"—Eugh, are all wild demons outside like this?"
Peter Greenspan stared speechlessly at the Wild Wolf Demon in the trap, its lower body pumping as it frantically went at a white rabbit. He tried hard to convey his disgust, yet a faint, concealed curiosity could still be heard in his voice.
The reason he was being so conflicted
was that beside the trap stood another witch—the Vice Captain of this graduation field assignment and a senior teaching assistant from the Teaching Assistant Group, Violet Jessop. Her strikingly long purple hair had earned her the hunting team codename A Zi.
As for Peter, he still used the codename he had carried in "Queen of Hearts": Wormtail.
The purple-haired witch was not surprised by the short wizard's curiosity. When she had joined this hunting team, she had carefully studied every member's files. It was perfectly normal for this young man, who came from a famous financial family in the Wizarding World, to know little about real wild demons. After all, Chase Bank's Greenspan Family had never been known for producing high-quality hunters. They preferred training wizards to fiddle with abacuses and account books.
"Demons often possess desires far stronger than ordinary creatures, in every respect. You should know that. Most demons in the school hunting grounds have been 'neutered,' so they don't have such strong wild instincts."
Violet held a clipboard, making notes upon it. She stole a glance at the young hunter staring blankly into space. "—Do you need me to help collect its teeth or mane?"
The question immediately startled the wizard awake.
"No, no need. Thank you."
In a fluster, he pulled out his toolbox and opened his spellbook. He first hit the wolf demon with a Weak Leg Curse, then lifted it from the pit with a Binding