Although hunters were not often seen in daily life, their numbers were actually astonishingly large.
Many farmers supplemented their household income through hunting, and many of them came from a hunting tradition.
A bow, a quiver of arrows, and a boning knife—those were a hunter's equipment.
Recently, a rumor had begun circulating among hunters: the Hunting Goddess had been resurrected. The news came from several extremely professional hunting organizations.
Felix was a lone hunter. At that moment, he was sitting in a tavern where hunters gathered and exchanged information.
He had little interest in the rumors around him, but he knew in his heart that the Hunting Goddess's resurrection was probably real.
He still remembered that, a few days earlier, while ambushing a Golden Cat, he had personally seen a hunting party made up of female hunters.
Hunting parties made up of female hunters were extremely rare, but they did exist. That was not what had caught his attention.
What had caught his attention was the green radiance surrounding those female hunters. When one of them came especially close to the Golden Cat he was hunting, he had almost thought it would flee.
But the scene that followed had left him more shocked than ever. The Golden Cat had not been frightened away. Instead, it had looked at the female hunter curiously.
When the female hunter saw the Golden Cat and reached out to touch it, it had not dodged. Instead, it had obediently allowed her to stroke it.
If Felix had not been an experienced hunter, he would have thought that the Golden Cat was a hound raised by that female hunter.
The Golden Cat was precious for two reasons. First, it was rare, and its soft golden fur was the most popular fur among nobles.
Second, the Golden