Young Master, Please Put Some Pants On! - Chapter 51

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Chapter 51

“Oh no!”

“Garulus! Are you okay?”

Garulus, who had missed his footing, fell straight to the ground. Startled, she hurriedly checked on the child. Fortunately, he wasn’t seriously hurt, but his palms and knees were slightly scraped.

“Mm. I’m fine.”

“Still, I think it would be good to apply some medicine. Wait just a moment. I’ll go to the Medical Booth and get some ointment. Contact me if anything happens!”

Mellis said, waving the small Communication Device she had received earlier. Garulus crouched down in that spot and obediently waited for Mellis to return.

How much time had passed? When Mellis didn’t return even after waiting for quite a while, Garulus looked around. Then, spotting something, Garulus tilted his head in confusion.

“Mellis?”

He could see Mellis’s back figure in the distance. Moreover, it was in the completely opposite direction from the Medical Booth she had headed toward earlier.

“That way is the Deep Forest…”

Feeling puzzled, Garulus got up from his spot and pressed the Communication Device button.

“Mellis, can you hear me? Where are you going?”

However, the Communication Device only made crackling sounds with no response whatsoever.

At the same time, anxious thoughts began to creep into the child’s mind. The image of Mellis lost and wandering through the forest kept appearing before his eyes. On top of that, he recalled what Kermanomon had earnestly warned them before coming here.

“Outside the Barrier is dangerous, so you must never go out there.”

If Mellis got lost Outside the Barrier, she might never be able to return here. He had to bring her back before she went any further. Burning with a sense of duty to protect Mellis, Garulus gripped his sword tightly in one hand and hurriedly chased after her.

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“Huh?”

Meanwhile, Mellis, who was returning with the ointment, stopped when she spotted a familiar silhouette in the distance Beyond the Barrier. That round brown back of the head and tail were definitely…

“Garulus?”

Why was Garulus, who should be inside the Barrier, running around in the forest? She tried to turn her head away, thinking she had seen wrong.

“…”

But somehow, her steps felt heavy. An uneasy feeling she couldn’t ignore had caught hold of her. Even if it wasn’t Garulus, wouldn’t it be dangerous for a young child to wander around Outside the Barrier alone? Moreover, that area was a place where people rarely went.

In the end, Mellis turned her body toward where the child had disappeared.

“This is strange. I’m sure they disappeared this way…”

However, even after walking for quite a while, Garulus was nowhere to be seen. Just as anxious feelings began to rise in the situation where she might get lost herself if she continued like this.

“…Hey! Mellis!”

A faint crying voice could be heard from far away. Mellis quickly raised her head and hurried toward that place.

It was a cry she had heard countless times before. Mellis, who had been running without a moment’s hesitation, suddenly stopped in her tracks.

“Me, Mellis!”

In the distance, Garulus was hanging precariously from the end of a Tree Branch, bursting into tears. However, what shocked her even more were the four hyenas positioned under the tree.

‘Where on earth did the hyenas come from…’

The scene from earlier suddenly flashed through her mind. They must have accompanied one of the nobles. However, as Mellis observed the hyenas, she noticed something strange.

‘They’re definitely restrained by a Magic Device, aren’t they?’

However, the atmosphere was completely different from when they had shown their gentle demeanor beside their master. They growled as if they would climb the tree at any moment and roughly scratched at the tree with their front paws.

The hyenas seemed not to notice her presence, their gazes fixed on the tree above.

At that moment when her mind became hazy as if covered by fog, Mellis remembered the communication device and urgently pressed the button and spoke.

“Garulus, can you hear me?”

“Me, Mellis! Please save me! The scary hyenas are…”

Soon Garulus’s terrified voice came through the communication device. Mellis tried to calmly reassure the child.

“Yes. I can see you. I’ll quickly call for people, so slowly move back toward the tree trunk.”

“The thing is, the tree branch…”

Only then did Mellis notice that the tree branch the child was hanging from was bending. Whether it was fortunate or not, below was a deep lake. It might be better to fall into the water before the branch broke.

“But the problem is how to save Garulus.”

Garulus was usually good at swimming, but looking at his current state, it seemed difficult for him to swim out alone. However, it wasn’t easy for her to jump into the water while avoiding the hyenas’ surveillance either.

“How on earth…”

“Aaaaah!”

At the scream coming through the communication device, she quickly raised her head. She saw the branch that had reached its limit break and Garulus plummet headfirst into the lake.

“Garulus!”

Mellis ran toward the lake without thinking about anything. At the same time, the hyenas who spotted her from afar began running quickly toward her.

It was the moment when Mellis bit her lips deeply as the gap gradually closed.

Roaaaaar- From somewhere, the roar of a massive beast echoed. Then the hyenas’ movements froze like ice, and Mellis didn’t miss that instant and threw herself into the lake.

She could see the child sinking endlessly toward the bottom in the distance. Gritting her teeth, she hurriedly grabbed Garulus, but Garulus went limp in her arms.

“…!”

It was a terrible sensation of her heart sinking. At that moment, Mellis recalled the image of her father dying before her eyes.

Only the thought that she must protect this child no matter what filled her mind completely. She couldn’t lose someone she loved before her eyes again.

As she swam with all her might with the sole determination to save the child, pure white light flowing from her body enveloped the child’s body. Surprised by this for only a moment, Mellis squeezed out every ounce of strength she had and swam toward the water surface.

“Huff, huff…”

Mellis, who had barely escaped above the water, breathed heavily. Her face was pale white with fear as she urgently checked the child’s condition.

“Garulus, Garulus!”

“…Ugh.”

Fortunately, Garulus frowned and slowly blinked his eyes. Confirming that the child was safe, the tension throughout her body seemed to release.

“Mellis… What happened here?”

“Ah, I’m glad you’re safe…”

At that moment, Mellis spotted the pack of hyenas approaching them and staggered to her feet.

Four hyenas were slowly surrounding the two of them, growling with their sharp teeth bared.

Having given up on everything, she tightly closed her eyes and covered the child’s head.

However, finding it strange that the hyenas didn’t rush at her even after a long time had passed, Mellis cautiously opened her eyes again.

‘Th-this is impossible…’

A massive tiger that had appeared from somewhere was silently watching the hyenas. Its enormous body was comparable to a decent-sized carriage.

From its gleaming bright yellow eyes, tremendous killing intent beyond description could be felt. Mellis wasn’t the only one surprised by the tiger’s imposing presence that touched her skin.

The hyenas that had been ready to pounce on her just moments before whimpered and fled with their tails between their legs.

Mellis, who had stiffened her entire body in terror, stared at the tiger with her trembling body. However, the moment their eyes met in mid-air, Mellis felt a mysterious emotion.

Unlike the murderous intent she had felt from the hyenas earlier, this was a comfortable and warm atmosphere. In that atmosphere that somehow didn’t feel entirely unfamiliar, Mellis unconsciously murmured.

“Grand Duke…?”

“Kerman!”

At those words, Garulus lifted his head and jumped down, running toward him. Soon, Kermanomon, who had gradually returned to his original form, asked with a worried voice.

“Are you okay? You’re not hurt anywhere, are you?”

“Yeah! I almost drowned, but fortunately Mellis saved me!”

Mellis showed a dazed expression at the completely unexpected situation. The moment she heard his voice, she finally felt that everything was over.

“So you were the Grand Duke… Thank goodness…”

Mellis smiled weakly, then staggered and collapsed helplessly. Kermanomon caught her in his arms with a surprised expression.

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