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Then, when she found that the ribbon on one of her black shoes had loosened, she bent her knees for a while and tied it.
“God, thank you for helping me not to become a monster today.”
Rosha, who prayed to God like a habit, tried to leave the forest with the staff in her hand as she was. Then the sound of some beasts was heard, and she raised her hands reflexively to attack . However, the identity of the one who created the sound was not another monster, but a young wolf cub. Rather than the monster that Rosha criticized for being ugly and vulgar, it was literally a young cub. As if it was not long after it opened its eyes, the tiny white furry cub was crying hard. Other dead cubs could be seen next to him, but their mother was already dead while trying to protect them from the monster earlier. Luckily in the process, this white cub survived.
“Your mother is dead. Take care of yourself.”
Rosha just ignored it and tried to leave. The loss of the mother was grim, but the monster was unable to take responsibility for the damaged animals. She took three steps away from the young cub when…
Kiing, Kiing, Kiing …
The baby’s cries persistently followed her.
“Ha, really…….”
Was it because the dog was originally a wolf family? She remembered her dog, Polly, that she had a long time ago. The dog who was able to sense dark energy and ran away, came back to save its owners, and eventually died as a young friend and family member. Rosha suddenly screamed mindlessly and when she had calmed down, she stood in front of the white young wolf.
“You know you’re lucky.”
Looking down at the baby wolf, she sighed and raised him up. The cub still whined in her arms. Rosha wrapped the cub in a cape coat, and left the forest without hesitation. As she left the forest, Ray, a black eagle waiting nearby, sat on Rosha’s shoulder. With unique hair and eye color as well as carrying two beasts out of the forest, of course, she was bound to attract people’s attention. However, as she was familiar with it, she didn’t care about the attention. After receiving the promised money from the town’s chief, she borrowed his one-of-a-kind phone here to report on the mission. Shortly after, the phone connected with a short beep.
[My girl, Rosha. Did you finish your work well?]
Upon answering the phone, Noah knew immediately it was Rosha. She quietly reported about the work, repressing the feeling of wanting to lie about being unable to perform the mission.
“As you expected, it was a monster belonging to the vampire side. It’s named Sasabonsam. Fortunately, before forming a new herd, there was only one pregnant individual, and it was neatly burned and removed without a trace.”
[I believe in your ability. No injuries?]
“I’m not weak enough to get hurt by such a weak monster.”
[Yes, you did a good job today. Anything else to report on?]
Noah’s soft tone relieved Rosha’s tension, who had stiff muscles due to her holding the cub. Didn’t know what to say, she looked down at the wolf still whining in her arms.
“I also picked up a wolf.”
[A wolf?]
“Can I raise it?”
[If you want.]
“Oh, and I’m so tired, but I’ll stay here today and leave tomorrow.”
[Oh, what should I do?]
“Why?”
[I have to get to the headquarter right now.]
Noah, who had been asking for a favor because Rosha was still young, was determined somehow. That said, there was a reason to go up right now.
“If you’re going to see my face anyway, why did you want to make the phone call longer?”
[ I want to hear more of my cute youngest sister’s voice.]
Noah said, as if Rosha was even his actual younger sister. Although they used the same surname as Rostelier to symbolise them being in one family, there were more than a thousand magicians belonging to the Golden Dawn Society. There were very few people born with magical power, and the conditions for the awakening were also difficult, so only a small number of them were far behind. He said that the stronger the power, the longer the lifespan and it added up to the number of personnel as it was now. That’s why Rosha was still the youngest, even though it’s been 5 years since she joined the group.
By age or order of joining, Noah was aware of the faces, names, ages, and personalities of more than a thousand Golden Dawn members and, surprisingly, he seemed to take care of them all diligently. Among them, Rosha was the youngest of them all.
“If you have to go to the headquarter in a hurry, is there something important?”
[Of course I do.]
“What is it?”
Noah’s voice lowered. In addition, Rosha also felt his breathing sounded lighter than before. Shortly afterwards, Noah continued to speak in a low voice .
[Tomorrow is your….]
A moment passed away as she was waiting anxiously for his words.
[It’s your fifteenth birthday.]
“Yeah……?”
[We are having a party, but it’s hard to attend the party as soon as we arrive. So come up today and have a good rest and enjoy the party tomorrow.]
He told Rosha to come up in a hurry differently than usual, so she was wondering what was so important. It turned out it was just a little thing called birthday. Although it was absurd, Rosha could not get angry because she knew Noah cared for her.
“I see. I’ll start right now.”
Rosha hung up the phone, and cherished the baby wolf in her arms even more, wrapped it inside her coat and found the luggage she had left at the residence. She departed early in the morning and as soon as she arrived in this village, she had to kill the monster and now left for the capital without rest. That was an 8 hours round trip.
“It’s gonna be hard on the way, let’s hang in there. Got it?”
Ray the eagle quietly entered his cage, the wolf snuggled in her arm, and Rosha, with her staff and pocket watch, sighed as they all headed for the train station.
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