As for who was grinding their teeth like that, there weren’t many people in this world who enjoyed the sound of grinding teeth. In this respect at least, Amelia was fairly average. This meant that, like most people, she hated that sound.0

Amelia had tried her best to correct that person’s bad habit. Because she kept grinding her teeth, Amelia had to gag her. Then, when she even ended up chewing the rubber gag into pieces, Amelia gave her a beating. However, in the end, Amelia still failed to correct that person’s bad habit.2

A figure silently glared down at Amelia.1

That person was Hemoria, Amelia’s dog.0

The title was meant in the literal sense of the word; Amelia truly treated Hemoria like her pet dog. She had kept Hemoria on a leash in her yard and took her for a walk every now and then. Amelia also had to teach Hemoria how to bury her own excrement after she relieved herself outside.7

If Hemoria didn’t listen to her commands, Amelia would beat her. But it wasn’t like Amelia only beat Hemoria whenever the latter was disobedient. Whenever Amelia was in a bad mood, she would freely give Hemoria a beating without coming up with any justifications for it.9

Amelia didn’t just use violence to train Hemoria. Whenever she was in a good mood, she would forcefully flip Hemoria onto her back, scratch her belly, or pat her on the head. There were also plenty of other ways that Amelia had coddled her like a cute pet.5

But now….0

Amelia also had a fairly good sense of objectivity when it came to things like relationships. This was one of the reasons why she had always made sure to treat the specter with great care. It was also why she couldn’t accept that the specter seemed to have betrayed her.0

However, Hemoria was a different matter. Amelia had always thought that if anyone was going to betray her, it would be Hemoria.0

As such, she had placed strong shackles on Hemoria and had made sure to keep an eye on her every move. If there weren’t any such shackles placed on her, Amelia was sure that this mutt would betray her no matter what.0

Her predictions weren’t inaccurate. Hermoria had indeed betrayed Amelia. After being given orders to spy on the Wise Sienna, Hemoria dared...2