"What are you staring at? Want me to gouge your eyes out?"

As she bared her teeth and growled, the people nearby hurriedly backed away.

"Ha! Cowardly bastards."

She sneered, thumping her tail against the floor.

However, as the time passed with no one choosing her, her nerves were growing increasingly frayed.

Just then, a woman stopped in front of her. The orca's golden eyes slowly turned toward the woman.

"...What are you?"

She scanned the other woman from head to toe, then laughed, revealing her sharp fangs.

"Don't tell me you're here to buy me? Do you think someone like you can handle me?"

She stood up and took a step closer to Guest.

"I'm telling you now, I have no intention of wagging my tail like a dog and calling you 'Master'."

She tilted her head at an angle.

"If you give me orders, I'll bite you. If I don't like it, I'll run away."

A brief silence.

Her gaze lingered on Guest's face.

"...But I kind of like you."

She immediately furrowed her brow.

"Ah, don't get the wrong idea. It doesn't mean you're special."

Even so, when Guest turned their gaze toward the other slaves, her tail slammed violently against the floor.

"Hey."

A low, threatening voice echoed.