chapter 144
Nagini, with sincere amazement, stared at the small, gray kitten that came out of the bushes, which, in response, looked displeasedly at the "uninvited" guests who dared to enter its territory, but at the same time, when the creature's gaze fell on Severus, it became quite complex, the baby itself didn't understand where this strange feeling of "closeness" came from, he didn't feel the same rage or anger when some animal entered his territory, and the kitten couldn't stand people at all, since one of the them, almost trampled him and at that time he had all of a sudden started sneezing.
The kitten at that time thought that he was sick, so he did not take revenge on the man and simply left.
"Are you sure? He doesn't look like a scary monster…" the reptile's eyes sparkled at that second, she really wanted to squeeze this little miracle with a dissatisfied muzzle, but remembering that she had no hands, and she herself was a snake, she sighed sadly and lowered her head.
"This kid is very dangerous, I don't know about a frontal attack, but to kill someone covertly is a piece of cake for him, perhaps even I would have a hard time detecting him if I became his target," Severus mentally answered her with a wry smile , and then said out loud, "Don't be angry, it's just dangerous outside, so we decided to wait out the night here, but we'll leave right away, okay?"
"~ Mrrrr... " the kitten stretched his open paw forward with the pads up, and then releasing his claw, pointed it to the right.
"Pay and you can leave?" the wizard clarified with a grin, to which the baby made a serious face and nodded.
"No problem, do you like fish?"
" Mrrryau!" He instantly perked up and nodded again.
"Okay," a small box with stasis charms appeared in the wizard's hand, and then in another, a large steamed fish appeared, which had been left over from the New Year and had not been eaten.
As soon as the kitten saw the fish, he swallowed loudly and looked up at the man, the kitten pointed his finger at the plate and down, and then at Severus and to the right.
Snape was simply having difficulty holding back his laughter, he was very amused by the behaviour of this animal.
He placed the dish on the ground and walked away from it a few meters, and after a moment, the magical creature moved to the fish and began to sniff it.
"It's not poisoned, I'm still not a flayer to poison a kitten."
"~Hmrpf!"
"Okay, okay, check it out, let's go, enjoy your meal," waving his hand to the kid, Severus, without any fear, turned his back to him and headed towards the forest, dragging the unconscious albino boar by the tail.
The kitten, seeing the man go, tried to cover those complex feelings and tried to distance itself from these feelings and after checking the fish for the presence of any additives, it finally started eating, which it really liked...
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At the same time, having recovered their "transport", they continued on their way, although the boar still became a little twitchy after so many shocks in this short day.
"I thought you would try to tame him and take him home, " the snake looked at Severus, puzzled, who for the first time was not averse to having a "pet," and such a cute one at that.
"I would like to, but it will be a difficult task," leaning his back against the thorn on the boar's back, he closed his eyes, "Much more difficult than with others, in addition to distrust of people, he is very cautious, self-confident and arrogant, it is unlikely that this baby will obey anyone."
"How did you understand it?"
" Judging by his eyes, as well as superficial thoughts, apparently he has not yet had the opportunity to meet with the legilements, so he did not close his mind, although he still has a passive defence that did not allow me to go deep, but this was enough to understand his nature and that he was not going to attack us, since he himself was afraid of me and he also wanted to disperse peacefully, without unnecessary bloodshed..." the wizard calmly answered, opening his eyes slightly and looking to the right, he sluggishly raised his palm and created a transparent dome, with a penny in which the wild boar crashed into.
And the next moment, a huge boulder flew into the barrier, causing the boar to squeal in fear, and it also noticed in the distance, from where the object had come, a huge troll quickly walking towards them with a piece of wood in his hand.
Snape himself looked at the giant with slight surprise, because usually these creatures do not hunt during the day, but at night, since only at this time of day they have a chance to catch someone, with their low speed, and sunlight negatively affected trolls, acting like a weak weakening potion.
Having expanded the perception zone to three hundred metres, he felt another one, but he did not move and most likely was in something like a cave, since the Prince could not feel him normally, as if something was interfering with this.
"Apparently they were still modest about the stupidity of these creatures."
The boar, watching the approach of the troll, was not afraid at all and even looked at him with a bit of indifference in his eyes, because after everything he had experienced, some kind of monster like this seemed like just a normal thing.
But then the gray-skinned four metre giant walked towards them and swung its club shaped piece of wood, with a menacing growl, but all of a sudden its movement stopped, its head flew off its shoulder and a fountain of blood erupted.
After the body fell to the ground with some sway, the head rolled in front of Severus and company, its face still had that menacing rage expression but there was a kitten sitting on it, licking its blood coloured paws.
As soon as the kid finished his job, he pointed his claw at the dead monster, himself, and then at the grinning Severus and from him to the cleanly licked plate.
"For saving us, you want another fish?"
"Meow!" the animal nodded affirmatively.
"Okay," the wizard jumped off the boar's back and headed towards it.
The kitten suddenly became wary when he saw that the person was coming towards him, but at the same time, he did not retreat, but looked into his eyes with confidence, hiding his nervousness behind this and slightly extending his claws, preparing to attack at any second if he noticed something strange.
"Don't worry, I already said that I'm not a flayer, how can I harm such a little one?"
"~ Meow!" the kitten meowed unkindly, because who would like it when someone calls them "baby"?
"Okay, okay," the Prince finally stopped in front of him, smiled softly, stretched his hand and took out an empty plate, and in another he had another one, but with fish fillet in batter, which was also not eaten, and he put it in front of the kitten.
"I'm sorry, but this is the last, I don't have any other fish dishes, but I have one proposal, will you listen?"
The kitten nodded, sniffing the dish again, but not losing sight of the man standing at arm's length from him, right in front of the troll's corpse, although he did not feel a threat from him, but people could not be trusted.
"Maybe you'll go with me? I promise to feed you delicious fish three times a day and not limit it. If you don't like something, you can go back to the forest at any time, what do you think? I'll be living at a school not far from here for about another year, I think you know about it, and I'm sure it will be a piece of cake for you to escape, especially with your skills," hearing the praise addressed to him, the kitten straightened up and tilted his head to the side , as if pondering the proposal, because he really liked the fish, and the person standing in front of him was not like the others, although the shining eyes of the snake, which did not take her gaze off him, were a little alarming, but he did not feel aggression from it, but something something else, but the baby didn't understand this, since no one had never looked at him like that.
"Okay, just think for now, I'll be here for two more days and leave in the morning, I think it won't be difficult for you to find me."
~ Meow," the kitten nodded affirmatively and, squinting, pointed at the fish with a grin, and no longer able to contain himself, Severus laughed sincerely, he really liked the character of the kitten, and Nagini, watching these "negotiations," completely shared his feelings, and the boar , seeing that everything seemed to be fine and no battle was planned, calmed down a little, but at the same time tried not to glare, because once upon a time, he had already seen how this little monster drove away one of the most dangerous creatures in the forest from a clearing nearby, as if it was playing.
"Okay, hands down," and reflexively, the wizard reached out to pet him, but he sharply pulled back and released his claws, "I'm sorry, I just wanted to pet you," Severus apologised, embarrassedly stroking the back of his head, without understanding why.
This action seemed completely ordinary to him, as if he had not done this for the first time, but this was definitely their first meeting, "Could it be that when I was reborn, I did not receive all the memories, although I don't have any loop holes in my memory? I really don't like moments like this where you don't understand anything." Severus thought with a disappointed sigh, watching the kitten, which calmed down after the wizard's impulse and went back to eating.
"Nellie."
The next moment, an elf materialised next to the wizard, and at the sight of her, the baby became even more wary.
"What can I do for Master?" she asked politely, with a slightly squeaky voice, bowing without falling to her knees as before, to which Severus nodded commendably.
"Go to any restaurant and buy more fish dishes, don't pay attention to the price," as soon as the "baby" heard this, his eyes sparkled, although he did not understand what "buy" meant, but the words "more fish" immediately attracted it's attention, it was delighted and purred contentedly.
"Yes, Master," and she disappeared, and Severus turned his gaze back to the kitten. "When you finish eating, let's go, show us all the most interesting places you know and for each of them, I'll give you a fish, do you agree?" holding out his hand, he asked the kitten, who looked puzzled at his open palm, "If you agree, put your paw on it."
Making a serious face again, the kitten looked into the man's eyes, as if trying to find hidden hostility, but no matter how much he looked, he could not find it, and his feelings told him that this man would not harm, which confused him a little, after all, the baby did not understand what was happening to him, And yet, trusting the man, he approached the palm and put his paw, while looking "menacingly" into the wizard's eyes.
"I'm glad that we were able to find a common language, then finish eating and let's go," smiling softly at him, Severus stood up and returned to the boar, and the kitten continued his second breakfast, still not taking his wary gaze off him...
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