I Became the Companion of the Gods

36 – EP.11 Negotiation -2

“Ah… !!”

A mistake you shouldn’t let out of your mouth.

Hati’s request was so out of the blue that I uttered it without realizing it.

This might be a good thing… ?

Because it was a word that could cause severe insult depending on who it was.

All I could think of was that I was bored.

“Pu-sup… !! Ahahahaha!!”

Because Yata, who doesn’t even know my feelings, was just laughing out loud……

I wanted to ask what I would do if I fanned a house on fire.

No, I have to apologize to Hati before that.

“Hey, over there! It doesn’t mean that…… !!”

“Human.”

“Ugh! Um, sorry…… !!”

“…… What does mazo mean?”

“Ugh… ? Ma-do you not know what mazo means?”

“Unfortunately, I don’t have a wide knowledge of the words humans use, so I don’t know what Mazo means. I know that metamorphosis means changing into another state.”

It’s all good… ! Surprisingly, he lived because he was a naive wolf!

He doesn’t know what mazo means, and he knows pervert as a different meaning.

In that case, all you have to do is go around and move on.

How should I say…….

“Quup… ! You mean majo? I’m talking about people who can’t be hit no matter how many times they get hit, so it doesn’t matter if they get hit more!”

“Hmm? In other words, do you mean warrior-like people who show off their fighting spirit?”

“hehehehe… !! That’s right… !”

“I see, Mazo metamorphosis means someone who is reborn as an indomitable warrior! If so, that’s right. I am a great mazo pervert!”

“Puhahahaha!! Ahahahaha!!”

“Yataa!!”

While I was thinking about what to explain, a crow jumped ahead and instilled strange knowledge into the naive wolf.

Yata, whom the wolf directly referred to as a mazo pervert, was holding his belly button and laughing out loud.

“How can I explain it like that?!”

“hahahahaha!! Didn’t I say anything wrong?”

“Certainly not completely wrong, but… ….”

Still, if later, on the day the wolf properly understands Mazu’s will…….

Ugh! I can already imagine the future where I have to fight the wolves who are angry with this incident.

I feel dizzy!

Yata suddenly hugs me when my head hurts like this.

As it were, she put her mouth in my ear and started whispering softly.

“Don’t worry, that stupid wolf only cares about the moon. I will live my whole life not knowing Mazu’s will.”

“Is that really true?”

“Really. You can trust me!”

“If you say that… All right, I believe.”

I couldn’t help but believe the words of my companion crow, not anyone else.

Even though she sometimes does things she doesn’t understand, seeing Yata proudly presenting even that as her own big picture, I came to believe in her blindly from a certain moment.

Although there is a point of being my precious pet.

“Yes! Thank you for trusting me, I love you from the bottom of my heart!”

“Ah… !!”

Yata is smiling and looking at me lovingly.

Seeing Yata’s affectionate appearance, I just turned my head away.

Ugh, if you suddenly jump in like that, I’m embarrassed…….

“Seobang… ?”

“Hey?!”

Meanwhile, Miho appeared without any rumors.

Since I was leaning out of the drawing room window and coming in, the other animals didn’t react much, as if I knew they were coming, but I had to calm my fluttering heart at Miho’s surprise appearance.

“I just came back, Mr. Seo.”

“Oh, welcome. Miho.”

Judging by the fact that her arm is carrying a shopping cart full of ingredients, she seems to have just returned from going out to buy groceries.

“That, by the way, Miho. Why did you come in here through the window instead of the front door?”

“The drawing room was strangely unpleasant, so I visited once and found that everyone was gathered here. That’s why I came this way!”

“That… okay?”

“Yes! In fact, it looks like that eerie crow is trying to do something to Mr. West… !”

Miho tingles and stares at Yata.

Okay or not, Yata was laughing and smoking something else.

“Hmm, have we finally gathered up to the last Shinsoo?”

“What? What else is this bastard? When did our house become a dog house?”

“Miho?!”

“Everyone here seems to enjoy treating me like a dog.”

“Isn’t that what a real dog looks like?”

“On top of that, he is also a bastard who hurt my dear West.”

“Oh no…… !”

Two companion animals casually pour out swear words with the word ‘dog’ in them.

It’s ruined. This is a fight

In a situation where it is doubtful whether even adult soldiers will be able to endure such words, a proud divine being is teased as a dog? There’s no way I wouldn’t be angry.

“Sorry… !! I’ll apologize for the two of you! Please put up with the fight!!”

When I bowed my head and apologized sincerely to the wolf, the answer I got back was unexpected.

“Human… ? Why are you apologizing to me?”

“Yeah, you must have been upset after hearing what these two said… ?”

“I don’t get angry about things like that. Compared to my great father, I am a puppy.”

Hati was really calm, as if she wasn’t angry, but this ice wolf’s appearance was so different from the fake wolves I’d met before, it gave me a sense of separation.

“Yeah, but I was so angry when I heard that your alter ego, the wolf, was a dog… ?”

“That is the limit of my ability. My alter ego breathed new life into the ice. Since they were not born with my memories, their mental age is remarkably low and they tend to follow only their instincts.”

“So you’re saying that your alter ego isn’t controlled by you, but a completely different entity from you?”

“Yes. Since I have no memories of my great father and I am an alter ego who recognizes that I am a fake, I have no choice but to be ferocious unlike me.”

Your self is a fake, and the real one is different.

In such a situation, if the fake side has no memory of being properly cared for and educated, and has to live with only a certain level of knowledge, it is definitely offensive.

Because if I had to live without any precious memories in a state where my real self was separate, I would look at the world negatively.

“Is there any awkwardness or guilt in using that ability? Even if it’s fake, another self dies or acts recklessly…… ?”

“No. It’s because it’s a creation made with my ability before it’s a life. It is said that there are many people in the world who are attached to their creations, but I am not. Giving affection to each and every creature would eventually put a limit on my abilities.”

“I see… ….”

You could say he was heartless, but you couldn’t blame him for that.

He must have his own thoughts and values.

It’s just that our thoughts and values ​​are different, it’s not wrong.

That’s why I can’t say anything to him because it’s wrong.

“Anyway, the wolf you met is a completely different being from me now, so you don’t have to be so wary.”

“Okay, then can I ask you one more question?”

“Ask as many times as you like.”

“Unlike your alter ego, you have come to talk to us and have been asking for something from us. Does that mean that you too are not bound by the rules of the divine beast?”

“No, if I can abide by the rules of Shinsoo, I will. However, the rules of Shinsoo are just lower in priority than my goal.”

“Is that why you came here because you have something to ask of us, the enemy we should be fighting?”

“Yes.”

“Then what will you do for us if we grant your request?”

“That is not up to me to decide. It is up to you to decide.”

Compensation for the request is for us to decide on our own.

It was a simple yet difficult problem.

“Haa… ….”

Honestly, I don’t know how to take this.

If Hati doesn’t do what he wants, he will immediately become hostile to him, so he won’t refuse his request.

If so, would it be good to ask him for something as a reward? The key was what to ask for and whether the other side would accept it.

“My dear, can you leave this negotiation to me?”

“Huh? If you do, I will be grateful.”

“Okay! Then I’ll pay for it, so I’m looking forward to it!”

Yata smiles mischievously as he sits face to face with the wolf.

I only found out recently, but when Yata is sincere, he smiles like that.

A smile that seems to be laying the groundwork to make it easier to fool the other person by looking snarky in some parts.

How to cook really delicious? He looked like a happy, troubled cook.

“Wolf, you know for sure that if something goes, there must be something coming, right?”

“Of course.”

“Then we have two requests from you. Are you fine?”

“Listen to what I can do for you, and do my best to be lenient. In return, is it okay if I increase my request by one more?”

“You can’t.”

“Why?”

“The reason why we ask you two things. One is compensation for fulfilling your request, and the other is compensation for the damage that your alter ego has seriously injured my husband.”

“Isn’t that something my alter ego did at will?”

“Did you forget what you just said? Even your alter ego is part of your ability. It’s said that you didn’t have the will, but in the end, your ability hurt my husband, so I should be compensated.”

A yata who pours out his words without hesitation and takes a firm attitude as if he is not backing down.

Her appearance now is that she was the pope she had seen before at the night religious gathering, she was herself.

She usually only looks like a naughty girl, but when it’s important, she becomes more serious and powerful than anyone else. This is the opposite charm that only Yata has.

“Hmm, that makes sense. Alright, I’ll make sure to take those two requests well.”

“Okay, let me tell you our requirements. First, never interfere with us again.”

“How much interference do you mean?”

“Just everything, don’t attack or do anything that would do us any harm.”

“Okay, take it. What is your next requirement?”

“The next step is to prevent other divine beasts from attacking us in the north. It ends with this.”

“Are you referring to other divine beasts like Yeti and Wendigo?”

“I’m talking about all the gods in the north, including them.”

“That is impossible! In the snowfields of the north, there are also divine beasts who have been established for a longer time than me. It would be impossible for me to stop them all!”

“Don’t worry, those northern kids don’t even bother moving, do they? The guys you have to block are the ones with high blood pressure and you can fully counter them.”

“Well, then there’s no big deal, but even so, the requirements don’t seem to pay off.”

Certainly, this request could be called our greed.

For Hati to block other divine beasts, it is an action that could be against the divine beast rules.

It was no different than telling Hati to break the rules, who just wanted to follow the rules.

So this would be a difficult requirement for even Yata to make Hati fully accept it.

“Well, maybe not?”

“Why?”

“We already dropped a meteorite once to stop your clone. You know that we showed off our dominance to the divine beasts living in the north and nearby areas with it, right?”

“Ah, I came to visit you after seeing that scene.”

“By the way, aren’t you asking us to summon another meteorite? Of course we can’t summon them here. Then, where should the meteorite fall again?”

“It must be near my nest where there is no life.”

“Well then, what will the divine beasts of the north think when they see the meteorite again? Of course they think we’re threatening them. The anxiety that rises like that will soon turn into anger against us, and eventually we will fight the divine beasts of the northern region. Because of your selfishness!”

“Ummm… !!”

Perfect outboard.

There are no words other than this to describe the current situation.

I was amazed by Yata’s logic that forced me to accept a request that I thought would be difficult.

“So of course you should take responsibility, right?”

“Haa… i lost I will accept your second request as well.”

“It should have come out like that a long time ago!”

Yata completed the negotiations successfully. Soon, he was smiling at me while making a V for victory.

“How is it? Is it cool enough to fall for you?”

“Yeah, it was a wonderful negotiation technique that I couldn’t even imitate.”

“Isn’t that right, even a nang-kun can show off great negotiating skills?”

“I… ?”

“Yeah, right here… ♡”

“Wow?!”

Yata starts gently caressing my crotch.

Oddly enough, he licked his lips once with his tongue and started licking his lips.

“Can we look forward to tonight? Physical negotiations with Nanggun♡”

“Now, wait… !”

At that moment, a pottery kettle passed quickly between Yata and I’s faces.

Changing against the wall! The shattered kettle made a noise and put an end to the tumultuous atmosphere, so you could tell who had thrown it without looking.

“… Are you crazy crow? The West said to negotiate. Didn’t I tell you to practice Chinese medicine?”

“Don’t you know what a conversation between the flesh is? It’s also a decent means of communication.”

“Is that so? So, I’m slapping you in the face right now, wouldn’t it be a conversation with the body?”

“There’s no way I can talk to a beast that can’t speak.”

Two people fighting hard as always.

Looks like it’s my turn to talk to the ice wolf now.

“Sorry, those two don’t get along.”

“I know even if you don’t tell me.”

“Okay, so I’m going to take over the story from now on, okay?”

“Well, it doesn’t matter.”

“Then I want to ask you about your request. Why are you asking us to shoot a meteorite?”

“As I said before, swallowing the moon is my longing wish. And the meteorite you summoned is smaller than the moon, but still quite large. I want to test myself with that meteorite.”

To swallow the moon, you must first swallow a meteorite.

Previously, the fake Hati couldn’t even block it, let alone swallow it, but he confidently took on the challenge, thinking that the real wolf, which is several times stronger than the fake one, could do it.

In other words, what we did must have aroused the wolves’ vigor.

“It was like that…”

I felt ashamed of myself for thinking this wolf was a pervert.

I’m reflecting, but how should I apologize to this wolf who called me a pervert…….

“Human, do you have anything more to ask?”

“There’s one more thing. Our negotiations ended well, but how can we trust each other?”

It is impossible to give a human contract to a divine beast.

That’s why you can’t suddenly share a promise with just one word to believe.

Since we don’t know each other in detail, of course there was a problem of trust.

“If that’s the case, I brought something good. Nanggun!”

“Huh?”

Yata threw something at me in the middle of a long fight with Miho.

A lightweight item with a fairly large volume.

The true identity of this…….

“Owl feathers… ?”

“As expected, Crow-kun, I never thought I would prepare something like that.”

“What? Do you know what this is?”

“The feather belongs to Minerva, a divine beast who lives in the eastern forests.”

“Minerva?”

“The owl god of wisdom and contract. If you make a promise with this divine beast’s feather, you must keep it no matter what.”

“Even if you change your mind later?”

“Regardless of the head, the body will move to keep the promise. Since there is no Shinsoo in this world who has unlocked this ability, it is safe to say that the contract using this feather is absolute.”

“I went to get the feathers while Nanggun passed out! I’m pretty close with that owl!”

You really prepared every single detail.

As expected, Yata, the all-round crow we are proud of.

Now, if I could just get along with the fox, it would be perfect. ….

I don’t think that will happen even if I die and wake up, so I decided to give up early.

“Then is it okay if we sign a contract now?”

“Of course, I promise to keep my word.”

“Okay, then we swear.”

As soon as we exchanged a word of oath, Minerva’s feather began to rise into the sky by itself.

The feathers that floated up to a certain point started to emit strong light and seemed to show something, but suddenly they became transparent.

Soon the feathers completely vanished into the air, causing silence for a long time…….

“… What? Is this the end?”

“Okay, this is the end.”

“I thought something great would happen because of the divine beast’s feather, but surprisingly nothing special, right?”

“It may not be flashy, but the performance is certain, so don’t worry, my dear! Isn’t it for nothing that they say that simple is best?”

“I see… ?”

You think it would be nice to be a little more flashy?

Anyway, it must be a very disappointing sight.

“Now that the contract has been established, I will go back. Come to my place as soon as you are ready.”

“Ah, yes… ….”

A heartbreaking sight followed by a heartbreaking breakup with the Ice Wolf.

And until our revisit to the northern region, which was decided without a hitch.

I came to think that everything had really gone downhill.

But……

“Snowball Fight! I can do it again!!”

“Ah…! Ah…!!”

When Tia woke up, realizing that she had to go back to the North, her eyes lit up.

Surprisingly, Tia’s words not only energized my body, but also made me goosebumps.