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 Lion tusks are bigger than I imagined. If one of those got stuck in my arm, I'd never wake up again.

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 A lion has a mane, powerful, sharp and big tusks... It's the king of all beasts, isn't it?

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 ...... Well, I read in a book once that it's the female that does the hunting.

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"So you're a pimp."

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 He scoffs lightly as he glares at the lion. He attacks me mercilessly the whole time.

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 I wonder if he ever gets tired.

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 Just as I manage to get a step ahead, I stab my small sword as hard as I can into his paw. At that moment, the lion crumples to the ground.

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 For a moment, everyone was silent, but then they immediately started cheering.

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"The boy has done it!"

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"I can't believe my eyes. I'm not dreaming, am I?"

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"I never thought a little kid like that could fight like this. ......"

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 So the fight is not over yet. I have to kill this lion now.

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 I approach slowly to the lion, who is now stuck and out of breath.

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 Why do you have such a resigned look on your face when you could just limp away? Is it really a wild animal?

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 I was very tired, but the lion seemed to be very tired too.

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"I'm out of drugs."

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 I heard a human being inside the fence of the venue whispering.

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 ...... drugs?

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 What on earth were they administering to him? Are you saying it was the drugs that made him go on such a rampage and try to attack me?

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 I gently put my hand on the lion. At that moment, our eyes meet.

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 All the sounds around us are shut out, and it is as if time has stopped for me and him.

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 I felt that he was looking at me not with the eyes of a wild animal, but with eyes that were pleading for help. Memories of him flood into my brain through the touch of my hand.

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 When he was just a newborn, his parents were killed by humans and he was brought here as a freak show. Then, against his will, he is given drugs and raised to become more violent.

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 ......What is this? The feelings he conveys are so sad and painful.

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 A lion who should be running around in the forest is confined to a small cage, tied up, and subjected to lots of violence from humans. ....... Humans are cruel and merciless creatures who do quite cruel and unforgiving things for entertainment.

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"What the hell are you doing? Finish him off now!"

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"Kill him!"

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 It's a tight world, isn't it? I feel sorry for you, too, being played with by humans. You're still fighting, battered and bruised, and no one gives you credit. No one to help you.

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Kill me now!

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Don't you see?

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 Shut up ............ Eh?

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 Suddenly the hall falls silent. They shift their gazes toward the king.

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 ...... That's great. The King raises his hand and signals to the audience to be quiet, and everyone in this room shuts their mouths. That's how powerful he is.

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"This is the King of Lavar."

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 I muttered quietly as I stared at the king, who looked at me as if he were testing me.

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