“I fought bravely, one against seventeen... I even almost won... But I guess you wouldn’t believe me....”
From what he saw, there were about six or seven hunters. Even while being on the verge of death, she was still the boastful fox she had always been, which caused Dohwi to chuckle softly.
“Why did you do that? Didn’t you see they had guns?”
“I saw.... I was so scared that I nearly wet myself.”
“Then why didn’t you run? You’re good at running away.”
“They bragged about being tiger hunters, so I wanted to see how tough they actually were....”
Dohwi held his breath in surprise. So the reason why this little, normally cowardly fox fearlessly confronted the humans was....
“I thought, ‘As long as I’m alive, you’ll never be able to lay a finger on my precious tiger boy,’ and I just charged at them.”
“You mean you’ve done it... For me?”
Dohwi leaned down, his lips almost touching hers, as he gazed down at her angelic face.
