, Little Nine would have to go into the sea. At least, Mirror Lake wouldn"t be big enough.

 The other pets also went to rest in the second bas.e.m.e.nt. It was very s.p.a.cious there. The big and small pets piled together without seeming cramped. There was even room leftover.

 Chen Zhao wasn"t sure how many more pets he would get, so he left some s.p.a.ce just in case.

 This was an unfamiliar place for the pets. It was also Chen Zhao and Fali"s first night here. It was unfamiliar but made them feel rea.s.sured.

 After all, this was truly their home.