NOVEL NEXT Chapter 151: Musical Movement
The griffin, in all its years, had never seen such high-level acrobatics.
Its curiosity overcame its hunger. A thought flashed through its mind - it should catch these interesting little creatures and bring them back to show its fragrant master.
Perhaps the fragrant master would reward it with a few plump sheep in her delight.
"Screech—"
The griffin let out an excited cry and dove towards the ground, its front claws spread wide in anticipation.
Grab!
Success in one swoop!
"Awoooo—"
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The griffin, holding a polar bear in its left claw and a silver wolf in its right, excitedly opened its hard beak in triumphant laughter: "Screech screech screech—"
Hahaha, fragrant master, look what I've brought back for you!
They're such fun little pets!
...
Meanwhile in the stone fortress, Troy had just blown the bone whistle.
The griffin's eagle cry rang out from the distant sky, its piercing screech parting the clouds, even causing the wind to pause for several seconds.
Luo Wei was surprised: "The griffin's getting faster and faster - can it level up too?"
How did it appear so quickly after the whistle? Had it been waiting nearby in the mountains?
Troy looked amazed - in all his years as the griffin's master, he'd never received such prompt service. He felt almost overwhelmed by the special treatment.
They both looked up to see the griffin streaking through the sky like a bullet, smoothly leaping over the castle gate to land before them.
"Chirp chirp chirp, chirp chirp chirp..."
The griffin landed on its hind legs, straightened up, and hopped towards Luo Wei with its front claws raised, dangling two white objects like a child showing off new toys.
"Chirp chirp~"
～(￣▽￣～)~
Look fragrant master, look what wonderful things I've brought you!
"Chirp!"
Here, catch!
It dropped the two white bundles - one large, one small - onto the ground, withdrew its claws and used its thick paws to nudge them towards Luo Wei, tilting its head expectantly as it watched her.
Luo Wei stared at what it had brought, her eyes slowly widening.
She swore that in her twenty-plus years of life, she'd never seen anything quite so absurd.
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An eagle-headed, lion-bodied griffin had just brought her a polar bear and an arctic wolf.
The polar bear had fearfully curled itself into a giant rice ball, hiding its snout and paws against its belly, only its scraggly white ears visible.
And the arctic wolf was just a pup, all fluffy with white down on its head blown to one side by the wind like a piece of soft seaweed.
Luo Wei: ...
"Um, griffin," she said diplomatically, "I don't really want to eat bear paws or wolf meat right now, so maybe you should put them back."
In her previous life, this would've been killing protected species - the kind of thing that could land you behind bars!
"Chirp chirp chirp~"
The griffin understood her words and hurried to explain.
They're not for eating, they're for playing with!
"Chirp chirp!"
But you can eat them if you want to!
Luo Wei didn't quite understand: "You want us to cook them for you to eat?"
"Awoooo! Awoo! Awoooooo—"
The silver wolf suddenly started howling, its voice so mournful and panicked it made one's hair stand on end.
How strange, Luo Wei thought as she tactically leaned back.
Why did she detect three parts familiarity, three parts melancholy, three parts pleading, and one part embarrassment in that wolf's cry?
She couldn't understand the griffin's calls, and the wolf's even less so. Luo Wei looked to Troy for help: "Do you know what they're saying?"
Troy wasn't entirely sure: "I think the griffin is saying... it's for you to play with?"
As for the silver wolf's cries, he had no idea - perhaps it was calling for its mother?
"For me to play with..." Luo Wei choked a bit.
That polar bear was bigger than her!
What was she supposed to do - play until she got smacked dead by a bear paw?
The griffin seemed to understand her hesitation. It suddenly grabbed the little wolf, plopped it onto the giant rice ball's back, and let out excited chirps.
Look, fragrant master, look - this is how they were running on the ground earlier!
Seeing the polar bear wasn't moving, the griffin poked at it with its claws, trying to get it to perform for its new master.
"Chirp chirp chirp!"
Run! Why aren't you running anymore? Run!
It kicked the polar bear with its strong lion leg, puzzled why it wouldn't run like before.
The polar bear had turned to stone, lying stiffly on the ground with its head tucked in, like a turtle withdrawing into its shell when faced with danger.
"It's saying... it wants the bear to run?" Troy struggled to translate, "Like... with the wolf riding on the bear?"
The silver wolf let out a "woof" and lay flat on the bear's back, burying its face in its paws.
Oddly enough, Luo Wei could sense embarrassment in its body language.
Wait a minute... silver wolf, arctic wolf, those trembling ears...
"Could it be... Gladys?" she asked cautiously.
The wolf's ears twitched again, and its fluffy head burrowed even deeper into the polar bear's back.
Oh no.
The griffin had captured her classmates.
Luo Wei remembered Gladys once saying she wanted to ride a bear at school, but the headmaster wouldn't allow it.
"Gladys?"
She called out tentatively.
The silver wolf remained silent, its stiff spine indicating complete social death.
Luo Wei glanced at Troy, then stepped closer and whispered to the wolf: "Gladys, I'll carry you into the carriage to talk. If you agree, don't resist, okay?"
The silver wolf swished its fluffy big tail and gave a soft whimper: "Whine..."
Luo Wei understood this as agreement.
She gently picked up the little wolf and gave Troy a meaningful look: "This little wolf seems cold. I'll take it into the carriage to warm up. You watch the polar bear and make sure it doesn't hurt the children."
Troy looked at the polar bear that had practically died of fright from the griffin and three question marks appeared above his head.
In this state, how could it hurt anyone?
And that silver wolf - the magical energy waves were so obvious, did she think he couldn't sense them?
Did Luo Wei really think he was that stupid?
Troy sat by the fire, deeply frustrated.
He'd noticed that while Luo Wei used to at least try to hide her schemes from him, now she didn't even bother.
Earlier today when she pretended to be an evil god to trick those children, he was standing right there, but she acted like he didn't exist.
Was she that confident in his low intelligence?
Meanwhile...
After sending Yves away, Luo Wei carried Gladys into the carriage.
She set the little wolf down and they stared at each other.
After a long moment, covering her twitching lips, she asked: "Gladys, are you wearing clothes?"
Gladys: ...
You're laughing, aren't you? Covering your mouth because you're laughing!
Don't think I can't tell!
Gladys whirled around in a huff, presenting her backside to Luo Wei.
"Luo Wei, I was wrong about you - you're mean!"
The cool voice carried a hint of embarrassment, though you'd never guess from her voice that she was currently a pre-molt wolf pup.
"And your griffin is horrible!"
Gladys said resentfully.
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