The Squirrel Will Raise the Baby Tiger — Chapter 3

UM, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE THE WRONG PERSON...?

THAT'S...

...I SEE. UNDERSTOOD.

LET'S MOVE OUT.

MAURICE. I'LL LEAVE THE REST TO YOU.

YES. LEAVE IT TO ME.

WHAT JUST... WHAT HAPPENED?!

"I SEE"? THAT'S IT? AFTER INSULTING ME AND MY FAMILY?!

SHOULDN'T HE AT LEAST SAY, "I WAS MISTAKEN" OR SOMETHING?!

EEK!

DAMMIT! THIS HUMILIATION...!!

I'M GOING TO PASS THIS EXAM AND PAY HIM BACK FOR SURE!!

THIS IS THE ANNEX.

THIS IS WHERE YOU LADIES WILL BE STAYING DURING THE TWO-DAY RECRUITMENT EXAM.

ONCE YOU PASS, YOU'LL BE ASSIGNED A ROOM IN THIS BUILDING AS WELL.

WE'RE STAYING HERE...?

IT'S A BIT SCARY...

THE PHEROMONES I'VE BEEN SENSING ARE GETTING THICKER.

I DIDN'T SEE ANY BEASTS WHEN I CAME IN,

BUT AN OMINOUS PREDATORY PHEROMONE IS WRAPPING AROUND THE ENTIRE ANNEX.

AND THEY WANT ME TO LIVE HERE?

I'VE REALLY WALKED STRAIGHT INTO A PREDATOR'S DEN...!!

I feel like I'm going to faint.

THE FIRST FLOOR CONTAINS THE DRAWING ROOM AND SERVANT QUARTERS, WHILE THE SECOND FLOOR IS THE YOUNG MASTER'S LIVING SPACE.

YOU MAY FEEL FREE TO LOOK AROUND THE FIRST FLOOR LATER.

NOW THEN, I WILL EXPLAIN YOUR ASSIGNMENT.

THE FIRST ASSIGNMENT IS "CHANGING CLOTHES."

IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL DAYS SINCE THE YOUNG MASTER ARRIVED HERE IN THE CAPITAL,

BUT HE HASN’T CHANGED HIS CLOTHES EVEN ONCE SINCE HE ARRIVED.

THEREFORE, IF YOU SUCCEED IN GETTING HIM INTO HIS PAJAMAS, YOU WILL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL 5 POINTS.

WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED IN ORDER OF APPLICATION, PLEASE FOLLOW THE HEAD MAID INTO THE YOUNG MASTER’S ROOM.

HEAD MAID, OVER HERE.

I AM JANE, THE HEAD MAID.

I WILL BE GUIDING YOU SO THAT YOU MAY PERFORM YOUR ASSIGNMENT.

HOWEVER, BEFORE WE BEGIN, LET ME SAY ONE THING.

YOUNG MASTER HOKAN RUSSELL BLANTIGER IS SEVEN YEARS OLD THIS YEAR,

BUT HIS BEAST INSTINCTS ARE STILL AT THE LEVEL OF A THREE- YEAR-OLD.

AS SUCH, HE IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, AND

IF YOU FEEL YOU ARE IN DANGER, PLEASE LEAVE THE ROOM WITHOUT HESITATION.

HE STILL HAS BEAST INSTINCTS...?

FOR A SEVEN- YEAR-OLD BEASTKIN, THOSE INSTINCTS SHOULD HAVE MOSTLY FADED,

AND NORMALLY THEY WOULD BE FULLY HUMANIZED BY NOW.

BUT HE STILL HAS THEM? WHAT'S GOING ON?

THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH OF AN EXPLANATION.

LET'S OFFICIALLY BEGIN THE FIRST EXAM.

THE FIRST CANDIDATE IS LADY SASHA SURICATA. PLEASE FOLLOW ME.

Y-YES!

I CAN'T BELIEVE THE EXAM IS JUST CHANGING CLOTHES...

I'VE SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE DRESSING MY TWELVE YOUNGER SIBLINGS.

THIS MIGHT BE EASIER THAN I THOUGHT!

SASHA?!

ARE YOU OKAY, SASHA?! OH MY GOODNESS, LOOK AT ALL THIS SWEAT...

WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED?

THE PHEROMONES...

I'VE NEVER SMELLED ANYTHING LIKE IT... IT WAS A TERRIFYING, AGGRESSIVE PREDATORY PHEROMONE.

THE MOMENT I SMELLED IT, I GOT SO DIZZY... I COULDN'T STAND IT...!

LADY SASHA SURICATA. WATCH YOUR TONGUE.

EEK...!

AND LET ME TELL YOU ONCE MORE-

YOU MUST FORGET EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN THIS ANNEX.

IS THAT UNDERSTOOD?

Y-YES...! I'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND...!!

THEN, WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT LADY.

LADY MELISSA DATERS, PLEASE FOLLOW ME.

Y-YES!

THE EXAM CONTINUED AFTER THAT...

KYAA!

AAH! MY DRESS!

NO WAY~!

What is happening in there?!

THE LAST PARTICIPANT.

LADY LULUBELL DURHAMS, PLEASE FOLLOW ME.

IT'S FINALLY MY TURN.

YES...

I'M SO SCARED!!!

NO. DON'T BE AFRAID.

SEVEN YEARS OLD.

HE'S JUST A CHILD, ONLY SEVEN YEARS OLD.

LULUBELL, PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER.

Young Master, excuse us for a moment.

EVEN IF I'M ENTERING A TIGER'S DEN! AS LONG AS I KEEP MY WITS ABOUT ME, I CAN DO ANYTHING!

UGH...!

THE PHEROMONES ARE TOO STRONG...!

SO THE THICK PHEROMONES WRAPPING AROUND THE ANNEX REALLY DID BELONG TO THIS CHILD.

BUT I DON'T SEE THE BOY HIMSELF.

WHERE DID HE GO?

I DON'T NEED IT.

I DON'T NEED A NANNY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SOMEHOW, LULUBELL MANAGES TO START PERSUADING THE CHILD!

THE STAKES OF THEIR BET—WHO CAN CHANGE INTO NEW PAJAMAS FIRST!

JUST WHEN IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYTHING WAS GOING SMOOTHLY...

ALL OF A SUDDEN...!

H-HUH...? WHY IS THIS PERSON HERE?!