I Got Possessed, But the Monster Beast Is Adorable - Chapter 7

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#7

“Kyuuu!”

Ruby nodded and pointed somewhere in response to my words.

That direction was where the terrifying forest lay, where I had suffered terribly yesterday.

“…The forest?”

“Kyu!”

Wait, Ruby is a smart demon hound who understands what I say.

“Ruby, can we get water if we go over there?”

“Woof woof!”

Ruby barked cheerfully as if answering my question.

Bingo! There must be a river or something over there.

“…You’re saying there’s water if we go there.”

Should I stay safe but face starvation, or take the risk and bet on hope?

Without hesitation, I chose the latter.

No. Honestly, I didn’t want to go, but human survival instinct was leading me toward the forest.

I hurriedly began preparing thoroughly.

‘If worst comes to worst, I have the potions I got from gacha and the healing handkerchief…’

Mentally reviewing the useful items I had, I gestured to Ruby.

“Ruby, let’s go!”

“Kyuuung!”

Chapter 2. The Forest Monsters Are Cute

“Hey you, what do you think you’re doing!”

“Kyu!”

As Ruby and I entered the edge of the forest, I witnessed an outrageous scene.

A cute baby squishy slime was being one-sidedly bullied by a giant monster!

“Hiiing…”

Squish!

The slime, reminiscent of pink pudding, was shedding tears pitifully under the pressure of the giant monster’s intimidation.

Though I was in a hurry to get going, I couldn’t just pass by after witnessing such a scene.

To ensure such thoughtless behavior never happens again, I, Kang Haneul—no, Zoe—will give some disciplinary education with the rod of love!

I immediately rushed out, pushed the slime behind me as if to hide it, then boldly stood in front of the giant monster.

“…”

Then the monster’s gaze shifted to me.

A massive body made of irregular stone chunks and eyes with red flashes flickering in deeply sunken eye sockets.

Tree roots tangled here and there on its hard, rough surface, along with blue-green moss.

This being, reminiscent of a majestic ancient statue that seemed to breathe and live, was undoubtedly a ‘Golem’ that appeared as frequently as slimes in games.

Ha, golem or whatever, you’re going down today.

“Hey, you coward! You shouldn’t bully beings weaker than yourself!”

I shouted at the golem, ready to deliver a lecture.

Then the golem blinked its red eyes and began slowly closing the distance toward me.

Wait, you’re getting too close.

Looking up at the golem from close range, it was well over 2 meters tall, quite intimidating.

Aaah, if you come any closer I’ll have to throw the first punch. The first strike wins.

Just as I was timing to strike the golem hard with the Aqua Mystica in my hand if it took one more step closer.

Something unexpected happened.

“Um, I’m sorry… But I wasn’t trying to harm it.”

“Wh-what?”

A monster that can talk! And even a polite 90-degree bow?

At this unexpected development, I shouted at the golem with wide eyes.

“You, you… You can talk?”

“Oh, you can understand what I’m saying? This is a first! The first time a human has understood my words!”

…Wait a minute.

It’s not that he’s talking, but that I can understand what he’s saying?

At that moment of confusion—

Ding!

A system window flashed before my eyes.

[【System】 Title ‘Demon Tamer’ holders can understand monster language.]

So I can understand monster language because I hold the Demon Tamer title?

“But I couldn’t understand Ruby’s words?”

[【System】 Young monster specimens cannot use language.]

“What? That’s how it works?”

Then monsters can’t understand either?

I looked at the golem’s face, which seemed somehow happy, and opened my lips.

“Um, excuse me, uh. Mr. Golem?”

Somehow, due to the golem’s overly polite behavior, formal speech slipped out without me realizing.

I guess I’m a Confucian girl after all.

For an experiment, I pointed at Ruby with my finger and said.

“How do this child’s words sound to you?”

“Kyu?”

Then Ruby tilted her head curiously.

“Huh? Uh, um…”

Then the golem lowered his head and pondered for a moment before raising his gaze.

“She goes ‘Kyu~’.”

“Pfft!”

I couldn’t help but let out a small laugh.

Why are you doing a Ruby impression when I didn’t even ask?

“Ah…”

Then the golem’s face area turned red.

Oh my, he must be embarrassed.

Maybe despite his appearance, he’s not a bad monster.

Having made that judgment, I finally relaxed and continued speaking while looking at the golem.

“Ahem, sorry. It was just so accurate. But Mr. Golem, you clearly don’t seem like a bad monster, so why were you bullying such a fragile slime?”

I said this while pointing at the slime that still had tears beading up.

“Th-that’s… this is my vegetable garden, and these herbs contain terrible poison…”

“…They contain poison, but they’re herbs?”

I was startled by the word poison and moved far away from those poisonous plants.

“Ah, this is a poisonous plant called Bergamot, but if you carefully remove only the poisonous parts and refine it, it becomes an herb! It’s very effective for fatigue recovery, so I’m cultivating it in large quantities. But since there are quite a few of these unrefined poisonous plants scattered around the vegetable garden, I was just approaching to give a warning in case it got hurt… I, I suppose… because I’m so big…”

“Ah, I see… I’m really sorry for misunderstanding. But wait, a vegetable garden?”

Come to think of it, I was too flustered earlier to look around, but behind the golem was a vegetable garden with various fresh vegetables, fragrant herbs, and unknown medicinal plants neatly planted.

“Wow, did you grow all of this, Mr. Golem?”

“Y-yes… I really like tending to vegetable gardens…”

“Then, could I take a look around the vegetable garden?”

“Ah, yes! Of c-course! Of course! Though it’s small and insignificant…”

I decided to take a closer look at the vegetable garden and walked inside.

The golem followed behind me with heavy footsteps.

‘…This is small and insignificant?’

The vegetable garden was even more amazing up close.

On one side of the vegetable garden, flowers in full bloom created undulating waves, and colorful petals sparkled in the warm, quality sunlight.

This place could easily be called an earthly paradise where forest fairies live.

“Mr. Golem, are you kidding me?”

After looking around the entire Vegetable Garden, I stared intently at the Golem and spoke.

“Huh, what? Did I make some kind of mistake…? Ah, I knew it. I’m so big, but I was standing too close. I’ll move away right now…!”

“No, this is such a wonderful vegetable garden! You must have put so much care into cultivating it like this. Amazing, Mr. Golem.”

Perhaps flustered by my praise, the Golem paused for a moment, then blushed and turned his head away shyly.

“Th, thank you… You’re the first person to ever say something like that to me.”

The Golem’s massive hand was carefully stroking a small flower in the garden.

There’s never been a bad person among those who love flowers.

The same goes for monsters! As expected, there are no bad monsters in the world. Three cheers for monsters!

“Kying!”

“Ah, I told you it’s dangerous. That’s also a poisonous plant!”

When the curious Pink Slime that had approached us tried to touch the poisonous plant again, the Golem moved closer to stop it.

‘I misunderstood for nothing, such a kind-hearted monster… I’m reflecting on myself. Prejudice is a bad thing.’

Crash-!

That’s when it happened. A tremendous roar that sounded like the entire ground was moving came from right near where we were standing.

“Wh, what is that sound?”

“Take cover, miss! Something is coming this way!”

Rumble rumble rumble!

The sound of something rapidly charging toward us mercilessly pounded our eardrums. I hurriedly picked up Ruby who was rolling around in the garden and tried to dodge, but that something reached us in an instant.

Squish! Wobble!

Squ, squish? That object was very large and soft and round… Yes, it looked just like a giant ball.

“Wh, what is that thing! A giant ball?”

The moment I widened my eyes to get a closer look, a terrible shriek could be heard.

“Kueoong!”

‘Ugh, so loud! What kind of commotion is this? What on earth is that thing? Wait, that’s…’

I was soon able to figure out the identity of that object.

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