The fenrir recovered its health
“Leo… Let me guess. You’re hungry too?”
After returning to the camp, she had eaten her sausages as usual, as well as the food that Ms. Lyra made. But she was still hungry.
And though she looked a little embarrassed at having been seen drooling, she quietly admitted that she was.
“…Ms. Lyra… I’m very sorry, but…”
“Yes, you want some for Leo. Don’t worry, we still have plenty of orc meat left.”
After hearing me make the request to Ms. Lyra, Leo barked happily and wagged her tail.
Leo, I can understand why you are happy to be able to eat some meat. But don’t wag your tail so much.
You’re hitting the fenrir, who is trying to eat.
A short while later, the meat that Ms. Lyra quickly prepared was ready, and both Leo and the fenrir were eating side by side.
As they were so different in size, they looked like a parent and child.
Also, as expected, the food was not enough for the fenrir.
It ate so much in spite of not being that big… I suppose it was trying to get back its lost energy.
“Hehehe. It eats so much.”
Ms. Claire watched the ravenous fenrir and chuckled.
Then the fenrir and Leo finished eating their late night meal, and we washed the plates in the river.
“Oh? It looks like the fenrir is sleeping again.”
“Yes. It must have become sleepy after eating so much. Hehe. It is just adorable.”
I returned to the camp after washing the plates at the river with Sebastian, and saw that the fenrir was sleeping comfortably in Ms. Claire’s arms, just like it had before.
It hadn’t recovered completely, and still needed rest.
Ms. Claire was smiling as she looked down at the peaceful fenrir. It was clear that she had become quite fond of it.
And then, with the exception of Phillip and Nicholas, who took the first watch, everyone retired to the tents in order to get some sleep.
As the fenrir did not want to leave Ms. Claire, she decided to sleep with it.
But Leo would also sleep in front of the women’s tent, just in case something happened.
Now, I had to sleep as well. As Leo and I had the next watch.
And so I entered the mens tent and said good night Sebastian before going to sleep.
The next morning arrived without incident, both during the watch and while I slept.
But just as I got out of my sleeping bag in order to prepare myself for the morning, I heard a dog-like barking sound coming from outside of the tent.
It was that fenrir we found yesterday.
“Good morning, Ms. Claire.”
“Good morning, Mr. Takumi.”
I greeted Ms. Claire, who was standing outside of the tent.
The rescued fenrir was now running around Ms. Claire’s legs.
…I wondered how it did not become dizzy…
As for Leo, she was sitting politely nearby and watching.
“Morning, Leo. And you too, little fenrir.”
Leo replied, as did the fenrir.
It sounded like a good morning, I suppose… Could it be that this little fenrir could understand me as well?
“Good morning, Mr. Takumi.”
“Good morning, Sebastian.”
As I was watching Leo and the fenrir, Sebastian started to walk towards me from the river.
“Once we have finished eating breakfast, we will pack our things and return to the mansion.”
And then Sebastian went into the mens tent.
He was probably going to wake up Phillip.
…Phillip seemed to have trouble getting up in the morning.
“Well, I’m going to go and wash up at the river then.”
When I told Ms. Claire that I was going to the river, the fenrir came up to my legs and started barking.
Leo was looking at it with a puzzled expression.
“Hmm? What’s the matter?”
I bent over to look at the fenrir inquiringly.
The fenrir clearly wanted to tell me something. But I couldn’t understand what it was.
Just then, Leo moved her nose close to the fenrir’s body and sniffed. And then she seemed to grimace.
“Do you want to go into the river then?”
The fenrir barked affirmatively.
Now that I thought about it, the fenrir had been quite dirty yesterday.
And it was more apparent now, as it was much brighter with the sun shining down on us.
So I suppose it wanted to wash up… But more importantly, it seemed fenrir really did understand what I was saying.
As I had only just started interacting with it, I could not understand what it was saying. But Leo would interpret, and it was easy to communicate since it understood me.
“All right then. You can come with me.”
And so the fenrir would follow after me.
Leo was also behind me, as if ready to watch over the fenrir.
“…While it’s a little embarrassing to have a lady present…of course, you can.”
“Thank you. Don’t worry, I will not be watching you as you wash up.”
So Ms. Claire was coming too.
Well, I would only be washing my face and shaving it, so it wasn’t really embarrassing.
And so Ms. Claire and I took the fenrir and Leo and went to the nearby river.
As soon as we arrived, the fenrir jumped into the river.
And then Leo jumped in as if to follow it.
Playing was fine, but I hoped that they would actually be cleaner when coming out.
But Ms. Claire just watched them and laughed.
…Well, I better start shaving.
I had gotten used to doing it during the past few days, and no longer cut myself.
Once that was done, Ms. Claire and I watched the two play in the water until Johanna came to tell us that breakfast was ready.
“Hey! The food is ready!”
When I called to Leo and the fenrir, they both reacted with great enthusiasm and rushed out of the water.
…There really was no need to hurry…
Leo came out of the river first and shook her body to dry herself.
Upon seeing this, the fenrir also shook its body as if to mimic Leo.
…Yes, more and more they were resembling a parent and child.