The shadow grew bigger. A frog… Yes, the shadow now knew that the first creature it had swallowed was a frog. Actually, it knew a lot more than it did before. It now knew what a frog, a snake, and an eagle were.0

When it was a frog, it knew the happiness of feeling the rain on its skin. After becoming a snake, the sensation of sliding across the smooth earth brought it joy. When it became an eagle, it learned the happiness of letting the wind carry its weight.0

It realized that the rain, ground, and the sky each held a happiness of their own.0

The shadow finally became a lion and learned the joy of killing. The moment it sank its teeth into its prey, blood rushed into its mouth. It was so fragrant that the shadow felt like it could die then and there. Naturally, it would have become an elemental spirit or a divine spirit if it hadn’t coincidentally run into a certain noisy creature. The creature ran away from the shadow.0

“Ah… Eeekkk! Ahhhhhh!”0

The shadow instinctively followed the creature.0

“H-help me…! Dad! Dad! Save me!”0

The creature was...0