I Inherited a Beautiful Wife and a Territory - Chapter 50

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Inheriting a Beautiful Wife and Estate Episode 050

50. Who Are You?

Shadow Wolves live in packs like wolves and have a strict hierarchy.

Among them, sometimes mutants are born – individuals larger and with stronger magical power than other specimens.

It was similar to Hop Goblins born from regular goblins.

And such Shadow Wolves would lead groups of about 10 to 30 and serve as leaders of those packs.

“Whine.”

The wolf lowered its head the moment Cliff’s intimidating aura emanated.

The moment the leader submitted, the rest of the wolves naturally bowed their heads to Cliff as well.

The wolf absorption process was going smoothly.

It certainly seemed that way.

“Grrr…”

For the first time, there was an exception.

A Shadow Wolf Leader that still bared its teeth and resisted even Cliff’s intimidating presence.

Since the leader resisted, the rest of the wolves did the same. They raised their tails and showed their teeth toward this direction.

‘I didn’t expect this kind of result?’

Until now, even leader specimens had easily submitted when Cliff showed his intimidation.

It was actually easier than with Hades, which had surprised him. But this wolf showed strong hostility toward Cliff instead.

“Grr…”

“Growl!”

The wolves that were here also showed aggressive reactions to the opposing pack’s attitude.

A natural standoff.

‘This is troublesome…’

If they fought like this, Cliff would win since his pack had the numbers.

But since the previous work had been too easy, the current situation was confusing. While Cliff was pondering, one wolf stuck its head next to him.

Grr.

“Hades?”

Even when Cliff called his name, Hades stared straight at the opponent.

Only then did the loud barking sounds directed at each other subside. Instead, the leader wolf naturally came to the center.

‘Are they going to fight?’

Cliff’s eyes lit up.

Come to think of it, he had never seen Hades fight before. Cliff had definitely felt it during the previous work of subduing other wolves.

Hades was strong even among elite specimens.

Though he had submitted to Cliff, there had been a delay.

‘Still, he submitted faster than that guy over there…’

Hades had shown no hostility from their first meeting, unlike other wolves. He had just watched quietly as if testing him.

So he became curious.

“…Right, it would be good to see your skills here. Don’t lose.”

“Gruff.”

He patted Hades on the back.

Hades responded and showed his teeth.

Awoooooo.

Unexpectedly, it started with howling.

Cliff frowned at the sudden loud sound from beside him. It was louder than expected. But there was something that caught Cliff’s attention more than that.

‘Shadow!’

A shadow extending from Hades moved toward the opposing wolf.

Awoooooo!

The opponent did the same.

Along with howling, it created a shadow and resisted Hades’ shadow.

“Oh?”

Since it was his first time seeing this, Cliff’s eyes lit up.

‘Was this kind of thing possible?’

This shadow.

It contained the power of restraint that could immobilize the opponent.

Shadow binding technique.

It was exactly like something from a certain ninja manga.

‘Do Shadow Wolves fight with this?’

While Cliff watched with fascinated eyes, Hades and that wolf disappeared from sight. More precisely, they ran around here and there as if avoiding shadows.

They avoided each other’s shadows and tried to bind their opponent.

The opponent was more agile.

That wolf jumped and suddenly mounted Hades, biting his scruff. Cliff momentarily thought the opponent had won.

“Hades!”

He called out urgently, but the atmosphere was strange.

Hades’ expression was calm, and rather, the one biting Hades’ scruff was trembling.

Hades shook his body. And the opposing wolf fell off more easily than expected. The shadow extending from Hades had already covered the opponent’s shadow.

‘Ah.’

The moment the shadow was subdued, the main body couldn’t use its strength either.

While Hades watched quietly, the opponent met his gaze and endured, but soon its tail went down.

Only after the opponent slowly lowered its body and showed its belly did the shadow surrounding it disappear.

The wolf that finally got up approached Hades and lightly touched its muzzle to his chin. From that moment, the surrounding atmosphere definitely changed.

‘It’s over.’

Even Cliff, being human, could tell.

The tension was released.

“…But if binding with shadows was possible, why didn’t you use it until now?”

Cliff grumbled while recalling how Hades had just fought.

At least during the Edel Village battle, wouldn’t it have been worth showing?

While Cliff was recalling Hades’ recent fight, he felt a presence. Before he knew it, two wolves had come in front of Cliff.

However, the moment he saw the two wolves with huge builds, Cliff frowned.

‘The atmosphere is strange?’

Hades, who had come to stand beside him.

He first lowered his head and touched his face to Cliff’s chin area. Then he stepped back, and looking at his partner(?), the one who had been showing teeth at him until just now followed Hades’ actions.

It looked like they were reporting the fight results, but…

‘Something feels off?’

Cliff looked at Hades with suspicious eyes.

Meanwhile, Hades was licking around his partner’s scruff. The way they pressed their bodies close together and brushed against each other was also very suspicious.

Come to think of it, in that moment when the belly was shown… what should have been visible wasn’t visible.

“Don’t tell me this one’s female?”

“Grrr…”

It was probably his imagination that Hades seemed to answer yes with a low sound.

Cliff blinked several times and made a deflated expression.

“You were just fighting, so why? Are you trying to mate or something?”

What a complete mess.

Oh, come to think of it, wolves are dogs too, right?

He had heard sayings like children become friends through fighting, or that when young, you tend to bully the girl you like more…

‘Ah, forget it. I miss Priscilla.’

Cliff frowned at the two wolves’ affectionate behavior.

Cliff grumbled and said,

“…I have a mate too, you know?”

Cliff hit Hades on the head with an annoyed tone.

It probably wouldn’t even hurt when he hit him, but his partner(?) beside him growled and showed teeth again.

Only after Hades stopped them did they cease, but I could tell for certain. These two had really become a couple.

“Heh, heheh.”

I wasn’t sure how to evaluate this feeling. Cliff watched this scene and then looked around.

In any case, the number of wolves had increased considerably now.

Just the basic population alone easily exceeded 100. And among them, besides Hades, there were now 7 elite individuals including the newly arrived female.

‘Seven leaders. And Hades as well?’

I should give each of them names.

First, I looked at the female who had joined most recently.

“They say the first shall be last and the last shall be first… Your name comes to mind first after Hades.”

I could think of her name immediately.

Persephone.

I gave her the name of Hades’ partner from the myths of my previous life.

“Then for the rest…”

I could just choose similar names from that mythology.

Cerberus.

Charon.

Thanatos.

Conveniently, there were three males like this.

It wasn’t planned, but the remaining three elite individuals were all female.

‘Then for the females…’

Nyx.

Styx.

Moira.

“Should I go with these?”

Since Cliff wasn’t particularly good at distinguishing features, naming all the regular wolves would be too much.

Even before, excluding Hades, he couldn’t properly name them.

Cliff was camping tonight.

Since he had come deep into the mountains.

‘Still, if I had known this would happen, I would have just gone home even in the middle of the night. With Hades, there’s no way he couldn’t find the path even at night…’

There were always wolves around where Cliff slept.

Since their fur was soft and warm, Cliff often slept using Hades as a pillow. But today, Hades wasn’t by his side.

“Phew. Ah, really, these guys…”

It was noisy all around.

A mating season that had never existed before had come to the wolves.

Previously, females like Nyx, Moira, and Styx would submit to him and then target Hades.

They were closest to him, the general commander(?) of the wolves, and as mentioned before, Hades possessed the strongest power.

They all coveted the position of Hades’ mate.

‘Until then, it was actually quiet…’

Hades, who had rejected all those females, had found a mate.

The three wolves also gave up on Hades because of this and paired with other wolves.

Four pairs of leaders were mating all around. And following the leaders’ actions, the regular Shadow Wolves also paired up male and female.

“…This is a development I didn’t think of.”

The situation had become embarrassing enough already.

And what made the picture even more strange was that he wasn’t alone in the tent right now.

Instead of Hades who always came in, there was a different companion here.

“My lord…”

A woman whose long ears were twitching, knowing better than himself what was happening all around.

Leticia, who had come along to attend to him and provide protection, was completely flushed.

The atmosphere had become suggestive.

Even Cliff’s heart fluttered at this.

‘So far, nothing particular has happened between Leticia and me…’

It wasn’t particularly about maintaining loyalty to Priscilla or anything like that.

In a way, Leticia was also a bride sent to him by her birth father, just like Priscilla.

Since Priscilla also acknowledged this, there was little resistance. Instead, when he looked at her, the scene from the day they first met came to mind.

‘Ah. No, that’s not right.’

Cliff erased the thought.

This won’t do.

I should practice magic now.

“You stay quiet. If possible, block out the outside sounds too.”

“…Yes.”

Leticia, who seemed to become even more resolute after hearing his words.

She called upon a sylph and whispered to it.

The sounds of the aroused mutts from outside disappeared.

‘Phew. Now I feel like I can live.’

As expected of Leticia.

Spirit mages were always capable beings.

Then Cliff closed his eyes and entered meditation. Leticia quietly kept her eyes tightly shut, waiting for her master’s next command, then slightly opened her eyes.

Cliff was in front of her.

‘Huh?’

Nothing happened today either.

While she was making a slightly dejected expression.

Cliff’s mana began to move.

‘Magic?’

She had occasionally seen Cliff’s mana move in peculiar ways. Each time, the Shadow Wolf pack would show their bellies and submit to Cliff.

Or the goblins clinging to the village palisade would fall into madness.

But now it was different from that mana fluctuation. It was the mana movement when casting ordinary, general magic.

“Phew.”

Cliff cast magic in his hand.

The most well-known magic, Fire Ball.

The fireball that bloomed in his hand created shadows around them.

Flickering flames and rippling shadows.

Cliff frowned.

“…Leticia?”

“Yes?”

“Come closer here.”

Cliff called Leticia closer while maintaining the fireball.

His eyes looking at Leticia were quite intense.

Gulp.

Leticia swallowed at his words.

Step by step, she approached where Cliff was. Cliff stared intently at her.

His gaze, which seemed to be looking at her face at first, moved slightly downward.

His eyes, which swept down her body, looked at her legs as she walked toward him.

‘Wh-what should I do?’

Thump thump.

That was the moment.

With a coldly hardened face, Cliff spoke.

“Who are you?”

“Eh?”

“I’m asking who you are. The one hiding in Leticia’s shadow.”

Instantly, Leticia’s mind went cold.

She urgently began releasing mana around her and calling upon spirits. But faster than their response, someone’s arm wrapped around her neck from behind.

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