I Got Possessed, But the Monster Beast Is Adorable - Chapter 35

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#35

 

As I bit my lips and repeatedly tried to recall something more, a sudden headache began to surge through me.

 

When I blinked once more from the splitting pain in my head…

 

The location had changed again.

 

I squinted one eye from the lingering pain and quickly turned my head to assess the situation. But even that simple action made my vision blur as if my inner ear had malfunctioned, so I eventually squeezed my eyes shut.

 

Then, I heard voices from the front.

 

“Oh honey, look behind us. Our @@ and @@ are leaning against each other sleeping.”

 

“Hahaha. I could tell from when they couldn’t sleep from excitement.”

 

I snapped my closed eyes open at those familiar voices. Then I immediately looked around quickly.

 

Inside the Car heading somewhere.

 

The Sea faintly visible through the window.

 

Familiar voices coming from the driver’s and passenger’s seats.

 

I know this place.

 

Suddenly remembering something, I shot up from my seat and began shouting.

 

“…Stop. Stop the car right now!!”

 

My booming voice filled this space, but it was just an echo that couldn’t reach them.

 

But I didn’t give up and shouted even louder.

 

“I said stop, can’t you hear me? Stop the car quickly!!”

 

Beeeep-

 

A sudden horn sound rang out like thunder.

 

At the same time, an extreme headache struck my mind, and my entire body began trembling uncontrollably.

 

“Ugh… Right now… we need to stop the car… huk…”

 

Just as I was desperately shouting while clutching my head that felt like it would burst.

 

A mysterious voice whispered in my mind.

 

‘Stop, that’s enough.’

 

As the utterly indifferent voice pierced my mind like a sharp dagger, the headache that had been crushing my skull vanished without a trace.

 

“What. Who is it. Who exactly is speaking…”

 

Then, a system window appeared.

 

[【System】 Blocking Lunatice’s ‘Dream Manipulation’ for the player’s protection.]

 

As the window appeared, the space I was in, the world… began shattering into pieces like breaking glass.

 

I stared blankly at the collapsing world. Soon my mind became distant and my eyelids grew heavy as if weighted down.

 

“…You are.”

 

For a moment, I had the illusion of making eye contact with the Girl who had been sleeping peacefully in the car, but I soon sank into deep, dark unconsciousness.

 

[【System】 Escaping from the ‘Forgotten Subconscious Space’.]

 

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“Damn, why isn’t it working?”

 

Lunatice was deeply perplexed. He had tried to peer into the filly’s dreams several times, but the deeper he looked, the more blurry it became as if covered by fog.

 

“This is the first time this has happened…”

 

Lunatice decided to try accessing the dream again. As he closed his eyes and placed his hand on the filly’s head, the moon mark on Lunatice’s forehead shone brilliantly and the entrance to the dream slowly began to reveal itself.

 

‘If you spy any further, I’ll annihilate you.’

 

A threatening voice echoed in his mind. Lunatice was startled by that voice and hurriedly removed his hand from her head.

 

“Wh-what? Who is it!”

 

But that voice was no longer heard.

 

Lunatice’s entire body trembled involuntarily. It was instinctive fear. Though brief, when that voice had echoed, he even had the illusion that invisible shackles had been placed around his neck.

 

Lunatice had a premonition that the owner of that voice was an absolute being capable of annihilating him instantly.

 

“Th-this can’t be happening…”

 

Lunatice’s ability was ‘dream manipulation’. He had tried to bring animals here from ugly humans to protect them, but the pure and innocent animals quickly missed their owners. Because of this, they often got hurt trying to escape.

 

So Lunatice began manipulating the animals’ dreams. He stole their happy memories and covered them with painful ones. Since happy memories for animals were usually times spent with their owners, he twisted those memories to make the animals feel as if they had been abandoned by their owners.

 

While some animals submitted to this, there were others who still longed for their owners despite being abandoned.

 

Seeing this filled Lunatice with rage. It was like seeing his former self.

 

So for such animals, he would specially show them happy dreams with their owners while placing suggestions.

 

‘If you stay here, I’ll let you dream only happy dreams.’

 

By repeating such dream whispers for days, the animals gradually became enchanted by the blissful dreams.

 

“…If they live in dreams, they won’t be abandoned anymore.”

 

As memories he wanted to forget surfaced, Lunatice’s eyes sank deeply.

 

‘You damn dirty cat. Get lost! Ugh, so unlucky…’

 

‘Oh my, look over there. It’s a black cat. Ugh, so ominous…’

 

‘Take this! Ahaha! Direct hit!’

 

Lunatice hated humans. His childhood was filled with memories of being tormented by humans. Even when just walking normally down the street, humans would throw stones at him calling him an ominous black cat, or set traps on paths he frequented without hesitation.

 

“Sophia… I thought you were different.”

 

Sophia was quite different from other humans. She carefully tended to his wounds and brought him food. Moreover, contrary to his expectation that she would do this once or twice and stop, she consistently came to find Lunatice every time.

 

But even so, Lunatice absolutely never let Sophia get close to him. No, he hadn’t.

 

That day too, humans were tormenting him as usual. Especially recently, one human boy had been persistently bullying him, so Lunatice was on high alert.

 

‘Hissss.’

 

‘Gerald, stop bothering the cat! Why do you keep bullying it?!’

 

‘Sophia, won’t you get out of the way? If you don’t move, I’ll throw it at you? Here, catch!’

 

‘Ugh, kitty. I’ll protect you!’

 

Sophia willingly took the stone in his place. This was truly the first human like this in his life.

 

Lunatice was drawn to Sophia, who reached out her hand toward him even while limping from being hit by the stone.

 

One step, then another step.

 

When he finally reached Sophia’s side, she carefully stroked Lunatice while smiling brightly.

 

‘Hehe, thank you for coming to me.’

 

In that moment, Lunatice felt an indescribable warmth deep in his heart. A blissful sensation that finally felt complete. Feeling this, Lunatice thought.

 

He wished Sophia would smile by his side forever.

 

After that day, he met Sophia in the same place every day.

 

In our own place where no other human could interfere.

 

‘Huh… kitty, why are you getting whiter?’

 

‘Meow.’

 

When he thought about wanting to become a friend Sophia could be proud of, his black fur began turning white. It was a phenomenon created by earnest desire.

 

Lunatice thought he had finally earned the right to be proudly by Sophia’s side.

 

Surely, that was the case.

 

“Why on earth…”

 

Lunatice, who had been recalling old memories, muttered pitifully.

 

“Why did you abandon me, Sophia.”

 

* * *

 

“Zoe Blanc, will you… accept this?”

 

What Lunatice shyly offered was a bouquet. However, it was a ‘carrot bouquet’ made by weaving together carrots instead of flowers.

 

Anyway, since he was even kneeling with a reverent expression while offering the carrot bouquet, it created a lovey-dovey atmosphere as if I were receiving a marriage proposal.

 

Haha, what’s with this sudden dating sim atmosphere…

 

I avoided his beautiful heterochromatic eyes that held different lights and fell into thought.

 

Like last time, the game system showed immediate movement to protect me whenever I fell into crisis.

 

Why exactly does the system try to protect me?

 

Because I’m the player of the game?

 

Or because this is a game aimed at the player’s ‘healing’?

 

Why did I fall into this game in the first place?

 

Despite not being the type to think very deeply, I let out a quiet sigh at these questions that led to more questions.

 

‘…Dream manipulation, they said.’

 

The dream manipulation I saw in the System Message. It seemed Lunatice had abilities related to dreams.

 

Then everything I experienced watching that strange Girl was all a dream.

 

Ha, what an incredible crazy dream…

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