Snow Wolf Look left, look right.
But no one else was seen.
It ran out again and sniffed carefully.
When it was sure that there was indeed only Ning Xue, it walked back to the valley and looked down at him with a constipated expression.
"Where are the people?"
"Why are you the only one?
Eat... ah no, where are the sacrifices?"
"Your tribe, why do you let your children come here?"
Facing this series of questions, Ning Xue frowned slightly under the mask, apparently speechless.
After catching an opponent's gap, he quickly extended Teuchi to break the path.
"Stop! Senior."
Ning Xue explained while holding his forehead.
"Senior, I don't know how my tribe is doing now.
I just came here based on the notes I left behind."
"Notes?"
Snow Wolf tilted his head in confusion, and then moved closer to Ning Xue to feel it.
"Hmm... that's right, it's right."
"Is it from the Teng Yuan family? Why do you need to use notes to find it?
Have you all forgotten the way to sacrifice?"
Snow Wolf was confused at first, but then seemed to realize something, and instantly became furious.
It asked Ning Xue.
At the same time, there seemed to be a little bit of... grievance in his tone?
"How could you forget the way to sacrifice!!
It's been promised for generations!! How can you forget it so easily?"
"What do you think I am!"
Snow Wolf became more and more excited as he spoke, and his tone became more and more aggrieved.
Ning Xue I don't know why when I see Snow Wolf looking like this.
Even more speechless.
"Stop! Senior, please listen to me first."
Ning Xue raised his voice, interrupting Snow Wolf's increasingly aggrieved complaint.
He took a deep breath and tried to make his tone calm and candid.
"I don't know anything about other tribesmen, and even my understanding of the Fujiwara Clan comes mostly from this notebook.
My mother... she was from Land of Snow but has moved on.
When talking about his mother, her tone became inexplicably low.
She never mentioned the place of worship to me in detail, nor did she say that she had any other appointments that required her to come regularly.
I was able to find this place only by the guidance of this notebook."
He paused, looked into Snow Wolf's blue eyes and continued.
"So, it's not that we intentionally forgot or neglected.
Maybe... something happened in the clan, maybe there was a fault in the inheritance.
At least for me, coming to worship is not a forgotten tradition, but a journey that I take the initiative to find out based on the only clues I have."
While Ning Xue was explaining, he was far on the other side of Land of Snow.
A middle-aged man wrapped in a thick leather jacket bowed perfunctorily to an old and blurry hanging painting on the wall with patterns of ice, snow and wolves, muttering to himself.
"Ancestors bless you, ancestors bless you... it's all about what you want.
The place of sacrifice is far away and dangerous. Who would go there? Not even dogs would go.
I heard that there are ferocious beasts, but who is willing to risk freezing to death, falling to death, or being bitten to death by running there?
Isn't it the same when you pay homage to Hua'er at home? Sincerity leads to spirituality, and sincerity leads to spirituality..."
He clapped his hands, completing a certain ritual, turned around, picked up the hot soup and drank it, leaving the ancient covenant and responsibility behind.
The screen returns to Ning Xue.
In the valley, after listening to Ning Xue's explanation, Snow Wolf's huge body stiffened. The grievances and dissatisfaction in his eyes not only did not dissipate, but even greater resentment arose.
"What?! You don't know?! The inheritance is broken?!"
Its voice was as loud as a bell, and its voice echoed in the valley.
"No wonder!"
It has some gritted teeth.
"Although it was a little late last time, there were still more than a dozen people!
Last time there were only five old guys left!
This time... this time you are the only one! You are still a little kid who doesn't even know the situation within the clan!"
Snow Wolf became more and more angry as he spoke, and his tail swung wider and wider.
He was so angry that he turned around twice and scratched the snow on the ground with his paws, as if he wanted to vent something?
"It doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense! What do you humans think of me, a watchdog?"
It turned its head suddenly, its huge wolf head came closer to Ning Xue, the white air it exhaled almost smeared on the mask, and its voice was filled with the heartache of being betrayed and great resentment.
"Where is the spirit of the contract that was promised? Where is the friendship that was promised for generations?"
"Your reputation as a human being will be ruined sooner or later!!"
Ning Xue Looking at the giant wolf in front of him who was furious because he was let go, the speechlessness in his heart became even stronger.
He no longer knew what to say.
The bottom line is being pulled down again and again.
The notes record how tall and powerful he is, but in reality he is like a dog abandoned by a scumbag.
It seems that if you want to successfully sign Summoning Contract, you must first appease this resentful woman... Oh no, it's this senior Snow Wolf who is full of resentment.
He silently took out the remaining dried meat from his backpack and tried to use it to appease its resentment.
"Senior, this is the best food I have so far."
He tentatively handed over the dried meat.
Snow Wolf's complaint stopped abruptly, his blue eyes glanced at the dried meat suspiciously, and he sniffed it lightly with his nose.
After hesitating for a moment, he couldn't help but take it in one bite.
He said quietly while chewing.
"Hmph! Don't think that this little favor can buy me off.
Hmm, it tastes okay... but it's not over yet!
You Fujiwara Clan owe me an explanation!
There are many, many years of sacrifices!"
(Ah, I'm sorry, I was dragged out for dinner by my family as soon as I came back after another day of watering.
So, um, you know.)