NOVEL NEXT chapter 38
38 – EP.12 Harmless Wolf -2
How will my companions react if I tell them I will protect them?
If it’s Tia, she’ll come out boldly asking to be petted because she can protect herself.
Miho will be moved by those words, but he will rather insist on protecting me..
Yata will laugh at my words, but he won’t take it seriously.
On the other hand, the woman in front of my eyes… No, Shinsoo was different.
A werewolf shyly grateful for my protection even though she is stronger than me.
Her gratitude was sincere, to the point where she felt proud of herself for protecting her.
“Please take good care of me.”
“Yes, yes… !”
“Ugh… !”
When I reached out my hand to say good-bye to you, the brown wolf woman accepted it.
Her hand was so soft that it evoked the desire to keep touching it.
But there was an ambush worse than her hands…… It was the wolf’s gaze looking up from directly below.
Her moist-looking eyes, her red cheeks, and even her shy attitude towards holding her hands.
The wolf was so cute that the desire to protect it pierced the meter.
A different kind of cuteness from Tia.
If Tia has always had the cuteness of a bright and sunny daughter, she has the cuteness of a small animal that makes you want to protect this wolf.
Of course, even comparing Shinsoo to a small animal would be rude, but I couldn’t help feeling like this.
“Let’s go into the cave for now. Because it looks like other divine beasts will come this way soon.”
“Oh, I see…” !”
The only thing left after the self-introduction was embarrassment and an awkward atmosphere.
Why should I be ashamed of the wolf I met for the first time today?
I felt confused because I felt like I was caught up in an unanswered question.
First of all, we need to check Tia’s safety in the cave, so let’s calm her down first.
As she shook her head and tried to shake off her anxieties, I felt a soft touch flow through my hands again.
“Ummm… ?!”
“Ah… ! Excuse me!! This is that…… No, I was so surprised that my legs gave out… ! That’s why I wanted someone to support me… ! W, is it a nuisance after all… ?”
“Gwa, it’s okay! It’s not particularly disturbing.”
Such crazy!!
How can you say no when you look up so sadly!!
Who would refuse this cuteness that is no different from a baby bird soaked in the rain desperately looking for help… !!
Ignoring her in this situation where just looking at her makes her heart ache? It was something that could never happen.
If you ignore it, you will see the sullen wolf woman, and if you see that scene, her heart will surely not be left.
In an instant, your heart will be covered with regret and guilt, and you will feel breathless.
Ugh… ! It’s horrifying to even imagine.
“Well then… Can I ask for some help…… ?”
“Yes, as much as you like.”
“Thank you, hehehe…… !”
I couldn’t help but admire it.
The wolf made me have no choice but to do him a favor, and now he’s stealing my heart with a shy expression of delight.
I feel like I’ve been completely charmed.
As expected, she was shaking my heart as much as I could admit.
I hope that doesn’t happen, but if all the words and actions of this wolf woman were acting, it would give me goosebumps, but I would say that I was completely fascinated.
On the other hand, if it’s actually her personality and behavior that comes from her heart…….
That also seems scary in its own way.
Because it means that the real ability is different.
“Anyway, what did you come here for? Are you going to meet Hati?”
Tia is sleeping without the world noticing that there has been a great uproar.
It’s proven that she won’t wake up for anything, but I still carefully lift Tia’s body up and put her in my arms so she can sleep.
Now that we’ve made sure Tia is safe, we decided to talk to the brown wolf until the other pets arrive.
“Yes… As you can see, I’m a shy person, so the only people I’m close with are my family… ! So I came to see Hati because I wanted to have a conversation after a long time…… !”
“I see, but is it okay to be this close to someone you’ve never met?”
“Ah… ! Did I make you uncomfortable… ?”
I thought we’d sit across from each other, but the wolf sits close to me.
My body flinches and bounces at one question, but now it starts to cry.
“Dah, it’s not particularly uncomfortable! I’m just asking if it’s okay to be around a human who broke the rules of Shinsoo.”
“It’s okay if that’s the case… ! Because the lord is kind… !!”
“Thank you, but isn’t it too early to be so sure already?”
“No… ! Even though I am a human, Seonju sacrificed himself to protect me, a god beast… ? I think that alone proves the kindness of the ship owner… !!”
“I see… ?”
Wouldn’t it be possible to think of the dark mind of making a light for Shinsoo and using it later?
I think it’s still too early to make a decision, but the brown wolf doesn’t seem to think so.
“Besides… I was very happy… !”
“Huh? What?”
“The fact that the shipowner protected me… ! To be honest, I’ve never been favored by anyone outside of my family in my life… The way the ship owner said he would strongly protect me like that…… Really… really… ! You were so cool that I fell in love with you!!”
“That… okay?”
The brown wolf was talking quietly.
Suddenly, a voice so loud that the ice inside the cave shook.
“That, so if you don’t mind… ! Me, I’m also the owner of the ship…… !!”
“Hmm? Is this voice a squall?”
“Ah… ! Hati…….”
The brown wolf had been wringing out his voice and courage to say that he would not leave even the last drop.
However, I had to swallow back what I was about to say by an ice wolf returning home on the way.
It’s a pity that I left only the most important words of her, but I got a general sense of what she was trying to say to me.
It must have been a request to have him as a pet.
Since then, I was able to understand that much because I am proud to say that I have lived my life with a lot of eye candy.
Since he helped me in the first place, he has been kind and sticks to me and sends me a doctor who likes me, but how can I not know?
Not knowing is strange.
“Hmm? Squall… ?! Why are you attacking me all of a sudden?! Sleep, calm down for a moment… !”
“hahahaha… !! I ruined everything because of Hati…! It was an important moment… !!”
However, Squall may have thought that his intentions had not been conveyed to me, so he began to take out his anger by banging Hati on the head for disturbing him.
“I mustered up the courage… !! Take responsibility… !! Take responsibility… !!”
“Ugh… ! Suddenly, I have no idea what that means! So, calm down first… Ug!!”
A small human hand compared to an ice wolf.
However, the power contained in it made a sound that seemed to shatter Hati’s head, so I began to worry about the safety of the ice wolf.
“Sorry~! I tried to delay the return time as much as possible, but I couldn’t!”
“As expected, you seem to have known all about this situation.”
“I told you on the way, something good will happen to you.”
“So you deliberately set the departure date back by 10 days?”
“Yes, because I could see the future where my army captured that werewolf girl.”
“It is said that the relationship will increase, but is it okay?”
“It’s okay, unlike the b*tch, I’m a little on the generous side. Besides, even though he is timid, he is a wolf with a very kind heart, so there is no problem.”
“I see… ….”
Fortunately, all of Skoll’s fresh actions so far came entirely from her heart.
It means that there will be no such thing as ‘the brown wolf is actually a bad b*tch who tried to use me’.
“By the way, where is Miho and did you come back alone?”
“Cleaning up after the site. If the fox b*tch is involved in the current situation, it will be a piece of sh*t. I told you to do some chores in advance.”
“Did Miho manage to hear you?”
“My husband told me a false prophecy that I would fall down upon stepping on a meteorite scattered on the floor. Did that alone make your eyes go round?”
“Wicked… ….”
“At times like this, tell me it’s wise. More than that, my dear, wouldn’t it be better to stop that wolf soon?”
Squall, who is still weeping and banging on Hati’s head, and Hati, who has passed out but continues to be beaten.
I feel sorry for the brown wolf beating me so hard, and I also feel sorry for the dying ice wolf.
“Uh, over there Squall… ?”
“Oh… !! I’m sorry… ! Showing such a violent side… !!”
“No, it’s okay. Rather, I have something to say about what you were about to say earlier…… “
“That, that… ! That is… that’s it…… !”
“You don’t have to force yourself to say it again. I already know what you’re trying to say.”
“Oh, really?” ?”
“Yes, so I want to tell you the answer to what I was going to say, is it okay?”
“Yes… !! Boo, please… !!”
“Okay… ….”
After taking a deep breath, slowly draw the air out of your lungs.
A necessary process before you can say anything important. It was a preparation exercise to fully convey my thoughts.
In the meantime, Skoll seemed to be very nervous as he gulped down his saliva.
I opened her mouth while facing her.
“You know, unlike what you thought, I’m not that great or kind. He’s always dissatisfied with everything, and he’s even weak and useless.”
“Ah… “
“To be honest, saving you was also my whim. Normally, I would have judged you coldly and left you alone. That’s how selfish I am.”
“Wait a minute… !! Why is the shipowner torturing himself so much… ?”
“Rather than revealing, I’m telling you the reality of what kind of person I am. It’s better than regretting it after knowing it later, right?”
“I have absolutely no regrets… ! No matter how badly the ship owner evaluates himself, he’s the kindest person to me… ! That fact will never change… !!”
She only protected her once, so why does she blindly believe that I am a kind person?
Why?
I really don’t know.
“That’s why, please stop beating yourself up…!”
However, I was able to know for sure that my heart was getting warmer at the wolf’s word that she would believe in me until the end, and at the same time, I learned what kind of person she was.
You are so stupidly nice…….
This was my honest evaluation of Squall.
“Okay, I’ll stop.”
Anyway, it’s a waste of time to keep trying to change her mind when you’ve even downvoted her.
So it must be time for me to make a decision.
“Skoll, if you don’t mind, would you please be my pet?”
“Yes…… ?”
“This, after all, I’m a bad guy, so I need your help…… “
Ah, I said it, but it’s really embarrassing.
This is the first time I’ve officially asked to be my pet, so it’s my fault that I was nervous.
It would have been a more flexible yet gentle invitation…… !
Didn’t you use too much shriveled words because you rushed to think of your lines? Or did I say it too insincerely? There were quite a few thoughts that came to mind.
“So, if you don’t mind…… Uh?”
Drop! Pop!
A sudden sound of water falling.
When I put my head back to its original position, which had been turned away in embarrassment, there was Squall, who was shedding tears as if he couldn’t believe it.
“Mi-sorry!! After all, I’ve made an invitation that doesn’t fit my subject… !”
“No, no… ! I’m just happy with this… ! I’m crying for joy… !!”
“Uh huh huh? Being my pet was such a joy… ?”
“Yes… !! I’ve never been asked by anyone… !! It’s because I’ve always been ostracized by other divine beasts for being timid… ! However… ! However… !! The shipowner not only protected me, but also needs me… !! What a joy that is… ! Whoa… !! Whoa!!”
In fact, Squall was a wolf with a lot of heartache.
I heard that they were Hati’s twin wolves, so I thought they lived without problems like Hati, but it turned out to be the exact opposite.
Skoll, who was completely different from Hati not only in gender but also in personality, needed someone to be with because of his affection, but because of his timid personality, he was ignored and lived a lonely life.
Skoll, who had lived without telling anyone even though he had such a difficult situation, finally met me who needed him and was pouring out to me all the sadness and resentment he had been hiding in his heart.
I gently hugged and patted Skoll’s body, who was sobbing as he spoke of truly regrettable stories.
I know that I have been looked down upon by others like the brown wolf.
What kind of feeling is she currently feeling, and what kind of suffering she has been living with.
And how can I comfort her feeling so sad……
“Sigh… !! Ugh… !!”
“…… You can cry to your heart’s content as much as it was difficult.”
Because I know very well how relieved it is to feel someone else’s warmth and cry out loud.
I decided not to release her hands from her body until she had let go of all her anger and was able to stand up for herself.
***
“I’m Seonjoo… ….”
“Have you calmed down now?”
“Yes… thank you…… “
“I’m glad. You started crying all of a sudden, so you were surprised to think it was because of me, right?”
“Ah… ! I’m sorry… !!”
“You’re kidding, aren’t there things that you couldn’t handle?”
“Yes… ….”
“Then you can cry in front of me as much as you like, and if you are having a hard time, you can hold me in my arms.”
“As expected, the ship owner is kind… ….”
“That’s not true, this incident is just a coincidence, a coincidence.”
It was just by chance that the pain she was experiencing was the same as the pain I was experiencing in the past.
If she had a hard time with her other troubles or if she hadn’t had my precious family, I would have had nothing to do with her, so I would have just stood by and watched her.
So, at least I think that this time is far from being kind to me.
“By the way, what will you do with my proposal? It’s okay if you don’t like it, but…….”
“No! I want to be…! No, it will be… ! The owner’s pet… !!”
“I see… thank you for accepting Well, thank you again!”
“I-I’ll take good care of you…” !!”
The procedure for signing a companion contract is simple.
As long as the human being and the animal that will make the contract of companionship are in contact with each other, the human’s job is done.
As long as the animal that will become a companion animal thinks deeply in its heart that it will take a human as its companion, a contract is established.
For some reason, I feel that only the animal side is one-sided, but I can’t help it.
Companion contracts were originally created for humans to borrow the power of animals, so it is natural that a contract with animals cannot be concluded if the animal side does not like it.
Because you shouldn’t accept people who don’t think you’ll treat them with respect.
“Okay… !”
“Really?”
I checked the back of my right hand just in case. There was a fourth pattern engraved there.
It is a proof that Skoll has definitely become my pet.
“Oh! Squall has a pattern somewhere…….”
Squall shows off his lying down position before I even ask.
In what is commonly called a posture of submission among dogs, she was showing her belly.
I wondered why the wolf had suddenly taken this stance, but I immediately knew the reason.
The pattern of her companion engraved on her abdomen, exactly below her navel.
When she wanted to show that, she was naturally convinced that she was showing her stomach like she is now…… One question arose.
“Yeah, you know… ….”
“Yes… ?”
“Why did you carve a pattern on it?”
Unlike humans, animals can engrave their companion’s pattern wherever they want.
So, it is correct to assume that the pattern engraved on her lower abdomen is her will.
“Of course, it was engraved on the ship to swear obedience to the ship owner…” !”
“I understand that, but looking at the position of the pattern, this is a complete yin wave… ….”
“Yes… ?”
“No, nothing…” ….”
Yes, there’s no way a wolf as pure as Tia could be engraved here as a part.
This is also a coincidence. Accident.
As the wolf said, the pattern was intended to be engraved on the abdomen, but it must have been engraved between the abdomen and groin by chance.
I guess so…… ?
“Seonlord… ….”
“Huh?”
“There is one thing I want to ask the ship owner… !”
Sir, are you really asking me to interact with you by touching your own pattern?!
“If you don’t mind… me, my…… !”
“Wait… ! I’m still ready… !!”
“Please name me… !!”
“Uh uh… ? This name… ?”
It must have been my brain that had rotted away.
So that’s right, couldn’t a pure wolf ask such a promiscuous request?
Haa…… I’m just crazy
“Your name? Isn’t there already a name called Skoll?”
“It is, but… I don’t like it because it’s a boy’s name…… So on this occasion, I hope the ship owner will give me a new pretty name… !!”
“Are you okay? My naming sense is also terrible, right?”
“It’s okay… ! I’m happy just to receive the name the ship owner gave me… !!”
I don’t know if it’s okay to change the name of the Shinsoo, but Skoll was definitely not a suitable name for this wolf.
So I tried to roll my head to find a new name for the wolf, but it was too difficult for me to decide on a name suitable for the brown wolf.
“Sorry, I’ve been thinking a lot, but I can’t come up with a good name. So I don’t think I can change my name.”
“I see…… Ah! I’m sorry for asking you a favor… !”
“It’s okay, ah! Still, I thought of a nickname instead of a name. How about a nickname called ‘Cor’?”
“Cor… ?”
“Yeah, ‘Kor’ by singing only the last word of squall.”
Since I am also being called a long time by a baby dragon, I wondered if it would be good for her to be called at the same length.
Actually, Cor’s accent is softer than Squall’s because it’s more feminine.
“Cor… Cor… ! Cor…… !!”
“How is it? Are you okay?”
“Yes… ! I like it so much… !!”
“Then, is it okay if I call you Kor from now on?”
“Yes!! Please call me Kor… !!”
Cor had been crying as if his heart had been torn just before.
But now she was smiling brightly like a flower petal that has bloomed after being hit by the spring rain.
Just because she came up with a nickname of her own…….
If it’s something I give, it means that I feel joy even in trivial things.
If you think about it differently, it means that she really likes me, so my face started to heat up.
“I’m Seonjoo… !”
“Huh?”
“Oh, if you don’t mind…… Can you call me by my nickname just once? ?”
“Yes…… Nose, nose.”
“Once more… !”
“Cor.”
“Just one more time… !”
“Cor.”
“hehehe… !!”
I think I’m going crazy.
Because some of my brain cells started rebelling.
I’ve always thought that Tia was the only cute being, but at this moment, a new being began to emerge from within me, so of course it was Cor.
Some of the brain cells that always shouted Tiaman have turned to Korpa, a rising powerhouse today, and have declared war.
So I can’t help but lose my mind…….
……
……
……
Anyway, Cor’s happy smile means he’s just as cute.
“Squall…… ?”
“Oh, Hati… You finally woke up… ! I’m sorry, I beat you to the point of fainting… !”
The ice wolf finally regained consciousness after everything was over.
How will he accept the current situation?
I suddenly became curious.
“No, that’s fine, but what are you doing? Why do you have an attitude of submission in front of humans… ?”
“That is…… !”
Cor happily begins to explain what happened while he passed out.
On the other hand, Hati’s expression began to shrivel like a rotten apple, and finally cut off Kor’s story halfway through and listened to it.
“What the hell does that mean? To conclude a contract with that human as a companion! Don’t we have a mission to swallow the sun and moon for our great father’s achievements!!”
“Yeah, but… What I don’t like… ! A mission for my father… ! I’d rather have someone who needs me now than anything like that… !!”
“Squall!!”
“Ah… !!”
The real Hati, who didn’t get angry even when called a dog, is extremely angry.
I wonder if this was such a serious thing… ?
It’s okay to be emotional when it comes to things related to your family, but I didn’t think it was wrong to be so angry.
“My dear, this way for a moment… ….”
“Uh… ? Ewww?!”
Yata pulls my arm and drags me far away from the two wolves.
She was surprised by the suddenness, but I could guess why she was doing this.
“Perhaps Hati is angry enough to hurt me… ?”
“No, it’s not like that, uhm~ Wait a bit and you’ll find out.”
“Huh?”
I tilted my head when Yata told me to just wait, but since he said he would find out soon, I decided to pay attention to the conversation between the two wolves again.
“I’m sorry, Hati… ! But after all, I want to follow the lord… !!”
“What on earth is this terribly lousy human chasing after! To us Shinsoo, a human like that is just a bite away…… “
“ Hey ”
“Ummm… ?!”
At that moment, the surrounding temperature rapidly rose and started to get hot…….
The cause was the Kor, who was different from before.
Cor’s normally brown fur suddenly caught fire and began to burn.
The fire that had been burning was first red, then orange, then whiter, and then it turned blue before I knew it.
A blue flame known to be the hottest.
However, Cor’s flame went beyond blue and went to blue-purple, so it was hot enough to start sweating even though it was quite far away.
If Yata hadn’t evacuated in advance, his body might have been cooked or burned……
“S, Squall?”
“ What did you just say? ”
“Yes, your name…… “
“ Before that. ”
“A lousy human…… Ugh!!”
Cor was making a fire so hot that the ice melted quickly, but her eyes were infinitely cold.
“ Are you crazy? Who are you, to tear down my precious companion? ”
“Squall… ! Calm… !”
“ Really? Do you really look like this now? … ? Because he’s my younger brother, I listen quietly. What? It sucks… ? A bite away… ? Shall I shatter its snout so it can’t swallow anything?”
Cor drove Hati to the wall with only spirit.
Soon after, he kicked the ice wall right next to Hati and locked him in.
A so-called wall kicking that makes women’s heart beat.
However, the victim was a male, and it would have made my heart pound in a different way.
“ Even a younger brother has a line to follow. If I gossip my precious person one more time…… Do you kill them then? ”
“Mi, sorry!! I was wrong!!”
“ If you know, behave well in the future. Got it? ”
“Al… I get it!”
Cor opened his eyes and knocked down the ice wolf with a single horse.
Looking at Kor with such a great twist, I could only think of one thing.
Her one-for-one, one-for-one thing, that she would never make her angry with her… ….
Cor’s face that was so angry was so powerful that it exploded at all, but it was sister itself.
“Oh, ow… !!”