"W—Who are you?!" Little Jean asked as he was startled and scared.

"Wolf."

"W—Wolf who?!" Little Jean asked again.

"Wolf, Wolf…" Wolf didn't want to disclose his last name as Wolf Dietrich. Because his big brother always taught him to keep it only for their group. Because their identity shouldn't be revealed, at least not now.

"Mu… your name is Wolf?" Little Jean asked for the third time.

"Wolf…" Wolf nodded. He wasn't really the best to talk anyway. So he didn't bother.

"I'm Jean! Hi Wolf!" Little Jean introduced himself cheeringly, not knowing the danger that he experienced right now.

…

A long silence between them made the whole thing awkward. Little Jean had just woken up, so he was still trying to process the whole thing.

[Pupa, where am I?]

[Pupa: In a camp, in the middle of the woods.]

[… is this like… kidnapping stuff?]

[Pupa: Yes.]

[Oh my god! Yay! I've been kidnapped! OMG, YESSSSS!]

[Pupa:…]

Yunyu looked at the kid in front of him. His name was Wolf, just Wolf. He had short, crimson hair, and his expression was very flat as if he had zero emotion inside him.

He wore a ragged shirt that had been stitched in few places, showing that he wasn't really rich, although, Yunyu felt that this man had a warrior-Esque aura around him.

Yunyu wondered if this kid was the one who kidnapped him.

[Hmmm… he is very handsome even as a kid! I believe he can be a handsome, gallant warrior in the future!]

[Pupa: Why do you sound so happy getting kidnapped? We're not even in the Stockholm syndrome phase yet. Your eagerness is astonishing.]

[Hehe~ I mean, this is my first time experiencing Bride Kidnapping! Oh, my~ Will he brought me to his kingdom and forced me into a marriage? Will I be the new Queen or something? Kyaaaaah, I can't wait to see what will happen next! Maybe we can do some darkroom play as well!]

[Pupa: Bride Kidnapping?]

[What? You don't know that? I've heard some regions do Bride Kidnapping.]

[Pupa: This is not a Bride Kidnapping or whatsoever, this is just a simple kidnapping.]

[Pupa: When you were unconscious, the carriages had been raided by the bandits. They killed the guards and coachman and also severely injuring the Head Butler. They brought you here for a ransom, not for marriage.]

[… so, no sexy time? No romance kidnap?]

[Pupa: You'll either die or starved to death if your Big brother can't find you soon or refused to pay ransom money, which I believe must be a staggering amount of money.]

[…]

It took Yunyu a while to realize that he wasn't playing around right now. He looked at the tent above him and saw that it was quite shabby. He looked to his right and saw many weapons lying on a wooden table. They looked sharp, and some of the weapons still had blood on them.

…

[W—Will I be their food? No, right? They're bandits, not cannibals.]

[Pupa: Anything is edible when you're hungry.]

Little Jean paled once he noticed the weapons. He looked at Wolf, who stared at him with his flat expression.

"Wu… wu… Wolf will not kill Jean, right?" Little jean asked.

"…" Wolf said nothing because he thought it was unnecessary to reply to a ridiculous question. But Little Jean took it personally and thought that he had been kidnapped by real cannibalistic bandits.

"WU—WUAAAAA!!!" Little Jean shrieked and then wailed out loud, startling Wolf and the people outside.

"C—Calm… calm…." Wolf tried to calm Little Jean down. But he wasn't really helping because he didn't know how to calm a little kid. He never cried anyway. At least he never cried after his big brother took him away from their tumultuous kingdom.

Alric, who was guarding outside, was awakened by Little Jean's loud cry. Few other men were also awakened because of that. Alric clicked his tongue in annoyance and went in to check what was happening.

"Wolf, I told you to take care of him—"

Alric zipped his mouth once he saw what was happening inside the tent.

The pink-haired Young Master of Eau Saumont was crying while Wolf pointed his sharp, bloody dagger at Little Jean.

"T—Toy…"

"Wolf!" Alric snapped at his little brother, who was pointing his dagger at the Young Master. But he didn't saw any hostility in Wolf. In fact, if someone observed close enough, they would notice that Wolf was actually worried.

"Wolf, I told you to take care of him!" Alric chided. He snatched the dagger from Wolf's hand, "Why are you pointing this dagger at him? Of course, he will get scared!"

Wolf looked at his big brother and lowered his head, "Toy…."

Alric was stunned for a moment, then he realized what was happening here.

"Did you think this Young Master wants to play with your toy, as in your dagger?"

"Yes…" Wolf said.

…

"Okay, this is my fault. You've never experienced a normal childhood," Alric sighed. He glanced at the crying boy and grabbed Little Jean's back collar.

"You, stop crying. You will wake up the tigers. If a tiger comes here because of your cry, then I will throw you as bait!"

"WAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"

Alric winced at the sharp cry. He really didn't know what to do at this point. He did have few females in this group, but they were all warriors. They didn't know how to take care of a child!

Hearing the sharp cries of Little Jean, Wolf got even more worried. He pulled the hem of his big brother's shirt and say, "Wolf… Wolf's care…."

Alric saw that his little brother looked worried at this kid for no reason. Maybe it was because of his duty. His little brother always upheld any duty that was bestowed on him.

Alric shrugged and put Little Jean down, "Go and try to calm him down. I'm too tired to deal with a crying baby. You're also a kid like him, so you should know how to do stuff that you like."

Alrich left the tent nonchalantly.

Little Jean finally stopped wailing loudly. He still sobbed and stared at Wolf, who was still as quiet as ever. "Wu… wu… don't scare Jean…."

"Wolf… toy…" Wolf silently went out of the tent for a while and returned with a small log, only in around the size of Little Jean's arm.

Wolf picked the candle on the table and sat on the ground. He put the candle beside him and took out his dagger.

Little Jean got scared when Wolf took out his dagger again. But he didn't seem to be pointing it at Little Jean.

Wolf began carving the small log with his knife. He cut the log slowly with his dagger until he got the right size. And then he started making some shapes on the log.

Little Jean got interested, and he asked, "W—What's Wolf doing?"

"…"

"Wolf?"

"Toy… for… Young Master…" Wolf replied. He felt embarrassed to tell that he had no toy for the Young Master, so all he could do was to make one by carving the log, and he wanted to carve his favorite animal.

"Wolf likes… dog…." Wolf said. He blushed slightly and asked, "Y--You like dog?"