I Became a Regulatory Official for the Poaching of Monsters, but the Rescued Monsters are trying to Eat Me

"Are you okay?

Keep an eye on Ulu as he lights up the lamp.

Looks like Ulu is lying down. I strolled around with my hands touching Ulu's body. When I came to the back leg of Ulu, the bait also found out why Ulu collapsed suddenly.

"This is it....."

Face down.

The left leg behind the wool was pinched with a large iron appliance.

"What is this?... a trap...?

It's a big trap that hunters can use to hunt. A structure in which a trap is activated when stepping through the middle and sharp iron fangs bite through the legs without letting go. In addition, the trap is securely chained to the ground. The part of the trap that got into my leg was wet with terra terra. When I touched it with my hand and lit the light, the red thing stuck to my finger. It's blood. It's bleeding.

"Who is this... this is the village road?

When I passed here during the day, I didn't notice anything like this. No, even if the tacticians hadn't noticed, other villagers would have noticed such a big trap in this place.

Taketo remembers Kenneth's father's words.

People came from all over the place trying to catch Forest Cat, and inside they came out trapping themselves in the woods... that's what they said.

"So, I'm here to catch Forest Cat...?

As I look at Ulu's wounds, I also observe the trap. Because it has a simple structure, I could imagine how to remove the lock somehow. Although it is now dirty with Ulu's blood and soil, there is no rust in the trap and it seems to be relatively new. It looks like it's just been placed recently.

(You mean there are poachers around here to catch Forest Cat....)

Suddenly, in the evening, I think of men who were arguing with Kenneth's father. Didn't you say they were from the Goddess Church?

A carriage, a few horses. I had the impression that there were a lot of people coming.

"Maybe... they...?

Aren't you here to catch Forest Cat from the beginning?

Legend has it that Forest Cat was carrying the goddess's car. In that sense, Forest Cat is also of special significance to the Goddess Church. I don't know why, but what if I wanted to get Forest Cat and set a trap...?

Even though my father couldn't talk because Kenneth was sick, they tried to meet Kenneth. I also seemed very anxious. It doesn't have to be rude. Are Kenneth and the others okay?

Chilliness and worry smoke my chest.

"... Shit. We have to get back to the village."

However, Ulu was wounded in the leg and couldn't run.

Tacket bites his back teeth tightly.

We need to get back to Chante and Kenneth as soon as possible.

I also have medicine. Above all, I was terribly worried about the Goddess Church people coming up with something.

"Ulu, it might hurt a little, but just hang in there."

Taketo put a lamp next to him and put his hands on the trap. Perhaps if you push the lever next to it hard from the structure, the lock will come off and the trap will open.

When the lever was pulled down hard while pressing the trap on the knee, the iron fangs that had been eating into the legs of the wool opened with the click. I'll gently remove it so that it doesn't damage your wounds as much as possible. To prevent other animals from stepping on the trap, they pushed the moving part in the middle again with their hands and actuated the trap, discarding it by the side of the road with the blade meshed up.

I grabbed the lamp and looked at Ulu's injuries.

(Wound looks deeper than I thought....)

The bleeding hasn't stopped yet.

Hang on a second.

The only thing I could use to stop the bleeding was my jacket. Cut into edges with a knife and pull to tear easily. The ends of several ripped jackets were joined together into a long cloth that wrapped strongly around the legs of the wool. Then, if you pinch and twist the picked up branch between them, tightening becomes tighter.

"It hurts, but you have to be patient."

This will replace the tourniquet somewhat.

After the first aid, Ulu stepped on his front leg and got up. However, I wonder if my left back leg hurts and cannot be weighed. Keep your legs off the ground.

It wasn't like I couldn't walk with just three legs, but I couldn't run.

I want to get to the village as soon as possible, but I can't let Ulu ride me in my current condition.

"Ulu, I'm going to run myself to the village. So Ulu lurked in the woods until the blood stopped."

Fenrir also lives in the woods. Especially at night when the color of the hair still blends into the darkness. Should poachers approach, they will not be easily found. In case of trouble, you can burn the attacker with a flame coming out of your mouth.

You must have understood what Taketo said. Looking worried, Ulu rang "Kung". Taketo sticks his nose to Ulu's big nose and prays for each other's safety.

I'll see you later.

When the tacket called out, Ulu dragged his legs off the road and went into the forest. Ulu will soon disappear into the darkness.

"I'm fine. Let's hurry."

When he put his bag back on his shoulder, Taketo ran toward the village with a lamp.

I wonder how long I ran. It was about time the sky began to whiten. However, we will not reach the village at all.

(I see. Ulu's leg was supposed to arrive around dawn. If it were my leg, how much longer would it take to get there?)

It is difficult to imagine that it will take much longer than expected.

However, the Taketto's health was close to its limit. He was confident in his health, but he rode Ulu back and forth to the lake all night and ran down the path in the woods under his feet relying on the light of the lamp.

There must have been an alarm that the sky had finally begun to light up and the sight was opening. My feet were taken from me and I stumbled on them.

"Wow..."

I accidentally dropped the lamp I was holding.

But he couldn't get up right away and let his shoulders breathe with his hands on the ground.

My body was as heavy as lead. The drowsiness was already passing, but the body couldn't move as I thought it would.

The lamp fire was extinguished when I dropped it, but I had to rely on the lamp light now, so I opened the bag and put it inside.

At that time, a small cloth wrap touched my hand. It is part of a vine similar to a Matatabi that was collected during daytime surveys around the village.

(Perhaps you like the scent of Forest Cat...)

The smell is tickling my nose.

I wonder if Forest Cat happened to meet Kenneth when he smelled like this. I wonder how Kenneth was dealing with the monster he hated. I wonder if they were close friends like Chante and Ur.

The emotion of a beast is different from the emotion of a person. People's reasoning doesn't work. However, only when they open their minds to us at random can people touch them. Taketo sees it as such.

Though fatigue was reaching its limit and blurring, a little rest calmed my breathing.

When I got up trying to run again.

Nha

Because of the morning mist, I felt that something like a small noise screamed at my ears.

Huh?

Didn't you hear anything like a cat voice right now? And I looked around, but the forest trees were still there, and nothing else changed.

(Empty ears....)

I may have heard voices of fatigue that do not exist.

(If there was Forest Cat here and he'd give me a ride. To get to the village much sooner)

That kind of thing that I was thinking in my head comes out with a mouth.

"Hey, Forest Cat. If you're in this forest, could you help me? Kenneth is in trouble. If we don't get this medicine to Kenneth in the village as soon as possible, Kenneth could die."

That's what they murmur about, but there's nothing to respond to.

(I see. How can help show up at such an convenience?)

But I ran out again, the next moment.

In front of me, something as thick and as big as the back of the tacket appeared, without any fluffing or noise, blocking the way. Stopped tackles round their eyes.

"Eh...?

As the wind blows across the barley fields, golden rice hoes wave, followed by plump hairs.

White only on the tip of the leg and around the belly, except for the long, rich hairy mix of gold and black.

The thick tail sways loosely, and the fluffy hair covers the ears with the pins facing upwards.

With his golden eyes, he glanced down at us with elegance in a highly-high and forward-looking posture, and was even divine in the morning sun from among the trees of the forest.

It is the same size as or larger than Ulu.

It was a huge cat enough to look up.