I Opened an Illegal Animal Hospital in Another World - Chapter 36

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36

Chapter 10. Let’s Start a Business! (2)

“How can I face Renate now….”

“It’s too late for that.”

“Just knowing that you kidnapped her would cause an uproar….”

“The leader of my pack who I thought was reliable turns out to be a criminal?!”

Ron and Ella looked at me coldly. I didn’t back down.

I was eating snacks that Ella had brought, sitting in a tavern that was closed during the day, with a carpet laid out and a clean tablecloth spread over the table. I had said the tablecloth and carpet weren’t necessary, but Ella convinced me to use them since she had already brought them.

I knew it would be more comfortable to use them, and since I couldn’t find a reason not to, I agreed.

Ron looked disgusted as he watched Ella efficiently unpack the tea set. It was a cute, delicate set that didn’t suit him at all. It was Father’s hobby.

“I don’t have a hobby of drinking tea.”

“Still, just have one cup. If I exclude only Ron, I’ll look like the bad person.”

“You wouldn’t refuse Lady Shana’s request….”

“…If I don’t drink it, that woman will probably hang me upside down and pour tea into my nostrils….”

“Oh come on, surely not. Our Ella wouldn’t do such a thing.”

She would though.

And then some….

My teacup looked adorably toy-like when placed in Ron’s hands. He barely managed to hold the teacup with his index finger and thumb, then pleaded with teary eyes asking if he really had to drink it.

He also refused the brownies Bailey had made, saying he didn’t like sweet things. That was fine.

Actually, his expression had brightened when he saw the brownies, but as soon as I told him who made them, he immediately put down his fork. I have no idea what he did in just one night.

“If Renate finds out I brought a child to a tavern and made her work, he’ll try to kill me….”

Strictly speaking, I wasn’t being brought to a tavern to work—I had occupied his workplace.

“Cheer up, Ron.”

“You won’t even pretend to say you’ll stop him.”

I’m weak to beautiful people. Just looking at their faces makes my heart soft and I can’t refuse them.

“I’ll treat you so you don’t die. Don’t worry.”

“How reassuring….”

Ron collapsed onto the bar counter, his shoulders shaking as if he were sobbing. When I first met him, I thought he was an upright and reliable person, but the more we talked, the more I realized he was tender-hearted.

He was weak to small and cute things, complained a lot, and was quite tearful.

‘He feels really sorry toward me….’

Even when I played mischievous pranks on him, he accepted them all while unable to look me straight in the eye. Except for that time he struck my stomach with those steel-like shoulders, I had no particular complaints….

He was a kind kidnapper who even cleaned up vomit from a girl he’d never met before.

While I was briefly wondering if this could be called consolation, the door opened and Evelyn entered.

“Lady Shana! I’m here!”

“Welcome, Evelyn!”

“The kidnapper didn’t bother you while I was gone, did he!?”

I found the cause. It was because of the people around me who constantly reminded him of his criminal acts.

“Stop tormenting Ron.”

“I didn’t really torment him much. My turn hasn’t even come yet. It was mostly Bailey who was active.”

Evelyn let out a cute complaint. The content was brutal. I don’t want to know this other side of my (former) nanny….

“He’s also your relative uncle.”

“That thing?”

Evelyn glared coldly at Ron. Ron sniffled and said,

“I’m the one who picked you up together with Renate.”

“I don’t remember.”

It was a lie. Evelyn was also good at lying. My child can do everything. Since everyone knew it was a lie, she quickly changed her words.

“The ones who saved me were Renate and Lady Shana. I don’t owe you any debt at all…?”

“I wasn’t saying you owe me a debt.”

“I’m not your relative either. I’m not a gray wolf.”

“Still, you’re of a similar lineage, aren’t you?”

“I don’t want to be of a similar lineage to a criminal.”

“….”

Evelyn was quite merciless to everyone except me.

The wariness and attempts to bite were only at first; after that, she always stuck close to me and only listened to my words. She wouldn’t even listen to my parents unless it was my words, so Bailey was apparently having a hard time with her education.

She seemed to at least listen to Maria, who directly taught her combat skills.

Her excessive loyalty was sometimes worrying. I might not be able to stay by her side for life.

‘You never know how things in the world will turn out….’

It was dangerous to believe you could stay with the people beside you forever. When that belief shattered, it became too painful. I changed the subject.

“Were the children’s conditions okay?”

“Of course! Lady Shana treated them. They’re perfectly healthy!”

Since I had brought Ron away immediately, I was concerned that I hadn’t been able to ask whether their illnesses were completely cured or if there were any other problematic conditions.

But since I showed quite a violent scene yesterday, I sent Evelyn instead in case the humans might be wary.

“That’s a relief. It would have been better if I went myself though…”

“We can’t make Lady Shana do such labor!”

“No, I didn’t mean I would carry the luggage myself…”

I’m physically weak.

“I asked each person one by one if they had any pain! Of course there wouldn’t be any!”

Let’s ignore that momentum that seemed to say if anyone claimed to be sick when they couldn’t possibly be, she’d make them really sick.

“Did you find any sick beastmen?”

“Not yet. There are many beastmen here who depend on the Gray Wolf pack, but it seems other small packs exist too. Since they’re all connected through word of mouth, contact will definitely come.”

Evelyn perked up her ears and looked at me. I could clearly see she was waiting for praise. Ella and Ron weren’t even looking elsewhere, staring straight at me.

It’s not good that they depend on me too much… It’ll be hard to separate them later… Right now we’re friends playing together, but later they’ll need to be independent…

‘But how can I resist something so cute…’

I lost. How can I win against cuteness. We’re still young so it should be fine for now… Just in case, I purified Evelyn’s entire body while praising her.

“Thank you, you’re really capable. Cool!”

Evelyn smiled proudly. Even this is cute…

“Then Ron, is there a blacksmith around here?”

“Why a blacksmith all of a sudden?”

“…Ron, what’s with that suspicious look?”

What did I do? I could just be curious. Ron didn’t hide his expression that seemed anxious about what kind of trouble I might cause.

“I, what did I do.”

“That’s the look of someone suspecting what kind of accident I might cause.”

Ella and Evelyn glared at Ron as if saying “How dare you suspect Lady Shana? Who do you think you are!” No, you two don’t butt in.

“No. I mean, it’s not that it’s not. No…”

“Which is it.”

It’s not that it’s not, but it’s not, but it is?

“…You don’t act like a child, so I’m just confused about how to treat you. Normally I’d threaten a 7-year-old not to even go near a blacksmith, but you’re not even a beastman and completely different from your appearance…”

Ella and Evelyn puffed out their chests saying “Lady Shana is a genius!” Don’t butt in, both of you…

“I’m not that strange a person. I just asked because I have something to make?”

“You are…”

Ron looked at me with a complicated expression.

“Renate said not to touch you.”

“Huh?”

“Your status aside, you have power that makes you an easy target but no power to protect yourself, so it’s better to leave you alone until you’re fully grown. But seeing children dying right now, I couldn’t even remember those words.”

Suddenly a confession. I picked up my teacup with an indifferent expression. Elegantly as the etiquette teacher at the Imperial Palace taught me… no, I just thought not to down it in one shot and drank. Slurp, hot hot.

“Not just Rierem District, but the slums aren’t only filled with beastmen. Various races are gathered there… Almost none have favorable feelings toward humans, and many are even aggressive. Beastmen are on the moderate side.”

“Ah, I see…”

“Listen seriously.”

Ron just sounded like a scholar. The scholar always says that to me too. Even though Raven was also fooling around, only to me.

“Ella, can’t you give me just a little more brownie?”

“No, Lady Shana. You’ll get cavities.”

“Hiiing…”

“Acting cute won’t work either.”

“Tch.”

Ella was an iron wall. Ron clenched his fists and shouted while trembling.

“Fine! Fine! You have no intention of listening to me!”

“Oops, caught.”

“…Don’t act like a child only at times like this.”

“That’s caught too.”

Ron huffed with his large shoulders heaving. I started worrying if he might collapse from high blood pressure.

Then, as if giving up on nagging, he shook his head.

As the leader of the pack, Ron seemed to have a strong sense of responsibility. Touching me when Renate warned not to was his mistake, and he seemed worried that I might invite danger by making a fuss about building a hospital because of him.

But no one paid him the attention that would surprise anyone! Ron was dejected!

“Follow me, I’ll introduce you to the craftsman who makes weapons for our pack.”

“Wow, capable! As expected of an organization boss!”

“Stop that mockery…”

Ron seemed to have shrunk considerably.

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“Lili… Pull yourself together, please…”

“…I’m, fine…”

Her voice was so thin it seemed ready to break at any moment. The young boy looking down at the small girl curled up tightly gritted his teeth.

“They say all the Gray Wolf Clan children survived. The human the alpha brought healed them.”

“Human?”

The labored breathing that had been continuing with difficulty stopped for a moment. The air instantly became sharp. The boy continued speaking, pretending not to notice.

“She’s still just a child! Even if it becomes dangerous, we can easily win…”

“You still believe in humans?”

“…Lili…”

The crouched girl flashed a blue glare through the rag-like blanket covering her.

“If I had the strength, I’d want to tear all humans apart and kill them…!”

“But Lili, if you stay like this, you’ll die!”

“Dying would be better. You get lost too. I never asked for help!”

“Lili!”

“If you’re going to tell me to rely on humans, get out of my sight right now, understand? Humans are more horrible to me than this disease…”

The ankle protruding from the rags was nothing but bone, barely a handful, and even that was covered in scars. Lili kept coughing with phlegm rattling, then lay face down and hid her face completely.

“You’re going to die like this.”

“Leave me alone. You go too. The disease might spread… You’re scared, right? Don’t ever come again…”

“…”

The boy looked down at the stubbornly crouched girl, then soon moved his steps weakly.

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