In Terra, she is a hunter and a bad woman.

"A."

Maria ignored the puppy girl's doubts, but turned around, repeated her pronunciation several times, and then stared at the other party, motioning for her to follow her.

Although the puppy girl didn't understand why this happened, she was smart enough to quickly understand what Maria meant and opened her mouth in imitation of her.

"what……"

"..."

"Hmm?" The puppy girl's ears twitched.

"Although there are some problems, but...never mind, this can be considered progress."

Shaking her head helplessly, Maria looked at the innocent puppy in front of her, slowly picked up a wooden thorn, inserted a small piece of barbecue into it, and handed it to the other party.

The other party did not dislike the barbecue, but turned around and swallowed it excitedly in one bite.

As far as Maria could see, the other party didn't even chew!

Afterwards, Maria continued her guidance.

"Oh……"

This time, the puppy girl learned quickly.

Without Maria's signal, she nodded actively, opened her mouth and started shouting in imitation of her.

Maria, as usual, rewarded the other party with a small piece of barbecue.

After repeating this several times, Maria herself began to feel a little strange.

Although she kept calling the other person "puppy" or something like that, she actually treated the other person as a human being, as a special kind of her own.

But... judging from the girl's behavior at this moment, Maria found it hard to regard her as a fellow human.

"It's becoming more and more like..."

"Woo?"

"...Nothing." Maria shook her head, and after getting rid of the rude thought from her mind, she picked up the barbecue and looked at the girl in front of her.

"Since you understand, then... continue."

"Tonight, at least I have to learn all the pinyin..."

"Woo!"

The puppy girl tilted her head, which was also strange.

But looking at the food Maria fed her, she didn't think too much, but accepted the fragrant barbecue with joy, and then continued to imitate Maria's voice.

Time just passes by little by little...

Chapter 11 Week 1

"bi...zi...ri..."

"ao...ko...zo..."

"Duh..."

In the early morning, the puppy girl was trying hard to check the notes Maria left for her.

Her small body swayed as she muttered, and her brown hair would occasionally ripple onto the barbecue nearby.

The barbecue is still hot, and the faint aroma it emits makes people swallow their saliva and want to taste it.

But Puppy Girl was dead serious.

Even though her throat was starting to itch, she refused to turn her head to look at the barbecue.

But the accelerating sound still exposed her thoughts.

After reading the note in front of her from beginning to end several times, she carefully took a skewer of barbecue from a plate and chewed it with a happy look on her face.

Although the process of endurance was difficult, the girl felt that it was all meaningful after finally getting the barbecue.

After eating, she did not sneakily continue to take the barbecue, but turned around and continued to read the note.

This has been going on for a week.

During this week, Maria would get up early every day, prepare breakfast for the girl and assign tasks for the morning, and then go out to investigate.

They came back at noon and after a simple lunch, Maria took her to training again.

Specifically, it is fighting.

It's just that the girl never went through three full rounds in Maria's hands.

Every time I get beaten, my whole body aches.

But after the pain during the day, Maria would press herself with her fingers again at night.

Although it will hurt at first, it will soon become comfortable again.

Maria said it was called massage and it was used to relax the muscles...

Of course, the puppy girl didn’t know what muscles were. She only knew that every time Maria tormented her until midnight, her body would feel better again the next day.

Then continue to repeat the process just mentioned.

Time also slips away quietly on days like this.

Although the two did not have much intimate contact, the girl had a lot of feelings for Maria.

That's why, although she had many opportunities to escape, she finally chose not to leave Maria.

And just follow each other.

After all, compared to the days when even having enough to eat was something to be grateful for, nowadays one can get food just by making some noise under the protection of one's own kind, which is really a blessing.

This situation lasted for a while, and Maria, dressed in a black hunting suit, slowly walked out of the forest.

Her expression was as cold as ever, without any emotion.

But seeing Maria like this, the puppy girl was extremely excited.

She trotted up to Maria with excited eyes.

"Maria~Maria~"

The little girl excitedly called Maria's name, and her tiny voice was like music, producing different high and low tones.

She may not understand the meaning behind this, and simply uses this sound as a prop to call the other party.

Maria's expression gradually softened as the girl called out to her.

After simply rubbing the puppy's head, she turned her head and looked at her camp.

Almost a week has passed since we discovered this camp.

During this week, Maria stored food and refined potions while raising the puppy girl.

This puppy girl has a strong learning ability. She has learned a lot of words in just a few days.

It even includes some more abstract words like "I", "it", and "light".

But unfortunately, the girl seemed to have only memorized it, and it was still very difficult to communicate it completely.

But this is also a big improvement.

In addition, Maria also glimpsed some of the mysteries of this world from the other person.

Although it was an unconscious manifestation, the girl seemed to have some kind of strange ability.

This ability enables her to unleash a certain energy no matter what weapon she picks up.

Specifically, girls can enchant their weapons.

From fire protection, to thunder and lightning, to storms.

So far, Maria has found five different manifestations of energy from the girl...but this does not seem to be the girl's limit.

This made Maria curious about how the world actually worked.

Of course, before that, the cultivation of this puppy girl is the top priority.

"Maybe... I can write some storybooks with phonetic notation for girls later?"

Looking at the puppy girl who kept hugging her and calling her name, Maria thought silently and walked to the campfire in the camp.

Although most of her time is currently spent on training this puppy girl, Maria has not forgotten her job.

She is a hunter, a hunter of monsters called beasts.

Her goal is to kill the beast and take back the umbilical cord.

In order to achieve this goal, she needs to borrow some other power now that her abilities are temporarily blocked.

For example... the power of this system that calls itself the Little Regret System.

"They say you can earn rewards by completing the assigned tasks, but... what exactly am I supposed to do here?"

Maria still didn't understand what she needed to do.

To be honest, Maria has been feeling a bit like she was being cheated until now... For a week, she did nothing serious and just spent time with the puppy girl.

Although this kind of life does make her relax and even feel comfortable...it still cannot make her feel at ease.

It’s better to complete the task earlier.

The only clue we know at the moment is that there may be some kind of monster in the forest that howls like a wolf, and it may be the target Maria needs to find.

Maria goes out every morning these days, with the purpose of trying to find the monster.

Problems then arose.

The entire forest seemed to be shrouded by some unknown force. No matter which direction she went, she would eventually return to the camp.

It was as if some force was restricting her actions.

This made Maria more and more confused.

Could it be that the other party has noticed me and taken action?

Maria frowned anxiously.

On the side, the puppy girl came over worriedly.

"Maria?"

She tilted her head, squatted obediently beside Maria, and stared at her blankly.

Although Maria was anxious, she did not take her frustration out on the girl.

After nodding silently, she comforted the other person.

"It's okay... I'm fine."

"Woo?"

The puppy girl was puzzled, but after thinking for a while, she made up her mind. She took out the candy that Maria had given her from her pocket and handed it to Maria solemnly.

"Sugar...yummy!"

She said to Maria.

Maria looked at the girl in front of her helplessly.

"I don't need any candy to numb my soul."

She spoke, her mouth as ruthless as ever, but her movements were unusually gentle.

Maria knew very well how much the puppy in front of her loved sugar, even to the point that he would become depressed if he didn't eat sugar.

The fact that the other party was willing to give her the candy also indirectly showed that the relationship between the two had reached a very important level in the girl's heart.

Although she wouldn't show it, Maria's mood improved a little.

Just ...

"Don't you usually eat candy right away? Why aren't you eating these?"

Maria was curious.

Unfortunately, the puppy girl still couldn't understand such a long sentence. She tilted her head and showed a puzzled expression.