I Got Possessed, But the Monster Beast Is Adorable - Chapter 3

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I hurriedly picked up the pumpkin and started walking. The puppy wagged its tail and obediently followed me out.

I headed straight to the kitchen and gently placed a large cast iron pot on top of the hearth. Though it was analog equipment, it was fine. Tools don’t matter much to a craftsman.

Now, behold the cooking skills of an experienced solo dweller!

“Just throw everything in and boil it.”

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[<System> You have acquired the title ‘Cheep Cheep! Baby Chick Chef’.]

-Effect: Cooking skill increases.

-Health, Strength, Magic Power, Luck +5

“Woof woof!”

“Oh my, you were really hungry, weren’t you? You licked it completely clean.”

I smiled contentedly while looking at the plate that was so clean it looked brand new.

It seemed I had already succeeded in taming it. Plus I got a chef title too!

‘Phew… I was considering just chewing it raw, but thank goodness.’

Fortunately, even though I just threw everything in and boiled it, it turned out quite decent. It seemed I really benefited from the quality of the ingredients.

But…

I squeezed my eyes shut and opened them at the sight of the kitchen that had become a complete mess.

“Sigh… I’m going to max out my cleaning master level today.”

Barely holding onto my sanity, I burned with determination and immediately dove into cleaning up.

Wait for me, my happy animal life!

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‘Good, now’s the time.’

This body is Cerberus, the gatekeeper who guards the Underworld, the hound of Hell.

Though I’m currently wandering around after being kicked out by Master.

If I grow into a magnificent great magical beast, Master will look at me again.

Then at that time, Master would pet me again.

Master, I will definitely prove Cerberus’s worth to you, woof woof!

For that purpose… Woman, I will devour you!

“Graaawr!”

“Phew, dishes are done!”

Just as I was about to open my mouth wide like a Venus flytrap to devour the woman, she turned around at the most incredible timing.

Tsk, damn it. When I first saw her in the storehouse earlier, her presence was no joke, so I was trying to ambush her from behind!

“Puppy, shall we go for a walk?”

…Hmm, maybe I’ll just go for a walk and then eat her.

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‘Hehe, seeing those ears perk up, you must be happy about the walk. So cute~’

By the way, there’s no way there would be a leash for walks here, right?

It’s nighttime so no one would be around, but just in case something sudden happens and he gets startled and runs away, I couldn’t be careless as a dog owner.

I thought a night walk might be too much and looked at the puppy…

“Kyuu!”

The puppy’s red eyes sparkled with anticipation.

…Somehow I feel like something terrible will happen if we don’t go.

I resolved to go for a walk even if I had to carry him, and rummaged through the storehouse preparing for dangerous situations.

Then I found a small hand axe and rope in the storehouse.

“Oh, should I take both just in case…? Since it’s night, there might be suspicious people wandering around.”

As I held the axe and was lost in thought, the puppy seemed startled by my appearance and flinched.

“Oh my, did you get scared? It’s okay~”

“If any bad people show up, I’ll protect you with this! Don’t worry.”

“Wow, it fits perfectly in my hand and has a nice grip. Perfect for chopping. Hehehe.”

“Or maybe strangling them with the rope would be…”

At my bold spirit, the puppy finally seemed reassured and scratched at the wooden door with its claws extended.

“Kee, keeeing…!!”

“Oh oh, you want to go out quickly? Alright, let’s go!”

This is my first time going outside since coming here, but it should be fine, right?

Urged by the puppy’s impatience, I hurriedly stuffed the rope into my pocket, and with an axe in one hand and the puppy cradled in the other, I stepped out into the world beyond the cabin.

‘But wow, my stamina really did increase! I feel so light!’

Even a small hand axe has considerable weight, so I thought it would be difficult to carry it along with the puppy, but contrary to my worries, my body felt light as a feather.

As expected, is it thanks to the strength stat?

I was worried because the limbs of the body I possessed were so delicate… Good, I’m steadily becoming stronger.

“…Huh, there really is nothing here.”

After coming outside and looking around, I let out a small sigh.

This place was peaceful and quiet, as if only I and this pastoral cabin had been dropped in this remote location.

Signs of people? Of course there were none.

Whooooosh-

When a chilly wind blew across this utterly empty landscape, coldness seeped into my body.

…To buy and sell a house located in such a wasteland.

Baron Blanche, you were a grade-A sucker…

This is completely like real estate fraud…

The endless fields stretching in all directions and the vast background were almost awe-inspiring.

Hahaha, this is completely…

It’s like I’ve become an old lady who retired and moved to the countryside to spend her remaining years where there are no people.

“Wow, look at those stars…!”

But if there was one good thing, it was that the sky was embroidered with stars that couldn’t be seen in the city center.

My mood quickly lifted, and I walked while holding the puppy.

“Oh, over there… is that a forest?”

Since there wasn’t a single streetlight to illuminate this place shrouded in darkness, I couldn’t see clearly, but I could see a dense forest beyond the distant horizon.

“Oh, oh! Puppy!”

While I was focused on observing that forest, my grip loosened and the puppy escaped from my hands.

Without giving me time to stop it, the puppy began running toward that forest.

Pat pat, thud-

“No, it’s dangerous if you go that way!”

I hurriedly began running at full speed toward the forest where the puppy had run.

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‘Huff, gasp… I think I chose the wrong opponent!’

That woman, I underestimated her because she was small!

The sight of her smiling while holding that weapon with a razor-sharp blade still gives me chills when I think about it!

Cerberus turned pale at the creepy woman’s behavior and quickly headed toward the forest entrance.

She had such an evil face that even the Demon King would stick out his tongue.

She lured me with food and walks, then planned to chop me with that thing when I let my guard down!

In times like this, running away quickly is the best strategy! Woof!

While running frantically, I looked back to see the woman sprinting toward me at full speed.

‘I, I knew it! She was planning to kill me. Woman!!’

I need to hide quickly… I can’t die here!

I haven’t received recognition from Master yet!

When Cerberus entered the forest entrance, a fork in the path appeared.

Uh, which way should I go? More importantly, this forest is dangerous because many high-level magical beasts appear here…!

When Cerberus glanced back, the woman was still rapidly closing the distance with a scary expression.

“Keeeing!”

Sc, scary! L, let’s try going left!

As Cerberus ran mercilessly to the left, a dizzying cliff came into view ahead.

‘That’s, that’s a cliff, woof!’

Oh, I need to stop quickly!

But Cerberus’s legs, which had gained momentum, wouldn’t stop.

At this rate, it was certain they would fall down the steep cliff below.

“Kyiiing!”

We’re, we’re falling. Ahhhhh!

A panorama of memories flashed through Cerberus’s mind.

So this is how I, Cerberus, meet my meaningless death by falling off this cliff.

I wanted to become a magnificent magical beast and die proudly while protecting Master…

I knew it all along… that Master had abandoned me.

Cerberus had been waiting for Master since the day he was abandoned, but Master never came looking for him in the end.

‘You still can’t evolve? Ha, how useless.’

Cerberus recalled Master’s voice, clearly filled with disappointment.

In truth, he was an ‘Inferno Puppy,’ a lower species of the great magical beast ‘Cerberus.’

So there was no way Master would cherish a low-grade magical beast like him who couldn’t even evolve to a higher species.

Soon, the soil beneath Cerberus’s feet crumbled and his body began to tilt downward.

Below the cliff was nothing but darkness.

It was just as Cerberus closed his eyes, foreseeing his own death.

“Puppy!”

Along with an urgent voice, he felt the firm grip of a woman embracing him.

‘What a foolish woman! Why are you protecting me, woof!’

Cerberus couldn’t understand the woman’s actions at all.

Weren’t the woman and he meeting for the first time today?

If they fell into this bottomless abyss, it would surely mean a direct trip to Hell.

But the woman seemed to pay no mind to such things, holding him tightly as if protecting him was her only purpose.

And so we began to fall.

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