I wake up to the sound of someone crying. It's not that much of a mystery as I knew from whom the voice came.
When I open my eyes, my surroundings are dark. 'Seems like it's already nighttime.' However, despite not having any source of light at all, I can see clearly in the dark.
I look at my arm that's already healed. 'Huh... To think that my Idea works perfectly.'Using the werewolf's ability and attaining self-healing ability is useful.
'Anyway...' I put my focus away from my newfound abilities as the sobbing is getting louder. I get up from the cold floor and walk toward the bed where Rei is being chained.
When I see her condition, I can't help but feel guilty. I forgot that she's wearing nothing but a fur cloak and she probably doesn't eat anything yet. At the same time, I look at the water stain on the bedsheet.
I look at the dark sky from the window of this shack. 'I must have passed out pretty much a long time.'
"...." I rub my face in frustration before scratching my hair.
'Give me a big tub with lukewarm water, spare clothes, and food.' I ask the ball to prepare them for Rei. At the same time, I unlock the chain and keep all of it inside the system's space.
This time, Rei is not fighting anymore. But, she is still crying.
I wipe the tears on her face with a clean piece of cloth gently. It feels a little bit awkward as this person has a bigger body with well-toned muscles. Despite that, she's now acting like a child because of the side effects of the poison.
'Making sure the poison is not fatal towards her is the only thing I could do.' I sigh. 'Right now, based on her abilities these side effects could last a few months.
I lift her gently and bring her to the bathtub. Rei is hugging my neck tightly and she shakes her head with a look of distress.
"Don't worry, I won't hurt you..." I reassure her in the gentlest tones I can make. At the same time, I pat her back and rub it a few times to calm her down. When she starts to loosen her arms around my neck, I can finally put her inside the bathtub.
"Hey ball, can you also get me some light around here." Even though I can see in the dark now, I still prefer some light.
[You certainly don't have self-restraint when buying things.]
"I can afford it. It will be stupid If I don't use the points I have."
[You keep buying things. Give me some breathing space.]
"I thought you're just a cold-hearted machine..." I scoff.
Suddenly I feel like something small hit my head. I look around but don't see anything.
Then it hit me again. I frown while looking around. Rei is making bubbles with her mouth inside the bathtub and not caring about me.
I look at the floor and saw something that wasn't there before.
I squint my eyes and see that it is just peanut.
Then it hit my head again and the new peanut falls right beside me.
"..." You don't need to be a genius to know who's the perpetrator.
I crush the peanut in my palm before standing up. "So, you're picking up a fight huh..." I smiled while looking at the crushed peanuts in my palm.
[I have more peanuts I can throw.]
"You wait when I completed this world mission..." I take a few deep breaths before throwing the rest of the crushed peanuts on the floor.
Anyway, I will focus on the person in front of me first. I'll remember this humiliation you damn ball. I will make sure the next time I see you, you will know the feeling of getting kicked around like a ball you are.' I swear in my heart.
I take a few deep breaths again before looking at Rei who is now staring at me with a confused look.
"Hey, can you understand what I'm saying?" I decided to use this chance to get to know more about Rei's current common sense and basic understanding.
"Aur...?" She makes an animal whimpers while looking at me with a tilted head.
"..." I paused a few seconds before asking the next question. "Do you know what your name is?"
Rei's ears twitch a few times then, she shakes her head.
I raised my brows. I was about to assume she can at least understand me until I see that she was scratching her ears and shaking her head aggressively.
"..." Water gets into her ears it seems.
I grumble in frustration before taking out a clean towel and holding her head in one place so she can stop moving. Rei is about to struggle, but I hold her face by the chin firmly. Then, quickly but gently and using the towel to wipe her tears.
"If you understand me, nod." While wiping her ears, I also look at her in the eyes.
Rei's expression is so pure without any hidden thought. She just looking at me quietly.
Then she licks my finger before smiling at me with a stupid looking expression.
"Ugh..." I sigh before pressing my forehead on the side of the bathtub.
'I have to deal with a big baby who doesn't understand human languages..." I let out a heavy sigh.
I look up to see Rei is still looking at me with a stupid smiley face. I sigh again before flicking her forehead.
Rei then looks at me with a wronged expression.
"Rei," I called out her name.
She then looks at me with a tilted head.
"Rei" I repeat the same action.
"Grei" Rei finally spoke in a barely audible voice.
"R..E.I" I mouth her name again while pointing at her.
She then does the same while pointing at me. "YEY!"
"Ugh!!" I grumble while scratching my head. 'I don't know how to deal with children like this...'
"AUGH!!" Rei unexpectedly makes the sound. I look up thinking that she slipped on something. Turns out...
"YEY!! AUGH!!" Rei keeps repeating the same sound I taught them and make just now.
"YEYEY!! AUGH!!" She laughs while splashing the water on my face.
"..." I just stare at her as she keeps splashing the water right on my face.
'If it's a child, I can tolerate it. But, when I look at an adult woman, with buff looking body, handsome looking face, acting like a child like this...'
I take a deep breath who knows how many times before stroking my chest.
"Calm down... Me. Calm down..., she is sick. Be patient..." I chant a few times to calm down my anger. "I'm an adult, I need to be patient and show a good example to a child."
At this moment, Rei suddenly tug at my sleeve and looked at me with a pitiful expression.
I see that she's touching her stomach.
"Hungry?" I asked her and never expect her to reply or anything.
"Hungrew?" She repeat the new word I spoke just now.
Despite not pronouncing it properly, at least this shows that she is pretty much a quick learner. She keeps repeating the same word I spoke.
I pull her out of the bathtub. She obediently follows my gesture to stand still out of the bathtub. Then, I teach her how to wipe her own body.
Luckily, she's quick to understand what I want her to do. After she finished wiping her body, I pick up the new clean clothes for her to wear. It's just a plain baggy T-shirt with short pants.
It's a struggle to make her wear the clothes because she's taller and doesn't understand how to wear clothes without my help.
....
"Finally!!" After a lot of tries and errors, Rei finally wears her clothes properly. That is after I flick her forehead a few times. Of course, in return, she keeps glaring at me.
Good thing the food I give her makes her smile again. At least, she's the kind that's easy to please.
Of course, I'm the one who needs to serve the food for her. She keeps on spilling it much to my annoyance. To think there will be a day that I need to spoon-feed a big baby like her.
I hope she heals faster. It's hard to take care of a child, especially a big one like her.