Two bandit corpses get thrown outside. Then Selene comes out with her light dress and blood on her hands. Quite the paradox.
"You need to be more careful. I shouldn't have had to take care of this." She is not angry, which is surprising. She does seem upset but it might be because she had to stain her hands.
I hear something barking faintly from a bag near the tree where the concealed bandit was. When I take the bag and open it: there is a puppy inside: wolfider's cub. He is really skinny, he must not have eaten for days. Also, he is different from normal wolfiders I have seen in picture books. They normally have navy blue fur with yellow shining eyes. But this one has black fur with white dots all over. His eyes are blue. I wonder why. He must be different from the others, it would explain why the bandits didn't kill him. Were they planning on selling him?
I bring back the wolfider to the house and present it to Selene, Excafol has come out of the bedroom and is cleaning the blood off the walls.
"A wolfider? Why is he like that?" Apparently, Selene doesn't know this type of wolfider either. "Why is he so skinny?" Ah? Wait, she was not talking about his fur. She holds him by the collar and lifts him. "A rare alpha type. Those guys had a jackpot." So she knows.
"What kind of wolfider is that?"
"He is an alpha type. Wolfiders live in a pack with an alpha controlling and managing the group. Sometimes, among the puppies, there will be an alpha but normally the actual alpha kills them to maintain his power. This one has two weeks at most. But he is still alive so the old alpha must have died or maybe his mom discarded him."
Discarded… just like me, he was rejected because he was too weak, because his life didn't matter.
"But even among alpha, I have never seen one like this."
"That because he has Angas potential." Excafol butts in our conversation. He has finished cleaning already?! How?!
"Is that possible?"
Selene is even more surprised than I. A beast that can use Angas? I can't believe it.
"It is possible. Gnoll can use it too after all. So why not." Gnoll? What is that?
"What is a Gnoll, Excafol?"
"A gnoll is a humanoid beast. He measures around 3 meters tall and is massive. His skin is brown and really hard. He can use elemental earth Angas. Though, not every one of them can use it. It is a very powerful beast so generally, only the army takes care of those if they appear. They need at least thirty people to defeat it."
Excafol takes the puppy and places it in a cloth, he then uses a healing script. A light green light appears. The puppy was breathing heavily but his breath becomes more stable now. Excafol looks at me, a bit sad.
"he might not survive. What will you do? Killing him would be better."
"No, let's save him."
"I knew it." Selene answers in place of Excafol. You knew what?
"Okay. Go and find some meat then. I will take care of the rest here." Excafol takes a bowl and pours some water inside. I go outside to hunt. Selene apparently decided to occupy herself by disposing of the bandit's corpses outside.
***
One hour later, I come back with two rabbits. I clean them under the supervision of Selene.
"Don't cut that, it will make the meat bitter." Ah, I see. I understand now why the deer meat was nasty. I must have cut that greenish part.
I slice it gently and throw it away. When I finish cleaning the rabbits, I cut them in six pieces each and pass it to Selene. She takes a bowl containing some weird and multicolor powder.
"This is seasoning. There is a lot of things inside and they will give the meat a nice aroma."
Seeing that I was looking at the bowl intensely, Selene explains what it is. Then she puts the meat on a tray and she pushes three pieces aside before pouring the seasoning on the rest. But, I wonder why. She takes the three pieces that were not seasoned and cut them with my dagger. She keeps cutting so much it turns into minced meat. Then she puts it in a bowl and gives it to me.
"You go and feed him. You found him, you take care of him."
I take the bowl and go over to the puppy. He is awake and growling. Excafol left him alone with a bowl of water. I reach the bowl with the meat to him but, he tries to bite my hand instead. His eyes are shining, the kind that tells you he is not about to give up, he wants to live. I reach the bowl again and this time, he bites my finger, I let him do it since I won't feel anything. then I caress his head with my other hand. I caress him until he finally let go of my hand. He starts whining a bit and looks at me with a sorry look.
"It's okay. It's okay." I don't know why, but I feel weird right now. the good kind of weird. The puppy starts eating the minced meat in the bowl with a great appetite. He was really famished.
***
When he finishes eating, he drinks some water and then sleeps. Just like a baby.