CHAPTER 4 - Horned Rabbit
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I woke up as sunlight beamed on my face, on top of me is a little girl resting on my torso. I pushed her aside as my body is bathed in her drool.
I should not have saved this girl.
I’ve been following this girl’s caravan for some time now and this girl wherever she went, there was a disaster affiliated. Sometimes she invites me to the woods to look for some flowers then eventually she lost our way back. One time we went to a dark alley because she says to know a shortcut…. She was almost kidnapped. The more I remember the chaos that she brings the more my morning becomes bitter.
This is Isabella Davidson comes from a humble aristocratic family in the Adestine Kingdom this merchant caravan was one of their business.
Isabella told her father on a whim that she wanted to explore the kingdom but her father refused and told her that she was too young, so she sneaked inside one of the carriages who are scheduled to depart. She is eventually found by one of the henchmen but the caravan is already far from the estate. Eventually, her father sends a letter that permits her to travel alongside the caravan because it will also act as a valuable experience in life. As a display of support for her daughter, he even sends her a carriage so she could sleep comfortably while traveling.
I was shocked when I found that out, the reason why Isabella has such a personality is that her parents can’t say no to her and even tolerate her shenanigans.
I got up and change my clothes and exit the carriage. Currently, we were camping outside. I saw Fredric chopping some firewood not far away from our carriage. He was the leader of the caravan, he has a medium-built body and his main weapon is a great sword as wide as his own body.
“Good morning… or should I say not pleasant morning. Based on your mood it seems that your sleep wasn’t well?”
Fredric greets me.
“No, I had such a good sleep, I sleep well I was just thinking of something after I woke up"
“I know that our lady can be displeasing sometimes, but this is her first time meeting someone at her age. She is an only child and had an inquisitive personality as a child. Aren’t you also? You’ve been inquiring me about everything.”
I nod at him, I’ve been asking him a lot since I recovered from my injuries to satiate my curiosity. This world is so fascinating last time hoard of monsters ambush us. I thought we were done for after I saw how enormous the monsters that were attacking us were, but I saw Fredric simply slash a monster in half that was 20 times much larger than his own body. Fredric said it was a skill that was bestowed by the spirits and he says I can also gain something like that as my age progress. He said that after I reach the age of 10 the spirits will allow me to share their powers with me. After I reach a certain threshold the spirits will give me body strength and a skill that I could use once a day.
I’m so thrilled when I heard that and can’t help but want to grow faster, I also want to use a skill that could slash my opponents in half when I wanted to. Just how cool is that if the wolf that attacked me last time was sliced in two before it could bite me? I wouldn’t worry about danger if I have something like that as my ace.
“After we had our breakfast we will continue to travel beside the perimeter of Western Big Forest, hopefully, we reach Worcester Town before dusk. We will stay there for around 5 days then after that our caravan will take the path toward the east.”
“Understood”
“So what do you think about my proposal?”
He proposed to let me join their caravan as Isabella’s guard and they will take care of me and train me on some fighting skills while I’m with them.
“Honestly I am already decided, we’ve been traveling for weeks now, and seems that we can’t gather any information about me or my family. If we’re still not able to get some clues in Worcester Town then I’ll join you.”
“That’s good our lady will be very happy. As a merchant, we grasp a lot of information in this country and if we base it on that, we haven’t met an aristocrat that has the family name of Lewis. Maybe your family is in the far east of the continent given the place where we found you but that will take more time and resources to go there.”
Far east huh? I contemplate.
This world has one supercontinent, it was divided into three parts Western, Central and Eastern. The place where I came from is Western Big Forest in the western part of the continent the biggest forest of all.
History said that these continents’ parts were separated in ancient times and something like an apocalyptic disaster happens at that time and the outcome was this.
"Go and wake up Lady Isabella, the breakfast today is horned rabbit it is something she's favorite. I will teach you basic horseback riding later." Fredric said after he assembled the firewood that he chopped.
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I nodded and walk inside the carriage to wake up Isabella. Isabella was dead asleep in the bed, as I was about to wake her up. I notice that the hem of her dress is slightly higher and I could see her white panty, my eyes were glued to it.
I observe that there are two different types of people, rough and soft people. I remember when I asked Fredric about these differences from each other he laughed and said.
"Because we have different gender, the one who looks like Anna who has long hair, big breast, and softer skin is called a woman, while someone who looks like me has short hair, and rough skin, and is called a man. Eroan, you likewise fall in the category of man while Lady Isabella is on the woman’s side."
"Why is Isabella on the woman’s side I don't see any woman characteristics in her aside from her long hair. She doesn’t have big breasts and she's also stronger than me" I asked Fredric in confusion.
Yes, despite being her savior ironically Isabella is much stronger than me during training. I don't know how much I ate dirt every time she defeats me. That's why I thought maybe she was a boy in disguise and my having thought that she was a frail child made me puke in disgust. To think I put my life on the line just to save that brute!
Noticing the disgust and temper on my face Fredric answered my doubt.
"Because Lady Isabella was still a girl, once she ages she will grow into a beautiful woman in the future."
I'm aghast at his response because I forgot the fact that we are still children and there's still plenty of room for growth.
"Doesn't that mean she still has room to grow stronger than me?" I verify.
"Hahaha, Yes, if you don't work hard then you won't be able to catch up to her"
"Women are scary," I said in defeat.
"Haha *ack!* haha, yes they are scary once you grow into to man you'll realize the terror of women. Even if you are strongest in the world you will not be able to say "No" to them" Fredric replied as he roll on the floor holding his stomach while laughing.
As I regained my senses, I remember Fredric saying as a follow-up to my inquiry, that there is a unique trait on our bodies that I could easily tell whether they are a man or woman, and I’ll be able to learn it in the future.
I think that I saw that unique trait a few days ago when we went to bathe in the spring. Although I didn't put much attention to it I could see that something was missing in Isabella’s groin area. I didn't ask her because I feel embarrassed for some reason but the opportunity to feed my curiosity is now in front of me. While she’s asleep I could at the least try to have a peek right?
That’s what I thought.
*Ack* *Gasp* Just as I was about to set aside her underwear, I felt immense pain in my lower abdomen.
“What are you doing?” A cold voice resonates in the room. It got too cold inside the room I shiver.
“I- I- Isabella *AHhh* *Gasp* I could explain” I look at Isabella as I gasp for breath. My strength is leaving me and I feel great pain. That was the first time I got kicked in the balls and it hurts like hell.
“I’m reporting you to uncle Fredric” Isabella got up and was ready to exit the carriage that’s when I muster my strength and grabs Isabella’s ankle and pull her towards me.
“Kyaaa! What are you doing?” Isabella cry out in surprise.
She was smacked down to the bed and as I pulled her the hem of her dress rolled upwards and lo behold I could see her panty in full sight together with her milky white stomach.
“Kyaaa! Let go you pervert!” Isabella cries out in embarrassment as she repeatedly smacks my face with her foot while holding her dress down to her legs.
“No, just please listen to me” I beg her, even if I die here I’m not going to let go. It is better to die before someone learned about my crime.
“No, I’m not listening. Uncle Fredric!”
“I’ll do anything, please don’t report me, please” as she is so adamant I have no choice but to suggest an offer.
“You’ll do anything?” Isabella inquires.
I could only nod at her repeatedly.
“You won’t back down, right? You know I hate people who can’t stick to their words” It feels like I fell into deep shit as I saw her grin ear to ear. I could tell she’ll make fun of me for the whole day but I have no choice but to follow.
“Okay, I will come up with what you should do later. What are you even doing when I am sleeping? And can you let go it feels like my ankle is going to get crushed”
I let go of her as she calms down. While Isabella was massaging her ankle I told her my intention.
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“Bwahahaha, You should have told me sooner so we could exchange glances at each other.” Surprisingly she took it nonchalantly.
“I should? You aren’t angry?”
“Yes, I am also curious when I saw yours that day, Uncle Fredric was stubborn when I asked in the past and said that I’m too young for it and I should be concerned about how to enjoy my childhood. Hmpf!” She sulks as she clarifies it to me. It looks like she’s curious about it so I immediately suggest it.
“Th- then can we do it, here look at mine first!” I immediately grab my pants and was about to put them down but an immediate kick from Isabella smacks my face.
“Ca- can we please do it at night? I am somehow embarrassed to do it in the morning” Isabella plead as her feet stills hangs up after kicking my face.
“Sure, I can wait” I jumped out of the bed in delight and as I exit the door I told her that breakfast was one of her favorites, the horned rabbit.
“Geez, why didn’t you tell me sooner” She rushed out and kick me out of the door. Not prepared for the kick I fell on the ground face-first.
“Yo- you! You are dead after I catch you!” I shout in exasperation.
“Ahahaha… Bleehh as if you can catch me, slowpoke!” Isabella stuck his tongue before sprinting leaving me to eat the dust.
Seriously these kids the first thing they do early in the morning is quarrel Fredric shook his head in resignation as he saw us chasing each other in the field.
‘But it is good that I can see Lady Isabella smile like that now, seems like she is enjoying her youth more, at least she smiles more often now than in the past when she has always had this uptight attitude.
“Lady Isabella, Eroan stops your ruckus and come over here. Lady Isabella, Anna cooks your favorite horned rabbit.” Fredric exclaimed.
“Really?” Isabella suddenly stops running. The unexpected stop caught me off guard and was about to crash her, but she just grabs my face and stops me with one hand.
“Ugh let go” I utter as I tried to get loose from her grab.
“I’m coming!” Isabella let go of me and ran to where Fredric is, and I fall to the ground butt-first.
“Seriously just how amazing is that horned rabbit to become serious like this” I mumble as I brush off the dirt from my pants.
“You’ll taste it later, and it will raise your food standard that a normal food can’t get you satisfied” It seems that she heard my mumblings and answer my confusion while continuing to run.
*Gulp* Likewise I also hurry and chase after her as I can’t help but look forward to it if she says it like that.
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“*Sluuuurp* *Aaahhh*” I exhale in satisfaction as I finish the whole bowl of horned rabbit soup. This dish is the best, the texture, the aroma, and the taste are all perfect.
It seems like she said, I really won’t be able to enjoy normal food after this I looked at Isabella who was happily devouring her share of soup.
“Anna, one more please ” I give to Anna my empty bowl. Since the deed is done, I ask for another serving.