"Fou?"
Samael looked at the white little beast in his arms and froze.
"Little one, so that's your name. It suits you quite well."
After the uninvited guest's bout of commotion, Natalia, who had sneezed violently several times, helplessly sat up. She brushed aside the tail swishing across her face, then used both hands to pull the little creature from the spot that should have been hers. Holding it before her, she forced a stiff smile onto her beautiful face, trying to convey a little goodwill and a willingness to negotiate.
"Look, I got this spot first. How about you go somewhere else first..."
"Slap slap slap!"
However, before Natalia and the white little beast that had suddenly appeared could finish their friendly negotiations, a series of crisp slaps instantly froze the atmosphere.
"Fou... Fou! Fou fou fou! (It smells like scum! Dream demons deserve to die! Don't touch me, damn it!)"
Fou instinctively twitched his nose, first baring his teeth with a low growl. Then his back arched, his fur stood on end, and his pale flailing paws mercilessly delivered one heavy slap after another to Natalia's approaching cheek.
Fou, you've got the wrong person...
Samael raised a hand to smack his forehead, covering the right side of his face, unable to bear watching.
Although this three-eyed cat demon was natural enemies with both the former and current dream demon caretakers, the sort of rivals who would tear at and sabotage each other whenever they met, this time it was truly preconceived notions at work. Natalia, a dream demon hybrid, had suffered an undeserved disaster.
And while the damage was minor, the humiliation was immense.
At that moment, after taking a barrage of slaps to the face, Natalia's painstakingly forced smile shifted from amiable to stiff, then from stiff