I Became the Companion of the Gods

6 – EP2. Government Agency – 2 (Modified)

“Ugh… ?”

The hard, cold feel of the desk.

My consciousness began to become clear little by little in the infinitely dark situation around me.

“You must have fallen asleep while thinking about it.”

The last thing that comes to my mind is the memory of coming home and sitting at my desk.

I had time to think over and over again about how to make the proposal presented by the director.

Then, without realizing it, I was exhausted and fell asleep.

“Wow!!”

Because his body is stiff, he stretches once.

Then, the blanket that had been draped over my body fell to the floor.

…… I have something to thank Miho for.

I don’t remember anything about the blanket that was wrapped around me.

In other words, it was Miho who covered it, so I knew right away.

“Huh?”

I tried to stroke Miho’s hair instead of thanking Miho who was sleeping.

But for some reason, I couldn’t see the person in question even when I looked around.

The only one sleeping soundly on my bed is Tia.

I couldn’t find Miho at all.

“Where did you go?”

The table clock on the desk showed 3:30.

Dawn everything is dark except for the moon. Miho was the only one who was not there in the middle of the night when many people were sleeping soundly.

I couldn’t help but wonder where she had gone, so I got up from her seat to look for her.

I carefully opened the door so that Tia wouldn’t wake up, and walked around the house looking for Miho.

I looked around the kitchen, living room, veranda, bathroom, and toilet one by one.

Even so, I couldn’t find even a single strand of Miho’s hair, let alone Miho’s figure.

All that’s left are my parents’ bedroom and my sister’s room, but I don’t think they’ll be there.

“Then he went outside… ….”

What is the reason to go out at dawn like this?

I tried to roll my head, but I couldn’t come up with any reason.

‘Wouldn’t it be better to just not care?’

Just when I was hesitant about going back to my room, the fragrant scent of citron began to stimulate my nose.

‘What is this smell?’

A scent that makes you feel at peace while feeling nostalgic.

Unbeknownst to me, I started moving towards the place where the scent of yuzu came from.

It’s about a 3-minute walk after opening the front door. I witnessed a scene where my eyes widened.

A blonde woman looking up at the moon.

The nine golden tails on her back were shining brilliantly in the moonlight.

It is a scene like a painting, but if it were to be produced as a work, it would be a failure.

Because there were unnecessary elements in the painting of a beautiful woman.

“Miho?”

“Oh, Mr. Seo? You weren’t sleeping?”

“I woke up for a while. But I couldn’t find you, so I was looking for you.”

“Oh! Is that so? I’m really sorry for bothering you… !”

“It’s okay. Didn’t you get hurt more than that?”

Bright red blood dripping from Miho’s hand.

It was creating a pool of her blood where she stood.

“Don’t worry! He is healthy without a single wound.”

The blood dripping from her hand and the pool of blood under Miho’s feet were not made of her blood.

Those of the corpses lying in front of Miho.

Lumps of flesh that have been crushed beyond recognition.

A red liquid was pouring out of it, so it was clear.

“…… Were the terrorists attacking at night?”

“Yes.”

Miho is quite aggressive, but he wasn’t out of step enough to cost her life.

The fact that she killed someone only meant that she was an enemy worthy of becoming a threat to me.

“You came at such a late dawn. Terrorists.”

“Right. They came after us, so I was the first to take care of them.”

Guns, tools, and even ropes lying next to the crushed bodies.

They were proving who they were and what they were here to do.

“Why didn’t you wake me up?”

“You can’t wake up Mr. Seo who is sleeping soundly with this, can you?”

“If at least one thing is wrong with you, it’s a big deal. If you are injured…….”

I might have resented myself for sleeping without knowing the world.

“Seobang-nim, I am a Shinsoo.”

“Before he was a divine beast, he was my pet.”

She was a somewhat unfamiliar relationship, but since she was my pet, I couldn’t let her get into danger.

“You don’t have to worry. This is because it is strong enough to be easily defeated.”

“I know, but you shouldn’t think it’s okay to fight alone.”

“You don’t have to worry so much… ….”

I can’t. Their arguments do not mesh with each other.

I don’t think we can find a compromise in this state.

“…Can we talk for a minute?”

“Okay. But the morning air is cold, so let’s go inside and talk.”

As soon as the short conversation ends, the world changes completely.

Terrorists’ corpses, guns, and red liquid disappear as if they never existed.

Even the blood on Miho’s body was completely gone.

It’s like returning to the girl I used to know.

As long as it is not a living creature, it can erase anything and create anything. This was Miho’s ability.

“How about Citron Tea?”

“Good.”

Miho enters her kitchen while humming her song and starts brewing her tea.

After a while, a familiar scent drifted in even to me, who was far away.

“Here is the citron tea that Seo Bang likes.”

“Thank you.”

As Miho said, I like citron tea the most.

A tea that smells fragrant, tastes sweet, and even warms the body. It has everything I want.

But I didn’t tell anyone about my preferences. Even to the family.

In addition, I have never tried citron tea in the past five years.

Nevertheless, since Miho accurately grasped my preferences in her, it was proof that she had been watching over me all along.

“Can we start talking now?”

“Please.”

“Well, you know, there is one part I still don’t understand.”

“Which part?”

“Why do you like me so much? Even if you and I are in a relationship with a partner, I haven’t been able to do anything as a partner for the past 20 years, because I didn’t even know you existed. So why do you say you would sacrifice anything for me?”

“…… Wouldn’t you be able to understand with the answer, “Because I love you?”

“Of course not. Understanding with the head and understanding with the heart are completely different.”

“Then Mr. Seo. Can you please listen to my foolishness just once?”

“Okay. Anything I can.”

“Whoops, will you excuse me for a moment then?”

Miho puts down the citron tea she was drinking, walks up to me and gently sits on my lap.

I wonder if that alone is pleasant. All of Miho’s tails start wagging.

“Seobang? Can you stroke my hair once and then hug me tight?”

“Okay. I’ll try.”

He stroked Miho’s shiny and soft hair.

Then, I immediately hugged Miho.

Then, the nine fox tails began to oscillate in perfect order.

“I think I will die of happiness.”

I couldn’t see Miho’s face because he was hugging me from behind.

Still, I could roughly guess that she would be grinning wryly.

“Then may I ask why you did this?”

“I wanted to show it to Mr. Seo.”

“Which one?”

“The fact that Seo Bang-nim loves me like this makes me very happy.”

“…… Is that perhaps the answer to my question?”

“Yes, if you can’t express it in words, it’s better to tell it in person!”

“Then stop fighting secretly. If you do something wrong and die, you won’t be able to enjoy this kind of happiness, right?”

“I don’t like it.”

“Why are you so stubborn?”

“Well, if Mr. Seo disappears, he will not be able to live his life from now on?”

“That’s me too… ….”

“No, Mr. Seo is not like that.”

Miho resolutely cuts off my words.

Then she opened her mouth and heartfelt words began to come out.

“Seobang-nim has lived steadfastly without me for 20 years. On the other hand, for me, who has lived for 20 years, looking only at Seo-bang, the presence of Seo-bang is indispensable to me.”

“Then if I were to die…… “

“That is more frightening than dying myself. I hate to imagine that there is no West! Um, because I’m scared… ! Sooo!!”

Miho starts to tremble as he grabs onto my clothes. Then she lightly fed her chestnuts.

“Oh no!!”

“Calm down, what if you accept your imagination as reality?”

“I’m sorry!”

Still, this is what I know for sure.

For Miho, who has been watching over me for 20 years, I have become her life itself.

If I disappear, Miho’s life will be the same. For her, I have become an indispensable existence.

Then…….

“I’ll have to go looking for it together from now on, an alternative that you, besides me, can cherish.”

“Seobang-sama, I think you are misunderstanding one thing, but can I correct it?”

“A misunderstanding? Am I mistaken?”

“Yes, because I am saying that I fell in love with you while watching you.”

“Is it different?”

“It is different. Because I’ve been in love with you since the first time I saw you. I’ve been looking at you all along.”

“…… Is that different?”

“It’s different. I liked it from the beginning, but as I watched it, I came to like it even more. In other words, I can’t like anything other than Mr. West.”

To put it in an analogy, a person who likes apples from the beginning became more fond of them as he grew up eating them.

And in the end, did you mean that you couldn’t live without an apple?

It’s ambiguous, but what Miho was trying to say seemed like this.

“Do you understand now?”

“To some extent. But there is one thing I just don’t understand…….”

“What is it?”

“You said you liked me from the beginning, did you mean you liked me since I was a baby?”

“Yes!”

“Do you usually fall in love with a newborn baby?”

“Of course! From the moment I first saw Seobang, Papat! Because I felt that it was fate!”

“…….”

I think it was unreasonable to try to understand Miho from the beginning.

Her world is completely different from mine. Since it’s Shinsoo, the point of view is different.

Once I thought so.

“Anyway, now I can protect Seo-Bang by myself, right?”

“No, but I can’t.”

“You are stubborn. So, is it because I am a pet?”

“There is that, but there are other reasons.”

“May I ask why?”

“Well, maybe it’s just my imagination.”

Tapping the cup of citron tea, she continued her words.

“I don’t think I’ve ever drank a lot of citron tea in my life, but I’m very used to this citron scent. So I was thinking about it a while ago and I came across a rather interesting fact?”

For a long time, people have been terribly humiliated for the reason that I don’t have a pet.

Abusive language is basic, and I have received all sorts of bullying, including threats, beatings, and knife cutting.

At that level, your mind will be broken and you will be devastated to the point where you refuse to even be alive.

Still, if you get hurt, you get hurt, but your mind isn’t broken.

That’s because every time I couldn’t stand it, someone I didn’t know luckily appeared and helped me.

The benefactors who comforted me by even giving me kind words, not enough to help me.

Outward appearance, gender, voice, they were all different, but strangely, they had one thing in common.

The fact that it smelled of fragrant citron. They were people with a smell similar to the current Miho.

“What is that interesting fact?”

“I won’t tell you.”

“…… Isn’t it petty to do that all of a sudden?”

A pet fox who puffs up his cheeks and disapproves.

I laughed out loud when I saw her like that.

Who was the first person who tried to deceive me by saying that I was just watching…….

Anyway, I got my revenge. It may not be exciting, but it’s just enough to say it’s pleasant.

“If you want to come out so meanly, won’t I ever brew citron tea again?”

“At that time, I should mix honey with water and enjoy vicarious satisfaction while smelling your scent.”

Miho’s citron scent was so thick that it could not be erased in a place full of the smell of blood.

So you can feel the flavor of citron tea even with simple honey water.

“You are really mean. But I really like that aspect of Mr. Seo.”

Miho’s tail begins to wag once more. What you just said is true.

“Then are you going to stop acting alone?”

“I hate that.”

“Although he is also stubborn.”

“Is it just that he looks like Mr. Seo?”

My pet fox wags its ears and tail so fast that I can get fox fur in my mouth.

The image of Miho staring at the moon in her loftiness was also beautiful, but I think this innocent image suits her the most.

***

“I will, agent.”

“I can see no hesitation at all. Did something happen that triggered it?”

“Yes, there was such a thing.”

It’s because of the stubborn fox.

Leave the safety of the family to the government to ease the burden on the fox.

“I see. You are very welcome to become an agent. And once again, I am truly sorry.”

“Is this an apology again? You don’t have to.”

“No. It is a problem that must be forgiven for getting you caught up in this incident and for not being able to easily provide the protection you should have been entitled to.”

Director Edwiner once again bowed 90 degrees and apologized.

I don’t know if I can accept this kind of apology from the person who will become my boss’s boss’s boss from now on.

But he’s the kind of person who will do it anyway. I decided to just take it quietly.

“More than that, how does my family’s protection plan work in detail?”

“First of all, the residence is a little far away for smooth management, so you will have to move first.”

“Where is migration… ?”

The head of the bureau pointing with his thumb out the window. Understood.

“My house loan is still…….”

“Don’t worry, the government will cover the entire cost. You can explain it by saying that it is government support.”

“Isn’t the explanation too simple?”

“People tend to accept profits easily when they are right in front of them. Otherwise, why would fraud exist?”

I heard that.

Besides, my parents are fluttering. It was obvious that if the agent came and told me, I would be blown away.

“Then, moving to the capital is the end, right?”

“If you just move, we will take care of the rest. After that, the agents will be deployed on a permanent protection mission, so you won’t have to worry.”

“And who are my family friends?”

“They can’t protect them directly, but I’m thinking of sending some agents to monitor them. It’s a bit difficult to protect them directly, please understand.”

Since the government did not have enough manpower, it was inevitable.

Still, at this level, I think I can be relieved to some extent.

“What happened to the dragon’s story?”

“During the day, I’m going to give a statement to certain people. Even if they object, I’ll try to stop them from saying anything.”

This means that we will thoroughly keep our promises.

You can believe it.

“So what am I supposed to do now? Where do you belong and what kind of work do you do?”

“There is no need to be impatient, you are an agent and not an agent.”

“Eh?”

“Your position is an unofficial agent, a title that should never be known to the public. You think you know why it has to be like this?”

Once it’s known that I, who obviously don’t have a pet, have become an agent, troublesome problems arise.

The government will insistently ask why they hired him.

I will receive stinging glare from people around me.

The agents inside will feel a sense of relative deprivation, claiming that they are on the same level as that person.

It was all bad.

“Since it is unofficial, there is no such thing as an affiliation or title. I am the only one who actually gives you missions.”

“Isn’t it dangerous if that is known? It’s a perfect dictatorship… ?”

“If you mess with it, you can just refute it after they get the position of director.”

For the first time, I saw Director Edwinner’s true nature.

A greedy person who only pursues profit, but he is not the type of snake that sneaks up behind the scenes.

He pursued profit, but he was a person who told the reality as it is.

“Then, as a token of congratulations on becoming an agent, let me give you my first commemorative mission.”

Maybe your conscience has been lost?

“No, are you putting me on a mission without proper training?”

“Don’t worry, it’s just a simple investigation mission.”

“An investigation mission…. Is that really not dangerous?”

“You just have to go in and check and then come out. Besides, isn’t there a reliable helper by your side to help you in case of emergency?”

“Yes, but.”

The director looking at the baby dragon. Tia opened her chest wide as if she knew what that gaze meant.

Then, as if to say, ‘Leave it to me!’, Her eyes were shining brightly.

Cunning Commissioner. To make me accept the mission by relying on Tia instead of me…….

“So what about the details?”

“I heard that a new religion is booming in a nearby city.”

“I’m sorry, but I don’t think religion will be of any help to me because I’m not religious. Besides, it’s a bit pseudo…….”

I had no knowledge of religion at all.

In addition, she has memories of being captured and tortured by pseudo-fanatics in her childhood.

She honestly couldn’t have a good look at religion.

“Don’t be in too much of a hurry, don’t you think we can give you such an unreasonable task?”

“I guess so.”

I don’t think coaches will assign players to sports that don’t help them at all.

I think I need to listen more.

“Coming back to the subject, they say that the specialty of the founder of that new religion is prophecy.”

“Prophecy?”

“They say that if you tell 10 prophecies, 9 or more will always come true. Since the prophecies actually come true, more people believe and follow them.”

People are always afraid of an uncertain future.

There is nothing more reassuring than knowing that the future is certain.

“The mark of that new religion is a three-legged crow, don’t you feel anything at this point?”

“A crow with three legs is a three-legged crow?”

“That’s correct, since it is known in the literature as a Shinsoo with prophetic powers, it even falls right into place.”

“So you are saying that the founder of that new religion was a three-legged crow?”

“I don’t know that far, so I’m sending you into the investigation.”

Aha, that’s it.

Religion is not my field, but when it comes to Shinsu, the words are different.

“The dragon that follows you will be able to determine whether the prophet is the same divine beast or not. How is it? Don’t you think it’s a very suitable mission for you?”

“Surely an appropriate mission. But that religion might be a dangerous cult, right?”

“Don’t worry, after researching for a while, it is a religion that does not do anything illegal.”

“Is that true?”

“I’m sure it was investigated by a competent underling.”

“Mmm. I knew it if you said that. I’m nervous, but I’ll try.”

“Thank you. Then I ask you to do the mission right away. Etna!!”

“Yes, Director. All the relevant materials are ready. Can I take this person with me?”

“Please. Then, agent of the ship owner, have a hard time with your first mission”

“Wait, wait! Was it right now?”

“Please follow me gently.”

Director Edwinner leaves to prepare coffee as soon as he finishes all he has to say.

There was no coffee for me.

Damn it!

The director was forced to sell the mission.

“I’m writing my resignation letter.”

It’s only been 1 day since I got a job, and I’m already filled with the desire to leave.