Chapter 1

[I really want to lock her up.]

After gaining the ability to hear the thoughts of beast-people, I started contemplating how to escape.

Being human in this world of beast-people who extremely hate humans, I would die if my identity was discovered.

I tightened the fake fox tail tied around my waist and climbed over the wall.

But can someone tell me why the silver wolf, white tiger, merman... are all smiling at me from below?

The black hawk embraced me from behind, asking in a low voice: [Isn't it exhausting pretending to be a beast-person every day?]

"I want to lock her up."

When I heard this thought, I was tutoring Lucas in our beast-people academy. My first reaction was that I must be hearing things. I continued solving the math problem on my scratch paper.

This was an elite school for beast-people, and I was just an ordinary human. I'm not sure how the original owner of this body got in, but when I transmigrated here, I found myself in a dangerous situation where I could lose my life at any moment.

I had no choice but to keep the fake fox tail tightly attached and carefully pretend to be... well, not human. Fortunately, the curriculum here wasn't too different from my high school courses in my previous life, so I was able to keep up the act of the original owner.

Finally finishing the calculations, I looked up at Lucas, the silver wolf. His eyes were wandering, clearly not having absorbed anything I taught!

"She looks so obedient and soft... Are all foxes this seductive?"

Before I could even get angry, I unexpectedly heard another thought.

Lucas was sitting very close to me, his silver wolf tail swaying behind me, almost but not quite touching.

"I want to kiss her..."

As I watched that handsome face lean closer, the scratch paper crumpled under his arm with a soft rustle. I suddenly snapped back to reality.

It seemed I could hear...

Lucas's thoughts?

I finally couldn't take it anymore and leaned back, but that fluffy wolf tail pressed against my lower back, not letting me retreat an inch.

Behind me, another beast-student walked by.

Lucas frowned slightly in annoyance: "Aria, if you lean back any further you'll bump into someone. Am I really that scary?"

"Does Aria dislike me? How sad... I just want to snuggle her, I don't have any bad intentions..."

Me: "......"

I never would have guessed that Lucas, who usually wore a cold expression that kept people at a distance, was such a crybaby on the inside.

Criticisms aside, I didn't dare get too close to him. One way beast-people expressed affection was through mating.

Mating...

With my fake tail?

Did I dare risk that? If the tail fell off, I'd be paying with my life!

I swallowed hard and managed to hand him the pen with a trembling hand. Even though I was sitting up straight now, the tail behind me still refused to move away.

The soft sensation transmitted through the thin fabric, brushing against the hem of my shirt, with a subtle tendency to explore further.

My whole body went rigid.

The thin strap holding my tail in place would be visible if my shirt rode up even a little!