Episode 5. 4. Tailgating

The source of her usual joyous confidence did not come from somewhere.

In general, Hwan did everything well.

It wasn't my boast, it was the truth. He had a quick eye and a quick body, so after seeing what he was doing next to him just a few times, he did it with ease. His mouth hurts just talking about hunting, and he was very good at other things he did with his human body as well as his animal body.

For that reason, the tongue was also used quite well. Nucksal was nice when needed. He was never pushed back by momentum. In terms of smirking, he was as good as Kim Seon-dal of Hanyang. In fact, he had been following human traders across the sea for several months.

I was not surprised at all because I had been driven from a young age to experiences that others would not have had in their entire lives. Frustration was rare.

but.

'Is it crying now?'

Hwan was completely lost. To the point where I wonder if it was for today that there has been no embarrassing thing so far.

'Fantastic, what should I do?'

This woman, whom I fell in love with from head to toe from the first meeting, seemed to have gone through hardships.

It was difficult. It was a very colorful experience that made my eyes go dark even for Hwan, who had heard that his head was working well somewhere.

'Damn it, that's why I was so skinny in early winter when I should have grown plump without envying fat chicken. What kind of guys... .'

Unknown anger welled up like a flame, but soon turned into compassion for the woman in front of him. Then, I don't know what to do next. After learning the name, the feeling of being lost was even faint.

It's a kite.

'Crazy, his name is Gowa.'

Even the name of the female, who had been chasing him day and night for a year, made Hwan's heart throb.

I had no idea where to start. It's really been a long time since I've been like this.

Should I get rid of the group that made this female have nowhere to go? Before that, should I make a pair first so that they don't run away again?

But there were priorities that had nothing to think about.

I had to soothe the kite. It must be a surprised heart, so I thought I should lay it down on a warm lower neck and feed it with the finished grain syrup. There was nothing more important than that now. Everything else was after that.

"Let's just go in. look at this My fingertips are all red. How long have you been outside?"

As Hwan lifted the woman up, she felt her chest stretch even from the brushed shoulder.

'It's soft.'

Hwan put on a calm voice to avoid revealing his true feelings.

"Oh, the fire in the furnace hasn't even been lit yet… . No, let's warm up."

Yeon seemed to be thinking over my proposal to spend the winter together. The face looking at me was blank. Seeing this, Hwan almost made a foolish expression without realizing it.

'It's stunningly pretty.'

I almost forgot what to say next as I stared at that little head. It was so cute and heartbreaking that it was written on his face that he was thinking about the conversation he had with me.

"excuse me. lily… ."

As if he hadn't grasped the situation, Hwan hurriedly bit his molars to keep from suddenly grabbing the kite that was holding him.

"Are you really saying that I can stay here all winter?"

"Nothing. Oh, could you bring me some flint over there?"

Hwan replied coldly. Pointing to a flint a few steps away and asking for it was a bonus.

It was a female who seemed very cautious and timid. I felt like I shouldn't have given him time to think. I kept trying to ask this and that, so I quickly turned my attention elsewhere.

"yes… ? A flint?"

Unsurprisingly, Yeon, who was about to say something hesitantly, quickly moved to find the flint at Hwan's request.

"There is that black stone. not brown Yes, yes, that."

Hwan taught the wandering kite what flint looks like.

"Thank you."

Hwan smiled affectionately and moved the flint handed to him by Yeon. A few bounces from his hand terribly set the straw on fire.

Yeon looked at him wide-eyed. It was something I had tried several times throughout the morning and failed.

'It's easy to do that... .'

It was absurd. Looking at such a kite, Hwan opened his mouth without thinking.

"Originally, it is hard to light the fire once. It's not easy if you're not an expert. So for the time being, let's keep this ember alive and use it."

The fire that bloomed from Hwan's hand began to burn the straw. When it burned to a certain extent, he mixed in dried mugwort and increased the fire. Then, he put the embers into the furnace where the firewood was piled up one by one.

"If you wait a little bit, there will soon be enough fire to warm the room."

"Yes, yes."

Yeon nodded his head, fully aware of Hwan's movements. That look was so cute and wild to Hwan.

Hwan thought without taking his eyes off Yeon.

'I want to smell it.'

It was the only thought that dominated Hwan's head right now.

A wolf's most primitive and basic instinct, its sense of smell.

The relationship between wolves began and ended with sniffing each other. By inhaling the scent deeply, it was possible to find out the sex of the partner, whether or not they were in heat, and furthermore, the size of the group they belonged to and the presence of mates. Therefore, allowing him to smell was like allowing himself everything.

However, near the lotus, nothing but a thick scent had been emitted from earlier.

'I think it's because of that sachet I'm wearing near my neck... .'

Even though he couldn't smell the kite to his heart's content, Hwan admired it.

'He's smart too.'

Listening to the circumstances, it seems like it's been a while since I've been alone, but it was an excellent choice.

If the other males had found her before me... .

Hwan resisted trying to expose his molars. Just thinking about it made her dizzy.

'As expected, she is my woman.'

Judging by the appearance of erasing the traces earlier, she was a woman who was not ordinary.

The more Hwan looked at Yeon, the more he liked it.

I immediately wanted to snatch that sachet and stick my nose into the nape of my neck to inhale the scent. If you can, roll it with your tongue, drive it in with your teeth, and then slowly, layer by layer… .

"lily? Those... ?"

Am I imagining it?

Hwan felt the corners of his lips twist as he raised them towards the kite.

I already noticed it just by smelling it. Behind them, two males who had crept down from the mountain stood huddled together.

Hwan turned around abruptly.

Gungil and Jinpal watched Hwan with puzzled expressions, not knowing what was going on. Both were human figures, carefully dressed.

Hwan could feel their conversation flowing into his head without filtering. Because they were the same group, mental communication was possible.

'What happened, Captain.'

'Why is the fire burning in the furnace?'

'Why doesn't the wolf form change?'

'Is something wrong?'

Hwan bit his molars.

Anyway, they are like useless brothers. I told him to watch from behind, and then he crawled out all the way.

In addition, the eyes looking at Hwan were quite pitiful, as if they were looking at a pitiful beast.

Sure enough, before he had time to explain that it wasn't like that, the younger brothers soon became one in heart and began to comfort Hwan.

'It's a car... ?'

'It was tea.'

'Just by looking at it, it was a car.'

'My poor captain.'

'it's okay. It's not like there's only one female in the world.'

'then. Half of the wolves are female, chief.'

No, these guys! Hwan growled lowly inwardly.

'You assholes who will put their dicks in this tube. Won't you shut up?'

When I let go of the threat, the words of the two males that filled my head stopped in an instant.

"lily… … ?"

Yeon looked carefully at Gungil and Jinpal before hesitating.

Although she protected herself by wearing a sachet, there was one drawback. It was that Yeon himself couldn't smell properly.

Therefore, Yeon had no idea that not only Hwan, but also the two men behind her were humanized wolves.

Of course, since they were not in the same group, Kite could not hear the two males' inner voices, which Hwan, the head wolf, could hear.

Yeon took a careful look at the men who appeared behind him.

Both Gun-gil and Jin-pal were dressed in human clothes, but they seemed to have different identities. If Jinpal was the clothes of a modest commoner, which would be worn by a city official, Gungil's clothes were made of high-quality silk.

Although they were subordinates of the same Hwan, there was no other reason for the difference in status. It was because of all the human clothes he had in his hand, that one was the only one that fit the big Gungil.

All of a sudden, Gungil became a noble nobleman, and Jinpal became his servant.

'ah! These are the companions I was talking about earlier.'

Yeon recognized them and hurriedly tried to bow down. But then, she had her troubles.

'Who is the top among the three?'

No matter how ignorant of human affairs, I knew that even one kite was etiquette.

Humans were usually treated more preciously by those who wore expensive clothes.

Among those who wore similar clothes, the older one was treated.

Jean-Pal, who was wearing clothes that were no different from rags, was able to be pulled out of the candidate immediately. The problem was the other two.

Yeon looked alternately at Hwan and Gun-gil, both dressed equally preciously.

'The older one... .'

The troubles got a little longer. However, Yeon drew a conclusion.

Facing the three men who were standing looking at him, Yeon bowed his head before long.

"Greetings, Nari. Thank you for letting me stay in thatched cottage."

Hwan's younger brother, Gun-gil, stood there with his eyes wide open at the place where Kite bowed his head deeply.

Gun-gil was younger than Hwan, but in Yeon's eyes, he looked five or six years older than him.

It wasn't Gungil's fault, it was his face's fault.

'He must be Hwan-nim's older brother.'

Yeon guessed.

As she was paying attention to the etiquette of an unfamiliar human being, she did not notice that the three men had frozen like ice.

Yeon bowed her head politely to Jin-Pal.

"Yes, yes… ."

Jinpal nodded his head to Yeon in a hurry. To be greeted by the person who will become the future female head, and then to be harmed by Hwan.

"So this one… ."

Watching Kite lowering his head to Gungil, Hwan was the only one who noticed that the situation was going strangely. Hwan was about to introduce Gungil, but his words trailed off.

His bright eyes were looking at me.

Hwan couldn't bear to say to his face that your eyes were swollen.

"… You are my older brother."

Gungil narrowed his eyes.

"And this is my subordinate Jin-pal."

Jinpal also narrowed his eyes.

Hwan held Jinpal's shoulder tightly and let out a sigh.

"The mutt that will share our mistletoe… No, they are family members."

After the introduction, Gun-gil and Jin-pal looked back and were looking at Hwan urgently.

Their eyes were almost pleading.

'How the hell did this happen?'

'No, chief. Why did Gungil suddenly become the captain?'

Hwan ignored the urgent signal from his brothers. She only signaled to be alert.

"Come on, let's go in. I will freeze my body."

Gently, he grabbed Yeon by the shoulder and led him into the house, while Hwan put one hand behind his back.

Of course, his hand behind his back was clenched into a fist.

No words were spoken, but the meaning was very clear.

'If you hit the candle, you will die.'

Gun-gil and Jin-pal looked at each other and became hapjuki. I followed the reserve captain couple who hurriedly entered the thatch.

Kite didn't even know they were wolves yet, but in the minds of the two males, it was as if she had already become the hostess of the pack.

Even if they fear their brother.

* * *

As for Hwan-ro, I wanted to sit down on thatched roof right away. I felt like I wouldn't have enough time to look at my females all day.

However, I couldn't leave the dry and weak kite like this. In Hwan's eyes, the kite was a wild beast trembling from cold and hunger.

So Hwan took his two younger brothers and went down to the village for a week. He stocked up on silk and cotton, and traveled around the mountains to find plenty of animal skins.

Of course, I didn't forget to stop by the thatched house to see the kite in between.

After exactly a week, Hwan finally returned to the thatched house with a lot of supplies and food for the mistletoe.

"Now the four of us will really spend the winter."

dump. He said as he put down a huge load on the floor that no human man could even lift.

Yeon opened her mouth while looking at Hwan, who smiled at herself.

family. The word seemed to evoke a strange feeling of deja vu in my chest.

pounding.

The kite was concluded.

'It's clear that my heart has suffered a lot lately.'

In this way, Yeon was brought in as a new member of Hwan's group and lived together.

Fortunately, the kite quickly adapted. It was because Hwan really served Yeon as if she were a fairy who descended from heaven.

From the first day they lived together, Hwan and Yeon-nim, who became a new family member, began to teach them how to make snowshoes, overshoes for winter.

Jinpal looked at his captain and thought.

'It's terrible, really.'

Watching the male and female looks quite friendly, Jin-Pal was impressed.

'How can he talk so well?'

Jinpal felt as if he had witnessed all the tricks a male can do to win a female.

Even the tone of Hwan's words changed near Yan.

Jinpal could have made a dictionary by weaving together the curse words he had heard from Hwan.

'Aren't you working? A bastard who will be washed in this urine and rinsed in feces.'

'If you don't roll the daegalbak properly, you'll wash it in dishwashing water and hang it up.'

'Aren't you working, you bastard who only eats like a pig?'

The captain's vocabulary was very sophisticated and splendid.

But in front of the kite, it was different.

He was still well versed and had excellent writing skills, but it was definitely different anyway.

'The moon is bright today. It must be because the person watching it is clear.'

'It's said that it's against the law to have thick hands, but the hands of a wife and children are just like that.'

'Some people eat so that good luck rolls in by itself. No, but does Yeon-sama eat that way too?'

Armed with competence and kindness, Hwan was literally a different person, no, a different wolf.

'I heard that if a wolf's personality changes, he will die soon.'

Jin-Pal seriously wondered if he would have to go looking for a new captain sooner or later.

However, the opponent was also not an ordinary opponent. Jinpal raised his head and looked at Yeon, who was sitting in the seat next to Hwan.

'It's terrible, but the other side is also terrible.'

Yeon responded to each word calmly.

'The moon is originally bright.'

'Whether my hands are fine or thick, Hwan-nim doesn't care.'

'If you're hungry, you're bound to eat anything delicious.'

There was no iron wall like that.

At that point, rather than rejecting Hwan because he didn't like Hwan, I thought he had that kind of personality.

Yeon's parents predicted that the two sisters would inherit the group in the future and strictly educated them. In addition, as he always lived with Rang, who had a strong sense of humor, Yeon was also far from being friendly or kind.

Yeon did what he was told to do in silence, but his nature was not friendly. In particular, he had no talent for flattery. Even if he died, he could not get the words that were not inside out of his mouth.

Moreover, he had recently been through something bad. No matter how favored he was by Hwan, he could only react warily to his pointless joke. Jinpal saw it right away.

Tolerable men were dejected by females who showed signs of not being interested with such unresponsiveness and expressionless expression.

However, Hwan was a different kind, and he was more haggard than that kind of kite.

'Kuh, it's arrogant. Better.'

He said he liked it, but he couldn't say anything about it.

The sound of Hwan and Yeon talking came from inside the room.

"Looking at the sky, it's about to snow. On a day like today, you have to cook and eat red bean porridge."

As usual, Hwan was wagging his tail at Yeon.

'I thought my older brother knew how to make such a soft voice.'

Jin-Pal felt skeptical about his life with Hwan.

Talking about food, Yeon opened her eyes wide.

"I just stored red beans in the warehouse. Then, shall we have red bean porridge for dinner tonight?"

"How can Yeon-nim and I think the same way? This is a match made in heaven... ."

"Agung will check and come back."

Hwan cut off his words and Yeon stood up. I saw Hwan sitting sadly behind Kite who came out of the room with a rumbling sound.

Seeing that scene, Jinpal felt the meaning of life once again.

'It seems that my older brother met the owner.'

Jinpal reaffirmed his loyalty to Yeon.

Meanwhile, Hwan left the straw he had worked so hard to weave and licked his lips.

I looked vaguely at the black back of Yeon's head, who left me alone and quickly left for the kitchen.

'If it's a normal female, there's a chance they'll come over, but that's right.'

However, kites were not usually female.

No matter how much Hwan put sesame oil on his lips and flinched, he never blinked an eyebrow. It seemed that he was more interested in practical information, such as talking about food or talking about thatched houses.

In terms of personality, he was as good as a mountain god who fretted over a woodcutter with a silver ax and a gold ax.

Of course, that was not an obstacle for Hwan.

'That's why it's better.'

Yeon had darker eyes than other normal human women. Under her right eye, there was a spot that looked like a tear.

'Kuh, bewitching.'

With those forget-me-not-like eyes, each time he looked at me strangely, Hwan felt thrilled.

'I want you to stare at me more.'

Even her gaze was good. Because it was directed at me anyway.

Hwan quickly chased after Yeon.

"Let's go together!"

* * *

Yeon thought when she saw Hwan following me to the kitchen.

'What a burdensome landlord.'

Of course, I was grateful to Hwan-nim's hospitality for saving a thatched house for the winter in a situation where I had no place to go. I wanted to repay the favor somehow, if I survived the winter safely and my situation got better.

However, Hwan-nim was a rather unique landlord.

Yeon firmly believed that Hwan had made her a servant. It was a natural flow of thoughts.

Although he was ignorant of human affairs, he knew that he had to repay the person who helped him. It was the same in wolf society.

To Yeon, who often watched the lives of humans, the servant was like a 'tail' that did what the master told him to do.

Even though Yeon was in human form, he was a wolf in nature.

Therefore, she now thought that she had become the 'tail' of the group led by this man named Hwan.

The tails did whatever the heads told them to do. Sometimes, even without being told, they volunteered to help out. Only then could he survive.

So even after living in a thatched-roof house, Yeon took on the dirty work. That's why I went to check the furnace now.

'I want to give the impression that it's a tail that never forgets once it's learned.'

Hwan taught Yeon the other day how to make a fire.

The kite was going to protect the furnace with all its heart and soul so that the fire would not go out without forgetting it.

'I can't hear that I'm incompetent.'

Yeon was desperate.

It was thought that Hwan would prefer to be of practical help to the group rather than being friendly while wagging his tail. Because that's how the kite survived the herd.

In any case, due to Yeon's innate personality, even whispering and flattering him was something he couldn't do.

When Yeon was in Rang's pack, she was wary of wolves who always spoke flatteringly. If she saw such wolves, she would tip her sister a little later.

There were many different types of wolves.

A guy who catches prey found by other wolves and brags about it as if it were his own credit. When sharing prey, the guy who deliberately comes up to Rang and stealthily cuts in line. When hunting, he always chooses roles that are comfortable and risk-free.

Yeon usually watched closely, and when such guys started working, he interceded without hesitation.

Such an aspect of Yeon must have been of great help in solidifying Rang's position as the leader.

Of course, this was all before Rang lost Yeon and Chuck.

'The past is just the past.'

I got a little bit sad. Kite hurriedly approached the furnace and, as she had learned, checked to see if the embers were alive.

Hwan-nim said he was planning to eat red bean porridge for dinner, so he thought of starting a fire in advance.

But when Kite was about to touch the poker, someone's hand hurriedly stopped her. she was a whirlwind

"Oh, oh, give me that. I will do it."

A man with a stronger grip than me snatched the poker, and Kite had both eyes open and the tool taken away.

"You shouldn't be holding pokers with those fine hands."

Before Yeon had time to refute anything, Hwan took care of everything.

After poking around with a poker, he split the firewood that became fuel, put it in, and fanned it. The fire started burning quickly.

"I-I can do it. Mr. Hwan."

It was the same no matter how hard I tried.

"Write! It's not possible. What if I injure my hand? There is no medicine for fire. Be still."

But Hwan was too determined. Rather, he recommended that you sit on the floor because it is dangerous if the embers are splashed.

Yeon was dumbfounded.

If he really didn't go, he was going to hold my hand and drag me along, so the kite hesitated and took a couple of steps back.

'What a strange human man.'

Yeon thought.

Perhaps humans are not as hierarchical as I think.

'But when you treat Jin-pal or Gun-gil, you're different... .'

Hwan said that the other two men did not have demons. He caught it like a mouse.

Even now, Jinpal followed Hwan's command and was sweeping the yard. Gungil was on a hunt.

Gun-gil, who is said to be an older brother, also noticed Hwan, so it seemed that Hwan was the 'head' of this group of human men.

The more I knew, the more confused I got.

Yeon didn't even notice the fact that Hwan had feelings for her.

She was exhausted both physically and mentally to doubt that way. She was so busy surviving that her eyes on that side of her had completely disappeared. Aside from being burned by her brother-in-law, Dae-gwang, she was also a virgin who had never been involved with another male.

'I guess all human men are like this... .'

In the end, Yeon came to a conclusion alone. That's how the misunderstanding of the kite began.

"By the way, what do you plan to do with your room?"

Yeon asked Hwan, who saved all the fire.

In the meantime, the three people came and went to the thatched house, but only stayed for a very short time. It was a necessary procedure now that we were living together in earnest.

The thatched house had two rooms.

The large room was located on the lower floor and was hot every night. The small room was close to the warehouse.

It's been a problem since tonight.

There were three men and one woman.

No matter how much the animal was, the male and female were distinct. It was impossible to sleep together. That said, it felt like the shame of the kite, which had already been reduced, had completely disappeared.

Yeon naturally assumed that he would be using the warehouse. He quickly made a move to Hwan and entered.

"Then, Hwan-sama, let me open the warehouse… ."

"Of course, Yeon-nim should use a big room. A woman must not lie down in the cold."

Hwan's immediate answer fell. Yeon opened her eyes wide.

"yes… ? However, there are only two rooms for four people, so how can I get a big room... ."

"That's why Yeon should use a bigger room."

Hwan started to run wild, saying that it would never happen at all. Isn't that what you are saying to Yeon?

"Great. Mr. Yeon, the warehouse is not a place to sleep."

Year I knew that much. It's just that I'm the tail, so I just thought it would be a good idea to let me stay in the warehouse.

Yeon looked up blankly at Hwan.

He had a face as if the sun rose from the east, and it was natural to use a room with a large kite.

If so, it means that Hwan and the other two men sleep in a small room... .

"But how are the three of you sleeping in that small room?"

"Don't worry about that. There are ways."

Hwan laughed. He changed his expression in an instant and spoke.

"Why don't you let Jinpal and Gungil sleep outside?"

Yeon thought Hwan was joking. But Hwan's face was too serious.

"Then I will just use a small room. The three of you should rather sleep in a big room."

"Sweep! Because it doesn't work."

Yeon and Hwan argued several more times that they would share a small room with each other.

In the end, Hwan threatened with a playful voice.

"If Yeon-nim isn't going to use the big room, I'll send everyone out of the thatched house. Not just Yeon-nim, but also Jin-pal and Gun-gil hyung."

The kite had no choice but to lower its tail. I couldn't insist more when they said that they would kick out not only me, but also Jinpal and Gungil. Hwan's tone was friendly, but the meaning behind him was firm. Fearing that he would insist on going further, Yeon rolled his tail.

'What a strange human being... .'

Yeon thought.

Isn't it normal for a normal master to use something better than a servant?

But Yeon gave up on thinking further.

'I guess all humans are like this.'

Like that, the illusion of kite gradually grew in size.

Hwan lit a fire and soaked red beans in water.

"If you start to boil it in the early evening after soaking it like this, you will be able to eat it in time."

Yeon quickly wrote down Hwan's words in her head.

'Hwan-nim really knows a lot.'

Although he sometimes behaves strangely, Hwan-nim was still a good person.

There was no way to get angry once a lot of people who knew this taught me an ignorant kite.

Judging from the fact that Jinpal is being pushed hard, he doesn't seem to be a very meek person.

'It's so fortunate to meet such a person as the landlord.'

Yeon was very satisfied with the landlord. Hwan's excessive kindness was burdensome, but I wondered if it was a big deal.

They went back to the floor and focused on making snowshoes.

Snowshoes were overshoes made for easy walking on snowy roads.

"There will be frequent heavy snowfall in the future. Because Musan is said to be the hometown of Snow Woman."

Hwan carefully explained how to make seolpi.

It was a method of peeling the bark of a cinnamon tree to make a skeleton and then tying it together with twine.

"If you make it like this, there is nothing to be afraid of when it snows. Because I can walk lightly on the fluffy snow."

Hwan smiled affectionately at Yeon.

"When it snows later, let's go for a walk together. You're probably riding on clouds."

throbbing.

'what… ?'

Yeon suddenly felt like an ant was crawling in his heart.

'Why are you doing this... .'

When it came to things between men and women, they were still like babies.

A tall-faced man was weaving a string in front of me and we were going to go play together later. I think it was because of that kindly smiling face.

'These days, the weather has gotten colder, but the clothes are thin, so I can hear my horns.'

Yeon decided that alone.

"From now on, I will make two more for Gungil and Jinpal."

Hwan muttered as if patronizing. At some point, it stuck to his lips, and he naturally called Gungil his older brother.

"Their feet are also feet. Shouldn't we be able to walk around in the winter?"

That's how you run errands. Of course, Hwan didn't bother to say that.

I frowned a few times and looked at the snow cover I had made, and put on a satisfied expression, as if the illusion was over.

Yeon had not yet finished her part of the snow cover.

However, it was quite hands-on for making it for the first time.

"Let's see, you are good with your hands. I've taught you once, but you're already good at it. I also have an eye for people."

Hwan took Yeon's share of snowshoes, looked around, and explained the parts to be fixed. Yeon listened intently to Hwan's explanation and nodded his head.

Then, suddenly, Hwan suddenly grabbed Yeon's hand.

"Ugh, ugh… ."

Yeon was startled and almost backed up in a sitting state.

The thick-boned man's hand casually grabbed the slender girl's hand.

"Oh, your hands are getting a little warmer now. When we first met, I was worried because it looked like a real ice field."

In fact, it was because of her cold hands that Hwan persuaded Yeon to make snow skin together.

When they turned into humans, there were objects with cold hands and feet. Yeon-nim seemed to be one of those entities.

I thought it would make a fire in the furnace, and I thought it would be perfect for the work of making snow skins that required constant movement of my hands while sitting her on the warm lower neck.

'I'll have to make gloves later.'

Yeon, completely unaware of Hwan's thoughts, blushed involuntarily.

Hwan's hand was so large and warm that my hand inside it looked very white and small.

'Do human men hold women's hands like this abruptly? .'

Of course it never was. It was a sound that would cause trouble in any private house. It was just that the ring was so unstoppable.

Even if he wears a human outer skin, he is fundamentally a beast anyway. I didn't even pay attention to things like 7-year-old boys and girls sitting together. Once the wolves liked each other, they would attack each other from the snout to the butt, so that was enough.

Without knowing that, Yeon accumulated wrong knowledge about humans today as well.

growl

Just then, a cute sound rang in Hwan's ears.

Hwan did not let go of his hand and pressed his face to Yeon who bowed his head.

"What kind of small grain is this?"

Yeon was so embarrassed that wolf ears popped out.

"Ah, that, that… ."

Earlier, before making snow skin, Hwan gave Yeon a rice ball.

Even so, Yeon's stomach was still clamoring for hunger.

'Is it because I almost starved yesterday... .'

Hwan stopped by the thatched house every day for a week to prepare food for Yeon. Of course, I didn't forget to sprinkle male nae to prevent other animals from approaching around the thatched roof without the kite knowing. Yeon, whose nose was stuffed up from the direction bag, did not even dream of it.

Hwan was fully prepared to take care of the kite who had been living together like this.

The problem was the kite's storage instinct. Kite felt very sorry for the food he hadn't seen in a long time. I never knew when something like this would happen again. No matter how much he promised that Hwan would return, he still hadn't completely trusted him. How could he trust the first person he met in his life? So, the precious food he shared was stored in the warehouse. Since Hwan-nim had not ate enough of the food that Hwan-nim had prepared for me to eat, Yeon remained a little hungry all week.

'I have to keep it a secret... .'

If Hwan found out, he would feel sorry for not trusting him. Yeon kept his mouth shut, unable to do anything about it.

growl

The boat rumbled again.

Yeon felt embarrassed. So I tried to pull her out with force, but Hwan wouldn't let go.

"Hey, let this go."

"You ate earlier, but are you hungry again?"

"Oh no!"

Yeon quickly replied.

'Even so, it hasn't proven its usefulness yet, so it's difficult to be branded as a tail that often bothers its prey.'

A cold sweat broke out on Yan's back.

Nothing troubles the heads of a pack more than harassing food in winter when food is scarce.

In fact, it looked like the belly skin would stick to the carapace, but Yeon quickly shook her head.

"It must be because the rice I ate earlier is on top. I'll have to go to the back room for a bit."

"I'm sure Yeon-nim's belly is 'growing'… ."

"Everyone, let's go!"

Hwan narrowed his eyes.

No matter how I look at it, it didn't seem like I was doing that because I was really tired.

'It was definitely a growling sound.'

However, before Hwan could say anything, Yeon suddenly left.

Instead of going to the backyard, Kite ran towards the water jar. I squatted in front of a jar that I filled with water every morning from the riverbank.

Yeon filled the gourd and began to drink water in a hurry.

'Pu-eup, ha... !'

When hungry, it was perfect to fill the water boat. Of course, it was the same as empty stomach even if I drank water with a gourd.

'Still, I can't blindly ask for more rice. Wolves who eat only rice wherever they go are hated.'

Fortunately, Hwan seemed to be a generous owner of food.

I told you to eat red bean porridge later.

The sound of red bean porridge made Yeon automatically feel saliva welling up in her mouth.

Red bean porridge. It's red bean porridge.

In the past, I used to watch people gather and eat together on the winter solstice. I'm really complaining. Yeon has always been curious about its taste.

'If I hold on for a while, the red bean porridge will come into my stomach.'

With that alone, Yeon could endure the current hunger.

However, there was one fact that the kite overlooked.

Although Yeon did not know, Hwan was also a wolf beast.

Even in human form, if you pricked your ears, you could hear all the dizzying noises going on in the thatched house.

Hwan heard the sound of the kite going to the water jar instead of going to the back room.

Everything, even the sound of someone hurriedly drinking water with a gourd.

'As expected, Gero must have been hungry.'

The quick-witted Hwan immediately realized what was going on.

It was clear that Yeon had not eaten all the food I had given him and stored it somewhere. If you don't, you won't be able to eat enough food every day and not growl in your stomach.

'Be cute.'

At the same time, Hwan felt a feeling of pity for Yeon. She fell in love once again with her wisdom in preparing for the future.

There was plenty of food. He had enough money to buy food from the village and fill the granary.

However, Yeon seemed to be a female with more pride than I thought.

Hwan didn't even think that she was looking at me because of a misunderstanding.

'I don't think you'll get it if I just give it to you... . What should I do with this?'

Hwan was a little worried.

In the meantime, Yeon filled the water vessel three more times and was slowly wiping her mouth.

I never dreamed that Hwan-nim, who firmly believes that kites are human beings, would have heard the sound of me drinking water from the jar. I still felt like my stomach was making noises, but I hoped this would last until I ate red bean porridge.

Then I heard a sound somewhere. It was a voice calling me.

"… sir. … Mr. Yeon!"

Yeon angrily removed her hand from the jar.

Did Hwan-nim follow you all the way here?

Kite hurriedly looked around. Fortunately, the water jar and the back room were close by.

Eventually, Hwan-nim, whom I found, was hiding behind a pillar in a thatched house. She had not made an appearance.

'What are you doing?'

The kite did not come out to where I was, but rather hid behind a pillar and looked at Hwan calling me strangely.

"Wow, Mr. Hwan. What are you doing there?"

"Big, big… . Originally, when a woman goes to the back room, it is polite to pretend not to know."

A polite reply came.

"Why is the person you pretend not to know standing there?"

When Yeon asked, the sound of clearing his throat came again.

"Ah, I had something to give you, but I forgot. Since you went behind the scenes, don't get caught by Jinpal and hide in the crab."

Yan's eyes widened.

do you have something to give me?

"Then I leave it here. Instead, you should eat quickly. That Jin-pal has a stuffy nose."

After clearing my throat a few times, I heard the sound of the pill disappearing again.

Kite waited for the hwan to disappear with her eyes wide open, then slowly approached the pillar he was standing on.

And what they found there, they let out a silent scream.

'oh… !'

Injeolmi wrapped in cloth was placed at the place where Hwan's voice had passed.

'This, injeolmi... !'

Yan's eyes widened.

No matter how blunt a kite may be, his heart melted away in front of food. Isn't food innocent?

Moreover, because of the hardships these days, it was a kite that I almost starved until I met Hwan. A plate of injeolmi sprinkled with soybean flour while feeling hungry as if stabbing the skin of the stomach with a knife.

Without thinking further, Yeon's butt itched, and finally, the tail he had been hiding from earlier popped out.

Soon, the human ears disappeared and wolf ears popped out.

'Alas... !'

Yeon looked around frantically. Fortunately, Hwan-nim had already disappeared.

No matter how humanized a beastman was, his tail and ears would stick out like this if he was overly excited or frightened.

'I'm not sure where Hwa-hwan-nim is looking... !'

Two beast ears popped up on Yeon's head, red with excitement. The tail sticking out from under the skirt was also wagging like crazy.

Yeon hurriedly rolled up his fist and pressed the two between his foreheads. I quickly applied strength to his hips as well, trying to hide his tail.

But when I put Injeolmi in front of me, my body didn't listen to me. When I saw the delicious Injeolmi in a hungry state, my saliva dripped.

Until the end, Yeon was worried.

'Eight! Let's eat and see.'

Yeon, with her ears and tail still attached, quickly turned around to make sure that no one was there, then picked up a piece of injeolmi and took a bite.

The savory taste of soybean flour spread in my mouth.

Yeon closed her eyes and savored the taste.

'it's good… !'

I was so ecstatic that I was about to burst into tears.

'Did you notice that I'm hungry?'

Yeon ate the rest of the Injeolmi in an instant. But after all that, she was worried.

'But even if he noticed, he didn't feel bad seeing that he secretly took care of me like this.'

Yeon concluded that.

Whatever it is, the person who gives food is a good person. So Hwan-nim was also a good person. Yeon decided to think simply.

'I've met a really good landlord.'

maybe more than i thought. For some reason, the tip of my nose tingled.

Yeon shook her head, thinking that it was the main plan. I promised myself that I would be a bit more bearish towards Hwan in the future. Of course, loyalty as a tail.

Yeon hurriedly began to dip and eat the remaining bean powder.

* * *

'cute.'

Of course, Hwan was watching them from behind the window.

Through the saliva-pierced window paper, I could see Yeon licking up the Injeolmi left by Hwan, even the bean powder.

'Why is it so hurried to eat, yet bewitching?'

Hwan was sincere. The ears that popped out of the black hair were clear and pretty.

The tail, which must have been protruding from the inside of the skirt, was still wagging, and the back of the skirt was fluttering.

Hwan thought with a gentle face.

'If I lifted my skirt and smelled it, I'd get slapped on the cheek.'

The instinct of the beast was wriggling in the illusion.

I wanted to immediately take off these cumbersome human clothes and return to being a wolf. And after ripping off that fluttering skirt, I wanted to stick my nose in and around her swaying tail and sniff.

I want to know what kind of bullshit this is, but among the wolves, it wasn't such a big deal. It was just a greeting to express mutual friendliness. Who do you blame for being a beast?

'By the way, when will I take off that sachet?'

These days, Hwan had no other wishes.

'If only I could smell my bare skin once.'

The faint smell of kite was beyond words.

'If it wasn't for that bastard's scent bag... .'

Hwan glared at the sachet, which had become his public enemy these days. Even if the nape of Yeon's neck wearing it wasn't pretty, I wouldn't forgive her. would have been torn apart immediately.

"omg! Hey, what are you doing there, boss?"

At that time, Jin-Pal, who found Hwan while trying to cover the back room, hesitated and took a step back. Soon after, he recognized the piece of cloth the kite was holding on the other side of the window, and was filled with astonishment.

"uh? my snack! That's my injeolmi... ."

"Sweep! Be quite. Dude, don't break your colic. This is an important moment."

Behind Hwan, Jin-Pal was silently frustrated.

But Hwan didn't care as much as the eye mucus.

'Oh, even the beard came out. cute.'

Hwan was busy enough. There was no time to be disturbed by the shocked brother. Because he had to watch Yeon licking all of Injeolmi and bean flour-stained hands.

* * *

After eating all the Injeolmi and taking care of the protruding tail and ears, Yeon hurriedly returned to Hwan. It was after he licked all the bean flour around his lips, fearing that he would criticize him.

Fortunately, he greeted the kite with a sly face.

"Oh, are you here? Even so, I was just about to finish making seolpi and cook red bean porridge."

At those words, Yan's lips parted.

'Green onion, red bean porridge!'

Huan saw this and laughed inwardly.

Now that I see it, even though Yeon-nim seems proud on the outside, he is really weak when it comes to food.

'I'm getting a sense of how to twist it in the future.'

It felt like I had obtained a key to attacking the kite.

I thought that she was attractive because she was pouty and calm, but Yeon's personality was the opposite.

As soon as the word 'red bean porridge' came out, the corners of his eyes went up and round. When I looked at her again, I could see that her face, which always seemed expressionless, was showing detailed emotional expressions every moment.

'It's like an ink-and-wash painting.'

Is it because my face is white or because I don't have double eyelids? Depending on the facial expression, the atmosphere changed completely.

Hwan liked Yeon more.

Hwan's heart fluttered like butterflies in midsummer. If he had a tail now, his mind would be flapping wildly. He liked the kite, and he must have expressed it with his whole body. After all, wolves were also canids.

"Next time, let's make winter clothes together."

Hwan had already made all the snowshoes for the kite.

Yeon opened her eyes wide when she saw the completed snow cover I had left behind.

"Winter clothes?"

Yeon asked in surprise.

Human clothing is difficult to make, and Hwan knew how to do it.

"Yes, winter clothes. It's because I put a lot of cotton wool in it."

Hwan raised his eyebrows and spoke softly. While doing so, she secretly skimmed the thin hem of the kite.

A fabric close to thin ramie is not suitable for this winter.

The moment he first saw Yeon, Hwan thought of making clothes for him. Because I couldn't dress Yeon like that all winter long. Perhaps it was wolf fur, but Yeon-nim's skin as a human looked more fragile than a baby's.

Hwan, who was slowly stroking Yeon's skin with his eyes, felt his appetite seduce him again.

'If I ask if I can lick that skin just once, I'll get slapped.'

You will get hit very hard on both sides. Including the share of the woman's thoughts earlier.

It was a kite that had not yet revealed my identity as a wolf. Following Yeon, Hwan also did not identify himself as a prisoner.

Hwan thought Yeon had a good reason.

'Something must have happened.'

As a result of watching, it seemed that the kite was trying to survive this winter in human form.

'If you do, then what's the problem? It's not that I don't have the ability.'

Hwan intended to proceed slowly.

Anyway, these two beasts were the only ones among the mountains all winter long.

Hwan habitually treated Jin-pal and a disobedient beast.

* * *

The two people, no, the two animals exchanged a few words with the finished snow skin, and then went to make red bean porridge.

Hwan taught Yeon how to make red bean porridge.

The pre-soaked red beans were poured into the furnace, and the soaked water was not discarded. He said he would mix it with boiled red beans later.

"Then the red bean porridge becomes more savory."

As he said that, Hwan fixed his gaze on Yeon's head, which was staring at the stove with bright eyes.

The way Yeon focused on my words one by one looked so fierce and cute. Don't forget a single word. It was so beautiful to remember it as if chewing the cud.

"Here, I'll give you a spatula to stir."

Hwan held out a spatula to Yeon.

Of course, the moment he received the kite, he handed it over with the intention of holding his hand one more time.

Yeon took the spatula and started stirring the pot. Sure enough, Hwan's hand didn't come off.

"Yeah… . Is this supposed to be rowed together?"

"Of course not."

Hwan added with a laugh.

"Yeon-nim, food is sincerity. Wouldn't that make the red bean porridge more delicious with the effort of two people?"

Yeon looked at Hwan incredulously.

Now that I see it, this man is lying without saliva on his lips.

Even if I don't know much about cooking. Do you really need two hands to stir the pot with a spatula?

'Hwan-nim, maybe... .'

It's like grabbing the girl's hand earlier. It's like the fact that every time I take a breath, I can't tell whether it's true or false. It's like the way you smile so much that your eyes curl even when you just make eye contact with me.

I had been thinking about it for a while before, but Yeon realized it now.

'Hwan-nim is a very playful person.'

Yeon was mistaken again. All of Hwan's actions are not because he likes me, but because he's teasing me.

But the kite decided to watch it.

'I'm the one who gives you food, so I'll have to watch this joke.'

The person who always gave Kite something to eat was a good person. no matter what, no

It was around the time that misunderstandings piled up in the midst of love.

When I cooked some red bean porridge, I heard Jinpal shouting loudly in the yard.

"Gungil… Oh no, master is back!"

The military path that went out hunting was back.

Yeon refused to do so despite the fact that he was going to go hunting outside instead of the military leader dressed as a nobleman, and Hwan, the younger brother. Humans believed Hwan's words that only the eldest could hunt.