Was it just after I was eighteen? At that time I was able to spend my days as a pharmacist apprentice in my city guild and as part of the training, I came to Urfair , where many rare medicinal herbs naturally grow everywhere.
One day while I was looking for plants growing on the south side, I found that I was completely lost.
The sun sets as I walk through the branches and the darkness gradually begins to fill me … I thought it would be quite dangerous to keep walking in this condition so I decided to rest next to a large tree nearby until finally dawn.
I thought I was lucky to have a handful of food and plenty of drinking water with me. Obviously, I figured I could handle it a little longer than was actually possible. There was nothing special to do while I waited … And to my bad luck I began to hear someone tearing a nearby tree! Shit!Could it be the work of a demonic beast? I have little combat skills and if he comes for me I will definitely be killed with a single move.
When I stood up and turned around slowly to avoid making noise, I heard a scream right behind me.
And a thousand times shit!
I’m a rabbit, so I should be able to run fairly fast … Right? TRUE?! I ran as much as I could and crossed trees and plants, trunks, jumped small puddles and then I went on and on and on running … But my physical strength didn’t last much more than a few kilometers.
After a while, my feet lost power and my breathing completely ran out. To make matters worse, I felt the roar I heard from behind getting closer and closer! Oh, I’m destined for death. I close my eyes as I pray for it to be something quick and not so painful.
At that moment, I heard a voice from the top of a tall tree:
“Hey, are you the pharmacist who came from Leonidas?”
The voice still sounds like a child’s.
“Ah? Yes.”
The person jumped in front of me from on high. What the hell? I can’t believe he did it from that great height!
The young man in front of my eyes, illuminated by the natural light of the moon, has wolf ears that grow out of his short gray hair. He grinned widely and showed me bright, clean blue eyes.
“I was very curious about you … And I came to see you.”
“Thanks for that, but I don’t have time for cordial introductions. It seems that a demon has been chasing me for a long time already …!”
“Oh? Why are you afraid? Am I not here right next to you?”
Saying that, he holds a kind of bow in his hands and pulls out of the strange artifact that hangs from his back a small but long red arrow.
From there, I’m not really sure what happened.
Every time he releases arrows into the darkness, the wailing voice of something that is surely the demonic monster can be heard. I was a bit surprised by his movements and how fast he was shooting, it was as if he could see in the dark. After a somewhat short time, there were no more groans and the wooded area was in a deep and unusual silence.
The next moment, a large monster jumped out of nowhere and ran towards us. He ran towards us! He pulled out several knives, the ones hanging from the belt at his waist, and threw them one by one at the creature. He had knives everywhere on his body, arms, legs, in his stomach and then the wolf put an arrow in his bow and threw it once more.
“Oh, I’m still very inexperienced. These…? You’re good?”
Apparently he had put down his bow only to hold my hand.
“I’m fine…”
When I looked up, I bowed deeply and thanked him in every possible way. He… He had a very rich smell. The same as that produced by peaches in syrup.
“What are you wearing? Any lotion?”
“Lotion? No, I don’t wear anything like that.”
“Maybe it’s the smell of the medicinal herbs that I carry with me.”
“Are you really fine? I can guide you to the exit if you want … Can you walk?”
“Yes, I think I can.”
He is very kind when he helps me move slowly through the gloom of the forest. Looking at him once more as he illuminated the destination with an oil lamp, I felt … I felt … Very tiny. Although in reality, he averages just like 1.80 when wolves can reach more than two meters. He is actually a young beast and was not the impression his voice gave me alone?
“How old are you?”
“Now … Fourteen years. But I’ll be fifteen soon. I’m not an adult yet, so I’m here with my dad.”
Oh my gosh, it’s a boy! Attractive and smelling good, but a fucking kid! Although of course, that movement he showed during the battle did not seem like that of someone fourteen.
“We’ve already here … Is your dad not going to get mad?”
“Don’t worry … You needed me more, didn’t you? I don’t regret at all helping you back there.”
Certainly … I don’t know what would have happened to me without him. It’s just my first impression, but I think he’s someone very kind and cute …
“You are idiot.”
“… Sorry ?”
“A rabbit, roaming alone in the forest. Why were you there? And at night. It is dangerous.”
“I don’t have to explain to you … But I have to say it’s for the medicinal herbs. My job.”
“That’s interesting … My people like those things too. Plants and tonics. Do you think I can serve as your escort until you finish?”
“I … Is it really okay for you?”
“Oh, of course it is. For some reason … I feel like I can’t let you go .”
I did not know exactly how we had been able to walk in the forest being almost blind, but after a while it was possible for us to pass through the leafy part so that I could join all the scientists who were looking for me.
When I turned to thank him, I then discovered that the young man who helped me was being beaten up by a tall, well-dressed man who had, strangely, the head of a wolf.
That man must have been the boss.
“Glenn, what were you thinking? You are not yet an adult! It doesn’t matter how strong your arms are or how tall you are now. You need to train! You need more intelligence, more reasoning. Did you learn nothing from my words or from the advice of the elders?”
“But I was able to help him! They would have eaten him without me !! I know the forest well, I know my abilities and I am capable enough to do this and many other things alone .”
“This time it was a young beast. What if it had been a herd? What if it had been the mother beast? You still need to learn to think before you act … I will have to punish you when I return to our people.”
“Dad, for God’s sake …”
“It doesn’t matter what you tell me! It is my decision and it is final.”
I have to do something to try to alleviate a little all the problems that I have obviously caused them.
“Please wait.” I grabbed the arm of the man who was dragging the young man through the trees and with all the strength I had left in my body, I desperately stopped him. “Sorry, I’m sorry I caused your son so much trouble. You know? He was very helpful in the forest! He followed me and protected me and it is thanks to him that I am still alive. Please don’t be cruel …”
“This is something between me and my son … I’m not going to give him a terrible punishment so there’s nothing you need to worry about.”
After saying that, the wolf continued to drag my savior much faster than before. I screamed then:
“My name is Mintz! I’m a pharmacist in the Hygiene Department of the Adventurer’s Guild in Leonidas. I will come again. I will come every day so come too so I can thank you as many times as it takes!”
“My name is Glenn! Glenn Will Urfair! I’m coming to see you! I promise so … Wait for me !!”
As they dragged him, the boy, no , Glenn also yelled his answer. Waving both hands in farewell before the watchful eyes of his very angry father.
Ah
Did his father hate me because he suspected we were partners from that time? Or did he hate me when he found out that we were married quickly and without saying anything to him? He didn’t accept me because I’m older? Because I take him from Urfair? Because am I a rabbit?
Well who knows …
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