“Galia-sama, Meliena-sama! I’ve found something like that over there!”
“R-Really!?”
“Is that true?!”
Upon receiving the report, the head of the Brazel family and his wife immediately ran their horses. Including them, it is an incognito group of only a few people. Right in front of them was a large forest. It is a dangerous magical forest that covers the northern part of the Brazel family’s territory.
With only a few retainers who could be trusted, the head himself came to this forest, which is inhabited by many vicious monsters. They are looking for the child, who he had ordered to be abandoned near this forest. Moreover, that child may be the reincarnation of the true Great Sage.
“Uh! This box is…”
“Yes. There is no doubt about it.”
They found a small box right next to the forest. There was something that looked like a cradle inside, but the important content is gone. It was just an empty shell.
“Damn! As expected..…”
“Ahh!, Reus…”
“The lid of the box has been torn… it was probably attacked by a monster…”
Such a small body of a baby. It is possible that it was swallowed whole. In that case, they really couldn’t find the body. In the first place, even if he had not been eaten by a monster, it was impossible for a newborn baby to be left alive for two months.
Still, they’ve come this far with a glimmer of hope… Apparently, it ended in vain.
“What the hell are we supposed to do now!? If things continue like this, we will be ending up as the once who killed the Great Sage…”
“Uh-….. If that happens, the Brazel family will be finished!”
“What-, No!! No matter what, we have to hide it at all costs!”
“……T-That’s right! Let’s pretend he hadn’t been put there to begin with…”
Far from grieving the death of their child, their minds seem to be preoccupied of their own self-preservation. That’s when the head noticed one of his subordinates.
“Huh? Isn’t this weird…? This lid looks like it’s been torn from the inside…”
The lid of the box had fallen nearby. It seemed to be tightly sealed but when he also looked closely at it, he found a large dent inside, as if it had been subjected to some strong impact. On the other hand, there is no evidence that it has been cut open from the outside.
As the group tilted their heads, wondering what the hell was going on,
“Grrrrr…”
“““Uh!”””
What emerged from the forest was a wolf demon with a total length of more than two meters.
“This guy… it-it’s a Nightmare Garm!?”
“O-Oi, it’s a monster with a danger level of A, right!?”
“No, it is still a child…”
“Still, there is a risk level of B…, right!?”
The jet-black wolf, known as Nightmare Garm, is endemic to the forest. It had vicious power on its own, but it is also intelligent enough to arrange a high degree of coordination in a group, and it was considered a very troublesome monster here in the Demon Domain.
Still, this is a group of elite people, including the brilliant magicians, Galia and Meliena. As it was only one opponent, they would be able to dismiss it without difficulty.
However—
“““Grrrrrr”””
Nightmare Garm’s wolf cubs appeared one after another. As expected, they should be prepared for a tough battle. But the horror of the monster did not end there. A little later, it appeared. It had an overwhelming presence that could not be compared to the wolf cubs.
“““~~~~~~~~~~!?”””
Its total length is about 7 or 8 meters. Like Nightmare Garm, it was covered in jet-black hair, but there is crescent-shaped yellow hair only around its forehead.
“An adult Nightmare Garm…?”
“W-Wrong… This guy isn’t that simple…”
“N-No. In this Demon Domain, it’s one of the lords of this forest… It is the known Lunagarm with a danger level of S… Damn!”
Before they knew it, everyone made a pratfall. They don’t have the motivation to fight. Instinctively understanding the hopeless disparity in strength, no one could even move.
Lunagarm slowly approached Galia’s side. It was so close that if it opens its mouth, Galia can be swallowed whole in an instant.
“Hiii…”
“D-Don’t come…”
Killed. Everyone was convinced of that,
Then.
Sniff- Sniff- Sniff-
“……?”
Lunagarm brings the tip of its nose close to the family head and then it smelled his wife. It just smelled the two of them. And contrary to what they thought, it immediately turned on its heel and disappeared into the depths of the forest.
“S-Safe… I’m safe…?”
“N-No, not yet…”
Just when Galia thinks that the crisis is over, the Nightmare Garm’s wolf cubs come up to their side as well. But just like the big one, they just smelled them and some even snuggled up to him as if waiting to be petted. “Wau-wau!”, some also happily barked at them.
“W-What’s going on…?”
“What on earth does this mean…?”
The two of them could only accept it in shock.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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