Chapter 70 - 63: Specializing in the Treatment of Stubbornness
Toby the Bunny Girl is so cute.
That was the only thought Malin had after he actually saw the girl.
Her round face, long furry ears, and fuzzy body—said to be a sign of atavism, pureblood orcs who turn into beasts more often usually also become more formidable, but this degree is difficult to grasp; too little, and it doesn’t accomplish much, like this girl whose partial atavism, aside from giving her superhuman arm strength, probably only resulted in her smelling really nice.
It’s one thing for the body to revert; if the head goes back too, then it might lead to over-animalization, turning the individual into a beast-man, which usually means losing intelligence and sanity, leaving a shell with only the mind for killing wandering in the world.
"Speaking of which, how is she your cousin?" Leon asked Hiddell more than once, forcing the latter to unveil his family’s information—the girl’s mother was an ordinary mage in the Mage Association, who by chance saved Hiddell’s uncle and had a daughter with him. What followed was pure melodrama: both families detested each other, resulting in a huge fallout, and even the girl was discarded.
Not the best parts to inherit for atavism, and not being a powerful combat orc, the male side did not like this child.
And on the female side, there was a pure hatred for the child’s paternal lineage—Toby rabbits in the Middle Ages belonged to the ’edible’ category, and the prey’s hatred for the predators never faded away.
Until her master picked her up.