I Opened an Illegal Animal Hospital in Another World - Chapter 1

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Prologue

Q. I opened my eyes to find myself in a pure white Snow Plain. What kind of situation is this?

A. It must be hell. Or heaven.

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But it was too cold for heaven, and too quiet for hell.

‘What the hell is this situation?’

I quietly traced back my memories. So my last memory ended with coming home late from work as usual, setting my dawn alarm, and falling asleep.

When I woke up, I would prepare breakfast for my Younger Sister and a simple note, and then…

I think I collapsed onto the bed without even taking off my coat and fell into something that was either fainting or sleeping. And when I opened my eyes, it was now.

Something was tightly wrapped around my body so I couldn’t move, and everything in front of me was pure white… pure white…

‘Wow, it’s so cold I can’t even think straight!’

Somehow I knew I was dead. While my consciousness was cut off, I had an intuition that this was different from sleep. I had been working without proper sleep for days, and there were several moments when I thought I would just die like this.

The youth I thought was infinite couldn’t overcome the overwork that had continued for 4 years.

I was actually relieved. If I died, I wouldn’t have to work anymore. My Younger Sister had become an adult now, so while I felt sorry, I had a strong desire to stop everything because I couldn’t endure it anymore.

For 4 years, I couldn’t rest comfortably even for a single day. I was crushed under the burden of having to take care of my Younger Sister.

I want to rest peacefully like this, I want to sleep…

I thought that and closed my eyes, but why did I open them to find myself abandoned alone in a Snow Plain?

‘Do they usually kill you again after you die? What bad taste.’

This is exactly the kind of trick to kill someone.

It was obvious I would die like this. I hadn’t been dead for long and I was about to die again. Tears blurred my vision. I didn’t want to die again, but there was nothing I could do alone.

I couldn’t even move, let alone walk. Moreover, my whole body was frozen solid from the cold.

‘They should just cut off my breath in one go, not cruelly like this. If I’m going to die anyway, how convenient and nice it would be for both of us if they just killed me in one blow…’

Hah, when I breathed out, white vapor rose and scattered. Since there’s nothing I can do, I end up focusing on things like this.

‘Watching my breath scatter is also boring. Huh? Heeek…’

Just when I was getting bored of waiting with my eyes open for when I might die, a wolf with white fur appeared.

‘I did ask to be killed in one blow, but I didn’t mean I wanted to be eaten alive!’

A wolf! A real wolf! I hoped it might be a big dog, but no matter how I looked at it, it was too big to be a dog.

Cold sweat ran down my back. I knew they were animals with bigger builds than dogs, but were they this big?

‘Or is it that I’m small?’

My thinking must be paralyzed from the cold. Abandoned alone in a Snow Plain, with a wolf right in front of me, yet I’m having other thoughts. But there wasn’t anything else I could do besides having other thoughts.

‘It’s not eating me right away?’

I blinked twice. Was this the greeting method for cats? Anything would be better than doing nothing. It would hurt if I got eaten… Maybe if I look good, it might spare me somehow. Then the wolf that had been keeping its distance approached.

Wow, it must have gotten annoyed thinking I was winking! I shouldn’t have done that! I should have just stayed still and pretended to be good! Thinking I had hastened my death, I tried to make a sound, but my lips didn’t move as if they were frozen. Ahhh.

It wasn’t that I didn’t want to speak so I didn’t speak. I couldn’t speak because my voice wouldn’t come out.

Contrary to my anxious heart, my already frozen facial muscles were stiff beyond measure, so I even blinked slowly. The wolf extended its long snout to smell me, then tilted its head as if lost in thought.

That wolf might eat me, but honestly, it was cute.

‘If it’s cute… it might eat me. It must be hungry too…’

I was rationalizing that it might be better than freezing to death, when I saw blood flowing from the leg of the wolf that had started wandering around.

‘It must have been injured and needed nutritional supplementation.’

The wound seemed quite large. Red blood had soaked the fur of its broad thigh, and I could see the wound gaping open every time it moved. It must hurt. Even though it’s so cute.

They say that leg wounds in the animal world are directly connected to life. Because they can’t run away. The smell of blood attracts enemies.

‘I hope it heals.’

Though I’m not in a position to worry about anyone. You never know. If the wound heals, maybe it won’t need to eat me.

Then something amazing happened. The wolf’s wound began to heal rapidly. I didn’t know if this was heaven or hell, but I must just be having a crazy dream. The wolf stared at its own leg, then just plopped down.

Wow, wow, wow.

It’s fluffy! It’s soft! And it smells a bit funky! But I like it!

When the wolf lay down behind me, the cold that had enveloped my whole body subsided a little.

This wolf seems to think I healed its leg. Is it trying to repay a favor? I didn’t do it, but right now I can’t even speak, and I can’t say it wasn’t me, so I should shamelessly accept it.

‘But still…’

From earlier, yes, I had a feeling. I guess I really am small. No matter how big wolves are, they wouldn’t be several times the size of an adult woman.

‘I guess I became a baby. This is crazy.’

Who is it, the terrible person who abandoned a newborn in this Snow Plain.

Thanks to the wolf, I probably won’t die right away, but even if I can overcome the cold, people need to eat to survive, so I’ll soon starve to death.

The safest future I can imagine here is growing up in a wolf pack like North Korea Mowgli…

Hey, are you a female? Could you share some milk with me? I won’t eat much. I’m really confident I can eat small portions. I’ve starved a lot when I was short on food money, you know?

In a situation where I could only barely see a large head, there was no way to tell if it was male or female. The tail fur was incredibly thick, warm, and soft. Even if there are fleas, that’s fine. I have to survive and see what happens.

Muttering only in my head by myself was making me feel like I was going slightly insane.

But I couldn’t stay sane without doing that. What the hell, why am I here. Why am I a baby. Then is what’s wrapping me a swaddling cloth? Who abandons a baby wrapped in swaddling cloth in a Snow Plain. Who is that trash.

Am I really dead? Am I really? This is a dream, right? It’s too cold for a dream though.

‘More than that, setting everything aside, is this really Korea?’

My head was spinning. North Korea Mowgli, and Isekai Princess, so where exactly is this place. What happened to me…

“Huuaeng…”

My lips, which had been frozen for a long time, finally opened and a small sound leaked out. Right, I really am a baby. It was a very small and thin crying sound that I couldn’t believe was my own voice.

Anyone who hears this would recognize it as a baby’s cry. A baby.

Hearing the small crying sound, the wolf lifted its head. A large snout approached and gently pushed my cheek, and a moist, large nose touched me. As if telling me to feel at ease.

Will you raise me as an Isekai Princess…?

Leaning against the wolf that curled its body around me as if comforting me, I steeled my resolve. The resolve to eat whatever the wolf gives me, no matter what it is. Really, I hope you’re a female… Until my teeth come in, please let me drink only milk…

“I thought it was a wolf cub.”

Ah. A young voice.

From within the wolf’s embrace, I lifted my eyes to look ahead. Maybe just around 5 years old. Golden eyes sparkling with curiosity were the first thing I saw. The wind blew once, scattering fine golden hair. For a moment I thought I was dreaming. Because it was so beautiful.

With the dazzling white Snow Plain behind, the golden child spoke.

“What is this?”

A human…

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