Alucard’s voice cut through the air, drawing the attention of Coco’s husbands and the others gathered around.
"She completed her mission three hours ago." The hunter relayed, his eyebrows creasing together. "I, along with Yaya, initially assud that Neo was just taking his ti returning to the guild after delivering the monsters, but he ca back quickly, reporting that Coco didn’t return after going out to finish her last mission."
"She was still working an hour before dinner?!" he exclaid, chiming in, his eyes widening, clearly distressed by the news. "She shouldn’t have been working that late! What was she thinking..?"
Kairo quickly turned to Quizen, his hands firmly grasping his friend’s arms and in a gentle yet firm tone, he urged the agitated diator to calm down.
"Take it easy." Kairo said calmly, his voice steady and reassuring. "Yelling like this won’t accomplish anything, Quizen. Take a deep breath and relax a bit, alright? We need to maintain our composure if we want to find Coco."
Quizen shifted his gaze at the purple eyed diator and nodded tearfully, his worry stirring beneath the surface.
Deep inside, Quizen is blaming himself.
Coco ran out of the house after he scread and confessed to Coco— he was hurt at first because isn’t that basically telling him that she’s rejecting him? But with what’s happening, that thought went down the drain.
Quizen tried to steady his breath and compose himself, finding comfort and reassurance in Kairo’s words.
anwhile, Alhai turned towards Sinclair and the others. ", Zaque, and others will wait here. So please, find our wife and bring her back to us safely."
Before Sinclair could react, a certain Brody hunter scoffed.
"No need to tell us twice. I’m off. Better scatter around to cover more areas." Greinzer grumbled in response, not one for long explanations, then without waiting for further orders, he darted into the woods, his form disappearing into the shadows as he ventured deeper into the forest.
Sinclair and the others watched as the hunter vanished into the darkness.
Lukas stepped forward. "I’ll go look for her as well—"
"ow!"
Just as Lukas was about to volunteer to search for Coco himself, a loud wl pierced the air, cutting off his words.
All heads turned towards the direction of the unexpected noise, coming from behind Heiren and the others, but saw nothing that could emit that kind of sound.
The hunters exchanged puzzled glances, curious to see where the sound had co from.
"What was that..?" Yuuko wondered aloud, her surprise evident in her voice as she looked around, her hand instinctively reaching for Miki’s.
"ow."
Just as the first wl trailed off, another one rang out, even more insistent than the previous one.
This ti, everyone’s curiosity got the best of them and looked around, trying to locate the source of the sound.
"ow!"
The third wl sounded loud and clear, leaving no doubt as to its origins because this ti, it was coming from right behind Sinclair.
Surprised, everyone snapped their heads in his direction and they were greeted by the sight of a white, giant majestic creature that seed to be the exact sa size as Sinclair himself— or possibly, bigger than Sinclair.
The creature’s slit eyes gazed at the group, another soft wl leaving its lips.
Heiren couldn’t contain his surprise, his words spilling out in a gasp as he pushed past Sinclair and stood in front of the giant creature, recognition filling his eyes.
"Konoha?!" The diator exclaid, his voice filled with disbelief. "Why are you out of the house— no! How did you get out of the house?"
The large cat simply tilted her head in response, her eyes shifting towards Heiren.
"ow." Konoha wled, almost sounding like a cheeky response, and leaned down to rub her nose on Heiren’s hair.
"You—" Heiren grumbled and placed her hand on Konoha’s nose.
He was about to scold Konoha for being outside, but he was taken aback by the cat’s sudden change in behavior.
Konoha, instead of running back ho, had lowered herself to the ground.
"What... What are you doing?" He murmured, his confusion deepening as he watched Konoha lie down on the ground, almost as if she was waiting for sothing.
"ow!" Konoha wled, which sounded a little desperate this ti.
"She wants you guys to ride on her back!" The garden fairy perked up from Heiren’s hair and Kairo’s ears quickly catched the ssage.
The diator straightened up, a knowing expression appearing on his face as pulled away from Quizen. "Lala said that Konoha wants us to ride on her back."
The diators looked at Kairo, confusion settling on their faces.
Riding a giant cat’s back sounded absurd, but they trusted Kairo’s interpretation and understanding of Lala’s words because he’s the only one who understood the sound of the bell.
"ow!$ Konoha wled again, a note of satisfaction in her tone this ti.
So, one by one, the diators climbed onto Konoha’s back— Heiren was first, gingerly placing himself on the enormous cat’s back, followed by Zaque, Alhai, Kairo, and lastly, Quizen.
As each one settled themselves on Konoha’s broad back, Konoha remained still, allowing them all to get comfortable before she prepared to move.
Konoha stood up and vines sprouted from the ground, rapidly growing and winding themselves around the waists of the diators perched on her back.
The vines coiled around them comfortably, securing them in place.
The diators were startled, but instinctively held onto the vines as they adjusted to the unexpected seatbelt.
Ring, ring, ring.
"Lala said that these vines are her doing so we shouldn’t feel scared of falling off." Kairo translated what the ringing ant for others.
Konoha’s gaze flickered towards Lukas and the hunters for a mont.
Then, without warning, she turned and took off, sprinting into the forest which caused the diators to simultaneously let out a surprise yell of their own.
"I’m off as well." Sinclair announced and didn’t wait for any response before sprinting into the woods.
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