Reason and Unreason (2)

I can feel the grimoire smacking its lips. Its appetite conveys a desire to devour its prey to the very last bite.

The bat was merely trembling. Had its body frozen under the grimoire's aura? Even so, it was a high-ranking vampire of the True Ancestor tier. What an ugly sight.

This lowly being had neither dignity nor pride.

ㅡCrack!

"Get inside."

I forcibly shoved the grimoire into my inventory while it kept trying to open itself. But it immediately escaped back out.

I hadn't known the grimoire could go berserk like this.

I issued an order to the grimoire with an even stronger will.

"Get in!"

If I couldn't even control the damn dog I raised, how could I call myself a mage...