Bab 572: Did I Say Hunt? I Meant Taming

(Lian Li POV)

Freasia brought us to the back of the building where an even larger door was built into the wall, big enough for a dragon to walk through it easily.

Manami looked up at the door, "The fruit you receive comes from the Divine Beast itself, doesn't it?"

Freasia nodded, "The Divine Beast of the Eternal Heaven Tree bestows us a single fruit every thousand years in return for our loyalty…"

I raised an eyebrow, "And you are now guiding us there to slaughter it?"

She turned back with a small smile, "I sincerely hope it will not come to that. If you and the Divine Beast can come to an agreement about the fruit instead of fighting for it, we will be eternally grateful."

Sensing her underlying meaning, I asked her, "Oh? How grateful are we talking about?"

Freasia hesitated, as though thinking about something before she answered. No doubt she was using that ability of hers to figure out what was the best words to say to us.