Chapter 16: Fox: Sour
Wolf Cub: (โ_โ)
Fox: (ll ฬโฝ ฬ)
Being stared at by a creature is obviously not a good experience, especially when the creature is still a wolf. Fawkes saw wildness and greed in those golden eyes.
In Fox's eyes, Lovell is clearly not a good thing.
It can't be trying to eat me, is it? Fox suddenly had an idea that seemed ridiculous at first glance, but when you think about it, there is some truth to it.
Although Fawkes is a phoenix, the little thing below is a wolf! What good things can come out of the wolf race?
Phoenix Fox has a strong prejudice against the wolf species, and it feels that the wolf cubs must be playing with their own ideas. Fawkes quietly stretched his paws, sharpened his beak, and decided to teach Lovell a lesson in how the food chain was ordered when he revealed his wolf ambitions.
Lovell didn't know that his image in Fox's mind had fallen to the bottom, and he didn't know that Fox had added so much drama to himself in his heart.
Is there a more lovely and kind creature in the world than yourself? It's just a little wolf cub with no bad intentions.
It crouched here to look at Fawkes because it had a few questions to ask the phoenix, but it didn't know how to speak, and it was organizing the language.
Before Lovell could organize the language, Fawkes couldn't help it, he looked down at the wolf cub and said, "What's the matter?" โ
Lovell breathed a sigh of relief, it was better for it to speak first.
It looked up at the phoenix on the sycamore branch and asked curiously, "Fawkes, aren't you tired of squatting on it every day?" โ
Thanks to its mastery of the languages of the innate magic, it can communicate with Fawkes unimpeded.
Fox:?
A question mark slowly popped up on its head.
What the hell is this? Fawkes' claws rubbed against the sycamore branch beneath his claws.
Hey? Not to mention, no one mentioned it, the wolf cub asked like this, Fox really felt a little difficult, but it was impossible for Fox to admit this fact.
It shook its wings and combed its feathers with its beak before saying slowly, "Not tired." The principle that immortal birds perch on sycamore branches for life, and even the theorem of sunrise and sunset has been the same for thousands of years. โ
"Wow! It's amazing! I stood for a while and felt so tired that I just wanted to find a place to lie on my stomach. The wolf cub showed a look of envy, it was really envious of this talent that stood for a long time without getting tired.
"It doesn't have to be this way, it's talent." Fox replied haughtily.
"But why do you have to stay on the branches of the sycamore?" Lovell threw out another question that was born in his heart, "Isn't it okay for other branches?" โ
The wolf cubs are a little puzzled, why do the immortal birds always choose to perch on the branches of the sycamore tree? Wouldn't the other branches work? Is it unwilling or does it mean that it will be toxic and uncomfortable to change to other branches?
"Uh......" Fawkes was stunned, it hadn't thought about this kind of question since it was born, and it seemed to have a voice in its head saying to it [Find a sycamore branch and squat]
So it rests only on the branches of the sycamore tree.
"Have you rested on any other branch? Or have you been standing on this log, and if so, aren't you bored? โ
"What if I'm tired halfway through the flight and can't find the sycamore tree for a while? Keep flying? โ
"How did you find the plane tree? Is it because they smell special? โ
The wolf cub threw out a barrage of questions like a curious baby, and Fawkes was dizzy to hear them.
"Wait a minute, I'm a little messy, you shut up first." Fox called a timeout, interrupting the chattering Lovell.
Even if it is as arrogant as Fox, it has to admit that Lovell's questions are quite interesting.
"I haven't perched on other branches, as for other questions...... You wait. Fawkes turned into a streamer of light and vanished.
Wolf Cub: ?
Fox ran away? Will it come back? If he runs away from Fox, will the bad old man let him pay him?
Is the species of phoenix rare? What if you can't afford it, you won't have to pay for yourself, right?
Allowing himself to be Dumbledore's pet, the wolf cub refuses - it already has an owner. But seeing that the white-bearded old man is not young, maybe he will be boiled away after two years......
Lovell was thinking about it when a song rang out in the distance. The singing voice is illusory and ethereal, ethereal and mysterious, which excites those who hear it. The wolf cub only felt that the fluff on his body stood up, and the speed of his heartbeat increased. The music grew louder and louder, and at last Lovell felt as if it was coming from his chest. At this moment, flames suddenly erupted from the branch of the sycamore tree in front of it.
The golden-red bird suddenly appeared, and it was the first time Lovell had taken a serious look at Fawkes: it looked extremely elegant, four or five feet long, with a golden tail and claws, and it looked noble and elegant, but what it grasped in its claws destroyed this elegance: it caught a live fish.
When Fawkes returned to Dumbledore's office, he threw the object from his paw in front of Lovellโ
Syllable!
The two-foot-long fish was thrown in front of Lovell, still carrying the cold, fishy smell of the sea.
Wolf Cub: ?!
Smack! Smack!
The big fish, which was a little bigger than the wolf cub, fluttered and splashed the wolf cub in the face of the seawater.
The cold sea water brought the wolf cub to its senses, and it quickly slapped the big fish the back of the head, and the big fish was honest. It lay peacefully on the office carpet, only its tail still trembled twice from time to time, and the carpet under it was quickly wet.
"I just went to the sea to the north to catch it, and it only took me a little bit of time to go back and forth, and I didn't feel tired." Fox responded to the wolf cub's question with practical actions.
Tired of flying and can't find the sycamore branches? It would be nice to go back to Dumbledore's office, there are sycamore branches here - flying fast is such a wayward, powerful brick flying model.
"Okay......" Lovell nodded, looking at the big fish in front of him.
"Why did you catch a fish and come back?" The wolf cub couldn't help but ask, it's a wolf, why do they want to feed it fish one by one?
Fawkes was silent, and it also grabbed one by the hand, without any superfluous thoughts at all.
In the end, it chose to respond in silence.
The wolf cub didn't wait for an answer, but it didn't take it to heart, isn't it a good thing that you can prostitute a big fish for nothing? It was caught by Dumbledore while fishing.
Lovell decided to try the fish that Fox gave him.
Most marine organisms secrete substances such as glutamate or urea to combat the high osmotic pressure in seawater, so marine fish are either extremely tasty or smelly. Fortunately, the fish chosen by Fox was the former, and the wolf cub was juicy and unusually sweet when he bit into it, and the fat between the muscles brought a very good taste, which made the wolf cub wagging his tail happily.
The wolf cub took two bites, and then remembered something. It stretched out its claws, and with some effort, tore a large piece of fish from the side it hadn't bitten and pushed it in Fawkes's direction.
"Taste?" Lovell showed his kindness, this was Fawkes's prey alone, and he couldn't keep it alone.
Once again, the wolf cub's behavior was beyond Fox's expectations.
Is this really a move that a greedy wolf would do? Fawkes stared at the wolf cub and thought for a moment. In response to Lovell's kindness, even though the fish was not present in the Phoenix's recipe, Fawkes took the fish over the meat and stood on the sycamore branch and enjoyed it slowly.
It's really delicious.
Seeing that Fawkes was eating, the wolf cub was also relieved and boldly chewed the delicious food in front of him. It doesn't look very good, and the juice of the fish splashes everywhere between chewing.
For a moment, even the whispers of the principals in the office were drowned out by the voices of wolves and phoenixes feasting.
When the wolf cub eats the fish, his mind is empty and he doesn't think too much, but Fawkes is different.
A question lingered in its mind: Do you really have to perch on a sycamore branch?
Although it gagged the wolf cub with a fish, it did not respond to the fundamental question: why did the undead bird always stay on the sycamore branches, and the other branches could not?
Perhaps, I can change places to rest? A bold idea came to Fox.
After eating the fish, the atmosphere between Fox and Lovell eased considerably.
The wolf cub casually swept the inedible parts of the fish to the corner of the room, looked at Fawkes, who was full of food and drink, squatting on the branch and resting with his eyes closed, and said, "Fawkes, do you want to come to my cabin to have a look?" It's pretty spacious inside. โ
Fawkes opened his eyes.
Fawkes was somewhat dismissive of this invitation: in its opinion, how luxurious can a kennel be, comparable to its own phoenix branches? It's just that it can't bear to destroy the relationship it has just established with the wolf cub, so it can only say very reservedly, "I can go and see it myself", and then it is invited by the elated Lovell to go into Lovell's cabin together.
The door to the cabin was a bit low, and Fawkes had to fall to the ground, moving in little by little, and it didn't look elegant at all. Just looking at Lovell's expectant look, Fox still couldn't bear to refuse.
So it got in.
After passing through the low door, Fawkes was greeted by a suddenly open space, and Fawkes was stunned after entering the wooden house: What is the situation?!
Why does it still have such a big bed in its wooden house? Why does it also have a bathroom? Why can it live in such a spacious room???
"This is where you live?" Fawkes turned his head to look at the wolf cub and asked a little stiffly.
"No, there's another layer on top." The wolf cub replied confidently.
After hearing the wolf cub's words, Fox admits that it is sour.
Compared to its sycamore branches, this place is much more luxurious!
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