FVN Chapter 14.2
Chapter 14.2
Something to confirm.
Did Yeoreum give her something?
Gyeoul involuntarily swallowed hard.
“Only a few, please...”
“Okay. Here’s the first question. It’s nothing major, but do you live here?”
“Yes...”
Why ask if she lives here when Yeoreum should already know?
Gyeoul was puzzled.
Then a thought struck her.
‘They’re testing if I’m lying!’
They’re asking about something they already know to see if she tells the truth.
Gyeoul was astounded by Yeoreum’s cunning tactic.
“How long have you been living here, Gyeoul?”
“Th–three years...”
“Three years?”
Encia glanced surreptitiously at Yeoreum, standing behind Gyeoul.
She remembered hearing from Yeoreum that the child was eight years old.
‘If she’s been here for three years, then that would mean she’s been living like this since she was five...’
Could a human child really survive alone like this?
Encia surveyed the surroundings to verify the truth.
The sand near the campfire was pitch black.
It must be from ash accumulated over a long time.
Similar to the campfire, other tools also bore the signs of time.
Among them, the most telling was the girl’s attire.
Her clothes were torn in random parts, and smeared with the rawness of nature, it’s as if she had embraced nature as it is.
‘This can’t be.’
Even beast-kin, known for their affinity with nature, wouldn’t have survived alone in the wild since the age of five.
She had been disappointed by the girl’s naivety, but in fact, she had been hiding a rugged wildness within her.
This generation’s king possessed qualities greater than any king before!
“Let’s leave it at that for both of you.”
“Al–already? But I still have more questions to ask...”
The wolf woman’s tail drooped.
Though expressionless, it was nice to be able to read their emotions through their ears and tails.
“Today is Gyeoul’s day to rest fully. She needs to rest well to train hard later.”
“Oh... Yes...”
The wolf woman bowed her head and stood up.
The lizardman followed her lead.
“Young leader, we’ll come again!”
Thump-! Thump-!
The lizardman beast-kin attacked a nearby tree with his tail, which caused several branches to fall from above.
It was clear that the side effect of the girl’s modification had reduced their intelligence.
How sad.
“Leader? It’s not confirmed yet...”
“Eh? Really? But she’ll be a great leader!”
“Qu–quiet! Be quiet!”
The wolf woman hurriedly pulled the lizardman away.
As they became distant, the woman shouted at me in a loud voice.
“I’ll come again tomorrow!”
“Ye–yes...?”
What are they planning to do by coming again tomorrow?
Why do they make their statements and then leave so noisily?
Confused by the situation, I looked around only to hear the lizardman shout in the loudest voice I’d ever heard.
“Leader! From now on, it’s Gyeoul the leader!”
“Le–leader...?”
Why am I the leader?
Could it be because I’m the most outstanding among those modified by the girl?
I fixed my trembling eyes on the girl.
Perhaps she was a monster beyond my imagination.