The morning sun begins to rise illuminates the rugaloo. That was a beautiful view. So much so that I accidentally fall in love.

"Owong......"

Low, thin, long howls. It took a little while for me to realize that was the sound of this rugaloo. Because it sounded like a brass instrument to my ear. Among the orchestras played by various instruments, they are supported by the lowest sound. It was such a mind-blowing sound.

Unexpectedly, I step forward. I'm trying to be vigilant, but I want to make contact. My heart moved my leg forward.

Even that slight sound of walking will be heard in those ears.

Rugaloo saw this way.

"Huh!?

Vikri and trembling Lugaroo take one step back, contrary to me.

"Ma, wait. I'm not going to fight."

As I say, I think to myself that it stinks of lies. Whatever, there's a big spear in my hand.

"Why, you..."

"You know me...?

I don't know any werewolves... Rachel? That's a Divine Wolf.

"You got in the carriage with me. More than that, why are you here?

"What? No, no, wait a minute. Carriage with......?

"Though I would have been in a carriage coming to Yucca!

I can roar rugaloo in a beautiful way. The fangs lined up are so scary.

"... uh, so you, maybe, are that beastman?

"Yeah, but? Huh? You didn't notice?

"I don't know!

Looks and characters are totally different!

Still bold and back of the head......? Behind your ears......? scratching that look doesn't look like that fuh-beast kid. Looks like a good warrior. Well, if you think you were fighting with that knuckle duster on, are you convinced in that regard...

"Ha, what do you know..."

"You're here to kill me?

"No, I came a long way because I wanted to see Rugaloo at first sight."

I lost my strength. I lowered my hips by the tree. Slightly headed this way, Rugaloo sits next to him.

"... Speaking of which, you didn't hear the name"

"Oh, I'm a rabbit. Just an adventurer."

"Can just an adventurer ravage a bandit...... I'm Lehati. He's a werewolf beast."

Ancestry. and Lehati added at the end.

"My ancestral return is also responsible for my appearance. I have to hide myself in the woods every two months."

"That's tough..."

"It's no big deal... uh... fuck you..."

Lehatti in bad shape as he looks up at the dawn sky. From its appearance and behavior, I don't think it's the same as the kid who was upside down in the bathroom at that time.

"Well, I'm glad I took a full bath."

"So don't go in there until you can reverse it... you really freaked me out"

"Oh, that, after a bit of a long time in there, someone else came in, and the guy came out, so I tried to get out too, and you came in and couldn't get out..."

Lehatti scratches the beast surface polypoly. Well, it would certainly be awkward to see a beast ear... no one thinks a hidden beast man is taking a bath in a luxury inn. Maybe it was an imposition in anticipation of that, but, well, don't be too risky...

"When you look like this, you can't go back right away. I don't get to take my favorite bath...... then it's natural to want to get plenty before then?

"Well, I know what you're trying to say"

"Right!? Ha, good. I wasn't wrong..."

I agree the bath feels good. I love it, too.

"Then why don't we just go to the hot spring zone?

"It's a hot spring... I'd like to go, but it's far away..."

I tried to suggest it appropriately, but they have the hot spring zone itself. It doesn't seem to be around here.

"The end of the Alexia Mountains to the north is the sea at the edge of the continent, but the island that lies ahead is an active volcano. It's famous as Hot Springs Island."

"That's the other island on the edge of that mountain range..."

"Huh? It's a long way from here, isn't it? You can't go with this body..."

Ah...... and a lehati that exhales and depresses. I'm sure he was depressed to dream about that hot spring island over and over again. You are plagued by unwanted traits and you are not free to take a bath. Imagine how healthy it is to be alive.

"Speaking of which, you have a kind of wolfish vibe."

"Hmm? Oh, that's... uh, keep it to yourself"

"Ah? Okay, tell me, this!

I'm going to put a headlock on the play, but for real, it hurts so bad.

"Ouch, ooh, ooh, ooh!!

"Ah. Evil. No."

"Oh, you... think about how you are now..."

"Excuse me. Excuse me. So? Why are you looking like a wolf?

I told you to keep it to yourself...... haha, I guess I just have to say it.

"I'm a family member of Beowulf."

"What? Beowulf? Seriously..."

"Seriously, by the way, I know Fenrir."

"You're lying... you're not a legendary demon..."

You surprised me, but you made me feel better. I also told you Rachel existed. I'm sorry to hear you boast about your friends.

And I remembered about Rachel. If we had his front door, we'd be able to get to Hot Springs Island in the distance, right?

"Lehati. Why don't you meet Fenrill?

"Oh, can I see you?

"Oh, maybe you'll get what you want"

"Seriously!? You can go to Hot Springs Island!?

"Maybe, though. Don't expect too much."

"Yay! Thanks Asagi!"

Lehatti hugging me happily. The hair felt really good, but I was about to be strangled if I enjoyed it for a few more minutes.

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Lehati and I promised to meet tomorrow in an abandoned village. So I'm going to have Daniela connect me to the front door and meet with Rachel. I don't know if I'll be able to see you well because I have plans.

"You want to make it happen..."

Since the promise, Lehatti has told me why she is here.

They say Lehati's hometown is behind the woods, close to Aretha. That's where I lived with my family, but the day I got 10, Lehati's life changed.

The sparsely populated beast man seems to have a custom of celebrating the villagers' birthdays in total. Besides, Lehatti was also surrounded by villagers and celebrating a happy birthday.

But at the end of the ceremony celebrating that birthday. He had a change in his body when he burned and transferred the burning pine lights to a company that had assembled them in the village square.

It feels like a fire in front of you, like it burns. A burning sensation, proportional to the company's burning.

And when the company was all engulfed in fire, Lehatti turned into a werewolf figure with a howl.

"Then. Everyone started treating me like a swelling."

The side of Lehatti, whining, seemed very lonely.

Before long, Lehatti was expelled from the village. It's still hard for a 10-year-old and a few months old to live in the woods. It is always a world of death and neighbourliness.

But ironically the ancestral Lehatti was far stronger than the demons around it. It seems that even orcs can be butchered in one blow when they are werewolved.

That's how Lehatti, who lived alone, apparently was picked up one day by a pedestrian. He said he didn't find out about wearing a hat made of dead adventurer clothes, but he was still taught that people were horrible creatures.

The pedestrian with such a lehati went to town. A gatekeeper who passes without questioning the human identity that a broad-faced pedestrian can take with him. And people who go out and call out. Inn employee who welcomed me.

The destination was the bathroom. Lehatti, who usually just wipes his body with a wet cloth, learned of the happiness of soaking in warm water. I know.

From then on, I loved the bath, Lehatti. Sell what you gather in the woods to the pedestrians, make money and go to the inn, and let them just take a bath. They say it's because it's expensive to stay.

That's how you sell things to the merchants, you take a bath. But such a life didn't last long either.

One day, Lehatti's hat, who came to sell things as usual, was flown into the wind. In front of the pedestrian's eyes, she was found to be an animal man.

Lehati in a hurry to escape. But it seems the pedestrians stood up without going after them.

The next day. When Lehatti went to the fearful usual place, a pedestrian stood as usual. When I find Lehatti, I smile and make the call as usual.

When I slowly stepped out in front of the pedestrian, 'It's for yesterday's sake,' I handed him the money.

Lehatti, who received such kindness, said he cried heavily. It's been a long time since anyone else has been nice to me. They chased the village, and one, the life living in the woods, they were rubbing their minds less than they thought.

"That's when I found out that even humans were kind."

Lehatti, who shrugged so much, was laughing very happily.

But such a tragedy befalls Lehati again.