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Warning: For all the readers who are feeling very much single right now, tread through this chapter cautiously...
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I stared at him blankly, forgetting that I had to act cute.
Did you get tricked? Truly?
“It looks a little odd, though.”
Noelier smiled languidly and tickled my chin.
“It’s cute, Zion, just as you said.”
A dog.
He added strength to his last remark. It was confusing, but there was no indication of a lie in his red eyes when he said it.
He really seemed to think of me as a dog.
It was very fortunate, but at the same time, my pride was hurt.
‘I’m a wolf. Why is my life like this?!’
But if I could live, this was nothing.
I looked up at him with eyes shining. My tail softly wagging was a bonus.
Noelier covered his mouth with his hands as though suppressing a burst of laughter.
I, who had transformed into a wolf or a dog, seemed very cute.
Meanwhile, Rachel was looking at her brother with a perplexed expression on her face. Noelier’s smile was still visible. Rather, he looked up and made a face asking if there was a problem.
He turned to me again.
“You don’t have to go this far…”
Noelier smiled softly, blurring the end of his words.
Maybe it was because I turned into a wolf, but his hand stroking my nape and the heat from his body had made me feel tired.
Oh, just when I was feeling good, somebody lifted me up.
“...It’s mine,” Rachel said, taking me into her arms.
I was uncomfortable being held as a dog or a wolf, so I struggled a few times.
“I like dogs, too!”
“I can’t give it to you.”
Rachel, who had answered Zion’s words, went straight into bed. It meant she didn’t want her dog to be taken away.
“I’m sleepy. I’m going to bed.”
“Then I’ll sleep with you!”
Zion followed Rachel and dug into the blanket, saying that he would also play with the dog.
“You’re sleepy? All of a sudden?”
At Noelier’s amused voice, Rachel nodded like a stubborn child.
“Yes, I’m sleepy.”
“You slept soundly earlier.”
“...I suddenly feel sleepy.”
“Aren’t you going to look for your sister?”
“Sister will come back on her own!”
Rachel answered that far, then pulled the blanket over her head.
Stuffy!
Zion, who got covered with the blanket at the same time, grumbled quietly.
Rachel closed her eyes as if she really wanted to fall asleep. Then her voice went through the thick blanket.
“I can’t help it. I’m going to sleep when I’m sleepy.”
“......”
“Then I’ll get some more firewood.”
Rachel poked her head out of the blanket because of Noelier’s amused voice.
So, you’re going out again?
At the same time, I also gently raised my head.
“.....Firewood?”
“Why? Do you not want me to go and just stay next to you?”
“Oh, no!”
Rachel cried out in a loud voice, shaking her head vigorously.
“You have to come back after a long time!”
“How long?”
“A lot, a long, long time!”
“Okay.”
Noelier approached us.
“I’ll be back.”
He looked me in the eye and smiled a little.
Soon after, the door closed, and Noelier disappeared from view.
‘I’m alive!’
I was finally able to relax comfortably.
“Ha….”
It seemed to also be the case for Rachel.
Our lovely mouse drop.
Thank you for saving me.
Even though you think of me as a dog, thank you anyway.
I was really close to dying.
With that in mind, I gently touched Rachel’s hand.
"......"
Rachel looked down at me and hugged me tightly again. Just the right amount of heat flowed into my body. Maybe it was because I had a cold, or because I turned into a dog or a wolf, my eyelids began to sink heavily again.
I shouldn’t do this.
I have to run away.
Until I turn into a human again, I shouldn’t sleep….
But the snapped loose tension dragged me into the world of slumber.
I couldn’t resist.
I ended up closing my eyes in Rachel’s arms.
* * *
Soon, it was dark again.
Noelier gazed silently at the dark winter forest, and moved toward the cottage. As he carefully opened the door, the sound of colorful breathing and burning firewood cut through.
The children were wandering through the dreamland with angelic faces. Noelier changed the children’s posture so that they wouldn’t feel uncomfortable sleeping.
“......”
The end of his gaze was on Eve who was sleeping soundly.
Before he knew it, Eve had turned back into a human again.
Was her cold gone?
Besides that, she must have been surprised that she had suddenly turned into a beast.
Suddenly, a silver tail wagging gently came to his mind. The corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.
Who wouldn’t know when she was so obvious?
Laughter kept leaking out.
He covered his mouth with his hand as if no one could see it. However, the lips that could be seen between his fingers still drew a smooth curve.
“...You didn’t even have to do that.”
Noelier muttered to himself.
‘Am I that scary?’
When he thought of that, his lips that had drawn an arc slowly sank down.
He carefully fiddled with Eve’s hair. Soft texture wrapped around his fingertips. Unlike his friendly touch, Noelier’s eyes contained Eve to the point of tenacity.
“Cold…”
Suddenly, she trembled slightly. Her cold didn’t seem to have recovered yet.
Noelier gently placed his hand on Eve’s shoulder.
Her face relaxed as if she had been waiting for the warmth to touch her.
“.......”
As he continued to look at her, he felt strange.
His one and only heart was beating wildly.
It seemed as if it was sinking heavily, but he felt light like he was floating.
How would Eve react if he said he knew that she was a wolf?
Will she burst into tears like when she lost the children?
What if she gets scared and runs away?
“......”
His calm mind cracked as he thought of her leaving.
His hand touching her shoulder felt like it was going to lose strength, so he pulled himself together. The heat that had surged for a moment was quenched by Eve’s coldness.
Eve might have been the wolf who stole his heart in the legend.
‘Otherwise, there is no explanation.’
He had vowed that if he met the wolf from the legend who had stolen his heart, he would pull it out without hesitation.
You stole what was mine.
It wasn’t strange to have it back.
But he didn’t want to hurt Eve.
The mere thought of it contorted his face.
‘Do I have to do something so cruel?’
In fact, he can ask directly. Since you’re like the wolf from the legend, won’t you take responsibility for me?
But if he asks like that, she’ll probably run away.
Just by looking at the fact that they were hiding in the forest, he could see the answer clearly. Obviously, she was avoiding the dragon.
She didn’t seem to be aware that she was the wolf in the legend. In fact, she had nothing to worry about. Rather, there was nothing he could do to threaten her using the legend as an excuse.
Noelier couldn't kill Eve.
He couldn't pull Eve's heart out as brutally as he vowed.
There is an easier way than that.
A way where no one has to die.
Dragons use all sorts of flattery to beg for the person they want as their companion to choose them.
Then there was only one thing he had to do.
To make Eve choose him, to be the man she likes.
When that happens, everything will fall back to its original place. Maybe even his inevitable death can be prevented. He doesn’t know how long it will take, but for a lifelong companion, waiting was nothing.
Noelier gently stroked Eve’s cheek.
The only one who doesn’t die when coming into contact with him.
She is the woman, whose eyes resembled the snow, capable of quelling his heat.
‘My companion.’
Having thought of that, his fingertips grew hot.
It had a different sensation from the heat coursing through his body.
Noelier slowly removed his hand.
“Ung…..”
Then Eve stretched her hand out again with a tearful expression. It was a gesture made out of instinct to search for what she wanted.
The warmth that had touched her seemed to have felt nice.
Hesitant, Noelier slowly reached out for her hand.
Their hands met.
Warm heat and cold body temperature flowed into each other’s bodies through their fingertips.
“Ung…”
When their hands touched, Eve pulled them in as hard as she could.
“.......”
Noelier hesitated.
The power of the sleepy person is weak.
Even if he ignores it and shakes it off, the sleeping Eve will not remember it. But to a sleeping person, how dare he do it?
He had to wrestle with himself for a while.
The wind began to blow.
The small window in the cottage rattled loudly.
“It’s cold…”
Eve whined, tugging their clasped hands in her direction.
“........”
Half voluntarily and half intentionally, Noelier walked over to her. Then Eve hugged him tightly as if she had been waiting for him.
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Noelier knows that she is a wolf. And on top of that, she is also the wolf of the legend... I wonder how Eve will react when she finds out.
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