After leaving each other gasping on the floor, the villagers decided to give some water and bread as thanks for the show.

("Damnit, why has he been so slippery lately? He's gone from fighting like a man to this horseshit. The worst part is didn't even have the decency to use his magic against me!")

She tore away at the bread in her hands and the sight left Tibaut slightly annoyed as the whole reason they even came here was to get her some meat.

He glared at her for a few moments before deciding to drop it. As long as her stomach was satisfied he didn't care anymore.

("Still, today's spar wasn't half bad. She didn't have her spear so I wasn't fearing for my life the entire time. I think this is the first time we've sparred without either of us aching from something. It's nice not having to leave a bruise on her or vice versa.")

As he sat, enjoying the bread with the nearby water, he found himself somewhat disappointed with the spread.

He turned to the village chief and began speaking in a hushed tone (the last thing he needed right now was Elizabeth being reminded of the meat.)

"(You'd think with the amount of rabbits they'd have some ready.) Uh, don't you have any rabbit meat? I'd be fine even if it's raw."

"Woah, Tibaut, you can't expect me to serve you those oversized rats. My father would be rolling in his grave if I did such a thing to a man like you."

"(I suppose it makes sense they wouldn't have the best reputation.) I see. Well, that's fine, the only reason I came here was to gather some rabbits from those fields."

"Hoho, you'll clear the fields for us? Tibaut you're a good man. If only all adventurers were like you."

"Anyway, as soon as we finish eating (I'm not letting Tina stop me from eating before I collect the meat) we're gonna start."

"Of course, take your time. It is still daylight after all."

After spending the next half an hour, eating and lounging around, Tibaut finally decided they were gonna come here.

The pair looked on at the field.

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"Tibaut, I don't appreciate you bringing me out for some community service. We should get back to training, that session earlier didn't do it for me."

"Shut up and watch this," Tibaut stated. He picked a big stone and threw it into the field. Within moments, a few rabbits came running out of the field. They quickly ran back in after coming outside.

"So what? You're good at sniffing out rabbits." She said.

"No, try it yourself."

She was confused about what this would accomplish but accepted it anyway. She threw a stone at a random part of the field. Rabbits came running before quickly turning.

"What the?"

She did again. The rabbits came out. And again. With the same result. She did it five more times to confirm this wasn't a fluke.

"What the hell is going on? Isn't this too many rabbits!?"

"I know right, it's a rabbit goldmine," Tibaut responded.

"I suppose. So this is where you guys got all the rabbit meat from. Ugh, don't tell me you expect me to hunt bare-handed? Of all the times to not bring my spear."

"Yup, let's get to it."

Well, meat was meat. He followed him into the field and the pair got to work. She grabbed them and used her magic to deliver precise shocks to hearts, killing them.

She felt it would be far better than possibly crushing them and ruining their meat. Tibaut was on a completely different wavelength. She assumed he might use his magic, not caring for the damage to their meat but she couldn't be further from the truth. Almost immediately Tibaut shocked her by how wild he seemed as he hunted them.

He chased them down like a wild hunting dog and used any of his four limbs possible to crush or snap the necks of any poor creatures in his range. He was almost clinical in how he killed them and it left her stunned. She felt like she was watching a wild beast go on a rampage but couldn't bring herself to stop him. She didn't know he was capable of such cruelty. The thing that brought a chill to her spine was the almost childlike smile he had as he slaughtered them.

After finishing up, they bagged all the rabbits they could get their hands on.

"Uh, Tibaut, are you always like that when you hunt things?" She asked.

"Always like what?" He asked while picking up the rabbits.

"Uh, never mind. (Geez, what the hell was that?)"

It seemed the wilderness never truly left Tibaut.

They collected the rabbits and soon made their way home. It was still in the afternoon and the sun hadn't set yet.

"So what are we gonna do with all these rabbits?" She asked.

With the bag still over his back, Tibaut fell to his knees and placed a hand over his face when he heard this question.

"Oh fuck, I forgot."

He realised the long day he had ahead of him.

When they returned home, although he considered otherwise and left most of the rabbits to rot in the forest, he buckled down and began smoking all the rabbits he could manage over a fire.

"Serves him right," Tina stated as she watched him from the outside.

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A few hours passed and night quickly came. As Elizabeth approached from the forest, the smell of smoke lingered in the air. And also meat.

"What the hell is that smell?"

The mansion was in sight and it appeared to be perfectly fine, so couldn't be that. Plus this smell wasn't anywhere near as awful as flesh that had been burned by a fire.

She reached the clearing and circled the mansion to find her answer.