SHAPESHIFTERS
The Part 88

"Why?" ask Marco.

"So, we almost got caught. Imagine, what if you were among the few shapeshifters of Alpha's successors, escorting us there...

Maybe our disguise is leaked, and then stuck among the Alpha surrogates, without anyone being able to provide help," Beta replied.

Marco fell silent.

"You've never seen your shadow change shape? When you're excited, or riled up?" ask Delta.

Marco shook his head.

"Your excessive strength, makes your body glow like a brightly lit bulb" Delta said.

"Are you not really?" ask Marco.

"Have you ever seen us glow? At most only the pendant on our necks gave off a slight glow...

It is also not too obvious, because it is protected behind the fur of animals that we imitate. In fact, it may not even be visible at all, if you're in an open room" Delta replied.

"You have to think of a better plan" Gamma said.

"Not just me, you guys should also help me think about it!" marco said in frustration, then walked slowly away from that corner.

Both Beta, Gamma and Delta this time were silent, and only followed Marco who had walked to their seats earlier.

Nancy, meanwhile, seemed to be walking back with Bella, from one of the rooms where Bella had been hiding.

"The guard at the castle must have changed again by this time" Nancy chirped.

"Luckily, you're all gone from there. It'll be different if you're still in the castle area, when the replacement Alpha goes to the east tower" Nancy continued.

"What's the matter, Grandma?" marco asked curiously.

"When the replacement Alpha goes to the east tower, usually the guard will be tight and random...

You may even be caught between guardians" replied Nancy.

"Now, I'm waiting for your explanation" continued Nancy, as everyone took their seats.

"Shapeshifter when changing shape, their change nothing is perfect. There is a sign in one part of the body that can be easily hurt...

I just want to see what in the body of the shapeshifter the Alpha surrogate follower also has the same mark," Marco said.

"Then, how?" ask Nancy.

"He had that mark" Marco replied.

"Do you also have such a sign of disability?" ask Nancy.

Marco was silent because of doubt.

"No one, Ma'am. Marco has no markings on his body" Beta replied.

Nancy seemed to frown, and pursed her lips, while moving her slightly.

Right now, Nancy really looks like she's thinking hard about something.

"What's up, Grandma?" ask Marco carefully.

"It's okay." replied Nancy, then stood up from her seat and walked towards her room.

Not long after, Nancy seems to have returned, but not with her human form again, but with her form as a wolf.

"Try you guys check! Do I have that mark too?" ask Nancy.

Marco, along with Beta, Gamma and Delta, hurriedly stood up from his seat, and went into shape before returning to Nancy.

They then began to inspect part by part the female wolf's body.

"It!" gamma said, pointing at Nancy's wolf's back.

Marco and the others also saw it, and it is true that Nancy does have a sign of disability.

"You have that mark, Grandma!" said Marco.

Nancy's wolf then walked into her room, without speaking anything more.

So did Marco and the three other shapeshifters, who also changed into their human form, and went back to sitting on the sofa, when they were already wearing their clothes again.

When Nancy was already in her human form, and was sitting among them, nancy's forehead seemed to shrivel.

Beta, Gamma and Delta, looked puzzled and all of them stared at Marco, as if asking for an explanation.

"Don't look at me! I know nothing!" said Marco.

"Sorry, Ma'am! But, isn't Mommy Marco an ordinary human being?" ask Beta.

"No. He's no ordinary man. He's not a shapeshifter either...

I explained to Marco that his Mommy does not age. It was impossible for a shapeshifter, let alone for an ordinary human," Nancy replied.

"Delta! Do you ever know anything about different people who can live eternally?" ask Nancy.

"Hmmm... Sorry, Ma'am! My science is not too much. But, of the few things I've been taught, not a single people can live forever" Delta replied.

"What about the witch? Can't they suck the essence of other creatures' lives?" ask Nancy.

"It's not that easy, ma'am!" answer Delta.

"In fact, as far as I know from the experience of Grandpa or Daddy, the age of witches is very short. That is why they seek the intake of the essence of the life of other creatures...

Even so, only a certain level of magicians can do that" Delta continued.

"But then could it be that Mommy Marco is a witch? Maybe high level," Nancy said.

"Did Mommy Marco ever get out of the castle?" ask Delta.

"No. He's being kept very tight, how'd he get out?" said Nancy.

"In that case, I don't think she's a witch. Because, he had to go out and make potions whose ingredients couldn't possibly be inside the castle" Delta replied.

"Also, if he's just a witch, Marco can't be perfect, because witches are fragile creatures" Delta continued.

"But, it could have been if the Alpha replacement had taken the materials for him?!" beta.

"The witch leaked the secret? No. gabe. Thats impossible. Their fellow magicians alone, were still hiding each other's ingredients," Delta said.

"If you meet him in person, how? Can you recognize him?" ask Marco.

"Hmmm... I don't think so. Let alone me, Grandpa just thought that he was an ordinary human, let alone me who is still very minimal experience," replied Delta.

Nancy stood up from her seat.

"We've already finished our discussion. You guys just have lunch here!" nancy said, walking toward the store.

"There's something uproar that I want to ask you guys about." Marco said.

"Does a surrogate Alpha follower recognize us, from the energy we expend as we change shape?" ask Marco.

"Yes," answered Beta, Gamma, and Delta in unison.

"Why could that be?" ask Marco.

"Although his strength is balanced with ours, but Alpha's surrogate followers do not have the ability to light the pendant...

Only Alpha substitutes, you (who are also Alpha), me, Gamma and Delta alone can" Beta replied.

"Then if we take off the pendant, then we won't be recognized?" ask Marco.

"Slightly disguised, because our strength is also reduced" Beta replied.

"Of course it only applies to us. As for you, even if you don't wear a pendant, you're still striking when you can't control your strength" Beta continued.

Marco mangut-mangut understood.

"If we are in human form, how?" ask Marco.

"That's the best way to disguise. Because, as long as they don't know what we look like when we're human, they won't be suspicious" Beta replied.

"But, in our human form, we also can't recognize Alpha substitutes, as well as their followers, when they use either human or animal forms" Beta continued.

"One more! If we are in human form. Our strength also does not exist, so it becomes very prone to be hurt by opponents" Gamma said.

"The idea to check the castle, just be a waste. The idea of pretending to want to be a substitute Alpha follower, that's also a crazy idea...

Instead, look for a more reasonable idea, one that we deserve to do, before you come up with a new plan...

Unless, you can go alone to the castle, using your form as a human," Delta said.