I Got Possessed, But the Monster Beast Is Adorable - Chapter 82

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#82

I could die right now without any regrets.

“Sister, please pet my belly too.”

“Where, h-here?”

“That’s right, there! It feels so good♡”

“Airi, are you seriously never going to leave Master alone?!”

Poof!

Seeing me hugging Ari tightly while nuzzling her, Leon felt a sense of crisis and hurriedly transformed into Golden Tiger.

So there I was with Ari on my left, Leon on my right, and even Ruby, who had been watching jealously, snuggled in my arms…

“Haha… Avalon really is such a happy place.”

I wore a blissful expression as I savored this happiness to the fullest.

“Right? Sister Zoe, if you marry me, you can live here.”

“Are you crazy? Master already promised her future to me.”

“What are you talking about, you crazy brother? Aren’t you the only one who thinks that?”

“Master told me to live with her. You little brat. And you, fix that habit of clinging to anyone you like at first sight.”

I just smiled as I watched the tiger siblings bicker.

“So this stupid and arrogant brother and the beastmen were saved by Sister Zoe… Thank you so much. Though you probably didn’t need to save my brother.”

“Ahaha… Not at all, I’m just glad I could save the imprisoned beastmen.”

Ari said she had received a report from the Winnie and Bini sisters who had returned to the Beastman Kingdom earlier.

From her grateful words, I also learned that all the imprisoned beastmen had received treatment in the kingdom and had safely returned to their daily lives.

‘Thank you, System.’

I once again expressed my gratitude to the System that had led me to the Secret Society of Phantoms.

“Pathetic brother. You couldn’t handle those barbaric humans?”

“What was I supposed to do when they said they’d kill all the imprisoned beastmen if we didn’t obey them?”

“Then you should have bitten them to death! You toothless tiger!”

“Hey, you’re slower at running than me, so don’t act tough.”

I guess siblings not getting along is an unchanging law of nature.

Real siblings, something like that.

“High-ranking nobles were involved, so Leon probably had no other choice. He was dragged to the arena and even lost his leg.”

Though I was responding with a seemingly gentle expression, I decided to defend Leon a bit as I watched his eyes gradually sink deeper.

“Brother, you lost your leg? Let me see! What, it’s perfectly fine.”

“…Master healed it for me.”

“Sister Zoe… Thank you so much. Losing a leg is truly terrible for a tiger.”

Still, family is family after all – Ari bowed her head and expressed sincere gratitude to me.

Catching Ari’s pupils trembling violently when the leg topic came up, I smiled at her.

“More importantly, Leon. What did you do to sweet Ari to get your hair pulled out?”

When I spoke to lighten the gloomy atmosphere, Ari growled and answered.

“This crazy brother ran away on his engagement day. And it was an engagement to my dearest friend, no less.”

Leon’s reputation plummeted to rock bottom in my mind.

I mean, he seemed like quite a free spirit, but to this extent…

“Wow- that’s really the worst. In other words, hopeless. Kyuu.”

“Ruby, was it? I… kind of like you?”

Pleased with Ruby’s savage criticism of Leon, Ari licked Ruby with her tongue.

“Ugh, it stings so don’t lick me! Kyu!”

Cute thing + cute thing = super cute thing.

Smiling at the two, I composed my expression and stared coldly at Leon with icy eyes.

“Ah… no, Master, that’s… I mean, I said I wouldn’t do it. I absolutely hate being tied down to someone. Of course, except for you, Master.”

“You crazy… Do you think a royal engagement is child’s play that can be canceled just because you don’t like it?! Do you have any awareness as the 2nd Prince at all?!”

Since royal engagements are more about political alliances than love, I could understand Leon’s attitude to some extent.

Still… just running away isn’t courteous to your fiancée.

“Leon, you were wrong. Apologize sincerely to your fiancée.”

“M-Master. No, listen to me…”

“That’s right! You damn tiger! Because someone spectacularly ruined the engagement ceremony, my most precious friend Rosalyn was deeply hurt, you know? Since we’re talking about it, let’s go to Rosalyn. Don’t think about running away, follow me!”

“Let go, don’t bite my butt! M-Master!”

“Yes, hurry back. I’ll be here doing some sightseeing.”

Ignoring Leon’s desperate SOS look toward me, I answered firmly.

Shocked by my reaction, Ari dragged him away.

“Sister, wait just a moment! I’ll take this damn brother to Rosalyn and be right back!”

“Yes, make him prostrate and beg properly~”

“Don’t abandon me, Master…”

I casually waved at Leon, whose eyes looked as desperate as if he were being dragged to a slaughterhouse.

After Leon and Ari disappeared, I looked around and thought.

Sigh… This really can’t be helped.

I was trying to solve the Quest quickly, but Leon who was supposed to guide me to the Royal Palace got dragged away for his crimes.

So what can I do.

I’ll have to postpone what I need to do and execute the plan to go see pandas.

“Ruby, let’s go!”

“Kyuuu, where are we going?!”

“Hmm, to where the pandas are?”

With an expectant face, I headed toward the Panda Forest that Noel had told me about.

* * *

-Lulu’s Diary-

Hello! I’m Lulu the giant panda.

A few days ago, I moved to a new home instead of my original one.

On my first day here, I was so scared that I rolled around on the ground all day.

But fortunately, everyone here treats me kindly.

Before, there were people who would hit me and bully me.

But I’m so sad right now…

Because Sky sister, who always looked at me warmly, hasn’t appeared for several days.

Why won’t Sky sister come to see me?

Is it because I ate too many carrots?

Or… will I never be able to see Sky sister again?

Then what should I do…?

I miss Sky sister so much…

* * *

“Don’t steal my bamboo shoots, waaah!”

“Don’t be stingy, share some!”

“Hey, you better watch your back!”

Ah… Is this heaven?

I smiled happily in the middle of the bamboo forest full of pandas.

“How is it, aren’t the pandas really cute?”

The man speaking to me in a folksy tone was a panda beastman who managed this place, the Panda Forest.

I nodded while looking at the man who had half black and half white hair like a panda.

“Yes, they’re so adorable… You said the pandas here are protected in the forest until they become adults?”

“That’s right. Pandas have a hard time surviving in the wild, you see. So I, as a panda beastman, take care of these lovely baby pandas.”

Here too, pandas had difficulty with species reproduction, so baby pandas were protected in the Panda Forest until they grew into proper adult pandas.

“Wow… That’s amazing.”

Oh, the bamboo condition is incredibly good too? This quality is top-grade…

I exclaimed in admiration while watching the panda beastman diligently planting bamboo.

I really made the right choice coming to the Beastman Kingdom…

I quietly watched the baby pandas.

A panda sleeping peacefully high up in a tall tree.

A panda rolling around on a pile of autumn leaves.

Pandas all gathered together harmoniously, munching on bamboo shoots…

All the pandas in this place had happy expressions on their faces.

Looking at these incredibly peaceful pandas, I was paradoxically overcome with melancholy.

Unable to contain the wave of sadness that crashed over me, I collapsed to the ground and burst into tears.

“Kyuu-? Zoe, why are you crying…?”

“…I miss Lulu so much.”

I pulled Ruby, who was flustered and didn’t know what to do about my sudden tears, tightly into my arms.

Lulu, are you doing well right now?

My family, my friend, my precious Lulu who I wouldn’t trade for anything in the world.

In the original world, Lulu was everything to me, Kang Haneul.

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