3 – the barn’s monster body

At Erdin’s request, it was around 9 o’clock when I went to the celebration.

At 8 p.m., all lights are turned off in the academy during vacation.

Except for the patrol road, the magic crystals in the street lamps are cold.

It was natural.

There was no reason to reveal the empty campus.

Only the red full moon and starlight lit up the night sky.

Dormitories were no exception.

The surroundings were as dark as pitch black.

Like a closed school that had been neglected for a long time, it gave off the feeling of a psychic spot.

If it was during the semester, the lights inside the dormitory would have shined on the street at least indirectly, but unfortunately, it was vacation until today, so I had no choice but to rely on a small lantern.

ㅡBrush, rustle… !

‘But what is that? A wild beast?’

Something keeps moving and making a noise among the debris of the collapsed barn. Besides, green eyes resembling wisps of fire continued to stare at me.

These mysterious eyes were enough to make me freeze. I was so nervous that I couldn’t move my body easily.

ㅡGulp!

I swallowed dry saliva and continued confrontation with the unidentified beast countless times.

I know this because I met a wild boar in my military days.

In times like these, you need to act calmly.

Making a hasty move or running away with one’s back was tantamount to committing suicide.

—-Basrak… !

The frozen body moves again.

At all costs, the act of provoking the beast was to be avoided. Because of this, I was thinking of stepping back slowly when my body fully recovers.

At the same time, I looked ahead with a lantern.

The priority was to get away safely,

I wanted to confirm the face of the culprit who made the congratulatory speech like this.

If he escaped like this, he might be able to save himself right away, but he could certainly be covered later by unfair charges of not managing the barn properly.

In return, the length of his sentence as a servant would increase, or he might be reprimanded by the dragons, as Erdin feared.

‘Damn it, the light is too weak to reach, right?’

But the lantern only illuminates my surroundings,

The light did not shine far.

A faint shadow moved slowly in my eyes.

The form is not visible properly, so the fear is stimulated even more. To the point where goosebumps are sprouting all over the spine. Anxiety overwhelms them, wanting to know what to do if they are not ordinary wild animals.

Let’s stay calm. It’s obviously no big deal.

It is an island inhabited by dragons for a long time.

There are no ferocious wild beasts.

At best, Jjam Tiger is everything.

I slowly pulled my feet back and reassured myself. However, this was only for a short time, and I couldn’t see a big effect.

‘for a moment? If that’s the case, then who the heck is it that made the congratulatory speech this much? There’s no way a thief cat could have made it like this… … . Doesn’t it look right?’

ㅡsabak, sabak, sabak… !

When you yourself are caught up in the contradiction of logic and are unable to move, black shadows reveal the overall silhouette through the debris.

The size was definitely bigger than a cat.

Its thick, long tail wags.

Something I had never seen in my life came towards me on a quadruped.

‘Oh, what to do? Why should it be towards me… … ?’

This body had no combat skills.

Only beast taming, which is perfect for barn management.

And if I had to say my speciality, it was all about adjusting the coffee water perfectly.

In addition, his physical strength was also very mediocre.

Still, I was confident enough to run.

If he did run into me, it seemed the only way would be to throw the lantern and run away.

It was the moment when I was making a plan for my flight in my head.

‘Oh, it’s coming!’

The unidentified beast tumble, tumble-! It makes a sound and finally emerges from the shadows. But it was never intimidating.

Rather… … ?

Is it supposed to be a friendly look?

It was a completely unexpected appearance.

“Uh, what… … ?!”

It was walking on four legs in the dark, but when it reached the light of the lantern, it was surprisingly standing up on two legs. It was no longer the shape of a beast.

To be precise, there was a small girl standing in front of me.

A hairstyle with silver hair tied into two pigtails.

Shining green eyes.

A small stature that seems to be around 140.

He was an innocent little kid.

“Haha? Hey? Huh… ?”

The girl was wearing a black robe that looked like a mat, and she tilted her eyes with green eyes. While making sounds similar to exclamations.

“What, what? little child… … ?”

For a moment, I wanted to dream. Or maybe it’s because I’m overworked that I can see ghosts. It was a body that had never been pressed with scissors in my life.

He rubbed his eyes while maintaining such a strange confrontation, but the girl in front of him did not disappear.

Not a ghostly illusion,

He was a real person in front of his eyes.

It was difficult to accept, but rather fortunate.

“Hey kid… ? who are you?”

“Ah! I am Dercane Death Yong-!”

“Derke… … ?”

The girl in front of me answers my question.

He appealed for his name in an awkward tone.

It was a voice that didn’t even sound hostile.

Rather, it was a voice that seemed happy to talk to her.

“Right yap-! My name-! Derkane Death Yong-! Are you a human by any chance?!”

I am momentarily dazed by the girl’s dizzying tone.

I thought it was a dream, so I pinched my cheeks, but

The tingling in her cheeks was definitely not a dream.

“That, yes. Derke… ? It’s dangerous there, so why don’t you come this way?”

I couldn’t stay blank forever.

Once I confirmed that I was a human, it worked.

There was no need to be wary any longer.

I don’t know why the little girl is in such a place, but I had to evacuate the barn where the debris was flowing as soon as possible.

“A kind human word… ! There’s nothing wrong with listening to it -!”

—-Tadat, blame, blame… !

A girl who identifies herself as Derke approaches me, lightly stepping on a wooden plank. Her movements were quite agile for a young girl.

The closer you get, the closer you get to Derke’s naive expression. I couldn’t stop laughing at how much fun it was to jump and jump through the debris.

Eventually, Derke stood in front of me.

Apparently, he was a kid in his mid-teens.

He had silver hair, which is hard to see like mine, tied in two pigtails, but mysteriously, his eyes were shining green.

“Hehe-♪ What’s your brother’s name yap-?!”

Pierce my face, Derke smirks his lips and lets out an innocent laugh.

ㅡ Arrive!

Then he held out his right hand and asked for a handshake.

“Oh, my name is Breeder. I’m the head of the academy’s dormitory.”

I simply gave a shout and reached out to Derke. There was no reason to heartlessly refuse a little girl’s handshake.

ㅡAwesome!

A small hand fits into the palm of my hand.

It was a really cute hand.

Anyway, how did this little child come to this place?

“Breeder oppa-! Please take good care of me in the future.”

It was when Derke held my hand for a handshake, saying that he wished me well.

[You have succeeded in communicating with the new target!]

[I made the supreme being obey orders!]

[You have succeeded in taming the proud being!]

[Beast taming proficiency increase due to successful rapport: C rank ▶ S rank]

[The chance of rapport success increases significantly as the rank rises!]

[All slots are unlocked!]

[Currently available slots: 3 ▶ 6 slots]

“What, what is this… … ?!”

The system notification window popped up in an instant. Unbelievable phrases were listed in the countless system windows that covered my view.

It’s surprising that beast taming suddenly became an S rank, but did I tame the supreme being?

‘This can’t be… … ?’

A possibility that flashed through my mind.

So I hurriedly closed the system window.

After that, Derke with a bright expression catches my eye.

“Bessie-♬”

Looking closely now, the canine teeth protruding slightly from between the brightly smiling lips are impressive.

“Are you… Are you a dragon?”

“Right yap-! You are the last descendant of the Death Dragon, who controls death!”

“Oh my gosh… … .”

Could it be that he uses the tone of death dragon because he is a death dragon?

Sometimes there are characters who appear with this extreme concept. Using a dialect or repeating certain accents… … .

I used to lose my temper just by reading texts like this, but seeing a little boy moving to life with a smile on his face in front of me, I just felt cute.

“there… Then, by any chance, did you make the congratulatory speech like this?”

“yes-! I left early because I was afraid I would be late for the entrance ceremony, so I arrived just now, yap-!”

“Then the night got dark, so you landed wrong?”

“Smart death-! That’s the correct answer, yap-!”

Derke nodded his head while maintaining the same tension.

Now I understand why Beast Taming’s rank went up all at once. It’s not another beast, but it has to be because he succeeded in communicating with the dragon.

‘Derke… Dercera… … .’

Looking at his face, I kept chewing on the name, but there was no information that matched the SSR-class character in my memory.

It was good that Beast Taming’s rank went up to the end in one breath, but I couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed. You came all the way here and didn’t give me a single SSR rating.

ㅡ rumbling… !

“yes?”

I was in the middle of examining Derke’s face carefully.

“I’m hungry… … .”

Derke, who had been full of energy just a moment ago, was nowhere to be found. He was clutching his belly with a sullen face. And he was giving me pitiful eyes.

Seeing this, what is a dragon?

There are no stray kittens.

As if he had chosen me as his butler, he was pulling at my trouser legs.

“Ah, if it’s okay, would you like to eat some of this?”

Tonight, I took out the cookies I had been secretly saving for a late-night snack before going to bed at the dorm.

It was a handmade cookie that I made myself by procuring ingredients here and there.

“Wow… !! Thank you, yap-!”

“What? Wait a minute… … !”

I was going to take a few cookies out of my pocket, but Derke snatches them all out of my pocket.

ㅡWow! Wow… !

Before I could stop him, he was hurriedly clearing all the cookies.

[The sympathy of the sympathy target increases significantly!]

‘What else?’

A system message that comes to mind when you forget it.

I couldn’t hold back my curiosity about this and called up the sympathy list.

◆List of rapport success◆

[Derke (Lv.201 / None) – Blind faith relationship]

[…] 5 slots left… ]

“??!!”