I Opened an Illegal Animal Hospital in Another World - Chapter 13

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13

Chapter 3. Because I’m Cute (3)

Rather than a dog, it was a puppy.

A small black dog was lying there so conspicuously!

“Wait, don’t go near it!”

“Huh? Why?”

“You don’t know why you’re asking? It’s obviously suspicious just by looking at it!”

“What is?”

Raven, who grabbed my arm as I was about to run out immediately, looked at me with a frustrated expression as if he had a lot to say.

Why, what.

“You… don’t you know how protected an environment you’re in?”

“Overprotected… I know that.”

“It’s not simply at the level of overprotection… Do you even know how long it took for me to meet you?!”

Oh, was that so.

“Even though I’m the one who saved you, the Wentworth couple didn’t even pretend to listen despite my requests over 2 years.”

I rolled my eyes pretending to think deeply. Raven spoke with cold eyes.

“Don’t pretend to think and act clueless, I won’t let go of your arm so don’t pull either. You’ll get hurt.”

“That’s mean…”

“What’s mean? If I let go, you’ll go straight to that thing!”

“Of course I will!”

“Didn’t you hear what I said?”

“Yeah, I heard. That I’m overprotected, and that puppy shouldn’t be here.”

“You really speak well for your age, you little thing… Though your pronunciation is all off.”

“I don’t want to hear that from you. Asking a baby ‘what’s this’ about everything. You’re not very grown-up either.”

Raven blinked his large golden eyes as if he didn’t expect me to bring up that story.

“…When you’re being held by a wolf, it really makes me wonder if you’re human.”

“Anyway, you knew I was human when you saw me, so why did you act like that.”

“…”

“Let go. Raven is curious too!”

“You think I’ll give in if you call my name?”

“…Won’t you?”

“If I were Duke Wentworth, that would have worked.”

Tch. It wouldn’t be as easy as with Father. Raven’s confidently smiling face was as self-assured as a model in a magazine. The problem is that magazine would be for children though. No presence whatsoever.

“But my arm hurts…”

“…I’ll let go of your arm.”

When I pouted and stuck out my lips sulkily, Raven took a step back. Actually, it doesn’t hurt at all.

“Whatever that thing is, it can’t possibly be just a puppy as it appears, so don’t go near it until we call someone to check. This garden has all sorts of protective magic that the Duchess Wentworth has placed around it, so most things can’t even approach, but maybe it was an exception because it’s an animal… Something definitely brought that thing here. Whatever that is, Shana!”

He knows my name, what! While Raven was going on with his nagging, I coolly ran toward the puppy.

Don’t underestimate me, who’s been an escape artist since I was a baby.

‘It really is a puppy!’

A puppy the size of a palm, well of course bigger than my palm since my hands are small, but the size of an adult’s palm was lying on the grass.

The black puppy had droopy ears, and most importantly…

“Whine…”

“Don’t touch it, Shana!”

It was injured.

Without thinking twice, I gathered healing clay and applied it on the puppy’s body. Oh, it’s absorbing.

I was sparkling my eyes in wonder at the light being sucked into the small body, when Raven pulled my cheeks from behind. My cheeks stretched out.

“Ow ow ow ow!”

“I guess you didn’t hear me telling you not to do it, hm?”

“But it looked like it was hurting…”

Raven sighed and let go of my cheeks.

“So fearless.”

“It’s just a puppy.”

“So it appears.”

The puppy made whining sounds and moved, so I reached out my hand to examine its wounds.

The small black puppy trembled and struggled to lift its eyelids. In its moist eyes reflected me with a worried face, and Raven frowning with displeasure.

How did such a small thing get so hurt.

“It’s okay, don’t worry…”

As soon as I spoke, there was a crunching sound. Oh, I got bitten.

“Shana!”

“Uh…”

Raven tried to reach his hand toward the puppy. Without realizing it, I screamed.

“No, Raven!”

“Ugh!”

“Don’t touch the puppy, no!”

“Take your finger out first before you talk!”

“It doesn’t hurt!”

I pulled my bitten hand inward and covered the puppy with my body to protect it. With only my upper body lying on the ground, I turned my head back to glare at Raven.

“Right now Raven, you were trying to hit the puppy!”

“I was trying to separate it. Stop being stubborn and move aside.”

“No! No! Raven, you’re a villain!”

“…You do realize that dog is biting you, right?”

“I know, it doesn’t hurt! It’s just a puppy that bit me because it was surprised! You villain!”

“Who are you calling a villain?”

When I hugged the puppy and screamed, Raven made a very tired expression for a child and sighed.

“Fine, fine, so let go for now.”

“…”

“Stop being stubborn, Shana. If the Duke catches you like this, that dog won’t even be able to keep its life.”

“…”

“Give me your hand, Shana.”

Who does he think is a dog?

But frustratingly, Raven was right. Father would definitely dislike it, and there was no point in just hugging it recklessly.

The puppy whimpered, probably startled because I suddenly hugged it.

“Ah, I squeezed too tight! Sorry…”

The puppy wiggled its bottom backward and escaped from my arms. I know that kind of toy. There’s a toy that looks just like that.

‘A puppy toy that moves backward when it barks was exactly that size…!’

Can’t I just pet that soft-looking fur once? Its little black nose is so cute. It has black fur, so only its shiny eyes and nose were visible. Ugh, so cute.

When looking at puppies, you should approach from below so they don’t get startled…, uh, what was it again?

Mr. Kang, who had a dog in my previous life, said something. The fragmentary memory was vague and wouldn’t come to mind clearly.

Since Mina loved dogs so much, we often had animal-related programs on when we ate together. Mina also frequently shared cute videos with me.

Though I barely watched them because of work.

I loved animals too, and my wish was to raise a puppy with Mina, but we couldn’t because of our family circumstances. But seeing it up close.

“It’s so cute…”

“Your finger that was bitten by that cute thing is bleeding though.”

Raven grabbed my hand and frowned.

“It’s tiny. Just a little!”

“Your hand is tiny too.”

“Mm, that’s true…”

“I can clearly see the Duke will make a fuss…”

“If Raven keeps it secret, it’ll be fine!”

“Your maids will surely pretend not to know.”

“…”

“Your parents hired an A-rank mercenary just as a babysitter. There’s no way they’ll let this slide.”

“Huh…?”

“If you didn’t know, just let it go.”

What did I just hear?

“Come behind me, Shana.”

Raven gently pulled me back.

The puppy looked at me and Raven alternately with anxious eyes. But it couldn’t hide its trembling body from fear.

Seeing how it’s wary of people, could those wounds have been inflicted by humans?

“The puppy is fine. That’s enough, so treat your hand.”

“No way.”

“…What?”

“I said no way.”

“Stop pretending. You treated that dog too.”

“It won’t let me.”

A monk can’t shave his own head. But there’s no point saying this since he won’t understand. I smiled while Raven held my hand captive. Raven, your expression is too fierce…

“You offered your hand even though you can’t treat it right away?”

“Huh, huh?”

“You touched something that might be dangerous when you can’t even heal yourself?!”

“It’s not dangerous, it’s a puppy…”

It’s a small, cute puppy that might make me get a nosebleed. You don’t need to treat it like a bomb about to explode.

“You got hurt, just now.”

And you’re still saying it’s not dangerous? Raven asked, lifting his chin. He has an arrogant expression, but he’s carefully holding my bleeding hand.

“Throw that thing away right now.”

“Raven, you have no blood or tears…”

“…”

“How can you be like that to a tiny puppy…”

“You got hurt.”

Raven’s golden eyes glinted fiercely.

“You’re mine.”

“No, I’m my own…”

What is he saying.

Raven didn’t even pretend to listen and pulled my hand along. Even though the wound wasn’t that big, he was making a huge fuss about it.

‘The prince’s worry is quite dramatic…’

Cold yet dramatic and annoying…

But I couldn’t be cold to someone who was worried about me, so I decided to act like an adult and coax the child properly.

“Raven, I’m fine. It doesn’t even hurt. Really…”

“Try saying that in front of your parents.”

“Oh come on, Raven. You’re not my parents.”

That’s exactly my point.

Raven looked down at me for a moment. His sharp, upturned eyes and vivid golden pupils, his expressionless face wasn’t childlike, but it suited him well because he was handsome.

“I’m not your parent, but I’m your lifesaver.”

“Uh…”

“Since I picked you up, you’re practically mine.”

“Hey, that’s not right.”

I have human rights too, Your Highness. Surprising as it may be, I do.

“Anyway, if you can’t protect your body, don’t touch dangerous things. Got it?”

“What’s so dangerous about it. I just got lightly bitten by a puppy…”

He clicked his tongue saying my parents were overprotective, but what’s he doing acting similarly.

‘But it would be a bit much to speak harshly to a child.’

He was also my lifesaver.

He was also the first person I saw after opening my eyes in this world.

“Even if it looks like a puppy on the outside, it might not be on the inside.”

“Huh?”

“It could be the offspring of a ferocious monster…”

Raven raised his eyes to look over my shoulder.

“Or it could be a beastkin.”

Following Raven’s gaze, there was a small girl there.

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