Chapter 56: Fifty-One: A Warm Home
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Stepping out of the big room, Malin heard some faint noises and turned his head, only to see a small squirrel in the bushes.
Wait a minute, wasn’t this squirrel the pet of that half-human?
Malin walked over, and the squirrel, upon seeing him, immediately puffed up its fur, but it seemed to be injured and could only move with its two front legs, so Malin picked it up.
"What’s that?" asked old Hoffman, the mentor, who had stopped in his tracks when he saw the little animal in Malin’s hands. As an experienced elder, he immediately recognized it as a spirit: "A spirit, Malin, kill it."
"No, this is the pet of the half-human apprentice, it no longer has an owner." Having said that, Malin healed the squirrel’s wounds with the healing spell from the Blessing Spell Formation.
Having been healed, the squirrel stopped its aggressive gestures, and seemed to finally recognize Malin—the stranger who had once spoken with its owner.
The spirit’s intelligence, far superior to that of regular animals, made it stay quiet; Malin did not know why it had survived, because if spirits choose an owner, they will fight for them to the very last moment.
Perhaps it was thrown out of the house by the half-human.
With that thought, Malin put it down: "Go on, your owner is dead. Return to the wild and live well," he said, then prepared to walk towards the carriage but noticed the small squirrel lowering its head. It looked towards the mansion, which was being sealed off by the Punishers.