Chapter 52: Katō Jun's Bonding Tendency
"Cute?"
Jun still had his bow ready to use. He was ready to shoot his arrow at any moment at the savage girl in front of him.
She was cute, but that didn't mean she was a gentle creature.
"Ula..." The wild girl called gently to Jun, speaking in a careful voice.
"Aww, how cute!"
Utaha couldn't resist. She immediately stroked the savage girl's soft cheeks and hair.
"Wow... even smoother than Gin-chan's hand skin..."
Utaha seemed unable to stop touching her.
Also, the savage girl didn't move, looking sweet and obedient.
She looked like a perfect porcelain doll.
"Even so, she's still wild."
Jun still hadn't let go of his bow.
Nearby, two dead bodies were still bleeding.
But the girls only noticed this one small girl.
Maybe that was for the best, thought Jun.
He didn't want them to be traumatized by the dead bodies.
"What if she's actually not a savage?"
Utaha held the girl's arm next to her own to show how they were the same.
"Look, her skin is the same color as mine—on her arms, belly, and cheeks!"
"Do you think she understands our language?"
Jun looked upset.
"Does she speak Russian?"
"Onii-chan, you... don't really plan to kill her, right?"
Megumi asked, worried, as she saw the bow that was still drawn.
"No. If I did, I would've shot her a long time ago. I'm worried she might hurt you."
Jun answered calmly but still cautiously.
"Jun-senpai is right. No matter what, she's a savage."
Ginko joined in, but she stayed away from the savage girl.
"But she looks very..."
Utaha suddenly reached under the girl's armpits with both hands and lifted her up into her arms.
"She's even tinier than Gin-chan..."
"That still doesn't change the fact. Jun-senpai, we'd better just drive her away."
Ginko spoke in a cautious tone.
For some reason, she felt the girl was dangerous.
"If we bring her with us, our new base location might be found," Megumi added.
He gave the meat to the savage girl.
But the savage girl didn't accept it.
Plop!
The meat fell to the ground.
"Ula..."
The girl lay down again, stomach up, showing her stomach.
Jun felt like he needed a translator right then.
"Big brother, I think she wants to go with you..."
Megumi picked up the piece of meat from the ground.
"Forget her, we have to go."
Jun picked up the arrows with sharp tips from the bodies of the savages, ready to continue their journey.
It was getting dark, and they had to reach the new base before it got dark.
Megumi put the snake meat on the savage girl's belly, then followed her brother.
"Ula..."
The savage girl slowly took the meat and stood up.
Ula…
That strong man rejected me because I'm ugly.
She really wanted to be part of Jun's group, but it seemed she had failed.
She was still alone, without a home, and without a place to return to.
"Uwaaa!"
The savage girl started crying when she saw Jun and his friends walking away.
"Jun..."
Utaha stopped walking when she heard crying.
"Her cry... it sounds just like ours."
Her heart couldn't handle leaving the little girl alone in the forest.
Jun shook his head and pulled Utaha's arm to keep walking.
They all kept going, but the mood became sad.
"Onii-chan... I think she's following us," said Megumi.
When she turned around, she saw a small figure running toward them.
The savage girl stopped about five meters from Jun's group.
She took the smoked meat she was holding and put it in front of them.
"Ula..."
She didn't say anything else.
That was it.
Then, without waiting for any reaction, she turned around and ran back into the forest.
"Jun-senpai, I think... she really is just a normal girl."
Ginko also began to have doubts.
She was surprised that the savage girl, who could only say "Ula," had chased after them just to return a piece of snake meat.
"Okay, but I have one condition."
Even Jun seemed to start to doubt this.
As they walked through the forest, their group now included one new member—the savage girl.
She walked in front with a happy face.
Even so, Jun tied her hands tightly with a rope. That was the condition he set.
Strangely, the girl didn't seem the least bit sad about being tied up.
Instead, she looked like a sparrow hopping happily in the morning—full of unstoppable joy and happiness.
Utaha, who was walking behind her, started to worry about the happiness she was feeling.
"Be careful... Jun-kun said there's a muddy swamp ahead."
Though she knew the girl wouldn't understand, Utaha still tried to warn her gently.
"Should we tie a rope around her body too, just in case?"
Jun thought hard. Maybe he needed a neck collar for this girl?
"Onii-chan, you're thinking strange things again, aren't you?"
Megumi understood her brother's thoughts, but she didn't show it.
"Besides, under Jun-senpai's bed is full of adult comics with strange bondage themes, right?"
Ginko said this, and started to share the "secrets" of her older classmates.
Only two people were listening: Utaha, who giggled, and the savage girl, who didn't understand a word they said.
"Bondage? Jun-kun has a dark side, too."
Utaha gave a flirtatious glance, then wrapped a tree vine around her body.
She looked at Jun teasingly, even giving a playful wink.
"If you want to try, I'm willing to."
"Shameless!"
Ginko poked Jun's back with her toe.
"Hey! Why am I the one getting hit? Utaha-senpai was the one who said it!"
Jun muttered angrily as he averted his gaze from Utaha, although it was evident that he had been staring at her for too long earlier.
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On the other side, not far from the new camp location, by the river, the body of a giant bear was still lying stiff on the ground.
Yukino and Yui finally came down from behind a big tree.
They slowly walked up to the dead bear.
"Great... are we really going to..."
Yui whispered, nervous, while looking at the bear's body. Then she looked at Yukino, who was holding a long spear with a sharp tip.
Yui looked worried and uncertain.
Yukino was focused on two things: facing danger and creating opportunities.
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