Episode 71 [Why are you hurting me](2)
Ah.
Again… I left it behind.
I left it again.
He left me alone here again…
“[Nyang…]”
Immediately after Dante left, Nagi, who had been sternly restrained from following, hung his head helplessly.
This is the third time I haven’t been allowed to be by your side.
At this level, I had a reasonable suspicion that it might just be intentional abandonment.
….It shouldn’t be useless anymore.
“[…Ae.Ong]”
Under a large tree with thick twigs.
Nagi gave a short cry as he spun around in place like a puppy with separation anxiety.
In fact, even though it was a distance where you could go straight to Dante’s side in less than a few seconds in the forest ahead, much less Nagi, a thunderbolt, Nagi couldn’t easily hide his anxiety.
There was no particular reason, but perhaps it was Shinsoo’s unique intuition, or for some reason, I had a bad feeling that my back was getting colder from a while ago.
Something…A feeling that something very unpleasant is going to happen…That kind of feeling.
“[Mueu…]”
But you can’t break the owner’s order and chase after it.
Knocking on the ground for no reason with his small, soft front paws, Nagi sighed lightly. The jelly on the soles of her feet made cute marks on her as they touched the soil.
Really… I didn’t have anything going my way.
I want to become a superior familiar than anyone else, but he is not trusted and is abandoned every day. Where else can you find half a penny like this?
Nagi turned his eyes toward the forest where Dante had left.
…When are you going to come back?
Oh, what can I do?
Nagi missed Dante even more. His long beard trembled.
His warmth was always warm, like a field bathed in the morning sun. It was warmer and cozier than anything Nagi had ever experienced.
The amber eyes that look at you are full of kindness, and you can feel sincere affection from the caressing hands. He is a gentle boy who values life. It was enough to believe that he was not a demon, but an Elyos.
How happy I am to sleep curled up on his lap, Nagi dare not put into words.
How to realize the value of something precious only after losing it. Nagi didn’t want to be the kind of fool who comes to his senses later and regrets it. He should do his best in every moment so that he never regrets.
That’s why Nagi didn’t want to leave Dante’s side. What if he took his eyes off for a moment and the child got hurt? What if he even dies? How will he bear the original sin?
──A thunder tiger that cannot protect its owner is not worth living for.
That’s what a tiger’s blind loyalty is. If it could be tamed, the thunder tiger would have been the best familiar.
“[………]”
Nagi, who stopped squeezing and kept his front legs together, stared blankly at the gray sky.
For a legendary Shinsoo who handles lightning, Nagi’s actions were mostly sluggish. He speaks slowly, walks slowly, and his expression doesn’t change at all.
A fierce face that makes no sense what he’s thinking.
Aside from everything, if you only look at the appearance, you couldn’t find any aggression even after washing your eyes, and it was a dignity that damaged the pride of all kinds of feline beasts.
Pride and what? Rather, thanks to this defenseless appearance, Dante’s vigilance was easily relieved, so it was like a plus factor for Nagi.
…When I was back in my hometown, everyone said that I wasn’t like a thunderbolt at all.
“[….Miaeu.]”
Nagi, frowning blatantly at an old memory that came to mind for no reason, shook her head to get rid of all her thoughts.
──Wondeuk, Wooduk──
“[…….?]”
I pricked up my ears like a rabbit, at the strange sound I heard from the depths of the forest.
Then he bent and raised one ear, sharpening his hearing to determine the direction from which the very slight voice came.
──Hello──
“[─!!?]”
Nagi jumped up.
It was faint, but it was unmistakably Dante’s voice.
Hello, what the heck. Did something happen?
Pababak!
Frustrated, Nagi kicked off the ground and rose to a high place in an instant.
Since the exact location is unknown, it seemed that he was planning to look down from the top of the cliff near where the sound came from. There was also an intention not to reveal his appearance hastily, as he could have guessed it on his own.
Befitting the name Thunder Lake, it took only a few seconds for Nagi to set foot on the edge of the cliff and quickly scan the forest with exceptionally excellent powers of observation.
“[…….!]”
Fox.
A fox with pure white fur.
And Dante riding on the fox’s back.
Nagi, who could not hide her absurdity at this surprising combination, opened her mouth and held her breath for a moment.
It was really stupid.
…Huh?
Huh?
W, fox…? Fox? Why is the fox here? Rather, why is that child riding that fox? Do you know each other?
All sorts of questions that have risen to the surface are randomly messing around in my head.
However, Nagi was not even given time to organize her thoughts.
Dante, who was having a conversation with the fox, immediately bent down low and grabbed the fox’s body tightly.
──LikeLike a person clinging to the body of a running beast and trying not to fall.
As if to respond to this, the fox also puts its hind legs tightly together and assumes a posture as if it will run away at any moment.
Wait, wait.
Run…? Running?
The fox puts Dante on his back… And runs…?
Me, am I still here? ‘Cause you’ve been waiting for me to come
And, and then, you said you’d be back soon.
I’ll be back soon.
I told you to wait…
Soon…..Wait…
─Something was strange.
It was strange, but it wasn’t usually strange.
Nagi couldn’t understand the situation at all. No matter how stupid and incomprehensible he is, he couldn’t even make an attempt to understand this situation.
My breathing is getting faster and my head is pounding.
Her vision was blurring to the point where she wondered if she was looking at something.
That’s right.
Because.
Because that look is like.
As if.
It couldn’t be better.
──Isn’t that the look of someone who is about to leave this place at any moment?
“[…Ah.]”
Ah.
Ahh.
aaa.
The moment Nagi faced the truth he didn’t want to face, he felt that something like a wick in his heart was snapped.
And it wasn’t sadness, betrayal, or anything else that started to fill that empty space.
“[…Now…Friday…]”
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“[───■■■■■■■■■■■■!!!!!!!!]”
──It was anger.
Nagi, who had puffed up his body, bit the white fox’s neck in an instant.
Quad Deuk!!
With the sound of fangs tearing flesh.
Red blood splattered in all directions.