"It was my selfish wish to not give you the answers that you deserved to know and keep you by my side." Ian smiled as he spoke those words, traces of sadness that no one knew the source of visible in his smile. Ash wondered what made Ian look at him with such expression but couldn't figure out.  "Anyways! You're not mad at me for hiding your identity, right?" Ian snapped out of the gloomy atmosphere that he had surrounding him for a second and asked back, cheerful once again.  Ash looked shocked by the speed of his transformation and shook his head impulsively. "So you're not mad? You sure?" Ian asked once again, this time, giving Ash the chance to answer properly. Even Ian found it funny how Ash was panicking and answering on whims.  "I'm not mad. I also hid it from you so I don't even have the right to be mad."&nb

"How long.. till we reach the next village?" The Queen asked, wiping the sweat off her forehead with the handkerchief provided by Ian. "Another hour or so.." Ian took a glance at her and answered. He thought she'd have no trouble keeping up with them since she was incredibly strong. But the problem lay elsewhere. "So you were saying.. there's no sun in your world?" It was the first time that she had come into contact with such humid and hot atmosphere. So her discomfort was natural.  "Yes. We only have, what you call a Moon, but two of them." Ian imagined the demon world where no sun existed. It was a dark and cold place with only two Moon circling around them. The dimly light world of the demons were one of the main reason why their constitution was so different from the humans.  'Wonder how the primary pro

"A cat..?"   Ian tilted his head in confusion as he looked at the person in front of him.    Flick   His eyes unintentionally went towards the two cat-like ears on top of their head.    Swish.   And just as unintentionally, it went down towards the tail that was peeking out from behind that person. Since the surrounding was too dark, he couldn't figure out the colour of their hair, but Ian was sure of one thing.   'Someone from the cat tribe?'   "Calling a member of the cat tribe a cat.. Are you making fun of us?"   The guy made a defensive comment right from the start, just like a cat. Ian could imagine them hissing at him if he called them a cat one more time.    "But aren't you a cat?"   And he did. Playing with stray cats was a favourite pastime of Ian. 

Ian and his party was in the middle of having their breakfast when Ian started noticing something.   They were all making small talks about this and that. Even Oliver was taking part in them since the others started expressing their curiosity about him.    Up untill then, everything was normal. And it didn't look like anything was out of place. Except.   'It's moving again..'   Ian thought to himself as he glanced at Oliver's ears. He noticed that everytime Louis spoke, Oliver's ears twitched. It was definitely subconscious and Oliver didn't seem to have any idea about that.    'I guess it's true then.. The familiarity he was talking about..'   "So you're from the city which is considered the capital for cat tribes?"   Louis and Lucas looked specially curious as they learned many new things about their own race and tribe. Ian wo

"I don't care whether they're royalties, ministers, Demons or the God himself, if you wanna stay with me instead, then you're staying. I'll deal with anyone who says otherwise."Those words spoken with confidence rang in everyone's ear as they all fell into a daze. If it was anyone saying those words, they would've found it absurd or ridiculous. If it was anyone else, they could easily discard those words as a failed attempt at persuasion. But it was Ian. The one speaking those seemingly absurd words were Ian himself. The man who was their saviour, the one who time and again proved the truth of his words by overcoming dangerous situations all by himself. And with that assurance came a certain sense of relief and joy. Taking his words as something constant, they now had the assurance that Ian would never, ever through them away. As long as they wanted to stay by his side, be it till eternity, they'd have the right to stay. "I