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Chapter 3 – Fenrir Life 2
I turned around and saw an elf lady walking towards me with a smile on her face.
Her long silver hair flowed down to her waist, and her narrow, slightly droopy eyes were soft and relaxed.
I’ve been relying on this elf lady for a long time.
She’s the one Mama often consults about raising her daughter, a human who is incomprehensible to Mama.
She also prepared the things I need as a human, like clothes and soap.
The knee-length dress (with pants under the skirt) that I’m wearing now was also prepared by the elf lady.
I left Mama and hugged the elf lady with a smile.
The soft, warm scent of grass and trees tickled my nose.
“Hello! How have you been?”
“Yes, I’m fine! How’s little girl doing?”
“I’m fine!”
By the way, what I’m now speaking in human language.
The elf sister can also speak Fenrir, but for the future, she is teaching me the common language used by the people of this region in case something happens.
I was not good at foreign language classes in my previous life, but I don’t know if it’s because I’m smart in this life or because I studied hard in my previous world, but at the age of five I was already able to speak Fenrir and human languages well enough to boast about being bilingual.
Now that I think about it, I feel like I can walk and run faster than normal humans, so maybe I have excellent blood.
It’s probably not my crazy father, but my mother, who was indifferent to me.
She was seemingly wealthy.
…Now that I think about it, maybe my father was afraid of me.
I pick at my bangs, which are cut in a neat bob.
They are pure white.
He came from a distinguished bloodline and had white hair that was different from other people’s – if his parents were normal it would be one thing, but his crazy father might be scared and try to get rid of him.
I couldn’t see his mother’s hair very well, but I think it was blonde, so it looked even more different – that’s a possibility.
As I was thinking this, a large front paw reached out from behind as if to pick me up.
I looked up and saw his big brother looking at the older elf sister with a displeased look.
His big brother is always on guard, afraid that the older elf sister might take me away.
Knowing this, the older elf sister always frowns in a troubled manner.
If we were going out to play it would be one thing, but I have no intention of living away from my mommy and friends, so it’s probably just a needless worry.
I clung to my older brother’s fluffy paws and asked him.
[Big brother, did you catch anything?]
[…Yeah, I did!]
When I looked away from the elf sister, the big brother smiled at me.
Then he shifted his body slightly.
[Wow, it’s the chicken snakes! There are five of them!]
The chicken snakes are large, yellow-feathered male chickens and magical beasts with snake tails.
The elf sister called them cockatrices.
When these cockatrice chicken snakes are grilled, the skin is crispy and the meat is full of delicious juices, making them absolutely delicious!
At first, I was the only one who ate what Mommy grilled for me, but the big brother, who was watching with interest, started saying he wanted some, and now everyone’s favorite food is the Yakitori Snake.
Actually, the snake part of the cockatrice is a bit spicier and tastier than the bird part, but the elf sister strictly forbids us from eating it because it’s “poisonous!”
It was fine when I ate it, so even if it was poisonous, I think it wouldn’t be strong.
Well, the elf sister is scary when she’s angry, so I’ll just listen to what she says obediently.
While my brother and I were talking about this, my mom spoke to the elf sister.
[So? What are you here for?]
“I’ve got something I’d like you to raise.”
Do you want me to raise something?
A bit curious, I stare at my mom and the elf sister.
The elf sister opens a fist-sized bag and takes out something inside.
It was a light-brown seed.
The elf sister casually drops it.
Even though it was dirt, it was right in front of the cave, so it was a place that had been trampled down by us.
I don’t think seeds will grow in a place like that…
But even before that, I feel like farming for Fenrir’s mom is a bit of a disappointment for someone as strong as her…
While I was thinking this, Mom said, “I guess there’s no other way,” and manifested a white Fluffy, then placed the tip of it over the seed.
[What!? Eh!?]
The seed covered by the white Fluffy sprouted and grew rapidly!
Not only that, it even started to bear round green fruit!
This is a melon, right!?
What!? What is this!?
In front of me, astonished, the elf cuts one of the fruits from the vine and says happily, “Sometimes I crave this.”
Unable to contain my excitement, I asked Mom.
[Mom! What was that!? How did you do it!?]
Mom narrows her eyes at me kindly.
[I taught you the magic to heal wounds before, didn’t I? You can also use that to make plants grow.]
[Amazing! Mom, that’s amazing!]
Mom smiles a little with joy at my praise.
[Hehehe, really? But your little girl will be able to do it in the near future.]
[What!? Really!?]
[Yes, it seems that you have a similar color of magic to me.]
Mom told me that the color of magic varies depending on the person, Fenrir, and that I am white, just like Mom.
I was so happy when she said that I am the same as Mom, even though I’m not related by blood, and I hugged her tightly.
Mom, you’re so warm!
Then the elf called out to me.
“Little girl, would you like to try some?”
When I turned around, the elf was cutting a melon in half with a knife.
Then she hands it over to me.
The juice trickles down the melon’s green skin, onto her hand, and drips to the ground.
Oh, what a waste!
I accepted it, saying “Thank you!”.
Then I bite into the yellowish fruit in the center of the melon.
[Delicious! So sweet and delicious!]
I let out a whooah!
The rich sweetness overflows in my mouth, and my body trembles.
I’m so happy, and just as I’m about to take another bite, a big face comes into my way.
In my shock, the face moves away, and the melon in my hand has disappeared!
Huh?!
I turn my gaze to the face’s possible owner, and see my big sister munching on Fenrir’s huge mouth with a dreamy look on her face.
[Waaaahh!]
I jumped at it in a panic.
Then, I stuck it to my face and tried to pry open its big mouth.
[Heyyyyy! Give me my melon back!]
But my sister, who loves sweets, shook her head while biting her lip as if to say she wasn’t going to let me open it.
[Open it! Give it back!]
[No! Guggugguggugu (Absolutely not!)]
[Give it back!]
As she cried out, she pried open my sister’s mouth, but suddenly something wrapped around my waist and pulled me back.
[Aaaahh!]
While I was lifted into the air, my sister swallowed the melon.
[Whaaa! My big sister ate my melon!]
I was so frustrated that I was crying, and I heard my mom’s exasperated voice from behind me.
[Little girl, there are still so many more, and I’ll even raise them if you want, so stop whining about something like that]
[But…]
[It’s not because]
I turned around, and my mom was smiling bitterly, narrowing her eyes in exasperation.
Seeing that expression, I was a little embarrassed, so I hung my head.
She lowered her gaze, and I saw the white Fluffy slip off her waist.
Was it mom who pulled me away from my big sister?
Then my big brother called out to me.
[Little sister, if you like to eat that much, I’ll give you my share too!]
[What!? Really!?]
I looked up, and my big brother nodded with a big smile.
[I don’t really like sweets, so I don’t mind]
[Yay!]
I jumped into my big brother’s arms.
I also like the warm fluffy stuff!
My big sister said, [You won’t give it to me, even though I’m a little sister?] but she naturally rejected it, saying, [You took your little sister’s].
Then I felt a pull from behind.
?
I turned around and my little brother — who wasn’t much different from my big brother — was skillfully pulling at my clothes with his big mouth.
[Little sister, please be spoiled by me as well as by big brother]
I can’t help it~
Once I got down to the ground, I jumped on my little brother too.
I like my little brother because he’s fluffy too!
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