CHAPTER 59

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CHAPTER 59

When I entered the room, my four familiars were there; Imu was lying quietly on my bed, but the other three were tangled up in each other. What shocked me was the size of them all. Just yesterday, Poe was 70 cm (2.5 ft), Erebus was 1 meter (3.3 ft), and Berus was 70 cm from head to toe. At this time, Poe was 1 meter, Erebus 1.3 meters (4.3 ft), and Berus 90 cm. I approached the bed, and when I checked Imu too, I noticed that he had grown 30 cm too.

Meanwhile, Imu turned his head towards me and said, "Massta, I'm sstaying here nicely, but the otherss are alwayss missbehaving."

I got another shock when I heard Imu speaking; Imu was able to use well-expressed sentences rather than broken ones. I took a deep breath; I must calm the others first.

"Boys, break it up right now! What's going on here? Somebody tell me right away. Why are you fighting?"

All of them kept staring at me in silence; I looked over at Poe and gestured for her to tell me.

"Daddy, we were all asleep, but all of a sudden, mana started to fill me up, and I woke up in pain from sleep. Within a few minutes, I started growing, while the same thing was happening to the others. Erebus fell on top of Berus from where he stood and accidentally got his talons on Berus's back.

Meanwhile, Berus came to me and said.

"Master, Erebus hurt my back, and it hurts a lot; look, look. my back is bleeding." He turned towards Erebus and began to growl. Berus was able to talk in complete sentences too.

"I didn't do it on purpose; stop crying, you crybaby."

When I looked at Berus' back, there was a really deep cut, and he was bleeding. When I looked at the talons of Erebus, one was covered in blood, and each was about 6-7 cm (2.5 inches). It looked as if he had four small knives on each foot. To calm Berus, I started stroking his head, and he started rubbing against my leg, making crying noises. Technically he is still a baby; he isn't even one year old yet.

"Abra Ruklo (life bloom)"

The moment I cast the spell, the bleeding wound on Berus' back was slowly but visibly closing, and after a few minutes, there were no traces left of the wound. There wasn't even a scar; it was like the wound was never there.

"Master!! My wound is healed; is that what Poe calls mana?"

I turned to Erebus and said.

"You may have hurt Berus by mistake, Erebus, but when you did that, you should have apologized. You are friends and even brothers, so you shouldn't fight like that. I'm telling this to you all, be nice to each other."

After I had calmed them all down, I sat on the bed, and at that moment, it dawned on me that they were all already large animals among their kind anyway and had grown bigger. Berus was the runt of the litter; his brothers and sisters were only 50 to 60 cm from head to toe. As the runt, he becomes bigger than most adult rottweilers in the kennels. After seeing them, Sir Rodrik is going to nag me about being a warg. What should I do?

After some thought, I decided to take all my Familiars to Wolfswood. I decided to set up a small base near the weirwood tree in the center of Wolfswood. Right now, it is 2 am, and I have to wait until morning; the castle gates are either locked or held by guards. But I could sneak out of the castle using the Figumorfus (shapeshifting) spell. Even if I could get out of the castle, another problem exists. I did not get permission to stay outside.

It takes me about two days to reach wolfswood's weirwood tree, and it would take other people 5 or 6 days to reach there. Thanks to the inanis motu (traceless movement), I can gallop through the forests without any problem, and the forest will give me a smooth path. The distance between Winterfell and the forest's center is about 300 km (186 mi).

Now I had to ask myself whether I wanted to go without permission and get punished later, or I could wait until morning and get permission to go. Sir Rodrik usually lets me camp for a week before I take care of the bandits. It would be best not to hurt the relationships I've built all this time for such tiny things. I may need these good wills later.

"Figumorfus (shapeshifting)"

When I cast the spell, I felt dizzy for a moment and stumbled a bit, but it passed quickly. My body was changing shape, but I didn't feel anything. I literally didn't feel a thing; it was like my whole body was paralyzed; I couldn't move or even feel the chair under my hands. I had completely lost my sense of touch. This paralysis made me feel claustrophobic, but a few minutes later, I was a Berus-sized rottweiler, and feeling my sense of touch come back calmed me down.

I didn't feel any difference was different other than my field of vision, but when I tried to move, I felt a big difference. A dog does not move like a human, and I didn't have the muscle memory or musculature of a dog. Yes, my bones and muscles had changed shape to that of a dog, but there was no change functionally. After trying to walk around the room for a few minutes, I had no trouble walking slowly anymore, but running still looked impossible.

Poe and Erebus followed us from the air, carrying Imu as Berus and I walked towards one of the open castle gates. Poe and Erebus followed us from the air while carrying Imu as Berus and I walked towards one of the open castle gates. Walking down the road, I thought the snow-covered roads would be very cold, like stepping on the ice barefoot. But it wasn't like that at all; yes, I did feel a little cold, but it wasn't anything bothersome. As we approached the gate, I could hear the conversation between the gatekeepers.

Naturally, both gatekeepers were looking outwards, and as we approached very quietly, they only noticed us once we passed them and went outside. One of the guards shouted in fright.

"what the hell! you mutts scared the shit out of me!" He lifted his spear shaft and was ready to strike us when the guard beside him stopped him.

"Can't you see how big and well-fed these dogs are? They must have escaped the kennels. You want to hurt them and get in trouble?" the guard thought for a moment and lowered his spear.

"So what shall we do, catch them?" The older watchman sighed and said.

"Are you an idiot? Do you want to wrestle with dogs in this cold? Let them go, if they're trained dogs, they will come back, but if they don't, it's not our problem."