"You are welcome!" Tera blurted before Calis could even open his mouth.
Calis was just as caught off guard as everyone else.
Some wolves in the background started to murmur. They had never seen so many surprising things in one day, and had especially never heard of shiftless beasts being this loud or silly.
Tera planted her hands on her hips. "Your cub wandered into my territory. My clan found her, fed her, and kept her safe. I personally held her while she cried and made sure she was comfortable. So, before we get into why I am here, you could at least offer some gratitude."
A sudden awareness crept into Calis eyes as if he was just now realising what he should have done.
Tera scoffed and faced the wolves present.
The sister’s crimson eyes narrowed, but before she could respond, Tera had already turned to face the rest of the pack.
She was done with being laughed at, dismissed, pitied, and questioned just for not being able to transform into a beast.
Every silly creature in this world should get over something so little already.
Tera had spent months painfully earning the Dow clan’s respect through backbreaking labour while being subtle about every advantage the system had given her.
It had nearly killed her. Literally!
She had been burned out, sabotaged, nearly eaten and killed all while pretending to be nothing more than a clever shiftless female who happened to know things.
She was not doing that again.
If these wolves were going to be her next project, and the system had made it abundantly clear that they were, then she was going to do things differently this time.
No more humble builder. No more earning respect one stick at a time. No more hiding what the system told her and pretending she figured it out herself.
These wolves were going to think she was sent by the heavens, and she was going to let them worship her feet.
"Your leader brought me here because your pack needs my help whether he knows it yet or not," Tera announced with a confidence that made several wolves’ ears twitch.
[Calis’ Favourability: 7% → 5%]
[(·•᷄_•᷅ )]
[Host, he did not appreciate—]
’He can tell it to my ass. I didn’t appreciate his lack of thanks either.’
Tera ignored the dip. She could recover that later.
Calis frowned deeply. "I never said—"
"You don’t need to. You have sixty-seven wolves in this pack."
Calis went rigid.
"Fifty-two adults, fifteen cubs, along with four breeding females, and twenty-nine males in their prime. Then you have nineteen elderly males who are aging out of their usefulness faster than your cubs are growing up to replace them."
[Host? What are you doing?]
[(·•᷄ࡇ•᷅ )]
[Using information—]
’It isn’t classified right? Buzz off!’
[(。Ŏ ᗜ Ŏ ̆ 。)]
[I’m not going to put myself through struggle a second time]
Almost all the wolves stood up, and they all stared at Tera with looks ranging from stunned disbelief to open alarm.
Calis’s crimson eyes had gone sharp and hard, and he looked dangerous. An outsider rattling off the exact composition of his pack was not impressive to him. It was a threat.
"How do you know that?" His voice was barely above a growl.


’System. Help me here!’
’Are you going to cooperate or not?!’

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