Chapter 121. My Name Is Pro, and I'm Very Arrogant!
On the grassland inside the case, Duncan swung his wand to tend to the wounds on the Erumpent and the Unicorn.
Seeing Dumbledore and Professor Kettleburn arrive, he promptly slipped into the case.
He hid the case under the fallen leaves beneath a boulder, so the two shrewd old men wouldn't spot it.
After applying the potion, Duncan put away his wand and clapped his hands. "All right, your injuries should heal in a couple of days."
Ari and Charlie swished their tails and bellowed, "Duncan, hurry up—we strongly demand an extra meal. That wizard was far too frightening. Fighting him exhausted all our strength, and we urgently need to replenish it."
Hearing them, Pro, Mori, and the Acromantulas also came forward, eyes shining, staring fixedly at Duncan.
"No problem—tonight you can eat your fill!" Duncan said with a bold wave.
Christmas was just around the corner; it was just right to have them clear out the stores so he could go back and restock fresh feed.
"Oh yeah, long live Duncan!" several magical beasts cheered at once, and even the Unicorn circling in the air came down.
The Unicorn and the Jarvey blinked, full of puzzlement as they looked at Pro and the others.
The two of them couldn't understand each other's language and didn't know why Pro and the rest had suddenly become so excited.
"I promised them an extra meal tonight, so they're that happy," Duncan said to the Unicorn and the Jarvey with a smile.
At his words, the Jarvey's eyes lit up; it gazed at Duncan expectantly, wide-eyed.
"Don't worry, you'll have some too," Duncan said with a smile, turning to the cold store.
When he returned, all kinds of food were floating behind him, following his wand as they flew toward the magical beasts waiting anxiously.
While the group of beasts tucked in, Duncan took a portion over to the Unicorn and said softly, "You should eat a bit as well; it will help your wound to recover."
The Unicorn nodded anxiously; although the food looked delicious, it had no appetite.
Duncan knew what it was worried about and comforted it: "Don't worry, your foal will definitely be fine. A very powerful wizard came just now—Dumbledore, you know him? With him around, that hateful Dark wizard absolutely won't dare to stay in the Forest any longer. In a moment I'll take you out to look for your foal."
The Unicorn's eyes showed gratitude. "We truly owe you for tonight. Thank you for your help."
"Don't mention it—we're friends, even if we've only known each other for a short while," Duncan said with a smile.
At those words, the Unicorn raised its head and gazed at Duncan. Its herd had seldom interacted with humans.
In their hearts, humans were extremely dangerous beings; the slightest carelessness among them could endanger their safety.
But the boy before it felt different. From their first meeting until now, it had only felt gentle goodwill.
It was as if a voice kept lulling at its ear, urging it to trust the boy in front of it with all its heart, not to be nervous.
This was an emotion it had never experienced before...
"What's wrong with you?" Duncan raised his hand and waved it in front of the Unicorn's eyes.
"N-no, nothing..." the Unicorn answered softly, lowering its head to eat the food Duncan had set before it.
Duncan lifted his brows and shifted his gaze to the side.
Pro and the others were eating in great mouthfuls, eyebrows dancing with delight, food juices smeared on their faces.
Unfortunately, live streaming hadn't been invented in this era; otherwise, if Pro and the others started an eating stream, they'd definitely gain a lot of fans.
But that Jarvey still hadn't taken a bite; it sat to the side watching the beasts eat, drool wetting its lips and dripping down.
Duncan looked around and, in a corner, found the food he had given the Jarvey.
It had neatly stacked the chunks of meat and carefully hidden them away without touching a single piece.
With only a moment's thought, Duncan understood why the Jarvey had done this.
With the cold of winter descending, the surface was covered in ice and snow; many small animals feared the chill and hid in their burrows, unwilling to come out.
The Jarvey's food supplies had dwindled as well; it was probably planning to leave these chunks here to take back to its kits.
Duncan crouched down and said, "You should eat some too. When you're leaving, I'll give you some more to take to your family."
The Jarvey's eyes went very wide; it looked at Duncan in delight, straightening its forebody, putting its two paws together, and giving Duncan a little shake.
Then it could no longer resist the temptation of the delicacies; it bounded to the pile of meat in the corner, carefully dragged down a piece, and nibbled it in small bites.
After ten or twenty minutes, the magical beasts finished eating, sweeping clean all the food from plates large and small.
Pro sprawled lazily on the ground, scratching at his round belly with his paws, eyes vacant as he stared at the ceiling, burping.
After a few scratches, he seemed to find lying down a bit uncomfortable, and waved a paw arrogantly to the side. "Mori, come hoist your grandpa up."
The two Erumpents immediately stopped their post-meal prancing and, at the same time, looked round at Mori with wide eyes.
Their expressions seemed to say, No wonder he's our big brother; he even dares to order around the ill-tempered Kelpie!
Mori, too, was taken aback for a moment.
It narrowed its eyes at Pro, a cold smile curling at the corner of its mouth. "Pro, were you just talking to me? Telling me to come over and hoist you up? Are you sure?"
Pro, still mid-wave, gave a start at Mori's barrage of questions; its waving paw went stiff.
It had eaten itself silly and forgotten that, now, the other magical beasts could also understand its language.
Normally it relied on the fact that the others couldn't understand and often spewed arrogant provocations.
Now the habit it had formed had done it in—it had made a huge mistake.
Pro rolled over and wanted to explain properly to Mori, to smooth over the anger in the other's heart.
But, unexpectedly, the Erumpent Ari stepped out ahead of Pro.
It lifted its head in pride. "Does our big brother need to repeat himself? Do your ears have a problem?"
"Hiss..." Pro's fur stood on end; it drew in a sharp breath and cried out inwardly that this was bad.
"Big brother?" As expected, a cold smile hung on Mori's face, and the look it turned on Pro grew ever more dangerous.
"Mori, I was wrong. I'll call you brother, all right? Please forgive me!" Pro shouted, fleeing in panic toward the distance.
"It's already too late!" Mori roared, stomping down in fury.
Its hair lengthened and lashed out, taking turns to whip Pro's backside, swatting it into the air again and again.
"Beautiful strikes!" Thunderbird Kray praised in delight, snatching up Pro and continuing to fly upward.
Then, amid Pro's pleas for mercy, it loosened its claws, and Mori on the ground caught him again; the two beasts had started to work in tandem.
"What's the matter with them?" the Unicorn asked, muscles tense and a little uneasy as it watched the beasts suddenly come to blows.
In the Forest, when two different kinds of magical beasts fight, it usually ends with one side badly injured, or even dead.
"It's fine—don't mind them. It's just that someone went looking for a beating!" Duncan said with a smile. "It's about time. Let's go out now and search the Forest for your foal."
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