One day during the rainy season in the Great Forest.
Alice got up unusually early.
Then she gathered her favorite "fluffy playmates":
-Tona, the little cat-eared girl, Seni, the little dog-eared girl, and Luna, the little golden-haired fox who was especially attached to Cui Ciyou.
They played in a huge wooden building in the Beastfolk village-the Beastfolk's indoor training hall.
Sometimes they chased one another around; sometimes they sat together, chattering away.
Even from outside, the girls' voices could be heard, mixing the Beast God Language with the human common tongue.
Alice could not understand much of their chatter in the Beast God Language.
So she had dragged a somewhat reluctant Cui Ciyou along beforehand to serve as their interpreter.
With an interpreter, they could understand one another and had a wonderful time playing.
Cui Ciyou leaned against a massive tree trunk nearby, watching them with a smile.
Occasionally, Cui Ciyou spoke up to correct Alice's misunderstandings of the Beast God Language.
Or he answered the young Beastfolk's strange and curious questions about the outside world.
Still, I think it was like this in the original story, too...
Even with the language barrier, Alice could still have fun with Tona and Seni.
Girls really are amazing!
Cui Ciyou found the thought rather curious.
Still, this really is peaceful!
Life doesn't get much more tranquil than this.
Just then, Gyes Dedoldia, the young chief and warrior captain of the Dedoldia Clan's cat branch,
who was also Tona's father, happened to pass by on patrol.
He saw his daughter, his niece Seni, and the other little one, his adopted daughter Luna, having fun with Alice and Cui Ciyou.
A gentle smile appeared on his usually rather stern face, and he slowly walked over.
"Ciyou, Alice."
"It looks like you're getting along very