No Beast Girls on the Western Front

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The situation of Pine's squad is no less than when they helped the entire company bring meals last time, so this time they only had to make one trip to bring all the soldiers' lunch boxes to the kitchen truck.

While waiting for Tomato Head to fill each lunchbox, Ella noticed that Lacey's interest was clearly not very high. Even when faced with dishes with large pieces of meat, she didn't seem interested and just ate slowly, spooning the food one bite at a time.

The golden retriever hesitated for a moment, then looked up and noticed that Pine was talking to Ruby with his back to them. So he finally made up his mind, scooped up a piece of meat with a spoon and put it into Lacey's lunchbox.

Lacey paused noticeably, then looked up at her with a puzzled expression.

She smiled a little embarrassedly, "Um... I'm sorry."

"Why apologize?" Lacey was even more puzzled.

"Um...that..." she scratched her face, "I...I caused you to get scolded by the master..."

Lacey's eyes darted around, and she laughed, "No need to apologize, this isn't your fault at all. It's clearly Master who's looking for trouble."

"Um...it wasn't exactly making trouble for no reason, he was just worried about me getting into trouble..."

As she said this, Ella glanced at Payne again to make sure he wasn't looking at her, then moved a little closer to Lacey and whispered:

"You...you absolutely mustn't let my relationship with Master deteriorate because of me...he cares about you a lot..."

Although she found Ella's worries a bit strange, Lacey still explained, "You don't need to worry about that. I've been with him for so long, how could we fall out over such a small thing?"

"That's...that's good. Whew..."

Seeing Ella worry for a while and then relax on her own, Lacey thought the golden retriever was kind of cute and silly, so she couldn't resist patting her head.

It might sound strange for one dog to pet another's head, but it's not entirely unheard of among dogs.

Because generally speaking, the act of patting someone's head implies an emphasis on a superior-subordinate relationship, it is not common between dogs or canine animal girls.

However, uncommon does not mean nonexistent. As long as the superior-subordinate relationship between the two parties is clear and solid, some dogs with special preferences will pet other dogs' heads.

For example, Lacey is simply imitating Payne.

As a gentle junior, Ella voluntarily placed herself at the lowest position in the pack, so she had no objection to this action and even comfortably squinted her eyes.

How could such a seemingly harmless golden retriever possess such keen battlefield awareness?

Thinking about what happened during the attack that morning, Lacey added, "Actually, I should thank you."

"Huh? What are you thanking me for?"

"Thank you for helping Master. Although those bullets shouldn't have hit him, you still covered him. Alpha and I didn't even notice the approaching threat."

"Haha... This... This is all I should do." Ella scratched her head a little embarrassedly. "After all, where else can I find such a good trainer?"

These words seemed to touch a nerve with Lacey. She turned to look at Payne, who still had his back to her, and murmured to herself, "Yes, where can you find such a good trainer again..."