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I thought the two of us would form one group, but just before we left the castle, another person was added.

It was Amelia, who had been staying there since visiting our castle a few days ago.

I think we can go back right away, but Amelia has been staying with us in our castle, citing various reasons. I guess she is afraid that I will have another accident in front of the prince.

It looks like the prince will wait for at least a year. Does Amelia also plan to do the same? Doesn’t the Grand Duchess have a lot of work to do?

Well, it was still possible to travel back and forth between the Grand Duke’s family and the Delki City territory in one day, so it would be possible to go back and forth.

“Did Young Ae also learn martial arts?”

The prince asked, somewhat surprised, when he saw Amelia joining our group.

“I learned a little bit about bows.”

It may not be at a ‘somewhat’ level.

In order to avoid the predestined future, Amelia worked hard to learn how to fight. And that fighting method was mainly related to long-distance combat. This world is full of opponents that she could never compete with with swordsmanship alone, so she seemed to have thought that even if she could not kill them, she would try to stop them somehow. .

Thanks to this, Amelia, who was arrogant and did not know how to do almost anything in the original work, had become an all-rounder who knew how to shoot a bow and heal wounds with magic by the time the main part of the novel I read began.

And the story began when the original heroine felt a feeling of longing upon seeing Amelia like that.

“Is it normal for young ladies to learn how to fight in the North? … ?”

“Yes, I guess there are still barbarians targeting this land beyond the north.”

“Is that so?”

no.

Even though I was from Delki City, there was no need for Amelia, the Grand Duchess, to learn how to fight.

Of course, I couldn’t have answered, ‘To fight against the future that will come later.’

“Well, if the lady is like that.”

Fortunately, it seems that the prince didn’t ask me to hunt to get the feeling of dating me. Rather, it seems that hunting was really his goal, but his father probably ‘misunderstood’ and gave it that name.

… … I decided to have a heart-to-heart talk with my father sometime, and for now, I decided to focus on the task at hand.

“So… … What happens now? Did you say that when you go out on reconnaissance, you go out on foot?”

When I go out, I walk. And usually when I come back, I also walk.

Of course, horses only ‘walk’, and they usually run around vigorously. For those with the blood of giants flowing through them, running through a forest filled with trees is not that difficult.

In addition, most of them were tall and had long legs, so the speed was very different from the normal ‘running’.

If it’s a hassle to come back, just kill a deer and ride it back.

However, that is not possible for me, Prince or Amelia, because the three of us are not that tall and we are not as physically strong as adults.

… … Ah, I see.

Until a little while ago, I thought that my father had misunderstood my feelings and had given me the prince, but when I thought about it again, I realized that there was no one else who could properly take care of the prince other than me. The difference in speed would be enormous just by walking, and that would not be enough to ride him on the back of a deer. Because there is no saddle or stirrups.

There was always a deer prepared for my father, who was the lord, but it was only for the lord. If my father rides it himself and gives it to someone, I should not lend it to him. It would be a loss of face.

“Lady Delki City?”

As I was gathering my thoughts and nodding my head, admiring my own cleverness, the prince spoke to me.

“Wouldn’t it take too long to scout on foot? Perhaps the people of Del Kishi have a method other than riding something?”

When I turned my head and looked at the prince, he asked me that question. His expression seemed like he couldn’t even imagine how the people of Edelkish usually walk in the forest around the castle.

but… …

“Haven’t you seen it too, Prince?”

“Huh?”

The prince tilted his head at my question.

“Didn’t you see what I was riding last time I was guiding the prince?”

That’s right. Although I ride a slightly different vehicle than the other Delkish people, the prince has already seen that scene before.

The way I rode on the back of a wolf.

“… … .”

“… … .”

And for a moment, the prince and Amelia looked at me with dumbfounded expressions.

“There is no such thing as a saddle, but if you hold on tightly to the fur, the wolf will not drop the prince.”

“Uh, no, wait a minute.”

At my words, the prince raised one hand and said,

“So, are you saying we should ride on the back of that big wolf?”

I asked that.

And Amelia, who was next to the prince, was also looking at me with a shocked expression.

‘How can you say that?’

They looked like they were doing it, but I actually don’t know why they were reacting like that.

“The wolves are all thoroughly trained, so you don’t have to worry. They won’t bite the prince or the archduchess unless I give them an order.”

“… … If you give an order, does that mean you will bite?”

“That’s right, right?”

I’ve never asked someone to bite me.

Of course, the last time I asked him to bite my arm, he didn’t bite. But that’s probably because he thought I was the leader of the pack, and he usually understands my verbal commands. He doesn’t seem to understand things that are too complicated, but at least he’s a smart dog. The willpower becomes.

“I saw that white wolf biting the lady’s head last time.”

Ah, that.

“It’s a joke. It’s like an expression of affection. Actually, I wasn’t even hurt. Didn’t you see me biting the wolf right after that?”

“Does that mean that those wolves might bite us ‘for fun’?”

The prince’s eyes turned to the wolves sitting behind me. One of the wolves opened its mouth wide and yawned. Seeing its long tongue and sharp teeth clearly visible, the prince’s face turned bright blue.

“You don’t have to worry about that. Wolves don’t play games like that unless they are close enough to someone.”

“Wait a minute.”

This time it was Amelia.

“So… … It seems they are well aware that we are not very friendly with those wolves.”

“Right?”

Of course, since we’ve only seen each other once, we’re probably not close.

“Do you think the wolf will not drop us when we ride on the back of an unfamiliar wolf?”

“You don’t seem to know much about wolf packs.”

I spoke with patience.

“A wolf pack obeys the orders of the person it considers to be the leader. Just like domestic dogs, wolves’ habits are similar. However, when the leader is weak, they sometimes fight to take over the leader’s position, but I simply use my strength. It’s a bit different because he didn’t just take the place, but built trust right away with the Druid’s abilities. ”

“What kind of trust is built with that ability?”

“It has the effect of lowering the aggressiveness of the wolf when it first sees me. And the trust built up afterwards is separate.”

“So… … Doesn’t reducing aggression mean that if you encounter a wolf without that ability, you could become its food?”

No, why are these people so picky?

I met a pack of wolves with my abilities, and later built trust and became their leader. Are you ignoring my efforts to mix with the pack for weeks, exchanging punches and biting the back of their necks?

Of course, the biggest reason they were able to do that was because they were not recognized as food by the wolf pack.

Yes, to be honest, if it weren’t for my abilities as a druid, I wouldn’t have been able to join the wolf pack. The entire wolf pack would have died by my father’s hands that day.

“You don’t have to worry because the head man guarantees it.”

I spoke patiently.

“… … .”

Still, it seemed like the two weren’t convinced, so I turned around.

Then, I deliberately stomped my feet towards Gray and spoke to him with my hands on my hips.

“Gray!”

Gray’s ears perked up when he heard the name I gave him.

Looking straight into the eyes looking at me, I shouted in a loud voice.

“You two, you can’t bite!”

Gray followed my finger and turned his gaze towards the prince and Amelia, then sat down with his head on his feet again.

I turned around and came back in front of the prince and Amelia.

“See? Now you don’t have to worry about being bitten.”

“… … He looked like he wasn’t interested in those words at all.”

Isn’t it true? Everyone looked like they understood?

The prince was second, and seeing Amelia next to him with an expression of complete disbelief, I touched my forehead.

This is what southerners are like!