Chapter 69: Looking For More Delicious Things (1/2)
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[Day 39]
Day 39 and I am still somehow kicking. Okay, let's stop saying that word ever again.
Anyways, after yesterday's visit to the Wolves Lair, we ended up sleeping over there.
Benladann loved to be snuggled by all the wolves and the adorable pups, which were all warm and soft, although I could clearly see many fleas jumping around them…
I wonder if fleas have Mana Cores?
I ate some, and no, they don't.
Perhaps only Monsters have them, and normal animals, such as a mere flea, lack it.
How mysterious, from where did monsters originate then?
Perhaps animals come from the realm of humans where everything was ”plain and simple” while all the other realms were more fantastical and filled with magic, so maybe monsters emerged from there.
Ice Wolves still act and are quite like wolves, they just have greater abilities.
Perhaps normal animals have been pushed into near-extinction due to the monsters taking over the new and reformed world.
Though I do remember Benladann saying that her tribe had something similar to cows and pigs, they were… well, gigantic, to fit the size and needs of the ice giants.
She also said there were giant hens with sharp beaks that could tear down flesh easily, so people had to handle them with gauntlets made of hardened leather.
I guess they are just using monsters that they had been slowly making into cattle.
I can't deny that I would like to taste a nice fried egg from those giant hens…
Anyways, I decided to stand up and go outside for a bit, as duty called, and I needed to go to the bathroom.
After I came back, I used this opportunity to catch three Ice Rabbits I saw eating grass and walked back to the pack, Benladann had woken up already and she was playing around with the young wolf pups.
”Alright Benladann, time to go home,” I said.
”Eeh? Already?” she asked.
”You can come back later, let's go have breakfast, I caught some meat,” I said, showing her the three corpses of the Ice Rabbits. Any normal person would feel pity for them, but Benladann was not a normal person, she began to drool immediately, perhaps based on the thought of eating juicy meat once more.
”Okay!” she said, petting and kissing the little wolf pups the last time as she ran towards me ad quickly climbed my back, sitting near my neck and hugging it.
”Let's go!” she commanded.
”Sigh… Who are you commanding here?” I sighed, as we began to walk away.
The little pups had become rather attached to Benladann, as they barked at her and tried to follow us.
However, Frost barked at them, and they quickly obeyed their father, running back to the pack.
Maybe I should let Benladann pick one as a pet… Would she like one? No, I think she would like all of them…
Ugh… Well, the whole pack is mine too, so I guess all of these could be her pets, there's no need to force her to pick one.
We will also eventually move out of here, after all, we want to explore this new world, she had been living here for years, but had barely explored it…