But Ms. Anne was too preoccupied with Sherry to notice Leo’s approach. Perhaps she had not even noticed that we entered the room…
And so Ms. Claire and I smiled and watched as Leo stealthily walked up behind Ms. Anne.
“Kyau?”
“WUFF!”
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!”
“Pfftt!”
“Hahaha! Ms. Claire, you shouldn’t laugh at her.”
“But you are laughing too, Mr. Takumi. Hehehehe!”
Sherry saw Leo approaching, and so she barked and tilted her head to the side.
Just then, Leo barked behind Ms. Anne, who then let out a great shriek and jumped up from her seat.
Upon seeing Ms. Anne fall to the ground and land on her buttocks, Ms. Claire could not hold it back any longer. She burst into laughter, and so did I.
In the end, while Leo had moved carefully, it was the bark that stpoiled it… Perhaps I shouldn’t have said anything to begin with?
“Wh-wh-wh-wh-why is it behind me!! Is it going to attack!?”
“Calm down, Anne. Good Leo would never attack a human.”
“Wuff.”
“Kyau!”
“Wou.”
Ms. Anne shuddered as she sat on the floor and looked up at Leo.
While Ms. Claire tried to calm her down, she was not very successful.
Now that Ms. Anne was not looking at her, Sherry jumped away from the chair and landed on top of Leo’s head.
It was her favorite spot, and she seemed quite happy.
Leo didn’t mind if Sherry was there, and she just barked quietly to her.
“It should not appear behind me so suddenly like that…”
“I think Leo just wants to play with you, Anne. Because you only play with Sherry…”
“That’s easy for you to say…”
“Hahaha. Are you really so frightened by Leo, Ms. Anne?”
“By living here…I do see and understand that it doesn’t really attack people… But you still cannot expect me to act normal when around such a huge Silver Fenrir.”
“Wuff?”
Now that Ms. Anne had finally regained her calm, she got up from the floor and sat in a chair that was far away from Leo.
It’s because I’m too big? Leo seemed to ask with a bark, which only served to make Ms. Anne jump.
Well, she was a wolf that was big enough to carry multiple people. And so the fear would not be easy to shake off for some.
“Oh, Claire, Anne, and Mr. Takumi, you are here.”
“Mr. Ekenhart.”
“Father.”
“Your Grace…”
“Wuff.”
“Kyau.”
“Haha. You looked very tired, Anne. Was it Leo again?”
As I was watching Ms. Anne, Mr. Ekenhart opened the doors of the dining hall and entered. Behind him were Sebastian and the maids, who brought in the food. So lunch was ready now.
Mr. Ekenhart sat at the table and laughed at the sight of Ms. Anne.
Unlike a moment earlier, she was calm and collected again, but her hair was in disarray, so Mr. Ekenhart could guess as to what had happened.