The orc was separated

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“As she is a fenrir, I had high expectations for her growth. But she is already strong enough at this point. …It is like Claire already has a powerful guard.”
“Indeed. Well, I’m not sure the other guards will be happy to hear that…”
“If that happens, then I will just put them through training again. And they will be confident.”

If Sherry was with Ms. Claire, then she would be able to protect her like a guard. This was something that Mr. Ekenhart was quite pleased with.
Though, the self-esteem of Phillip and the others might take a hit… Well, there would always be a need for human guards, so it would be fine.
In any case, once I make the herb fields in Range village, Ms. Claire would probably have to travel back and forth regularly, so it was good that she had someone who could protect her.

Though, Ms. Claire didn’t see Sherry as a guard, but more like part of the family.
It was not too different from Leo and me.

“Sherry, you did very well! Good girl!”
“Both Sherry and I did our best! We defeated the orcs!”
“Kyau! Kyau!”
“Wuff-wuff.”

I smiled while listening to their conversation, and then I walked over to the frozen orc.

“It’s frozen solid… Can this be melted?”
“Wuff?”
“Well, you’re going to eat it, aren’t you, Sherry? Surely you can’t eat it unless you defrost it first.”
“Kyau!?”

I knocked on the orc to confirm that it was frozen solid. Leo then looked at me and tilted her head to the side.
While you could probably melt it with fire…that would take time. And it will be lunch time soon…

“Wuff-wuff.”
“Kyau!? Kyau. Kyau!”

Leo was barking admonishingly, and Sherry replied frantically.
Apparently, she had told Sherry that since it would take time to melt, Sherry would not be able to eat.
Well, Sherry had done her job in defeating the orc.
And we had plenty of other orcs that the rest of us killed, so we could just trade one of them.

“…Kyuu!!”
“Oh?”

As I was about to make this suggestion, Sherry suddenly moved.
She turned to face the orc, and then pounced on it with angry eyes.
While it wasn’t as fast as when she was fighting, it was still quite strong.

“Ahh…”
“Wuff?”

There was a loud smash, and then the frozen orc tipped backwards.
And while its legs were frozen, it was not fixed to the ground, and so it toppled over easily.
And with a great noise, the orc’s body was smashed into multiple pieces.

“Oh…”
“Kyau!”
“Wuff…”
“Woah, it is separated…”
“So it was a good thing that it was frozen…?”

Sherry stood up on the largest piece, its stomach, and barked proudly.
Upon seeing this, everyone looked a little put off.

Even if it was frozen, it had been alive a moment ago.
And so all kinds of things were visible.
Well, at least it wasn’t bleeding.
…And I was glad that Liza was far away… It wasn’t the kind of thing that she should watch.

“Everyone, lunch is ready! This time, it is the orc that Lady Tilura hunted!”
“Oh, I’m looking forward to it.”

While the orc that I had defeated was drained of blood and processed, it was fit for eating. But since this was Tilura’s first hunt, we decided to eat that one first.
This was so that she could really feel and enjoy her victory.
After we all helped to cut it up, Ms. Lyra did the cooking.

While I felt bad about always relying on her, Ms. Lyra was the only one who was a good cook here.
Sebastian and the butlers could not cook, and the guards could only make simple meals. And Mr. Ekenhart, me, and Ms. Claire could not cook either.
Perhaps we should have brought some cooks… But they had chosen people who were free to go to the forest, so it could not be helped.

Even Ms. Johanna could not cook, as she had focused solely on her training.
Most people would have done the same in her position, so it was fine…
“If I tried to cook, I would burn everything!” She stated flatly.
She sounded so confident that I ended up laughing, even though it was rude.

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