I Got Possessed, But the Monster Beast Is Adorable - Chapter 14

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#14

The man screamed and screamed again, choking on his own helplessness.

But cruelly, his voice did not come out through his mouth.

He struggled desperately to control his body in order to save her somehow.

If he could move even a single finger, he planned to immediately grab his sharp sword and plunge it into his heart.

But despite all his efforts, his body wouldn’t budge, and soon her voice and presence completely disappeared. It was when the man’s expression twisted into complete despair upon feeling this.

“…Tsk, can’t even withstand this level of demonic energy? I nerfed it too much.”

Her voice, which he thought had completely vanished, flowed into his ears once again.

The man felt his heart, which had sunk to the bottom, lift at that voice.

However, his relief was short-lived, as the man was soon enveloped by an inexplicable sense of unease.

That voice was certainly hers, but unlike her original self, it was mechanical and cold.

“…What the hell is this?”

Then, once again, Zoe’s emotionless voice could be heard.

The man began to feel a certain conviction at that cynical tone.

His hearing had become extremely sensitive due to constantly transforming into a magical beast, so he could detect her subtle changes.

Clearly, she was different now.

While the man was figuring out the identity of his unease about her, she soon spoke in a tone as if disgusted.

“Hah, what’s this. It’s no different from a mindless monster. Unstable and incomplete.”

Kiiiiing-

The beast growled fiercely toward her.

The man, who couldn’t see, had no way of knowing how the situation was unfolding, but he could clearly tell that the beast controlling him was beginning to waver while looking at her.

“How insolent.”

Ki, kiiing-

At Zoe’s tremendous presence, the magical beast instinctively stepped back. The sound of the fearful magical beast’s rapid heartbeat was transmitted directly to the man.

“Haah… Why are such annoying things getting involved. Aqua Mystica, absorb the demonic energy.”

Shwaaaaap-

As Zoe muttered lowly, he felt something being sucked out of him.

That sensation was something the man had never experienced in his life.

An alien sensation, as if even his very soul was being sucked in, swirled around the man’s body like a whirlpool.

After some time passed like this, the man’s closed vision began to brighten.

The man slowly blinked his hazy eyes. Then he carefully clenched and opened both hands.

Only then realizing he had regained control of his body, the man fumbled over himself in a daze.

“…This is impossible. It’s back.”

According to the data the man had accumulated so far, he had a repetitive pattern of transforming into a monster at midnight and returning to his original form at sunrise.

But it was still the middle of the night, and the man’s body had regained its original form as if breaking that pattern.

The man stared at Zoe standing before him with confused eyes.

“Who are you, exactly?”

She looked at him with narrowed eyes as if observing him, and except for having white hair instead of pink hair, she had a face identical to the woman who had saved him, but her gaze and atmosphere made him certain she was a completely different person from the previous Zoe.

“…”

Even at the man’s question, there was no answer from her.

The man couldn’t fathom the intentions of this woman who had suddenly changed in attitude and speech, and above all, possessed tremendous power to instantly break his curse, which was a secret known only to a select few in the royal family and was like shackles to him.

“Answer me. Who are you?”

“That’s none of your business. Just go to sleep.”

At the man’s persistent gaze demanding an answer, Zoe muttered as if annoyed and instantly approached the man, placing her hand over his eyes.

“Wait, what is thi…s…”

At Zoe’s unhesitating touch, the man collapsed to the floor with dilated pupils.

Soon, confirming the man had fallen, Zoe muttered.

“Gather information about this world. From past to present.”

[【System】 Understood. Updating information about the continent, Berheim.]

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“Huff huff huff, Zoe-! Wake up-!”

“Mmm…”

Someone’s voice could be heard whispering by my bedside.

I lightly ignored that voice.

Then the owner of that mysterious voice went even further, grabbing my arm and shaking it wildly.

“Zoe-! Zoeeee-“

Hey, who are you, are you good at fighting…?

Annoyed by the repeated persistent touch, I quickly turned my body the other way.

Since entering this place, my body had been complaining of tremendous fatigue from constantly digging in the Vegetable Garden.

When sleep deprivation continues for days like this, there’s no way to overcome the drowsiness that attacks.

I helplessly fell back into sleep.

“Zoee-! Wake uuup!”

But the peace was brief, as the thunderous voice in my ear made me finally open my eyes wide to check the owner of that mysterious voice.

“Who are you!”

“Zoeee-! Hiiing, I was worried!”

“Ru, Ruby?”

Thanks to Ruby’s booming voice, I came to my senses and finally opened my drowsy eyes wide.

Then the memories of leaving Home gradually began to return.

Soon the embarrassing memories flashed through my mind one by one: how I had barely saved a man who was about to die, only for him to transform into a giant magical beast and try to destroy everything inside the house, and how I confidently tried to use the taming skill with Artica but it didn’t work, and in the midst of it all I had trouble breathing and collapsed.

“If it’s a legendary weapon, how can it not work when it’s important? This damn game!”

Having instantly recalled the chaotic situation, I beat my chest and was indignant.

“Whew… Right. Ruby, are you okay?”

I remembered Ruby lying helplessly on the floor at the end, and began examining Ruby thoroughly.

If there’s even a single scratch on our Ruby’s body, I won’t let that pretty boy or whatever get away with it.

“Huff huff-! Yeah, I couldn’t breathe for some reason and collapsed for a moment… but I’m fine-!”

Indeed, as if proving those words, Ruby’s body was perfectly fine without any injuries. I also seemed to have all my limbs intact.

This is why basic physical fitness is important. Muscles, you’re the best!

But how are we fine?

Then I looked at Artica in my hand.

Zing, zing-

“What. Did Artica absorb demonic energy on its own while I was unconscious?”

When Artica absorbs demonic energy from a magical beast, the unique color of that magical beast’s demonic energy ripples around as light…

For some reason, a dark red light was rippling from Artica now.

That unpleasant color of demonic energy that had been rippling from the man who had become a magical beast.

I’m sure I saw a System Message before I collapsed…

I thought I saw a message about control or something before collapsing, but since the situation was what it was, I couldn’t remember properly.

“Wait, then what happened to the man?”

I hurriedly looked around to find the man’s whereabouts.

“He’s sleeping… And on a soft bed by himself at that.”

I had been sleeping curled up on the cold, hard floor…

The man was sleeping so deeply that he wouldn’t know if someone carried him away.

Of course, having returned to his original body.

“…Ruby, did I perhaps have a dream?”

I muttered quietly at the man’s neat face, as if nothing had happened.

“No, that’s not it. That man. He was really dangerous. Grrrrr-“

Seeing Ruby being very wary of the man, it definitely wasn’t a dream.

Moreover…

“Ugh, the windows, walls! The floor!”

The inside of the house had become a complete mess from the ungrateful magical beast’s rampage show.

At the miserable state of the house that looked like it would collapse at any moment, I burst into laughter while losing my mind.

“…When you wake up, I’m going to properly tear you apart… Keheheh… Ahahaha!”

I poked the cheek of the man who was sleeping peacefully alone in this chaos that looked like it had been swept by a giant tsunami.

Ah, he’s so infuriating I could die. Really.

Then the man furrowed his brow.

“Haa, fine. Rest comfortably while you can.”

I pressed and smoothed out the man’s furrowed brow with my hand, then sprang up from my spot.

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