Chapitre 156: Blackout. (5)

"Mmm? What's this?" Ys muttered, tugging at the appendage and realizing what it was. Slowly, she turned her head to glare at Carlos, her glowing eyes narrowing with accusation.

Carlos noticed her stare and immediately raised his hands defensively. "Hey! Don't look at me like that! I had no choice, okay?!"

Ys arched an eyebrow, holding up the severed spider leg that had been lodged in a rather compromising position on the creature's backside. "Really, Carlos? You stabbed it there? Was that necessary?"

"It was trying to eat me!" Carlos shouted, pointing at the corpse as if it could defend itself. "I had to use everything I had to fight back! It's not my fault; that's where the blade landed!"

She sighed heavily, shaking her head. "Sure, let's call it that," she said sarcastically, tossing the limb aside. "You humans are so weird sometimes."