Chapter 10 (1/2)

Fortunately, Sharendt Crown’s son has a stronger body and a better grip compared to mine. Even if he was also a kid, he was still different since we were in different sizes.

“Uh… uhmm…… it’s not getting cleaned well.”

I sighed deeply as I watched Sharendt Crown’s son try to wipe my pacifier.

‘As expected, it was already really old.’

But maybe it was because he was a lot stronger than me that was why it was cleaned a lot more compared to when I did it before.

‘I really can’t find any slime fluid anywhere.’

In fact, slime fluid could be received if you caught a low-leveled slime from ruins managed by the tower.

I was quite sad that my circumstances wouldn’t allow me to achieve what I wanted.

“Well, is this enough?”

I squinted my eyes as I looked closely at Sharendt Crown’s son after I received my newly cleaned pacifier.

I was quite satisfied since it was a lot cleaner than before. I thought he was just a crybaby but he was more helpful than what I thought.

I looked at the slightly wet(?) pacifier, nodded my head in satisfaction, and once again placed it in my mouth.

As I sucked on my pacifier quickly, Sharendt Crown’s son crouched down and hugged his knees as he watched me intently.

“You know that you really shouldn’t keep coming here, right?”

“Abaaa~”

I answered him insincerely by waving my hands up and down to answer him.

It’s fine, it’s fine.

I couldn’t even pick any fruit today so I would be going home early to take a nap. I wouldn’t know about this kid but I definitely needed a full nap.

I kept on complaining about the maid that raised me before but right now, I was the one who was raising myself.

I crawled back home but Sharendt Crown’s son followed along. He was crouched down as he walked beside me but no matter how fast I crawled I couldn’t shake him off.

The moment I wanted to turn my head and tell him off with a babble—

Keuwoooooo!

I heard a loud cry that came from the sky above us.

My ears perked up.

This was a very familiar cry. And it was a cry that shouldn’t be heard here in the first place.

‘Gryphon.’

I easily figured out which creature was giving out such a cry.

The gryphon was both the gatekeeper and the watchman at an intermediate ruins.

“Huh? Whot ish dis?”

I heard a childish voice come from the person following me. His lisp came out because of his excitement.

I calmly patted Sharendt Crown’s son’s ankle.

“Wow! Whash dis!”

Run, dummy!

Unlike their huge appearance they were good at targeting small creatures. Even small creatures that moved.

I tugged at the hem of Sharendt Crown’s son’s pants but it seemed that he couldn’t understand what I was trying to say.

“Huh? Baby, what’s wrong?”

I don’t know.

I already tried my best to persuade him so there wasn’t any more reason for me to try harder. I quickly let go of Sharendt Crown’s son and crawled behind a tree to hide.

“Keuwooooooooo—!”

When the gryphon cried for the second time, the people that were hiding began to appear one by one.

“What in the world is this…… Why did such a beast appear here?!”

I could hear Deshar Crown’s angry roar from somewhere. In the meantime, I also thought that it was a bit surprising that I couldn’t hear any other shrieks and shouts of fear.

Are all of the people in this estate that well-trained?

As it leisurely flew in the sky, the cries of the gryphon grew louder. If the cry that it let out before were just empty threats, it’s cry right now was definitely filled with bloodthirst.

The eyes of the gryphon that was flying high with its wings spread out glinted sharply. Once it confirmed its prey, the gryphon sharply descended towards Sharendt Crown’s son.

“Ah……”

‘I knew that it would do that.’

That’s why I told you to run away.

Sharendt Crown’s son was so stunned that he was unable to move. It was probably because he had never experienced something like this before.

But there was still that talented veteran, Deshar Crown, so I was pretty sure that they would be able to do something about it.