Chapter 18 The Three Little Wolves

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What should I do? What should I do? Demon hunters are looking for me! Zerha was panicking. She didn’t expect that there would come a day when she would be a fugitive.

“Pfff, bwahaha! What have you done, and why are the humans looking for you, a weak demon?” The demon queen broke into a fit of laughter. She was clearly mocking Zerha.

“S-stop laughing!”

“I am not laughing at you, Milady,” Sage said.

“Huh? Ah… Let’s go.” That demon queen! Sage might think that I’m crazy because he thinks that I’m talking to myself! She thought.

“Ah, wait for a moment, Milady.” Sage suddenly headed to one of the stalls selling robes.

“Fifty silver coins.” Sage suddenly felt down as he realized that he did not have any silver. Zerha noticed this and slapped her forehead with her palm. He’s planning to buy something, but he forgot that he doesn’t have money? Sigh. Zerha tapped the storage ring that Foxy made and fished out two gold stones.

“If you don’t have any silver to pay, then leave my store---"

“Wait, we don’t have any silver coins, but I hope this is enough for two robes.” Zerha handed the gold stones to the merchant. The merchant’s eyes suddenly sparkled upon seeing the gold in front of him. He quickly grabbed two robes and handed them to Zerha. “Thank you, ma’am! Come again!” The merchant said in delight.

“I-I apologize, Milady. I just wanted to buy it for you so that you could cover your face with the hood…”

“You don’t have to feel so down, Sage. I appreciate how thoughtful you are. Come on, wear yours and let’s keep moving.” She smiled.

“O-okay.” Sage blushed. He was thinking that Zerha was so kind and he had no regrets about following her.

Meanwhile, after Sage and Zerha left, the merchant suddenly remembered that Zerha looked familiar. Hmm… Where did I see her face again? He thought, and suddenly a poster of Zerha flew in front of him, and he caught it. His eyes widened when he saw the poster of a demon girl. What the...But she doesn’t have any demon horns. Do I need to report it? Sigh, never mind. She just gave me two gold stones. I couldn’t care less whether she’s a human or a demon, ‘cause I’m rich now! Wahaha!

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“Where are you two going?” one of the demon hunters that were patrolling the borders of the public market asked as he noticed Zerha and Sage making their way towards the route leaving the Land of Haria. “Are you both going to hunt demons?”

“Yes,” Sage answered.

“Just the two of you?” The demon hunter asked suspiciously.

“Yes.”

“...Well, then. Just be careful, and don’t go deep into the forbidden forest. You might encounter high-level demons that are more powerful than you.”

Sage merely nodded at them in response. Zerha lowered her head and continued walking.

“Hey, are you sure that we should let them hunt? There are only two of them…” One of the demon hunters said.

“Well, if we try to stop them, I have a feeling that we’ll be put in danger.”

One of the demon hunters was startled.

“A-are you sure?”

“You know that I can tell if we are in a dangerous situation. Those two look dangerous.”

“But don’t you think that they are a bit suspicious? I couldn’t see their faces, since they were wearing hoods…”

One demon hunter sighed. “I don’t know. Maybe they are new demon hunters and don’t want to be known. They look strong. I just hope that Captain Marcus will recruit them.”

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“Oh my gosh! Sage… H-how far is the Demon Kingdom?” Zerha asked while catching her breath. She was exhausted from all the walking.

“Tsk. You have not even walked for too long, and yet you are already tired? You really are weak!” The demon queen said. Zerha was already annoyed because that demon queen kept talking and nagging her inside her mind. Zerha had the urge to shout at her, though Sage might think that she was going insane, so she endured the nagging and kept her mouth shut.

“I apologize, but it is still far from here, Milady. But do not worry. After we go deeper into the forbidden forest, we can transform into our original forms, and we can use our wings to fly.”

“Wings...?” Hold on. How can I fly if I don’t have wings? As far as I can remember, I do not have wings… Yes, I only remember that I have big horns!

“Yes. Is something wrong, Milady?”

“I-I don’t think I have wings…”

Sage was surprised by this statement. “How come? Every demon has wings, Milady.”

“Pffft, hahaha! You’re already weak, and you don’t have any wings? Useless demon! Bwahaha!” The demon queen broke into another fit of laughter. And a little bit more, Zerha is going to snap.

“If you do not have any wings, Milady, then I can carry you,” Sage suggested.

“H-huh? No need.”

“No, I insist.” Zerha merely sighed, almost forgetting that Sage was a stubborn demon.

As they continued walking, they encountered a black wolf; it was larger than an ordinary wolf. “Grrr…” It growled at them, as it notices the two.

“Stay behind me, Milady. I will deal with this beast.”

What the f*ck is that? I didn’t expect to encounter a wolf! And it’s a very big wolf! Fear crept into Zerha’s heart. Sage was about to attack the wolf, though Zerha stopped him. She noticed that the wolf was having a difficult time.

“What is it, my lady?”

“I think it’s injured…”

Suddenly, three cubs appeared out of nowhere and ran to their mother, and started barking.

“Woof!”

“Woof!”

“Woof!”

What? Does it have kids? Zerha was startled when the big wolf suddenly fell to the ground. She rushed over to it and checked its body. “Milady, please wait! It might attack you!” Sage also rushes to follow Zerha.

The three cubs whined as they kept attempting to wake up their mother. “Don’t tell me…” Zerha tried to heal the wolf, though the wolf did not wake up. And when the demon queen saw that Zerha had healing abilities, her curiosity about Zerha grew again.

“I think it is dead.”Said Sage.

“What happened to her? I don’t see any wounds on her body.”

“Let me check, Milady.” Sage examined the body of the wolf and frowned. “It has been poisoned. I think the wolf was captured. Look at its neck.”

The neck had traces of being captured by a chain. The wolf barely managed to escape from the people who captured her just to return to her cubs. Unfortunately, however, she didn’t manage to survive the poison. Zerha made another attempt to heal her, though the wolf didn’t budge.

She suddenly gave the cubs a concerned look. If we leave the little ones here, the demons will probably kill them. Zerha thought of bringing the cubs with her, though they were heading to the Demon Kingdom. If the demons saw them, they would kill them. Though she could not just leave the cubs there, since the mother wolf who supposedly protected them was already dead.

“Hey, come here, guys.” Zerha tried to tame them, and unexpectedly the three cubs became fond of her.

“Woof! Woof!” The cubs wanted Zerha to pet them, so she pet each of them before carrying the three.

“Be careful, Milady. They might bite you. I will immediately get them away from you, Milady.” Sage wanted to get the cubs away from Zerha, afraid that they might hurt her. Though as he walked closer to them, the cubs suddenly made cute faces at Sage. Sage was taken aback; he didn’t expect them to make such adorable faces. Sage blushed and suddenly averted his gaze because of their cuteness. He cleared his throat and spoke. “I-I guess they are not dangerous…”

“You think so, too? I’m thinking that we should bring them with us, but we are heading to the Demon Kingdom right now. If they see them, I’m afraid they will kill them.” Unexpectedly, the cubs understood what Zerha said and started trembling in fear.

“Yes. Maybe we can just leave them here, and we will get them after we come back. Though I am not sure if no one will attack them, Milady.”

The cubs were shocked upon hearing Sage’s words. They did not want to be left there. They wanted to go with Zerha and Sage.

“I guess you are right. Let’s just put them in a less dangerous place---“ Zerha didn’t finish her sentence when she noticed that the cubs were suddenly nowhere to be seen.

“Huh? Where are they, Milady?”

“I-I don’t know exactly, but I can still feel their furs on my skin and their heaviness…” The cubs suddenly appeared again, and the two were surprised by this.

“What just happened?” Zerha asked in confusion.

“I think they can turn invisible. I did not know that beasts like wolves had such an ability…” Sage remarked with a puzzled expression.

“My cute little furry babies, can you do it again? Turn invisible?” The cubs understood Zerha’s words and turned invisible again.

“If they can turn invisible, then they can come with us.” After Zerha said this, the cubs’ faces brightened. Two of the cubs started to climb onto Zerha’s shoulders, while the other one ran over to Sage and climbed onto his head. Sage was stunned by this.

Pfft haha. Sage is so cute. Zerha thought, looking at Sage with a stiff expression.

“Let’s keep moving, then.”

“A-ah! Yes, Milady!”

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“I think this is further enough. We can transform now, Milady.”

Sage and Zerha transformed into their original forms. Sage let out his big black wings and carried Zerha bridal style, while Zerha was carrying the little wolves that had already turned invisible.

I’m a demon, right? Why don’t I have any wings? Zerha thought in distress.

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