Aponia: "I Can Never Repay Miss Makima's Kindness" / Aponia: "Maybe I Used to Think Too Poorly of People?"

"What's your name?"

"My name? You two can just call me Pardofelis."

After Makima let her go, Pardofelis immediately took two steps back, putting some distance between herself and An Xiu and Makima, while her gaze quickly darted around, sizing up her surroundings.

Right now, although she had been cornered in a narrow alley, and the only exit was blocked by An Xiu and Makima, with her skills, she could absolutely climb over the wall and leave while the two in front of her were distracted.

So while Pardofelis pretended to answer their questions, she picked out a good spot, then prepared to leap.

The next second, a thin strand of Golden Chains emerged out of thin air and wrapped around the girl.

In an instant, the girl seemed to lose all her strength. Her figure had only just jumped up before she fell to the ground with a smack.

"These are Chains of Restraint. They can appear in any direction according to my will, and while binding the target, they also greatly suppress all of the target's energy."

"Whether kinetic energy, thermal energy, or biological energy, all of it can be suppressed. Although I can already lower the output so that these Chains of Restraint won't be fatal even if the one they bind is an ordinary person, Miss Pardofelis must not have even a bit of strength left right now, correct?"

Hearing Makima's words, Pardofelis, who was lying on the ground, struggled to raise her head.

Just as Makima had said, even when bound by Chains of Restraint at the lowest output, Pardofelis no longer had the strength to even speak.

Right now, the girl only felt that even moving a single finger was exhausting, and her whole body had gone cold.

*Cat-cat me... I think I'm really