Chapter 67

                                    

                                          
"Other monsters would be dead, but you're lucky. If it were another day, I'd have hit you all."
I don't think we would get anything from him. I was an idiot to wish for something warm and kind from this heartless man.
"Grrrrr...."
"Why don't you shut your mouth and be gentle?"
My shameless husband approached the wolf.
I held onto his elbow.
"Iz..."
"It's fine, I'm not fighting them."
Really?
As I watched nervously, Izek bent over and slowly put the injured female wolf down on the rock.
Meanwhile, the alpha wolf let out a heavy breath and sent a glare to Izek's arm.
If there was any wrong signal, he was about to go for his throat.
The muzzle that was holding the female wolf's snout came off with a thud.
As Izek took a step back with the muzzle taken off, the frost wolf, who had become still as stone, finally shifted.
"Sniff, sniff......"
Their long snouts nuzzled each other, sniffing.
I had been tense thinking that the alpha wolf might break out on seeing the paladin's cape tied to his partner's leg, but fortunately, that didn't happen.
After a while, the alpha couple, who had been sniffing, licking and nuzzling each other, separated.
While the female wolf stood on her three legs and howled, the male followed suit with his mate, wagging his tail slowly.
There was a spellbinding look in the monster's eyes at that moment.
A combination of viciousness, alertness, pride, arrogance and relief.
"Let's go."
A steel hand grabbed mine and pulled me ahead.
I gave a last glance and walked along with my husband.
The heavy clouds were drifting and twilight was taking place.
A sense of reality rushed in as the setting sun's light seeped into my eyelids.
Well, I didn't know what to say. I didn't know what to do either.
We went back to where the horses stood in awkward silence.
Sir Ivan, who was standing beside them, smoking leaf cigarettes, welcomed us.
"Is it over already? Surprisingly, you look fine."
"I let you off the hook this time, and if you have any shame left, you should just walk away now. Where did the rest of them go?"
"They arrested the merchants and took them. Do you want to smoke one?".
"I'm fine."
Andymion, who was pretending to fix the saddle, came near and took the muzzle and his gauntlets.
My eyes were fixed on Izek's uncaring pose, as he silently untied his gauntlet, and then, I opened my mouth, "Do-Do you want me to squeeze your arms?"
"...What's wrong with my arms?"
"Are they numb? You held a heavy wolf in your arms...."
"What kind of work do you think I do? My sword weighs more than that fat dog."

Fat what?