Pride.

After Bedeila managed to get Bigby, she rode on his back out of the forest back to base. She always thought there was a reason why her pet wolves liked her too much. It even worked on an animal as strong as Bigby who was probably as smart as a human child or something.

Soldiers who watched as Bedeila ride a giant wolf were both jealous and annoyed. How did they not know something like that wolf lived in the forest. They felt incompetent as they had not explored the forest greatly.

They always stuck to the roads or certain heavily traveled areas so the fauna evolved in peace. No one was hunting them for 180 years and the quirk energy in the air stimulated their evolution. The end result was Bigby who was far from the only creature in the forest.

"Faster boy."

Bigby roared at the sky and blasted forward with the full strength of his legs. Bedeila liked her bike, but Bigby was managing to keep up with even her speed on it. He was a blur, but Conor was barely keeping up.

'Damn it Bedeila. Wait for me.'

He was still being weighed down so his speed was affected, but he did not complain. Bedeila had 6 tons of weight on her and Bigby was running with that weight on him. Just how strong was that wolf for it to not bother with 6 tons? That was the question Mathew had as he flew above them to check out the wolf's physical abilities.

'Fascinating. His entire body is the result of rapid evolutionary progress that he has done away with any flaws at a rapid rate. In just 180 years, these wolves have become a new species with the influence of quirks. What else is in that forest?'

Robute spoke to him through the nanomachines in Mathew's body.

'You are forgetting something else. Bigby as Bedeila named him has zero professional training. From my scans, he is only 15 years old, the same age as Bedeila. His brain is highly developed but shows signs of growth.

Here is the strange thing. Look at this.'

Inside the helmet, two images of DNA were shown. One of them was scanned from Bigby, the other from Bedeila. Mathew analyzed them fully and saw what Robute was trying to show him.

"I see, his DNA is totally different from Grey wolves, but that is not what you want to show me. His quirk factor seems to have just as much potential as Bedeila does. Bigby is the result of many different quirks that seem to be shadow manipulation, gigantification, and quite a few physical enhancing quirks. He is quite literally rapid evolution in the flesh."

Robute's small hologram nodded.

"Exactly. Bedeila is the result of 5 different quirks from each of her ancestors. The first that started this, was your father Alexander's Werewolf quirk. After 5 generations of growth has picked up certain traits. Your mother's quirk was High-Speed Adaptation, allowing her to quickly adapt and grow more than normal.

That was absorbed into the Werewolf quirk and the reason that both quirks are always passed down. You have this trait and the main reason why the Canis family will keep evolving. Your wife had-"

Mathew answered that bitterly. Unlike Jack, his wife had long since passed which made him a little jealous.

"Her quirk was Iron Body. Sounds simple, but her body was stupidly hard to damage. Her bones were like steel and her muscles were like metal fibers woven into flesh. One reason I chose her is no other woman could withstand me. Anyway, Jack's body has this. His very body is even stronger and both Connor and Bedeila have this.

Connor has regeneration from Jenna, and he passed it down to Bedeila who got Flash fire from her body. She is the result of 5 generations of rapid adaptation and the best of your line. I wonder who that girl will marry."

Mathew froze when he heard that and Robute saw that Mathew's adrenaline and cortisol spiked. It was not just a small spike as Mathew had never been more angry hearing that.

"NO ONE IS WORTHY OF HER! I WILL KILL ANYONE BOY WHO SO MUCH BREATHES IN HER PRESENCE!"

Bedelia's ear twitched when she heard her great grandfather yelling in rage. She gently nudged Bigby's sides to make him move faster.

'I am not dealing with that.'

Connor was about to catch up, but he felt pure anger at what Bigby did. The wolf glanced at him with a glare and stepped on a shadow to catapult himself forward. Connor was left behind, but he refused to back down.

'Damn mutt. I will show you.'

He slamed both of his hands on the snow and catapulted forward as he started to try to give above his max speed. Connor had never been under such heavy strain, and it already started to cause his muscle fibers to tear and his bones to crack despite his reinforced body.

'This is nothing.'

His Regeneration, his Adaptation, and his nanomachines worked to keep him at his peak despite the damage he forced on himself. As for Bedeila she was having the time of her life.

"AWESOME!"

Bigby roared as he shadow stepped once again blasting into the sky. Bedeila and Bigby were ignoring Connor, but he took that split second before Bigby was launched into the sky to leap into the air.

Bedeila looked back as her father landed with a thud on Bigby's back. He was panting heavily as he had not exercised like that in ages. He noticed her upturned eyes making him sigh.

"Damn brat, leaving me behind."

Bigby stoped to look at him with squinted eyes. Bedeial reached out and patted her dad on the head.

"You want a treat?"

If it was anyone else they would be lucky to still be able to control their own bladder. However Connor instead of getting mad nodded.

"Do you have any?"

Bedeila reached into her coat pocket and pulled out a wolf cookie. It was a type of cookie they cooked for their pet wolves. In the case of Bedeila she carried them around for her pets and herself. They only hand penaut butter, almond milk, and flower.

That was it so it was fine even if a normal person ate it. She passed the cookie to her dad who popped it into his mouth. They had nothing special in them, but it reminded him of his wife who first taught Bedeila and him to make them.

"Thanks. Reminds me of her."

Bedeila tossed 5 of them into Bigby's mouth as he was drooling from the peanut butter smell.

"Yeah. What do you think of him? Can I take him with us?"

Connor laid down on the giant wolf as he looked to the sky.

"Sure. I will have the house renovated so he will fit in the living room. Might as well buy out some more of the surrounding area to get him more room to run around in."

While they were talking Mathew, Jack and Jenna met them halfway to the base. Jack sighed as he had no idea why Bigby managed to stay under is radar so long.

"Sp you got a new pet?"

Bedeila jumped down from Bigby's back and landed head first in the snow. She sunk bellow it as her weight was still 6 tons making Bigby start digging her up with little worry. Bedeia wanted nothing more than to hide in the snow forever, but Bigby was already looking for.

'How deep did I sink?'

Jenna chuckled as she turned off the increased gravity on Bedeila making it easier for her to get out of the snow. Bedeila's face was a little scruntched as she showed something emberasring.

"Forget you saw anything."

Jenna looked away while hiding the phone in her hands in which she recorded her.

"No way, I want to show it to your children one day. Have you found any nice boys? Make sure to tell me when you do."

Bedeila felt sick to her stomach imagining herself pregnant. It was a matter of her pride that could compare to some cultivators. Unlike the young masters she had the stregth to back up her pride and it was not even her fault.

"No. I would rather die."

Jenna rolled her eyes at her words.

"Oh please, I said the same words when I was your age. Until I met Jack that is."

Bedeila shook her head as her very insticit rejected the idea.

"Nope, not for me."

Jenna now wanted nothing more than to sit her down to talk to her about it. If that was not enough she had three pissed off generations of werewolves. They equally abhored the idea of their precions Bedeila being whisked away by some brat.

Mathew, Jack and Connor all had their eyes go blood shot with rage. Their fangs were bared and their claws extended like those of a tiger. Connor grit his teeth so hard it was a miracle that they did not break.

"NOT WHILE I STILL DRAW BREATH! NOT MY LITTLE PRINCESS!"

Jenna walked away while Mathew, Jack and Connor cursed the bloodline of all men who so much gazed at Bedeila.

'Guess it will be up to Connor or his new sibling to continue the family line. Bedeila is still caught up in her boundless pride. That pride goes hand in hand with their quirk and she had it even worse. Mari herself had a pride that could pierce the heavens and her quirk Blast Fire did not do her any favors.'

Bedeila started to walk back to base followed by Connor wo calmed himself down.

"Dad are you calm now?"

He nodded.

"I may have felt like skinning someone, but I am not about to lose myself to my rage."

Mathew was the same as he flew into the sky.

"Anger is a weapon if you can use it instead of getting lost in it. Bedeila, that pride of yours needs to be reighned in. You never underestimate your foes, but you still look down on everyone around you except your family. If anger is like a hammer, do you know what pride is?"

Bedeila shook her head.

"No. What is it?"

Mathew raised his hand and made a first.

"Pride is fuel and a volatile one. Pride can both keep you motivated as long as you pride yourself on getting stronger. You do not want to be the one who prides themself on their reputation. Like-"

She finished it for him.

"Like a young master in a cultivation novel?"

Mathew nodded.

"Exactly. You do not want to end up getting offended over the smallest non insult. Keep that pride and be like Escanor from a really old anime from back then. You know the one right?"

Connor scoffed.

"Of course she does. All the shit that is on tv these days is all imitations of superman, but not even that good. We need to go back to the classics to get any good movies and entertainment. Now, can we focus on the important thing. What are we going to do with him?"

He pointed at Bigby who was sitting behind him with Bedeila. The giant wolf glanced down ast all of them as he was only following Bedeila. The rest of them did not matter to him at all.

Mathew looked into his red eyes and he knew his answer.

"We will just train him with the both of you. If he is to follow Bedeila around he should maximize what he can do with his power. Would be a waste otherwise."

Bedeila jumped on Bigby's snout and sat down.

"That is fine with me. I can't wait to unleash him on the villains and my future enemies."

Jack thought of Bedeila's future suitors being eaten one after another and smile maniachaly.

"Yes, we must begin his and your training. EVERYONE BACK TO BASE! NO REST FOR THE REST OF THE DAY!"

He laughed on his way back to base as he had so many things to teach Bigby. As for Bedeila she was looking forward to the coming months.