???

I glared at him in a huff, then jiggled the two mounds on my chest... Jiggle... Jiggle...

Oh, for crying out loud! Why was I getting so worked up over a kid?

And now I was shaking my chest?

A shiver of disgust ran through me. I immediately dropped my arms and shuddered.

"What's wrong? Why'd you stop?"

The moment I started jiggling my chest, the kid's eyes had gone wide. As soon as I stopped, he asked, drooling.

I raised a hand in annoyance and smacked him right on the butt.

"Smack!"

"Ugh!!! Why'd you hit me again?!"

"You're just a little kid. What kind of filthy things are you thinking about?"

There was nothing wrong with him, so I was relieved. I hadn't actually planned to beat him to death anyway. A lesson was enough.

I stood up and looked around. I hadn't brought anything with me when I left, and after using up so much energy, I was honestly getting hungry.

Unfortunately, there was food in the cave,

but it was all beside the tigress. The big creature had probably set it aside in preparation for having cubs.

It was the carcass of a wild buffalo, huge—an entire size bigger than the tiger. But the torn throat proved

the tiger had killed it.

After hesitating for a moment, I walked over and stopped in front of the tiger.

"Big Sister Tiger, let's talk business."

"Roar!"

"It's nothing much. How about you give me some meat, and once the typhoon's passed, I'll pay you back double. No, triple!"

As I spoke, I raised my hand and held up three fingers. Who knew that would seem to enrage the tiger in an instant?

It suddenly opened its enormous jaws and lunged at

me.

"Tch..."

I clicked my tongue. This