episode_0017

Several days have passed since that incident.

After that incident, Aion was worried about them being home alone and didn’t go hunting for a while.

As Aion spent more time at home, he became closer to them.

Now, when Danawa and Frey encounter Aion, they no longer hide or are wary, but instead approach him with bright smiles.

They were living happier days than ever.

Oh, and additionally, speaking of the events of that day, Aion ended up forgiving them and letting them go.

Although they were cruel people who threatened and raised their hands against the precious Danawa and Fre, Aion, who was generous, decided to show mercy and let them go.

Aion broke their arms and legs to prevent them from putting up a futile resistance, then took them to a mountain where there were few people, and said:

“This is a place where people rarely pass by. There are a lot of trees, so sunlight doesn’t come in well, and there are a lot of monsters, so people don’t even come near this area.”

“I want to tear you apart right now, without even a trace of your form.. but I plan to give trash like you a chance. If you come down this mountain alive, I will forgive you. ”

Aion looked at those who were wiggling and opening their mouths like insects with his cold eyes.

Those with arms and legs strangely twisted to prevent them from escaping from Aion looked up at Aion, crawling on the ground like caterpillars.

They looked at Aion and opened their mouths as if begging for his life, but he pretended not to see them.

Their eyes were filled with despair, like those of animals facing death.

Aion left them deep in the mountain and leisurely came down.

This was a place where people had no sense of decency, so even if they cried out for help, their desperate voices would not be heard by anyone.

To be honest, the moment he realized that they had touched Dana’s face, Aion wanted to kill them without leaving a trace, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that death was too light a punishment for them, so he abandoned them in the mountains where monsters were swarming.

I am not a gentle person. I can give everything to my beloved family, but I give the most horrible end to those who touch my precious family.

So he left the mountain, leaving the men alone.

And a few days later, Aion, who was at home with them, went to the place where they were left, wondering if they had actually escaped the mountain.

The place where the men had been left was covered in bright red bloodstains.

The blood trail that they were presumed to have shed as they struggled to survive was running down the mountain.

Soon after, a man’s blood trail suddenly stopped at a certain point, and soon after, a man coming down the mountain alone also had his blood trail suddenly cut off at a certain point.

Around their blood were black hairs that looked like they belonged to a monster.

After looking at the blood and fur of the monsters they had shed for a while, Aion returned to the house where they were waiting as if nothing had happened.

***

“Why are we at the market again? Are we out of food?”

After that, Aion and Dana Fre visited the market again.

After visiting the market a while ago, Dana looked at Aion again and asked with a look of incomprehension.

At Dana’s words, Aion, who was holding her hand tightly, smiled carefully and said.

“I just wanted to see something for a moment. I didn’t come here to buy anything in particular.”

Aion looked at Dana and said,

In fact, Aion had visited the market to buy something.

Aion thought. To keep them safe, he had no choice but to go out and hunt monsters to earn money.

They are left alone and without any protection during that time.

That’s why there was no guarantee that something like last time wouldn’t happen if he left them at home alone, and he thought it would be dangerous to take them to the place where they hunted monsters. After much thought, Aion decided to bring a strong assistant to guard the house.

Here too, there were animals with the concept of hunting dogs and fighting dogs, so Aion went to a merchant who sold animals to adopt helpers who could guard the house with them.

“Welcome, guest!”

The merchant smiled and greeted Aion and the others warmly as they approached.

‘Are those merchants’ faces passive? They all have the same face.’

Aion thought as he looked at the hypocritical merchant’s smile.

Aion, who came to his senses with a cough, told the merchant that he would look around for a moment and began to seriously look for an animal to guard his house.

There were so many animals there.

From small parrot-like birds to elongated animals that resemble minks.

The merchant didn’t just deal with one animal, but with a variety of animals, and the place was full of animals that Aion had never even imagined.

‘How did you get something like that?’

There were some things that I just couldn’t understand how they had been brought there.

As they were surrounded by animals they had never seen before, the girls, who were holding onto Aion’s hand tightly, began to look around.

“Wow, it’s a cat!”

While observing the animals in the cages, they saw a white cat in one of the cages and approached the cat as if their eyes were caught.

The cat, which had been showing off its elegant figure with white fur, turned its head and avoided eye contact as soon as it realized that Danawa and Frega were looking at it.

‘It’s a cat…’

Aion looked at that cat and thought.

Cats are known to be animals that are not easily trained. They have their own thoughts and routines, and if you interfere with them, they will get hurt, no matter how much of an owner you are.

An animal that lives off of its cute appearance but has no special abilities.

‘The cat passes.’

Aion turned his head and looked at the other animals, lost in thought, thinking that if he brought a cat, it would end up acting as a servant rather than guarding the house.

The animal Aion wanted was a strong child that followed its master’s orders well and was also somewhat intelligent.

Perhaps because I had such high expectations, I could hardly find anything that lived up to my expectations of Aion.

Although there were animals called dogs in this world, most of the dogs in the cages were small, perhaps because of the merchant’s taste.

Aion asked the merchant with a slightly disappointed expression on his face.

“Are all the kids here?’

Aion asked the merchant who was watching all this from the side.

The merchant responded to Aion’s words with a kind smile.

“Yes, sir..Originally, there should have been more animals, but due to the monster attack, many of them died and ran away.”

The merchant spoke with a slightly dark face.

Aion also nodded at that fact.

“Mister!!”

Danawa and Fre, who were observing the animals, called out to him in a loud voice as if they were surprised by what they saw.

“Why are you like that?!”

Aion approached them, startled, wondering if something had happened to them.

“Over there…”

They looked at Aion who was running towards them and then pointed to a place with their fingers and said.

In the place where Danawa and Frega pointed with their fingers, there was a huge gray dog that didn’t even move, as if it was badly injured.

Danawa and Fre looked at the listless dog with a look of pity upon seeing it like that.

“Oh no..I ended up showing the guests something I shouldn’t have shown them..”

The merchant, who had been running in surprise at their voices, said as if he had made a mistake when he saw Danawa and Frega’s dog locked in the cage.

Looking at the dog with the injured leg, the merchant explained why the dog was injured.

“As I said earlier, I am a merchant who brings various animals to this market. However, due to a sudden attack by a monster, many of the animals in the carriage became prey to the monsters or escaped to survive. That child was injured while fighting the monster.”

“Normally, injured and sick animals cost more to treat and just take up space, so it’s a rule to deal with them right away..but if this kid hadn’t been wasting time by confronting the monsters, I might not be here. Maybe that’s why I couldn’t kill that kid..”

The merchant spoke to Aion with a dark face.

After hearing the merchant’s story, Aion looked at the dog lying helplessly.

“Heuheu…heuheu….”

The dog, which had suffered a major wound on its leg, was lying on the floor, panting heavily, as if it was having difficulty even controlling its body.

Aion was looking at the dog intently.

It seemed that the monster that attacked the carriage and the monster that injured the dog were monsters that injected lethal poison into their bodies.

When Aion was looking at the dog panting as if it would suffocate at any moment, he felt a little sorry.

“Puppy..”

Fred, who was watching the dog, felt pity for the dog in pain and put his hand into the cage the dog was locked in.

She began to stroke the dog, which was groaning in pain, with her small hands.