Chapter 44

The fairy tea party somehow turned into a "Warmly Watching Snowbear" gathering.

Snowbear waddled when walking and plopped down when sitting.

The children were watching Snowbear in a daze.

"By the way, what does it eat?"

I asked, looking at Joshua.

Joshua pulled out a small notebook from his pocket.

"It eats tree fruits. Its favorite is mulberries."

"Mulberries come out in autumn, right?"

"Maybe it has some stored?"

The children chimed in one by one.

One of the servants raised his hand and said,

"I think I saw some in the food storage!"

"Bring it here!"

"Quickly!"

The children exclaimed with flushed faces, excited.

The servant darted to the food storage and brought back the mulberries.

I squatted in the greenhouse, picked a single berry, and gave it to Snowbear.

Snowbear, trying to eat the mulberry, bit my hand.

"How dare you."

"This is—!"

"Erilott."

The father and the twins, who were watching, widened their eyes, and I glared at them.

"Don't petrify me."

"But you were bitten."

"It doesn't hurt at all."

It seems Snowbear's teeth haven't fully grown yet, so the bite was weak.

'Really just a baby.'

One berry wasn't enough for Snowbear.

It wriggled into my arms and bit into the cluster of mulberries in my hand, munching away.

Its fluffy white mouth corners soon turned purple.

"Cu—te!"

The children squealed again.

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We played with Snowbear in the greenhouse for about an hour.

I stared at Snowbear, who was being held by the servant, with a gloomy expression.

"Are you really going to send it away?"

"......Mm."

Snowbear is a species with a significantly low population.

It's different from dogs or cats.

We don't know what to do if it gets sick or what the owner needs to do for it to grow well.

'And it's incredibly fragile.'

So, I closed my eyes and decided to send Snowbear to a place where it could be happy.

'How can I watch such a cute thing suffer?'

"I'll take it to the Endangered Species Management Bureau."

I decided not to return it to the original owner.

He's an animal hoarder who turns them into taxidermy when he gets tired of them.

'The director of the Endangered Species Management Bureau will take good care of it.'

She's a famous person even in <Bing.Hei.Son>.

People call her the AnimalBitch.

"Hmm... hmm... cute thing... I'll make you happy with my technical brushing."