'Game over...'
'That's what I thought but this...'
Shin was right now sitting while being uncomfortable. Right in front of him Kira sat with a dark Aura covering him and other eldermost wolves surrounded him.
*gulp*
He looked a bit towards the place where he was standing a while ago. He was basically dragged from the waters by Kira with his power forelimbs!
All of them had their gazes on Shin as if he had done the biggest mistake of his life, but in reality, it was quite opposite.
Other wolves who watched from a bit far away thought that Shin was guilty since Kira had a fierce gaze while looking at him, but in reality, Kira was embarrassed.
'How can I make such idiotic mistake...?', he realised.
He has indeed realised that Siara was completely fine, In fact she was in her best condition. She was just asleep and the blood that covered her actually belonged to the bears.
She didn't have even a single scratch on herself, but how did he determine this so precisely?
It was thanks to his Special Skill which was bestowed when he was named as Kira - 'Complete Perception'.
That skill allowed him to look at things much more precisely and in a better manner than what would be seen or visible via naked eyes.
However, he noticed this only when he used the skill after dragging Shin. He was now completely trapped because he couldn't just laugh out and say that he was joking.
He could see all others eyeing Shin and badmouthing him. He too had his own reputation to look after but right now, it wasn't the best thing to think about.
The group was still missing and only Siara and Shin were here, so he had to get all the necessary informations first and then think about other things since he was assured that Siara was fine.
"So tell me Sh-"
"Ahem, so tell me maste-"
"Ahem..."
Kira hesitated twice. He didn't want to call him by his name because he knew the consequence of disrespecting their God. At the same time, he didn't want to call him 'master' in front of so many wolves!
'Damn, what a blunder...', yes, he regretted the decision of calling him 'master' earlier.
Right now, he prevented himself from calling that but he had no idea of how to address him. Well, he was in a predicament but to his surprise he came out of it quite easily when Shin started speaking after understanding Kira's situation.
"The group advanced towards the Biola clan and arrived safely..."
"Only her majesty stayed back in order to fight against the bears and successfully managed to kill all of them alone...", Shin said with a lowered head.
While he was speaking, silence covered the entire area but soon after he finished speaking, the wolves were whispering amongst themselves.
"How can you say for sure that everyone reached Biola safely?", Kira asked.
Again, there was complete silence while everyone turned their gazes towards Shin while expecting an answer.
"That's because I went with them and arrived at the clan of Biola, but then I thought Siara..."
"I mean her majesty might have been heavily wounded so I returned to Heal her..."
What he said sounded perfectly normal and acceptable to all so there were no more arguments.
The elders were surprised by his decision making skills and appreciated a bit too because they knew that he might have used Healing magic continuously on Siara only due to which she might have been able to kill all.
"Yes, his healing would have definitely helped her highness..."
"For sure, it was a good thing that he did..."
They mumbled amongst themselves though it was quite audible to everyone.
'No wait...'
'You all don't understand at all...', while all seemed to be appreciating him, Kira seemed surprised.
His eyes were widely opened and he could hardly believe what he had heard.
'Everyone...'
'Didn't you hear what he said...?'
'The most surprising thing in what he said was that he was able to go and return from the clan of Biola...'
'He essentially covered twice as much distance we ran from our terrain in half the amount of time!?'
Kira was too surprised to even open his mouth. He seemed quite calm, but his thoughts seemed quite jumbled.
*gulp*
Kira swallowed a large amount of dry saliva while constantly staring at Shin who was looking here and there and was smirking because of everyone's praises.
'Isn't he a Healer...?'
'More than that... a pup?'
'He ran twice as fast as me?', Kira couldn't believe it at all. No matter how hard he thought, to him it all seemed like a lie!
He wanted to question him right away but his throat was so dry that his voice had been lost.
He thought that it was the best to drink some water from the stream which was no more than 10 metres away from him.
He stood up and walked towards the stream while the rest were busy in praising Siara.
"Then, does that mean her majesty is fine?", asked one of the elder wolves.
Shin nodded his head and answered politely, "Yes, indeed."
Now they had no reason to blame him, their view had totally been changed. So they continued to talk about him when suddenly their gazes shifted towards Kira who was standing just beside Siara near the stream.
It was because Siara made a sudden sound and then stood up almost immediately as if she was raising her guard against something.
"Siara!", Kira raised his voice a bit and then moved his head towards hers and licked her forehead and eyes gently.
Siara accepted it and lowered her guard after realising that Kira was near her.
"I'm glad that you are safe!", he said with a smile.
"I'm safe...?", she asked this with a surprised expression while looking at herself.
"Huh...? Is something wrong?", Kira asked.
She was trying to figure out something when suddenly her glances fell on Shin who was staring back at her.
*gulp*
"Yes..."
"I'm safe...", she almost immediately replied while avoiding gazes with Shin.
Every wolf out there heard this and rejoiced but Kira noticed the sudden change in expression.
'Why did she become gloomy after looking at Shin...?', was the first and only thought that came to his mind.
To be continued...