That Grindylow had only been a minor interlude. As they followed the river downstream, they indeed found far more things.
Not only ordinary animals like deer and rabbits—even Mooncalves had been found, two nests of them. Their huge eyes made Adam unable to resist feeling curious about the structure of a Mooncalf's brain.
But after stroking a Mooncalf's soft fur a few times, Adam put that somewhat horrifying and cruel question out of his mind.
"Why?!"
The Mooncalf had turned and fled the moment Klon crouched down before it. Unable to help himself, he looked accusingly at Adam, who was surrounded by Mooncalves.
"Do I really look that scary?"
It was obviously a joke. Everyone in the dorm had been fairly good-looking, but that did not stop Klon from feeling wounded inside.
"Uh, maybe Adam fits a Mooncalf's beauty standards better?"
Although the Mooncalves did not run away the moment Uther crouched down, they would still edge away whenever he reached out his hand, refusing to let him touch them.
Then there was Adam, currently surrounded by Mooncalves rubbing against him from both sides...
"Tch—"
While the slow-witted ones were still envying Adam, the clever Eugene had already wormed his way over and received a Mooncalf hug.
"This place should be pretty safe."
Mooncalves, along with the ordinary animals they had encountered earlier, had little ability to resist fierce carnivores, much less powerful magical creatures. Since they could breed and live here, it meant there were probably no predators nearby.
"Awoo—"
A sudden wail tore through the night sky. Adam and the others hurriedly got to their feet and looked toward the source of the sound.
"Cough, cough, I'm... I'm fine..."
Bernard stood up, clutching his stomach.
"I was curious whether that pink Mooncalf was male or female. I lifted