I Got Possessed, But the Monster Beast Is Adorable - Chapter 2

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#2

The embarrassment from the lack of response was brief, as I wondered if I had spoken too quietly and this time shouted a bit louder.

“Oh…! It appeared!”

Then, just like in a game, a status window popped up.

[Player Status Window]

Name: Zoe Blanc

Age: 17 years old

Rank: F

Crash.

That’s the sound of my hopes being shattered.

F Rank. In other words, a noob…

I figured as much… As expected, I didn’t have the luck of ‘I’ve been possessed and I’m overpowered.’

I was looking at my pathetic stats with dead fish eyes when I suddenly rubbed my eyes and stared at the status window again.

“…Wait, why is this like this?”

Stamina: 55

Strength: 100

Agility: 30

Magic Power: 10

Luck: 10

“Strength stat is 100…? Why is only this one so high?”

A strength value higher than even HP – this was an unheard-of number.

It’s definitely a healing game, but do I really need such a strong body…?

I pondered for a moment, but quickly returned to an optimistic attitude.

Like the warning text written in small letters, who knows what kind of beings might appear…

Being strong is good, right?

I nodded my head while running my happy circuits.

Next, it was time to learn about that strange skill, whether it was cleaning master or whatever.

“What exactly is this skill… what function does it have…”

Then, a mechanical system voice was heard.

[<System> ‘Swish Swish Scrub Scrub Cleaning Master’

This is a skill that increases cleaning speed and instantly detects dirt in the surrounding environment.]

Isn’t the operator listening to what I’m saying?

I stared into the air for a moment, shooting suspicious glares like lasers.

“But is this all? What’s this, I had expectations.”

I showed clear disappointment at this crude skill description.

Then the system hastily added:

[Additionally, as the cleaning skill level increases, the time maintaining cleanliness becomes longer. You can be freed from the pain of repetitive cleaning!]

It’s definitely listening, this thing.

Hmm… but if I level up this skill, I can maintain cleanliness for a long time without having to clean often?

This is pretty good? If the title and skill effects combine, I’d really be freed from the pain of cleaning, right?

The melting away from arduous cleaning was brief, as I quickly became proud.

Cleaning was nothing. For me, whose daily routine was cleaning much dirtier animal cages every day, this was a piece of cake. Plus a strong body too. I was looking at my slender arms with small muscles popping out cutely and smiling contentedly when it happened.

Grumble-rumble-

Thunder roared loudly from my stomach.

That belly alarm sound reminded me of the fact that I hadn’t eaten a single meal until now and was in a completely empty stomach state.

As soon as I realized this, I hunched my body from the tremendous hunger that rushed over me.

“…I’m hungry.”

The life muscles that had been pumped up from cleaning seemed to shrivel again.

No, I can’t say goodbye to my muscles as soon as I meet them!

I got up from my spot while clutching my hungry stomach and began wandering around looking for something to eat.

Then I discovered a small storehouse connected to the kitchen. Given the structure of the house, it had to be a food storage.

Hoping my prediction was right, I gently pushed the door open, and the wooden door opened with a creaking sound.

I carefully looked around inside the dim storehouse.

Inside the storehouse, large oak barrels were lined up in rows, and on antique cabinets made of raw wood, glass bottles and pottery containing various seasonings were arranged in an orderly fashion.

But I couldn’t see the most important ingredients.

“Wait, the ingredients…? Are there no ingredients?”

When I couldn’t see any proper ingredients, I widened my eyes and rummaged through the storehouse. Then I discovered a large sweet pumpkin under cast iron pots hanging neatly on one corner wall.

“Ja-jackpot!”

I dedicate this glory to myself who suffered!

I was as moved as if I had found wild ginseng and quickly picked up the sweet pumpkin.

“Alright, I’ll make pumpkin porridge with this… Wh-what is this?!”

“Kyuuung…”

While thinking about what to cook, I discovered something small and fluffy and black that was curled up tightly where the sweet pumpkin had been.

Wait, this is…

“…It’s a puppy, isn’t it?”

The puppy seemed quite startled by my appearance, as it was trembling like an aspen tree with its body turned away.

It looked a bit pitiful, but the view of the chubby puppy’s bottom as it held its head up struck my heart.

Could it be that the rustling sound from earlier was because of this little one?

“I want to touch that cute little bottom… *gasp*, no, I can’t, I must resist.”

I suppressed the urge to immediately hug, bite, and suck on that puppy.

Then I crouched down with bent knees to match eye level and spoke in the gentlest voice possible.

“It’s okay, I won’t hurt you.”

I waited patiently until the puppy calmed down.

Perhaps touched by my sincerity, the puppy finally slowly turned its small body around and revealed its face.

“Kyiing…”

The puppy, rolling its eyes around anxiously, unusually had shining red pupils.

‘Black fur with red pupils, is it a foreign breed?’

Animal Park only featured relatively ordinary animals, but it seemed like this patch added fantasy-like animals.

But that’s not important right now. Because that puppy is…

“So cute!”

In front of this insane cuteness, such things don’t matter.

Unable to control my gaping mouth, I carefully picked up the puppy and frantically petted its fluffy black fur. The soft texture of the fur I felt with each stroke seemed to blow away all the day’s hardships!

Ugh, this won’t do. I want to pet it a lot!

“Grrrowl…”

When I repeatedly focused on petting only the spots the puppy liked, soon the puppy lay down flat and began growling contentedly. Seeing its body melt away, it was clearly a sign of feeling good.

“My goodness, what are you? Where did you come from?”

“Why are you so cute? Huh?”

“Aww, what’s your name? Kyaa! You’re so cute!”

I poured out compliments like a machine gun and examined the puppy.

Could it have gotten lost and been hiding in this cabin?

Or maybe… it was abandoned by its owner?

If that’s the case, I pray for chronic illness for generations.

I flashed my eyes and poured out vicious curses.

“Kyuuu…”

When the puppy trembled at my fierce expression, I quickly composed my face and smiled brightly.

“Oh, it’s okay, you’re so pretty.”

Anyway, I should take care of it now. What’s this, the baby is so skinny.

At a glance, the puppy’s growth condition looked terrible.

…Wait, this is a game world anyway, right?

Then I can just raise it myself, can’t I? Just as I was thinking that, a system window appeared like a ghost.

[【System】 Quest generated! Register the first animal in your animal encyclopedia.]

-Reward: *Lucky Gacha Draw Ticket*

-Upon failure: You will no longer be able to discover cute animal friends.

What the…?

I despaired as I read the failure penalty.

Animal Park without animals? System, are you messing with me right now?

The game I entered, ‘Animal Park’, allows you to interact with animals discovered in the game, tame them, save them to your animal encyclopedia, claim ownership, and raise them.

That’s essentially the foundation of this game, so even with the renewal, it seemed to remain the same.

Oh well. Fine, I’ll tame it myself.

I began burning with passionate determination as I looked at the puppy.

The me who had been grumbling about being pulled into the game was already gone.

Why, isn’t there a saying like that?

If you can’t avoid it, enjoy it!

I’ll gradually increase my rabbit-like children—no, my adorable ones—and enjoy a happy ★Animal Life★!

“Kyuuung…”

Just then, the puppy made a whining sound while staring intently at something.

At the end of its gaze was the sweet pumpkin that had fallen to the ground and was rolling around after I hastily picked up the puppy.

“Oh my, look at me. You were hungry, weren’t you?”

Only then did I gently put down the puppy I had been frantically holding and biting, and picked up the precious sweet pumpkin.

Then the puppy’s gaze followed the sweet pumpkin.

Hmm, could it be hungry?

“Puppy, are you hungry? Should I give you this?”

“Woof!”

This was clearly a sign of agreement by anyone’s standards.

Right, nothing beats food when it comes to taming animals.

“Alright, then let’s go outside!”

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