I Became A Squirrel Seeking For The Villain

1. Grumpy Squirrel  

Yohan, who had discovered me, slowly approached the window. The window was shut tightly, leaving no room to enter.

 

“Kyuung.”

 Tok Tok— 

I knocked on the window again. 

 

“Why is there a squirrel here…?”

 

Yohan slowly opened the window with a confused face and…

 

‘Wow, this is no joke.’

 

As soon as he opened the window, I was so surprised by the tremendous magic that I dropped the acorn I was holding.

 

It was an incredible power that could not be compared to the magical power of Tezen.

 

In addition, the enormous magical power was running wild inside his body.  The enormous magical power was causing internal injuries all over his body.

 

‘This is going to hurt so bad, oh my god.’ 

 

Without realizing it, I lifted my front paw and placed it on Yohan’s forehead in front of me.

 

The only way to calm this enormous magical power was, of course, through contact.

 

There was a time when one touch was worth more than a hundred words.

 

That was it. Yohan’s eyes widened once more, then closed languidly.

 

He must be very comfortable with the soothing power he was feeling for the first time in his life.

 

“You….”

 

It was a long time before Yohan’s lips parted and he spoke in a whisper.

 

“You…are a divine beast.”

 

It seems that since he is a wizard, he knows of the existence of divine beasts.

 

A blessed creature of the temple that can calm the rampaging magical powers.

 

It is said that the legendary squirrel can even become human if it receives tremendous magical power.

 

I too felt Yohan’s wild magical power entering me. It was a very strange sensation indeed.

 

‘I wonder if I can actually become human today If we continue like this.’

 

Yohan’s power begins to creep into my body.

 

‘I feel really strange.’ 

 

It was a trembling sensation that was incomparable to the one I felt when I absorbed a bit of Tezen’s magic power earlier.

 

But in any case, there was a limit to the magical power I could absorb.

 

At some point, I started to instinctively feel like I couldn’t do this anymore.

 

I absorbed all the magical power into my body and lifted my front paws.

 

Yohan’s purple eyes also opened slowly. 

 

He looked at the black rose engraved on my chest and frowned. 

 

“I see that the mark of Hyrad is engraved on it.…Are you the divine beast of Tezen?”

 

As expected, our villain boy has good reasoning skills and is quick-witted.

 

Well, even the world’s greatest villain couldn’t do it if he was stupid or clueless.

 

I couldn’t really say anything, so I could only nod my head.

 

Yohan was confused. He muttered with his confused eyes.

 

“But here, why me…?”

 

It seems that since he hasn’t become a complete villain yet, his basic intelligence is slightly lacking.

 

I shrugged and answered.

 

“Kyuung.”

 

If I could answer his question properly, I would be human.

 

“Ah, you can’t speak.”

 

Yohan added sheepishly. I nodded in agreement.

 

‘Sadly, I couldn’t communicate through writing because I didn’t know the letters of this world.’

 

John stared at me, smiled slightly, and asked.

 

“Thank you anyway, really. Can I pat your head?”

 

There was nothing bad.

 

I nodded coolly, and he very carefully lifted his index finger and touched my forehead.

 

‘I like his personality.’

 

It was a really nice touch compared to how Tezen had poked my back earlier.

 

‘He even has a face that evokes a protective instinct.’

 

Her hair was as black as the night sky, and his mysteriously shining purple eyes were both beautiful.

 

It was a completely different atmosphere from Tezen, who had the same pitch-black hair.

 

He had a handsome, sculptural face and fair skin, and he looked like a nobleman.

 

He said with a smile.

 

“Thanks to you, I didn’t get sick for the first time. It was only for a little while, but It was really good.”

 

“Kyuuung.”

 

I stared at him with a sad face.

 

‘Well, even if I calm him down for a moment, it won’t be effective because his magic power is enormous.’

 

It was obvious that it wouldn’t last long.

 

Originally, I came here with the goal of somehow absorbing that enormous magical power and becoming human.

 

But when I met Yohan, I couldn’t help but feel a surge of sympathy.

 

‘Ugh, I’ve been so unnecessarily nice….’

 

It was so pitiful to see this boy trapped in the tower, writhing in pain all alone.

 

He had a decent appearance and a kind way of speaking that I can’t imagine that he would later become a villain who would become obsessed with the female protagonist and plot all sorts of bad things.

 

“Thank you so much, really.”

 

John smiled sadly as he slowly stroked my back.

 

“This is the first time I’m not alone when I’m sick and you accompany me this long.”

 

‘I’ve been here for less than ten minutes, but you’re saying this has been going on for a long time?’

 

‘Why is this guy so sad?’

 

I sighed and put my front paw on his forehead, even though it wouldn’t have any soothing effect.

 

The child became twisted and became a villain because he endured the pain alone like this. 

 

Originally, he was a good and pure child.

 

Well, it may seem like a leap of logic, but it was immediately rationalized when I looked up and saw Yohan’s face.

 

What if it’s a leap? I indeed need his magic.

 

In a way, we needed each other.

 

“Can you come again…?”

 

Yohan looked into my eyes and whispered.

 

“You don’t have to calm me down. You can just put your front paw on me like this….No, Just come and see me…”

 

His eyes were so clear and pure that I nodded as if I was possessed by something.

 

‘Oh my god…..how could I shake my head so harshly at such a poor child?’

 

Of course, I still have to fulfill my purpose of absorbing his magic somehow and becoming human, but…

 

I quickly found myself sympathizing with this boy, who has spent his whole life alone and suddenly becomes dependent on a squirrel that appears.

 

‘Okay, I’ll do my best.’

 

I decided within 10 minutes of meeting him.

 

‘Let’s protect this pure and tender heart. If one person gives him love and attention, he won’t be a villain.’

 

If that’s the case, he doesn’t have to be obsessed with the female lead, and this world will be a better place to live in and this world doesn’t have to be played around by the villain’s schemes.

 

Yohan added cautiously, with trembling eyes.

 

“I don’t want you to be in danger, so be careful not to get caught…”

 

I patted my chest as if to tell him not to worry.

 

I hated the black rose symbol on my chest, but it was something Yohan could get rid of.

 

Because Yohan was also a Hydra man.

 

‘I should ask Yohan to erase it later before he is dragged off to war.’

 

It would be better if I could humanize myself before then, but if I couldn’t, I would ask him to remove it and follow him into the war.

 

There was no chance of ever meeting another person with this much magical power in this world again.

 

‘I’m going to become human no matter what.’ 

 

‘Because I was originally human!’

 

Just in case Tezen wakes up in the middle of the night and comes looking for me, I point at the window to indicate that I have to go soon.

 

It was only the first day since I came here, so I didn’t know Tezen’s sleeping habits, so I had to be careful.

 

“Okay.”

 

As if he understood my intention to go, Yohan smiled and tapped my cheek.

 

“Starting tomorrow night, I’ll always keep the windows open.”

 

“Kyuung?”

 

“It means I’ll be waiting.”

 

‘Dude, you’re so cute.’

 

I lifted my front paw and patted him on the cheek, just like Yohan had done. Then I handed him the acorn.

 

It was a gift to meet him.

 

“This…Isn’t this yours? Are you giving this to me?”

 

Actually, I brought acorns because they were the least tasty of my food, but I nodded anyway.

 

And then I quickly ran out the window and headed back to Tezen’s room.

 

I vowed to myself that I would definitely come back to see this poor, villainous boy tomorrow night.

 

* * * 

 

Yohan watched the squirrel walk away from the window.

 

The squirrel appears as if it were a lie and temporarily soothes his pain. Then sneaks into Tezen’s room.

 

“Ah.”

 

The pure and sorrowful look in his eyes when he saw the squirrel earlier disappeared, and a languid look appeared on his face.

 

“Will it come back again?”

 

‘The power of calm that I experienced for the first time in my life was amazing.’

 

It was like heaven granted to him for a moment, as he had lived in pain since his childhood, which he could not even remember.

 

A fantastic and ecstatic experience that he never wants to miss again, even if it means pretending to be pitiful and relying on sympathy.

 

He couldn’t use proper magic right now because the magic was running wild inside him.

 

‘If I could use magic, I would have destroyed this entire mansion and taken out that squirrel.’

 

But since he was trapped in this room, unable to do anything, his best option was to rely on the unknown favor of the squirrel god.

 

The squirrel’s calming ability that suddenly appeared was like salvation to him.

 

Once he refined his magic power, he might be able to use magic, and then there would be no reason for him to stay here in the corner tower of the Duke of Hyrad.

 

For that to happen, this meeting had to last. It would have been difficult if it had been just a temporary whim of the squirrel.

 

‘To do that, I only chose words that would stimulate all kinds of sympathy…’

 

Yohan groaned in agony as the pain began to surge through his body again.

 

He had to think of a way to be a little more special to that squirrel.

 

He had to think of a way to make him more special than Tezen, so that the squirrel would come to him every night, so that it wouldn’t abandon him.

 

So the next night, when the squirrel appeared at his window again, Yohan jumped up to greet it.

 

“You’ve come again, good squirrel.”

 

“Kyuung.”

 

And when the squirrel put out its paw, instead of putting his forehead against it, Yohan smiled and said.

 

“I want to give you a name.”

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