*Villager POV
Today is 7th of Sahur! Sis Mira birthday! Today I will definitely get a Brizzly Boar, their meat is supposed to be tender and exquisite. Mira sis is definitely going to be surprised. Hehehehe
A dirty blonde haired youth smiled dumbly, he has a plain face and excluded an undependable aura. But exceeding people expectation, he was able to navigate the forest expertly like a seasoned hunter. Today, he was going to check the various traps he set three days ago. The bait is a piece of hare meat, smeared with merberry and llyor herbs, all of it is Brizzly Boar favorite, and its not cheap!!
The youth had bribed various of his senior hunter with hare meat that he hunted tiredly. Just to get info about the Brizzly Boar turf and the ultimate bait for its capture. Thinking about all the hard work for this few days, the youth is more than determined.
He had made four traps all over the boar turf, three of them had meet with disappointment, only one red fox and a hare, one of the traps completely empty. The youth quickly butchered them using a knife, turning the previous animals into meats and hide. He wrapped them in cloth and put it into his shabby bag.
Only the last traps remain… please..please.. a Brizzly Boar…oh Goddess of hunting, Niamh
He walked toward the final traps and silently prayed. The youth wasn’t an avid believer of gods, he trusted hard work more instead of some unknown powerful beings he never met. Still, right now he can’t do anything beside pray.
The final traps located slightly deeper into the forest, near the edge of the forbidden territory. He heard a small squeal, excited, he increased his pace and arrived. A pale red boar with orange mane, its a young Brizzly Boar, squealed weakly, his leg is bleeding because of the trap.
“ Aah, hahaha, lucky~.”
The youth immediately killed it, giving it a mercy death, prolonging it inevitable fate would be cruel after all. He carefully separate the skin and the flesh beneath it, with perfect precision, he butchered the meat. He didn’t want to damage his prized possession after all.
The youth face is smiling, he was pleased with today hunting. When he was just about to return to the village. A booming sound resounded. He immediately tensed and grabbed his bow and quiver behind him, ready to shoot at any incoming enemy. He observed his surrounding, yet nothing is happening.
The sound is coming from the forbidden territory. The youth is conflicted. Should he go and investigate, or return to the village?
After a moment of indecision, he decided to go deeper into the forest. He should go and see what was going on, an unknown force being this near to the village will be dangerous. Taking a peek then immediately run away, sound like a good plan to him.
So the youth, Sol Nierheart, for the first time in his life, took his first step at forbidden territory.
The village has its own rules. And the forbidden territory is included in it. Right now Sol is breaking the rules, but taking a peek should be okay right?
Treading carefully in the unknown inventory, he gripped his trusty bow and continue walking closer to the source of sound. He keep staying alert of his surrounding, looking left and right, making sure that no creature will sneaked to him.
Not for long, he managed to found the source of incident. He opened his jaw like an idiot, his pupil widened, shocked by what he saw. What he see can be called a carnage, with blood and flesh splattered all over the place, copper smell filled his nostril. A headless monster body entered his vision.
Wha?! Isn’t that an Aqua wolf?! That’s a D rank monster! What it is doing in here? I need to tell the village folks..
Just as Sol turned his body and ready to leave this disturbing place, a weak voice called to him.
“..he..lp..”
The voice is so soft and weak, like is going to disappeared any minute. Sol turned back his body and searched the origin of the voice. Slightly farther than the monster corpse, lay a beast child, the child is bathed with blood.
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Sol immediately ran toward the child, he crouched beside the beast child and examined the child condition. The child left arm had been bitten and bleeding profusely, his thigh didn’t fare any better either. Sol grabbed a cloth from his bag and bandaged the child wounds, tried to stop the bleeding. The child seem to had lose his consciousness.
“Shit… I need to get him to a healer!”
He carried the child, and ran towards the village with desperation.
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“He’s late…”
Mira Nierheart is currently waiting for his little brother, Sol. In the morning, he excitedly gone into the forest, talking about traps or something. Its noon right now, and he still didn’t came back. Mira is worried, did his brother get into some sort of trouble?
Mira sighed, looking out at the windows, she have the same blond hair as his brother, but they differenced in face. Her face is oval shaped with blue almond eyes and high cheek bone, a lovely lady. Few man already courted her, but all for naught, she merciless rejected all of them.
Sighed once again, she turned her body and walked to the center of their small wooden house. A loud bang shocked her. She jumped a little then quickly facing the noise. His brother standing in the doorway, panting heavily.
“ What do yo-“
“ A child had been injured! “
Sol immediately cut her sister word short. Time is important, the emergency aid he done to the child won’t hold for long. His sister immediately widened her eyes and gazed at the beast child he was holding.
“ Bring the child to the table, quick!!”
Sol followed her sister instruction. He lay the child carefully in their wooden table. He can see her sister examined the child closely, biting her lower lips, she cast her healing spell.
“ Ohh, Lord of Light and Creation, Crea, lend your grace and your power, give us your compassion, to give salvation to the lost sheep, Cure!!”
A middle tier healing spell, a warm yellow light manifested, slowly envelop the child from head to toe. The wound stopped bleeding and he can see the injury slowly receding, although not fully healed, he can see the color is returning to the child face.
“ Strange.. its should heal him fully..”
Mira muttered under her breath, his brother is too ecstatic to hear her properly. The child is saved and he finally can exhale his breath. Unnoticed by his brother, Mira stared at the child then at him.
“ Where did you found the child? I’m pretty sure he isn’t one of the village member. We didn’t have a fox kin family in this village. “
Sol body frozen up, remembered that he found the child in the forbidden territory, his sister is definitely going to get mad at him.
“ err.., uhm.. we..well, where I found the child isn’t important at all, what matters is the child is now saved!! Ha haha, haha... “
He awkwardly scratching his head, laughing out loudly. His sister in the mean time, keep staring at him, and didn’t say anything. Cold sweat dripping down from his forehead. He feel uncomfortable with his sister piercing stare. This continued for a while, before his sister sighed.
“ Well, for now, you clean up this child, then we can talk about it later.”
“ M.. Me?”
Mira scoffed, “ Of course, you picked him up, so of course you will take the responsibility. I will find some clothes for him, so bathe him in the meanwhile. “
His sister walk away, leaving him alone with the blood caked child.
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“ Ha, my day is ruined.”
In the well beside their house, currently Sol is tasked with cleaning the bloodied child. He make sure to clean every blood off, including the child tail and ears, the blood stick into every strand of the fur, making him harder to do his job. Of course he clean it carefully, afraid to hurt this wounded child.
After the cleaning, he make sure wipe the child dry, catching a cold in that state would be troublesome after all. Right now, the child is clean from filth and blood, and his appearance obstructed before is now fully revealed.
The child have a round face, and long eyelashes. He have a small and refined nose and a small lips. His hair and fur is pure white, giving him a delicate and otherworldly aura. His appearance is like those of beautiful doll, except the child appearance didn’t feel artificial at all.
Sol stared for a while, feeling fascinated by the child appearance, then realized he had stared far too long. He shakes his head, and that’s where he found his sister standing behind the well, her hand carry what he though is the child new clothes, she just stood there, watching him.
“Huh, if you are here, give me his clothes, I’m j-“
“You.. don’t tell me you..”
Her sister hand trembled, and a shocked expression plastered on her face. Feeling something is amiss, he asked her sister.
“ What is going on, sis Mira?”
She opened her mouth, what came out is shocked him to the core.
“ Are.. you into children?”
“ What? What the hell are you saying?!”
“But I called you and you didn’t respond to me, you just keep staring at the child body..”
Right now the child is nude, and with Sol creepily staring at the child seem had made a misunderstanding with her sister.
“ Even how unpopular are you with the woman, you can’t do this, Sol.”
“ Wait! This is a misunderstanding!! Believe in me!!”
“ Then… why?”
Sol desperately tried to dispel her sister misunderstanding. He racked his brain, panic clouding his mind.
“ Err, uhm, because he is pretty!! Wait, that sound wrong..”
Clothes dropped from her hands, tears forming in the corner of her eyes.
“ You.. I… u.. whaa…!”
Mira ran away, can’t accept what she was hearing from her brother mouth. Leaving Sol flabbergasted. He hopelessly raised his arm, his palm pointed to the his sister retreating figure.
“ Wait, listen to me, Siiiissssssss!!! “
It took him quite a while to made his disgusted sister believe in him.