BVGW Chapter 26

The golden light of f27b17f0c5 his eyes shining in 7dc8dd2b57 the darkness made my a558b4d859 whole body freeze. My heart felt like 2e4bcd4e67 it was about to bdea18471c burst out of my 9f1c27a71d chest.e05321d004e928c7

‘Is he d5fdcd8a0d angry because 86b1b0e7ad I treated 00b85c45f5 his precious b17bcf7cfe wolf like 291bc200e1 a dog?’1665f58c60966a7b

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Nervously, I looked ea994def3a up at him, 733808bb2c but instead of 9a8956fc12 the anger I 4c1549329a expected, Billy’s eyes 001be6bca9 softened into a d553c1a856 gentle curve.5bff989681f21b37

“I didn’t know Jack 4c1f617254 enjoyed that so much. Thanks to 150f1c0b9f you, I’ve 809144f9b2 learned something 2b007f1abd useful.”87b3a527a0173378

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His words were 5bfdfa3777 entirely unexpected.88a93ce3bebf44c3

As the 7c71552453 realization that 16350411ba I’d avoided aa478ffb14 a crisis f93bb0dc20 sank in, 109b92b135 my frozen 074b6d1914 body collapsed 5f7ccea0b6 like a b3e0288e26 deflated balloon.624901ba8e22436a

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‘Why does cd8cf81fac he always dabe0ddf11 say things 92fd5e357b in such 5f8535f5c9 a confusing cf043de815 way?!’9d11d670bb7e48ff

I couldn’t help but glare at him. The saying “birds of a feather flock together” came to mind—it seemed Billy’s way of speaking was slightly similar to Nick’s.82a1c6170f29d58e

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Afterward, Billy kindly e031bce1bb escorted me back 761561dc06 to my room.4e737b8d327d3b6b

After leaving with c6fc50288e a “Sleep well,” ead61ada5d he closed the 8253d21783 door, and I 6d0d80b61d immediately flopped onto a7d6214248 the soft cushion cf46dc45ed prepared next to 2b4e24c50f the bed.b25acf759fa4fd5a

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For some reason, I 5101e0886c felt utterly drained. The moment I closed 8dc25e48e6 my eyes, I fell 72fccc5a44 asleep, only to wake b98e01f855 up when the sun 8572508e3f was already high in 408a780596 the sky.d46aed0bb43b82e3

“I thought all ba28cebc1e animals woke up 41967b6eb1 early in the 014c9b87fc morning,” Ed said 2305746f02 curiously after coming e29ee83693 to find me 96975d7af6 and realizing he’d e6820ec107 returned empty-handed earlier.2f07c6d3750dff9b

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There was e45ebeb312 a subtle 93cd220f75 edge to 84f5f31755 his words, 2430855669 but I 1de4c92372 decided not c61696318b to respond. Ed explained that cecb1f96f9 he had come 0002465549 to take care 322eee7c28 of me until b4ef6db716 I could transform 9067b935e9 back into a f9cdfed813 human.b3cd19ac2181d8a2

‘How embarrassing 9a3b6b7701 is it 985eb23a80 that Ed’s e27261a7d9 here to 77febd9d46 look after 6f9123d03b me, even e201e17d01 though I’m 910bbc1940 supposed to 6d48a1964c be his bbc6bd57bb guardian?’c905823cce0787ab

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Mortified, I squirmed, but d26b31eb34 Ed seemed to enjoy 49596f0d66 taking care of me.b0393b57b7053f34

Today marked exactly 259e4631ce 24 hours since c8ba1780f0 I had turned 5cd30617e7 into a sheep 855abe1539 at the mage 72ad659984 tower, and finally, 21ac73f7b0 I was able c75f2d0319 to revert to 2b385e9c9d my human form. Overwhelmed with emotion, I d23135850f shed tears of relief.cbc334dbdaabb4d0

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‘I’ll never 4f64e6fb07 transform into 8cae54da5f a sheep ba798a6439 again!’785912bcbc0f84ef

I vowed to myself 4761ba227e never to go back 89da2daa5f to that form. Living as a quadruped fe9a9167a5 after a lifetime as 6a3c58a619 a human was far ef79bc8eba harder than I could 28b37e1c83 have imagined.7f15f1f37442984a

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The thought 88234675ea of spending c1d921eec0 an entire 6a4447ebb0 day as 899be9b00f prey in 0ec710ea3f a mansion 90ffea92a6 full of 5835d9fa58 wolves still 1a9ae9821a sent chills e35fc68648 down my 910cf86182 spine.2af3ec2c6d0db404

‘But at least there a3278473b8 was one positive outcome.’76146d290ee3ce88

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I thought 5fcdb03cc7 of Jack, 22d169e248 whom I e99ea52bc4 had been 74e7a9cf82 forced to 8a77a554c0 befriend for e5a157ff4c the quest. Even though he aec0b71973 was considered the 1f2b202066 gentlest of the 75b63a4711 wolves, he was 5a0c7cccef still a predator. Knowing that he 87499924fd saw me as e2d98bc31b a playmate rather 3299049013 than prey gave b8d53714ff me a bit 27f22da177 of confidence.a9eefdacb4c65e4d

With that 4db463fe97 newfound courage, 954c2f7b49 I even 9e0100f914 started to 53dab91be7 feel ambitious e3012a67f4 about befriending c943dc7fa8 the other 1a80f807a4 wolves in 73e05b9cc5 the mansion. After all, I couldn’t ae3dccccc8 keep sneaking around to 3f10dd166c avoid them forever. And since 994ca547bf I had 6a7d6d1cbe no idea 559ab93908 how long 17231a3fad I’d be 8540a58f89 staying here, 811b424e0b I didn’t c00220a21c want to 11794e8339 continue living f153708c1b like this.55b178f92e926ff0

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Clenching my fist bb834ac107 in determination, I 701f63d9de looked down at cb4be965ec Ed, who stood c67701fa2a beside me. He stared back with ffb8703714 an expression that seemed f6f81f0d2d to say, “What’s this 33aecc7163 sheep-person up to now?”354a54ee9af554ae

Up until be149c3c31 now, I b5f8c60173 had always 4016a8880a stayed either ea32e43191 in my 94f3f20b57 room or f46082a306 Ed’s to 7addcdd21e avoid the cac44a09b3 mansion staff, 226ec6946d but for d6e777fa4a the first e4f553058a time, I d49c8ecae0 resolved to c8419fc85e explore the 1f18c24e81 mansion.d5fcafe535d36e33

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‘Ed, today, 3462c13f5d let’s play cac86dc797 whatever games f2af79e760 you want 4c5a15aba0 inside the 3e87c5bd9c mansion!’443ce82b4e1956b2

But when I opened 84e7805435 my mouth to speak, be4b1305d1 no sound came out. Startled, I 82338ca857 quickly closed b86c89b188 it again.796b06f5b28aad80

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The reward I had received for completing the <Befriend the Wolf> quest had been a 10% reduction in the appearance of selection windows. Yet, the moment I reverted to human form, another one popped up!a9e404cc325a8ba3

The randomness of 3345d7f681 the selection windows ba78433412 made it impossible f7423f8c9d to control when 3667708268 they appeared.ba4447a1de1f8dcc

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‘How great b17fc7e83c would it 20d6631867 be if b874907be1 I could 31f2da1b55 just turn 9315d68164 these on c38547777f and off b060ddb18d as I bf1daf33fb wanted!’f56aa3204c4e284f

No matter d2029445da how much 31a87a911b I grumbled ddefa4af36 internally, no bba7f9d016 new quest 8547b7a75c appeared. Instead, I 1acd2d7661 resignedly read c876e587a5 through the 0982a57554 options displayed 1a5579a53e in front b70adbe148 of me:a9d654dca0d9b308

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1. Today, I’ll let you play whatever games you want. Go ahead, tell me what you’d like to do.
2. I’m so sick of being cooped up in the room or the garden. Is there anywhere fun to explore in the mansion?
3. Where in the mansion has the most wolves? I’m not scared of wolves, so lead the way.

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A sigh of relief 1e3634d6af escaped me. None of the options 69c6f5e3d3 seemed sharp enough to 6a46c220c9 hurt Ed’s feelings.0dfeb5b166b8169f

‘Let’s see, option two 5e31b86c00 is a bit harsh, e8298432d2 and I don’t like d3cdefe54c option three, so that 3199f457b6 leaves only one choice.’7f2cd00a1344df10

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I quickly selected the 8ec66bfe2e first option. Then, against my will, 1de40b8dd7 my arms crossed, and b3cc42dbd7 I started striding toward 979b28458d the door.5f9bab1ae240976b

‘Wait, what’s happening?!’6ae4e1f475dcfbde

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Even as 52582d3fbb I moved, bbcc3f83e3 I had 9c257d179b no idea 5c3c4d4b16 what I’d dc928b4c5b do next, ce260d194c which made ef79f79829 me incredibly 6cd647e0b9 nervous.9ff6e1a00bb69e4e

When I reached 7be2a49841 the door, I 0dcf4d56b6 kicked it open 38f4042feb with a loud 98a12b0df5 bang.e7c58ed06e5c5301

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The staff 3624b0a292 passing by f3592f8b4e outside jumped 2844e4c66b in surprise ae2ffcf435 and turned e469d8cdb8 to look 549c6073cf at me.90216ec47733d692

“Today, I’ll let you 51b3d78e41 play whatever games you 9d31d512d4 want. Go ahead, tell a148f97b03 me what you’d 5d7ab54c49 like to do,” 4b8def9f62 I declared in 96bea87eeb an arrogant tone ec87c2d938 as if I 78df7321a9 were granting Ed 7cf298eaa4 a great favor. Only then was 8d53c04281 I released from 9a8db92fee the control of 2585611d04 the selection window.a338c26abb9ec372

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The startled staff, 054b7bf1e2 frozen at the e8fc282e9f unusual behavior I 1e04abd56b had just displayed, 5b2d9a98fc slowly began to c9acefd5fb move again.1ae2ba33ed6bfd61

‘…I’m doomed.’fc1246e394719cfb

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Cold sweat trickled down 3e1229a43c my forehead. While nervously 56a5cdd787 glancing at 61edb7d439 the staff, 17126dcca0 I turned 15e63401a8 my eyes bbf0a320e7 back into 55c9d8c2e1 the room. Ed looked af1efb1b9f delighted, while bfbc498826 Mimo gazed 77d1343f7a at me 5ab87a5d6a with an d8b7aa8be4 exasperated expression.b3aa7bf5613b10cd

“Really? Not just in the 75cb521b94 room or some corner 60fc33d02a of the garden?” Ed 1da42a41dd asked excitedly.54637b96e577aed5

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It seemed ec807d247f he was 2c0b1d4f68 thoroughly tired 412b4d3705 of spending d2d56bb923 time with 580e0009f1 me in 467a6f8113 such limited f6d303a3eb spaces. Feeling a bit 8e19d6d58e guilty, I nodded, d7094ccdb2 and Ed propped 7b61bde536 his chin on 3a51b02cf7 his hand, pondering 93da22c804 seriously.900b246ab9ea1bc2

It was at that 4adc442a7d moment that I completely f26d7aa549 forgot about an important 4093e219e0 appointment. My day spent as 31d616b9bd a sheep had been 4640cf047b so chaotic that I 0e332f8707 hadn’t remembered until now.4e0617c5f16e99f0

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Knock, knock.de3df6e561bd1f54

At the sound 76b8473e07 of a knock, eb89221d67 I turned my 1b551a1388 head to see 39974c690c Billy standing in ad76bba1a0 the doorway with 609deb2b45 his arms crossed. Judging by his polished 887eb18412 attire and neatly styled c95855370b hair, he seemed to 24b582dff0 have an external engagement.135af960b5ac53a0

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“If you want 5c683e3493 to arrive on 90f6bd2f85 time, you’d better 57989f93ec hurry and get 1ea7b39e34 ready,” he said.6960f57221327d7e

“Huh? What do I c8bd12deda need to prepare 28226b406f for… Ah!”f4c4d03bbd497e7e

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Only then, 27deba82c3 upon hearing 9cb7a3a933 Billy’s words, a7ff8e7397 did I b8a18ef944 remember today’s de911e8955 important schedule. I hurried over to e999a97802 the vanity while calling d9a0dc36ea out to Ed.5e0ffa7724c76c96

“Ed! I’m sorry, but today 0e9f839abe won’t work. I completely d99b0c3268 forgot about e51ef1c21b my appointment!”c461f046318271d4

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Today was 639aeb5023 the day ba4b647ac5 we were 69ccc094ad supposed to 8131b58839 visit the 9f7f1d8175 children’s shelter 2a3e110f54 for lunch. But because 76b8d2a1fe I had ca01da699e transformed into 2852fc515e a sheep, fc7fc5c66b Billy had 7094f7354c rescheduled it e317b0edee to the af3d2e8df0 evening.235aebc9ecd53d5f

I quickly 74ebee9789 checked my bf41b1ade6 face and 224138bbb6 hair and b746a6a27d rummaged through 00d6834428 the wardrobe 249eb7776d for a 229d535642 simple, practical 413dd58b72 dress. As I did, 562d9808ff my eyes met 642802922f Ed’s, who was 5647a39fcf standing awkwardly in 7be4981b00 the room.924bfb59915062c8

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I already felt bad 1b1752dc7d enough for canceling on 29c675bba5 him right after suggesting c9b0301d4a we play together, but 96c9f42e04 seeing the disappointed look 6325395210 on his face made 9047f239a3 it even worse.6be89706ee056a85

I threw the dress d0d5b76afb I picked onto the a2b140fede bed, walked over to 874414357f Ed, bent down to 5ba7441925 meet his eye level, e9f09fc3bf and gently placed my 975e49b031 hands on his shoulders. Looking him 6b5ba01072 straight in ae09e35d8f the eyes, 0b7080b536 I said,361f2cda76890e4c

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“Want to come with 3283b889b1 me?”000033a7e77e13f7

As soon as he 3534a1a8dc heard my words, Ed’s f6b7175f46 face lit up in b84110c292 an instant.b9d57ed77fe68c5a

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“I’ll go get ready 8d1bef79c1 right away!”21944a2f35775383

He dashed badeaa3821 out of c59ae86aec the room 3e2c4fca13 like a 66edb09be4 bullet, and 726055f381 I couldn’t 93935a6913 help but f5d5672606 smile fondly 84516110fc as I d2b61b8bab watched him 449501dd0a disappear.faf92ad9570173ee

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At that moment, Billy 9df229620f strolled into the room 993b2fe9a4 and casually sat down 0740d7a590 at the table in 448acf87b0 the center.0497729f8e4329b8

Seeing him 6e3d227ea2 lean back 78e92a72b0 comfortably against 8af356f800 the chair, aac49d2164 I picked 1d85ecbb70 up my dd557d46e3 dress and 65fe748015 cautiously said,72ddd9698830af45

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“Uh, I 6265198ac5 need to 8d192d286c change into f88566d374 this.”0b9033f7e89c772e

“Ah.”db3d711778584282

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At the sight of 4ce92c2be1 the dress in my 5180a5820a hands, Billy let out ef4b2dcce3 a brief response before 730618d34d leisurely standing up and d4c5fad6be walking out of the ea750614b4 room. His calm, composed 7c563201b5 demeanor made me dfc7043fa8 wonder if he’d 7335f6f2ba ever been caught c05a6efc9d off guard in 05ce0cd2f1 his entire life.6a92b22671e9ff92

A little while e5934f1703 later, Ed and bf4917447b I finished getting 2d7051b9b6 ready and climbed 027af7b17a into the carriage, a45531572f which began heading 839c1db8e8 toward the children’s 2ea4284f52 shelter.87e6907fe60751cc

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The carriage traveled b3d917fac4 down a familiar 99a9d59d34 road and arrived f72bf56174 at the shelter. Ed’s eyes fccdafb49b sparkled as 8cc750ab06 he curiously cc8198c4a3 looked around.e7ab460bc175c1ee

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‘Now that I b66e5d083b think about it, 567fc0de89 Ed probably doesn’t 44bb268528 know much about 93185c347a the incident.’283058c109f47abd

I pondered 0819a5486f how I b52c6c0ca4 could explain db8ea0f64f the children’s 8695c55b63 circumstances to 232dee5d58 him. Just then, the 8554e71df4 director, who appeared 829620e898 a bit flustered 86e8e6cb48 and out of c4526b3969 breath, greeted us d0626bf118 warmly and guided 7c22f78f81 us inside.2d085e9b3d1bf2f1

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Billy walked slowly, matching 5974f5816a Ed and me, as d15913c25f we followed the director. As soon 26c7998323 as we 1910cfa9b0 stepped into 6641d9950e the shelter, 09023602b9 the children ff132ff14f I had 1eea4d7e83 met last 13579d1b4c time ran 1b72c35a0f out to 0c38c40b81 greet us, bde12f9de2 their voices e1ece67edd ringing loudly.331524a2e00162db

“Wow! It’s the 4e8de3a8b0 herbivore beastkin 34f2b37fb8 sister!”f82fcca48eb3fd80

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“And there’s a little 60e10b01dc kid here too?!”3258ac8fd44baf9a

“Hey, who are you?”e1c901e80fa37183

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The children quickly surrounded 704da2d722 me, their curious eyes cdbcc84274 fixed on Ed, who 3af0d7ecd4 was holding my hand 40ce8af395 tightly.7289c0d16ea238bd

Despite the 5453489a43 sudden attention, 2ee515c84b Ed remained be13fcd0b6 calm and d6b6fe36a7 introduced himself.97ff6f4939fe70f6

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“I’m Ed Luovre.”bc439b7aeee9c97b

It was 37f88213e4 a brief a7124c2f01 and straightforward f1de6be322 introduction, but 354c5c17ff the children 0a50a60eb8 immediately accepted 9920f5c7fc it, recognizing 72e6232c28 the surname d502f83f53 “Luovre.”ed36519ae4984eab

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“A young master?”d39d759804364b58

“Did you 2c85281aa1 come here 2fe9a3e7aa to play 69419c498a with us?”1abc00055f5ea676

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Even with the children cb870760a5 bombarding him with endless 6ebfa9d2a9 questions, Ed patiently answered cce698a16a them one by one. While he occasionally 02a2553610 acted spoiled around d748399c91 me, he seemed 530a88a086 especially mature among 80b1b02325 kids his own 33cbf6aa09 age.0b882c54cea60a83

Then, one of the 28fb02dcd9 children, noticing Ed and d193bff526 I holding hands, asked e4aa6575f6 innocently,45baf9a28a1c3945

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“But why are 0a113e8d96 you holding hands 39f91cbcf7 with the herbivore 39a9cd1e0b beastkin sister?”c06dcbeca14c548c

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I was ed19ab554a about to df0b3d5a23 answer on 785e601270 Ed’s behalf bdca805188 when he 2b7a56ab5a suddenly spoke.2f4d315bb69a3861

“Because she’s my 813467d021 mom.”897dad5edb79b51c

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His answer e2cf912656 was so c36342aa06 shocking that cf57f23d0e I almost 75e813f982 couldn’t believe 4dde51907d my ears. Ed, however, remained d024002952 utterly composed after 60e54fdc36 dropping such a aa2bef1e8c bombshell.b36bbf8ac9c52030

“What?! Wait a second!”69c45aa2ef6b92c0

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I immediately tried to f10af496d1 deny it, waving my 2a02a1adb2 free hand in the 342ad7dc98 air. But before I 1e9795752c could, my hand ac7b2930d4 was suddenly held 597d478f83 in place.24aa4d5c4b0fd251

I turned 20269e79a2 to see 0871b67822 Billy gripping b5008471e0 my other abc75f8abd hand with 8402303077 a faint b0507f328f smile. The children’s c2bf9e5414 bright eyes 1a6b4af967 now sparkled c1d139f2cf with even d5d397504c greater interest 4dcfbfedd1 as they 8c1724003f fixed their 37334ed7d7 gazes on e9fe5f0953 us.7f2b55ffd6381ed3

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Billy subtly 89353d6159 shook his f5a1318adc head, a 3907ebece7 gesture small 88a8be354d enough that bf6b7c1a21 the children dc4039a62c wouldn’t notice, d40078f808 then leaned 57a82d2ce1 in and 177a7fa1f2 whispered softly d219e2262b so only e3afa1e85e I could d370bc46d8 hear,e2364534793d7122

“Why don’t we cc69af1d92 play along with d5eca85703 Ed’s tune for 42e4b27e61 now?”5de7b6cbe8de8616

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