Office Romance with a Werewolf - Chapter 102

“I am the world tree.” The lady bluntly introduced herself as she could not believe that Nida was still clueless after all that had happened to her inside her jungle.

“The world tree? Isn’t the world tree this tree?”

“This is also the world tree.”

“What? Whoa! Wait!”

Nida panicked again once the lady in black held out her gun once again.

“Why are you still panicking even though I told you you wouldn’t die? Like I said, you’re blessed with a long life.”

“That doesn’t mean you can shoot me or hurt me! I hate being in pain! I don’t want to get injured”

“Oh? That makes sense. Your body is not immortal yet.” The lady in black swung her hand and the gun disappeared in the air like a fading black smoke.

“What did you say?”

“Why do I have to keep repeating my words when I am talking to you?” The lady in black said, annoyed by Nida’s cluelessness, but Nida could not really tell the expression of the lady in front of her because her face wasn’t visible.

“I am sorry, but I can hear what you were saying, but I am having a hard time understanding you. You keep saying, I’ll have a long life and leave a comment on immortality. Then are you implying that I’ll be immortal soon?”

“Yes, once you die, you won’t pass over like a normal soul. You will remain in this realm, but of course you’re not human anymore.”

“Then what would I be?”

“Goddess.”

“G-goddess? Me? ” She repeated her words again, with a very surprised look.

Discovering that she will be immortal and a higher being soon doesn’t make her feel happy at all.

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Hnghh

“W-where am I?” Randell asked himself as he could feel the tightness of the rope tied to him.

As Randell regained consciousness, he realized that he was in the middle of a jungle, tied to a thick tree. As he looked around, all he could see were endless towering trees that were too huge to be in a normal jungle. They were far bigger in width and height than any trees that he’d ever seen. The trunks alone were ten feet thick at the base, and the tops were higher than he could estimate.

If the place seemed unreal, he thought he had gotten lost in a fairy tale if he wasn’t dreaming.

“Don’t look around as if this is your first time seeing a jungle like this.” Ranz suddenly commented, which made Randell flinch.

“But this is my first time.” Randell said innocently, which made Ranz let out a heavy sigh.

“They manipulated your memory again.”

“They did what?”

“I am tired of repeating the same explanation. Can’t you just have immunity to such a spell? Why can’t you repel their manipulation?” Ranz, frustrated, exclaimed.

Ranz, like Nida, was tired of the never-ending cycle of forgetting and altering memories.

He wished to record everything and simply present it to Randell whenever someone attempted to play with their brains again.

“What are you saying? And why are we tied here? The last thing I remember was our fight with the Tikbalang.”

“That was ages ago.” Ranz spoke as he groaned. I’ll write a diary once we go home, so that you’ll just read it whenever you need it. Let’s escape this place first.”

Ranz takes over their bodies and changes his form to that of their wolf.

Aaaaaa!

He screamed while trying to break the thick rope tied to them.

Snap!

The rope snapped all at once and fell loose.

He put some weight on his other foot as he made a stance for him to be able to kick the ground with strength so that they could dash out of the jungle.

BAM!

Ranz flopped down on the ground after he kicked the ground to run. An object landed on his back, pinning him down and making him kiss the dirt ground.

“What the fuck!” he cursed as he realized that it was not something that fell on his back but someone else.

“You’re cursing. You must be Ranz.” Nida calmly said as she remained sitting on the back of Randell. She also used her dust to make herself heavier than usual, which made Ranz unable to get up.

“What of it if I am Ranz?” Ranz still hated Nida for what she did months ago.

“Hmm, actually, while you two are sleeping, I had a conversation with the world tree.”

Ranz stops growling after hearing Nida speak, as if Ranz and Randell are separate people.

“She allows me to have a peek into my future and a clear view of what really happened in the past.” She calmly shared. Ranz could not see Nida’s expression because of their position. Ranz gave up on trying to get up and just let his face touch the ground.

He frowned so hard from feeling bad toward Nida as he could hear her tone and voice with so much exhaustion and sadness.

“She did even give me the power to repel memory manipulation, so from now on I will make sure no one tries to deceive me ever again.”

“What’s the point of telling me that? Why do I care?”

“Ranz, aren’t you talking too much? Why are you getting angry at her?” Randell, who was clueless as ever, innocently tried to stop Ranz from being rude toward Nida.

“She tried to kill us!” he angrily shared with Rndell.

“You must be mistaken. How can she even do that?”

“She tried to eat our co-hnghh!” Ranz suddenly moan loudly as he felt unusually good in his lower body.

“Why did you suddenly go silent? Are you talking to Randell now?” Nida asked. She started to pet Ranz as she gently played her hand over Ranz’s soft furry tail.

“Stop what you’re doing! Hnghh! ” Ranz shouted as he struggled not to moan as his tail moved with every stroke of Nida’s hand.

“S-she’s doing great petting us. I like it.” Randell commented as they both felt their faces burn and flushed red.

“Why do I have to stop? It seems you like it though. ” Nida teasingly moved her hand more as she could see Ranz acting like a dog.

Aawoooooo

Ranz howled as he could not take the heat and weird sensation he was feeling, but he growled once more when he heard Nida snickering.

“Oh, sorry for teasing you. You look scary, but you act like an obedient pet. How ironic is it that you look cute and evil at the same time?” Nida said after she stopped laughing.

Ranz looked angry once again, as he hated people judging him as an evil creature.

“Hey, Ranz and Randell.” Nida softly called them, which made them a little bit emotional as it was their first time hearing someone calling their name, not as one but as two separate individuals.

“The world tree actually offered me other things. If you agree, we can start again and live peacefully once again. Nida said softly as she lightly stroked Ranz’s fur that was coming out of his torn shirt.

“We can? Really?” Randell has to do the talking because Ranz is taking time to think.

“You’re Randell, right? You sound the same, but weirdly, I can tell which is talking now.” Nida brightly smiled once Randell came out.

Nida actually likes it when Randell is the one in control because he is more understanding and less violent.

Ranz and Randell are easy to distinguish.

Randell is reserved and introverted, while Ranz is violent and vulgar.

“Yes, I am Randell. How did you know that there was another person inside me?”

“Hmm? Ranz, what to do? Has Randell had his memory manipulated?” Nida worriedly asked Ranz, since, based on the world tree, Ranz was more knowledgeable about the supernatural world and the thinker of the two. Randell was just too pure and innocent.

“Don’t be rude and try to look for the other when the other is here talking to you.” Ranz stated bluntly, as he switched back with Randell. He was done thinking and, at the same time, found Nida’s behavior weird.

“Oh? Is there a rule like that? I don’t know. Well, whatever. So Ranz, are you willing to hear my offer for us to live peacefully again?”

“Why did you ask me alone? Randell is also here.”

“I know, but he doesn’t have a clue about our situation. Do you think he could think of the best for you two if he only had his emotions and not the proper knowledge?”

“W-why? What’s wrong? What happened?” Randell acted like a fool. His feelings were hurt by feeling like a fool for not knowing anything, and he felt like baggage for both Ranz and Nida.

“Randell is not stupid. We will decide things at the same time.” Ranz said.

Randell felt touched by his brother’s consideration and effort not to hurt his feelings.

“Okay, whatever. So what I was saying was, ” Nida paused once she felt Ranz’s hand tapping on her legs.

“What?” she curtly asked.

“Would we talk in a normal position?”