The Goddess' Champion

As if cursed by his Karma, Constantine's idea had been the one that brought this pair in here, the smell was too distinctive from everywhere else.

He went alert immediately, those two werewolves, they were big.

His mouth covered the princess' one when she saw them and the entire group lay down like corpses in the bushes.

"U-Ugh! It is a perfect chance to have a chat... no one is going to come here." The other werewolf said, one of them was pitch black and big while the other was more moderately sized with brown fur, both looked terrifying though.

"The princess is nowhere to be found, She might have already infiltrated the Human Empire."

"Lord Daijou won't be happy..."

"It doesn't matter, it is not our head that is rolling, we will search for another day and call it quits, the Lindom Forest is simply too big, if no other teams have found her, she's gone."

"But there is always the chance that we find her~" The brown werewolf said with a suggestive tone, and Constantine felt Nia shivering in his arms.

"What are you saying?"

"Wouldn't that be the perfect chance to have the princess?~"

"Do you want to earn the Emperor's ire!?"

"The Emperor doesn't need to know, we're perfectly capable of breeding her on our own, in any case... nobody knows where she is, our children, they'd be strong... they'd have her affinity with the spirits, and we'd no longer be vassals, don't you understand?" He insisted, but his gaze contained wickedness he was thinking of something else beneath the background.

'As if I'd share the princess with you.'

"Your ambitions are immense, Tosuke... better pray this is not known by anyone. Tch! this corpse is still putrid... but it is also fresh." The black werewolf happened to step on the dead boar and smelled around it, he lifted his eyebrows slightly, something is not right.

Constantine prepared his magic, this was the worst-case scenario, they were at least ten metres away from the corpse.

"It must have been some boar nearby." The brown werewolf said dismissively, his eyes still retaining wickedness whereas the other big monster instead emitted a threatening aura all of the sudden, his fur stood on an end and he glared at the surroundings!

*RUMBLE!*

"..." There was utter silence as he inspected the area, but one could see his head shivering in disgust with every second.

"UGH! I can't take this smell!! it is three times worse when I'm focused, this is the worst corpse I have ever smelt!" He prepared to live, not wanting to remain even a second more in this place.

"Think about what I said... the princess, she could be ours, I assure you the other teams are thinking the same, even Lord Daijou."

"Hmph! First, we have to find her and then... we will see if your delusions are possible, runt."

*WHOOSH!!*

*WHOOSHH!!*

The two animals leapt on the trees and disappeared as fast as they appeared, moving on their way.

Constantine didn't allow anyone to rise even after ten minutes had passed, only then did he deem the place safe enough to move.

'Those two were stronger than the rest...'

"Thank... you..." Nia said suddenly releasing him, her gaze contained a lot of feelings, outrage, wrath but also fear...

"..." She threw Constantine a glare, looked at him up and down and then spoke.

"You won't breed me, right?"

"No... I think." He smirked, returning the gaze around her entire body, it was complicated, but she was hot.

"Master, don't scare her!" Zamira got in between, for some reason, although her voice contained reproach towards Constantine, her glare was directed towards the woman.

"Why are they going after you? also, what are you a Werewolf? you don't look like a wolf." The more he compared her with the previous two, the farther she was from resembling them.

"I'm a mutated hybrid... a hybrid between a wolf and a kitsune, my father is the Emperor, my mother is the Shrine Saintess of Beasts... I'm the only daughter with three brothers." She said with some dejection as if her appearance was nothing to be proud of.

"..." The group allowed her to continue.

"I discovered something I shouldn't have... one of my father's concubines was together with one of my uncles, that Daijou you heard about, they had an affair and colluded against my father... originally I didn't support his reign but my father is still my father, I couldn't allow them to play him like that, sadly before I knew I was being pursued and... my father doesn't believe me... he and Daijou were comrades for centuries." Her ears fell once again and this time Raki didn't hold back, she caressed them.

Apparently, Nia liked that.

"What about your mother?"

"My mother sleeps, until she wakes up I can't speak to her." The woman focused on Constantine who she already deemed as the 'alpha' amongst these people.

'What exactly do I have to do for this girl to be 'safe'? what a pain in the ass...' He heard about the entire thing, and for her to be safe... perhaps taking her with him would do?

"Can you go back to your human form?"

"Yes, why are you still in your integration form? it will be harder for them to smell you."

"S-Sorry, this is my humanoid form..." The woman sighed and leaned against Raki, she seemed to be really enjoying having the girl play with her ears.

"Impossible!"

"I'm a mutated one... I can't ever look 'human' moreover I'm a direct descendant of a Kitsune and a werewolf, sorry for not looking so 'human' alright? it's not like I want to..."

"Alright, don't get upset..." Constantine sighed once again, it would be impossible to conceal her if she's looking like this, unless they turn her into a mummy.

'Maybe we could, the mansion is outside the town of loup, no one will ever see her.' He thought, so long as they didn't take her inside the town, there would be no problem.

"Have you ever seen this tree..." He gave her the sheet of paper and she took it in confusion.

"Eh, I do... I passed by one of them on my way here, why?" She answered and that's all the answer that Constantine needed.

"Very well... Andre, I want you to take Malik and Raki back to your house, me and Zamira will stick around together with this girl until we find the tree... we might not be back in a while." He said all of the sudden, his voice brought sadness to the group, this is where their journey ends.

"Boss, do you think I am unqualified?" Andre asked with reluctance, he wanted to stay and help.

"You are qualified and strong, but someone has to take Raki and Malik back... I'm counting on you, big man, we're going to go on another adventure, but this one is too risky."

"I got it, boss, I know you're strong but be careful, werebeasts are extremely wicked, just like them... only for the prospect of attaining a stronger offspring, they wouldn't mind sullying their Emperor's daughter." Andre glared at the girl who in turn glared back.

"Take care all of you, I need you all to prepare the mansion, but don't move there, just make it available."

"Sure!"

Raki ran and hugged him tightly, she didn't want to leave, but one of his important lessons and words was 'to recognise your own weakness...' and she knew... merely glancing at those werewolves before, she felt pure fear.

"I will be okay, Raki... stay safe and keep training, if by the time I come back you can't land a hit... I'm going to be pissed."

"Master, I won't disappoint you!" She said before releasing him and retreating, she didn't know how long it would take, but she'd be a different person by the time he came back.

"Come here, Malik." Constantine pulled the boy that obviously wanted to come forward but didn't dare to.

He scratched the boy's head.

"Go back there, train... protect Anya and your family and by the time I come back, show me what you've got... I will give you a challenge, beat the crap out of your father in law~"

"I will do it, master!"

"Boy, I dare you!"

"Stop yelling and go..."

"Please be safe..." How couldn't Andre know what Constantine is planning to do, if he's going to stick around with the princess, there is only one possible answer, he's entering the Wolf Empire.

"I'm sorry for causing you trouble, but I can't count on anyone else..."

"We're stuck with you until you're safe... but I need you to be honest with me and tell me what's going on."

"There must be trust coming from either side, how about you start by telling me why you, a hybrid elf with divinity are going around together with a weretiger? I thought they were extinct."

"..."

"Come again?"

It wasn't Constantine, it was Zamira who had to make an incredulous look, what did she just say?