"I just heard you said it meant something special, touch me."
"No, but that doesn't mean it's that easy to say. ...... Or who did you ask?"
"Sifo."
The boy is funny, changing his expression from roll to roll. He asked me who told me that, so I said Sifo's name and pointed to him.
You understand the language?
I have a contract with him.
"You have a contract with ......? Does that mean that Skyhorse has approved me?
I don't know if they have, but we're good friends.
The fact that they look surprised, it may be that it is not every day that demons make a contract. I honestly don't know what's special and what's not, as I don't have any knowledge about that kind of thing.
What is the boy ...... doing here?
I have a name, Gaius. I'm Gaius, and I'm here because our God is here! I've brought tribute with my fathers!
Tribute?
Yes! I don't know what it is, but my dad said they wanted clothes.
Clothes ......?
I think to myself, "Could it be?
I'm not sure if the God that Gaius, the beast boy, is referring to is ...... a gryphon?
"You mean the gryphon?"
How the hell do you know that? Can you read minds?
Gaius is looking at me with very expectant eyes. The most important thing to remember is that you can't read the mind. I mean, is Gaius the kind of girl who gets excited when someone can read his mind or something? If it were me, I wouldn't like it a bit if someone could read my mind.
I can't read minds. Gaius said he came with his father.
Yeah, I heard some singing, so I got curious and came over here. ......
Me and Ceefo?
Yes, I heard you and Skyhorse singing, and I was surprised. I'm not sure what to do with it, but I'm sure it's something that I'm going to have to do with it. Don't ever do that to a beastie again!"
It seems that my father and I got separated by Sifo's singing. I'm not sure what to make of that.
But still, what does it mean that the griffons are gods? And I guess they get their clothes from the beastmen. And since he said "tribute," do the griffons get tribute from the beastmen regularly?
I wonder if people who live in the nature have some kind of reverence for strong beings.
Ears and tails.
Gaius' ears and tail are brown and so fluffy and comfortable. I wonder if I can't touch them anymore. I want to touch them. ......
Then again, I'm not sure. ......
"If I take responsibility, can I touch Gaius?"
I think it's better for me to be responsible and have three fluffy days than to not be able to touch fluffy things all the time. I want to fluff and I think it's good to have a fluffer as a husband.
You ...... woman shouldn't say it so easily!"
But I want to touch ...... you."
'Well, you can't look at me like that!
"...... Gaius, do you not want me to be your number?"
No, I don't! No, I don't! No, I mean, my dad told me that the number is very important and it's not an easy thing to decide!
I don't mind. I'm actually happy about the tail wagging? It's kind of cute. I want to touch the wagging tail. I also want to touch the ears that are twitching.
I wonder if Gaius' father is a fluffy wolf like Gaius. Or are there other fluffy beasts?
Think about it, if you want to be one, okay?"
That's ...... okay, though.
It's fine. Gaius, you're cute.
The tail wagging and the honest manner in which he said things made me smile.
What's wrong?
What's wrong with ......?"
"......, it's nothing!
Is your face red?
Don't look at me!
I don't know what's wrong. Well, it doesn't matter. I feel like I haven't introduced myself to Gaius. I have to say my name.
Lerunda.
Lelunda.
My name.
Oh, your name is Lelunda. What is Lelunda doing here? Why would a human being come this far into the woods?
Because I was abandoned. ......
What?
I told him honestly that I had been abandoned, and Gaius looked surprised.
Humans certainly don't come this deep into the forest. Humans live in places where they cut through the forest or something, and they don't come to places like this because of the demons.
I had never been this deep into the forest until I was abandoned and brought to Cifo.
Are you sure you're okay with being abandoned?
I'm fine. I'm fine, like this, I'm fine.
He said he was worried about me. She's a good girl, even though we've never met before. It makes me happy to hear that he is worried about me.
Oh, that's right. Gaius said he got separated from his father and his family. Gaius' fathers might be very worried about him. I need to let them know that Gaius is safe.
If Gaius' fathers had brought tribute to the gryphon, maybe I could make it back to the gryphon's nest.
That's what I thought.
"Gaius, let's go."
Go? Where?
To the gryphon.
Where?
Just get in.
I put Gaius on the Seafo, and I got on the Seafo, and we went back to the griffon's lair.
---A girl and a boy.
(Maybe the girl, who is a godchild, is having a conversation with the boy, who is a beast.)