Chapter 1128
Past experiences turned out to be useful
“Mr. Takumi. I wish you had done the same for us…”
As I watched everyone petting Leo, I heard someone grumbling.
I suppose he didn’t like how I introduced them to so many fenrirs at once, and then immediately made them go for a ride.
“But Mr. Walter, the only children who were there at the time were Tilura and Liza…”
“Hah. Regardless, I don’t think it would have helped cure Walter of his fear…”
“Uh…”
Sebastian pointed out sharply.
“Really. The people of this town have more guts than Walter…”
“…Claire. Is it just me, or does Sebastian seem to be in a bad mood?”He was always quite strict with Walter, but it seemed more harsh right now?
There was something quite sharp in his voice this time.
And so I whispered to Claire so that no one else heard.
“I think it is because you talked about the Gift. And explained everything. He must have been preparing for the possibility that you would ask him to speak to the others. And so he was disappointed.”
“Ah… Now that you mention it… Well, showing Weed Cultivation was always part of the plan…”
“I do not think he expected you to fai. But it does seem that he thought he would have an opportunity to support you with the explanations…”
“…Well, it looks like we’ll have to let him speak about something later.”
So he was taking out his frustration on Walter. However, I knew there would be plenty of opportunities later, and so I would leave it to him then.
“But I am sure Sebastian understands, and it will end soon. Look…”
“Ah, that’s true.”
“Tsk…”
Claire chuckled. She was right, too. After complaining about Walter a little, Sebastian had gone off towards the people who were lining up in front of Leo. Perhaps he saw an opportunity to speak on something. R̃àℕȪВĚ𝒮
“Mr. Takumi. It was a good idea, back there. Using the child.”
“Well, Leo was playing with children back at Mr. Kalis’s store. But the others didn’t get a chance to see it. And that kid just happened to be there… And something similar happened before.”
Speaking of the boy, he was still with Leo.
“Before? When we started to sell the herbs?”
“No, before that…when Leo was still small. You see, Leo always liked children. And she would often play with the neighbors. Back then, even though she was very small, like that puppy in Range village, there would still be children who were scared of her.”
“The puppy in Range village… The one that was even smaller than Sherry?”
“Yes, yes. I suppose there will always be people who are scared, regardless of size…”
That dog had also been a maltese, same as Leo.
Regardless, there had been a child who was scared of Leo at first, but then they became friends. That’s all there was to the story.
The child would watch Leo play with the others, and then I would hold Leo and show how well behaved she was. And then little by little, the child got used to her.
“So that is what you were thinking about.”
“Yes…I’m glad that it worked.”
It had nothing to do with the little boy, and everything to do with my wish for everyone to get over their fear of Leo. Yes, that was it.
“Kyau…?”
But for some reason, Sherry was looking up at me from around Claire’s feet, and tilting her head doubtfully…