21 Relationship Between a Tera and a Tera Master (1/2)
As the yellow liquid started to fall on Edmond's bed and made it wet, Edmond hurriedly tried to get up but failed as he was still too weak from the extreme blood loss due to the injury before.
Thankfully, the Chief intervened, using his strong hands to catch the Fox and take it out of his bed before quickly hurrying outside and letting it complete its activity.
Edmond could only stare at Aaron, who was equally stupefied.
The name 'Tera Master' would usually make one think of a grand figure who was capable of commanding respect from the Teras of whom he was supposed to be a master of.
Of course, this scene was the complete opposite. It wasn't even that the Fox had just happened to pee while on his bed – it had done it on purpose after checking that he was definitely in its 'area of contact'.
That had been visible even more in its expression, as it had looked as if it was very satisfied with what it was doing.
Woof was the only one who began laughing, and as this became clear to Edmond, he glared at the Tera, who casually looked back at him and remembered what had happened before increasing the volume with which it was laughing.
A few seconds later, the Chief reappeared in the room holding the Tera which didn't seem to be scared at all that it was in a new environment surrounded by the 'dangerous' humans who had captured it.
It looked like it was taking a casual stroll through the jungle, and that it hadn't been forced into a life of enslavement where it would have to fight for the benefit of its master.
At least, currently, that was how Aaron thought of the Bond when he looked at the little Bewitching Fox.
Of course, he could tell that there were different circumstances where someone could get the acknowledgment of the Tera before binding it, but this was definitely not the case here.
If there was no love lost between him and Woof and this family of foxes, perhaps, he might not even have made the deal with Edmond.
Right now, he was just looking forward to seeing what kind of relationship Edmond would have with this fox. If he somehow managed to entice the Fox with gifts or other things which it might be interested in, that would be fine with Aaron.
However, he would never stand for a forced relationship where the Tera would have to fight after being threatened that it would be killed if it did not obey all comments.
In fact, this was something that had become clear to him since the moment he read the booklet where it was explained how Bonds worked.
He didn't know if this strong feeling was because a Tera was his own best friend, or if this was just something he felt by himself because of who he was.
He recalled many of the instances where he had seen families of Teras who were just happy that they could survive while in the company of each other, and he remembered how he had wondered whether that was how it had been for him, too, in the memories which were locked away in his mind.
Even though the Chief had given that speech before and tried to convince Aaron that humans and Teras had to be thought of in different ways, he didn't know yet whether that was something that he might ever be able to do. At least, so far, he hadn't seen enough for him to be convinced that this should be the case.
Sure, they might be a family, but that seemed no different from a tribe of Crocodrills who just wanted to take control of a part of a river and exist peacefully.
Should he really change all of the presuppositions and opinions he had formed over the years of him living together with Woof just because of a single instance?
Aaron highly doubted that, so, once again, he just decided to put it to the side and wait until he observed more of these humans before making or changing any sort of assumptions or decisions.
However, at this stage, he was sure of one thing – he would never be able to stand for slave contracts where the Teras were forced into bondage. At least, he never wanted to be associated with them, as they just felt so vile and repulsive.