And after time rolled on again, which made it two months after I was reborn, today was different from usual. Usually, only the mother goes out hunting while my brothers and I stay around the nest, but this time our mother took us out together to learn to hunt our own prey. That means we have to go down the mountain and go to a lower area.

Based on the conclusion I came up with, unlike normal habitats, the habitat where the white foxes lives are at the highest peak of this plain itself, which has the lowest temperature. And the only creatures that can survive in that environment, as far as I know right now are the only creatures of our kind or the white foxes. And each of them has its own territory above this vast mountain range. So it is probable that no hand could touch our place, except our kind.

That's why we had to climb down the mountain and go to the place where the creatures that were our prey were. Towards a slope that more often reveals dirt and some cold-resistant grass. That's where several types of animals that look like rabbits are located.

Although the top of the mountains is covered in eternal snow, the slopes and bottom are not. Only in winter will the entire ecosystem be covered in snow.

Now is the end of spring, the perfect time for us to hunt. After a while going down the slope, we reached a rocky area. As predators, our movements are quite fast. Even I get excited about how fast I can run. This speed is greater than any Olympic athlete's. As someone who likes challenges, this is the most extraordinary sensation I have felt. Even though it's not as fast as a motorcycle, it's an incredible speed that I can feel with my own body. Imagine you are running at a speed close to 50 km per hour, this is an extraordinary sensation for my fastest record in life. I was even more excited after knowing my mother, who had already become an adult fox could be even faster than this, that exceeds 80 km per hour. That means, the more mature I become, the more the upper limit of my speed will increase. Thinking of that, I can't wait for me to grow up soon. I want to feel what it's like to run at that speed.

But for now, we have to practice hunting first. After quickly passing through the rocky area, we immediately began to enter the tundra ecosystem, which has several types of cold-resistant plants. And in the middle of it was clearly a creature that looked like a rabbit. It had a body the size of a rabbit, whitish fur, and a short tail, but had ears that were much shorter than those of an Earth rabbit. I don't know the name, but still call it rabbit because it has the highest degree of resemblance to a rabbit.

We approached the rabbit stealthily and made sure it was as quiet as possible. After taking some distance, my mother dashes towards her prey with incredible speed. Surprised, the rabbit who noticed the predator's approach also frantically started to run away in a hurry. But alas, my mother's speed surpasses the rabbit's speed. As a result, my mother with extraordinary speed managed to reach the right side of the rabbit and immediately jumped with all her might with her muzzle leading to the rabbit's neck. With a strong bite, my mother tore the rabbit's skin and severed two of the jugular veins. After that, the rabbit's resistance will weaken even more and eventually die.

*BARK**BARK* (barking sound)

With her face covered in blood now, my mother came back to us clutching the rabbit's corpse in her mouth. After placing the prey on the ground, my mother with her face covered in blood looked at us and shouted at us as if telling us to do the same. But to be honest, it was a sight of horror that was depicted on my mother's white face which was now covered in blood. Since I observed, my mothers usually bring their prey in a state of frozen wounds. Maybe it was my mother's magic, freezing the wounds of her prey fresh as far as our lair. But because this is learning for us, so my mother refrains from using magic because she probably knows we still can't use magic.

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But before that, it looks like we're going to eat the rabbit meat that was hunted by the previous mother. Like charging ammunition and energy before heading to the next battlefield, maybe?

Switching locations, we find the next prey. Still the same as before, it's a rabbit-like creature. As before, we approached stealthily to a certain distance. Then my mother growled softly at the biggest brother as if telling him to run and catch it himself. Seeing how the situation developed, hunting lessons would probably become a shift activity, where I would definitely be placed at the end. Well, I don't care. After all, from the beginning I was reluctant to go hunting because I was still disgusted by the feeling of killing cute animals and biting them to death.

But for the sake of survival, I have to force myself to do it. I'm sure the more I do it, the more I get used to it. But still, I will prioritize freshness and cleanliness for my own sake.

After two rounds, my two brothers had finished their hunt. In other words, this time it was my turn. Unlike my excited brethren, I still have some reluctance to do this.

But this is for the sake of the future, I have to be strong to get used to it.

Responding to my mother's encouragement, I began to slowly approach. Previously I had seen my mother and two brothers hunting. In my previous life, I also often watched videos of how tigers, lions, and wolves hunted. Moreover, with my own eyes, I've seen how cats and dogs hunt their own prey. So basically, I can imitate them.

It's just that, unlike my two brothers, I mostly spend my time idling around, so I have the lowest speed and the smallest body of all. But with a comparatively smaller body, although at first it was considered a disadvantage, I, who have sense, can use my small body to become an advantage to be proud of. Because it makes me more agile and allows me to easily hide under the bushes until I close a certain distance.

Incidentally, maybe because this rabbit or prey has short ears, which is not like the average rabbit. Its sense of hearing may not be as sharp as that of a rabbit. Judging from the previous reactions of the rabbits, the ones my mother and my two brothers hunted had such poor reflexes. I'm guessing that's the problem.

Still, I was careful to stay as quiet as possible until I got to the right distance to release the momentum.

And after reaching a distance of five meters, I immediately stamped my foot on the ground and the ground pushed me back to release the momentum.

At full speed, I ran to the rabbit as fast as I could. As I expected, the impact I caused must have made a lot of noise. So as soon as commotion flowed through the bushes, the rabbit noticed my appearance and started to run away.

But it was too late, with a speed that exceeded 10 meters per second, I already closed the distance in less than half a second. Without delay, I immediately aimed at the rabbit's neck and bit it as hard as I could. Without stopping the momentum, I also pushed the rabbit with my body and four paws while continuing to rip its neck.

However, my small body is still my weakness. When the rabbit started to rebel, I, who has more or less the same body as the rabbit, had a hard time maintaining a position. In a scream of pain, the rabbit struggled so violently and it wears me out. Several times the rabbit almost escaped from my grip, but even so, my bite was not weak. Just like a boomerang, the more rebellious the rabbit, the worse the wound.

Only, blood continued to splatter and my white fur became bathed in red blood. Luckily, my mom and my two brothers happily licked it off later.

So I have to fight till the end this time.

And after a while, the rabbit's rebellion weakened, and slowly he soon lost consciousness. I released my bite and breathed a sigh of relief after the success of my first hunt. Biting the neck of the dead rabbit, I dragged it and returned to where my mother and two brothers were.

Unlike mother's hunt, what we hunt ourselves will rightfully belong to us. So my two brothers and I have the right to eat as much as we like ourselves. It was also a lesson for future hunts, where those who kill are those who have the first right to eat to their heart's content. Only then, if there was any left, could the rest be eaten by the other party, who happened to be nearby.

I don't eat leftovers, so I don't have to worry about things like that. What I should be grateful for is that I can eat to my heart's content without any intervention from the other party until I'm done. So I can choose clean meat to my heart's content and then leave the rest I don't want to those who want to eat it.

And just like that, our hunting lesson ended as I stopped eating, the rest of which was eaten by my mother and my two brothers.

Before going home, as usual, there was a cleaning event with licks, with me being one-sidedly licked by them.

So, that's how we practice hunting.