I talked with Ms. Anne

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As for where the fenrirs slept, Leo had decided it. But Sebastian felt that it was still important for there to be human watchers as well, and so nothing changed there.
Well, the fenrirs could only bark, and could not communicate with us in detail. But then again, I found it hard to imagine there was anything threatening enough that they couldn’t deal with it themselves.

Currently, Liza and Ms. Anne were with the fenrirs, and enjoying being enveloped in their fur.
…Though, I want her to sleep properly in the tent, so I hope she doesn’t fall asleep like that.

“By the way, is Sherry with them too?”
“Wuff.”

While they were together now, they would be separated once we returned to the mansion.
And since Sherry was still young, it was not a bad thing for her to be spoiled by them as much as possible.

“Mr. Takumi.”
“Hmm?”

As I petted Leo and looked leisurely at the fire, I heard a voice from behind me.
Leo had already noticed, but didn’t care, as there were no strangers here.
…Still, it seemed like every time I was on watch duty, someone would come to talk to me.

“Ms. Anne?”

Tonight, my guest was the count’s daughter.
I thought she had been with the fenrirs and Liza. I wonder what happened?
She then sat on the other side of the fire, and as far from Leo as possible.
Her hair was blonde like Ms. Claire, but a little more yellow, and it was pretty while reflecting the light of the fire.

She would sometimes do bizarre things, like bowing on the ground to Mr. Hannes, or make terrible suggestions to her father, or change her hair so as not to scare Liza. But if you ignore that, she was not attractive.

“I was hoping for a minute of your time.”
“That is fine… Did you have trouble sleeping?”
“I am not used to sleeping outside in a tent. …Though, up until now, I was so exhausted from walking that I managed to sleep.”

Well, that was no surprise… A lady like her would not usually sleep in a tent in a sleeping bag…
Though, I wonder what she did when traveling between towns?

“So you’re going to stay out here until you are tired?”
“Yes, if you don’t mind. It is more comfortable out here. Hah… I do like a good bonfire…”

Ms. Anne said as she stared into the flames.
Indeed, looking into the fire was calming… But on the other hand, I was afraid that Ms. Anne would start saying something strange.
What if a new desire awakens within her. The desire to burn everything in sight…

“Now that I think of it, you were petting the fenrirs just fine. So why are you still afraid of Leo?”
“Wuff…”
“Of course, I am. Fenrirs are not so strong that humans could never overcome them. …Even if they are still very powerful, as we saw today… However, a Silver Fenrir… They are the strongest monsters of all. Why wouldn’t I be scared?”
“Wou…”
“There, there, Leo. Well, you’re the only one here who is scared, Ms. Anne.”
“…I was not trying to hurt her feelings.”

Though Ms. Anne continued to keep her distance from Leo, she had made such a big fuss when seeing the fenrirs, and was petting them blissfully afterwards.
Even if Leo was bigger, the fenrirs were also quite large.
And while she may be right about them not being an undefeatable creature, I doubted there were many humans who could beat a fenrir one on one.
You would probably have to search the world, and would still only find a few special people who could do it.
Normally, it would take many humans to surround and weaken them first. Attack them with magic… But perhaps Ms. Anne didn’t really understand such things.

Well, I suppose since such strategies wouldn’t work with Leo, she found her more scary…
As Leo was feeling quite hurt after Ms. Anne’s explanation, I had to pet her and offer words of encouragement.
Ms. Anne turned her nose away and muttered to herself.
Ms. Anne was not used to talking with people, and so she was not very sensitive to the feelings of others… I didn’t think she was evil or anything… Probably.

In any case, it would probably be good for her to take some lessons from Ms. Claire.
Mr. Ekenhart… No, she should not be learning from him…

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