After Axis devoured enough food to feed more than a dozen people, the tribal warriors finally showed expressions of sheer terror!
"Y-Y-Your Majesty, he... he ate so much, will—will there be a problem?"
How could such a small child possibly pack away so much food? Just what was inside his stomach?
"Haha, it's fine! Having a big appetite is a good thing. I eat a lot too!" Russ replied with a hearty laugh.
'What an amazing kid! he eats even more than I did when I was young', Russ thought. The more he looked at this little boy with a tail, the more adorable he found him.
On the other side, Axis wiped his mouth and, under the amazed gaze of all the Fenrisian warriors, finished off enough food for over twenty people.
He'd just arrived on this planet, so he didn't dare eat to his heart's content, but just enough to be about half full was good enough for now.
At this point, all the Fenrisian warriors stared at Axis in shock.
This kid's appetite was even bigger than the Wolf King's! Was that even possible?
Could this kid really be the Wolf King's illegitimate son from somewhere else? After all, they both seemed to have fallen from the sky...
Axis flashed a satisfied, post-meal smile at the towering man before him. Had he scared these guys by eating so much?
Judging by their freaked-out expressions, they clearly hadn't heard any tales about Saiyans, a good thing, actually, considering his people were infamous across the universe as maniacs for war!
He wondered if this planet had any moons. If there was a large moon, he'd need to be careful.
If he saw it at night, he might just turn into a Great Ape. And as a low-class warrior, thanks to his bloodline, he definitely wouldn't be able to keep his sanity.
That would spell real trouble.
"Hahaha! My little wolf cub, are you full yet?" Russ approached Axis, giving him a much gentler smile than before.
Axis couldn't understand what the other was saying, but still nodded and patted his belly, which hadn't changed shape at all.
'Are you kidding me? I'm nowhere near full! I could easily eat this much again! But so I don't freak you out, I'll graciously stop here for now.'
"Get a clean room ready for this kid, lay out the finest furs for him, and light the hearth! Let him have a good sleep. Also, bring his spaceship to my room, and put it next to mine," Russ said, standing up and nodding with satisfaction.
For the next few months, the Wolf King Russ held young Axis in his arms, pointing at various things on Fenris and teaching him to say their names:
Wolf, cold, food, warrior!
These were the four words every child on Fenris had to master first as they grew up.
Leman soon discovered that Axis was just like him in every way, appetite, fighting spirit, even the way he'd arrived.
But it seemed the kid's mind wasn't quite as quick as his own had been.
Back in the day, Russ had learned human language perfectly in just a few days.
Yet this little guy had needed several months just to manage a basic conversation, and even then it wasn't exactly fluent.
Still, compared to ordinary kids, his intelligence was already impressive.
Maybe as he got older, he'd improve even more.
When Russ had first entered human society, he'd already turned ten. Before that, he'd lived solely with his wolf mother.
In the blink of an eye, Axis had already been on this planet for a whole year. His days had settled into a steady routine: eating, learning the Fenrisian language, then sleeping.
Over that year, Axis's power level had grown by fifty points, reaching 160.
As a Saiyan, it was best not to engage in intense training during growth periods, so he just stuck to daily activities.
Even so, his strength steadily increased.
A year later, Axis had finally mastered the native language of the planet.
He'd also learned that the man who adopted him was named Russ, king of this frozen, barren world, known as the Wolf King.
However, it seemed that Russ knew nothing about Frieza, the emperor of the universe, nor about his army of evil, or anything about Saiyans.
As expected, this was a backward planet, likely somewhere on the edge of the universe, desperately lacking in resources.
By Saiyan standards, it wasn't even worth invading.
Still, the environment was pretty suitable for his growth. Axis decided he'd settle here, at least until he reached his teens.
"Hahaha! My little wolf cub, today I brought down a giant, massive mammoth! Want to see who can eat more?" Russ said, coming over to Axis.
"Are you sure you want to challenge me? Have you ever beaten me even once?" Axis shot him a side-eye.
Challenging a Saiyan to an eating contest, now that took guts. Even Frieza wouldn't dare try that.
"This time I've gone three days without eating out there! I'm definitely going to win! And if I do, you have to call me 'Father,'" Russ declared.
Axis let out a sigh. 'What are you, Whitebeard or something? Why do you keep trying to adopt sons everywhere?
'And you keep calling me your 'little wolf cub!' We're not even related!'
'I wouldn't mind calling you 'Teacher,'' but Russ seemed dead set on making him his 'wolf cub,' which Axis found pretty exasperating.
So, the two of them took part in a traditional Fenrisian challenge.
On Fenris, if two people couldn't agree on something, if one wanted the other to listen, but the other refused, they'd settle it with a series of three contests:
Eating, drinking, and wrestling.
If you won two out of three, the other party had to listen to you.
But when facing a six-year-old kid, Russ couldn't exactly challenge him to a drinking contest or wrestling match, so eating was the only option.
And as for the outcome? There was no suspense; no one could out-eat a Saiyan.
Ever since Axis had fully mastered the language half a year ago, the two of them had held an eating contest every few days.
And every time, the poor Wolf King Leman Russ had never managed a single victory. Russ really took it to heart.
"Hmph! Come on, brat! I've already got the cooks preparing the meat. This time, I'll make you call me 'Father!'" Russ challenged.
"Bring it on!" Axis clapped his hands.
Soon, the massive mammoth was roasted and served up in front of the two of them.