The knock on the door caused both of their complexions to change instantly.
Especially when the woman quickly approached the door and, looking through the peephole, saw who was there, her face drastically altered as if she had seen a ghost, but she quickly thought of something and composed herself. She gestured for the old man to take the group of men and women away.
"So it's that Beast Tamer, he really did sense something and tried to catch me off guard by coming early?"
"Too bad, now that he's here, don't even think about leaving."
As she spoke, the woman quickly approached the iron cage, pretending to remove the heap of flesh, the monster immediately opened its mouth wide, swallowing all the flesh, including the blurry human head, into its belly.
The long, forked, crimson tongue licked around the mouth, cleaning off all the blood.
