MPBAGS Chapter 106

The nest that Flauros had carefully cultivated was absent its master.

It was all because Flauros had failed to fulfill his role. He couldn't even properly face Astaroth, and had to watch helplessly with his three eyes wide open as the knights took Lady Evangeline away.

He wanted to immediately tear apart everything that had touched Lady Evangeline's body. He would cut out the tongues that had insulted her to till the fields, and pluck out the eyes that had glared at her to hang them in clusters and cultivate an orchard.

"Stay put until I call you, Pudding."

The only reason he couldn't do so was because Lady Evangeline wouldn't want it. He revered Lady Evangeline enough to forcibly suppress his rising hunger and murderous intent and get along with humans. It was fine to be called by such a trivial snack name as Pudding. He would transform into a cat and snuggle into her arms, acting cute. He was desperate to receive affection.

How lovely she was. How pitiful and heartbreaking. So he had only acted cute until his pride was completely shattered. It was natural that Flauros, who hadn't preyed on humans for a while following Evangeline—unlike in the old days—couldn't match Astaroth.

Only after being toyed with by Astaroth and suffering a crushing defeat could Flauros come to his senses.

He wanted to be helpful to Lady Evangeline rather than be a burden to her. Someone who couldn't even properly face Astaroth could never be of help to Lady Evangeline. So first, he needed to kill that bothersome Astaroth. Since he couldn't even be a proper opponent right now, he needed to feed and fill his belly.

Flauros had asked for permission in advance before Evangeline was taken away.

"May I hunt until Lady Evangeline returns?"

"Yes. You must be quite hungry, so feel free to eat as much as you want."

Evangeline added a condition to that.

"But you must choose your prey carefully. Hunt the weak and diseased ones first."

What the weak and diseased ones meant was obvious. Flauros was completely absorbed in the languid and gentle voice calling him "Pudding" when his immersion was broken by the intruders.

Dozens of hands reached out from all directions. Each hand was desperate to touch Flauros. They dislocated their shoulders to get even a little closer, and crawled on the ground with their teeth just to approach Flauros.

The boy, beautiful enough to be called an angelic manifestation, grimaced and crushed the outstretched hands with his boot heel. But instead of screams, cheers erupted from the dozens of bundled hands. They had finished preparing to be sacrificed as prey, unable to think properly.

Andras, who had returned from visiting Evangeline, clicked his tongue at the dizzying scene. This prey was a domestic violence offender, and that other prey next to him was a rapist. This one was also a madman who enjoyed eating human flesh despite not even being a demon. They were all disgusting without exception, to the point where it was curious how they had been gathered. Seeing them all clustered together was as revolting as looking at a basket full of maggots. These were exactly the kind of weak and diseased ones that Evangeline had permitted him to eat.

"Pudding. Did you bring all this because you're going to eat it? Are you in your right mind?"

He never expected that this picky eater would try to consume such low-grade things as soon as he received permission from Evangeline to prey on what society calls trash. He must have been quite hurt in his pride after being beaten by Astaroth.

"Is it because you got beaten up by Astaroth? But he's your natural enemy, so it can't be helped."

"Shut up. I went to help Lady Evangeline but came back without being able to do anything."

"Well, if I had been there, our master wouldn't have fallen for Astaroth's crude tricks."

Flauros kicked a ball toward Andras as if venting his anger. Only after Andras caught the ball did he realize it was a human head. How could Pudding throw a pedophile's head at a friend? What a nasty kid.

Andras gingerly picked up just the hair as if touching something dirty and gently set the head down beside him. While Andras found it disgusting even to smell, Flauros ate it up well. And with an expression like a demon that didn't suit his gentle face, he declared filled with rage:

"Next time I see Astaroth, I'll tear him apart and kill him."

"Go ahead. I'll cheer you on."

Rather than eating this kind of thing, he'd rather go pick cherry blossom petals from Count Rohanson's estate, but Flauros’ pride probably wouldn't allow that either.

"Eat quickly. After you finish eating, let's go run errands with me."

Jelly melted and ate cherry blossom petals while turning his back so the maggots wouldn't be visible. It seemed like even his existing appetite would disappear.