Sherry wanted advice as well

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After praising Tilura, Mr. Ekenhart got up and walked over to her and patted her on the head.

“…Ehehe. Father praised me.”
“I’m happy for you, Tilura. …You could have done it a little less awkwardly?”
“…It cannot be helped. I am not very good at praising my daughters.”

Even though there were reflection points, Tilura was happy to be praised by her father, and laughed cheerfully.
Well, it was true that Mr. Ekenhart usually lived far away, in a different house, so perhaps he did not have much opportunity to act like this with them…

“Now, I think we covered everything…”
“Kyau! Kyau!”
“So you really want to join, Sherry?”
“Kyu!”

After letting go of Tilura, Mr. Ekenhart was about to bring the meeting to a close. But then Sherry started barking.
As Liza and Ms. Claire were not present, I didn’t know what she was saying, but she was likely objecting to the fact that she had been left out.
Mr. Ekenhart must have thought so too, as he asked her, and Sherry nodded.
She had been sitting next to us the whole time…so it was not really surprising. Still, what advice could she be given?

Sherry had only fought the orc because Leo made her do it. But I suppose her fenrir instincts had kicked in, and she was now more enthusiastic about fighting.
But it was just a few days ago that she was always with Ms. Claire or playing with Leo.
Perhaps coming to the forest had awakened some of her wild instincts… Though, I wasn’t sure what humans like me and Mr. Ekenhart could tell her.

“Hmm…indeed…though, monster battles are…not quite the same as fighting with a weapon.”
“Kyau?”

You don’t know? Sherry seemed to ask, as Mr. Ekenhart thought with a serious expression. But it could not be helped.
While Mr. Ekenhart was a master swordsman, and was used to fighting against monsters, when it came to how a monster should fight… and fenrir…he would not know.
He might have some knowledge, but I doubted it would be much use to Sherry.
And while I didn’t want to disturb her while she was playing, it was best to ask Leo.

“…I will go and call Leo. She will know. And she was already giving some advice earlier. Besides, we need Liza or Ms. Claire to understand what Sherry is saying.”
“Indeed… Thank you, Mr. Takumi.”

I made the suggestion to Mr. Ekenhart, and then walked over to the river.
Leo was near the center and splashing around, doing the doggy paddle. But she made sure that Liza did not get drenched.

“Hey, Leo! Come over here!”
“Wuff? Wuff! Wou!”
“Papa! Kya! Ahahaha! That was amazing, mama!”

After I shouted towards her, Leo looked towards me. Then her legs touched the bottom of the river, and she jumped!
While still riding on Leo’s back, Liza laughed happily. It was like she was on an amusement park ride.

“Wuff?”
“Sorry to disturb you while you’re having fun. But I need to ask you some things regarding Sherry. Will you come?”
“Wuff.”
“I’ll go too! I want to talk with Sherry.”
“Of course. In fact, it will help if you are there.”

Leo had landed perfectly right next to me, and then turned her head to the side questioningly.
I apologized and then asked her to come with me, which she agreed to.
Liza also wanted to come, which meant that I wouldn’t have to call Ms. Claire.
But first…

“Uhh… Ah, there you are. …I’m sorry, where are the towels…?”
“Mr. Takumi. For Leo, yes? I will do it, so you can take Liza.”
“Thank you.”

Perhaps Leo would dry quickly in front of the fire, but I didn’t want to take her there soaking wet.
And so I asked a maid for a towel, and she offered to dry Leo for me.
In the meantime, I dried Liza’s tail, which had gotten wet.

“Wuff…”
“Kyaha!”

Even while she was being dried, Leo shook her body to shake off the water.
And as always, it went flying everywhere.

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