Rin was so happy that she licked my face and howled excitedly. Soonmy face was covered with her slobber.
“Anyway, I’m out of time! We need to get out of here!” I quickly came to my senses. Peter had told me that there were bombs buried nearby. Although I didn’t know where exactly, the sooner I informed the army, the better.
Rin howled and ran ahead.
However, it didn’t take long before I saw troops in the distance, supposedly coming to our rescue.
“Stop! Go back! Don’t come any closer!” I shouted at them anxiously, waving at them to leave.
But the army couldn’t hear me clearly. Instead of stopping, they approached me steadily. The leader was a young male werewolf. He was probably a captain.
“What happened? Is everything okay?”
There was no time to answer his questions. I could only tell them to get away as soon as they could. “Run! There are bombs in the area! They’ll explode any second now!”
“What?! Bombs? What’re you talking about?” My words didn’t seem to register in his mind.
But before I could explain, an explosion sounded nearby. And the ground shook violently. My legs went numb for a moment.
A bomb had exploded, and the forest was shrouded in flames. It was as though the entire world was on fire, ready to eat us alive. The temperature in the forest soared in an instant, and licks of flame quickly spread in our direction.
“Get down!” A lot of troops were thrown into the sky from the impact. A couple of them were lying on the ground, unconscious and injured.
Amidst the chaos, I held onto Rin tightly. At the same time, I felt someone wrap his arms around me and yank me away from the fire. The impact sent us rolling on the ground a few times before we finally came to a stop.
After the forest quieted down a bit, everyone slowly stood up, stunned.
Only then did I realize that the man who had protected me was none other than the captain himself. His back was burnt black and bleeding, whereas I was fine, other than a bruise on my leg.
“Sir… Thank you so much.” I eyed the wound on his back warily. Rin, who was standing next to us, also howled, as though she was thanking him as well.
Wincing, the man smile faintly. “You’re welcome. It’s a soldier’s duty to protect the students and the civilians.”
His words shocked me. For the first time, I really understood the motivation of the army.
After saying that, he reached out his hand and patted Rin’s head affectionately. “Your dog must be pretty smart. He seems to understand what we’re saying.”
I scratched my head sheepishly. “Actually, Rin’s a wild wolf… and, it’s a she…”
Rin also bared her teeth and howled fiercely, as though to prove that she was indeed wild.
With a wry smile, he withdrew his hand and said, “Okay, I’m sorry. This wild wolf looks… looks so cute. Ha-ha.”
I couldn’t help but chuckle. Now that I had made sure that the captain was going to be okay, I quickly stood up to check on the other soldiers.
Fortunately, we stopped them in time. Nobody was near the center of the explosion. Therefore, while many were indeed injured, we didn’t suffer any casualties.
Sylvia’s POV
Just then, lightning flashed across the sky. Seconds later, thunder exploded violently, rattling us slightly. Drizzling soon became heavy rain. This caught everyone off guard.
“The rain’s getting heavy. We have to leave now, or something dangerous might happen,” the captain said seriously, his eyes fixed on the ominous, dark sky.
Everyone got to work and bandaged their wounds as quickly as possible so that we could get out of the forbidden forest in one piece.
Perhaps Rin was not used to being around too many werewolves. She paced back and forth, anxiously walking around me in circles.
I squatted down and patted her head gently. “You can go ahead. Don’t worry. I’m safe now, thanks to you. When all this blows over, I’ll come back with Rufus to visit you.”
Rin nudged her big forehead against my arm, tears seeming to well up in her big, innocent eyes.
“Oh, don’t be sad. We’ll meet again soon.” But I didn’t want to leave her either.
Finally, Rin reluctantly pulled away and darted into the trees. Before disappearing from my sight, she kept turning around to look at me. Finally, she disappeared in the forest.
“What a smart wolf. It’s almost as though it understands everything we say. I hope I have a wolf just like that one. Imagine I walk down the street with a vigorous pet wild wolf. How amazing!” The captain sighed, having witnessed the ordeal between me and Rin. Then, catching me eyeing him, he bowed slightly and introduced himself. “You can call me Dylan. I already know that your name’s Sylvia. I watched you win the selection competition. That last round was awesome.”
“Oh, thank you. You’re too kind.” I smiled with amusement. “Rin is indeed an eye-catcher. Although she looks tame now, she almost killed me the first time we met.”
Hearing this, Dylan’s envious smile went stiff.
I couldn’t help but chuckle. “Wild wolves are born free, so it’s only right that they wander the forest.”
“Yeah. Wild wolves love running. I think I’d need to wait until I can afford a huge house before considering keeping a wild wolf as my pet, ha-ha.” Dylan nodded dejectedly. It seemed that he had completely given up the idea of raising a wolf. “Anyway, we need to get out of here.”
Together with the army, we made our way out of the forest.
Dylan’s back and legs showed varying degrees of burns, but he still walked tall with a straightened back, as though nothing had happened.
I followed close at his heels, admiring him secretly.
“By the way, how’d you know that there were bombs back there?” Dylan glanced at me from over his shoulder.
I explained to them everything that had happened, which led them to curse Richard and Peter.
Dylan seemed to be the most affected. “Damn it! Back when Richard was still in the military school, he often played dirty tricks. He knew he could act recklessly just because he was a prince. I never thought that he’d still be the same even years later.”
It seemed that Dylan held a deep grudge against Richard. On our way back, he kept complaining about the dirty things that Richard had done when they were still in school.
“You know what? He learned how to curse from me.” Dylan snorted almost proudly.
I couldn’t help but giggle. “No wonder he’s so good at swearing.”
“Now you know why.”
Just then, Harry and John emerged from the trees and walked towards us.
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