Chapter 73: A Meowing Manticore
Helena and Alexander started tending to Mittens' wounds.
It was their ally now so they can't let it die.
Fortunately, although it took a lot of potions, Mittens slowly recovered. They were out of strong health potions so they couldn't do anything except feed it lots of lesser health potions.
After around a hundred lesser health potions, the bleeding on Mittens' neck finally stopped.
Mittens was feeling weak though, it lost a lot of blood so Helena and Alexander let it rest for a whole day while they investigated the lake.
Back at the camp, the battalion commanders were in the middle of a meeting. They were planning to go back to the area to investigate what happened to Helena and Alexander.
It had been a day and they still weren't back so the battalion commanders were extremely worried.
Especially Leif, his guilt was consuming him and negative thoughts flooded his mind because he knew that he distracted Helena and Alexander when he didn't leave the area immediately.
He thought that Helena and Alexander might've died because of him.
However, In the end, the battalion commanders decided that it would be best to wait for another half a day before going back to the lake area to check.
– At the lake area –
Helena and Alexander didn't find anything unusual or useful even though the lake was definitely giving them a mystical and eerie vibe.
They even asked Mittens about the lake water but it didn't seem to have noticed anything unusual with the water.
Mittens said that it only uses the lake water as a drink when it's thirsty.
After a few more hours, Helena finally decided to give up the investigation and instead, she just stored a small amount of lake water for Blanc to examine.
Why should she use her brain so hard when they had Blanc to do the thinking for them?
Before leaving, Helena decided to check Mittens' condition and after seeing that it seemed to have recovered a bit by now, the three of them decided to go back to camp.
The three of them started walking towards the direction of the camp while Mittens decided to walk behind the two of them and observe them from afar.
Helena didn't stop Mittens from doing what it wanted. They have its beast core anyway so it can't defy them.
After half an hour of walking…
"General! Alex!"
Someone called out to them and Helena immediately recognized the voice.
"Leif? Why are you guys here?"
"Reporting to the general! You two were gone for a whole day so we were worried. After thinking about it, we decided to return to the area to investigate what happened."
"I see, don't worry we're ok, we got delayed because we investigated the lake. Sadly, we found nothing valuable there."
"Then…What happened to the Manticore?"
Leif and the other battalion commanders couldn't help but be curious.
Did they manage to kill it? Did it flee? Helena and Alex are fine so they obviously won.
"Oh you mean Mittens? Mittens! Come here!"
Mittens? The battalion commanders were confused about what was happening. They couldn't remember anyone called Mittens.
A few moments later, their questions were answered as loud footsteps slowly got closer and closer to them.
The eyes of the battalion commanders including Leif were wide open due to disbelief.
"M-M-Manticore!!"
They couldn't help but exclaim upon seeing the Manticore standing obediently behind Helena and Alex.
After seeing the reactions of her battalion commanders, Helena inwardly smiled.
She enjoys seeing such extreme reactions to her achievements and that's why she's inwardly happy about it.
Helena didn't miss this chance and introduced Mittens to everyone.
"Oh, by the way, it is called Mittens now. It bowed down to my greatness and has decided to protect the town with us."
Mittens looked aggrieved after hearing Helena's introduction. However, it knew that it had to put up with every bullshit that Helena says so it just remained quiet.
"Mittens is amazing you know? he can talk to your minds directly! Hey Mittens! Introduce yourself to them! I also wanna hear your introduction so include me!"
Unfortunately for Mittens, it wasn't even allowed to stay quiet as Helena boasted of its ability to communicate by using telepathy.
"Y-Yo…I'm called Mittens now! N-Nice to meet you!"
"What the fuck is that?! You call that an introduction?! Do it again in a cuter way! Also, meow at the end!"
Mittens was going crazy due to embarrassment. From a mighty top predator in the Forest of Echoes, it was now being forced to introduce itself like a child.
Alexander was inwardly laughing. This general Helena of theirs is truly too funny.
Alex knows that Helena still harbors quite a bit of resentment to the Manticore so she was bullying it in order to get revenge for everything it had done to them.
"E-Everyone, my name is Mittens! N-Nice to meet all of you! m-meow~"
"Pfft! Hahahahaha" The battalion commanders couldn't help but laugh at the introduction while the Manticore was dying from the embarrassment.
They all understand their general and they know that she was bullying Mittens.
This was a good thing though, this funny moment made it easier for them to communicate with Mittens in the future.
After a few more moments of laughing, the battalion commanders became serious and reported the conditions of the elite soldiers who were pinned under the Manticore's paws.
Fortunately, Although they were still unconscious and heavily injured even after drinking potions, there were no casualties.
With this, Helena finally buried the hatchet and completely forgave Mittens for everything it had done to them.
It seems that many of the elite soldiers were incapacitated though so they had to go back to the town for now.
They've gained a lot from this expedition anyway so Helena had no regrets.
After a few more minutes of walking, they arrived at the camp, and as expected, her men went crazy after seeing the Manticore.
They only calmed down after Helena explained what happened.
Still, Helena's story wasn't enough to completely remove the elite soldiers' vigilance towards Mittens. It was completely understandable though.
This was a normal human reaction and It isn't every day that you get to see a Manticore submitting to a human.
After introducing the Manticore to everyone, Helena ordered her men to pack up their things and carry the injured.
It's time to go back to the town!
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