Chapter 26
I approached the baby fox very carefully.
Even when I got close, there was no response at all, so I thought that something was wrong, but fortunately, the baby fox was breathing, but sound was very thin.
As I approached closely to take a closer look, the smell of blood crossed the tip of my nose.
Silver hairs on the upper back were stained with red blood.
“Ah ! Are you all right.?”
“Wake up!"
Baby fox did not respond at all to my urgent call.
Realizing the seriousness of the situation, I reached out and carefully hugged the baby fox.
The sound of breath that seemed to break soon when I held it in my arms made me run in a hurry.
Buuu…..
" Good job, Tanduk, let's get back to where Lia is."
-Pow wo woooo
Please hang in there…
After reuniting with Lia, we rushed to the Demon farm.
“Where do you pick this up?"
Kaneff’s eyebrow went up, as soon as he saw the baby fox that I urgently brought to the farm.
"I'll explain that to you later. Let's start with treatment first.”
"Hold on. I'll get the medicine right away.”
While Lia went to get the medicine, Kaneff looked at the baby fox's wound.
"I don't think it's that big of a wound. Maybe it'll be okay if you apply some medicine and bandage it well."
"Really? That's a relief."
"But this fox…… The fur color… “
“I brought it!"
Lia returned with a box containing therapeutic drugs and bandages.
"I'll disinfect it first."
"Sihyeon, will you hold the fox?"
"Yes."
As soon as we approached to apply the medicine, the baby fox's eyes flashed.
The baby fox moved its body quickly.
-buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
The baby fox, ran away to the corner of the room, straightened its tail and showed its teeth toward us.
-Bu brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr,
It was clearly wary of us.
I spoke in a soft voice and approached the baby fox little by little.
"Fox, We won’t harm you. We are not bad people. We'll just heal the wound and send you back."
Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
The baby fox made a threatening sound.
The baby fox looked so anxious that its whole body trembled.
When I made a move to get a little closer, the baby fox quickly hid into the corner of the room, trying to get away from me somehow.
I don't know if it's because I moved so fast.
The area around the baby fox's wound began to turn more and more red.
Lia shouted in a worried voice.
"This will open up the wound."
“But…..it’s so wary of us…"
"Ha. Both of you move…”
-clang cling kaching
Kaneff moved his finger and chains formed around his left hand.
The baby fox felt something strange and tried to run away, but could not avoid Kaneff's chain.
Bam Booom Shoosh
Bububuuuuuuuuuuuuu
The chain quickly controlled the quick movements of the baby fox.
The baby fox hanging in the dangling chain made a loud scream.
"What are you doing? Hurry up and heal it while I hold."
“…… ”
I didn't really like Kaneff's radical behavior.
But, this seemed the only way to treat the baby fox.
With the help of Lia, I looked at the wounds of the baby fox.
As Kaneff said earlier, the wound was not that serious.
The wound was disinfected with disinfectant and appropriately sprayed with therapeutic agents.
I wrap a clean bandage around it, so that the wound doesn't get stained.
Suddenly an unknown energy started flowing in through the fingers touching the baby fox.
As if using communication skills.
Similar to the time with Bighorn, the memories of the baby fox gradually started pouring into me.
The baby fox’s vivid emotions contained in memories flowed into me.
At first, the small waves of emotions gradually grew and covered my whole body.
Fear, loneliness, sadness…
Desperate feelings felt by the baby fox while living alone.
It was hard to imagine that the baby fox endured all this with this small body.
When all the bandages are wrapped around the wound.
My whole body trembled mercilessly, and tears began flow out of my eyes.
"What? What's wrong with you?"
"Sihyeon! Are you okay?"
Confused Kaneff and surprised Lia asked about my condition.
"Oh… Yeah. I’m fine."
I said I’m okay with my mouth, but the shaking did not stop at the whirlpool of terrible emotions.
I wiped away the tears that was constantly flowing down and tried to calm my emotions.
However, the worries did not disappear from the expressions of the two people looking at me.
I seemed to look worse than I thought.
After the treatment, when I looked at the baby fox, it was drooping hanging from the chain.
When I looked worried, Kaneff immediately opened his mouth.
"Don't worry. It’s just exhausted. If you leave it alone, it’ll wake up on its own."
“…… ”
“You seem worse than the fox. What's wrong with you all of a sudden? “
"That's… Just tears…"
Kaneff frowned at my gibberish answer.
He didn't seem to like the answer, but he didn't ask more.
"Oh, it's already this late. Dinner preparation… “
" No, It’s fine. I'll eat the sandwich you made earlier. Go back early today."
Unlike usual, Kaneff refused to have dinner and tried to send me back early.
"As Mr Kaneff says, go home early today Sihyeon. I’ll take good care of the baby fox."
Lia's expression also seemed to be worried about me .
I thought it was a nuisance to force myself and say I’m was okay, so I just nodded with a slightly unpleasant expression.
I was worried about the baby fox's condition, but I returned home early like everyone said.
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The next day.
I went to work looking haggard.
This is because I couldn't sleep at night due to the aftermath of the emotions I received from the baby fox.
Ryan, who ran into me on my way, anxiously recommended me going on a vacation.
However, I was more concerned about the condition of the baby fox rather than my tired body and mind.
Perhaps because of the strong pour out of emotions, the mind seemed like it was in a hangover.
As soon as I arrived at the farm, I immediately visited Lia.
"Sihyeon, you're here."
"Good morning. How was the baby fox doing last night?"
"That's…".
She led me to the warehouse next to the farm building.
When I went inside through the open entrance of the warehouse, I heard a small sound coming from the corner.
Buuuuuuu
In the corner of the dusty warehouse, the baby fox stood like it did yesterday.
It looked like its on alert.
"I was going to let the baby fox rest in your room yesterday. But the rebellion was so severe that I left it here."
"I see."
I looked at the baby fox with a pitiful look.
Even at this moment, it was being wary of us.
What have you been through…
I saw a small bowl of lying on the floor.
It seemed to be filled with milk.
"Lia, what is that?"
"I brought it for the baby fox to eat last night, but it didn't touch it at all. I'm sure it was really hungry…"
I picked up the bowl of milk on the floor.
After taking the bowl, I left the warehouse and headed for the farm building.
I washed away the cold milk in the kitchen and took a bottle of Hap from the exclusive refrigerator.
"Sihyeon, Are you going to give Hap to the baby fox?""
"Yes, I just thought, if its Hap, the baby fox might drink.”
Lia looked at me with ambiguous eyes.
Maybe it was a waste to use Hap.
But I didn't care.
I warmed up Hap, and put it in a clean and washed bowl and headed straight to the warehouse.
BuuuuBrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
The baby fox was still wary of us.
I put down the bowl of Hap in front of it.
Even this time, the baby fox didn't move.
I moved first to lower the guard the baby fox, had build against me.
I lowered my posture as much as possible and called him with a soft voice.
"It's okay. Come out here."
“Aren't you hungry?”
"Doesn't this smell good?"
“It's really good when you eat it when it's warm."
The baby fox kept looking at me and the milk alternately
Suddenly started rushing towards me from the corner.
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
“Argh…..”
The baby fox bit my right hand.
It bit me as hard as it could.
The tremendous pain penetrated through my flesh and made my eyes dizzy.
"Ugh…"
"Sihyeonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!"
Lia, who was watching, screamed looking at me.
I calmed her down by signalling that I was okay with my other hand.
“ Lia, calm down."
"But…"
"Please wait a little bit…Ugh……. Just a little."
Blood started flowing down from my right hand, which the baby fox kept biting.
Seeing that, Lia flinched.
I gently stroked the baby fox's head with my other hand.
He bit my hand a bit harder, perhaps thinking my touch was an attack.
“Ugh………..”
Tears started dropping down from the corners of my eyes, while I felt like my skin was about to rip off.
Still, I didn't stop petting the baby fox, while holding back my groans.
If it's possible to receive emotion from the other end.
It should also be possible to deliver my emotions to the other end.
Just like I got the feelings delivered to me from the baby fox, I focused on delivering my feelings to the baby fox.
I thought about the memory of going on the outing with the Yakums.
The comfortable feeling of taking a nap on Lia's lap.
I thought about the memory of playing with the three sibling.
I thought about the lunch, I used to have with Kaneff, Lia and Andras.
I thought about the day I had the interview with Ryan.
I thought about all the lovely memories I had at the Demon farm.
A warm and cozy feeling, passed from my hand to the baby fox .
As time passed, the baby fox’s strength gradually drained from the teeth that has been biting my hand.
Thanks to this, more blood began to flow out of my hands, but a slight smile appeared on my face.
This is because it was confirmed that the vigilance disappeared little by little from the baby fox's eyes.
There was a feeling of confusion in the vacancy where the vigilance disappeared.
Maybe he couldn't easily accept the warm feelings that flowed from me.
For now, this alone was enough.
I smiled and slowly stepped back from the baby fox.
“Sihyeon..! Please show your hand!”
“It's okay."
“What do you mean by it's okay? It’s not okay. Look, you got hurt to the point where your flesh is torn off."
Lia looked at my wound, took out a handkerchief, and hurriedly stopped the bleeding.
The bleeding stopped only after the entire handkerchief was colored red.
“Haha….Let’s go inside the farm building before your white kerchief becomes a red kerchief. "
“Sihyeon…Stop it. You’re not in a situation, where you can laugh right now!"
"Ah. I'm sorry."
I apologized to Lia, who was in tears, but the smile did not disappear from my face.
"But I succeeded, right?"
"What?"
“Look there."
Surprise spread over Lia's face when she saw where I pointed.
She saw the baby fox hurriedly drinking milk from the bowl.