ã€ŠThe heroes&#x27; familiarã€‹


 Chapter 1

    With a few loud whimpering, I felt something large going back and forth on my body.

    Was that a lick?!

    Ehhh!?!

    I died but, what''s this?!

    In shock, I attempted to open my eyes, perhaps to see the wet assailant attacking my body, but to now avail.

    Stop ittttt!

    Squirming away from the tongue, I entered a fluffy embrace as I instinctively used my face to rub all over it, only to notice a bump.

    And with my instinct urging me to bite down, I bit down with little hesitation.

    A strange bland substance came into my mouth as I was licked again multiple times.

    Just like that, with that substance providing bump in my mouth, I fell asleep.

    Though I said I died, I can''t remember how I died, or who I was. It was merely a vague impression that I was something that was ''living'' then I wasn''t.

    Regardless, I was snoozing away in bliss, with my stomach filled.

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    Ah, it has been two weeks, it passed rea~ally slowly, since as a newborn puppy I couldn''t see or hear.

    When I finally opened my eyes, a huge fluff ball was right in front of me, it was a scary experience.

    Apparently it was a dog, or to my knowledge, a Pomeranian.

    I may not remember about who I was or how I lived, somehow I knew a lot of stuff of my old world.

    How I knew this wasn''t the same world I lived in? On the day I opened my eyes, I wandered around to find this really big human throwing a fireball into the fire place.

    That was scary too.

    Anyways, this world seemed to be quite far behind, or was it? I''m just speaking about what I see in this house.

    Now, I''m already slowly growing into the future fluff ball my Mother is.

    There''s 4 fluff balls in total, the first one being Mother.

    The other three were baby fluff balls, including me.

    Mother was a pretty white fluff ball highlighted with the faintest tinge of blue, with heterochromia, meaning one of her eyes were light blue and other green.

    The eldest sibling was a black and red fluff ball with red and brown eyes. His body was black and his paws were coated with red, as if he recently just stabbed someone with his claws.

    The second oldest was similar to Mother with white fur and yellow streaks of fur running across its body with yellow and blue eyes.

    Me? I''m a mix of silver and white, fufufu, how majestic! Similarly to my two brothers, my base color was white while silver streaks ran faintly across it.

    I can''t see my eyes though, so I''ll just have to wait till I could.

    One interesting thing was that Mother had two long tails, their base the same spot but it seemed to have split.

    However, neither of us had split tails, it was fluffy, but there was only one.

    Currently, the two brothers of mine were pawing away at each other, releasing ferocious *cough* barks that seemed to be too high of a pitch.

    I was snuggled safely with Mother, her fluffy fur encasing my small body.

    Owner was a bit far away from us, strangely, instead of caring for us, he only seemed to touch Mother and would run away if we ever tried chasing him.

    Today would be another relaxing day, I thought, yet I was so horribly wrong.

    As a small bird flew in the house with a few chirps, attracting the attention of my furred siblings as well as myself, owner stood up and headed towards the door of the house.

    Will we finally leave the house? I thought excitedly.

    I was wrong.

    Before I knew it, Me and my siblings who were engrossed with chasing the terrified bird was surrounded by two children, a boy and a girl. They were different from owner, who were simply human, instead, these children had small pointed horns, demonic wings, a tail, silver hair and red eyes.

    With their large clawed hands, they ran around giggling happily terrorising us.

    And before I knew it, the girl had me in her arms.

    Please give me a break, if you drop this small fragile body smaller than a watermelon, I''ll die again, you know?

    The human caretaker living in this house spoke with a handsome young demon man with curled, long horns instead of pointed ones, conversing in a language I couldn''t understand much of.

    I knew a bit because of Mother, it seems that we can speak the same language, though it''s not like Mother could open her mouth and produce those sounds.

    It''s more like telepathy, where she barks orders at us like this:

    ''Stop!''

    ''Come!''

    ''Eat!''

    She uses those words very oftenly, because of the other two fluff balls, who are extremely mischievous.

    Strangely, my siblings seemed to not be able to speak, while I never actually bothered to try doing so myself.

    Honestly, I''m the smartest dog in the house, Brother #1 is a idiot who can only chase his tail, while Brother #2 was a pervert who can only sniff the ass of mine.

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    Of course, as a dog of two lives, I controlled myself magnificently, I certainly would not chase a simple lizard that climbed around the house, going about its own business.

    .

    .

    .

    .

    ¡­.it was looking at me funny.

    ¡­¡­anyways, the two adults seem to be talking about something along the likes of, "Take", "Two" and some other words I couldn''t understand.

    I probably will be able to focus more, if this girl wasn''t smooshing my face into hers.

    "I''ll name you fluffy!" She said in pride.

    Please don''t.

    Turning away to escape the kisses she rained into my face, I watched as the young man gave my human a full sack.

    I was sold.

    How cruel, human.

    As I wallowed in abandonment, the girl took out a pink collar adorned with shiny fake gems she glued together in a pathetic attempt.

    Is that what I think it is?

    In a desperate attempt to get away, I squirmed off her embrace.

    Please spare me, my dignity will be utterly gone if you use that.

    With that thought in mind, I hid under the coffee table.

    But eventually, I was still dragged out, and with a smile, she collared me.

    Please end me.

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    After wallowing in self pity for a bit, before I knew it, me and Brother #1 were whisked off in a carriage.

    What I really wanted to ask was, am I supposed to be separated from Mother so early into life? It has only been two weeks since I was born¡­¡­

    Currently, I laid in the girl''s embrace, as obedient as I could be in front of this scary looking man.

    Similarly, my sibling was also cowering in the boy''s embrace, whimpering occasionally he attempted to paw off the black leather collar.

    Hey hey, if you don''t want that you can always take mine, you know?

    I really don''t mind, you know?

    With nothing entertaining in sight, I focused on my new owner, the girl.

    Probably only five years old, her large red eyes, pure white skin and silver hair was quite the combination, looking completely like a doll.

    She was wearing a pretty pink dress with flowers weaved, it was as if the one that dressed her was actually aiming to make her a doll.

    Her Brother who shared a few similar features like his nose and lips also were also a very beautiful child with short silver hair, red eyes and black horns.

    Their Father had black hair and white horns, tanned skin, but the same red eyes and nose, was a man close to perfection with fine features.

    Had I been a maiden, perhaps I would have pounced into his lap and used my dog body to rub myself all over him. However, despite being a female dog, Im pretty sure I lived as a male in my past life.

    As I pondered such things, we arrived their mansion at the speed of light, a black and red themed bricked house with a large, well maintained garden.

    As I was placed in the garden in front of the house, I made an instant break for the gate, not that my small paws could bring me fast enough.

    Despite my run away attempt, none of them chased after me, and as I wondered why, I was hit with a painful shock.

    Tumbling backwards as if I was a ball, the girl who had walked over picked me up and scolded in a childish voice, "No running away!"

    In her arms, I quickly found the source of the shock, the damned collar.

    Quickly, we entered the house, albeit unwillingly on my part, we were greeted by multiple servants who took me and my sibling from the children.

    Unlike me who embraced the big chested maid without any hit of reluctance, my sibling started worming away from his own carrier, whimpering as he tried to get to the boy.

    Oi oi, what''s that? You''ve already fallen for your captor? To think you look so cool for nothing with that black and red fur, we should just switch bodies, you know?

    That would be great, actually, I''ll revert back to my original gender.

    That''s unfair, who''s idea was it to throw me in this body? I demand for a restart! A reeeestaaarrrd!

    Actually, just give me a humanoid body!

    Disrupting my lamenting, I was suddenly pulled back to reality with a small splash of water on my body.

    Or so I thought.

    Surrounded by maids, I was in a pseudo cult circle with the girl''s blood splashed on my body.

    Oi oi, you''re ruining my perfect fur!

    In attempt to paw her in annoyance, I was suddenly hit by an intense pain as a foreign thing pushed into my mind.

    [Fluffy?] The girl''s voice sounded in my head.

    Oh no.

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 Chapter 2

    And so, I became the pet of this girl, named Naomi, her Brother named Nathan.

    It seems they started school recently, so as their pets I thought I would be flaunted endlessly, but I was wrong.

    Eating alone at a table meant for eight people with each other and their dogs, us.

    Playing alone at free time, with Nathan swinging a sword around and Naomi scratching my belly endlessly.

    Doing a group project meant for six people alone, though it was done flawlessly by Naomi while Nathan slept away. Really, how did she even get full marks for it?

    Somehow, don''t they feel alienated?

    There were quite a few stares, though.

    Ah~ that feels good~ scratch my back too~

    Also, please stop cheating with your Brother in exams, I can totally see that he''s copying your answers right now, someone please catch them, it''s so obvious.

    By the way, please stop reading that romance novel under the table, it''s examination time, didn''t anyone tell you to focus in exams?

    To think you acted so childishly and obedient in front of your Father¡­you''ll get struck by lightning, you know?

    I''ll tell your Father, you know?

    "Oi."

    Ah, the teacher!

    "Don''t read like that, put it on the table, it''s bad for your neck."

    !

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    Quickly, lunch time came around, and as always, the twins sat alone on a table, eating casually.

    But this time, a [Higher Demon] child approached us.

    Normally, the twins would be surrounded by normal demons, with small horns and tails, missing the wings the twins had.

    Also, I found out that the [Human] I lived with, was actually also a [Demon], and the lowest of the Low, apparently.

    The [Higher Demons] are differentiated by the purity of the red in their eyes, the twins had ruby like eyes, and so was this child approaching us.

    This child had red eyes, flashy red hair, silver wings and tail.

    "Naomi." He called out with a smirk, his hand placed on the table.

    Without glancing at him, she continued eating.

    "What''s so good about your sword fanatic Brother? You should just come with me."

    Nathan who had been stuffing an impressive amount of food into his mouth, becoming a chipmunk, slammed his hand on the table.

    "Shuddup."

    "Who told you to interfere?" The boy snorted.

    Hey hey, I knew you all were quite the precocious children, but what''s this? At the age of eight?

    Also, Though they look five, apparently their eight years old.

    "If you could be less annoying, I wouldn''t."

    "Brother!" Naomi complained.

    "Yes yes." He muttered as he ate another mouthful before turning to the boy, "If you win against me, I''ll have Father permit your marriage."

    After a moment, the boy replied, "T-that''s impossible!"

    "Precisely."

    Completely uninterested, I snuggled with Brother #1, his name now Ace. Really, these names, please change them, it''s not official yet, it''s not too late, just change them it''s for the greater good for all of you, you know?

    As drama ensued before the table, Naomi, the cause of it all, reached her hand underneath the table and fed me a crystal.

    I''ve been eating crystals and meat only, twice a day I get real food and in the afternoon I get a crystal.

    Apparently with enough of them I''ll evolve, ufufu.

    As I rolled around on the floor, a red lizard came into my sight, perched on the shoulder of another student.

    Oh my.

    Oh my oh my oh my.

    I want it.

    Staring straight at the creature, I adjusted my posture, as it noticed my hungry gaze.

    Perhaps because it had never met my kind or as it was safely perched on it''s owner, I stared at me with a look of contempt, as if saying, "Come at me!"

    And as I had a staring showdown with the small red creature, my Brother, who had been unsightly rolling around, also noticed its presence.

    With a high pitched yip, he ran towards the owner, who was seated peacefully at her table, eating as she chatted comfortably.

    Get!

    I let him get ahead of me!

    Unwilling to lose, I too, charged forward, the two of us pouncing on the unsuspecting victim, disturbing her meal as we chased the red lizard.

    "Fluffy!"

    "Ace!"

    Ignoring our owner''s calls, we jumped at the lizard, our jaws snapping at its tail that drooped over its owner''s shoulder.

    Ever since the forced ownership claiming, our size had grown from the size of a small watermelon to an impressive big watermelon.

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    What''s the exact size you ask? I don''t know either.

    Regardless, in the old house, we barely grew, the only thing growing was our fluffy fur that doubled both out size and cuteness factor.

    ¡­¡­I''ll shave it off if I can.

    Anyways, with our size we easily toppled the poor girl backwards on her chair, pushing her to the ground.

    Realising the danger it was in, the lizard charged off the girl''s body and made a break for it, however, with a body 3/4 of ours and legs barely 1/2 of ours, it was quickly caught in my jaws.

    Biting down on the torso of the lizard, I shook it vigorously.

    Unwilling to lose, Brother bit down on its tail before the two of our owners came to stand behind us.

    Oh my.

    [Eat it! Hurry up!] I thought as I started chewing on the already dead creature.

    But surprisingly, a similar thought came into my mind.

    [Let go! I''ll eat it!]

    Eh?

    Turning to my Brother, of course while I was chewing, our eyes met in confusion.

    [Eat first!] a hurried voice called out as brother''s jaws tackled the lizard with renewed force, and sensing a comrade in him, I too started to bite faster than before.

    "It''s fine, that''s just a fire salamander, we can just pay her back, the crystal inside it can serve as their food." A girlish voice came from behind me.

    How harsh!

    Your heart is just a pitch dark hole! I thought as I mercilessly bit into the creature I had just killed.

    "¡­okay."

    Brooootheeeeerrr, you''re no beetteeeerrr.

    ¡­not that I should be complaining. Regardless, with the two of us combined, we quickly decimated the poor animal and returned to our owners.

    From the distance, soft sobbing could be heard as the girl went to her pet, only to be grabbed by the wrist by Nathan.

    "How much was it?"

    Staring at him as if he spoke a foreign language with red tinged cheeks, she bit her lip with clenched fists, as if she were controlling herself to not slap him.

    Anyways, within a few minutes, we were scooped up in the sibling''s arms who left the cafeteria after paying the girl.

    Yet as we reached, the Brother I knew who were trembling throughout the entire journey started radiating a dim glow.

    "Ah, he''s evolving."

    "How quick."

    "Maybe he''s more connected to you? She''s quite stubborn." She muttered, raising my body with a pout.

    TCH, who''ll get attached to someone like you? Pfft.

    Anyways, Brother was placed on the floor and given space.

    It looks quite funny, with light shining from his mouth and eyes and ears, I think there was even a ray of light coming from his ass.

    Mmmm.

    Slowly as the light got brighter and took up more space, brother''s whimpers subsided.

    And after a Long Long time, the light disappeared and what was left was a dog with rather short, but still quite Long black and red fur , it''s size roughly the size of a German Shepard.

    Basically, he was larger now.

    Oh no.

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 Chapter 3

    Ignoring the horrible horrible events, I closed my eyes.

    Fumu, I''m the one that deserves the power, fumu, if he''s evolving, I should too.

    Fuu. Deep breaths.

    Oh! I can feel it! A warm warm feeling from my stomach, Travelling up to my heart.

    "Ggggrrrrr¡­.."

    Ah.

    It was my stomach.

    Uuuuuunnfaaaaaaaaiirrrr!!!

    Opening one eye, I looked at Brother who was now standing in front of me, my body reaching his knee.

    Noticing the side of his lips lift upwards, a loud exhaling sound came into my ears.

    You imbecile! Figgghhttt meeeeeee!!!

    Chewing on his feet with the tenaciousness of a cockroach, I held my ground.

    Fufufu. Suffer my wrath! For I am stronger!

    Ah.

    I was thrown to the side.

    How cruel, Brother.

    I''ll sleep in this corner until I die. I can already see the darkness shrouding my body.

    "Ah, she''s evolving too? How lucky." A voice came from afar.

    Noticing the meaning behind those words, my ears perked up as I noticed a dark dark color coming from myself.

    [Please let me grow bigger then him!] I exclaimed in my heart. Communicating for the first time with my owner.

    Remembering the first time she tried speaking to me, I ignored her, not knowing how to, or why I should reply.

    But now, I just instinctively knew how to in the spur of the moment.

    [I refuse!] the girl''s familiar voice called out as she harshly rejected me.

    ?!

    Ignoring the thumping in my heart, I hoped for the best as the darkness completely covered my vision, a strange sensation coming over me as I changed.

    In such a state, it was impossible to tell how Long had passed, but eventually when the darkness went away, I slowly started moving as the invisible force shutting my eyes disappeared.

    "Sister, going down this path¡­¡­isn''t it too risky?"

    "It should be fine, won''t it be amazing if it really works?" She mumbled happily as her voice became louder and she walked over.

    [Open your eyes.] Her commanding voice came over me as my eyelids started fluttering, my vision coming back.

    With her small hand covering my head, she smiled like a devil.

    My size hadn''t changed at all.

    [Yoooooouuuuuu!!!]

    [If you want to become bigger, then become like me.] She spoke again, rubbing my head.

    [Become¡­¡­like you?]

    With a smile, her hand moved away from me, taking out a crystal in her hand, she commanded, [Become my beastman pet.]

    And in the next moment¡ª

    She shoved it down my throat.

    [OW OW OW OW OW YOU CRAZY WENCH!]

    As the blood red crystal went down my throat, an intense pain washed over my body as ominous cracking sounds were heard.

    And in mists of all these pain, incredibly cruel words entered my ears before I blacked out.

    "I mean, I can always buy another spirit fox if this one died, Father will grant my wilful requests."

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    From what I heard, it took me a week to wake up, get strangely, even though I felt my body change in shape and size, I was the same as before, only with an extra tail now.

    Today, given free reign to roam around the mansion, though if I were to step out, my body would be wracked with pain, I watched Nathan and his cousins practice their swordsmanship with vigour under a handsome woman.

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    She seemed to only be at her early twenties, with her hair tied up and her clothing resembling men''s she looked completely like a beautiful and handsome man.

    Fumu, just my type.

    If I were a male in the past, and now a female, a woman that resembles a man should be fine, right~

    Fumu, even the way she Beats the children down mercilessly looks handsome and elegant~

    Take me~

    Frolicking closer to the training grounds, I walked past the collapsed princes of the country and sat near where the woman and Nathan fought.

    Despite being smaller and younger, Nathan was improving at an incredible speed, even without any knowledge in swordplay, I could tell how he was incredible.

    In every swing was precision, detail and beauty. His every movement left no openings as he created a suitable distance between him and her, knowing how he was weaker.

    Despite his empty brain, when it came to swords, he was undoubtedly a Super genius.

    And as expected, he lost only by a small margin, defeated because of his size and strength.

    As he lay panting on the floor, the woman gave him a strong pat on his back, pushing him forwards as she smirked, "Any more and I''ll lose to you, go easy on me."

    "You think too much of me, master, you are not lacking yourself."

    "Compared to you, who dares to call themselves a genius?"

    Interrupting their chat, I ran up towards them and elegantly rubbed myself over her leg, with actions that screamed, ''Pet me!''

    And in my happiness, her strong hands came down and caressed my face.

    Nn~

    With such a nice mood going, perhaps I should go on a knee and ask for marriage?

    Fumu, take me away from that cold hearted owner of mine!

    "She survived, eating the blood crystal?" The woman asked, her hands not leaving my face.

    "It seems so."

    "You don''t know anything about it, huh? Really, you should stop relying on your Sister and study for yourself too." She laughed.

    "I have no interest in that."

    "Then, how will you become king?"

    "I also, am not interested."

    "Then you should just pack up and leave, yanno? The matters in this castle, they''re too troublesome. Ah, don''t tell anyone I said that."

    "All in good time." He muttered before picking me up and pulling me away from the woman.

    Put me down!

    "Let''s go." Nathan muttered, pushing the sweaty hair that had covered his face away.

    Fumu, you may be handsome, but I don''t swing that way!

    Turning to the cross dressing woman, I fluttered my eyelids with (fake) tears in my eyes.

    I don''t want to go back!

    But looking away, she muttered extremely softly, "Don''t look at me like that, it''s not like I can save you from the twins."

    You know there something bad about them, don''t you!

    Anyways, why is he so strong! I can''t get out of his carry at all! And he''s only using one hand!

    If only I grew bigger! Naooooooomiiiiii!!!!

    And as that thought crossed my mind, I felt the weird sensation I had felt last time, the feeling of growing, but this time without the pain.

 Chapter 4

    My  own puppy is the perfect model for this, considering our mc was based of him. Fumu, his antics are materials for this novel.

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    As my body grew, pain started to appear as the collar around my neck squeezed it tightly, causing whispers to come from my throat as I wheezed for air, attracting Nathan''s attention.

    With careless fingers, he undid the binding and at that moment, my formed changed.

    With a red face, he quickly dropped my onto the ground.

    And without hesitation, I ran on four limbs.

    Fumu, goodbye to this life! Ufufufufufu!

    Without thinking, I dashed as fast as my limbs could go, the uneven length of my arms and legs causing some difficulty, but even so, I was making rapid progress towards the exit.

    Almost there!

    I''m a step away!

    Closing my eyes and bending my head downwards, I increased my speed to  the maximum and charged forwards.

    With one hand crossing the gate, I felt immeasurable pride as the sides of my mouth moved upwards, something I couldn''t do before changing, but now, I instinctively did it.

    Taking a leap forwards, I was out of this hell.

    Fufufufufufufufufufufu. Go buy another pet! You don''t need me!

    As I was relishing in my freedom, a strong pull at my tail caused my chin to hit the floor, followed by my belly.

    "Oi, where do you think you''re going?" An all too familiar voice called out from behind me.

    Turning around slowly with abated breathing, I saw Naomi, her devilishly beautiful face, a furrowed brow tainting it.

    "I didn''t think it would happen so quickly......we''ll have to make a new collar now, don''t we?" She muttered with a tilted head, her impossibly strong grip on my tail unrelenting.

    ......I was so close...!

    This is......unfair!

    With tears collecting in my eyes, I could only wallow in how unfair everything was.

    Rubbing my eyes with my arms, I looked up at Nathan who towered above me, who was seated on the ground.

    "Does it hurt......anywhere?" He asked looking away.

    Sniffling, I looked at the ground again, my hands in front of me.

    It looked just like the demons'' I had five fingers and long claws, my skin was pale and had silver pulsating streaks of lights running across it.

    Tumbling from my shoulders were thick long locks of silver hair and turning back, my tail was the same.

    Letting go of my tail, Naomi stood up and ordered, "Stand up."

    Looking up at her, I could only bite back the tears and follow her commands, it wasn''t like I could do anything else.

    And before I knew it, a towel was thrown around me by Nathan, who finally looked my way, though red still dyed his cheeks.

    "She''s about five years old?" Naomi muttered, looking up and down.

    "Does it matter? Let''s return to the building first." Nathan spoke as he grabbed my hand.

    Looking around, I noticed how the surrounding the people around glanced at me with pity as I slowly returned to their home.

    The entire building belonged to them, with two floors and beautiful decorations, it was fitting for the royalty.

    The moment we entered, brother appeared within seconds, the ominous sound of his claws clicking against the floor was heard as he tumbled into our sight.

    Sniffing around, he finally recognised me with a confused expression.

    Fumu, I just noticed this but in this form......I''m taller than brother!

    This time, I snorted in his face as my tails swayed around in pride, my head tilting upwards as a smirk appeared on my face.

    Fumu, the tables have turned.

    Noticing how I had copied his condescending actions, whimpers came from his throat as he glanced at his own owner, pawing at his feet.

    "What''s there to be jealous about? You''ll grow too." He spoke, rubbing his head.

    "Sister," he started, turning around to look at Naomi who stood behind him, "You''ll need to get some clothes for her."

    "I know that, I''ll prepare them by tomorrow, the day''s still young."

    Suddenly turning back to me, Nathan asked with worry, "You want to get some rest?"

    Nodding weakly, he picked up my hand as he brought me upstairs where Naomi''s bedroom was and tucked me into bed.

    "Get some rest, we have school tomorrow."

    Leaving the room, I was left to slowly fall asleep.

    Someway along the line, night came and Naomi came in, with the click of unlocking the door, she slid into the excessively large bed.

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    And in the next morning, I woke up by myself, next to me a bundle of clothes, or what I prefer   to call edibles.

    "Umu, thank you for the food." I muttered as I dug in, my canines still here and my claws still effective.

    As I was halfway through the pile, a knock came from the door as the familiar click was heard before it opened, allowing a servant to come to my sight.

    "What are you doing!" She exclaimed upon noticing my actions, with quick steps, she ran to the bed and attempted to snatch the clothing in my mouth away.

    However, with a growl, I dashed off the bed, barely able to crawl under the bed with my larger form, hiding in the middle.

    "Come out!" She shouted, her hands reaching in to grab me witj her body lying on the groind, yet she failed miserably.

    Fufufufu, I win, you evil woman!

    Only after a long time did she give up, standing up, she dusted her dress, she left with the click of the lock.

    Noticing how the threat was gone, I crawled out and perched myself onto the fluffy bed, this was my first time sleeping on something so comfortable.

    In the past I was too small to jump onto the bed and usually slept on the first floor.

    At this point, I''m just like a king aren''t I? This is a promotion! A promotion!

    As I basked in my glory, the click was heard again as the twins appeared.

    "You!" Naomi shouted, pouncing onto the bed as she grabbed the shirt I held in my mouth, whacking my head.

    "Ow!" Grabbing my head, I let go of the cloth and tumbled backwards, "That hurts you stupid stupid stupid demon!"

    "You can talk?!" She asked with wide eyes.

    "Why can''t I? I hate you! You stupid demon! You''re always reading in classes and passing your studies so nicely! What kind of a child are you! You weirdo!" As I started, my mouth continued rambling without rest.

    "Wha- you stupid dog!"

    "You''re the dumb one! If you have a problem then throw me away! I don''t want to stay with you!"

    "You!" She crawled over, trying to grab my arm, yet I darted fast enough off the bed.

    As the two of us bickered, snickering was suddenly heard.

    "What''s there to laugh about?!" "Why are you laughing?!"

    Hearing the two of our shouts, he quickly regained composure as he feigned innocence, "I wasn''t laughing." Yet finishing his sentence, he snickered yet again.

    "You! Fight me!" I shouted, pouncing at him, pushing him to the ground as I sat on his stomach, my paws scratching at his impossibly tough skin.

    As I continued to do so, suddenly a black mass of fur barrelled my way, pushing me off and sitting on me.

    Fumu, I won''t forget this betrayal, brother.

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    After that, we spend a long long time dressing me with all my resistance, and collaring me, we left for school.

    At first there were a lot of glances, but at lunch, perhaps after all the interest had died down, I was left eating on the table with the twins while brother laid under the table.

    Fumu, is this a promotion? Fufufufu.

    I was given a large abundance of meat, and meat, and meat, and a crystal.

    This time, it was thankfully green instead of red, I''ll take it happily.

    Halfway through the eating, the familiar prince I met last time who had came to this table, came again with brother #2 behind him.

    Noticing our sibling, Acer darted forwards to greet him with a happy wagging tail, while Naomi held my shoulder.

    "Reiman, is there any problem?" Nathan said lazily as he played with his food with a fork.

    "No, I''m just curious about that......beast man, we all thought it would die." He shrugged, staring at me.

    Againn, with this cruel way of looking at my life...

    Baring my fangs, I growled at him with meat still hanging from my teeth.

    "How cute." Nathan commented as he rubbed my head, "Then it''s a good thing she did not, no?"

    "Certainly." he muttered, "Perhaps I should do the same?"

    "And how does that concern us?"

    "Don''t be so cruel, I''m just here to talk to Naomi, not you."

    "I-im flattered, but please let me and brother and eat in peace." She stuttered pretentiously.

    Snorting I thought mentally, "How fake." Yet it somehow came from my mouth, attracting their glances and her glare.

    Covering my mouth, my ears flattened as I looked down.

    This talking thing, how troublesome.

 Chapter 5

    In the first chapter, it is stated that our mc does not have any memories of his/her/its past life, he/she/it only has a vague impression that he/she/it has reincarnated and was a male. For all you know, he may have been a male house fly in the past. For her now, it''s just like she had grown up as a dog.

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    Lowing my head further as the surrounding clamouring of students disappeared, their gazes locked on me.

    Umu. I want to dig a hole.

    And as that thought struck me, my vision went lower, from the table down to the floor, and before I knew it I was a dog again, my collar loose as well as my clothes.

    Fumu. If I were to run...

    [I''ll starve you.] As if understanding my thoughts, Naomi''s thoughts entered my ears as she dared me to run.

    Without looking, I knew her expression would be dreadfully scarey, and without a second thought, I jumped off from the chair and the clothes on top of me and landed on the ground only to hide myself in brother''s fur.

    If she can''t see me, I''ll be safe, won''t I?

    Mm, I''m smart.

    "*Cough*" As Nathan coughed loudly and looked around intimidatingly, all activity surrounding us resumed, albeit awkwardly.

    Turning  back to the Prince in front of him, he smiled coldly, "I assume our conversation is over?" as he toyed with the knife in his hands, the cutlery he had used to cut his steak elegantly.

    Noticing the threat in his words, a bead of sweat rolled down Raimen''s forehead as he retreated, with brother #2 following him.

    Digging deeper into brother''s fur, I comfortably snuggled with him. Fumu, this feels nice.

    Rubbing myself all over him, my cuddling session was quickly disrupted as I was grabbed by the scruff and pulled back onto the table to face.

    Meeting Naomi''s face, a vein was obviously bulging on her forehead as she looked at me with a smile.

    [Oh no~ it''s not good to frown~ you''ll get wrinkles~] I said to her with absolute sincerity, my wolfy lips attempting to replicate a smile I made in my other form.

    [Thank you for your concerns, however, I am eight years old, I will not have to worry about such things yet. About your freedom of spe-]

    [Age doesn''t matter when it comes to things like this you know?~ If it becomes a habit, you''ll suffer, you know?~] I casually averted the topic as I squirmed out of her carry.

    [SHALL I BUY YOU A GAG?]

    [......I''m sorry...]

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    After that, with a servant picking up my items, the twins and us siblings finished school by 5.

    Until one was 12, magic and swordplay would not be taught in the academy, though swordplay could be learnt through private classes or group classes, while magic was strictly regulated, only allowing children to learn it at 12.

    Therefore, the classes for children under 12 were only common knowledge, etticute and body training, causing the classes to only range from 12-5 on weekdays, while weekends were breaks for the children.

    In the carriage that had came to pick us up, we were escorted to the residences of the royalty where the dukes, duchess, King, Queen and their children resided.

    To my knowledge, the king was the first son of the previous king, while the father of the twins were the third. There were a total of 5 sons and 2 daughters one of which were married to another kingdom''s king, and tragically, the second prince was dead. Amongst them, their children are subjected to chances of ascending the throne, though it heavily relied on how favoured they were by the public and officials.

    From the gossip of the servants, it seems that Naomi, second born of Duke Kieran and a prince, Ethan, first born of Duchess Rainea was favoured to be the king and Queen together.

    Ethan was an extremely charming and kind child with unparalleled intelligence, though some argue that Naomi''s rivaled his. His father was a famous adventurer that fell in love with the duchess and he was their child. Rumor has it that the duchess has already received countless marriage requests from neighbouring princesses.

    Of course, sword play genius Nathan was also favoured by many, yet his disposition was the flaw. He was not very......knowledgeable about the matters of being a king, what to do for the public or economy.

    Basically, he was an idiot.

    Fumu. To collect so many information, I''m amazing, aren''t I?

    Anyways, we were on the carriage casually eating snacks the servants had prepared while the twins lazily conversed about an interesting topic.

    "Are we going to that Ethan''s birthday celebration?"

    "Don''t remind me," Naomi rubbed her nose bridge exasperation, "It''s not like we have a choice."

    "The more you associate with him, the more will you two look like marriage candidates."

    "I know that, thank  you very much, this facade is getting more and more troublesome."

    "Sister...do you want to ascend the throne?" Nathan asked absent-mindedly.

    Stolen story; please report.

    "Definitely not."

    After that, we quickly reached home and Naomi went to do whatever she had to. She was always doing something she wouldn''t tell others about, not even me, who was always left at home.

    As usual, Nathan  was practicing with a wooden sword, dealing hits to a straw dummy as he easily decimated it into a pile of straw on the floor.

    As he worked up a sweat, I rolled around on the ground with brother, the two of us merrily playing the day away.

    Answer before we knew it, the date of the Prince''s birthday had dawned upon us.

    At that point, I was still in my dog form and unwillingly dragged to the celebration.

    Currently, Naomi was conversing with some of the nobles while Nathan dug into a pile of food that had formed on his table while I sat on a chair next to him and brother.

    As time passed slowly,  a pretty noble girl came up to greet Nathan, "What are you doing here, all alone? Why not join the festivity and enjoy these wondrous cocktails?" She spoke with grace, fitting with her 15 year old appearance as she toyed with the cocktail cup in her hand.

    "I''m afraid I have to reject your offer." He said with a dismissive glance before noticing the drunk Naomi giggling at another table as she talked to one of the Princes.

    She was giggling and acting like a child her age for once, toying with the delicious looking deserts in her hand.

    Standing up with an exasperated expression, he walked to her while ignoring the girl, who promptly stomped her foot in anger and mumbled curses before she left, forgetting the cocktail she had left.

    Fumu. It smells nice, it''s like strawberries.

    A bit......won''t hurt right?

    Wiggling my ass, I took a while before I jumped up to the table, landing in the pile of food.

    ...I never thought...I''ll ever bath in food.

    Oh my.

    This......this feeling...of oil splattering on my body...when ever I open my mouth, food naturally enters...! Such bliss!

    Rubbing around in the food pile, brother who had been watching my actions earlier also jumped up on the table, greedily gobbling into the food.

    !

    I lost sight of my original objective!

    Shaking my head to clear the gluttonous thoughts, I wobbled to the glass cup, licking up the delicious cocktail.

    With my small snout, I could only reach a bit of the sweet juice, and in my frustration, I changed back into my other form.

    Now with fingers...fufufufufufufufufufufu......

    This is really nice~

    "OI YOU!" Nathan''s familiar voice came, startling me out of my stupor.

    Surrounded by stares, I was the child that sat on the table as naked as a baby covered in oil.

    "GET OFF!" He bellowed with volume that resonated through the castle.

    Scurrying off the table, I hid under it with slight dizziness, my body swaying side to side like my tail.

    Fumu. The world is shaking.

    Stomping over, Nathan who had his sister on his right shoulder, picked me up and swung me over to his left shoulder, his expression extremely stern as he left.

    Ah, the world grew shorter.

    The moment we stepped out of the hall, servants came to pick me out of his carry, throwing me into a bath tub.

    Fufufufu. Look at those bubbles~

    After some scrubbing, they dressed me and returned me to the hall, where Nathan and Naomi was.

    Noticing them on the other side of the hall, I rose my hands and happily waved, yet none of them returned the gestures.

    Wagging tail and wriggling my nose, I ran towards them with a pitter patter, yet my tail was grabbed.

    "What''s this unsightly creature?" The owner of the hand laughed haughtily as her entourage laughed along.

    "Someone should just bring the animal out." Another girl laughed with her hand at her mouth.

    "Someone should teach you manners." A boy called out as he appeared from amongst the crowd.

    "Prince Ethan......happy birthday." The girl quick let go of my tail before bowing while lifting the sides of her dress.

    Coming into our view was a ten year old child with brown hair that was pushed back, his tails and wings black with sleek feathers, on his face a kind smile.

    Walking over, he reached his hand out to me, "Are you okay?"

    Fumuu.  It''s a true prince. Fumu. This maiden heart of mine is thumping.

    !

    I-I''m a male! And even if this body is female, it''s a dog''s! Don''t be compulsive, me!

    Closing my eyes, I turned around and ran to where Naomi was, pouncing onto her.

    Fumu. I did well.

    "Bwahahahahahhahaha." An ominous laughter from the Prince came behind me.

    On that day, the news of the highly esteemed lady killer prince favoured to be king, was harshly rejected by a young girl spread far and wide.

 Chapter 6

    When my dog decided to run out of my house and gain independence, it almost gave me a heart attack. Waffles, is there really no love between us?

    Dog: No.

    Also, I''ve been inactive because my exams are coming in a week, I''ll be back after that fiasco is over.

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    Settling into the embrace of Naomi, the lower half of my body rested on the ground while the upper laid on her lap while the lady herself giggled nonstop, fumbling with my hair like how she always did.

    In return, I hiccupped non stop, the two of us creating a weird atmosphere in the nobles party, with Nathan looking extremely uncomfortable at the side, his fingers tapping against the table.

    Under his breath, he muttered with furrowed brows, "When will this stupid party end..."

    However, he was quickly interrupted by the Prince that had almost captured my heart earlier, "May I sit here?" He asked with a smile.

    That''s no good~ say no, Nathan~

    My puppy heart will be swayed~

    Actually given the chance to scrutinise his appearance, I tried my best to pick out flaws, mmm he''s not that handsome after all, those brows are asymmetrical, look at that 3mm disparity!

    ...I''m sorry.

    Turning away from the Prince who was now returning my stare, I buried myself in her thigh.

    "Hey, hey!" Naomi said with glossed eyes, "What are you looking at!"

    "My...you are quite drunk, aren''t you?" Ethan replied with a smile, his cheek resting on his hand, "Unfortunately, I''m not looking at you."

    "Piss off."

    "Manners, boy." He said with a snort, his previous facade of a kind, gentle prince gone.

    ...fumu, it seems that they are all truly demons for a reason. This...

    My heart...

    Is completely calm now.

    Damn royalty, none of them are pure! Every one of them are black to the core! Shouldn''t a princess be gentle and beautiful? A prince be riding upon a white horse with blond hair and golden eyes?!?! Isn''t that how it worked?!

    ...eh? Where did that idea come from?

    ......???

    I had never seen a prince ride a horse, it was usually mounts of big big beasts. Actually, I''ve never even seen a horse!

    .....ah...this hurts my brain.

    Wiggling in her embrace, I finally looked up after a while at Ethan, who was elegantly sipping a cup of wine in his hands.

    And as we all sat in awkward silence, Raimen suddenly came over, sitting down brazenly, "Naomi, are you okay?"

    "Tch. Go away!" She said waving her hands, signalling for him to leave, losing her usual patriotism.

    "Ah, you''re still quite intoxicated, do you want some water?" He asked worriedly, genuinely concerned.

    As they conversed with Naomi throwing short sentences laced with annoyance while Raimen replied with worry, Ethan suddenly piped up, disrupting their one sided conversation, "What''s her name?" He asked, looking pointedly at me.

    "Fluff-" "Nicolai." Naomi interrupted Nathan as she waved her finger around, "She''s called Nicolai."

    And at that moment, the glass of fruit juice in Nathan''s hand dropped to the ground as his head snapped towards Naomi, his eyes wide with shock.

    "That¡­¡­name¡­" Ethan was also wide eyed.

    "What?" She asked, looking around at the table, "Don''t lie, you see the resemblance too."

    Not knowing what to say, Nathan stood up and said, "We''re done, pardon our rudeness but it''s time to leave." As he picked up his sister in a princess carry, leaving me and brother to walk behind them.

    "Why are we leaving? Brother¡­" She muttered drunkly without putting up much resistance.

    And with some hostile gazes of the party attendees sent our way, we left.

    Hiccupping as I lay my head on Naomi''s lap, we returned to their mansion as the beasts pulling the carriage went with a slow steady pace.

    When we reached, Nathan alighted with his sleeping s sle sister in his arms, leaving me and brother to slowly follow behind him. And at that moment, an idea struck me.

    My collar was removed after I turned into this form.

    Naomi''s unconscious and Nathan''s carrying her.

    Brother won''t leave Nathan''s side like a clingy girlfriend.

    Fumu. No matter how you look at it, this is the perfect chance of escaping, isn''t it.

    Without waiting another moment, I turned and ran at the fastest yet softest speed I could manage, and with my constitution, my speed was terrifying.

    Crossing the gates of the residence, a sudden wave of freedom washed over me as I ran even faster, and only then did the far away shout of Nathan reach me.

    Ufufufufufu fufufufu.

    Fufufufufufufufufufufufufufufufufufufufufufu.

    I won.

    Currently, it was in  the middle of the night, and with only a set of clothes on me, I had no where to go.

    What should I do...?

    For now......I should cover my head...right? There isn''t any demons around with triangular ears like mine.

    As I wandered around into where the commoners lived, I started rummaging in the rubbish cans, looking for something.

    And with my luck, it was trash belonging to some kind of food store, despite being commoner food, somehow......it tastes better....?!

    Umu. I can''t get enough of this...

    There''s so much food too......

    It''s not like this body will ever feel full, fumu.

    Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings.However as I dug deeper, a woman''s shout could be heard as she hit my ass with a broomstick, "Get out you stupid thing!"

    "Ah!" My head was currently in the trash can while my ass stuck out, as vulnerable as a sheep amongst wolves.

    Falling deeper into the trashcan, I curled into a ball, hoping to hide myself, and seeing no point in chasing me out in the middle of the night, the woman hit the trashcan with her broom, creating a loud crash as she spoke loduly, "Get out by tomorrow, stupid kid." Before leaving.

    ......this was harder than I imagined.

    Crawling out, I rubbed my ass as I looked around. I was in an alley way behind multiple shops, and a few shops away, a dusty old hat could be seen.

    Ah, lucky!

    Running over, picked it up can covered my head with it, as for my tail...it should be fine.

    Pulling the stretchable hat around my head, I started to fall asleep, and hiding my body amongst a pile of rubbish bags, I slept the night away, only to be woken up by a bunch of children.

    They were an assortment of ages, their small tails and horns a giveaway of their age, it was a group of children not older than 10.

    Eh? What am I doing here?

    "Where''s your parents?" A older boy asked, bending down as he asked with a kind smile.

    "Mother sold me." I replied as I looked about, I only remembered drinking that cocktail, and a bit of what happened afterwards.

    Hearing my words, his eyes widened in shock as he asked again, "Then, is there any place you can go?"

    Does he mean the twins'' place? Fumu. I''ll die before I return.

    Shaking my head, I turned to leave, uninterested in the conversation. Where exactly was I?

    "Ah, wait!" He spoke again, "You want to eat something?"

    Umu, food? I just noticed this but......my stomach...

    Grabbing onto his shirt with shiny eyes, I was lead to where they stayed, a place they called an orphanage.

    Opening the door to the run down, two leveled building that was even smaller than the servants'' quarters in the royal residences, a elderly woman was revealed rocking on a rocking chair as her fingers moved dlowlt to peel what ever was in her hands, throwing the peeled object into a large bag.

    The bag was extremely large, whatever it contained was so much in number it was impossible for such an elderly lady to complete within a few hours.

    "Mother Raighna, this child......"

    "Another one?" An old woman sighed bitterly, "Luton, we can''t take in anymore." She spoke with a sad tone, gently placing the peeled object in her hands into the bag before reaching for another with her raw hands.

    "But..." The boy started, "we can''t just leave her there."

    ......really? Her???

    "I''m not a girl!" I exclaimed.

    "Ah! Sorry, I thought......"

    Currently I was wearing a shirt and pants, instead of a dress.....yet, why am I still seen as a female?

    Sighing again, the old woman nodded, "Alright......I leave it to you to work harder in return." She spoke with sadness, her hoarse voice extremely soft.

    "Okay." He replied simply with a shrug.

    "Eh, eh!" A small girl spoke, "What''s your name?" She asked with sparkly eyes.

    "Fluff- I mean Nicolai." I randomly blurted out, suddenly remembering the name Naomi gave me when she was drunk.

    "Nicolai...." The boy muttered hesitantly before a pure smile appeared on his as he cautiously patted the hat on my head, perhaps afraid that I would react negatively.

    Ah~ That feels nice~

    In return, I pushed my head up to his palm with closed eyes, though it had the hat in between, his inexplicably warm hands still felt nice.

    "You''re hungry?" He asked gently as he retracted his hand and instead grabbed my hand, "Come with me." Without any pleasantries, he who was simply a commoner acted like a simple child, unlike the royal brats.

    "Ah choo!" A cacophony of sneezes sounded in the royal residences, inciting the worry of many servants as they feared for an illness spreading.

    "Is it nice?" The boy asked, he had hesitantly offered me an entire meat bun, though he called it one, the amount of meat in the bun was rather......pathetic.

    Gah, whatever! Nodding, I showed a smile as I quickly finished the bun, leaving a happy yet regretful expression on the boy''s face.

    Nn.

    I''m still hungry.

    "Are you still hungry?" The child asked, his big eyes glancing my way.

    Feeling bad, I shook my head.

    "It''s okay, I''ll get more for you, he said as he said with a smile, his hands reaching into the oversized, dirty and torn cloak he used to cover himself over the simple shirt he wore inside.

    "Nn, thank you~" I replied with a similar smile before pouncing on one of the bed of the large room, he had taken the bun from under his pillow.

    Nn, it''s not soft at all.

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    [Meanwhile at the twins residence.]

    "That stupid dog escaped? When will she realise that I can track her location with the familiar bond?" Naomi muttered, rubbing the bridge of her nose.

    "Perhaps, never."

    "Well, that''ll work out for me. Just leave her with the commoners and maybe in a month or so let''s go pick her up, maybe then will she realise that staying with us is the best choice." She said nonchalantly as she flipped the book in her hands while Nathan sighed next to her.

 Chapter 7

    Fumu, it''s been a week since I moved in, the twins haven''t came and dragged me back yet, fumu.

    As I thought, they can''t find me!

    Ufufufufufufu, I''m a freeman dog!

    However, my life here......its, it''s bland.

    From my exclusive spot on the carpeted floor Naomi''s room, I''ve downgraded to a stiff bed I shared with Luton, it was really really small!

    From my exclusive plate of raw meat and a crystal I ate on the ground......I''ve downgraded to a plate of vegetables and fruits - sometimes a bit of meat was added- I shared with Luton, who fed me at the table!

    Furthermore, there isn''t any baths here! Its been a week since I took one!

    However......fufu, there was a merit! A silver lining! That is......this place was filled with all kinds of small running things!

    From cockroaches to lizards, there was everything! Fufu.

    I want to chase them.

    "Please don''t!" a girl''s voice came from behind me as I readied myself to pounce on the cockroach.

    She had grabbed onto the collar of my shirt, and effectively stopped my small body.

    It was the eldest girl here, aged 11. Luton was two years younger, but he was the eldest amongst the boys.

    She sported short black hair, black eyes that contained only a hint of red, and a single small horn protruding from the right side of her head. Her name was Germaine.

    "Luton, watch him!" she dragged me away from the corner of the room to the middle of it, where Luton was sleeping at.

    Unlike Nathan who would wake at 6 to practice swordplay, he woke up at 8 to do odd jobs.

    But since I lived with the twins for a while, I was used to waking early as well.

    Mumbling incoherently in his sleep, his arm lunged out and grabbed me by the neck with his elbow, dragging me into his bed.

    "Ah!"

    With a ''Tch'' she left.

    In this place, the girls took care of housework and food, the boys went out to do odd job, mostly because as this was in the slums, girls could be abduted to be a slave.

    Of course, there was a risk for the boys, but this was the only way they survived.

    They also received some help from the children that left the orphanage, those who possessed sufficient talent for magic was adopted into families of higher power.

    Therefore, no one here was elder than the age of 12, the age where magic talent was tested. Those that failed would leave the orphanage regardless to be an adventurer.

    As I was proudly thinking about my collected information, Luton''s hands reached over and pulled me even closer, snoring in his sleep.

    Oi! Are you trying to take advantage of me!?

    But......your shirt...

    As he was sleeping, his shirt had bunched upwards, revealing his stomach.

    Please wear it properly, you''ll have a stomach ache with it exposed to the cold!

    Pulling down his shirt for him, I sighed and fell asleep once again.Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more.

    After all, aren''t puppies the best at sleeping?

    Just like that we slept for two more hours before Luton woke up to the sight of Nicolai sleeping unsightily with her belly exposed.

    Stretching with a yawn, he asked, "Shall we go out and work now?"

    "Yes~" I woke up easily with a shake of his.

    As for working, at first many of the children had a debate whether I should work or not, considering that my feminine appearance will invite trouble, but I persistantly pushed for work and their only compromise was for me to go collect fruits and vegetables outside of the Slums with Luton.

    Fumu, I am a man(?)in my past lifeafter all.

    Other than herb collection, some children worked at restaurants as dish washers in exchange for food, some worked as mail boys, cleaners. Basically, I was sent outside of the slums.

    Of course, even outside was unsafe, and I was ordered to bunch my hair up into my hat and pull it down just above my eyes while a cloth covered my mouth.

    When we woke in the mornings, we would first brush our teeth with this special twig, then, we would eat a small bowl of vegetables and fruit thrown together frugually.

    But...eating just this much as children will stunt your growth.

    It was no wonder all the children were small, with lack of sufficently food combined with daily work took a toll on their growth.

    And afterwards, just like the previous days I lived here, I went out of the orphanage like that with Luton leading me.

    Brisk walking through the streets and past the walls surrounding the entirety of the city, we came to a meadow.

    A distance away was a forest, though the edges were slightly dotted with trees, the inside was incomparably dense with trees.

    Fumu, I want to go in there.

    But somehow sensing my thoughts, the collar of my shirt was grabbed as he spoke, "Let''s start!"

    On his and my backs were straw baskets with two straps, it''s purpose was to hold everything we had gathered.

    Digging through the ground, we unearthed a lot of carrots, beets, etc.

    Fumu, this is fun.

    But-

    I wanna go into the forest! I want to chase those rabbit things!

    As we collected the edibles, a few white rabbits could be seen, though they carried a single small horn on their foreheads, those long ears were undeniably the features of a rabbit!

    Fumu, I want to catch it.

    Glancing back at Luton who was digging enthusiastically at the ground, and at the closest rabbit, my heart said yes.

    Think about it, if I catch it, we''ll get to eat meat! My legs are longer in this form, compared to my dog one, I''ll be able to run better!

    Fumu, I''ll apologize afterwards.

    With that thought, my hand which were previously still digging into the ground pulled out as I broke into a run.

    "Eh...?"

    At an incredible speed, I caught up to the rabbit which were instantly alarmed.

    Though it''s hind legs immediately kicked at the ground for momentum, I pounced as well, grabbing the rabbit by its ears.

    HIOK.

    I got it.

    UFUFUFUFUFU.

    BOW DOWN.

    As I was relishing in self praise, a knock landed on my head.

    "Ah!"

    Ouch!

    "What are you doing!" he shouted, completely ignoring the struggling rabbit in my hand as he stared angrily at my head.

    "I caught a rabbit!"

    "It''s a Sapuru you idiot!" he knocked on my head again, "Don''t go grabbing dangerous animals like that!"

    "But we can eat it, right?" I asked, it''s been a while since I had my fill of meat.

    Ufufu, I''ll mock him the moment he replies, fufu I did the right thing, you know? Look at this fat thing, it''s round bottom, those thick thighs, tha-

    "Its not edible you idiot!"

    Eh?

    "Why''d you think they''ll live so prosperously at this place so close to human population! They can''t be eaten! They''re poisonous!"

    "Eve-even so! We can sell it!"

    Hearing my argument, he sighed, "Let''s walk away from the forest first." he pulled at my other hand.

    Right now, we were at the edges of the forest, but thankfully with the commotion, the Sapurus around had ran away.

    After walking a safe distance away from the forest, he turned around with a black face.

    "The horns, if they stab onto you, their poison will enter your body and you''ll die!"

    Umu, that sounds painful.

    "Your eyes will pop out and your skin will go purple!"

    Oh my.

    "I''m..." I

    "Go on."

    "I''m- I''m, I''m sorry..."

    "Louder!"

    "I''m sorry!"

    "LOUDER!"

    "IM SORR- AH!"

    I bit my tongue.

    After that, he took out a small knife he kept with him at all times and tore the small rabbit apart without hesitation while teaching me what to do as well.

    Fumu.

    That was strangely interesting.

    "Can......I, really not eat it?" I look at the meat he had thrown away.

    "Idiot!" he punched at my head, "If you want meat so much, I''ll buy you some!"

    "Yay~" Happily waving my tail which was tucked in my pants, as instructed by the children, I went back to dig at the ground.

    ------------------------

    [The night the orphanage had took in Nicolai.]

    Germaine: "No matter how we look at it, it''s not a demon, is it?"

    Luton: "The tail, it''s definitely like a dog''s."

    Rubbing her face in exasperation, Germaine muttered under her breath, "What to do now? That tail will definitely incite trouble."

    However, oblivious to her worry, Luton and the other children asked Germaine with shiny eyes that seemed to say, "Can we keep him?"

    Luton even added, "I''ll take care of him properly!"

    It was like adopting a dog.

 Chapter 8

    "Here." Luton offered, "It''s your reward."

    "C-can I really have it?"

    "Yeah, but treasure it." He placed it in my hands, "Put it in your mouth."

    Putting it in my mouth, I flushed.

    Delicious.

    Involuntarily, my teeth closed in on it.

    "Ah! Don''t bite it!" He smacked my head with a pained cry.

    Ignoring him, I bit down again.

    "AH!" He pulled the lollipop away from my mouth.

    "You''ll finish it too quickly!"

    Apparently, sweets here were very expensive to the children, but because of the rabbit I caught, Luton managed to buy one for me.

    Reaching both of my hands, I tried to grab the lollipop he held in the air away from me.

    "NNNNNNNNN."

    "Don''t bite it." He spoke again.

    "Alright, alright I got it~"

    Squinting his eyes at me suspiciously, he slowly lowered his hands.

    "Don''t finish it in one go, here''s the wrapper. When you''re done keep it or the other children will try to snatch it."

    Fumu, how scary.

    After a few more licks, I carefully tied it up.

    The twins never ate sweets like this, I thought there wasn''t such a thing in the world.

    Of course, who knew where my knowledge of sweets came from, it was just here in my mind.

    How mysterious~

    Right now, we were in the yard of the orphanage, it was currently a bit after sunset, and I was just waiting for Luton to come back.

    Grabbing his arm, I smiled, "It''s dinner time~"

    "Let''s go, then. " He smiled back.

    H-how pure! How childlike!

    Entering the run down building, we met with everyone else, who were already seated and started dining.

    Today, as well, was a wonderful dinner consisting of vegetables.

    ...Should I just go back?

    Rubbing my head as though he knew what I was thinking, Luton pulled me to the table and placed me on his lap.

    Crossing one of his arms across my body, He started to feed me.

    ...I should just go back, shouldn''t I?

    "Germaine, tomorrow is the magic aptitude test, don''t forget." The old lady reminded.

    Compulsory education started at the twelveth year of the children''s lives, on the first day of the third month, before that, on the second month of that year, a child would receive an invitation to participate in the magic aptitude test, those that showed talent profiled and recruited.

    "Goodbye, Germaine." I spoke sincerely with sparkling eyes.

    "Please don''t say it like I''m going to die."

    With a knock landing on my head, I had no choice but to shut up.

    "Be careful." Luton reminded.

    "I will." Germaine said seriously, before returning her attention to her food.

    But even before anyone could finish their food, a commotion appeared at the orphanage''s doorstep.

    "Come out, you worthless brats!" A voice could be heard hollering from the door, accompanied by sounds of knocking.

    Hearing the voice, Luton''s eyes immediately widened as he pulled the hat on my head which was resting on my forehead, down to my eyebrows and placed the mouth mask onto my face.Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original.

    "Leave from the backdoor, now." his voice was unusually serious.

    Umu, what''s this uneasy feeling.

    He didn''t even sound that mad when he found out I stole his underwear.

    Hmm? What was I doing with it? Why do you ask?

    "Go." He pushed me off his lap.

    "Bye~" I turned and left. It would be an idiots choice to stay here, ohohohohoho.

    But before I could leave, the front door was already smashed open with a bang.

    "You fucking brats, did you not hear me!" the man angrily shouted as he entered, accompanied by two other fellows.

    The shouting man looked extremely lanky and shady, his thin figure rather weak looking, yet the machete in his hands said otherwise.

    The two other guys consisted of a tall muscled man with a scar at his right cheek and a fat round man with an evil smile.

    What''s this? A cliche trio? What movie am I in again?

    However, I am not the heroine! Ohohohohoho!

    Without hesitation, I ran away as quietly as possible.

    But as unlucky as I was, the lanky fellow instantly locked on to me.

    "Who''s that new kid! Hey, don''t move!" He shouted as he waved his machete threateningly.

    Ah, does he have 2.0 vision?

    Without a choice, I could only turn around.

    "Why are you covering your face?! Take it off!" He said with squinted eyes, interest lacing his tone.

    "Pervert!" I replied. Who''s this pervert? To prey on me?!

    "What?!"

    "Peeeerrrveeeert!"

    "Do you want to die!?"

    Ah, a vein popped from his temple as he spouted overused lines.

    "Cliche pervert! Die off as a background scenery!"

    "You piece of shit!" Another vein appeared as he looked at the muscled man behind him.

    Without hesitation, that man took a step forward.

    But before I could say anything else, Luton suddenly spoke up, "Sorry, this child was found with a head injury! "

    !

    With a deep bow, he spoke again, "Please let him go."

    "Hah?! Let him go? That little shit dared to go against me!" He turned his head back to the muscles man, "Grab him!"

    With big strides, he walked from the entrance all the way to the dining table, but blocked in front of him were children, stopping him from coming to me.

    Luton spoke, "Please reconsider."

    "Stop with the rubbish and grab him! " the lanky man ignored Luton.

    Pushing the children away, the muscled man came over with open arms.

    I''d receive your embrace, but I''m straight!

    Without hesitation, I ran.

    Ohohohohoho! I would be an idiot to stay there and get caught, you know?

    But as fate willed it, I was stopped yet aga-

    Just kidding~ I ran towards the border of the slums and the residential area for the commoner families.

    There was a big difference between the poor and the average, the poor lived in run down stone houses, while the average resident lived in stone brick houses.

    But after running so far, I could only turn around to see a group of men chasing me.

    Oops? Did I forget to mention that creeps like that frequent the unlit streets at night for prey?

    Teehee?

    In an instant, I was surrounded.

    I''m sorry for exciting all of you, but I''m not the heroine!

    ----------------------

    [Meanwhile at the twins residence]

    "Ah, she''s on the move? So late, at that?" a puzzled expression appeared on Naomi''s face.

    Currently, she was enjoying an extravagant meal with her brother and his pet, each of them receiving plates piled with meat, vegetables and fruits.

    "Fluffy?" the head maid asked.

    "Yeah," Naomi replied, "To move around at night at that kind of place..."

    "It is not safe?" Nathan looked up from his meal.

    "No, it isn''t." Naomi replied with furrowed brows, but as quickly as it appeared, the crease disappeared.

    "Well, it''s her problem~"

    ----------------------

    "Achoo!" Strangely in such a predicament, I sneezed.

    And with that sound shocking the creeps back to reality, they closed in with a creep''s smile while showing creep tendencies.

    Should I go, "Sta-stay away!" ?

    ...

    Ah, I almost puked.

    After coughing a bit, I saw the creep walking even closer.

    "I''ll destroy your family jewels." I chose a reply as I raised my leg to the nearest creep''s tighs.

    "Look at this kid!" One man laughed creepily.

    Ah, my goosebumps are standing.

    Involuntarily, my leg flew upwards to the space between the creep''s legs.

    But before it could land, I fell backwards.

    My legs.

    They were too short...!

    With a bang, the back of my head smashed against the ground.

    "It hurts!" I instinctively curled up on the ground, "Ah!"

    After rubbing my head for a bit, I looked up to see the muscled man I had just ran away from.

    "Goo-good night?" I greeted.

    Without a reply, he picked me up by the collar of my shirt, like he was picking up a puppy with the nape of its neck.

    How rude, to not greet back.

    Did your parents teach you manners?

    Ah, children these days!

    "Ah!" I was hit on the head by the man.

    .....can the demons here read minds?

    With such a strong grip holding on to me, I could only curl up my body while he brought me to their base.

    It seems, I may have been caught in a bad situation.

    "He-hello. " I greeted the lanky man with a smile.

    But as expected, the rude fellow didn''t reply to my greeting, instead he reached his hands to the mask on my face.

    "This face....." He spoke with a smile, "He can be sold. "

    Haah? Am I not a guy in your eyes? Sold???

    "I''m sure some perverted Noble out there will buy you. " He sneered.

    Is this the country you''ll rule in the future, Naomi? No, I''m sure it''ll get worse, in her hands, won''t it!?

    In fact, she''ll definitely be one of those perverted nobles buying children for her own pleasure, won''t she!?

    This country...! My condolences!

    "Throw him in the cages, ah~" He groaned while rotating his arms, "stupid kids had to go crazy, what a waste of my energy. "

    At his words, a bad feeling creeper up on me.

    "Did, did...."

    "Huh? Nah, I didn''t, they''re precious money makers, after all." He sneered, before leaving.

    All the while, I was held by the collar of my shirt, lifted in the air by the muscled man, and after the lanky man had left, I was carried to a room filled with cages.

    My sensitive nose was instantly provoked by the horrid smell of decay, death and disease.

    Only after I was left in the cage did a strange feeling wash over me.

    Undoubtedly, I was raised like a [dog] and I lived as a [dog], but perhaps because of my vague awareness of morals because of my barely remembered past life, I felt disheartened.

    I''ve always ignored this fact, but the things going around me, it was all......no good, was it?

    Ever since I left mothers fluffy embrace.

    Ah, how I want to go back to her fluffy belly to sleep.

 Chapter 9

    Just like that, I was left there for the night.

    Suffering, was an unique scent. It oozed of repulsiveness, covered by a thick layer of bloodyness it consumed this place.

    In this form, I was about the height of 37", or 94 CM, and in this cage, I could only curl up into a small ball.

    Shouldn''t they at least give me more space?

    Ah.

    Is this the point where I should go, "Save me!~" and wait for the main character to appear at that very moment in some strange coincidence?

    Isn''t that what most stories are like?

    It wouldn''t hurt to try, would it?

    "Ahem," Clearing my throat, I prepared myself for the girliest scream I could produce.

    "Sav- *COUGH* "

    I chocked.

    Ah, how unlucky.

    Thankfully, the people here haven''t noticed this body was female.

    I''ll just have to fake it until I made it.

    Sniffling a yawn, I closed my eyes.

    However, before my sleepiness could lull me into unconsciousness, a huge bang resounded in the building, scaring everyone in the room awake.

    "What''s going on?" I asked.

    One of the children in a cage in front of mine looked over with dead fish eyes before he turned back to the room''s door.

    "Just go to sleep." He whispered with a hoarse voice.

    No, this ominous feeling.

    Could it be, my Prince Charming is coming?

    Ohohohohoho. Is this the power of the plot!?

    ......Actually, please don''t.

    Closing my eyes, I tried to go to sleep with the sounds of fighting still resounding.

    Should I run? No matter if it''s Prince Charming or a monster attacking this place, I don''t want to see either. Please go away.If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement.

    No, wait.

    Im in a room full of boys, this room is for the male merchandise.

    That means, I''m safe, right?

    BANG!

    Ah.

    The room''s door opened.

    Instantly, my body reacted before my mind and I turned my body around from the door, curling up.

    No matter who it is, please go away.

    "Fluffy, are you there?" a feminine voice called out.

    No.

    Wait, that voice.

    That voice that rung out across the training field every morning, coupled with the painful screams of the princes.

    It''s my Knight~

    Turning around, it was indeed her. The crossdressing, handsome woman.

    It''s you~

    "Save me~"

    "So you''re really in here," She laughed, walking over.

    That heavenly smile~ I''m so glad to see you too~

    Ah, who''s that behind her?

    "You brat."

    It was Nathan. I-I see it! A vein popping from his forehead!

    Please go away, its time for my touching reunion with my knight after she had saved me.

    You''re tainting the scene.

    "Let me." Nathan called out, walking faster than my knight.

    This development......!

    "No!"

    "Wa?" A strange sound came out from him.

    "Don''t come over!"

    "Could it be, you want to stay in there?" Another voice called out.

    It was a sweet gentle voice, but it''s owner was far from sweet.

    "Yes!"

    Walking into the room with a wrinkled nose, possibly because of the smell, Naomi cracked her knuckles.

    "Do you want to die?" Her smile grew wider.

    "By any means necessary!"

    To my horror, she brisk walked all the way to my cage, where I was curled up in.

    "G-go away!"

    Somehow, my gut told me I would be safer here.

    PA!

    A fist landed on my head.

    With her other hand, she used a key she probably stole to open the cage.

    "You stupid dog." She muttered, "Come out."

    Ah, tears are falling.

    It should''ve been my knight in your position.

    "I don''t wanna. Hic.."

    Dragging me out from the cage, she muttered, "You don''t sound convincing at all with snot leaking from both of your nostrils."

    "Hic, it should''ve, hic, been my knight saving me, hic, why is it you two!"

    "Your knight?" Her brow lifted, "You found the love of your life, no, an idiot you like?"

    "Hic, this development, doesn''t belong to you!"

    "Which brat is it? Did he come from the orphanage? Ill go burn it down right now." Her sweet voice clashed against the contents of her sentence.

    Ah, please move your hand away from your sword sheath, Nathan.

    Because, the one I love, is next to you!

    Before I could speak, Naomi sighed, "You must''ve been scared, come on, let''s go back."

    Turning back, she signalled for Nathan to come over, who promptly picked me up.

    Instead of his usual shoulder carry, I was picked with a bridal carry.

    It was unusually gentle.

    Closing my eyes, I sighed in relief.

    Not!

    "Why is it you...." I muttered under my breath.

    No matter how much energy a puppy had, the five year old body of mine was undoubtedly tired, and even if I wantes to struggle, it was impossible to, with Nathan''s intense strength.

    Grumbling in my heart, I could only stay still as I was brought to the carriage and whisked away back to the royal residences.

    Please, please let this be a fluke!

    The only one I love is my knight!

    ---------------------

    [Mean while, at the orphanage]

    "What about Nicolai, I hope he''s safe..." Luton''s voice sounded rather weak.

    Currently, he was placed in a chair agile one of the younger girls was rubbing herbs onto the bruise tainting his body.

    "I hope so too." the girl replied with a sad expression.

    "Brother, do you.....like him?" another girl called out.

    A faint redness tinged his tanned skin as he coughed, "What are you talking about, it''s time to sleep, everyone."

 Chapter 10

    [Nathan''s POV]

    Father was famously outstanding, not only was his appearance charming, so was his personality. He was a prodigy in not only swordplay, but the ways of a merchant.

    Undoubtedly, he could''ve been king, yet he chose to remain a duke.

    Working as a merchant of the country, he became rich easily with the capital his status as prince.

    Such a man, of course, met an equally perfect woman.

    She was also of a noble birth, despite being an arranged marriage by Father''s brother, the king, there was no unwillingness.

    Mother, was a talented mage, a violet ranked elemental mage. She could use all of nature''s elements.

    Of course, an element cannot be compared to an unique infinity like necromancy, but having all of them was undoubtedly astounding.

    Such a woman, was like the perfect other half for a perfect man.

    And as the fruits of their love, the two of us was conceived on the second year of their marriage.

    It was an joyous occasion to everyone, high prospects were placed onto our infant bodies, no one doubted that we would shine like jewels when our talents came to play.

    After all, we were their children.

    But perhaps even the heavens envied their good fortunes, disaster struck when mother became pregnant yet again, when we were two years old.

    As the wife of a merchant, she travelled with him frequently, during her last travel, she was in the early stages of her pregnancy, when she was at her most vulnerable.

    It wasn''t anyone''s fault she fell to sickness, father hadn''t known of the pregnancy when they departed to another country. No one knew.

    Telltale signs of the sickness quickly appeared as the day of birth approached slowly but surely, by the time she was about to give birth, mother''s tanned skin had became sickly pale at then. It was strange to see a demon of that race, with such pale skin.

    At the point, she could only lie on the bed, her limbs so weak she couldn''t even hold a spoon without trembling.

    But despite all that, she refused to abort the child in her belly, she was determined to pull through.

    And thankfully, mother had survived the birth. Strangely, after the birth, she seemed to have recovered, albeit there were moments of brief suffering, she could run again.

    However, it was as if unluckiness had a death grip on our fate.

    The child was born sickly and weak, even the child''s hair was white, coupled with her skin, sometimes, you''d even worry if the child would disappear.

    When the child opened her eyes, it was far from red, it was a light pink.

    Such a child, who could barely even breathe, was no doubt destined to suffer in this country.

    Regardless, everyone doted on her, the small little girl, Nicolai.

    At the age of two, she loved to happily totter around the house, but because of her unusually small body and weak constitution, she could never finish exploring the entire house.

    But despite everything, the eyes that glinted of dangerous curiousity could never hold her still.

    Finally, she was allowed to leave the house, granted that mother and the two of us came along.

    Father, he was busy in another country.

    That was his job, after all.

    On that seemingly peaceful day, we went out on a carriage accompanied by four guards.

    It was a fun day, it had been years since mother could bring us out, ever since she fell to the sickness, I would only spend my days at home.

    Of course, it wasn''t boring at all. We had many things to do, like taking lessons, playing around.

    My favorite hobby was reading.

    It was strangely fascinating how mere words could convey emotions, from endearment to indifference, hatred to sadness.

    Similarly, my sister also loved reading, we loved lying in the shade of the big tree in our yard while surrounded by books we had dragged out from the library.

    In the country, we visited the shops for nobles, but it was far from entertaining to the freedom loving sister I had.

    Her big eyes would wander around, and on many occasions her feet would follow.

    Everytime she was caught and reprimanded gently by mother, petulance and stubbornness would appear in her eyes.

    It was strangely adorable.

    Infected with her excitement, mother relented and had brought us to the market of normal citizens.

    It was overly boisterous, an enviroment I had never encountered.

    On the long street, along the roads, were countless stalls competing against each other, their owners shouting with voices louder than the other.

    It was a strange place, everyone seemed to be happy as they flocked to different stalls, indifferent to the sweaty clamouring and ear piercing shouts.

    But despite my protests, Nicolai fit like a key to a lock, with glittering eyes, she ran around in multiple spurts, her stamina too weak to allow constant running.

    Running for a short distance, she would stop at a stall to peer at its goods with curiosity before running to the other, all while a big fat smile decorated her pale skin.

    At that moment, I also couldn''t help but have a small smile.

    It would be a lie to say I hated her. But, there were times where I resented her, she was the one that caused all of this.

    If she wasn''t in Mother''s stomach, mother wouldn''t have fell sick.

    She wouldn''t have suffered.

    It was pitifully childish, my feelings, I was just a child yearning for love, drunk on the constant shower of affection.

    But at this moment, seeing the free smile of Nicolai, I couldn''t help but be infected with a strange disease as well.

    Turning to the side, Naomi was the same.Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.

    That adorable little girl was someone the two of us will have to protect, her frail body was something the two of us would guard.

    After that, we visited the markets frequently.

    Nicolai had fell in love with that place, she was so happy visiting the markets no one could every deny her.

    Back at home, she was just a caged bird, the could play around, but all under the watchful eye of the servants.

    All because of her body.

    But at the market, we forgone the servants and gave her what she wanted, the chance to play around.

    She was different from me and Naomi, who grew up as candidates for the royal throne.

    She was just a small child, full of curiosity and bubbly happiness.

    But as the saying goes, "Curiousity killed the cat."

    That day, I was willfully engrossed on a book, it wasn''t anything much, it was simply interesting to me.

    So interesting I told mother and my two sisters to go out without me.

    I had thought that they would have fun and return, but I was wrong.

    They went missing.

    When I heard of that news, father was still at a distant country, he had been informed of Nicolai''s hobby and had allowed them.

    After all, what could happen in their country, right?

    Wrong.

    Even after he had returned, there was no signs of his family.

    But with the help from his family of nobles and even the king, it was not impossible to find them.

    Even so, I was caged in guilt.

    If only, I hadn''t done something as stupid as to read.

    What could reading ever do?

    If I could turn back time, I would''ve chose something like swordplay from the beginning.

    I could''ve protected them.

    When they were found, no, when she was found, Naomi was the only one left.

    Mother was a powerful mage, indeed, but that was all in the past.

    Nicolai was the first to pass, her weak constitution never stood a chance against rough handling.

    Mother was defiled and killed.

    And they had planned on selling the last survivor to the king of a human country.

    It was repulsive, the acts of humanity.

    But the ones who even abduted my family from the beginning were demons.

    Who were the ones to blame? I asked myself that question.

    But never did I find an answer.

    I simply had to pick up my sword and protect my last sister.

    When she returned, she carried a weak smile in front of father, who had already mentally collapsed.

    I was no better as well.

    Perhaps as a coping mechanism, she tried her best to be the child she used to be, she would smile and act childishly in front of father.

    But father never looked her way properly, he buried himself in work and came home so rarely you''d wonder if he really was our father anymore.

    Even so, she continued smiling.

    But she was different inside, what was left of that innocently aloof child was a scheming child who could only keep her guard up against everyone.

    I was the only one there to watch over her. Even when she smiled, her heart was in pain.

    From that moment, I threw away books and picked up swordplay.

    I would learn nothing, but swordplay.

    Just like that, two years passed, I became someone who was only good with a sword while my sister continued her heartless and willful ways.

    And I thought, everything would continue the way it was.

    Until father decided to have us adopt two little spirit foxes.

    Sister wasn''t very excited, but she made a childish collar and named her little spirit fox childishly.

    And in all her curiousity, she experimented the beastman effect on it.

    It was hard to obtain the blood crystals, but father had managed to do it, and in all strangeness, it worked out.

    The small spirit fox became a little girl that looked five years old.

    But what was unsettling was her white hair and skin.

    Her eyes, they were not pink, but it carried the stubborness and curiousity of Nicolai.

    I couldn''t help but look away. It was unsettling.

    In the next moment, she jumped off my carry and bolted off towards the exit, but was easily caught.

    No doubt, Naomi was surprised when she saw her own pet now a beastman that resembled her sister, her furrowed brows were nothing but evidence.

    The only true emotion the stupid sister of mine showed was the furrowing of her brows.

    Afterwards, I still couldn''t look at her properly but I could hear that fluffy was sniffling.

    Hesitantly, I called out to her but did not receive a reply.

    A maid who had seen the events brought over a towel, offering it to me, and it was promptly thrown over her.

    Finally, with the guts to look, I glanced at her.

    Ah, how cute.

    Pulling at her hand, I brought her back to our house and tucked her to bed, all while Naomi arranged for clothing to be sent over for the little girl.

    It was no doubt that our lives would change yet again.

    The next morning, I had been enjoying breakfast with Naomi before a maid ran over to the dining table with anger present on her face as she told us what happened.

    The clothes Naomi had prepared and laid out, was ripped apart mercilessly.

    Turning my head, I could see Naomi rubbing the bridge of her nose with closed eyes.

    Those clothes were made of silk imported from a far away country, something so ridiculously expensive not even nobles could afford.

    Out of consideration, Naomi had taken some from Father''s storeroom and prepared it, thinking that any other material would be uncomfortable for the little beastman that wasn''t accustomed to wearing clothes.

    It was unusual, to see her act so kindly.

    Yet, the little beastman had chose to rip it up.

    Taking a deep breath, she placed her fork down and went upstairs with a twitch in her face.

    And when we entered the room, it was indeed a mess.

    The little beastman had ripped some of the clothes apart, littering it across the room messily.

    In anger, she ran over and scolded the little beastman, but who knew, the little beastman would retaliate with scoldings on her own.

    Seeing this, a laugh escaped my lips.

    How long has it been, since I had seen so many expressions on sister''s face?

    Also, how long has it been, since I laughed.

    Instantly, I received two glares and two similar shouts.

    And hiding the amusement on my face, I replied with a, "I wasn''t laughing. " but I couldn''t help but laugh again.

    How long has it been since there was so much activity in this house?

    As I mused, I was suddenly toppled as the little beastman sat on my stomach with a petulant expression.

    Hitting me with her small hands, she seemed rarher annoyed.

    Was it, suppose to hurt?

    Before I could even react, my own pet ran over with a small bark before it toppled it''s own sibling.

    After the fiasco, we set off to school after an hour''s worth of screaming.

    The little beastman really didn''t like wearing clothes, huh?

    Everything seemed rather surrell, the little beastman acted like the little sister I had lost.

    The way she spoke without restraint, the way she couldn''t read the atmosphere and did everything she wanted in her own way, made me nostalgic.

    But even so, please don''t oil yourself up naked while rolling in food.

    It''s unsightly.

    Seeing her exposed to everyone present, I couldn''t help but stiffle as I picked her up to wash.

    Seeing from the little beastman''s expression, she thought I was furious.

    It wasn''t so, I just......felt unsettled. Even sister saw the resemblance.

    On the way back, I still felt strange.

    But taking advantage of my confusion, she suddenly ran away without a sound.

    I didn''t have a pet contract with her, and never noticed until I had entered the house.

    Without knowing what to do, I simply tucked sister to bed, we could find the little beastman tomorrow.

    But when sister woke up, she laughed and ignored that matter.

    I couldn''t tell, was it that she was afraid of going into the country, or was she afraid of what the little beastman will change in her.

    Even with her facade of indifference, her slightly furrowed brows gave away her conflictions as she had some guards watch the little beastman.

    But even after finding out the little beastman was safe living at the orphanage in the slums, she was still worried.

    I know, because I saw her trip over nothing.

    Such a thing, never happened even when she walked around reading a book in her hands.

    Just like that, a week passed before one night, she suddenly spoke about the little beastman.

    Worried about her, sister had kept a constant watch on the bond, tracking her movement.

    And suddenly on this night, this beastman was on the move.

    At first, she tried to ignore it, but eventually she stood up.

    Despite her fear of walking around the country, she chose to step into the commoner area, headed for the slums.

    With a good number of guards with us, we followed her directions and attacked one of the slave trader buildings that had been a thorn at the country''s side for a long time now.

    And when we located the little beastman, in a room that reeked of death, sister hesitated at the entrance.

    In front of us, Elaine entered first.

    The both of us lingered at the entrance, our ears open for Elaine''s next words.

    "Fluffy, are you there?" my breath was hitched.

    "Save me~" I sighed in relief.

    But seriously, what was this little beastman doing, to call out so happily even in this situation.

    Isn''t she scared, at all?

    Walking in, now relieved that my fears were unnecessary, I saw the little beastman curled up in a small cage.

    "You brat." I couldn''t help but feel angry, why did they even lock her up in such a small place?

    Seeing as Elaine was about to go and save the little beastman first, my body moves forward involuntarily as I blurted out suddenly, "Let me."

    But strangely, she told me not to.

    With a strange silence in the air, Naomi who had regained her bearings walked in.

    I could hear her hold her breath, taking a while before she could reprimand the little beastman.

    Walking over, she released the little beastman.

    And I walked over to carry her.

    Undoubtedly, she was terrified, wasnt she?

    Looking at the small beastman crying beastman in my hands, I couldn''t help but feel strange.

    This little thing had changed the both of us in a strange, yet good way.

    She was......strangely adorable.

    I think, the strange disease I had back then......relasped.

 Chapter 11

    [ Four years later ]

    After that day, I blurrily remembered leaving the slave house, the entire place was filled with the unmistakable tangy smell of blood, while the walls were decorated in red.

    But despite all that, all I could think of was relief.

    Ah~ have I become strange?

    In the beginning when I was just born, I was granted knowledge that definitely came from another world.

    Yet, where?

    The dog breed, Pomeranian, was something that didn''t exist in this world.

    They were known as spirit foxes.

    So where did my concept of Pomeranians come from?

    I had knowledge, but any emotional memories were not associated with them.

    But at that time, I vaguely remember having a sense of morals. Yet now, after living as a dog for so long, I lived and acted like a dog.

    And after so long, whenever I tried to think about the past, it felt like I was forgetting more.

    What was I? Was I really a male back then? No, did I really have a life before this? Or did I delude myself into strange knowledge that never existed?

    I wonder.

    Ah, all this thinking is too much~

    I used up all my brain cells~

    With a yawn, I turned my body to the sleeping Naomi next to me.

    Tch, people who look this perfect even when sleeping, I didn''t think they existed. How is it possible for there not to even be a hint of drool?!

    After four years, the doll like girl grew up nicely into a scheming looking young lady.

    Her dark silver hair complimented her slightly tanned skin, and ruby eyes. The originally small black horns grew half in length.

    She had big, sharp eyes with long lashes, a long yet thin nose and small round lips.

    It was a beauty indeed, but her chest was nothing but disappointing.

    Hah, you are so much but where does those calories go? It didn''t go to either your brain or your chest.

    "Ah!" My head was suddenly hit.

    Why does everyone like knocking my head!?

    "Were you thinking of something rude?"

    Ah, really, do they have the ability to read minds? It''s been four years but no one ever told me.

    Sitting up, she reached her hands to the ceiling and stretched, yawning the bits of sleepiness away as she did.

    "It''s a big day today, how troublesome." She muttered with a snort.

    Today was the day of the magic aptitude test, afterwards it would be academy scouting.

    Of course, unlike usual nobles and commoners, the prince and princesses only needed to sit back while the academies personally invited them.

    So, what are you complaining about? You lazy pig.

    "Ah!"

    "I can feel your rude stare."

    "Won''t it be fun to go somewhere other than the royal residences and the junior academy for once?" I muttered under my breath.

    "No, it is not."

    "Bah, you''re just lazy."

    "I''ll take that as a compliment." Standing up, she took off her pajamas and changed to a more formal dress.

    As she grew up, she gradually threw away the childish flower patterned dresses to more plain yet stylish clothing.

    As for me? I wore a robe with tights, my tail hanging from under the robe.

    What was that? Why am I not wearing a dress? I''ll wear one when I die.

    "Let''s go eat breakfast." She yawned again while tying her long hair to a ponytail.

    Without waiting for my reply, she left the room and headed downstairs, where Nathan was already eating.

    He had woken up early to exercise, while Naomi who had burnt the midnight oil reading and messed up my sleeping schedule, woke up only at 9am.

    Really, where did all my good habits go? Down the drain?

    Well, sleeping is nice too~

    "Come and eat. " He called out while my own brother was already feasting on his meal.

    Ah, did I forget to mention that brother was now also a beastman like me?

    I did, didn''t I?

    Teehee?

    Infuriatingly, that stupid thing grew bigger than I was, be it in either forms.

    Tch, size isn''t everything, you know!?

    Brother became a good looking boy with black messy hair, tanned skin and brown eyes. His overall feel was like a wild animal.

    Nathan grew up slightly better than brother, his dark silvery hair was combed neatly, his eyes carried slight indifference coupled by his thin lips, he looked serious 24/7.

    Are you training to be a general? Huh?

    Strange thing was that his originally white horns darkened in colour as time passed, and now it was black in colour like his father.

    Speaking of the father, that fellow didn''t seem like a father at all, he came home only thrice jn the four years.

    Tch, how irresponsible.

    But if I had children like this, I would run too.

    "Stop thinking of rude things and sit down." Naomi called out.

    She had disappeared from the stairs to the dining table on the first floor.

    Running down the stairs, I dug into the food presented.Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit.

    Ah~ how delicious, this meat~

    "Will you be going to the Knight Academy?"

    "I don''t particularly care, it''s not like I''m training to be a knight." Nathan answered with filled cheeks.

    "Well, it''s your choice." Naomi spoke before putting a slice of her steak into her mouth.

    "Can I have a choice?" If possible, I''ll stay away from the academy crawling with royalty.

    The junior academy was better, since there serious barriers between each age group, everyone of the same age learned the same thing, no matter how intelligent you were.

    But in the Magic, Knight, Merchant academies, it was just scary.

    Because it was up to you to go to any class as you wish, if you were smart enough, you could take as many classes as you wished.

    Of course, that was everyone''s goal, because at the age of eighteen, one would be kicked out no matter what. Therefore, everyone madly chose classes to attend, the seniors would finish a class and jump to another one filled with juniors.

    It was completely chaotic.

    And to think.......if THAT prince were to come to Naomi''s class, where I will be, I''ll cry.

    I''ll seriously cry.

    "What choice?"

    "Of staying and guarding our home~"

    "No. You stay with me at all times." She glared, finishing the last bit of her breakfast.

    "NNNNNNNN." I grumbled before shoving more food into my mouth, I was the only one who hadn''t finished eating.

    "Be careful or you''ll choke."

    "I hope I do."

    "What was that? Do you need my help?"

    "Oh look at the time," I pointed at the clock, "It''s time to go~" Pulling my robe together, I stood up with my tail standing as proudly.

    Looking up at the taller Naomi, I gave a big smile before running first to the door.

    I may have to meet THAT guy, and I may have to attend lessons, but I can learn magic~

    Spirit foxes can learn magic~ spirit foxes are good in magic~

    Did I win the lottery in reincarnation? Ohohohohoho.

    Turning around, the significantly taller, muscular and handsome MALE brother of mine can be seen walking towards me.

    Ah, I lost.

    I lost completely.

    ---------------------------

    The resting grounds were not very far, since the Magic academy was very important to this country, it was built near the core of the country, near to the castle and the royal residences. In correspondence, the testing ground were close as well.

    Shockingly, the testing grounds actually belonged to the Knight academy, used as a training field for the children. Today, the knight academy students were all released for the holidays, so to avoid any problems with the sudden flow of children.

    The testing ground would be used again next week for the Knight Academy admission testing, where a round Robin competition would be held to test the abilities of every candidate.

    I imagine, if I were in that competition, paired against someone like Nathan, I would probably just curl up and die.

    How unfair~

    In just a while, we reached.

    And it was terrifying.

    The entire place was overrun by children, demonic little children.....!

    The testing ground was split into two, one for the commoners and one for the nobles.

    Though it seemed like preferential treatment, it was for a good reason, apparently.

    Since the middle and lower tiered residences greatly overwhelm the nobles in number, their children population was terrifying.

    If a bunch of spoilt nobles were thrown in a long queue with commoners, it would be chaos.

    The humongous testing ground was split nicely 5:1, granted that the commoners greatly outnumbered the nobles.

    Walking over, there was a premium line for royals......!

    There wasn''t even a line, there was a big chested beauty in a robe with a low cut shirt thrown underneath, it revealed everything.........!

    Is this........the benefits of royal blood?!

    ......I''ve completely lost the reincarnation lottery!?

    Ah, I feel it, the urge to squat in a corner.

    "Ah!"

    "What are you doing, standing there with such a dumb expression." Brother snorted.

    Really, is there a sign above my head that says, "Knock me." !?

    Is there!?

    My little bit of intelligence will be knocked to nothingness eventually!

    Currently, I was still sitting on the carriage while brother was staring in while standing on the staircase.

    Rubbing my head, I stood up.

    Ah, even on stairs, he''s still taller.

    ......I demand a restart! A reeeesaaaaarrtt!

    Should I just die now!? Someone hand me a sword!

    Pulling my hand, Nathan who stood next to the stair case pulled me down and accidently, into brother''s arms.

    These muscular arms...

    Tch.

    Pushing brother away, I looked around again. Currently, everyone''s gaze was on us, no, on the twins.

    Undoubtedly, they were amongst the few who would be the limelight of today''s show.

    Would the sword prodigy be able to wield magic? Will be extremely intelligent bra- princess be able to became an unique magic holder!?

    Would me, the majestic reincarnator have the God promised cheatlike abilities to victory!?

    Ohohohoho.

    I want to be able to win with one punch!

    Walking over to the super premium line, I completely forgot my previous grumblings and looked as Nathan was the first one to offer himself.

    Next to the table where the big chested lady was seated, was a tall pillar made of some kind of white marble, it''s surface so shiny I could see my own reflection.

    The pillar was marked with protruding fine lines to separate seven parts. Apparently, the seven colours were the colours of a rainbow, without red being the weakest potential and violet being the best.

    Placing his hand on the pillar, he stared at it in interest.

    From the very bottom, instantly appeared a red colour, and as it moved upwards, it changed to orange, then yellow at an astonishing speed, but from then onwards, it gradually became slower as it became green, when it became blue it''s speed was 1/10 of its beginning speed but before the light could cross the threshold of the next line, it stopped just shy of it.

    Ohohohohoho, not so cheat after all. If you were the main character, the light probably would shoot out from the pillar, breaking it into little pieces in an overly showy manner.

    Ohohohohoho.

    You side character!

    Turning, he walked to the table and stared at the translucent orb, without speaking, he placed his hand onto it.

    And shockingly, it turned pale red!

    This........!

    I have no idea what it is.

    "Ah, physical enhancement magic." the lady called out in surprise, as if looking at a monster.

    "What does that do?" I asked Naomi, who stood next to me.

    "Can''t you tell by the name? " She looked at me with squinted eyes, as if asking if I were an idiot.

    "But, why does the lady look surprised?"

    "It''s rare and powerful, that attribute allows someone to channel their magic to their body to raise both defense and offence, with sufficient magic power, they can become monsters."

    Ah.

    "Can they channel their magic to their fist?!" I asked with sparkling eyes.

    A bit taken back, she hesitated, "Why?"

    Turning to Nathan who was already walking our way, I ran over and grabbed his hands, "Please learn magic well!"

    "Huh?"

    "Don''t go bald!"

    "..."

    Next.....should I? I should~

    But before I could take a step forwards, Naomi was already there, with her hand on the orb.

    Even though Nathan did the pillar first, there was no exact sequence.

    With slightly furrowed brows, she took a deep breath as a light shone from the orb brightly.

    It was a mix of silver, green, brown and red.

    "Ah, the four elements."

    Avatar!? Is that you!? Is that a glowing arrow I see!?

    ........it seems unfortunate, but both twins will be going bald.

    My sincerest of condolences.

 Chapter 12

    Next, it would be the pillar thing.

    Fumu, I have a bad feeling.

    Lifting her hand from the orb with a satisfied smile, she turned her head to the pillar next to the table with steady breathing, as if she was not fazed at all.

    Walking over, I was the one worrying, for some strange reason.

    Not only me, the surrounding nobles were also looking on with abated breaths.

    Thankfully, the commoners were refrained from entering the noble testing area with a wall, they could not see what was going on.

    If they could, they would probably scream, "Kya kya " at Nathan and Naomi.

    Not that the nobles didn''t do that.

    Tch, good looks aren''t everything!

    As I thought absentmindedly, a bright light quickly disrupted my thoughts.

    Where did the light come from?

    Looking up, there was a bean of light shining from the tip of the pillar.

    !

    It''s the legendary cheat!

    I-I can''t! The radiance of the main character is blinding.....!

    My, my eyes!

    .......I''m sorry.

    In a daze, I couldn''t even properly hear the excited squeals of the surrounding nobles.

    Fumu, how un-noblelike of them.

    But to think that Naomi is the true main character.......as her familiar, I have a secured purpose of existence!

    I am the sidekick of the story!

    But if it''s like that, haven''t I reincarnated into the wrong character?

    Shouldn''t I be huge, furry and capable of flight?

    "Good job. " Nathan''s voice appeared from next to me as he waved to his sister.

    Now, it was my turn.

    Even as a side character, next to such a promising main character, I should have some cheatlike abilities, right?

    Right?

    Running up to the desk, I gleefully placed my hand to the pillar.

    In an instant, the light shot up to the top of the pillar, but did not break through.

    Ohohohohoho. I may not have a beam of light, but I''m violet ranked.

    Hohohohoho, bow down.

    Next, it would be the orb.

    What would be good, my attribute? Ohohohohoho.

    Just give me the best!

    Throwing my hand to the orb, I expectantly looked at the lady seated at the table.

    Closing my eyes, I prayed for a cheatlike ability.

    "How disappointing," the lady at the table sighed.

    What was that?

    Did I hear wrongly?

    "Spiritual and light attributes." she announced, matter-of-factly.

    Hmm? What''s that?

    ...Light?

    Will I be able to shoot down these demons? Have I become a threat to their lives?

    Should I run?

    Turning around, I met the squinted eyes of Naomi and the nonchalant Nathan.

    What did this mean?

    Looking around, it was all gazes of pity.

    What?

    In my confusion, I could only walk over to Naomi with upturned eyes.

    Tell me what''s going on!

    As I walked off, brother walked up and took the test easily without much hesitation.

    He was fire attributed and blue ranked. An anticlimatic revelation.

    After that, we left on the carriage. And then that was my chance to ask.

    "Naomi, what does my attributes do?" I asked hesitantly with slight expectation.

    I mean, it sounds cool, right?

    Right?

    As a reincarnated (?) person (?), it''s a granted that I''m cheatlike, right?

    "You use spiritual magic to communicate with the dead, lingering spirits."

    Hii-

    G-ghosts!?

    "And they get to use your mana to use their own attributed magic."

    Apparently, it was not your body that was attributed, but your soul.

    This means, I can use ghosts to rule the world?! I can gather thousands of ghosts to use!?

    "But, "

    Ah, here it came. The, ''but''.

    "Lingering spirits usually have unresolved issues, so most of them are vengeful and evil, and will try to take over your body. "

    Say that first!

    "And even if you find a kind spirit, they usually leave to the netherworld very quickly. But in general, spirits are hard to find."

    Okay, where''s the camera? Such a useless attribute can''t exist! This must be a prank!

    "The-then, the light attribute?" I asked hesitantly.

    "Completely useless."

    !

    H-harsh!

    As I thought, it''s holy magic thats good against demons.....!The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.

    But, couldn''t you have put it in a gentler way?!

    "What are you going to do by manipulating light? Blind your enemies? Even so, the light you throw at them can blind your eyes as well, idiot."

    Alright, where''s the sword for me to end myself? Where is it!?!?

    "Even if you end yourself, your attributes are unchangeable."

    ...

    I''ll just go live at some farm as a watch dog.

    I''m unfit as a side character!

    Suddenly, a big hand landed on my head.

    "Don''t be too sad, with your mana capacity you can still do other things."

    Glancing up at Nathan with shiny eyes, I asked, "Like?"

    "Pill making, or magic circles."

    Ah, Im ultimately just a background character.

    Looking down again, I pulled my legs up to the seat and hugged them, my body leaning at the side of the carriage.

    This is my corner now.

    ------------------------------------

    After that, a month passed and we successfuly joined a magic academy.

    In total, there were two magic academies, four knight academies and two merchant academies.

    The one we enrolled in was an independent academy who''s students are not affiliated with the kingdom.

    The other magic academy was strictly for residents of the kingdom, and the magicians nurtured there are obligated to serve the kingdom in exchange for free education.

    It would be logical for the royalty of the kingdom to enroll into the kingdom''s academy but compared to the independent academy, it was lacking.

    In terms of instructors, the teachers at the kingdom''s academy were all affiliated with the kingdom itself, and were limited in variety. Compared to that, the instructors of the independent academy came from all parts of the world.

    It was no doubt that the independent academy would be more popular.

    Furthermore, as royals of the kingdom, it was their obligation to serve the kingdom.

    Mostly, it was the children of the loyal residents of the kingdom, the insufficiently talented and the poor that enrolled into the free academy.

    Sighing, I stared at the overly large and extravagant entrance of the Teril academy.

    After learning about my shit attributes, I fought tooth and nail to avoid coming to this academy.

    It''s full of talented, demonic children, why would I want to come as a tag-along?

    I was ready to become Naomi''s faithful housewife, no, watch dog for her house.

    I don''t want to awaken my magic capabilities at all!

    Why? Because undoubtedly, I would be able to see ghosts.

    Those, bloody, malicious beings!

    I''m sorry, but my little fragile heart cannot handle that!

    Just the very first lesson, the instructors would be welcoming the new batch of students by awakening their mana pools.

    Ohohohohoho, I will have to say good bye!

    Even though I''ve been dragged to the academy, I will undoubtedly run before the ceremony happens!

    Running is my forte!

    Ah, who grabbed the collar of my robe.

    Turning around, I saw the disgusting face of my brother.

    You traitor.

    Didn''t anyone teach you that blood is thicker than water? Thicker than that stupid familiar bond?

    I''ll never forget this, you handsome bastard.

    Despite my struggles, I could only be dragged towards the doors of the buildings and up to one of the classrooms on the second floor.

    This building was purely classrooms, other buildings included the dorms, the library, the leisure building, and so on.

    It was unusually luxurious, thanks to its high tuition fees.

    There''s no need for me to be here, you know? I am but a commoner at heart, so I am completely willing to help the servants carry your luggages to the dorms, you know?

    Entering the classroom, we went to the side if the classroom and took four tables.

    It was right next to the window.

    Is this a customary seat for all main characters!?

    Huh?!

    As we sat in the empty classroom, more students trickled in before the classroom was filled with a total of fourty people.

    Strangely, despite being pets, brother and I were enrolled as students.

    But it''s okay, you can give my spot to those other children who want to join.

    I really do not mind.

    Finally, the teacher came and introduced himself.

    "I am Urian, and I will be guiding all of you for the first two lessons of your Teril Academy Life. Today, I will simply be awakening your mana pools to allow the usage of magic, the next lesson will be how to control your power. After this lesson, please return to your respective dorm rooms to rest as your bodies get used to magic, in the meantime, any usage of magic is strictly prohibited, and if caught using magic, one will be expelled and have their mana pool locked."

    And just as he finished speaking, he rose his hands and chanted something with his mouth, but not his voice.

    In an instant, a blueish light enveloped the entire classroom.

    !

    When the light was gone, I could feel a subtle change in my body.

    How strange.

    Looking around, everyone looked perplexed as well.

    But other than the fourty people in the classroom, excluding myself and including the teacher, there were two other individuals here.

    Floating in the air.

    Hiiiii¡ª

    !

    I fainted.

    I''m sorry, my weak heart will not accept such a thing as ghosts.

    So, when I wake up, please let this be a dream.

    I want to wake up as a male main character.

    A handsome, tall and over powered one.

    Thank you very much.

    .

    .

    .

    .

    .

    .

    .

    ......When I came to, I was on a bed. I wonder who carried me here. But! That''s not the problem now!

    I can feel it, a cold air above me!

    I don''t want to open my eyes!

    "Is she awake?"

    "Oi, you''re awake, aren''t you!"

    I''m not, please go away.

    ...the cold air got closer.

    I want to run.......! I seriously want to run!

    After a long time, it seemed that the cold air was gone, and only then did I open my eyes slightly.

    .......only to close them seconds after.

    There were two floating things at the far corner of the room, I seeeeee youuuu!

    What''s the number for a priest?! Where can I hire a priest!?

    "Can she really see us, like you said?" a cute voice called out.

    This voice.... I wasn''t listening to it properly before, but now that I hear it, it undoubtedly belongs to a cute little girl, it''s the voice of an angel!

    But! I''m in a land of demons, and that ''girl'' is floating above me, radiating a cold air!

    I''m sorry, but you can''t fool me!

    Where''s Naomi? Brother? Nathan?

    Someoneeeee! Where did everyone go!

    After fighting another cold war with the lingering ghosts, I asked hesitantly, "You won''t kill me, will you?" while slowly opening one of my eyes.

    Hii¡ª

    The other ghost was right above me!

    "Why would I?" He laughed.

    "Because, you''re a ghost?"

    "It''s mean to stereotype!" the girl pouted, floating next to the guy.

    Ah, that was a word you don''t hear in this place.

    Looking carefully, the girl was a ghostly pale child with white hair, pink eyes, small wings, a short tail and little horns, no doubt, it was a demon ghost. But the guy next to her, looked very strange.

    He had dirty blonde hair and blue eyes. He wasn''t a demon. He looked like a low leveled demon, but his eyes didn''t even carry the faintest of red.

    The low leveled demon that reared me had at least pink hued eyes, while this guy not only didn''t have horns, tails or a wing, he had blue eyes!

    Shocking!

    So, why was he here?

    Looking back and forth, the girl''s skin was unnaturally pale even for a ghost, since the young man next to her had a normal skin tone.

    "It''s my life dream to meet a fox ear character!" He spoke with sparking eyes.

    Ah, they''re not scary at all.

    As I was about to ask them something, the door to the dorm opened to reveal Naomi, who was bringing in a tray of food.

    Seeing me sit up and leaning against the wall on my bed, she spoke, "You''re awake? What happened?"

    You came too late!

 Chapter 13

    Naomi walked over and placed the tray of food onto the small table next to my single sized bed as I couldn''t help but notice that it was already noon.

    "Answer me," Naomi waved her hands in front of my face before placing her right hand on my forehead, "are you okay?"

    Staring at her, I absentmindedly replied to Naomi, "Um, yes, I''m fine!"

    Squinting her eyes at me, a faint crease appeared in the middle of her eyebrows before she spoke, "Well, I''ll be visiting the library, you stay here and be good for once."

    Ru-rude! I''m always good, okay?

    Patting my head once, she left the room.

    After the doors had closed, the little demon ghost who had watched Naomi left turned to me.

    Hii¡ª

    I can''t!

    As expected, my frail heart cannot take ghosts!

    "We won''t hurt you, it''s not in my blood to harm such a cute little thing~" A frivolous voice came to my ear.

    "Who, who are you? Why, why are you, you here?" ah, my words aren''t coming out properly.

    Where can I buy talismans?!

    "I''m James, I came from a far away place, and this weird, fat old man threw me in this place to wander five years ago, I''m looking for a friend, currently."

    "I was travelling past this country when this little demon stuck to me, since it was my first time seeing another ghost that''s not crazy evil, I''m staying here until she resolves her grudge and is sent for reincarnation."

    "Grudge? What about you?" I asked with curiousity.

    Pouting his lips, he shrugged, "I guess my grudge is about my friend, you see, he''s so gullible that he''ll probably be tricked into selling his soul to the devil or something, I can''t just pass on until I know he''s safe somewhere."

    "Is he alive?"

    "No, we died together."

    "Do-double suicide?" the little demon ghost gasped.

    Oho, is this romance!?

    "No."

    "Then...how will you find him?"

    "That''s what I said!" the little girl spoke up, "Why is he so bent on looking for his friend when both of them are dead!"

    "And you, " The guy squinted at the girl, "Why are you staying as a ghost when you can''t even do anything like this?"

    "Says the ghost." she snorted, "What if your friend already reincarnated?"

    Ah, the way she snorts, it''s strangely familar.

    "Even so, the fat old man told me he will be in this world, even if he''s reincarnated, I''ll find him."

    Is, is this love?!

    Even the little demon ghost had the same strange expression.

    "No, it''s not."

    Ah, how did he know what we were thinking.

    But, "Why are you two following me?"

    "Last month when I came to this country I saw all kinds of people walking towards the magic testing grounds so I came along and met her, then we saw you and your attributes. But we''re not following you because of that, she''s following someone here thats related to her grudge."

    "Is that so? Who is it? What is it?"

    Hearing this, the little demon looked down and wriggled her fingers together, "Naomi."

    Geh?

    "Can you lend me your body for a bit?" she asked, inching closer, "Just for a bit."

    Who was she? A friend? A sibling? No, that''s not possible, I never heard a thing about the twins having a sibling from anyone.

    "I''ve been lingering for six years now, if I never resolve this grudge, I''ll have to linger here until the end of the world." She moved her face inches away from mine, her big eyes peering at my face.

    Nn. I can''t, the cold air is too uncomfortable.

    Instinctively, I moved backwards.

    Sensing this, a disheartened expression appeared on her face, it was like a puppy''s sad stare.

    ...whats this feeling of guilt.

    "I-Ill consider it!" To just lend out my body is no good, even though this body is trash, when it comes down to it, what will happen if I die? Will I reincarnate again? Then the memories of me now, I will certainly forget, won''t I?

    Ugh, my brain hurts.

    Lying back down onto the soft bed, I covered myself with the soft blanket.

    Since I''m not allowed to go out, I''ll just eat, then sleep.

    Nn, how comfortable, this bed.

    Even while sitting on it while eating, the softness is irrefutable!

    Not!

    Why are they still floating above me?!

    "Can you......go someone else?" having two people watch me eat and sleep, it''s too creepy!

    "It''s okay, we''ll just float here and wait." The little girl spoke with a smile.

    Is this a horror movie?! Please don''t smile!

    "After all, I''ve been watching you sleep for four years now." she continued, her hand resting on her right cheek.

    HII¡ª

    Ah, I fainted again.

    -------------------------

    After that, I slept through dinner all the way to the next day''s morning. Today, there would be another class regarding Magic Introduction and after that it would be voluntary attendance.

    Which means, I can choose to never attend any classes and get away with it! Ohohohohohoho!

    Well, most children wouldn''t even dare to do so, considering the exorbitant tuition fee here, they would learn as much as they could.

    Not that I care, ohohohohoho.

    Changing from my pyjamas into a simple shirt and pants set, I left with Naomi.

    Even until now, I feel like just ripping the clothes off.

    Uncomfortable. It''s too uncomfortable, especially the underwear.

    Ugh.

    Groaning, I followed Naomi out to the cafeteria for breakfast. Normally eating in the dorms were strictly prohibited, but somehow Naomi managed to bring some food for me.

    It was strange, considering that unlike the Junior Academy, noble status held no power here, she still managed to ignore the rules.

    How shady.

    Anyways, our dorm was females only, considering the high qualifications one needed to attend this academy, the small student population only required one male and one female dorm, separated by a brick wall.

    Walking for a short distance, we quickly reached the cafeteria, where most of the students were gathered at for breakfast.

    The moment we walked in, brother and Nathan could be seen, already eating, but on their table was two extra trays, undoubtedly for Naomi and I.

    "Nicole~" Brother waved.

    Ah, I also forgot to mention this but my official name is Nicole, some how, the twins didn''t like me having the name, ''Nicolai.''

    Brother? Following the N-style, he was named Nolan.

    Ohohohohoho, I''ll gladly throw away the name, ''Fluffy'' !

    Sitting down, I picked up the fork and cut into the delicious piece of meat, considering the high tuition fees, the amount of care the academy puts in into taking care of their students were no joke.

    And as I ate, a voice suddenly came from afar, "...Nicolai?"

    Who was it?

    Turning around, I saw the taller, more mature Luton.

    "Luton?" I didn''t recognise him at first, perhaps because his voice changed as he grew.

    Ah, he was a year older than the twins, so right now, he''s my senior.

    Standing up, I ran over.

    "I missed you~" I said while giving him a big hug.

    The twins didn''t allow me to go out at all, other than going to the Junior Academy with them, I could never visit the orphanage.

    Right now, he''s much taller than me, but slightly below the overly big sized Nathan.

    To think four years ago, he was slightly above me, now I barely reached his shoulders! Unfair!

    The children here hit their growth spurts really early in life, so it''s scary when Nathan suddenly shot up.

    As for me......

    Height isn''t everything!

    "You''re fine? Thank goodness, I was worried." He smiled while patting my hair, but suddenly, he pushed me away.

    "Ah, you''re....You''re," An incredulous expression appeared on his face as he looked down, "A...girl?"

    "Huh?"

    Before I could reply, Nathan was suddenly in front of me, "Who are you?"

    Shifting his face from me to Nathan, he spoke, "And who are you?"

    ...This strange atmosphere, everyone is looking over here....!

    Pushing away Nathan''s tall body, I glanced at Luton, "I''m sorry I never told you!"

    "This..." A strange expression appeared on his face, "So, what are you? " He asked.

    "Hmm?"

    "Surely, you''re not your ordinary demon...?" He asked, pulling me in front of him, "Let''s go somewhere else to talk. "

    "She''s not going anywhere." Naomi''s voice appeared from behind me.

    "And who are you, as well?" He asked with a slightly annoyed expression on his face, "Does it matter to you if I''m talking to Nicolai?"

    "Yes. She''s my familiar, so fuck off." She pulled off Luton''s hand, "Peasant."

    Oho- this, you''re showing the behaviour of a spoilt noble! A cliche background character that is destroyed to show off the power of the main character!

    This development...!

    "Your familiar?" His eyes turned to me, "It seems a lot has happened, in these four years."

    This atmosphere, ugh, everyone''s looking!

    Pushing Naomi aside as well, I looked at the twins with an apologetic smile, "Ehe, I have someone to talk about with Luton, but I''ll come and find you later!"

    At this kind of situations, it''s best to run!

    Pulling Luton with me, I ran out of the cafeteria.

    "How cruel~" A male Ghost''s voice appeared behind me.

    Hii¡ª

    I forgot they were still following me!

    Trying my best to ignore them, I looked at Luton, "H-Hows the orphanage?"

    "It''s been better, without those scum bothering us for protection money, and with our children they took, returned."

    Apparently, during the cleanup of the slave traders, many children had been moved around back to where they came from.

    "Then, why are you here?"

    "I have decent talent in magic, so I got adopted into a noble family."

    Ah, this was common practice for nobles who are either single or unable to conceive talented children of their own, it''s a way to ensure that their families do not fall to ruin, with talented orphans to support them.

    "Less about me, and more about you," Luton glanced, "Did you get sold to them?"

    Ah, another common practice for perverted nobles were to make demons, their own kind, into their familiars.

    There was no restrictions regarding what you could make into your familiar.

    "Such a thing...." I shook my head, "I was a spirit fox to begin with...."

    "Spirit fox? You mean, those two were Nathan and Naomi?!" he frowned, "Ah, I was too confused to even notice."

    "How did you notice, that I was a girl?"

    In an instant, his face flushed, "Thats, that''s because you pressed against me."

    Ah.

    In an instant, I pulled the alarm hanging on my waist.

    The alarm was something Naomi gave me, when the lower string was pulled, an alarm would blare.

    She said it was for situations like this.

    After four years, I''ve learned that men are dangerous, to think I was one in my past life (?). I''ve learnt a lot from Naomi.

    It was eye-opening experiences, the lessons with her.

    Pulling the alarm from my waist, I threw it into his face and ran.

    ...

    Now that I''m a safe distance away...to think back, that was completely my fault...wasn''t it.

    Heh, it was in the heat of the moment.

    But thanks to that, I''ll avoid any questions he might want to ask me~

    Ohohohoho, running is the best solution!

    ...I''m sorry.

    -------------------------------

    After that, I sneakily returned to the cafeteria where the twins were fuming at, while brother was still eating!?

    Is that how you grow?!

    Patting my head, Naomi smiled, "That''s good, you used the alarm, I''ll give you another one so everytime you see that fellow, just throw it at him. "

    How, how cruel!

    Not that I''m one to speak...

    After all that, we went to attend the lesson, which started at 12.

    And instead of a classroom, we stood in front of a practice field, with four straw dummies set onto the field while a pile of straw dummies could be seen at the side.

    "As I''ve said yesterday, your assignment was to think of an attack for your magic attribute, so today, we would be practicing it." the teacher from yesterday looked at us.

    Ah, I didn''t even hear this!?

    Snapping my head to Naomi, she suddenly smiled at me, her eyes conveying the word, "Oops?"

    Heh, I''ll just go kill myself for a second.

    "What are you going to do~" James whispered in my ear.

    !

    Uncomfortable!

    "Isn''t your attributes, ''useless''?" he laughed.

    ...it''s not.

    Think, me.

    Use all those useless information your brain has! Even if you kill off all of your brain cells, I must show the capabilities of at least a supporting character!

    To fall to the position of a background character! Something like that....!

    I''ll be killed off as fodder!

    Light......electromagnetic radiation...photons.

    ......something like infrared would be sufficient...?

    Looking at the demons in front already showing off their magic powers, I waited for my turn patiently.

    Behind me was Nathan, who patted me on the back, "It''s fine."

    ...Just you watch, I''m undoubtedly an OP character, something like light, or more accurately, electromagnetic waves, ohohohohoho!

    But gamma rays......self control, me!

    When it came to my turn, I watched in a daze as the instructor used magic to move the broken straw dummies away and replace them with new ones.

    Involuntarily, a crease appeared between my brows as I tried to use the strange thing called magic.

    In an instant, a light beam appeared.But it simply hit the dummy without any destruction caused.

    Such a thing....

    If I change the frequency...

    Ah, the beam disappeared.

    And in the next moment, the straw dummy caught on fire...!

    And turning to the side, I saw Naomi easily reducing the dummy into a pile of ash within a second.

    Geh!

    Turning over, she noticed my dummy as well and a strange expression appeared on her face, "What, did you do?"

 Chapter 14

    Tch, so what if you have the four mighty elements?! I''ll have you know, I''m plenty powerful!

    Turning to the little demon ghost next to me, I squinted at her, "Can you use magic?" I asked with a whisper.

    "Now you think of me, of course I can!" Her chin raised upwards slightly, "Who am I?"

    This condescending tone...

    "Use it, I''ll allow you to use my mana."

    "And what do it get in return?" She raised a cheeky eyebrow and revealed a small smile.

    "I''ll think about lending you this precious body."

    "Deal."

    All the while, a sad James was completely overlooked.

    In an instant, a strange feeling washed over my body as an icicle instantly appeared in front of me, shooting towards the slightly burning straw dummy.

    With a bang, the straw dummy was reduced to two pieces.

    And in an instant, Naomi grabbed my shoulders with her two hands.

    "How, did you do that?" She asked seriously, with a crease between her brows.

    Ohohohohohoho.

    Bow down.

    I think that but I don''t think anyone would be condescending enough to use, "Ohohohohohoho." In public.

    Or even out loud.

    "The spirit attribute isn''t useless~"

    "What spirit?" she asked, full of doubt.

    At this point, I glanced at the little demon ghost, she said she knew Naomi, but who exactly was she, I don''t know.

    The ghost who was in front of me, and behind Naomi, leaned forwards and rested her elbows on Naomi''s head, "Lemme your body?"

    Geh! How daring!

    To show such disrespect to the main character/queen/villan!

    Such a thing...

    Should I? This child......no matter how I look at it, it should be fine, shouldn''t it?

    Looking down, I hesitated for quite a bit before grabbing the hands Naomi had rested on my shoulder, "I''ll tell you after class!"

    Looking at me suspiciously, she walked over to the side and turned to watch as the other students showed off.

    Ah, such a long line...

    Sighing, I sat on the field''s soft grass.

    Nn, comfortable.

    Currently, it was Nathan''s turn, and in an instant, he effortlessly cut the straw dummy into two.

    Geh!

    To bring a sword to a magic fight....

    You''re in the wrong academy!

    Noticing my stare, he looked over with squinted eyes, and at that instant, the girls around started to squeal.

    Tch.

    Just die.

    After about a long hour of suffering, the class finally concluded.

    Sighing in relief, I turned to Naomi, who was looking at me with the same suspicious expression with Nathan and brother.

    Currently, all of the other students had already left the field, leaving only as, as I had chose to stand here, and the three of them who were waiting for me to speak also stayed.

    "Hey hey," the little demon ghost said while waving her hands.

    Sighing, I looked down at my hands, which was fumbling with each other.

    Earlier, I had simply willed for the little ghost to use my mana, and now, I only had to will for the little ghost to borrow my body, and in an instant, I fell unconscious.

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    [Nathan''s pov]

    In an instant, Nicole''s eyes changed, the innocent light changed as the small beastman I knew looked at us strangely.

    "Sister, brother, are you happy?" She asked with a smile.

    !?

    "You...." Sister furrowed her brows.

    Nolan instantly growled, baring his teeth, he spoke with a deep tone, "Who are you?" before he pounced at his sister, his hand reaching to grab her neck.

    But before he could even get close enough, a wall of ice appeared in front of him, followed by three more walls, holding him in from all four directions.

    In anger, fire busted out from his body, melting the walls of ice as he snapped at his sister, no...my sister.

    But before he could do anything else, Naomi called out, "Nolan, stop it." Her face was strangely calm as he walked over to the beastman slowly.

    "You''re...not my sister. She''s not like this."

    Giggling, the beastman tilted her head, "Why are you so sure?"

    "You''re crazy."

    The moment after she spoke, a hint of insanity appeared in the little beastman''s eyes, "I''ve been a ghost for so long, it would be strange for me to be sane." She growled as she grabbed Naomi''s neck with her small hands, "So, why are you happy? Why? Why? Why? Why? WHY?"This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.

    Clenching her fingers, she muttered, "Why? I died so pitifully, yet now that you have this mutt, you forget about me? Why? Why? Why did you replace me?"

    At this point, Naomi''s face visibly turned pale, perhaps because of the chocking, or the words she sputtered, I don''t know.

    But I knew, I hand to protect this sister of mine.

    Pouncing forwards, I grabbed Nicolai''s hands and wrenched it away from her neck.

    Bring pushed back, Nicolai''s face became full of disbelief as she grabbed her face, "Why did I die? Why was I born that way? Why was my life so unfair?" she looked at me with insanity, mixed with fear.

    "Why, no matter how scared I was, how I called for help, no one came? Why can''t you hear me? Why?" she asked over and over again.

    My mouth opened, I wanted to say something, but somehow, nothing came out of my mouth.

    What could I say to the poor little sister of mine? Her life was truly unfair and painful.

    Holding Naomi up, I looked at Nicolai and answered after a long while, "Because you''re dead."

    So, just pass on, and perhaps you''ll live a better one in your next life.

    Her face distorted into fury as she raised her hands, causing a dozen of icicles to appear, pointed towards the three of us, "If that''s so, you all should die too."

    Gritting my teeth, I raised my sword, but Naomi pushed my arm down and instead summoned a dozen fireballs to match, "Don''t play around and let go of your resentment, then you''ll get to pass on."

    "Pass on, for what? You to forget me?"

    "I never forgot about you."

    "Then live in misery! Why are you so happy?" She screamed in reply as her icicles flew towards us.

    Melting the incoming icicles with her own fireballs, Naomi spoke, "Everyone''s coming, calm down and stop this."

    She was right, with all this commotion, there was already a small crowd of students gathering, no doubt a teacher will be here soon.

    The moment Naomi finished speaking, a red glow appeared on Naomi''s right palm, and in correspondance, a ring of ancient text appeared around Nicolai''s neck.

    For the first time, sister used the power of an owner of the familiar bond, and at that instance, Nicolai fell powerlessly onto the floor as she clutched at her neck in pain.

    "To use this body was a foolish mistake on your part."

    Walking over, I picked up the body of the little beastman and walked out of the training field and towards the dorms, led by Naomi.

    As we walked, Naomi spoke, "Either leave this body of your own accord, or we exorcise the hell out of you."

    Hearing this, Nicole''s could only laugh, "You, really replaced me with a dog, huh?" and after finishing her sentence, a hint of hurt appeared on her face before the light in her eyes turned back to the dense, innocent light I was used to seeing.

    Rubbing her eyes, Nicole looked up at me, "What''s this?" she asked with a red face as she tried to wiggle out of my carry, "Let, let me down!"

    ...

    Letting go, Nicole dropped onto the ground as she covered her face in shame, muttering something along the lines of, "For me to be carried like a maiden..."

    Wiggling on the floor in shame, she completely destroyed the previous atmosphere as she turned into a small dog buried in clothing.

    Oi, don''t always turn into a ball of fur when you feel like it.

    Digging her small head out of the clothing, her two beady eyes turned back and forth at sister and I, and as if she just remembered something, her fur puffed up as she glanced at Nolan.

    "She''s asking if everything turned well with the, ''little demon ghost''."

    ...seriously?

    Knocking her on her small fluffy head, sister snorted before leaving, walking to the staff dorm, no doubt to resolve the matter regarding the earlier fight and to ask about spirits.

    Squatting down to meet the small dog, I spoke, "Did you lend the ''little demon ghost'' your body, or something around those lines?"

    Rubbing her furry head with her two small paws, she looked at me with watery eyes, nodding her head, and Nolan who was at the side spoke for her, "She said she felt bad for the little demon ghost who lingered for so long so she wanted to help her resolve her grudge."

    ...you''re helping someone to kill the both of us, you know?

    Sighing, I could only rub my temples, this thing should not be told to her.

    Turning to Nolan, I spoke telepathically.

    [Don''t tell her about the thing that just happened.] and then turned to the little troublemaker, "Is that so, thank you for being so considerate."

    I have a feeling, if she knew, she''d probably do something ridiculous.

    Hearing this, the little beastman''s tail curled in delight before she snorted and looked away, somehow conveying the sentence of, "I''m, I''m not happy at all that you praised me, idiot!"

    How cute.

    Rubbing her head, I stood up and dusted my dirtied pants, it seems that Nicolai isn''t saying anything true to Nicole. So, there''s a big chance something will happen again.

    Sighing again, I reached down to pick up Nicole''s clothes.

    ...why isn''t she wearing underwear?

    -----------------

    [Nicole''s pov]

    [I''m hungry.] I sulked at brother.

    Eh, why don''t I communicate telepathically to the twins, you ask?

    Firstly, I''m not bonded with Nathan at all, and as a beast, I can only do it with my owner and other animals.

    Secondly, opening my mind to Naomi, means that she can sense my thoughts and emotions! H-how scary!

    What? You say that she probably already can read my thoughts? I think so too!

    Picking up my clothes, brother looked at me with squinted eyes as he walked towards the dorm.

    [Youre not running around in that form.]

    Tch, buzz kill.

    Turning to Nathan with crocodile tears in my eyes, I looked up at his disgustingly handsome face.

    "No."

    Tch.

    Just as I was about to bite him to death, brother suddenly picked me up, holding me by my armpits.

    And faced with another disgustingly handsome face, killing intent rose in my heart.

    Turning my dog head away, I faced the floating James, while the little demon ghost was no where to be seen, maybe her grudge was resolved and she passed on?

    Tch, even James has a disgustingly handsome face, despite how unique his features was, he was good looking.

    Looking at me with a strange expression, he spoke, "You''re, incredibly..."

    What? Is he going to praise my cuteness? Heh, despite my protests in the beginning, I do admit that my dog form is cute, Heh.

    "stupid." he finished.

    Just die.

    Oh wait, he''s already dead.

    Just die again!

    Lowered to brother''s chest, I was carried all the way to the dorm I lived in, only to receive countless earpiercing screams.

    "Kya kya, what are those two hot guys doing here?"

    "Kya kya, it''s Nathan and his familiar!"

    "Kya kya! "

    Tch, disgusting.

    Looks aren''t everything!

    For the two of you bastards to be in the female dorm, isn''t the normal reaction supposed to be,

    "Kya kya, perverts?!"

    Is this the power of looks!?

    Escorted to the room, I was placed down on the carpeted flooring.

    "Stay here and be good, okay? I''ll trust you to stay here until Naomi is back." Nathan rubbed my head.

    Tch, I''m always good, you know?!

    Where''s the trust?! To think Naomi said the same thing!?

    Standing up, Nathan left with brother, with a click of the doors lock.

    You bastard! You don''t trust me at all, do you?!

 Chapter 15

    "Are you mad?"

    "No, for the umpteenth time, no."

    "But you give off an angry vibe."

    Currently, it is the next day after I had been locked into the room, Naomi had returned after I was asleep and when I woke up, her entire aura was different from usual.

    Or I could say, her aura turned back to the one she had four years ago.

    In the past, she was like a kid who erected barriers against the world, as if she had a grudge against everyone, but in reality, it was probably anger directed to herself, but what was she angry about?

    Now, she was again angry at herself.

    ...did I do something wrong? Was it the little demon ghost?

    "...are you...seeing red?"

    "...?"

    "Geddit? Seeing red?" I looked at her ruby eyes, with anticipation.

    Heh.

    "..."

    "..."

    "...Im sorry."

    Pressing her palm onto my face, she pushed me away, pulling the gap between our faces wider as she spoke, "Go wash up, we have class today."

    ...class? Class???

    What''s that?

    Can it be eaten?

    "Its Human 101."

    Oooooo.

    I forgot to mention this, but the word humans here are horrifying to little demon children, used as nightmare fuel to scare kids into being good.

    ...whats this feeling of.....irony?

    ...anyways, when I was younger and couldn''t sleep, Naomi told me a story about humans! There''s, a group of humans, who by choice, eat purely vegetables! No meat at all! And if they bite you....you''ll never be able to eat meat again!

    For meat loving demons and beasts, this.....is completely terrifying!

    Regardless, human information is withheld from the public, despite that this kingdom was not very far away from human territory.

    However, at the age of 12, one could consensually learn about them in academies if they were interested and those planning on travelling near the human-demon borders were recommended to do so.

    "Are you planning on going near human borders?" I looked up at Naomi, who was buttoning her clothes.

    "Ideally, no." she snorted, "Who''d want to go near that filthy place?" as she spoke, she turned over and dragged me off of the bed.

    Afterwards, we went and ate before going to class, and just like always, Nathan and brother was already eating and had taken food for us.

    Sitting down, it was a big chested demon lady who taught us this time.

    ...why is every female adult demon I see, big chested?

    Is this......a demon''s perk?

    ...no.

    Because, undoubtedly the one next to me, has little to nothing for a chest.

    Heh.

    Currently, we were in an almost empty classroom with barely any students, next to me were brother, Naomi and Nathan, and behind me, was a teenager radiating sunshine.

    "Are you tired?" Luton asked from behind with a smile.

    I''m begging you, go away, the stares are killing me. It''s not my imagination, brother and the twins are undoubtedly staring at me.

    Everyone else was awkwardly silent as well.

    This painful atmosphere....

    I seriously want to run away.

    "Class is starting." I replied with seriousness.

    But thankfully, that prince isn''t here.

    What was his name again? Et....eaten?

    Shaking my head to clear away the headache creeping on me, I glanced at the big chested Teacher''s face.

    Definitely her face! Okay!?

    "Settle down," she looked lazily at the small amount of students without much surprise, "This is an one lesson class, meaning that there are no retakes and no continuation, so listen well." turning to the book in her hands, she spoke, "Humans have bodies incapable of containing mana, therefore their source of power, comes from their Gods."

    Looking up, she continued, "At the age of five, their children, little screaming vermin who have little to nothing for their intelligence, is sent to their churches to go through a ceremony to become followers of a God."

    ...how rude!

    "Children chosen by the God of Harvest come to have strong bodies and usually become great farmers, to feed more of their worthless kind."

    "Followers of the God of Fertility are the worst, they have an intense ability of impregnation and breed like rats, their bodies have intense stamina and can easily breed out dozens of vermin, as if the normal humans weren''t good enough breeders." she snorted, "The royalty of the nearest kingdom are Fertility disciples, the current king, Kevin, that bastard, I''m sure you''ve heard of him in your bedtime stories, he has plenty of children."

    ...does this teacher have a grudge?

    "Followers of the God of Knowledge devised weaponry for them to come against demons, mainly, they use these weird things called guns, to compensate for the lack of magic. Guns are very powerful weapons, it''s quite thankful that they have limited reasources, causing the more powerful models to be restricted, but they also have other strange weapons to solve that problem."

    "Humans..."

    After that, was two hours of grumbling, insults and information.

    ...I''m never going to class, again.

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    After the class was over, it was already late noon, just the right time to eat lunch~

    Food~

    "Nicolai, let''s go eat together." Luton said with a smile behind me, radiating a refreshing aura, as if he was at a beach sipping a cold drink.

    Infected by his aura, I nodded and grabbed his arm instinctively, like how I was used to doing back at the orphanage.

    "...Where are you going?" A dark voice came from behind.

    Turning my head slowly, I met with the cold smile of the queen.

    "...lunch...?"

    "Without me?"

    "Yes...?" now that I think of it, every meal I had, other than the times at the orphanage, I had with Naomi.

    "So, you''ve now chosen that fellow who''ve you spent a week with, over your precious owner, who has picked up your shit?" she walked closer and spoke softly.

    ...!?

    UWAAAAAAA.

    IT WAS AN ACCIDENT! AN ACCIDENT!

    ILL HAVE YOU KNOW, ITS ALL BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUCH A BIG HOUSE, OKAY!? I DIDNT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO RUN TO THE TOLIET IN MY DOGGY FORM WITH SUCH SHORT LIMBS!

    PLUS, YOU DIDNT HAVE TO DO IT!? NO ONE ASKED YOU TO!

    In an instant, I flushed completely red.

    "All those times, you''ve forgotten them all?"

    "I, I also had times with Luton! Um, he fed me! We slept together as well! Al-also! My first time of removing organs, I spent it with him!"

    "...Slept together?"

    "AS IN SLEEPING! WE SLEPT ON THE BED!" I shouted before giving up and running away.

    ...I never want to live again.

    Without thinking, I accidentally ran all the way to the garden, I could tell that they were chasing me, but slowily.

    Noticing the beautiful flowers and fruit bearing trees, I couldn''t help but stop here.

    Ah, it feels nice.

    Sniffing the fragrance of nature in the air, I sat down rubbing my face with my small hands.

    Running so much, it was tiring.

    Looking down at my fingers, thinking of nothing in particular, I suddenly heard footsteps next to me.

    Looking up, I was completely shadowed by a tall figure.

    Two years older than the twins, he was fourteen, and huge.

    "Eaten."

    "...Its Ethan." he said with a smile like usual, unperturbed.

    This handsome bastard was a complete pervert, a fact I came to know during the twin''s birthday the year after the kidnapping incident.

    "...It seems that I have to go now." I hurriedly stood up, but even before I could take a step, the grass beneath my feet shot up and tied my feet to the ground.

    !?

    What''s this?

    "What did you do?" I looked up at Eaten.

    "I''m hurt, " he grabbed his heart dramatically, "To not even know my attribute."

    Instantly, my mind made a connection.

    What''s this cheat like attribute? How cool!

    Grinning at me, the grass grabbing my foot released and limply fell to the ground, "Where''s the troublesome twins? I heard you attacked them yesterday, what happened? "

    "Hmm?" attacked them?

    "There was a huge commotion," He pushed his long hair back as he spoke, "What happened, anyway?"

    "I didn''t...attack them?" I tilted my head.

    Was it, that little demon ghost?

    Turning around, I looked at James, who was still floating above me, to see him staring at me.

    "What''s going on?" I asked him.

    But before he could even open his mouth, Naomi''s voice appeared behind me, "Ethan?"

    "Naomi?" I looked at her.

    Did I really attack the queen? Oh no, should I run? Will she kill me? Hii¡ª

    As I was panicking, Naomi already walked over and grabbed my shoulder, "Let''s go eat, you shouldn''t miss your meals."

    ...shes not going to kill me?

    Turning to glare at Eaten one last time, she pulled me away.

    Silently making our way to the canteen with an extremely uncomfortable atmosphere, I could only look at the back of the queen.

    Nathan and brother weren''t talking either.

    Unable to control myself, I asked, "...Eaten said something about me...attacking you?"

    "Don''t worry about it." Her voice was rather, stiff, "Don''t do anything about it."

    ...how could I just...not do anything?

    "Are you okay?"

    "I''m not weak enough for you to injure me."

    ...tch.

    Fine! I won''t worry about you anymore!

    Hmph!

    Looking away, I looked at the buildings as we walked.

    "Do you know, where she is?" I asked James quietly.

    "I don''t." He shrugged, "To think I was fooled by her as well. " he rubbed his thumb and index finger together, "Are all spirits vengeful?"

    "...Are you?"

    "No, I don''t think so, unlike her, I haven''t gone mad." he looked uncomfortable.

    "Maybe," suddenly, my hand was grabbed.

    "Who are you talking to?" Nathan asked from behind me.

    "A...friend?"

    "A spirit?"

    "...Yes."

    Hearing my reply, he frowned and looked around, despite obviously being unable to see James, "Who are you?" He shouted.

    Obviously, James couldn''t reply him.

    Looking back at me, Nathan spoke, "Don''t talk with them. "

    "But,"

    "No buts." Naomi spoke, "Don''t you dare."

    "The situation with the little demon ghost, who is she?" Not knowing what to say, I changed the subject.

    "Why does that concern you?"

    "Because..." I didn''t know how to reply.

    After a moment, Naomi sighed, "All you have to do, is if you see her again, lend her your body."

    "What?" didn''t they just say to stay away from spirits?

    "She''s the only exception, I need to talk to her." She replied with furrowed brows, "Please. "

    ...was she asking me a favour?

    Oho.

    "I''ll consider if you bow-" before I could finish my sentence, her gaze made me stop.

    "...alright. "

    ...I lost. But even so, her gaze, full of emotions I couldn''t describe made me want to help her.

    Turning away from her gaze, I whispered to James one last time, "Help me find her."

    "Okay." He replied before disappearing.

    ...what was this mess? I rubbed my neck and sighed in my heart.

    After that, life became as peaceful as it could be, I continued to eat and sleep my life away, rarely attending classes.

    Until, the little demon ghost appeared before me again at the end of the year.

    Like I promised, I had her meet with Naomi, and everything became blank like the last time, but this time I woke up at the yearly festival that happened at the end of the year.

    In my hands, was a half eaten meat stick, and Nathan was looking at me with a small smile.

    "...Is it, over?"

    "Yes." He rubbed my head, "I''m sorry. "

    "For what?"

    "For overlapping you, I''ll look at you properly from today onwards."

    ...What was he talking about?

    Suddenly, the back of my head was hit.

    "Didn''t you always want to come out to town?" Naomi''s voice appeared from behind me, "Let''s enjoy it."

    Undoubtedly, something happened today, but looking at Naomi, I could tell that the negative feelings she had was lessened, maybe someday, she''ll tell me who that girl was.

    But even if she doesn''t, I''m sure our lives would become better, because the stone in her heart, in Nathan''s heart, had been put down, finally.

    Or so I thought, until the Fire Nation attacked.

    ...Until the humans attacked.*

 Chapter 16

    <ul>

    <li>It was supposed to be a normal day, just like any other, but of course, I''m in a fantasy world.</li>

    </ul>

    Let me spell that out for you.

    F. A. N. T. A. S. Y.

    Now, think.

    Have you ever read a fantasy story without any kind of conflict?

    Of course not.

    I mean, to have all kinds of intellectual beings coexist on one world peacefully?

    What a joke.

    Even within one race, there is all kinds of conflict.

    There always seemed to be a reason for war.

    When the humans first attacked five years after our enrollment into the academy, it was the neighbouring kingdom that suffered.

    In the midst of the night, a bomb landed and the invasion befell the demon race.

    The next day during the early noon, our kingdom was also thrown into chaos, demons of the attacked kingdom raced to us, inviting the humans to chase them.

    Awoken by distant sounds of explosion, I turned to see Nathan standing at the doorway of the dorm, wearing armour on his body with a bag slung over his shoulders.

    "We''re leaving." he said with a worried expression tainting his usually calm face as he pulled me up and threw me over his shoulder, with brother, the size of maybe two horses, carrying all kinds of bags over his body.

    Without saying anything, I knew something was wrong.

    I didn''t struggle, I simply looked around as all kinds of demons ran around us as we moved outside, only to see a platoon of magicians standing on the walls of the inner city, firing countless balls of magic.

    Pulled up the wall, I saw countless humans invading the edges of the slums as they fended off the magic fired their way.

    ...oh my.

    How shiny.

    Ho.

    It''s my time to shine!

    A skill I''ve been perfecting in the middle of the night, I can show it!

    Ohohohohohoho!

    Putting my hands together, I shouted, "Kameh***ha!"

    And a lazer beam flew out.

    OHOHOHOHOHOHO.

    DIE.

    In an instant, the beam destroyed the center of the wave of the humans as I tried my best to avoid the front line, where demons were fighting at.

    Turning around, I saw Naomi glancing over with a slightly opened mouth.

    OHOHOHOHOHOHO.

    Praise me.

    Grabbing my shoulder, Naomi whispered, "Do that a few more times, and we''ll leave."

    From a long time ago, I already knew Naomi and Nathan was incessant on leaving the kingdom, but perhaps because of their status, they still wanted to protect the people.

    All we had to do, is delay the inevitable.

    If we just hold down the fort, the rest of the demons can evacuate and gather more strength in the next kingdom.

    After all, there are too many humans to count.

    Gathering a fireball the size of an elephant, Naomi threw it lazily with a yawn.

    ...Oi! You almost hit your people!

    I take it back...! You''re just doing this for fun you demon queen!

    (It''s the pot calling the kettle black.)

    What did you say?!

    The humans were still very far away, they had just entered the slums, the largest part of the kingdom followed by the commoner district, the noble district, the royal residences and magic academies.

    Suddenly, the image of the run down orphanage came into my mind.

    ...did they run?

    Turning around, I saw the pale face of Luton, who had just came up the walls to see the chaos, his eyes locked to the general direction of the orphanage, which was already filled with humans.

    Just as I opened my mouth to say something, Naomi''s hand was already clenching down on my fingers, "Let''s go, our men are already falling."

    Turning back, I saw the demon army being pushed back as the humans fired their weapons in retaliation, and before I could even grasp the situation, I was already being pulled away.

    "Lu-Luton! " I called out, grabbing his hand with my free fingers as I was pulled past him.

    In a daze, he could only be pulled along.

    "Get up." I was pulled to brother and thrown onto his back along with Luton and Naomi, and without hesitation, brother broke into a run.

    Unlike me, brother did not have thin legs and a small body, he was strong and sturdy and had evolved into something else, instead of staying a cute little spirit fox.

    I''ll fight you, Naomi.

    Chasing behind us, Nathan easily kept up as he supplied magic to his feet.

    Tch.

    I''ll chop off those long legs.

    "We''re going to Thuthantos forest." Naomi said without hesitation.

    It was a huge forest to the north, a few times larger than our entire kingdom, where beasts and faries lived in, next to the nearest elvish kingdom.Love this story? Find the genuine version on the author''s preferred platform and support their work!

    Following her orders, brother raced towards north-west, away from the east, where the humans were attacking.

    Sandwiched between Naomi and Luton, I turned back one last time to see a huge wall of plants facing us a short distance away, with Ethan''s silhoutte in the air.

    Erecting a few more walls, Ethan turned around and flew in our direction, the sweat on his forehead giving away his lethargy despite his smiling expression saying otherwise.

    Behind me, Naomi was doing the same, but what she created was walls made of compressed soil and pits of boiling water in between.

    ...how scary.

    Looking back in front, my arms tightened around Luton, who still hadn''t said anything.

    "Luton." I called out.

    It''s been ten years since I was born, hasn''t it?

    It feels like all of this, was inevitable.

    Ah, I just want to run away.

    Burying my face into his back, I sighed.

    I''m tired.

    Just like that, we raced all the way to the forest, and when we reached it was already dark.

    The edges of Thuthantos forest was filled with lesser beasts, creatures who were far from threatening to us.

    Gathered around a relatively empty space, five walls of soil was formed around us as I created a ball of light in the middle, the temperature was too hot for a fire.

    Curling up on Naomi''s crossed legs, I closed my eyes for a moment, I had already changed into my animal form a long time ago during the journey.

    Luton was still rather silent as he lied against brother''s fluffy body but his complexion was better already, just that he was still in deep thought.

    "Fucking humans." Naomi muttered as she rubbed her face with her hands, "They''re asking to be killed."

    "What''s important now, is that we go and find the fairy king." Ethan spoke with a smile, leaning on a soft plant he grew, he closed his eyes, "Get some rest."

    And so we did, until frantic knocking against the walls woke us up.

    "Open up, please!"

    Without saying much, Naomi waved her hands and a part of the wall collapsed, revealing a demon woman and her child.

    It was a commoner, a normal demon, not a [Lesser] or [Higher], she had faintly red eyes filled with fear.

    Taken aback by seeing the royalty, she bowed her head with gratitude as she apologized, "I''m incredibly sorry, but-"

    "I understand, get some rest, we are leaving tomorrow but we won''t be bringing you along." Naomi spoke calmly.

    "...Yes, I understand." She lowered her head again before going to a corner of the cube.

    "Why''d you come to the forest?" Ethan asked.

    "Because the humans are heading to Asoris as well." She replied respectfully, "They intend to rest for a week first at our kingdom, but have sent forces to chase after those who heading there to thin us out."

    With furrowed brows, Naomi weaved her hands in my fur absentmindedly, the spacial ring on her fingers gliding on my skin.

    "Is that so..."

    "I came here to avoid them." she explained herself as she cradled the toddler in her arms, looking endearingly at her child.

    "I''m a soldier, I mean no harm." She pointed at the sword hanging at her waist, on the handle was the crest of the kingdom.

    Jumping off Naomi''s legs, I slowly walked over to the woman, glancing at the child in her hands.

    How small.

    Sniffing away at the milky smell, I inched even closer to see the scrunched up face of the toddler, his slightly opened eyes reflecting my fluffy face.

    And in an instant, a small hand swiftly flew over and grabbed my fur.

    Geh!?

    How, how rude!

    Hoping back into Naomi''s legs, I curled up and went to sleep, but when I woke up, it was Nathan''s legs that I was on.

    Teleportation?! Is that it?! I have a hidden talent?!

    "You''re up?" I noticed Luton''s gaze on me, he was currently taking care of a carcess roasting from from a fire created by Naomi, a boar like beast that was completely round with four little stubs that can barely be called legs.

    "Nathan was keeping watch for the night so let him sleep a bit more."

    Gently jumping off his legs, I walked over to Luton and sniffed at the pot for a second before turning into my beastman form.

    Heh, after all, the stomach on this form is bigger.

    "Feed me~" I inched towards Luton as I pulled a robe around me.

    Lifting a piece of meat to my mouth, he spoke, "Open wide~"

    "Ahn¡ª" I opened in reply.

    "...what kind of atmosphere is this?"

    Hmm?

    Even if there''s a war, it''s still important to eat! I mean, how will your body grow?!

    Just as I was about to open my mouth to nag at Naomi, I noticed her disgustingly tall figure.

    ...Nevermind, I''ll just eat myself.

    Currently, everyone here other than me, was eighteen and above, all of them, are legal adults! Adults!

    So, it''s not THAT bad that I''m small, I mean, I''m only ten!

    "Where''s my share?" Brother called out from behind, smoothening his shirt.

    ...nevermind.

    Looking around, Ethan was not in the cube, maybe he was keeping watch or something.

    Everyone else was present though, except for that soldier lady.

    ...hmm.

    Why did she leave so early? It should just be a bit after dawn. Recently, my body clock has gotten better, unlike when I was smaller, the lethargy and constant need to sleep slowly disappeared!

    Recently, I''ve been waking up early!

    Praise me!

    "You''re not hungry anymore?" Luton asked with furrowed brows.

    "Of course not~" I opened my mouth again, I had blanked out a bit just now, how dangerous!

    How delicious~

    "Luton, you can be a housewife already~" I praised with my thumbs raised, "I have faith in you~"

    Hearing this, he couldn''t help but laugh with faint redness red tinging his cheeks, "A housewife?"

    Before I could reply, two tanned hands reach over and pulled me away from Luton, "Eat with me."

    Tch, needy owner.

    Turning to Luton, I couldn''t help but notice a hint of...strangeness? Flashing in his eyes.

    Turning back to look at Naomi, I saw a faint smile on her face.

    "Cough. " Ethan appeared from behind Luton, "Smells nice."

    "Sit down and have some." The housewife-like Luton offered polietly, offering a portion of the meat he had cut.

    "Thanks." He took it unreservedly and started eating.

    Before I knew it, the entire body was eaten, even Nathan had woken up and finished the food, leaving only the bones of the poor animal behind.

    "Why are we going to the fairy forest anyways?" I asked while rubbing my bloated stomach.

    From what I heard, faries were mischievous little devils that played with illusions to trick other people for fun, if anything, I''d like to stay away from them, you know?!

    "Hmm? Haven''t you heard of the importance of alliances? By going there as royalty bearing news of possible invasion, it''ll be beneficial." Ethan explained patiently with a smile as a few fragrant flowers sprung to life beneath him.

    Tch, under that smile I know you have a black, black heart!

    Plucking a flower from the ground, he held it over and spoke, "Isn''t it pretty? I got some of these seeds with hard work. "

    Apparently, his magic only accelerated growth of plants, not create them from air.

    Tch, do you even know how disappointing that is?

    Also, he doesn''t even have any huge man eating plants! You know that purple flower from that little zombie game with the plants?! I always wanted to see them, you know?!

    "Can''t you sprout some pea shooting guns?!"

    "?!"

 Chapter 17

    ...we are supposed to be travelling in the forest, right?

    Right?

    A place full of trees, plants, Beasts.

    So...whats this?

    I was surrounded by mountains of food and big chested women with handsome faces.

    ...what is this development?!

    Ah, but in my little doggy form, it''s quite comfortable.

    To roll in food.

    ...every direction I turn, food naturally enters the mouth....!

    Such bliss...!

    Rolling around, I ''accidentally'' tumbled onto the lap of a handsome woman.

    ...ho.

    Without any surprise of hesitation, the lady smiled brightly before her soft yet strong hands came down onto my fur...!

    Ah~

    That''s the spot~

    Harder~

    Nnn~

    As I was enjoying, another lady came over, her tanned hands caressing my doggy face, before starting to feed me.

    Ohoho~

    I don''t want to wake up~

    ...GAH!?

    WHO WAS THAT?! WHO HIT ME ON THE HEAD!?

    Squeezing my eyelids together in pain, I whimpered while rubbing the back of my head.

    "It''s an illusion, idiot." the queen''s voice came to me.

    "...Naomi?" I looked up hesitantly.

    Faced with despair Naomi''s disgustingly beautiful face, I asked, "You weren''t enticed?"

    ...that illusion...it was a complete rendition of my fantasies! My hopes and dreams! My aspirations!

    But now that I think about it, wouldn''t her fantasies involve death, pain and misery? Hoh, how scary.

    "...I''m not gullible enough to think that you would wear a bow and lie on my bed in wait."

    ...What was that? Did she just say I was gullible?

    "What did you say?"

    I''m not gullible! Okay!?

    "Enough about that, these four idiots are still out of it." Naomi kicked at Ethan, who laid next to her.

    Currently, beneath us were four bodies, all of which who were making strange noises.

    "What happened?"

    "We''re close to the fairy kingdom, these are traps set to bewitch possible intruders." She answered before creating four balls of water.

    "Rise and shine." in an instant, the four bodies beneath us were doused in cold water from head to toe.

    "I''m doing all of you a favour." She snorted again as they jumped awake, turning to me, she pushed me away, "Come on, they need to change, don''t look, it''ll be harmful for the eyes."

    ...how rude.

    "What the..."

    Looking back at the source of the voice, I saw Luton sitting on the floor, dazed as he hugged his knees. Noticing my gaze, he instantly looked away as he coughed.

    "Tsk, if anything, look at me." Ethan winked from the side as he looked disgustingly refreshed with water dripping from his body.

    ...Die in a hole.

    Looking back in front, I looked at the trees surrounding us.

    It was a day after we left the kingdom, after a noon of rushing, we were all bewitched by the faries'' magic here.

    ...Not that I''m complaining.

    Where''s a fairy to hit me with a spell again!?

    "To think all of you fell to this low level spell, it''s the easiest to break free from." She spoke with disdain at the guys.

    "What did you all dream of?" I asked curiously.

    "Food." Brother replied simply.This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings.

    ...I should''ve guessed.

    "I''m more curious, what did you dream of?" Ethan asked with a disgusting smirk.

    "Eh?" I hesitated for a moment, "Of, of course it''s also about food!"

    ...if they knew I was dreaming of being pet...

    N-no!

    "Is that so?" [Naomi]

    "Tch. " [Ethan]

    "Cough." [Luton]

    "..." [Nathan]

    "Ah, this must be fate, we dreamt of the same thing." Brother said with a smile.

    Tch.

    Now that I see them stand together, brother is totally fitting into them despite being eight years younger, amongst the 2m tall demons, he was about the same height as Ethan.

    Disgusting.

    What''s my height, you ask?

    It doesn''t concern you.

    (It''s 168cm.)

    WHO SAID THAT?!

    Looking at Naomi, I noticed that her hand was in the air as faint blue light gathered at her palm, and in seconds, a burst of light appeared before a pillar of fire rose to the sky from her hand.

    ...How cool....!

    Looking up, I saw the fire shape itself into the symbol of Royalty of the kingdom.

    How cool~

    With her hand still spouting flames, Naomi looked down from the sky and spoke, "Let''s wait."

    Why didn''t she do this from the beginning, you ask?

    The fairy kingdom is protected by a layer of illusion magic, people from the inside cannot see what is going outside, and people from the outside similarly cannot see what is going on inside.

    Now that we have entered, the faries could see the signal.

    Sitting down on the stiff ground, I sighed. I prefer a lap more.

    ...if I walk out and walk back into the protective layer...will I get hit by the spell again?

    Should I try?

    Before I could come to a conclusion, a small tinkering sound came into my ears, interrupting my inner conflict.

    Who is it?! To disrupt my brooding!?

    Turning around, I met with a small boy...with wings.

    ...how small.

    With a high pitched voice fitting for his childish appearance, the boy asked, "State your purpose."

    "We bear news of an attack, it is imperative that we meet with the majesty." Ethan spoke up first with grace of a noble.

    Tch, two faced bastard.

    That smile, it''s usually a grin or a smirk, don''t fall for it, fairy!

    "Follow me." the fairy nodded before turning.

    Silently following the fairy, we came to the fairy kingdom.

    And it was filled with small little people with wings.

    The children.

    They''re even smaller.

    Oh my. How small and round.

    Am I not the...tallest here?

    ...Should I just...stay here.

    ...I should.

    Unknowingly, my feet slowed down as I looked around, amused by the entirely new envionment.

    Cottages were perched onto trees, around them, between them, in them, and between the small moss covered cottages made of wood, were Wooden bridges connecting each other.

    Children twirled in the sky, giggling as they pointed at us in interest, playing as they flew behind us.

    This is something that belongs to a fairytale, isn''t it!?

    Too occupied by the sights, I suddenly collided with a small child.

    It was a little girl with beautiful green hair weaved with flowers and her clothes made of leaves, her appearance resembled only a 6 year old child, thanks to her large emerald eyes and dainty nose.

    "Won''t you," The little girl looked up at me with a smile as her thin arms curled around my waist, "Bear my children?"

    GEH!?

    Before I could react, my hand was pulled by Ethan and dragged away from the girl.

    "There are no females here, the faries here rely on their bewitchment magic to trick females of other kind to have their children. That fairy, is a little over eighty years old."

    ...I take it back, it''s not fairytale like at all.

    I''m ready to leave, where''s the door?

    "Come on, don''t look around." Ethan spoke as he tightened his grip on my arm, "The only reason you''re not being bombarded with their magic is our presence, so don''t go tempting anyone."

    Suddenly, the giggles and glances my way became strangely malicious, and in an instant, my goosebumps rose.

    Inching closer to Ethan, I looked down at the ground.

    This world, this cruel world, is full of lies.

    My fragile heart will burst, you know?!

    Who created this world?! Whatever God up there, is there a screw loose in your mind?!

    Haven''t you read a proper fantasy book?!

    Do I have to bring a screw driver here for you!?

    Lamenting in my heart, we came to a huge empty space, in contrast with the densely forested areas around it.

    With trees forming a wall around the empty space, a large space was created, and in the middle was a throne made of wood and leaves, on it were a small, pale green haired boy wearing a flower crown, snacking on...

    A bug.

    "Your majesty. " the twins and Ethan bowed, followed by me and brother.

    He who had been watching us ever since we came to his line of sight, sat up properly on the overly large throne that obviously overshadowed his small frame.

    ...it feels like I''m watching a child playing king, with the flower crown and all.

    Pfft.

    "That, is a beastman? " His childish voice rang out.

    !?

    "Yes."

    "Gift her, to me." He suddenly spoke.

    I take it back.

    Not childlike at all.

    Goodbye, I came to the wrong story.

    "I''m sorry, but that is impossible."

    "Ah, disappointing." He pouted for a moment, "So speak, what do you all want?"

    "Your assistance."

    "For?" Being in the middle of a forest, hidden away from other people, faries were uninvolved with the affairs of the world.

    "Countless humans have started to invade our lands, it will not be long before they reach your own kingdom."

    "And our barriers will keep them at bay, like how it has always does." he replied with a disinterested expression.

    "You do not understand, they use new weapons that can be sent from kingdoms away, one of that weapon can burn half of your kingdom to ashes, and they would simply have to conquer the other."

    Hearing this, the boy frowned, "They...learnt to utilise magic?"

    "It is not magic, it is their technology."

    "They will not find our kingdom."

    "Then they can simply burn the entire Thuthantos forest to the ground, their numbers are uncountable. You should know how fearsome their spawning speed is."

    "Ah, yes, I have had a human woman before." He nodded, "A pity their lifespans are too fleeting."

    "I beg to differ."

    "...Anyways, what shall we do?" The boy rested his cheek on his fist, "I pray you also bear some advice."

    "We retreat further back and gather numbers for a true war."

    "And leave the Thuthantos forest?" He suddenly shot up, the long hair that hung to his shoulders shaking.

    "Or you stay and burn to the ground along with your kingdom."

    Hearing this, he frowned again, deep in thought as he gave off the aura of the king.

    "Give me a day, I will speak with the rest. Qienia, bring them to an empty cottage and have no one bother them. "

    "Yes." the fairy that had led us here was next to us the entire time suddenly replied and stood up.

    Immediately, everyone else also stood up to follow him, and as we started to walk away, the childish and mischievous voice of the king suddenly piped up again, "I really can''t have that beastman? Please? "

    "No."

    "...Fine." he pouted.

    ...the aura of a king, it disappeared into thin air.

    ...Just die!

    Following the small boy, we were led to a humongous tree, and on top was a cottage larger than any other one I had saw.

    It looks lavish and spacious...but how will I get up there...?

    ...this is bullying!Bullying, you know?!

    Should I climb up?

    Ah!

    Suddenly, two hands reached over and grabbed onto me, it was Naomi.

    Oh right, royal demons have wings.

    Turning around, brother was carried by Nathan and Ethan was carrying Luton.

    Now that I thought of it, I''ve never seen them fly.

    Neither have I flew.

    And before I could muse further, I suddenly shot up into the sky at an incredible speed.

    HIII¡ª

    ...I fainted.

 Chapter 18

    After maybe one or two hours of sleep, I was awoken by Naomi.

    Apparently, the faries were done discussing, and they were willing to go with us.

    When I woke up, most of them had just left with their king, who carried a note written by the royalty of our group.

    Without it, I doubt they would be able to enter the kingdoms nearby, since they were all so...unqiue?

    Tch, I demand a proper explanation?! Where did the cliche, cute faries I know and love go?!

    Well, the way their small wings fluttered behind them as they flew...was quite cute...I guess.

    No, wait! Don''t fall for it, me! They''re all horny bastards!

    Even if this body is female, I am a man at heart! I''ll never be pushed down, even if I die!

    Never!

    "Achoo." a few sneezes appeared around me.

    Eh? Did everyone get a cold? But it''s still in the middle of summer?

    "Let''s head to the elvish kingdom, Elaine should be there."

    Hmm? My knight?

    "Ah, she has some elvish blood in her, doesnt she."

    Hoh?!

    As I was deep in thought, a big hand landed on my head.

    "Nathan?"

    "Are you still sleepy?"

    Heh, I may be older now, but I still sleep a lot, don''t I?

    "No, I''m fine." patting the dust off my robe, I stood up with a big yawn, "Are we leaving now?"

    "Mmhmm. " Luton looked over and smiled.

    How healing, the smile of a newly wed bride~ it''s so bright I can''t help but squint~

    That''s no good~ I just steeled my resolve~

    But if it''s him, won''t I be the one pushing him down?

    Oho.

    Just kidding~

    Looking around, everyone was already ready to go, and with almost no baggage on me, I could leave anytime as well.

    "Nicole." Naomi called out.

    "Hmm?"

    "You were sleeping, so I didn''t call you, but here''s some treats from the faries." She offered a plate with a translucent blob shaped into a leaf.

    Oh my.

    It''s calling out to me.

    Those curves, that hint of moisture sliding off the sides, those-

    "Do you want it or not?"

    "I do~" I replied as I pounced towards her arms, biting down on the jelly.

    Oh my.

    How delicious, it''s so sweet~

    Basking in the after taste, I leaned against the queen as her arms coiled around me.

    Delicious~This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version.

    Looking up, I saw the queen smiling back.

    Ohohohohoho, what an evil smile, I will move away now.

    "Is there anymore?"

    "Eat in moderation."

    Moderation? What''s that?

    Is that edible?

    "If you eat too much, you''ll start growing horizontally and not vertically."

    !

    My weak spot!

    The average height here was terrifying, around 2.5 meters.

    And as a beastman, I hit my growth spurt amazingly early, and it was reaching its end soon.

    Maybe in a year or so.

    ...I feel like going to that corner now.

    Don''t mind me, I''ll just be weeping there for a quick second.

    But before I could even move there, my hand was grabbed by Naomi, "Let''s go, hold on."

    ...what an evil smile.

    Jumping onto her, I coiled around here like a small octopus, my arms and legs around her torso as she jumped from the tree.

    Hii¡ª

    My fragile heart!

    As expected of the queen, the over achiever, the disgustingly talented, she landed with a graceful pose.

    Undoubtedly, without me as the octopus ruining the picture, she would''ve gotten three 10s, with the judges raising the paper with tears of admiration in their eyes.

    Tch.

    Now that I think about it, she''s really quite the material for the main character.

    She''s rich, has a tragic background (?), talented, beautiful, small chested and an undefeated genius.

    ...ah, there''s tears in my eyes.

    Also, please let me down, it''s uncomfortable with your face so close, I already know how disgustingly beautiful you are.

    -------------------

    After two days of rushing, we came to the elvish empire.

    It may be called a kingdom, but undoubtedly, it was an empire in my eyes!

    This is the only place where elves gathered, sure, there were travellers here and there and some elves residing in other kingdoms, but this was the only empire where the royalty was made up of elves and the citizens were a majority of elves.

    Entering the empire was scary too, it was a complete culture shock.

    The buildings were mostly made of marble and other white material, the streets were extremely clean and filled with beautiful luscious greenery.

    The elves wore clothes of soft colours, there was barely any dark or harsh colours.

    It was a healing sight for the eyes.

    The people here were ratherandrogynous, even more so considering that almost all of them had long hair, I could totally see how the female knight got her genes from.

    ...what a feast for the eyes~

    Ohohohohohoho~

    Unknowingly, the tail I hid under my robe wiggled out and started wagging as my nose was assaulted by the fragrant scent of fruits.

    Fruits appeared everywhere, hanging off vines on walls and on trees.

    People were casually eating them as well~

    Reaching up, I tried to reach a purple, oval fruit.

    Keyword: Tried.

    "Here." a tall arm appeared from behind me, shooting up and grabbing a fruit.

    Disgusting.

    This is discrimination! Where''s the consideration for short people?!

    Biting down, the fruit exploded in my mouth. The flesh of the fruit spread around my mouth, releasing the seeds it protected.

    Oh my, do I swallow them?

    "The seeds can be eaten." Ethan spoke from behind me.

    Hearing that, I immediately started to chew.

    How delicious~

    "Stop delaying, let''s go." Nathan''s voice came from behind me as well, "Elaine should be at the castle."

    Following them, I came to the castle.

    Oh my~

    It followed the theme of the empire, it was built with marble and white wood, with vines entangling the castle, it looked like something from a fairy tale~

    How pretty~

    !

    No, you mustn''t be fooled!

    The Bastard that made this world is undoubtedly a pervert! Remember the faries!

    Slapping my cheeks with my palm, I snapped out of my stupor and ran towards the group, who had already walked in front of me.

    "Wait for me~"

    Chasing forwards, I entered the castle with them.

    "If you''re here for an alliance, Enimo has already been here." The princess called out the moment we stepped in.

    Dressed in a plain white dress, she sat elegantly on a chair as she watched us enter the throne room, "Royalty of the Fraiser kingdom, are you all?"

    Enimo? Isn''t that the first prince of the current king?

    He had a twin as well, Inimo.

    Pfft¡ª

    What shitty naming.

    Eni, Meeny, Miny, Mo, catch the spider on the wall.

    Pftt¡ª

    "What a pretty child." The princess looked over.

    Geh?

    What''s with everyone? Even the faries, now the elves.

    Is there any...fetishes they have I need to know about?

    "Is that so?" Nathan spoke, "Regardless, it has been a tiring trip for us, it would be much appreciated if we could be given a place to rest."

    "Of course, " she pointed her dainty fingers at a guard nearby.

    Led away, we were given single guest rooms.

    Oh my, I have my own room~

    Running in, it was a simple get elegant room decorated by plants, inside was just a desk, chair and bed, yet it somehow seemed lavish, with the window revealing a beautiful view towards the royal garden.

    Oh my, I''m in love~

    Jumping onto the soft bed, I was all ready to sleep again, but was disrupted by Naomi.

    "Want to go out to the streets? "

    Oh my.

    "We''ll stay here for a few days." She spoke as she slowly walked to the bed and sat down.

    "Hey. " after a short silence, I asked, "Is there any strange...preferences of elves, I should know about?"

    "Hmm? " slightly taken aback, she looked at me strangely.

    "You know, like the faries."

    "Ah," She thought for a moment, "They like soft colours, especially white."

    Oh my.

    "I like it as well," She rested her cheek on her palm, "White is a colour that makes you want to taint it."

    Ah.

    It''s that feeling of wanting to put a booger on a pure white wall, isn''t it?

    Eh? It''s just me who feels that way?

    ...I''m sorry, I''ll go an reevaluate my life choices now.