I Became A Squirrel Seeking For The Villain

Tezen had a very good habit of not waking up once he fell asleep.

 

So I was able to escape without difficulty on the second night and go to Yohan.

 

‘I really want to become human quickly.’

 

Thinking about what Tezen had done to me during the day made me shudder.

 

“Slave, why do you keep sleeping like this? Huh?”

 

When I tried to get some sleep during the day because I was tired, he kept poking me in the back, and he also brought all kinds of books related to the divine beast and talked noisily.

 

“The gender of a divine beast can be easily determined by looking at the pattern on its tail.…Let me see your tail!”

 

Tezen grabbed my tail and immediately shouted in admiration.

 

I grabbed my tail and glared at Tezen.

 

“Oh, you’re a woman! I didn’t know that. I guess everyone else doesn’t know.”

 

Well, there are very few wizards powerful enough to have a divine beast, so it’s unlikely that people would even know about this.

 

Besides, the divine beast was incredibly expensive.

 

I knew that Ella had brought a huge sum of money to the temple when she brought me here.

 

After confirming my gender, he became more serious and asked.

 

“So you’re going to be humanized as a girl later? How old are you?”

 

‘If I could answer that, I’d be a human, you idiot.’

 

I sighed and quickly wrapped my tail around my body and buried my face in it.

 

“I wish you were older than me. Then it would be easier to take care of things.”

 

I’m already so sad that I’ve become a squirrel, and I don’t like the owner either.

 

‘Even though he’s only fourteen, how can he be so cruel and immature?’

 

But it wasn’t that he didn’t help at all.

 

“And…Well, the explanation of humanization is explained in detail here.”

 

As Tezen read the contents of the book about the divine beast, I also learned more about my situation.

 

“If you absorb a large amount of magical power, you can become human for a short time. However, it takes at least 50 days of steady absorption to sustain humanization.”

 

50 days. That meant I’d have to stay with Yohan for at least 50 days.

 

As far as I know, Yohan would be sent off to war in three months, so I had plenty of time.

 

“Of course, a wizard with that level of magical power is very rare, so until now, only one divine beast has succeeded in becoming human.”

 

My goal was now to become the second divine being to successfully become human.

 

Considering the incredible magical power I felt yesterday, it didn’t seem impossible.

 

“However, before 50 days, if you become human in the middle, the magic power that was absorbed during that time will be lost. So even if it seems like you’ll become human, you have to endure it. Do you understand?”

 

Tezen spoke to me as if he was scolding me.

 

“When you feel like you’re going to become a human, don’t stop absorbing magic power, but instead, you need to absorb the opponent’s magic power harder to calm it down. Take note.”

 

I don’t know what it felt like to be a human, there was no way to know.

 

But somehow, some way, I will become a human.

 

As I clenched my fists again with determination, Tezen smiled and spoke to me again.

 

“Slave, quickly calm my great power and humanize and become a human.”

 

“Kyuung.”

 

Tezen had taken Ella’s daily whispers to heart,

“Your magic power is great, more than enough to make you the master of this Hyrad.”

 

Well, in a way, Ella was amazing. She had been deceiving people from the same side.

 

Tezen, a fourteen-year-old with no experience in the world, believed in his own specialness without any doubt.

 

‘Even if I were to become human, it wouldn’t be thanks to your magic.’

 

If I absorb Yohan’s magic and become human, I’ll definitely ask for the symbol to be erased and left.

 

‘There’s absolutely no reason to stay here.’

 

John, who went to the battlefield, returned victorious a few years later and dealt with Ella and Tezen.

 

There was no need for me to be in that bloody duchy.

 

‘I need to become human first. I can’t spend the rest of my life as a squirrel eating nuts.’

 

To do that, I need to soothe and absorb Yohan’s overflowing magic.

 

I headed straight to Yohan’s room as soon as it was dark.

 

The window was even wide open, and Yohan was pacing by the window, waiting for me.

 

‘He looks so cute.’

 

His face is so innocent that It’s hard to imagine that this boy will grow up to be a villain who will cause chaos in the world.

 

The bright purple eyes stimulate the protective instinct and the pale white skin, suppresses the pain. He was a perfect, sickly pretty boy.

 

‘Okay, let’s start by doing something good for each other.’

 

As I was quickly about to place my front paw on his forehead, John smiled and said.

 

“I want to give you a name.”

 

I was amazed.

 

Wow, how does this kid always pick out such pretty words?

 

It was an unexpected pleasure to have a name after hearing Tezen shout “slave” all day.

 

“I’ve been thinking about it all day…”

 

Yohan blinked his innocent-looking eyes and spoke with an expectant look on his face.

 

“How about Paul or Tom? I think a short name would suit you better.”

 

“Kyuuuung!” 

 

‘Ah, that is really bad.’

 

I shook my head in disbelief.

 

“You don’t like it because it’s too short? how about something a little longer, like….Dave or Carlburn?”

 

“Kyuuuung!”

 

‘No, why is it that all the names I’m being given are male names?’

 

I pondered how to explain that I’m a girl, but finally decided to let go of my embarrassment.

 

“Kyuung.”

 

Yohan looked at where my finger was pointing and made a bewildered expression for a moment.

 

“……?”

 

“Kyuung…”

 

Then I pointed to myself and made an X with my arm to indicate that I didn’t have one.

 

So if you combine them….

 

Yes, I don’t have what you have there.

 

As expected, Yohan muttered in embarrassment, as if he had guessed what was going on.

 

“You…you were a female?”

 

When I nodded, he seemed speechless and remained silent for a moment.

 

I’m a bit confused too. 

 

He doesn’t even have basic knowledge about the divine beast, as he uses the word ‘female’.

 

According to the book that Tezen read diligently, divine beasts were all given human names because there was room for humanization.

 

‘Well, it’s hard to know about a divine beast unless you look for it on purpose.’ 

 

I looked around Yohan’s simple room. The only books were a few thick, old, and difficult-looking books.

 

A man locked away in a remote room, eating only the foods he was given, practicing swordsmanship alone with a dull blade, could hardly be expected to have access to advanced books.

 

‘What does he know about the divine beast? Does he just know that it can calm rampaging magic?’

 

I wondered if he knew about humanization, at least.

 

As I was tilting my head, he carefully lifted me up.

 

“Anyway, you had a hard time coming here. I’ll think of your name later. I’m not good at picking girls’ names…”

 

He looked around and then carried me to the bed.

 

“Kyuung?”

 

“This is the only soft place. It must have been hard to climb up the hard wall.”

 

He smiled and spoke kindly, and I was touched for the second time after the name.

 

‘Oh my God, what a sweet boy.’

 

“You know, I’ve been waiting for you all day. I was really lonely.”

 

‘Oh, poor thing. I’ll come here often.’

 

“But I didn’t get tired of thinking about your name, and tomorrow I can spend all day thinking about your name again, so the time will pass quickly.”

 

Who wouldn’t be moved when they hear such words?

 

For the record, I was a human, not a squirrel. My identity as a human was clear.

 

“Kyuu, kyuung.”

 

I put my front paws on the pillow and tapped it to tell him to lie down.

 

‘I still feel his magic running wild, so I want it to calm down a bit.’

 

In my mind, it was a tremendous service spirit.

 

‘I like you because you’re nice, unlike Tezen. But I also feel really bad for you.’

 

‘Even though he was the eldest son, he was treated like this because his father, a duke, went to war. He spends all day alone, waiting for a squirrel.’

 

Yohan smiled with sad eyes, nodded, and lay down on the bed.

 

“Kyuung.”

 

I put my front paw on his forehead and took in the enormous magical power that was running wild.

 

As the magic surged in like a wave, I felt a strange feeling inside me, just like yesterday.

 

But rather than the magic I received yesterday, it was a much more ticklish and strange sensation.

 

Yohan’s eyes were closed and he moved his body closer to me. He looked both relaxed and ecstatic.

 

‘Didn’t Tezen say earlier… that if I absorb a lot of magic in a short time, I can become human instantly?’

 

“What, what, this?”

 

Suddenly, Yohan’s magical power began to surge within my body.

 

“Kyuuuung!

 

In a moment of panic, I took my front paw off of Yohan’s forehead.

 

“Ah….”

 

At that moment, I remembered the words that Tezen had been reciting so earnestly.

 “

When you feel like you’re going to become a human, don’t stop absorbing magic power, but instead, you need to absorb the opponent’s magic power harder to calm it down. Take note.”

 

Is this what it feels like to become human? Then I shouldn’t have taken my front paws off…..

 

“Squirrel? What’s wrong?”

 

Yohan slowly opened his eyes, frowning as if he were on the verge of death. And….

 

‘Oh my God!’

 

In an instant, my front paw turned into a small, white girl’s hand.

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