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We found out the fenrir’s gender
Today, we would be eating in the drawing room instead of the dining hall.
It wasn’t that I was too hungry to be able to move, but I did feel quite sluggish. And so I was grateful.
Nutrition really was important… As I thought this, I took another sip of the tea that Ms. Lyra had poured me before leaving the room.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Takumi. We should have had something ready for you as soon as you woke up.”
“Not at all. I woke up at an odd hour. It is fine. Besides, I had a lot to talk about, so this is perfect.”
“Sebastian was especially interested in your Gift.”
“Hahaha.”
“Lady Claire, I was not that…”
“Oh? Who was the one who was reading all of the books in this mansion after Mr. Takumi fainted? Besides, you were about to topple over with how you leaned forward in order to listen to Mr. Takumi.”
In my opinion, Ms. Claire had been listening with equal intensity…
Well, she did like to tease Sebastian, and so I wouldn’t say anything.
It wasn’t until Tilura pointed out that everyone, including her sister, had been listening with rapt attention, that she finally stopped.
Sometimes children just bluntly said what adults couldn’t…
Though, it was completely inconsequential on this occasion.
After some time passed, the food was ready, and it was brought in by Ms. Lyra and Ms. Claire.
As I had slept for two days, it had been decided that it would not be good for me to eat anything heavy, and so I was served what looked like oatmeal wrapped in cabbage.
I didn’t real like oatmeal when it was sweet, but the rolled cabbage that Ms. Helena made went well with the consomme soup, and it was delicious.
And in spite of their concerns, I ended up eating twice as much as Ms. Claire and the others.
…Leo gave me a look of exasperation and sighed. That was a little shocking…
After that, we rested during our usual tea time.
Ms. Lyra’s tea was always delicious.
Ms. Claire and I sat around the table as we drank, but Tilura and the fenrir had gone to play with Leo as soon as they finished eating.
“By the way, Ms. Claire…”
“What is it?”
Ms. Claire put her cup down and looked at me.
Perhaps it was because she was a noblewoman, the mere gesture of holding her teacup was beautiful.
Oh, never mind that.
Sometimes I would talk to Ms. Claire, only to find her staring back at me oddly, because I became distracted by her beauty for a few seconds. I had to be careful.
Sebastian seemed to be smirking in the back, but I ignored him.
“Have you chosen a name for the fenrir?”
“A name… Indeed… It is quite inconvenient when you don’t have one.”
Well, even without a name, there was only one fenrir here that played with Tilura aside from Leo. So we wouldn’t have trouble calling it… But yes, it would be nice to have a name.
It wasn’t until I named Leo after rescuing her that we really felt like a family.
Of course, I had named her without even knowing she was a girl… And I remember regretting it just a little…
“Perhaps it won’t be that inconvenient, but having a proper name would make things feel more friendly.”
“…Indeed… I do think it should have a name… However, what would be a good name for it?”
Apparently, Ms. Claire did not have any candidates in mind.
Yes, you would want to give it a lot of thought if you had to name someone else.
Though, I was one to talk, as I had named Leo on impulse.
“Mr. Takumi. What made you decide on Leo’s name?”
“Me? Uh…”
It would be a little awkward to explain it right in front of Leo… Oh, well.
“It was just on a whim. And then I found out that Leo was a girl, even though I had given her a boyish name…”
“That’s quite…”
“Wuff.”
Leo sighed…
Sorry, Leo.
But if anything, now that Leo was a SIlver Fenrir, the name sounded cool and appropriate.
“Sebastian. Do you have any good ideas?”
“Indeed…”
Oh, apparently Ms. Claire decided that I would be of no use.
I suppose that I couldn’t blame her after picking a name like Leo.
“In that case, shouldn’t we find out if the fenrir is male or female?”
“Ah, yes. I haven’t even checked that yet.”
“That’s right. That is what we need to learn first.”
Neither Ms. Claire or Sebastian had checked to see the fenrir’s gender.
It was a good thing too, or they might have just repeated the mistake that I had made.
“Come over here, fenrir.”
“Kyau?”
Ms. Claire called the fenrir. And though it had been playing with Tilura, it answered her call obediently.
Training it would likely be quite easy then.
Well, I didn’t know if the fenrir even needed to be trained. Leo seemed to have been instructing it ever since they met in the forest…
“Can you tell, Sebastian?”
“Yes… This fenrir is female.”
Ms. Claire held the fenrirs paws up so that its belly was exposed to Sebastian.
Fenrirs were very vicious monsters…and yet it allowed itself to be held in such a defenseless position… Was it because it was young? Or that it trusted Ms. Claire? Or was it because of Leo’s training…
“Female. So then it’s a girl, just like Leo.”
“Wuff.”
“And me!”
Tilura shouted happily when she found out that the fenrir was a girl.
Leo nodded as if this was old news to her.
So Leo already knew. Well, they were a very similar species.
Though, Ms. Claire and the others seemed to think that fenrirs and Silver Fenrirs were completely different.