Hulim Heyerar poured the potion into its mouth.
Thanks to her personal preference, she had modified this originally bitter potion to have a sweet, refreshing taste.
As the sweet liquid entered the Young Tyrant Giant Bear Cub’s mouth, it seemed to discover something novel.
Its eyes lit up,
and it stuck out its tongue to lick happily.
This sight nearly drove its mother behind it to fury.
After one vial was empty, Hulim pulled out another.
She only stopped feeding after three vials.
The Young Tyrant Giant Bear Cub licked its lips reluctantly, still craving more.
“How is it? Delicious?”
“Peep~!”
“Then do you feel better?”
“Peep?”
The cub tilted its head in confusion—but then it seemed to notice something.
“Peep——!”
It spun around in place, wearing a look of surprise.
Then it bounced up and down joyfully several times.
“Peep! Peep!”
It let out cheerful cries continuously.
Seeing this, the rage in the Mother Tyrant Giant Bear’s eyes faded, replaced by astonishment.
Hulim looked up at her.
“......”
Their gazes met again.
Then Hulim raised her Seven Luminaries wand and tapped it gently on the ground.
Thud!
Splash!
The Light Ropes that had bound the Mother Tyrant Giant Bear vanished completely.
Free once more, the Mother Tyrant Giant Bear slowly stood up—but she no longer radiated the same hostility as before.
However, the doubt in her eyes had not fully dissipated.
“The potion just now can only ease its symptoms, not cure it completely,”
Hulim spoke up.
“I do know how to cure this illness, but this is the first time I’ve seen a Tyrant Giant Bear suffer from it. I can’t be absolutely certain that method will work.”
“......”
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“Shall we try?”
The Mother Tyrant Giant Bear stared at Hulim, hesitating for a moment.
“Roar......”
In the end, she let out a soft roar to indicate her agreement.
...
Inside the underground cave,
Miko clung to a steep cliff face.
“Hmm...... Hulim said it should be around here somewhere?”
Miko moved slowly along the cliff, scanning her surroundings carefully.
“Ah——, found it!”
In a crevice between rocks, Miko finally spotted the target herb.
She reached out and plucked it carefully......
Meanwhile, in another part of the underground cave, Alicia stood among overgrown bushes, carefully identifying the required berries.
“......The color’s not right. This isn’t it.”
“Hmm...... The pattern’s wrong. This isn’t it either.”
“This one...... Yes, this is it!”
After some time, Miko and Alicia returned to the underground lake with the collected materials.
There, Hulim was preparing a potion using a makeshift alchemy table.
“Miko, Alicia—thank you for your hard work,”
she said, looking up as they arrived.
“Peep~!”
The Young Tyrant Giant Bear Cub also let out a peep at them.
“It’s nothing—no need to thank us~!”
“Haha, and you little guy—are you welcoming us~?”
“Peep~!”
“Hey, you’re quite polite! Come here and let me pet you!”
“Peep!”
“Oh, don’t be stingy! Come here!”
“Peep!”
“Don’t run......”
While Miko tussled with the cub, Alicia approached Hulim.
“Do you need any more materials, Hulim?”
“This is enough. This illness doesn’t require rare ingredients to cure—it’s just that Tyrant Giant Bears would never know the correct treatment.”
“Then let me help you.”
“Good—could you process that material for me?”
“This one?”
“Yes—like this......”
After another stretch of time,
with Alicia’s assistance, Hulim finished the potion needed for the cure.
“Little bear, come here,”
she called.
Hearing Hulim’s voice, the Young Tyrant Giant Bear Cub—who had been frolicking with Miko—scampered over immediately.
“Peep?”
It tilted its head at the potion in Hulim’s hand, eyes filled with anticipation.
Its mother, the massive Mother Tyrant Giant Bear, also craned her neck to look at the potion.
“Open wide~. Drink this, and you’ll be completely healthy again,”
Hulim said.
“Peep~!”
The cub obeyed and opened its mouth.
Hulim quickly stuffed the vial into its mouth and poured the entire contents down its throat.
“Peep?!!”
The cub’s eyes widened instantly.
It jumped straight up!
“Peep! Peep! Peep!”
It spun around wildly, sticking out its tongue frantically.
“?”
Its mother, the Mother Tyrant Giant Bear, stared at her cub in confusion.
If she hadn’t sensed that her child was in no mortal danger—and that its vital signs were even returning to normal—she would have thought Hulim had poisoned it.
“Huh? What’s wrong with the little guy?”
Miko stared in confusion at the cub “dancing” in place.
“Cough......”
A look of embarrassment crossed Hulim’s face.
“Adjusting the flavor takes more time than making the potion itself. Given the rush, I skipped that step.”
“Uh, does that mean......”
“Yes,”
Hulim nodded.
“This potion tastes absolutely terrible.”
“......”
“Peep peep peep......”
The underground cave echoed with the Young Tyrant Giant Bear Cub’s miserable cries.
...
...
While Hulim and her companions searched for the intruder in the underground cave,
a great change was quietly unfolding in the forest above ground.
Inside a building at the Manacos camp,
a figure drew a magic circle on the ground, then placed a vial of transparent solution within it.
Hum!
The magic circle lit up.
The transparent liquid in the vial began to decrease rapidly......
At the camp,
“Strange—why is mist suddenly rising?”
A supervising teacher stared at the sudden mist, frowning in confusion.
“Isn’t mist normal in the Monster Great Forest?”
His fellow guard said nonchalantly.
“I know mist is normal, but it’s long past morning, isn’t it?”
“Any mist should have dissipated by now.”
“Then...... maybe the weather is changing?”
“Changing weather? That could be it.”
The teacher nodded, then yawned.
“Ugh, how strange—I slept fine last night, so why am I so sleepy?”
A wave of drowsiness washed over him. He rubbed his eyes hard, trying to stay awake.
Thud!
At that moment, he heard something fall to the ground beside him.
“Huh?”
He turned to look.
And saw his companion—who had been standing next to him just moments ago—lying on the ground.
His pupils contracted sharply.
“Enemy attack!”
He sounded the alarm immediately.
A few seconds later, a powerful wave of sleepiness crashed into his mind.
He followed his companion’s fate, collapsing to the ground.
...
