Beast was utterly despairing now.
Everything had happened far too suddenly, far beyond what any normal person could have expected or understood.
Her own parents had cruelly murdered their daughter simply because they did not want her to marry.
It was something Beast could not comprehend.
And with the princess dead,
his chance to make amends to her had vanished forever.
The debt on his conscience could never be repaid. He could only remain a Beast forever.
Most importantly, Beast knew how greatly this incident would affect Shepherd's reforms to restrict the nobility.
Though he had not done it, he had ruined everything.
Despair gnawed at his heart. Then, at that moment, his gaze met Shepherd's, who had come to stop the fight and save him.
A trace of resolve flashed through his eyes as Beast charged at Shepherd.
Seeing this, Shepherd felt a faint sense of foreboding.
Sure enough, Beast roared, "I was lurking by your side from the very beginning. You never expected that, did you?"
"Now I'm going to kill you!" Beast said as he rushed before Shepherd, his eyes filled with pleading.
Kill me!
Please, kill me!
Don't let me live forever in this form of a Beast.
And in this way, preserve as much as possible of Shepherd's authority as the divine envoy.
It might not have been the best solution, but it was the only thing he could do for Shepherd now.
Shepherd saw the resolve and pain in Beast's eyes.
Everything that had happened was pushing Beast into the Abyss.
Beast no longer had any will to live.
Shepherd closed his eyes, and the turbulent emotions within them settled at that instant.
Then he raised his hand.
A limb strengthened by a divine gift was the finest weapon.
And in the blink of