These Familiars Are Strange-Chapter 49: To kill or not to kill

With the speed of the Fanged Wolves, it didn’t take any time at all for me to reach the safe zone that Iris had mentioned.

Only I didn’t bring the Fanged Wolves with me into the safe zone.

This safe zone was a place that had other people as well, so I didn’t want them to know about my abilities.

It was just that to my surprise, she had brought her Fanged Wolf here as well.

It created a pressure on the others that they didn’t dare approach her.

The moment that I walked into the safe zone, Iris’ eyes immediately turned in my direction and she started running over.

This attracted the attention of the other people resting in the safe zone.

A beautiful woman would always be the center of attention after all.

But there was a bitter smile on my face since I didn’t want to draw this attention.

It was just that there was nothing that I could do.

After running over, she jumped at me with all her force, so I had no choice but to catch her in my arms. As I caught her in my arms, I could feel the soft feeling coming from in front of me that made a blush appear on my face again.

Only it didn’t seem like Iris cared about this as she pressed herself up against me and softly said, "You’re back."

With a small nod, I said, "I’m back like I said."

There was a moment of silence that lingered in the air before she slowly looked up at me with a smile and gave a nod.

That just made things even more awkward for me.

At the same time, the situation was made even worse by everyone looking in our direction.

The way that they looked at me…

It wasn’t hard to guess what they were thinking as I held Iris in my arms.

After she came back to her senses, Iris realized her mistake and she moved out of my arms with a blush on her cheeks.

A trace of bitterness filled me seeing her like this as I wanted to complain.

"Do you really have to add more fuel into the fire like this?"

After all, I could see the way that the others were looking over at us.

It really made us the center of attention in this safe zone.

With a cough, I said, "Shall we leave the dungeon then?"

Iris quickly gave a nod as if she found a way to relieve the awkwardness of the situation before giving a whistle.

The Fanged Wolf that I left her came over to her side and went down to let her get on its back. It seemed that during the time that I hadn’t been with her, she had gotten even closer to the Fanged Wolf.

It really made me wonder what would happen once we left the dungeon.

After all, it was impossible to take the Fanged Wolf out with us.

After getting on the back of the Fanged Wolf, she looked at me with a surprised look and asked, "Where’s your Fanged Wolf?"

With an awkward smile, I said, "It wouldn’t be good for me to bring it into the safe zone with me, so it’s waiting outside for me."

Iris thought about it and thought that what I said made sense, so she gave a simple nod in response.

But then she did something that sent a chill down my spine.

"Get on. Let’s go together." She reached her hand out towards me as if she wanted to pull me onto her Fanged Wolf.

I could feel the various envious glares that were piercing into my back, but I forced myself to remain calm as I said, "I’m fine, I’ll just walk."

She looked like she had something to say, but she held herself back in the end as she simply said, "Alright." Though based on the look that was on Iris’ face, it seemed like she was disappointed.

The two of us quickly left the safe zone after that.

I had my guard up as we left since there was no telling if anyone would try something, but it seemed that the Fanged Wolf was enough to scare them off.

The people that were in this safe zone were people that only explored the outer areas of the dungeon in the first place. They were people that weren’t strong enough to fight against the Elite Monster, let alone the Boss Monster.

So it wasn’t as if they would take the risk of fighting someone that could control a Fanged Wolf.

After leaving the safe zone, the rest of the monsters appeared.

There was a surprised look that appeared on Iris’ face when she saw all of the monsters that were under my command. She slowly turned to look at me with this surprised look, but I didn’t say anything as I just looked at them.

This was when I had to come to a decision.

It was whether to kill them or not to kill them.

These monsters that I had tamed were still monsters of the dungeon, so they couldn’t be taken out with us.

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But since they were also monsters of the dungeon, that meant that there was loot that they would drop if I were to kill them.

It was just that with everything that we had gone through, it felt a bit wrong to kill them…

In the end, the deciding factor was Iris.

She suddenly came forward to pet the Fanged Wolf that she bonded with on the head and said, "It’s time for you to go home."

It was clear that she knew exactly what I was thinking, which was why she was letting the Fanged Wolf go before I did anything.

But this also helped me remember something.

Those that harmed me, I would take revenge against tenfold.

But those that helped me…

It would be wrong to pay kindness with violence.

At least I didn’t want to be that kind of person.

"Go on, go back to your homes." I said with a wave of my hand, releasing the previous hypnosis on them.

Iris looked at me with a smile before turning to wave at the monsters that were leaving.

As I watched them leave, I gave a small nod.

I came to the decision that no matter what happened, I shouldn’t lose my true self.

I shouldn’t do anything that I would be ashamed of.

That’s what it meant to wield this power.