The Wolf Stands on Two Legs (3)
···For several days now, Misoah, the second-in-command of the group, has not been seen.
Of course, she always showed up when it was evening time, but other than that, she wasn’t seen very often anymore.
It was a phenomenon that had never happened before.
From the morning to the afternoon when the sun is about to go down.
She, Misoah, went hunting with a pack of other werewolves and returned with her prey.
Perhaps instead of her mother, Yuhua Lin, who has now begun to focus on raising her children in earnest.
It seemed that she, Misoa, was leading her pack and going out hunting instead of her.
‘Looking at things like this, we werewolves are efficient.’
Of course I understand.
Because his mother, Yuhua Lin, was the leader of the group, she could not always take full responsibility for the group.
In the end, if that happens, there will naturally be gaps in parenting, and it is natural that she will have no choice but to be neglected.
Maybe that’s why recently, Misoah has started hunting.
But why?
For some reason, she always looked in the direction of Winter’s crypt with a sad expression on her face, Misoah, who had returned from hunting.
Of course, by the time Misoah returned from her hunt, it was already late afternoon.
Because of this, there was always her mother, Yuhwa-rin, in the crypt, so Misoa couldn’t openly look at her recklessly.
Nevertheless, she took the risk and looked inside her every chance.
As if she were spying on me.
[·······?]
So sometimes when winter comes, Miso Ah and her eyes meet.
It was sensed that she was gently flowing an air of emotion that was difficult to understand.
Of course, as much as it was winter when I didn’t know the meaning of that gaze.
He just looked at me in a puzzled way.
‘Is there something wrong?’
Misoah’s expression is particularly dark these days.
No, she was living with a vague feeling of regret.
She doesn’t seem to be eating properly these days, and she’s worried in many ways.
Now, as long as it’s that smile that protects her group.
Even now, the other werewolves in the pack were clinging to their prey and eating the flesh as if competing with each other.
Only Miso Ah had a downcast face and her ears drooped.
Seeing her chewing on one of the monster’s ‘buffalo’ legs at a slow pace, she couldn’t help but be worried.
‘I’ve been going out hunting often lately, but I’m worried that I’ll be able to eat just one hind leg of that buffalo. I think the amount of food is too meager.’
If you look at it from the standard of a mere person, Misoah’s eating speed, chewing on the flesh of that leg, was by no means an ordinary axis.
Her problem was that she wasn’t human, she was a werewolf with a huge energy drain.
Besides, that buffalo wasn’t just a simple cow’s hind leg.
I saw it on a news video the other day, and the herds of bison that appeared in the middle of the city were monsters so big that they even easily ran over a 1-ton truck running from the other side of the road.
The physique, weight, and size of the flesh were also enormous.
Of course, even the flesh of their hind legs was enough to boast a size larger than that of a human torso.
But that wasn’t the problem.
If you think about the fact that 20 werewolves in a group gathered and ate the Tyrannosaurus in just two or three days.
If you look at the amount of food they eat in a single day, you can conclude that it is truly enormous.
A Tyrannosaurus weighed a good 5 to 7 tons.
And their number has reached twenty-two, to be precise, so it is calculated that one werewolf can eat more than 70 to 80 kilograms of meat in one day.
With that level of food.
In fact, it was a terrifying level that exceeded three or four sacks with a large bag of rice.
Even if their activity increases, their energy consumption increases to a more heinous level…
There was no choice but to come to the conclusion that it was too much to fill the stomach with just that little piece of meat from the hind leg.
“How uh uh…”
At that time, along with a drooping sigh.
The gaze of Misoah, the second-in-command of the group, raised a helpless gaze.
I headed towards Winter in the crypt.
Our eyes met.
‘Huh?’
Then, for some reason, Misoah’s expression seemed to brighten up a little.
The drooping ears lifted a little, and the wolf’s tail, which had been like a wet mop bag, stood upright again.
* * * *
Four to five in the afternoon.
This moment is a time point that can be the starting point for the sun in the forest to go down.
Nowadays, Yuhwarin, the mother of winter, always went hunting around this time as if it had been promised.
That was a question all along, but only today was Winter able to figure out the conclusion about it.
‘Come to think of it, it must have been about time for Misoah and the rest of the group to return.’
It’s time for the other party to return.
I did understand a little by asking like that.
Perhaps his mother, Yuhua Lin, seemed to know that at this time she would be away from her nest for a while and that their domain would be safe.
She knew that even though she had other leisurely time slots, she was particularly obsessed with this one.
As expected, they were a group that focused on thorough efficiency.
At that time, frightening to think, I felt a familiar body odor from the other side of the forest.
‘Ah. He’s back.’
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A body scent faintly smelled from the other side of the forest.
Sensing it, Winter lifted his head, which had been buried in the warm arms of his sisters.
Of course, it was the same with his two sisters.
Yui and Yumi also raised their heads with their ears pricked up.
As if we had promised, all three of us looked at the other side of the forest.
Sabak. Sabak.
Soon, she saw her mother, Yuhua Lin, walking out from among the dark trees on the other side of her.
Wobble.
For joy, Winter’s tail began to wag little by little.
Of course, it was the same for my two sisters. Power was put on the ears that had been caught in the sleep, and the gun was spinning in the eyes.
There was no one who wouldn’t be happy to see the only protector in this harsh world again.
But soon.
‘What?’
Kyeo-ryeol opened his eyes slightly when he saw the green monster held in Yu-Wa-Rin’s left hand.
[Key, Kiii·······.]
‘That one?’
The prey that was heard being caught in Yuhua Lin’s wrist was shaking her body.
That guy. He was a guy who knew winter.
It’s so common that even non-hunters are familiar with it.
A monster well known to the world.
It was none other than ‘Goblin’.
Before he was brought here, he was completely terrified of what had happened and was trembling.
He couldn’t even think of moving.
Is it because of the sudden presence of an uninvited guest?
Chalbak. Snap.
As usual, despite the return of her mother, Yuhua Lin, who entered the crypt as always, this time when she hesitated as none of her sisters, including Winter, could approach.
Yuhua Lin set the goblin she was holding onto the ground.
[Kieek!]
The guy rushed to a corner and hid.
Then, as soon as he met eyes with Winter or his two sisters, he revealed his teeth and threatened excessively.
It was quite ferocious.
On its escape, firmly lodged in a corner.
Everybody just froze in place.
They were still babies.
In the nest where only such people are gathered, a violent monster appeared out of nowhere.
It was only natural that, no matter how much she had her mother, Yuhwa-rin, who was her guardian, she would have no choice but to instinctively reveal the rigidity stemming from her nervousness.
The confrontation continued for a while.
A monster goblin with wide-eyed eyes. And three other young werewolf cubs.
However, the confrontation did not last long.
My mother, Yuhwarin, who was watching the situation, suddenly started to push them away bit by bit.
“Ha ha ha?”
I tried to shout at my sisters, but they didn’t even pretend to listen.
Yu Hwa-rin simply drags the sisters who are silently resisting one by one and brings them to the goblins.
Of course, winter was no exception.
[Arr!]
Yuhua Rin said she didn’t like Yuhua Lin, so she stopped and gently pushed Winter’s back.
So, like it or not, the growing distance between them and the goblins has become an unavoidable reality.
[Off.]
In the end, Winter collapsed onto the ground with a pained sound.
Even so, she revealed her own will to never get close to her guy.