I may be a sick Sparrow, but I am still the Landlord chapter 3

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Drip.

Sweat trickled down Saewoo’s back as they trembled in that awkward position.

The house, which had been filled with the incessant ringing of the doorbell, had fallen eerily quiet.

Thud.

Meanwhile, the panther reached up without a word and pulled Saewoo off his forehead.

Tremble, tremble, tremble.

“……”

He stared at Saewoo, who was now shaking violently in his large palm.

Though the panther wasn’t doing anything particularly intimidating, from Saewoo’s perspective, he was as terrifying as a ferocious beast.

It wasn’t as if Saewoo had made a gaping wound, but it wasn’t nothing either.

A thin line of blood trickled down from the spot where the beak had jabbed him.

‘B-Blood, there’s blood…! What do I do…?’ Saewoo thought frantically.

Should they transform back into human form and kneel to beg for forgiveness?

Or make a run for it while there was still a chance?

A flurry of thoughts raced through Saewoo’s mind in that brief moment.

“What’s this? Barely enough to make a snack,” the panther muttered, eyeing Saewoo with a bored expression.

‘S-Snack…?!’

Puff!

Realizing there was no other choice, Saewoo hurriedly shifted back into their human form.

“Ah…!”

Thud.

Since the panther had been holding them, Saewoo ended up falling flat on the floor as soon as they transformed.

“Ugh…”

They must have landed on their tailbone, because a sharp pain shot through their backside.

Grab.

“……?!”

As Saewoo groaned in pain, curled up like a bug, a thick hand grabbed their ankle.

“H-Hey…!”

Yank.

The panther lifted Saewoo effortlessly, leaving them dangling in midair.

They blinked in confusion, unsure of what was happening.

Everything was upside down, and the dizziness from earlier had returned.

Squeeze.

“Ahhh!”

“Does that hurt?”

The panther’s hand squeezed Saewoo’s small, soft butt.

Their flesh, which fit easily into his palm, was round and squishy, like a marshmallow.

The touch was so blatantly inappropriate that chills ran down Saewoo’s spine.

‘He’s going to eat me…!’ Saewoo panicked, convinced they were about to be devoured.

Dangling upside down, they raised their hands in surrender and begged for their life.

“P-Please! Please spare me…!”

“A talking snack, huh?”

“I-I’m not a snack! I swear… Ah!”

Just as Saewoo stammered out their plea, the panther flipped them back to an upright position.

“Ugh…”

As Saewoo’s vision spun and dizziness overwhelmed him, he struggled to regain his senses.

In the meantime, the black panther beastman slid his hand under Saewoo’s armpit, effortlessly lifting him up to eye level.

He gazed intently at the trembling Saewoo, who couldn’t do anything but shake uncontrollably.

The panther’s amber eyes meticulously scanned Saewoo’s body: flawless pale skin without a single dark spot, reddened eyes, and lighter-colored elbows and knees.

His gaze lingered below, fixating on Saewoo’s navel and more private areas.

Maybe it was because of the red tint near the crown of his silver hair, but to the panther beastman, Saewoo looked like an extremely rare and curious creature.

“Hm, so that’s how it is.”

Especially since Saewoo was soaked head to toe in saliva, reeking of the panther’s scent, it was impossible for him not to think in that direction.

‘No matter how lost in instinct I was, this has never happened before….’

It had been dangerous yesterday since it was the last day of his heat cycle.

Usually, the period didn’t last this long, but on rainy days, he sometimes lost control.

When that happened, he couldn’t stop his body’s actions.

If only he could remember at least a fragment of what happened, it wouldn’t be so bad, but today, his mind was a complete blank.

‘Was our chemistry that good? I’ve really made a mess of things….’

Still, this bird beastman was fairly lucky.

If it had been the beginning of his heat, things wouldn’t have ended with just his scent being imprinted on such a small body.

Drip, drip…

The black panther beastman was drawing conclusions, observing Saewoo with an almost predatory gaze, when suddenly, drops of blood fell from under his nose.

“…What the.”

“I-I’m so sorry!”

Saewoo’s face went pale as he cried out.

He flailed his small hands, trembling, unsure of what to do but too scared to wipe it off directly.

“Y-your forehead… My beak… I, I’m really sorry…”

Saewoo apologized tearfully, his voice quivering.

The black panther beastman stared at Saewoo’s face without blinking, finding him increasingly endearing.

“How old are you?”

“T-Twenty-seven…”

“You’re older than I expected.”

“Huh…?”

The panther didn’t seem to care about the blood running down his face, only letting out a thoughtful hum.

Saewoo was confused by the sudden barrage of strange questions and the panther’s silence that followed.

“T-Then can you let me go now? Oh, your wound… I’m really sorry… I didn’t expect to fly in that direction. D-do you not remember… what happened yesterday…?”

“Upset that I don’t remember?”

“No, that’s not it…”

“It’s not?”

“N-no! Maybe… a little…?”

Because of the panther’s grip, Saewoo couldn’t speak truthfully.

He was terrified that if he said something wrong, he might get eaten.

The panther found Saewoo’s flustered reactions deeply amusing, especially the tears pooling in his eyes.

He looked like he was on the verge of crying, but despite the trembling, Saewoo didn’t actually shed any tears.

“Why are you staring at me… like that…?”

Noticing the panther’s persistent gaze, Saewoo shyly averted his eyes and asked.

“Are you going to cry?”

“Huh…?”

“You’ve been on the verge of tears but haven’t actually cried. I was curious when you would.”

‘He… he’s insane. Absolutely insane!’

Red warning lights went off in Saewoo’s head.

Of all the beings he could have run into, he had picked the worst one.

He bitterly regretted his good deed from the night before.

“What are you going to do about my wound?”

“W-what…?”

The panther finally brought up the injury he hadn’t seemed to care about until now.

“If you’re that sorry, shouldn’t you do something about it?”

“Then… maybe… compensation…?”

It would be awkward if he demanded an outrageous amount of money for something as minor as getting pecked, but Saewoo had some savings.

He resolved to compensate, even if it hurt his finances.

“Lick it.”

“…What?”

For a moment, Saewoo thought he must have misheard.

His eyes widened, and he froze in shock.

The panther brought his forehead closer to Saewoo’s face.

“I’m talking about this wound. Lick it with your tongue.”

“….”

“Don’t want to?”

“N-no…!”

“Then do it.”

The panther’s forceful demand made Saewoo want to cry.

But crying wouldn’t solve the situation, especially since this beast clearly wanted him to cry.

‘I’ve really gotten involved with a lunatic this time, but I have no choice. I need to survive this…’

Maybe because he had once lived on borrowed time, Saewoo resigned himself to his fate and timidly stuck out his tongue.

His tongue was small, like a bird’s.

“Ugh… But, um… Will this really make things okay if I lick it…?”

“I think so, yeah.”

The panther didn’t give a reassuring answer.

Though doubtful, Saewoo had no choice.

He tentatively licked the blood dripping down the panther’s smooth forehead.

‘Ugh… I hate the taste of blood…’

Since he had been living in a frail body ever since transmigrating into this world, he occasionally coughed up blood.

That’s why the taste of it on his tongue was nauseating, making him want to gag.

But he couldn’t.

If he threw up here, he was doomed.

So, he held it in, licking even the blood that had trickled down the panther’s nose.

“Shit…”

That was when the panther beastman, who had been silently watching Saewoo, cursed under his breath.

Startled, Saewoo flinched.

‘W-what did I do wrong…?’

As Saewoo pulled away, trembling, the panther’s face suddenly filled his vision.

“You’re fucking hot.”

“…?!”

Before Saewoo could even process what that meant, the panther roughly threw him onto the bed.

“Ah!”

Saewoo’s light body bounced twice on the mattress.

The panther’s large frame then loomed over him, pressing down.

Terrified, Saewoo flailed his arms and legs like a bird trying to take flight.

“W-what are you doing?!”

“Drop the formalities. We’re the same age.”

The panther licked Saewoo’s nose, and the difference between Saewoo’s tiny tongue and the panther’s was like night and day.

‘I’m going to get eaten…!’

In sheer panic, Saewoo opened his mouth wide and screamed.

“Wh-what the hell are you doing, you beast! Ah…!”

But to the panther, it was the perfect opportunity for a kiss.

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