I Got Possessed, But the Monster Beast Is Adorable - Chapter 55

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#55

 

These four families each excelled in one particular field…

 

Alcaneun represented mages, ‘Wizards’.

 

Windreake represented archers, ‘Archers’.

 

Nocturne represented assassination, ‘Shadows’.

 

Penrister became the family representing swords, ‘Sword Masters’.

 

After reading through this section without blinking even once, I let out a short exclamation of admiration.

 

I had thought this was just a hastily made trash game for events, but it truly had the solid worldbuilding worthy of a company whose previous RPG was a massive hit.

 

Only now did I understand why Ruan had been so suspicious when I said I was a tamer.

 

So it really was a hidden job after all…?

 

Well, it’s a perfect fit for me so I have no complaints…

 

To avoid unnecessary suspicion in the future, I desperately felt the need to speak more tactfully.

 

For example… saying I’m a mage because I can steal and use monsters’ magic, something like that.

 

[【System】 Congratulations! You have completed the ‘Books, Books, Books, Let’s Read Books’ Quest!]

 

-Reward: You have obtained the ‘Chalice of Life’.

 

-Your Luck stat increases. +10

 

I had gotten so absorbed in reading that I’d already finished this thick history book.

 

Hah… I’m finally free from illiteracy, being unable to read, and the monsters’ scorn!

 

I let out a sigh of relief and examined the quest completion window.

 

What’s this, Chalice of Life…?

 

The golden chalice emitting a brilliant light did feel holy and sacred as befitting its appearance, but aside from looking expensive, it was hard to guess its purpose.

 

I read the item description carefully with half-belief.

 

[Chalice of Life]

 

-Grade: S

 

The golden chalice, a sacred relic of the ancient guardians, is filled with sacred water of life. Those who drink this water can heal all wounds and diseases.

 

However, the chalice’s holy water can only be replenished with divine power.

 

…Wow, this was a completely overpowered item!

 

The Healing Handkerchief couldn’t treat internal injuries and had cooldown pressure making its use somewhat ambiguous, but this chalice was truly a sacred relic itself.

 

Of course, the part about the water in the chalice only being replenished with divine power was a bit concerning.

 

Usually RPG games have healers who use divine power, bishops, but this history book made no mention of divine power whatsoever.

 

While it did say temples were built throughout the continent, even those were recorded as being built to praise the divine beast dragons.

 

Moreover, Asellon who treated Sophia was also a ‘mage’ with healing abilities, so I thought this world only had ‘magic power’ without the concept of divine power…

 

I pondered with my right hand supporting my chin as my doubts deepened.

 

That wasn’t the only thing bothering me.

 

It was written that people here are born with magic power, but my magic power stat in this place had consistently been minimal.

 

Could there be some reason for this?

 

Or maybe this body was just born with a tiny amount of magic power.

 

While pondering, I decided to shine the front side of the magnifying glass on the history book.

 

The front side of the magnifying glass that explores truth.

 

Using this might allow me to discover truths I didn’t know about.

 

I hurriedly picked up the magnifying glass and shone its front side on the history book.

 

“Hmm… what, I can’t see anything…”

 

I turned the pages and shone it from various angles, but just as I was getting disappointed seeing nothing, it happened.

 

「The Berhame Continent was ruled under the authority of the great dragon, and its majesty is said to have reached the earth and sky.」

 

When I held the magnifying glass over this passage, hidden text began to appear clearly through the magnifying glass.

 

I opened my eyes wide and read out the text bit by bit.

 

“The Berhame Continent… was ruled under the authority of four divine beasts. Their power reached the earth and sky, affecting all life…?”

 

The overall content recorded in the history book repeatedly mentioned that the great dragon created the Berhame Continent and reigned over it.

 

As the being who founded and ruled the continent, the dragon was certainly a symbolic existence.

 

But through the front of the magnifying glass, it showed not dragons, but four divine beasts ruling this land.

 

If the item description about exploring truth was 100% accurate, then the content recorded in the empire’s history book was full of distorted history.

 

What’s going on here…

 

The history book and the magnifying glass.

 

Just as I was confused about which one to believe.

 

Suddenly a system window appeared.

 

[【System】 Hidden Quest occurred! ‘Forbidden Apocalypse’]

 

In this land shrouded by ancient prohibition, four truths that no one knows lie dormant.

 

Player, move to the habitats of the divine beasts, obtain the relics they left behind, and unlock the historical truths sealed by the prohibition.

 

-Obtain the ‘Compass of Fate’ from ‘Phantom’s Secret Shop’. [Quest Progress 0%]

 

Wh-what’s this. A Hidden Quest?

 

I stared intently at the quest window for a long time due to its incredibly complex content.

 

The fact that such a large-scale quest appeared as soon as I had doubts about the worldview was practically proof that the historical distortion was real.

 

History sealed by prohibition. Could this be the main quest of this game?

 

If so, I might be able to get rewards of a completely different dimension than before.

 

Like giving me SSS-grade items. Or giving me top-grade sacred relics.

 

But the reward content completely missed all my expectations.

 

-Reward: You will be able to live a happy animal life in this world forever.

 

-Upon failure: Forced return to Earth.

 

※Validity period: If minimum progress set every 6 months is not achieved, the quest will automatically be processed as failed.

 

…I could return to my original world?

 

I suddenly found myself at a crossroads.

 

I was worried about Lulu, who by now must have left Ecoland and was struggling to adapt in an unfamiliar environment, and since I had vaguely thought I could return someday if I completed all the game’s quests, I found the current situation very confusing.

 

Live in the game world, or return to reality.

 

It was as if I stood before these two paths.

 

Of course, thinking rationally, this place is fake, so I should deliberately fail the quest and return to reality…

 

But somehow I couldn’t easily make a decision.

 

Because the precious relationships I had met here passed through my mind one by one.

 

The people I met after entering the game world were never simple game characters.

 

They were beings who lived their own lives, thinking and choosing for themselves, constantly moving forward.

 

But all of that was just game setting values?

 

I muttered toward the air with a troubled expression.

 

“Excuse me, System Administrator… is this place really inside a game…?”

 

I hadn’t asked expecting an answer, but the system window responded.

 

[【System】 We are always operating with the player’s happiness as our top priority. (ง •̀•́ง‼ ]

 

It was a formulaic response that a game NPC might give, but strangely I felt warmth deep in my heart.

 

To the point where I even had the illusion that the system knew all about my current complex feelings.

 

“Pfft, why do you keep using cute emoticons that don’t suit you?”

 

When I giggled and responded, the system fired off emoticons in succession.

 

[【System】 (•̀ᴗ•́)♥ ]

 

[【System】 ◝ ˙ ꒳ ˙ )◜]

 

[【System】 ㅗ(︶︿︶)ㅗ ]

 

Hahaha, why are you sneakily giving me the finger?

 

Thanks to the system trading the deep emotion I felt momentarily for a middle finger, my rationality that had run away returned instantly.

 

Anyway, the validity period per quest is 6 months, so it wouldn’t be too late to think it over and decide within that time.

 

I have to live in the present rather than a future that hasn’t come yet.

 

Good, this is how Kang Haneul should be.

 

Once I reached a conclusion, my stuffy head felt much clearer.

 

Soon it would be time for Ruby to wake up from her afternoon nap, so I should feed her snacks and take a walk to cool my head.

 

I put the book I was holding back in its original place and headed to the living room.

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