After seeing Lord Kyle off, Xing strode over to Kavell and stuck out her tongue to lick his face.
"It smelled milky. It would be even better with some wine added."
Kavell, who had been pretending to sleep, trembled in fright when he heard the griffin's words. He could not help but miss his father and mother.
After licking him a few times, Xing turned and left, sending several griffins to gather wood and boil the water in the large pot.
As time passed, Xing ran over to Kavell in less than half an hour, licked him a few times, then ran off to sleep again.
Before he knew it, the sun had passed its highest point.
After noticing that nothing had happened for a long time, Kavell slowly opened his eyes. Seeing griffins sleeping all over the ground, he cautiously climbed to his feet, covered his mouth, and tried not to make a sound as he moved toward the edge of the camp.
Xing, who had been sleeping soundly, heard faint movement from the ground. She opened her eyes to a slit and watched a figure moving in the distance. She closed them again, ready to continue sleeping, when she suddenly remembered what she was supposed to do.
"Siha~"
A crisp cry rang through the entire camp, and more than three hundred griffins woke up at once.
The water in the iron pot at the center of the camp was still boiling furiously, while the wood beneath it continued to burn brightly.
Kavell, who was in the middle of escaping, froze the instant he found himself being watched by so many griffins.
"Siha."
Xing looked at the motionless human child and called out to several of her offspring.
A griffin somewhat resembling Xing ran over, seized Kavell by the