I Got Possessed, But the Monster Beast Is Adorable - Chapter 58
—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————
#58
Autumn is the season of harvest.
According to Sophia, this world also holds an annual autumn festival to celebrate the harvest.
Adults and children alike gather in groups to share the harvested crops and celebrate abundance…
Known as Bellnoir’s ‘Westwind Festival’.
Due to its geographical location at the edge of the Northern Region, Bellnoir usually sees few outsiders, but during this time it bustles with people who come to enjoy the festival.
“What’s especially famous at the Westwind Festival is the Solaris wine. You can only taste it during this time.”
“Solaris wine?”
The golden grape ‘Solaris’ that can only be cultivated in Bellnoir.
Wine made by fermenting these Solaris grapes has a reputation for having a truly heavenly taste, and quite a few people visit Bellnoir just for a glass of this wine.
Tsk, I could drink that heavenly-tasting wine just fine…
But unfortunately, this body was at an age where it couldn’t legally consume alcohol.
Damn this 17-year-old body…! The original me is a proper adult! Should I secretly sneak a bottle from somewhere…
As I was clicking my tongue in disappointment, Sir Aivan continued speaking.
“That’s right, it’s so heavenly that even if one of two people drinking it died, the other wouldn’t notice. Thanks to that, crowds have already started gathering in the village square to enjoy the Westwind Festival.”
Ah, no wonder it felt so chaotic today.
I glanced out the arched window.
Children playing and running through the marketplace, merchants placing goods on stalls and loudly calling out to customers, and the noisy chatter of people watching them.
It was nothing short of noise pollution.
“…Ruby, are you okay?”
“Kyuu…”
Since my building was right in the middle of the square, Ruby’s sensitive hearing seemed to have made her quite agitated.
I gently stroked Ruby’s back as she curled up in my arms and kept burrowing into my poor armpit.
My armpit’s going to bleed, Ruby…
“Ruby looks tired… Oh, these are cookies I baked at home – can I give them to Ruby as a snack?”
Sophia handed me butter cookies she took out from a picnic basket.
“…Will you marry me, Sophia?”
“Y-yes?!”
Sophia’s face turned red at my sudden marriage proposal.
“Haah… Someone who gets to take away Sophia, who’s so considerate, good at cooking, and even cute, will truly be a blessed person. Right, Sir Aivan?”
“Eh, yes?! *cough*, o-of course.”
When I subtly nudged Sir Aivan’s back, his reddened face erupted in a series of coughs.
“Oh my, Zoe is really… Don’t make such jokes.”
“Oh dear, Miss. Whoever marries Sophia will need to be very tough, you know? Last time she threw a punch at me out of nowhere…”
“Shh, Fiona. Be quiet.”
As Fiona spoke sarcastically while watching Sophia twist her orange hair with her fingers, Sophia issued a quiet warning.
Oh, Sophia… so she does throw punches.
Must be muscles built from daily life?
“A-anyway. We’ll be keeping an eye on the village’s security, but please be especially careful during the festival period, Ladies.”
“Oh come on, they’re all people who came to enjoy the festival – what could happen?”
When I replied carelessly without any sense of crisis, Sir Aivan raised his index finger and spoke firmly, like scolding a thoughtless child.
“Now, now. You must never let your guard down, Lady. Suspicious individuals might take advantage of the crowds to infiltrate.”
“…Yes, I’ll be careful.”
Only after receiving a positive answer did Aivan relax his stern expression and begin moving the shop’s furniture one by one.
But Sir Aivan, do you know something?
When you say such clichéd lines, incidents happen right away.
“Oh, that looks heavy… Sir Aivan, let me help you!”
“It’s fine. I’m stroooong!”
“Ah, Sir Aivan! Are you okay?!”
Leaving behind Sir Aivan who had tripped miserably over his dress hem while moving a clothes rack, I made a meaningful expression as if possessed by a mystery novel protagonist…
And secretly smirked. Hehe.
Ah, how embarrassing.
* * *
“…See, I told you it was foreshadowing.”
I sighed while looking at the dark and gloomy alley.
The problem was going out alone for a walk after finishing organizing Som Boutique, the Somphara clothing store.
I had dragged my heavy body to buy meat for Ruby, who couldn’t regain her energy even after eating snacks…
But because it was market day, everywhere I went was sold out, so I wandered around and eventually got lost.
Damn, to think I’d fall for such an obvious cliché…
‘Lady, don’t even set foot in District 4 of the village. That place is overrun with homeless vagrants.’
I recalled Sir Aivan’s warning and slowly raised my head.
What came into view was the number ‘4’ clearly written on an old wall as if carved with stone.
The graffiti scrawled messily beside it upgraded the gloominess of this place even further.
Well, this felt like being perfectly played by the scenario.
And for good reason.
[<System> The ‘Phantom’s Secret Shop’ is open in District 4, west of Bellnoir. Player, please complete the Quest quickly! (•̀ᴗ•́)و ̑]
“…Ah, please stop with that annoying emoticon.”
Hey, remove that crappy emoticon.
I muttered with a gloomy face while looking at the system window.
I had forgotten about the Quest deadline and kept putting it off…
But in the end, I was forcibly invited to the hidden Quest.
Well, I could just not proceed and go back to District 1.
The more you’re told to do something, the less you want to do it.
Just as my inner contrarian nature kicked in and I was about to turn back, it happened.
“Kyaa, kyaaaah! Please save me!”
A death scream stopped me in my tracks.
What kind of trick of fate is this?
“Ugh, this is annoying. Really!”
Despite my complaints, I quickly ran toward the source of the sound.
Because it was the scream of a young girl, which didn’t fit this gloomy back alley.
My pink hair fluttering as I arrived at the source of the sound, and sure enough.
In the middle of District 4’s street, I saw a small girl and a man roughly grabbing her hair.
When I widened my eyes to assess the situation, I could see a sharp dagger in the hands of the large, bearded old man.
I immediately ran toward the man at full speed.
The sky-blue mini dress that André Som had given me fluttered lightly against the wind resistance.
“Listen to me while I’m being nice… Huh? What’s that?”
“Abyss Spin!”
I stretched out my hand and fired Arachnesia’s spider web.
Then sturdy, tough silver spider webs instantly began covering and binding the man’s body.
The sharp dagger fell from the man’s hand with a clang, and his entire body was wrapped in silver spider webs, reborn as a giant cocoon.
Being a kind neighbor, I hurried over to check on the girl’s safety.
The bob-haired girl was trembling with a pale face, seemingly terrified.
“Mmph, mmph!!”
I hit the head of the man who was struggling inside the cocoon, apparently suffocating.
Then silence came with a short scream of “Urgh!”
“…Don’t worry, it’s okay now.”
I bent my knees to match her eye level and hugged the small girl tightly.
Just as the child’s trembling began to subside.
“I think I heard a loud noise around here… Hey Dan, are you there?”
As soon as that voice was heard, the child’s body flinched greatly.
“No… I don’t want to… I don’t want to go back… P-please help me…”
The child grabbed my arm with trembling hands and pleaded.
Desperately, as if I were their last lifeline.
At that earnest plea for salvation, I immediately scooped the child into my arms and turned to run.
Thud, thak!
Heavy footsteps began following behind me.
“They took the child… catch them…!”
—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
