"Next, take me to Touko."
"Huh? Master, why bother with that old woman anymore?"
Beo blinked and asked curiously. Beo had already submitted completely to Roland and would willingly follow him even without a contract.
As a beast without morals, Beo was far more straightforward than humans in this respect. After Roland acknowledged Beo's status as his dog, the Golden Wolf had already put all the pain and torment suffered earlier out of mind.
At that moment, Beo's tail wagged as fast as a propeller, showing the delight of having met such a powerful master.
Who was Touko Aozaki?
Just some unfamiliar old woman.
"Why?"
Roland looked at Beo in some confusion. "Because she belongs to me too, of course."
"Huh?"
Beo looked blankly at Roland, unable to understand his words. As far as Beo remembered, Touko had never mentioned having such a terrifying master. It was clearly something worth being proud of, yet she never even bragged about it. She really had kept it well hidden.
"Then let's go right now. I'll lead the way. I know all the traps on the way to the barrier's center too. Leave everything to me, Master!"
The golden werewolf dropped to the ground, immediately turning collaborator and offering eager words of service.
But Roland frowned slightly at the incongruous sight of a werewolf behaving that way.
"Before that, change your form. You're neither wolf nor human. It looks weird."
Hearing Roland's words, Beo, who had already become a complete lackey, immediately began changing form in a burst of golden light.
Judging by the size of the light, it should have been the humanoid form from before.
Roland inwardly nodded at this behavior. Choosing not the most natural wolf form but a shape closer to his own without being ordered showed that he