I Got Possessed, But the Monster Beast Is Adorable - Chapter 13

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#13

Of course, everything was visible through my fingers, but I decided to play dumb for now.

“If you’re going to say such things, how about covering yourself properly with your hands first?”

“Ah, no… well, fine. I looked a little! Your muscles are so well-defined that I was envious, so what, got a problem with that?”

Since it had come to this, I decided to just brazen it out.

“What kind of excuse is that? No, never mind. More importantly, I need to get out of here quickly… ugh!”

Just then, the man who had been fumbling with his clothes with a face going through all colors of embarrassment suddenly clutched his chest and collapsed to the floor with a thud.

“…Why are you suddenly like this?”

“Ugh, urgh… damn it, already…”

Cold sweat was flowing down the muttering man’s face.

What’s this, was he really that embarrassed?

As I hurriedly approached with a piece of cloth to cover the man’s body.

Dark red demonic energy began rippling from the man’s body, and soon massive demonic energy started covering his entire body.

“No, wh-what is this? Hey, are you okay?!”

“Grgh…! Run away from here right now. As far as possible!”

With those words, the man was instantly swallowed up by the massive demonic energy.

“Zoeeeee-! What’s happening! Grrrowl!”

The moment startled Ruby came growling into the room, the man’s form wrapped in demonic energy slowly began to reveal itself.

“…Wh-what is that thing.”

The man who revealed himself with flashing eyes was no longer the ordinary human I had known.

That form was like a massive…

“Demon beast…?”

Kiiiiing-

The man making low beast-like sounds in front of me was clearly a ‘demon beast’ itself.

But that appearance was strange somehow.

Why, normally when you say demon beast, don’t they have a definite animal or beast form like Ruby?

But this demon beast before my eyes was like a roughly clumped… mass of pitch-black demonic energy.

Kieeeeek-!

Then, the demon beast roared like a wild animal.

That single roar was enough to create the illusion that space and time were twisting unstably.

I, who had been standing there dazed until now, finally snapped back to my senses.

“No, why did you suddenly transform into a demon beast!”

“Grrrowl! Zoe-! Get away! That thing is dangerous!”

As Ruby bristled her dandelion seed-like fur, the System Message began flashing frantically.

Beep! Beep!

[【System】 Warning alert! Warning alert!

Due to increased demonic energy concentration, oxygen saturation is rapidly decreasing.

Player must immediately leave this area!

※Caution: Failure to leave quickly may result in death!]

“What? D-death is possible?”

There was no time to panic at the system’s terrifyingly flashing warning message.

Because the man in demon beast form began thrashing about in an extremely agitated state.

Kwaaaaang-!

The demon beast’s violent thrashing caused the already poor wall cracks to split open with a crack.

The house was already old and I had planned to repair it soon, but it was lamentable that I hadn’t proceeded with repairs faster.

But this was only the signal flare of chaos.

When the demon beast focused its flashing eyes on the chair beside the bed, the chair was suddenly lifted up.

“Uh, hey! I even repainted that myself!”

The scene of the wooden chair breaking through the window and flying away with a whoosh unfolded before my eyes like slow motion.

Crash-!

“Ahhh! This is insane!”

Faced directly with the scene of my belongings being smashed to pieces in an instant, I collapsed to the floor with a thud like some tragic heroine.

The three most necessary things in human life: food, clothing, and shelter.

Among these, the most important was ‘shelter’ – the living environment.

What I was most satisfied with after possessing into this game world was none other than this house.

No more pressure from monthly rent steadily going out of my meager salary, and no more annoying calls from landlords nagging about trivial matters… A house under my own ‘name’.

Even though I didn’t know when I’d return to the real world.

Though a bit old, if cleaned and polished, it would have been my own comfortable house to spend the rest of my life modestly.

Kieeeeeeek-!

But the demon beast trampled my dreams in one blow.

While I despaired with a grief-stricken face, pounding the floor with my hands, this time the wooden desk beside me was lifted up with a flash.

Stop, stop it you crazy bastard…

Unable to bear it any longer, I took a deep breath and let out a lion’s roar.

“Hey you crazy demon beast!! Stop right there!!”

At my thunderous shout, the demon beast paused its actions momentarily.

I saved you from dying, and this is your ungrateful behavior?

Angered by the man’s ingratitude, I soon came up with a brilliant idea.

Since that form is ultimately a demon beast too, wouldn’t it become docile if I tamed it with Artica?

I got up and immediately summoned Artica.

“When you come to your senses, you’ll pay hefty compensation for damages. Temptation!”

Flash!

As I cast the skill with tears in my eyes, Artica began emitting brilliant light.

I thought the situation would resolve smoothly with Artica’s help.

But that was my great mistake.

“Wh-what? Why is this happening!”

Suddenly Artica’s form became distorted, and then the summoning was dispelled.

“Huh…? Why am I collapsing…?”

And simultaneously, my body slid down to the floor like a puppet with cut strings.

“Ugh, c-can’t… breathe…”

My heart was beating rapidly, but my breathing grew shorter and shorter.

It felt like being thrown into a sealed place without oxygen.

Wait, oxygen…?

[【System】 Warning! Player’s HP has dropped below 80%, so skills cannot be cast.]

At the system’s voice that appeared, I suddenly remembered the warning about rapidly decreasing oxygen saturation.

Thud!

“Ugh, Zoe… gasp, gasp…”

Ruby, who had been staggering and struggling to stand, soon lost her balance and collapsed to the floor. From her condition, she seemed to be in the same situation as me.

“R-Ruby… ugh, don’t… lose… consciousness…”

Despite my constant efforts not to lose consciousness, my eyelids gradually began to feel the pull of gravity.

[【System】 Remote control mode is being activated for player protection.]

‘Remote… control…?’

The system’s voice seemed to be heard faintly from the distant edge of my fading consciousness, but I soon lost consciousness.

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Damn it.

The man who had finally transformed into a demon beast cursed alone in the pitch-black darkness.

His vision was not shared with the demon beast and was complete darkness itself.

The man, who could only follow as the demon beast led, had no idea why he had opened his eyes in this place.

When dawn broke and his body returned, he had tried several times to return to the Royal Prison engraved with sealing formations, but every time he lost consciousness at midnight, the demon beast headed back to this place.

“No, why did you suddenly transform into a demon beast!”

Then, a woman’s voice that sounded flustered echoed through the air.

It was the woman who had saved him, Zoe Blanc.

In the pitch-black darkness where not a single ray of light existed, hearing was his only permitted means of communication with the outside world, so the man had no choice but to focus on the sounds that reached him.

It would be shocking indeed. A human had transformed into such a terrible, no, disgusting monster.

The man ground his molars with a grinding sound.

“Once you come to your senses, I expect you’ll pay me a hefty compensation for damages.”

Contrary to his expectation that she would scream and flee immediately, her bold voice pierced into the man’s ears.

Though she appeared delicate, she possessed quite formidable strength, but even so, to be talking about damage compensation in this situation. The man was momentarily at a loss for words at her audacious attitude.

However, that was only brief, as his expression soon darkened.

He knew how much destruction he had caused on his way here.

The beast that had taken control of his body fed solely on destruction without reason or justification, so the man instinctively knew that voice too would soon turn into agonizing screams.

“Ugh, I… can’t… breathe…”

The man’s prediction was exactly right.

Zoe’s voice, crushed by the massive magical energy, was trembling faintly as if it would disappear at any moment.

‘I don’t want to hurt you. So please, run away from me!’

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