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Chapter 401: Gathering

I 【Teleport】back to the『House』. Riche sniffed me all over, the corners of his mouth tugged down somehow..

「Do I smell strange? 」
Is it the scent of pine resin?

He continued sniffing me suspiciously, but he dropped to the ground, raised his upper body, stretched his forepaws and wagged his tail. I passed Riche’s check, it seemed. Look at that grin, he’s asking me to play with him; it’s a complete 180 from his earlier demeanor. Doggies sure are expressive creatures, huh.

We played tag among the grapevine trellis for a while. He would madly zoom forward and when we’re quite far from each other, he’d stop and stare at me. That’s the signal that I should charge at him with great gusto. He’d bound forward to avoid my grasp, dash forward again to put a bit of distance between us, and the cycle goes on.

After Riche had enough, I caught him and