"Now we can live together."
Qiong Xing nodded in satisfaction, relieved, while beside him Albe held his head as if wondering whether this was really alright, but Qiong Xing chose to pretend not to notice.
"By the way, what is your child's name?"
"Hm? Did I not say? This child is not mine. I picked him up in the forest recently."
...What?
That was not something he had heard before, so Qiong Xing asked for more details.
Apparently, a few months ago, the pup had been abandoned in the forest, and Fenrisúlfr had taken him in.
"This child is not a magical beast but an ordinary animal. If he were a magical beast, I could have healed him by giving him magic power, but that was not possible, which left me at a loss."
He had been unable to leave the injured pup to go hunting, and even if he could, the pup's body was not yet developed enough to eat raw meat.
Being male, Fenrisúlfr could not produce milk either, so as the pup grew weaker, he had likely neglected his own meals as well.
