"Grandpa–please look over us." Faust prays and goes on to feed Bella, arranges his bed and goes to sleep.

However, Bella pulls her bed to where Faust is and lays down on her bed. She stays up until Faust falls asleep. She then goes on to check every corner of the room and goes to sleep.

Bella took up the role of Faust's guardian, protecting him while he is sleeping. She wakes up whenever she hears any movements near the house, she goes on to inspect the area.

After Gus pa.s.sed out. Faust and Bella are protecting each other in their own way. Bella is looking out for Faust, going to school to walk back home with him. While Faust is trying to bring Bella her food without having to hunt like before, he is not letting Bella go out in the wild. Their bond has strengthened as both of them is looking out for each other like.siblings.

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"That dog is coming to school everyday, to walk back home with that kid? And it is perfectly alright if it's a good dog! But this one barks at kids and make everyone stay away from the gate."

"This questions the safety of the kids in our school, the parents are also very much worried about this dog barking on their kids." The head of the school is talking to Clara regarding Bella. Clara took the responsibility of Faust by paying his fees.

"I-it has been a year since Faust is working for my dad and I had spent a lot of time with his dog too. It is really nice and sweet. The dog is only barking at people who are bullying Faust. I'm pretty–" 

"Enough! There is no such thing as bullying in our school! Everyone is being friendly and nice to each other. I won't let you distract the issue of a dog towards innocent kids calling them bullies."

Before Clara can clarify, she is getting yelled at by the head for being unreasonable. As per the head of the school: Bullying doesn't exist in their premises.

The meeting of Clara with the head is coming to an end by Clara agreeing to solve the issue of Bella.

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"I know that for a year that Bella and you are walking home together. But, Miss Audrey doesn't want Bella to come to school anymore. Because she is barking at the kids and parents and terrorizing them." Clara is trying to explain the situation to Faust while she, Faust and Bella are walking home from school.

"Uun~" Faust nods his head in response while looking at Bella who is a huge ball of fur walking alongside him, thinking what threat does it possess to the people who are complaining.

"Bells! You need to stop barking at my schoolmates. They will not let you wait for me near the school gate anymore."

And i'm going to go to the old man's house now, you can safely go back home and wait for me." Faust stops in his tracks, turning towards bella, he pats it's head as he gives instructions and sends it on its way.

Bella just replies with a soft moan with its head lowered as she agrees and walks towards their home.

"There! She won't cause us any problem anymore." Faust turns towards Clara to a.s.sure her that the problem has been solved.

"Okay! It was pretty easy huh? Okay, I will be on my way too now." Clara replies with a smile as she heads her way.

–

"Heh remember it next time old man." A group of goons lead by a young 25year old male is walking out of the housing premises.

The old man is getting up from the ground as his blue pants and maroon tee s.h.i.+rt are glittering sand particles. And a blood decorating his lower lips

"Huh? Who is this kid? I will kill this guy too if you don't tell me your decision by the time I have given you." The male leading the goons shouts as he walks out of the gate.

"Ahh! Don't worry, I'm okay." The old man wiping off his blood says.

"I did not ask." Faust replies with innocence, while his eyes are displaying concern for the old man.

"He is Clara's ex-boyfriend. I put him to a test and he failed. So I kicked him out of my daughter's life. It happened three years ago. Now he is leading those goons, threatening me to give up the farming land, left for me. He got agitated to see that the land is now cultivating crops and he took it out on me."

"It's ok , I will talk to Yang about it. You can go chop the wood behind the house, I will prepare the dinner." He says as he leaves into the house.

He must be feeling  lonely. He acts tough in front of his daughter Clara. Which is why he cannot tell her these things and make her worry. 

He must be feeling lonely, so she said all these things without even questioning. Faust understands the old man, he expressed  his respect without interrupting the old man in between or by feeling pity for him.

He cannot show pity to the old man by saying stupid things like to seek help from others.

–

For the next few days, Bella is still visiting Faust after school to walk back with him and this gravely hurt the pride of the headmistress.

For her, she is always thinking about herself as a Queen who rules upon her empire like school. And  anyone who doesn't follow her commands needs to be punished.

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One day after school, as Faust walks out of the main gate, his eyes wanders.around searching for Bella. After he takes a couple of steps, he hears cries in a very low voice. It's the cries of Bella, coming from the opposite side of the road to Faust.

Faust instantly runs to the other side of the road. In front of him is Bella. Lying lifeless on the ground, her body is withering, covered in bruises and blood.

Her fur seems pulled forcefully at spots with the traces of blood, marks of bites can be seen and she is covered in dirt all over as if she was kicked like a ball in the dirt.

Faust panics, lifts his head up while trembling in fear, looking at the parents and people standing in front of him waiting for their kids. And none of them seem to care that a poor soul is badly injured. He wants to shout for help but his mouth doesn't open. Because of the look in everyone's eyes.

All of the people are just glaring at Faust and Bella without remorse as if they have nothing to do with them. Their faces say that the dog, an animal which cannot talk or hate, which can only smile, wag it's tail and love endlessly without expecting anything in return deserves to be beaten badly.

"Oh oh! Look over there boys! Seems like someone is hurt over there. Why don't someone call an ambulance haha." Ahito and his group of friends says as they seem to be entering school gate from outside. Their clothes seem untidy and their shoes full of dirt and their faces are smiling brightly.

"That dog deserved it for being with a weak owner. How dare it bark at my mom. Now it can't even groan. Heh." Faust turns his head around for the words from Ahito.

"F-F-Faust!" Clara's old man visits school while running as fast as he can. He keeps gasping for air before he can speak anything.

"Faust! Clara is kidnapped by her Ex. I'm not able to locate her. Lets get Bell-" The old man stops in the middle, he sees the horrific shape that Bella has become. Its white fur has turned red and there is no moment from it.

The old man turns towards Faust who is basically panicking and having a mental break down.

*Slap*

"What are you doing you stupid kid! This is not the time to s.p.a.cec out! I will go look for Clara, you go take Bella to the hospital! Quickly!" The old man yells in the face of Faust.

Faust who is having a complete mental breakdown till now regained his senses by the slap of this old man. "I-I'm sorry old man." Faust lowers his upper body a little to show his grat.i.tude. Picks up Bella and runs towards the hospital in the island.

"Bells, I have done many wrong doings to you, I have chickned out many times when you are in danger. B-bu-but." Faust reminisces every scene that he failed in protecting of Bella. Even when they were fighting the wolves together. Faust chickened out and ran away, leaving Bella open with the wolves.

This time, no matter what. He does not want to give up on Bella no matter what.

When Faust is 10 years old and 

Faust is  admiing the beauty of the terrain but as he walked a little further, he sniffed blood, a strong stench of smell gushed inside his nose. He couldn't help but notice stains and drops of blood on the ground and also blood marks due to dragging traced inside the caves and dens which is as if someone dead was dragged or there's a bleeding living being inside the den breathing his last.

*Chirp~~* Faust heart stopped beating when he heard a chirping sound and breaking of twigs from behind.

*"What? There is no one who could followed me, why did I hear the noise? Am I hallucinating due to fear of being alone ?"* Bella suddenly turns back as Faust keep wondering and ebbing, she takes a defensive stand and starts growling in a low voice while her tail is tucked in between her legs - *"huh? Why is Bella growling, is there somebody behind us?"* Faust is petrified and does not want to turn back to see what was behind him

*Groan~* Faust felt hot air touching his neck like someone was breathing so close, he becomes terrified. The groan is almost like a warning for Faust. Bella who kept growling for awhile, started to cower and her growl became feeble but one groan from the creature behind Faust was audible enough.

Faust regains his strength and turns back slowly, his eyes first landed upon the four limbs. The paw of this freaking creature is almost as big as a newborn human baby. Faust slowly slides his gaze upwards, to see what was in front of him. A well built, tall adult black luna towered almost 6 feet and bigger than most humans was standing with eyes darted on Faust .

The Amber like eyes of it are like a burning fire, the stare that the wolf gives is as if almost it is looking into your soul before ripping off skin. Bella started to bark to divert its attention as the luna steps closer to Faust. Faust is trembling and was not able to move a muscle, the wolf however does not care about Bella or it's surroundings, its gaze is only fixed upon Faust. The way the wolf looks at Faust is so intimidating and dangerous that Faust could not even blink his eyes, afraid the wolf will attack him at anytime if he did any movement . The wolf's head was lowered to Faust, yet its nose is tilted up to sniff him up and down sensing if faust was alive or dead. It's canines and tongue are covered with saliva dripping off and it's jaws are dark red as if it just tore down a chunk of meat before finding another prey.

*"Omgg it's going to freaking eat me, move my stupid body. Moveee!!!"* Faust desperately keeps telling his frozen body to move an inch, because he doesn't want to become the wolf's meal at any cost. In the intense pressure, Faust gathers enough courage and decided to either be the wolf's dinner or try to save his sorry a.s.s with whatever he got on him. Faust hold onto his wooden sword that he had with him from the beginning, firmly and he swings it. His hand moved automatically and landed a hard blow with all his might on the wolf's face.