episode_0018

When Frega suddenly started petting the puppy, Aion was startled and ran to Frega to get her and the dog away.

No matter how weak a puppy may be, poisoned by poison, dogs are still animals until they are trained.

The moment an injured animal thinks it is in danger, it quickly transforms and becomes extremely violent and vicious.

That’s why Aion approached her, worried that Freya might be in danger.

“Hoooo….”

Contrary to Aion’s worries, the puppy felt comfortable and felt Frey’s touch without any resistance.

It was a dangerous situation where the dog could have bitten Frey’s arm if he had wanted to, but thankfully the dog didn’t bite Frey.

Then Aion said, kicking out Freya, who was petting the puppy.

“Be careful, I might bite you.”

Aion said as he kicked Freya and the puppy out.

“But..”

Even while being held captive by Aion, Frey was looking at the puppy groaning in pain.

Perhaps feeling pity for the puppy as it groaned in pain, Frere looked at the puppy with a pitiful expression.

Dana, who was watching from the side, also slightly crumpled her expression as if she felt uncomfortable somewhere.

To be honest, I also didn’t find it very pleasant to see people groaning in pain.

The dog’s body seemed to be in poor condition due to wounds and poison from fighting the monster, and it seemed as if it was not able to move easily. There was also what appeared to be blood staining the corners of its mouth.

He also just looked on with pity.

“I also feel sorry for this guy and have tried many things to save him, but I don’t know what to do because my knowledge is so shallow. I wish he would at least eat well, but since the day he came here, he has refused to drink water and is like that every day.”

The merchant also felt sorry for the dog and looked at it with a slightly gloomy expression.

For a moment, silence fell on the space they were in.

According to the merchant, from the day he was poisoned by the monster’s venom, he refused to eat or drink and did not move as if he was about to die.

Dana, who was listening to the merchant’s words, approached Aion as if she had made up her mind, and then grabbed his hand and said.

“Can’t we take it..?”

Dana said, holding Aion’s hand with her delicate one.

Aion was embarrassed by Dana’s words and couldn’t easily bring himself to speak.

Aion also felt uneasy seeing the dog dying, and if he could cure the disease, he would want to cure the dog.

The poison had already spread throughout the dog’s body, which had not received treatment for a long time, so it was questionable whether treatment was even possible.

If the poison had spread throughout the dog’s body to the point where it couldn’t be treated, then killing the dog would have been more effective in providing stability than treating it.

That’s why Aion fell into deep thought.

What if you bring a dog home to save it and it dies in front of them?

Then it was clear that it would remain as a bad memory in their memories, and so Aion was deeply troubled.

“Sir…”

Fred, who had been watching from the side, joined in and grabbed Aion’s hand, saying:

And at the sight of Danawa and Freya, Aion’s heart began to waver.

Noticing the change in Aion, they looked at Aion with even more earnest eyes.

Was it because they saw their old selves in the dog? They looked at the dying dog with pitiful faces.

Aion thought about their appearance for a moment, then finally let out a deep sigh and said.

“By the way… how much are you thinking of selling that dog… no, puppy for?”

Aion, who was concerned about their persuasion and the puppy’s face that seemed to have given up on the world, eventually decided to bring the puppy home.

At Aion’s words, the merchant waved his hand with a look of bewilderment.

“Are you sure you’re okay? That dog’s health will get worse over time and it will eventually die.”

“Don’t worry. I’ve been an adventurer for a long time, so I have some knowledge about poison. I’ll try everything I can to save you. ”

Aion stared straight into the bewildered merchant’s face and spoke.

The merchant, who had been silent at Aion’s words, soon smiled and said.

“Then..please..and I won’t charge you separately. I also owe a favor to that dog, so please take good care of it.”

The merchant thanked Aion for taking the puppy.

Aion reached into the cage containing the helplessly fallen puppy.

“Let’s go to my house.”

Aion patted the puppy’s head and put the dog to sleep, allowing it to get some rest.

The puppy, who had been groaning in pain, was able to sleep soundly for a very short time thanks to Aion’s magic.

“Then let’s go.”

Aion and the girls left the store with the puppy and thanked the merchant who gave them the dog without any compensation.

The merchant looked at them with a genuinely happy smile, not a fake one.

and.

“Before you leave. Please take this.”

The merchant offered them some food before they left, which Aion tried to refuse.

“Hehe, I would appreciate it if you would accept this as my small gesture of sincerity.”

The merchant continued to give Aion food, and Aion tried to express his gratitude.

“Your hair color is very beautiful.”

Aion’s body froze at the words that came out of the merchant’s mouth.

Aion, who usually had black hair covered by a hat or temporarily changed its color through magic.

For some reason, the magic that changed my hair color was broken.

His head had returned to black hair, which was considered an ominous symbol.

“……….”

Aion was unaware of this change in himself.

The merchant was looking at Aion, who had sinister black hair, not with a look of disgust, but with warm eyes.

“Although this is the first time you and I have met, I firmly believe that you will protect the dog.”

The merchant looked at Aion and smiled sincerely.

Aion also smiled in response to the merchant’s kindness, and their brief meeting came to an end.

***

“Hmm…”

Aion brought the puppy home with them.

Aion was still looking down at the sleeping puppy and planning his strategy.

The condition of the puppy observed through magic was so bad that it could not even be described as good, as the poison had already spread inside its body for a long time.

Aion desperately racked his brain as his physical condition became more serious than he had thought.

The bastard’s body was already full of poison, so it was difficult to remove the poison inside his body using normal methods.

Aion, who had been thinking about a cure for such a long time, suddenly opened his closed eyes as if a good idea came to him and began to release mana with his right hand, and with his left hand he created something like a black hole and began to absorb the poison inside the dog’s body.

In reality, it would take a long time to completely eliminate the toxins in the body, and there was no guarantee that it would happen.

There was some possibility that by continuously infusing mana, the remaining poison in the body could be transferred to me.

Of course, I didn’t just blindly risk my life to save a dog. After being beaten here and there by monsters for three years, I had developed a certain degree of tolerance to the poison, so I took action.

Although it was a big risk to transfer a large amount of poison into the body at once, Aion pushed himself hard because it wouldn’t have been strange if the dog died at any moment if the remaining poison wasn’t removed from the body as soon as possible.

The poison that remained in the dog’s body began to move into Aion’s body one by one.

‘You can’t leave any gaps… Every single spot where the poison was must be filled with mana without fail…!’

Aion sweated and moved the poison that remained in the dog’s body.

As time passed, the pale dog’s complexion began to improve and the wounded area began to heal quickly.

“Oh..I..I’m getting better..!”

Danawa and Fre, who had been watching this from the side, were delighted to see the puppy’s complexion gradually returning to normal.

Aion did not let go of the tension until the very last moment, and eventually all the poison remaining in the dog’s body was transferred to Aion’s body.

‘No matter how immune I am, it’s hard to take in a large amount of poison at once.’

The dog that had the poison removed gradually regained its color and smiled as if it were calm, but Aion, who had a large amount of poison injected into his body, felt his body getting heavier and he closed his eyes.

“Mister!!”

Aion, who had transferred all the poison remaining in the dog’s body into his own body, collapsed on the spot.