Chapter 46 – Let’s Go Eat, Commander
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As she returned to the tent with Elroy’s black panties in her pocket, the dog who had met her sniffed at him and slightly frowned at her eyes.
It seems that he even smelled Elroy’s juices.
She came up to me out of nowhere and bit me on the nape of my neck as if she was complaining about her.
Because of the fangs sharper than normal people, I felt a prickly stimulus.
“Why are you like this? They say you’re not jealous.”
“That’s what it says. It’s not really okay.”
I guess so.
I intend to love them all equally, but that is another matter.
If you feel relieved like this, I’ll do anything.
I gave the nape of my neck without saying anything.
Jiah Kang, who enjoyed the taste while biting my neck, dropped her body as if she was satisfied.
She rummaged through her pockets and snatched her Elroy’s panties.
I was just trying to play with it
She turned her head away as I made her sullen expression.
“I’m going to wash this. I’ll return it when it doesn’t smell like anything.
Let the master wear it.”
“I didn’t bring it for that.”
“Anyway, no.”
The doggie’s will seemed firm.
What can’t you do
Let’s give up on the panties.
You can have fun with Elro and share her panties later.
I nodded her head and she smiled contentedly.
Every time I was away, Kang Ji-ah must have been diligently cleaning the tent, so the inside of the tent was much cleaner than usual.
She was the type to do her household chores meticulously.
I clean every day, of course, and I don’t forget to wash and dry my clothes every time I change them, and even iron them.
It was completely different from me, who collects as much laundry as possible and handles it all at once.
It was the same with cooking.
To this day, every time she came to my tent, she would make a side dish for the day before leaving.
Now that she’s living in my tent?
My eating habits of making a lot of side dishes and eating them over and over again changed into a healthy one overnight.
It felt like I was carrying a snail.
“Why is that?”
“The apron suits you well.
Wearing a white apron over a combat uniform is also quite exciting.”
“What, pervert…”
Kang Ji-ah said it as if she was dumbfounded, but thanks to her wagging tail as if she was happy, she could guess what she was thinking.
It’s worth praising that you like it that much.
Kang Ji-ah’s tail moved so actively that it was fun to watch.
When angry or alert, her fur stands sharp and inflates in size.
When I’m in a good mood or I want to act childish, I’m going to go to the middle of the day, and I’m going to have a good time.
And every time I went away, until it hardened upright.
It was safe to say that her doggie was a mood reader.
I suddenly reached out and grabbed her tail.
“Master?”
“It’s soft. Do you usually lose a lot of hair?”
When asked while gently stroking her tail hair, Kang Ji-ah happily replied as if she had asked her well.
“I don’t shed much except when I’m moulting in the winter.
She’s already shed her hair this year, so now is the perfect time for her fur to be pretty.
Pretty right? Lol…”
She laid her tail on the palm of my hand, letting me peer slowly.
Sure enough, her tail hair was well-groomed and shiny, and looked like quality fur.
It feels as fine as the fox skin scarves worn by wives.
“Yeah, that’s very tempting.
But now that I see it, the tail doesn’t seem to be completely black like the ears and hair?
It looks closer to ultramarine blue or navy blue.”
“Ah, it only looks that way because it eats light because of its luster.
The color is the same, and I use the same shampoo and conditioner.”
Do you wash the tail with shampoo and conditioner?
I smiled and squeezed her tail tightly in my hand.
Then she screamed and shuddered all over her body.
“Hyak?!”
“How do you feel when you hold your tail?
Judging from the reactions so far, I don’t think it hurts.”
“Hey, wait a minute, please tell me in advance when you hold tight…!
It’s fine when it touches me or other people, but strangely, when the owner touches it, it feels very strange!”
Kang Ji-ah said with a blushing face.
Judging from her tongue chewing, her tail was quite sensitive.
It’s a sensitive area limited to me, I like that?
I enjoyed holding her tail and wiggling it up and down and kneading it.
Every time that happened, her doggie sat down as if it had lost its strength and jerked her body while holding her mouth tight.
This is fun.
I said, clasping her tail with her four fingers and rubbing her tip with her thumb.
“I have spoken with the commander.
If you want, you can enter the ecliptic and live there.
If you feel you have a chance to win, you can come anytime.
Are you alright, bitch?”
No answer came back.
Kang Ji-ah was intent on suppressing her moaning as she tried to escape by covering her mouth.
Look at this
“Puppy, answer.”
“Let go, let go…! If I hold on to the tail, I keep losing my strength…”
“Answer.”
When she said it as if she didn’t care, Kang Ji-ah closed her eyes as if resigned.
She obeyed her commands in a voice that shuddered and crawled through her body.
“Good luck…”
“Good mood?”
“I’m in a good mood…”
“Okay, nice.”
Puppy forgot face and everything and answered with her tongue loose.
You listened well, so I should give you a reward.
I let go of her tail and gently scratched her under her chin and she panted with delight.
“Thank you, Juin-sama…♡”
“You’re welcome. I didn’t mean to say thank you.”
“…”
When she said it naturally, Ji-ah Kang put on a puzzled expression.
She giggled for a long time because it was funny, and then she picked herself up and stood up again.
“…Are you satisfied now?”
“Ah, it was fun. From now on, I’ll have to catch the tail more often.
I didn’t know my doggie would like it this much.”
“Do whatever you want. You would do it anyway even if I told you not to.
By the way, you had a serious conversation with the commander.
I thought you must have done something like pervert.”
Kang Ji-ah looked at me as if she was surprised.
It’s unfortunate.
What do you see your master as?
What kind of image do you think I am?
When she laughed bitterly, she said as if to excuse herself.
“Isn’t it honestly heartless to want a good review while casually carrying women’s panties in her pocket?”
“Well, that’s right. Admit it.”
Besides, it’s true that he did something like pervert.
Her evaluation wasn’t completely wrong.
“Then master, are you going to take the commander with you?”
Kang Ji-ah suddenly asked.
Go with Elroy.
I’ve been thinking about that too.
But that was impossible.
“No. If you do, it will attract unnecessary attention.
Besides, she has quite a few things left to do with her before and after.
You may be able to take them by force, but neglecting your duties and acting without measures is not an act worthy of a commander.
I don’t want to see you like that.”
“It is, but the master likes the commander.
I thought you might take me with you.”
Oh I don’t know
Don’t you know me too well?
But this time it really won’t.
As for Elroy, her virtuous appearance is much worse.
As she shook her head, Jia Kang nodded in agreement and said,
“Well, taking the Commander in will be in trouble in many ways, so that would be much better.
Wouldn’t it be difficult for you, Commander, to find out that I’m still alive, and when it’s time to fight against the poisonous nobles?”
“Wait for a sec.”
“Yes? Why is that?”
“Come to think of it, I forgot something important and didn’t ask.
Jia, can you detect miasma?
But you haven’t detected me in all the years you’ve been with me.
The only time you realized who I was was when I lost control of absorbing the entire miasma of an ancient beast.
To be honest, at what point can you detect it?
Let’s make sure of that.”
When I asked, Jiah Kang closed her eyes and thought deeply.
She hesitated in her answer, as if it was difficult for her to answer in one word.
Well, even from her point of view, she has only met a human with venom only twice in her life.
In the first place, unique magic itself is difficult to explain theoretically, and there are many parts that are left to the senses.
An exact comparison may be difficult.
I thought so, but after a while, after thinking about it, she returned a surprisingly clear answer.
“You can detect it just by getting close to it.”
“What? Then why didn’t I know?”
“No matter how many times I think about it.
When I saw the man who murdered my family as a child, I distinctly felt the bubbling mass of miasma inside him.
It felt rough and violent.
Just like detecting beasts…
I don’t know about anyone else, but I never pass by.
If you come within 100m or see it directly, you will definitely be able to detect it.”
She answered in a clear voice.
Did you close your eyes to revisit the terrible memories stuck in your brain?
But there was something odd about her story.
“After all, you are saying that you are the same as me.
Why didn’t I just detect it?
What’s the difference between him and me?
Is it that the amount of miasma you have is enormously greater than mine?”
“Master, can you show me the miasma inside your body?”
It’s not difficult.
I lightly released the miasma and collected it in my palm, feeling like my magic was circulating.
A black, tar-like form seemed to rise from the skin.
It’s not a very nice look, so as soon as she nods her head, she returns her miasma to the back of her back.
Seeing that, she nodded her head.
“Also…”
“What is it anyway?
After all, you have a lot more capacity than me?”
She shook her head at my urging.
“It will definitely be the other way around.
Master, since no one but you knows how to deal with miasma, I’ll ask.
When you absorb miasma from beasts, do you absorb raw miasma?
Or did you go through some kind of procedure?”
“What I just showed you is an extract of poisonous air that has been compressed and refined as much as possible.
When I use it for attack, I release it in its original state, but of course I usually keep it as it is refined.
If you try to hypnotize someone and inject the miasma into another person, they will die.
Of course, even purified miasma is still dangerous.”
Wait a minute, if that’s the case.
Many thoughts pass through my mind like lightning.
I thought I knew why the doggie couldn’t detect me.
She looked at my expression and opened her mouth.
“I guess you can guess.
The reason I haven’t been able to detect the master’s miasma is not because the amount of storage is small.
Even when I saw the miasma that the master just showed me in front of my eyes, I never thought that it was miasma.
It just felt completely different from magical power.
The man’s miasma, like those of beasts, gave the impression of being unstable, hideous, and wild.
But what the master showed me is different…
Lethally dangerous, yet gentle and quiet.
Feels like magma bubbling up from under the ground.
It felt perfectly controlled and hidden.
It’s just a gut feeling, but you know it instinctively.
No one in the world will be able to detect the miasma that the master himself refined.”
Kang Ji-ah put on a more serious expression than ever before.
She declared reverently, like a priest she gave her oracles.
I see
Well, if she was able to detect my miasma, even if I were an exception, I should have felt the remnants of miasma from the vice-captain who had been hypnotized by me for several years.
Now that he has become my doggie, he must have felt the miasma from himself.
However, she cannot detect refined miasma.
He added that no one in the world could do that.
So you haven’t been able to detect me until now.
On the day he absorbed the miasma of the ancient beast, his identity was revealed in the process of absorbing the miasma of the area.
Couldn’t it be the same reason why the emperor couldn’t properly pinpoint my true identity?
The moment I used the regression magic that consumes a lot of miasma, I sensed the approximate location, but I didn’t know whose body was using the miasma.
When I think about it that way, a number of questions come to mind.
Although doubts remain, it is a hypothesis with sufficient credibility.
“Then your enemies don’t have more venom than mine, right?”
“Yes, obviously it is.
I know it when I see it myself.
You can’t detect it, but you can guess the magnitude of its inherent power.
You said it was compressed and refined miasma.
As you said, the master’s venom must be much more dense and powerful.”
“So the emperor’s minions have unrefined miasma inside their bodies?
Why aren’t they dying?”
“I’m sorry. Until then…”
Jiah Kang lowered her head as if she didn’t understand.
Well, I can’t guess either.
There’s no way all of them had bodies adapted to miasma like me.
Perhaps the emperor was cheating on something.
I have no idea what kind of trick it is.
Even if you think about this ideal, the answer will not come out.
There’s nothing good about jumping to conclusions based on insufficient information.
I said to the doggie who was grunting as she squeezed her hair.
“Let’s eat.”
“…Yes?”
“Anyway, except for me, I can detect people with miasma.
Isn’t that important now?
At that time, the work is what you think at that time.
You could just guess and see blood.
So let’s stop and eat.”
Jiah Kang opened her eyes and looked at me.
After a while, she suddenly burst into laughter.
Said her giggling, stopping her laughter.
“The owner is a very unique person.
Normal people wouldn’t feel that comfortable in a situation like this.”
“What are you talking about? If you don’t eat, you die.
If this isn’t a big deal, what is?”
“Whoops…”
Kang Ji-ah said with a pleasant smile.
“Tonight’s dinner is steamed seafood.
Seafood spoils quickly, so you should eat it quickly.
I will make it very luxurious. Let’s have a drink together after a long time!”
“Okay. Let’s have a hearty dinner and go eat the Commander.
Oh, I look forward to it.”
“…Don’t you usually say that in situations like this?”
The doggie’s expression, which seemed happy at my words, distorted at once.
After a while.
Doggie and I had a sumptuous dinner.
The whole time she ate she growled menacingly, but either way she did or she finished her meal with good taste.
After enjoying the accompaniment, I left the tent in a good mood.
I’m going to go do something nice with Elroy!
My steps became lighter as if flying.
…
It had been a long time since it had already been dark outside while I was having a meal with my doggie and a drink.
I was supposed to leave the base tomorrow anyway, and Suga was already in my hands, so I boldly passed the evening roll call.
Seeing as no one came to the tent, it didn’t seem to be a problem.
I headed for Elroy’s bedroom with light steps.
I walked at a brisk pace, almost like running, and soon arrived at her bedroom.
Judging by the subtle light leaking through the crack in her door, it seems that she is also waiting for me.
It was bedtime, so this time there must be no one but Elroy.
I dared to open the door and almost passed out.
It was because as soon as I opened the door, Elroy, who opened the ax eye, was standing in front of me.
I’ve had this happen before.
Although Elroy may not remember.
It wasn’t even a very good memory.
I said awkwardly.
“Commander? Why are you standing here?”
“Why do you show respect that doesn’t suit you? Hard.
Commander Bonn is fine, so feel free to talk, like a friend.”
Elroy said with a bright smile.
Her flowery smile, which was not like her, seemed rather an ominous omen.
Apparently, our commander was angry to the core.
What were you so angry about?
By putting handcuffs on the spot without consent?
Even though I begged him to stop, he didn’t care and harassed me, bursting out with tears and fountains?
Leaving a bittersweet letter?
Because she fainted and left her alone?
Making me spend the whole afternoon in no panties?
There is absolutely no guesswork.
“Ah, how do you talk to the count and commander?
Do I look like such a ignorant person?”
“Yes, it’s really fortunate that the princess is a person with culture and common sense.
He’s different from some of the unscrupulous men who occasionally babble around Commander Bourne.”
“No, is there such a person?
Everyone deserves to be punished.”
Kurleung!
When she let go of the needle and smirked, a thunderclap resonated right above her head.
A electrifying static electricity surged around her, and she could feel the fine hairs all over her body tense up.
The scary thing was that the current was perfectly controlled and was only affecting my surroundings.
A little more and you could really get hit by a thunderbolt, right?
Elroy smiled eerily in front of me as I shrank terribly.
“It’s punishment… You said it really well.
Commander Bon thinks so too…”
“It was a joke, a joke!
Wasn’t it a bit of a joke?
I will formally apologize, so please forgive me.”
“…A little?”
“I was wrong! Would it be okay if I pierced Granjeol?”
“Whoa…”
Elroy let out a deep sigh.
She said in a voice full of rage.
“Granjeol is not necessary.
Please swear that from now on you will disregard my wishes and not be that way.
So, I’ll leave it to you today.”
“Huh? I don’t like that.”
I raised my head and said.
Seeing my shameless face, Elroy’s eyes trembled.
“Do you really want to experience the wrath of Commander Bon?”
“Ha, I don’t even remember how much I’ve been to you over the past few years, but it’s all over again.
Above all, you can’t make an oath you can’t keep.
I mean, I’m going to continue to wield and tease you as you please.”
“What, what?!”
“More than anything…”
As I said that, I took a step closer and put my mouth on Elroy’s ear.
“If I don’t do this, you’ll be sad too, won’t you?”
Elroy’s face, which had been stabbed in the face, turned bright red in an instant.
Without saying a word, she raised her hands and pushed her away from my face.
It was so cute to see her bowing her head with her white skin dyed pink.
To the point where I can’t stand it.
I was about to reveal my seething desire, but Elroy opened her mouth first.
“Come on in.”
“Huh? Can I finish it like this?”
“It’s true that I feel like I want to strike a thunderbolt to wake up.
Since you’ve demonstrated the virtue of honesty, I’ll forgive you generously as your superior.
I’d rather be honest with you, like I was just now, than a bunch of flattering false oaths.
Especially if it’s the truth told by someone who is a tree frog and a liar like you, it’s even more valuable.”
“Haha, then I’ll go in thanks.”
Elroy crossed her arms and said with a sullen expression.
She slipped out of her body so I could go into the bedroom.
I went in and looked her up and down.
“Why do you look like that?”
“No, I was wondering why I wasn’t wearing my usual see-through pajamas.
Didn’t you call me because you wanted to masturbate?
They said that dressing appropriately for the situation is the courtesy of a professional.”
“It’s true that I called you to talk about masturbation, but that wasn’t the only thing I wanted to do today.
It’s too thin and gets dirty easily, so it’s not really suitable for eating.”
“It’s already bedtime, little one. What are you going to eat?
Haven’t you had dinner yet?”
As I smiled, Elroy put on a sullen expression.
She said that people with a lot of magic power, like her, age more slowly than people who don’t.
She originally had a baby face, and her magic power was outstanding, so she looked much younger than her original age.
She didn’t like being treated like a child.
“Don’t treat me like a child.
No matter how you look at it, it’s already been five years since you’ve come of age.”
“Yes, yes. All right.
So what are you going to eat? Would you like to have a drink with me?”
“Alright, you know.
How about you, would you like to have a drink with me?”
I don’t know if it’s old-fashioned or informal.
At the place she pointed to, there was a table with several bottles of wine and plates of side dishes.
They are expensive and precious drinks and food.
She caught a glimpse of the wine she drank with the doggie, but it was in a bottle of gin much better than the one she drank at the time.
How much is all that?
Anyway, she had no reason to refuse Elroy to have a drink with her.
It was also an opportunity for her to have expensive drinks, and she looked forward to drinking with Elroy.
She didn’t show her expression that she had come after hitting her doggie and a glass of accompaniment, and she nodded her head.
We sat facing each other across the table.
Looking at the cone-shaped drinking glass, I remember the dog pouring the wine.
Shall we drink from the king or the winemaker?
I pointed to the bottle of shipper.
“Shall we drink this first?”
“That’s right. You have eyes to choose the highest quality shippers.
Could you open the cork? I’ve never done it before.”
“No matter what you choose, it’s of the highest quality. What kind of eyes…
It doesn’t look like you’ve been drinking too much.
It’s a waste of these good drinks to say I haven’t picked the cork once.”
I said as I pulled out the cork with my bare hands, just like Jia Kang did.
At my words, Elroy groaned and muttered something in a small voice.
She couldn’t hear me, so I gestured to say it again, and she raised the tone a bit.
“Actually, this is the first drink I’ve ever had in my life.
In the meantime, I’ve been collecting alcohol as a hobby, but I’ve never actually touched them.”
“Have you never had one in your life?
Couldn’t it have been the reason why you couldn’t drink alcohol on the battlefield?”
When I made a sullen expression, she pursed her lips like a duck.
Cute.
“No country is that flexible.
I just missed the right moment.
I came here when I was 15 years old.
I was not old enough to drink alcohol legally.
Afterwards, by the time I reached my age, the battle had become fierce in earnest, so I had no time to enjoy a drink.”
That’s it, you stubborn person.
Do you have to have a break to drink?
Everyone didn’t care about that and just drank whatever they wanted.
If you want to drink, just drink.
But it worked out well for me.
Being able to pour you the first cup of your life is what if this is not an honor.
“Then, I’ll pour you the first drink for our commander.”
“Please.”
As if I were a waiter, I took out a white handkerchief and wrapped it around the bottle.
Then Elroy, slightly excited, lifted the cone-shaped glass from her cup holder and held it out.
As I tilted the bottle and carefully poured the wine, a beautiful flame rose from the surface of the wine.
“And…!”
Elroy exclaimed and raised his glass as if holding a torch.
While she is excited, she pours a drink into my glass.
The heat of the winemaker warming up the glass made me feel good.
“What are you going to say?”
“Let’s make a toast to our safe reunion.”
“That’s nice.”
Elroy finished her words and quickly emptied his glass.
The neck of her neck moved coquettishly.
Oh, I’m falling asleep
I watched as she sat down her glass in satisfaction and exhaled gracefully before I drank her drink.
“This is the first bottle of wine I’ve ever had in my life.
I only drink half of it today.
Why don’t we empty the rest of the day when we meet again?”
“I don’t care
But are you okay? Hwaju is a very strong alcohol.
It’s your first time drinking, but you’re going to empty half of this?”
“Huh, it’s okay.
Alcohol was more delicious than I thought.
I don’t feel particularly drunk, so I can drink as much as I want.”
Elroy said confidently.
Well, is it really?
It’s just after I had a drink.
It’s because she might be her main party unexpectedly.
I said nothing and refilled her empty glass.
…
To begin with, her drinking capacity was normal.
It’s not that I don’t drink very much, but I’m not a drunkard like Kang Ji-ah.
The amount of her wine was too much for her small stature and normal drinking capacity.
A blush bloomed on her face after emptying her glass several times in an hour or so.
“Elroy, you seem drunk. How about drinking some water?”
“What do you mean? I’m still writing.
Pour yourself another drink!”
As I spoke softly, Elroy slammed her table with the palm of her hand.
She opens her eyes wide and glares.
“You can’t do it. Confiscated drinking cups… Ugh?!”
Support position!
Her electric current flows from her as she reaches out to snatch her glass.
Reflexively, her hands twitched and her groans leaked out.
Oh this hurts
No matter how much you want to drink, are you crazy to throw magic at all?
It’s something she would never do if she was her usual.
She looked at me with a disgruntled look, but Elroy only let out a lively laugh as he looked at me.
You’re drunk and you’re out of your mind
I had no choice but to refill Elroy’s glass.
As if she had waited, she took her freshly filled glass and gulped down the wine.
Yea I dont know
I’d rather have half the bottle empty first.
A little more time passed, and Elroy swayed her upper body from side to side with her, and she let out a hearty laugh as if in a good mood.
Contrary to my original intention of emptying half of the wine bottle, she would stop drinking more, she put the bottle aside and asked for other drinks one after another.
Thanks to that, I was struggling to fill her glass with as much water as possible.
“You’re very drunk. Stop drinking now…”
“Who? Who’s drunk?
It’s nice to donate like this, but there’s no way I was drunk.
I must have been drunk at the time!”
Elroy clicked her tongue.
Then he laughed uncharacteristically of what was so funny.
It seems to be on the verge of going anywhere.
I guess I won’t be able to do anything now.
“Huh? Are you drinking water now?
Do you think I’m stupid?”
As I openly complied with her, she opened her eyes wide.
I sighed and said.
“What are you talking about? This is a drink that looks like water.
Take a good look.”
“Oh, is that so?
If you look closely, does it seem like that?”
Elroy tilts her head for some reason and gazes intently at her glass.
She was flushed from her face to the nape of her neck because of her snow-white skin.
A bewitching idiocy was felt in the defenseless drunk appearance.
She studied her wine glass for a while, and then, having cleared her doubts, she picked up her glass and drank from her plain water. She let go of the sound she was making.
Until just a moment ago, I was politely covering my mouth and exhaling.
Elroy is the type who acts cute when drinking.
Well, sometimes an injection like this might not be bad.
Still, I would advise you to drink alcohol in moderation.
It is never acceptable to show this to others.
“Delicious?”
“Hehe, drink it.
At that time, please follow me and I will bring you something more delicious.
In the future, I will try to make you follow the number…”
I moved her seat right next to her, and Elroy leaned against me without hesitation.
She buried her head in my arms and dug into it.
I said, bringing her face closer to her.
“I kissed you because you followed me deliciously.”
“Yes, kiss!
Uh, chuup, chuup…♡”
She clung to her without hesitation and kissed her.
She said kiss cutely, but it was a kiss that came with her tongue furiously from the beginning.
Her hot breath smelled of alcohol, of course.
As if she couldn’t control her body properly because of her drunkenness, she wiggled her arms and occasionally bumped the bridge of her nose.
However, even Elroy’s disheveled figure was very attractive to her.
I hugged her who was distracted from eating her spittle and enjoyed her kiss for a while.
Long time to do that.
For some reason, I couldn’t feel Elroy’s reaction.
Even if she fed her saliva, she couldn’t keep it properly and shed it, and her limbs in her arms have no strength.
No matter how much Elroy likes my taste, there’s no way he’ll faint like this…
Especially since he had developed a little tolerance for her pleasure as he had gone away several times in the meantime.
Feeling her strangeness and removing her lips, it was only then that her condition caught my eye.
She was still asleep, breathing quietly and comfortably.
“…”
Was my arms so comfortable?
Or did I fall asleep in the pleasure of eating my favorite spittle in the world?
In any case, you have to keep doing what you’re doing.
It’s too sad to end like this.
You said you called me to masturbate?
I tried to shake Elroy awake, but changed her mind.
She was in a deep sleep, and she didn’t seem to wake up for a while.
Now that it’s like this, let’s enjoy today as it is.
It’s quite enjoyable to train only the body without being conscious.
I might be stimulated and wake up, so I’ll have to hint a little.
“”Elroy’s back door is pink.””
I lifted the sleeping Elroy up and put her on the bed, put my head in her ear, and said the keyword I hadn’t seen in a long time.
