Tibu had caught a long-eared gray rabbit. Although this farm boy had only made a very simple snare trap from vines and placed it on a small animal trail he had stumbled upon, perhaps rabbits really were rather stupid creatures. The simple trap had easily bound one wild rabbit's hind leg, and now the desperately struggling little thing had no way to escape.
"Over there... the rabbit is over there. I... I don't dare go near it. I'm afraid it'll bite me..."
Too afraid of being bitten by the trapped prey to approach it, the mushroom-haired little boy really was not a qualified hunter.
But Tibu's fear of approaching the wildly struggling rabbit did not mean little Kane was afraid as well. In fact, after slowly parting a clump of bushes, the sharp-eyed blond boy reached out and seized the rabbit by the scruff without even a moment's hesitation. Then, a rabbit weighing at least two pounds was lifted up by the seemingly tiny child.
"Ha, let's roast this rabbit and eat it! We'll gather some branches and light a bonfire, then skewer it on a stick."
Proudly carrying the gray rabbit into the bright sunlight, the little boy completely ignored the small animal's frantic struggles, displaying astonishing strength utterly unsuited to his age.
But his two companions clearly found nothing unusual about it. Upon hearing that they could eat roasted meat, both Tibu and Aisha broke into bright, delighted smiles. Although girls could not help feeling pity for cute, furry animals, in a poor little village where meat was available only during festivals, the desire for flesh had long outweighed such superfluous "kindness."
In fact, after giving the gray rabbit one lingering glance, her eyes filled with both pity and appetite, the girl nodded to little Kane and followed