I Got Possessed, But the Monster Beast Is Adorable - Chapter 44
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#44
Sophia twisted her body this way and that, trailing off her words.
Why has she been acting like this? Could it be side effects from the treatment?
Ruan said she was such a skilled mage that he even used a summoning scroll to urgently bring her to Sophia’s house.
“You, you’re so beautiful…”
“Pardon…?”
“Ugh, please, please don’t look directly at my face. It’s too dazzling…!”
Sophia covered both her eyes with her hands and shouted.
Wow. Sophia, you’re quite the flatterer too.
“Your popularity is still amazing, Zoe.”
Ruan, who had briefly stepped away with the mage, was now leaning against the doorframe with his arms crossed, smiling.
That, that raised corner of his mouth shows he heard everything. Coming without any presence at all…
“Hmph! Well, I do have beauty that shines wherever I go.”
“Yes, I completely agree.”
I, I didn’t expect him to readily agree at this timing.
Caught off guard by his unexpected answer, I found myself slightly agape without realizing it.
“No, no. Why are you agreeing so readily? You’re lying, right?”
“Why would I lie?”
“Well, you’re trying to tease me like usual, aren’t you?”
“I merely stated the facts.”
Why, why is he acting like this.
I’m vulnerable to these embarrassing situations.
Of course, this body is absolutely stunning!
“Ahem, ahem. Did, did the mage return?”
“Yes, he just left.”
“By scroll again?”
“No, he returned on horseback. Asellon really hates scroll transportation.”
“Eh? Why on earth?!”
It seemed the pale-complexioned mage with dark navy hair and a monocle was named Asellon.
Even though I said I was fine, Ruan forced me to receive treatment from Asellon.
But anyway, why does he hate it? It’s such a convenient item that lets you travel long distances instantly.
Before my possession, whenever my soul was half-escaping while squeezed between people on the hellish commuter trains, I used to think how nice it would be to have teleportation abilities… How ungrateful.
“Well, scroll transportation is convenient but some people find it dizzying. Asellon is particularly sensitive.”
I understood immediately.
Considering his appearance with dark circles reaching his chin, his pale bloodless face, and his skeletal thinness where you could count his ribs with the naked eye, it was only natural.
Well, he did have a rather handsome face though.
Kind of like a sickly beautiful man.
“…Asellon is quite frail. This is all because he doesn’t exercise, you know? He’s so skinny without a single muscle, tsk.”
“Haha, frail… That’s right. Still, Asellon excels at healing magic.”
Ruan answered with his face blooming with laughter.
Whoa, for a moment I thought he was a flower and almost watered him.
“But about that scroll transportation. Can you move anywhere? For example… like our house.”
Ah, I want to go there comfortably with scroll transportation in one go.
I’m so tired right now that if I fly on Ruby, I’ll definitely get motion sick…
I waited for Ruan’s answer with earnest eyes.
“Oh dear. I’m sorry I can’t meet Zoe’s expectations, but to transport, you must inscribe the coordinate’s magical formula onto the scroll.”
“Ruan can’t do that…?”
“I’m not even a mage, and that’s only possible for skilled mages. The scroll I used earlier was hastily obtained through someone I know.”
Ruan explained with a troubled expression.
Tch, I guess the more convenient it is, the harder it is to obtain…
“I see. It can’t be helped. Well…”
When I answered with a dejected expression, Sophia, who had been listening to the conversation, cautiously spoke up.
“Um… if it’s okay with Zoe and Ruan, how about staying at our house tonight?”
“At Sophia’s house…?”
“Yes! I wanted to treat you both to dinner anyway, and I want to talk more with Zoe…”
Sophia’s dinner? Ah, the cookies I had yesterday were incredibly delicious too… But wouldn’t Ruan be a bit uncomfortable?
“As expected, you’re both busy… so it won’t work, right?”
“No, no. There’s no reason it wouldn’t work…”
I trailed off while gauging Ruan’s reaction.
Then Ruan, who had been thinking deeply about something, answered.
“Let’s do that. Zoe must be tired too.”
“Then, wait just a moment! I haven’t cleaned the guest room, so let me go tidy it up!”
“Huh? It’s fine, Sophia. You don’t need to clean…!”
Sophia shouted joyfully and hurriedly ran out of the room.
Geez, she had such a burning fever earlier. Asellon must be quite capable. She’s full of energy.
“Ruan, are you really okay? Won’t you be uncomfortable?”
“It’s just one night anyway. I can sleep on the sofa. And tonight, it would be good for Zoe to stay by Sophia’s side.”
“Huh? Why?”
“Sophia was kidnapped and barely escaped. Even if she seems fine on the outside, she’ll be scared to be alone.”
Ah… that’s true.
Lunatice had temporarily left to safely return the animals sleeping in the dungeon to their owners, and Sophia’s father was said to be staying in another territory right now.
“Right, right. How could I not think of that… Ruan is really considerate in these matters…”
“Haha, well… I have similar experience.”
“What? Then Ruan also… that, um. Kidn…”
“Yes, I was kidnapped when I was young.”
I was carefully choosing my words about the sensitive topic, worried I might touch on trauma, but Ruan replied casually.
“No way, who would dare kidnap royalty…!”
“…Royalty?”
“Ah, no. Anyway. I don’t know who it was, but kidnapping a young child. That’s really Gerald-like.”
‘That’s really Gerald-like’ had the same meaning as ‘that’s really f***ed up.’
Understanding the crude expression perfectly, Ruan laughed and replied.
“Haha, Gerald… That’s right. Really Gerald-like.”
“Still, I’m glad Ruan is safe. Ah, was it the northern Chevalier Order you mentioned that saved Ruan?”
“No. A girl saved me.”
“…A girl? How old were you then?”
“I was about six years old… so that child was probably around the same age.”
“No way, such a young child saved another young child?!”
“Yes, my memory is hazy, perhaps due to trauma from the incident… Even if I can’t remember her appearance clearly, I’m certain that child possessed extraordinary power.”
Ruan, the protagonist (presumably) of the main story taking place in Animal Park.
And a girl who saved such a Ruan…
This, this… usually when someone has that kind of backstory, they’re 100% the female protagonist, right…?
I equipped the soul of a master detective once again.
When I first fell into this game world, I thought it was just a healing game where you raise animals with haha hoho. But it seems there are protagonists in this game world, and the main story is steadily progressing through those protagonists.
Then, what am I in this game world…?
I’m supposedly a player, but there’s no separate Quest for the main story progressing…
This is really puzzling…
“Come to think of it… there’s some resemblance too.”
“…To what?”
“Between that girl and Zoe. Especially the part about having powerful strength beyond human limits.”
Hmm, yes. It’s not like I haven’t thought about it.
Since I’m a player in this game, I naturally have a high possibility of being a main character and possess powerful abilities.
“Hey, if that girl had been me, I would have recognized Ruan the moment I met him.”
“Well, a lot of time has passed since then.”
“But I…”
I’m not really Zoe Blanc.
In the first place, I’m just a player in the game, and if such a past existed, wouldn’t the System have told me in the tutorial? Or when I met Ruan, some similar main quest would have appeared.
I soon shook my head and answered.
“Ah, anyway, that wasn’t me.”
“I suppose that’s right. Come to think of it, I searched the Northern Region thoroughly afterward to find that child, but I couldn’t find her at all. It was as if she had vanished from this world without a trace.”
Ruan’s eyes seemed somehow wistful as he murmured in a low voice.
…Could that girl possibly be Ruan’s first love?
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