I’m The Brave Puppy That Will Save The Villainess - Chapter 1

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Episode 1

Chapter 1. Prologue: Dog Dies

“Coco, please say something…”

In the garden where we happily took walks every single day, Sister was crying.

I could feel Sister’s warm hand stroking my white fur.

I tried to tilt my head while looking at Sister like usual, but my body wouldn’t respond.

‘Why is my body like this?’

I should be wagging my tail against Sister like a cool dog.

I should be gently biting Sister’s fingers with a soft “woof.”

It was strange that I couldn’t move as coolly as usual.

‘This won’t do, I need to nuzzle Sister with my nose!’

That’s how Sister smiles.

I struggled with my body that seemed to have grown heavy lately.

Since Sister was sitting on a chair in the outdoor garden, I wanted to bring her the flowers she liked.

‘I have no strength in my body.’

Instead of picking flowers for her, I barely managed to lift my head slightly on Sister’s lap.

I saw purple eyes filled with tears.

“Coco. Hm? Why couldn’t you tell me you were in pain…”

Before I knew it, droplets were falling from Sister’s eyes, drip, drip.

I sniffed with my dried nose, taking in Sister’s scent.

‘It smells like sadness.’

Why is our Sister sad?

Whenever she was with me, I could only hear her happy heartbeat.

‘Does she hate me now that I’ve become weak? Does she dislike me because my fur is falling out and I’ve become ugly?’

As I pondered with my small head, Sister hugged me tightly and murmured softly.

“Coco.”

I felt that familiar warmth.

Born as a stray dog who had never once been held by a human, this was the first warmth of my dog life.

I burrowed a little deeper into Sister’s embrace and mumbled softly.

“…Woof.”

Sister stroked my fur earnestly and murmured.

“If you had been a person who could talk when you were sick, could we have lived together longer than 5 years?”

“…”

“If you hadn’t been good at all and were a bad dog. Would sending you away not feel regretful at all?”

A tear fell on my cheek with a plop.

I’m a stupid dog who can’t understand more than half of what Sister says.

But I could sense when Sister was sad faster than I could sense ghosts.

‘Sister shouldn’t be sad. She must be sad because of me. I need to comfort her.’

I barely managed to lift my front paw.

My left front paw, which I had been hiding because it had become unsightly from fur falling out in patches, touched Sister’s cheek and then dropped down with a soft thud.

Seeing my thin paw trembling in front of her, Sister’s lips drooped as she barely held back her tears.

“I love you.”

“….”

“Sister loves our Coco so much.”

Usually, whenever Sister said “I love you,” just like when she said “Coco, you’re so silly,” her embrace would smell full of love.

But this is strange.

Today I smell the salty scent of tears.

To comfort Sister, I tried to burrow into her embrace a little more energetically.

But my body wouldn’t listen to me and was gradually stiffening on its own, making it impossible.

“Coco, Coco… My baby. You can’t die. There’s still so much I want to do for you.”

I didn’t really know much about death.

But hearing Sister speak so sadly, it seemed like something very sad indeed.

As Sister’s face became hard to see and my vision gradually blurred, vivid afterimages flashed through my mind.

The memories started from when I was born on the streets.

When I was born, it was a somewhat, no, maybe quite difficult dog life.

I lived eating food called Military Rations at the War Camp Barracks, but there were many people who disliked me.

“Ugh, so annoying. Get rid of this mutt. It’s shedding fur everywhere.”

After the war ended, someone said they were going to eat me.

So I was locked in a very small room, just waiting to be eaten…

Luckily, late one night, I was able to escape through an open door crack with my friends!

“Did you hear? Some puppies escaped from the Breeding Facility.”

“Leave them. They’re probably dead by now anyway.”

I laughed excitedly as I secretly escaped through the people smoking cigars in the yard.

No way!

I escaped magnificently with other brave puppies.

‘That’s how I became a brave but scruffy stray dog.’

But I don’t think I was very happy when I lived as a street animal.

“Ugh, dog smell. Disgusting.”

There were many people who disliked me and spat at me or chased me away for no reason.

But those difficult and sad times are now forgotten.

Looking back now, I was a very, very happy puppy.

When I happened to reach Main Street filled with people.

When there were too many scents at the tip of my nose, and I had no idea where to go.

When the human world became frightening, and I stood there blankly, motionless on the street full of square-shaped carriages and scary horses.

I saw a very, very fancy carriage that stopped in front of me with a screeching sound.

That day, I will never forget the moment when my eyes met with my sister who stuck her face out the window.

“What’s the matter, Coachman.”

“Princess Chloe. There’s some stray dog in front of the carriage. I’ll clear it away immediately.”

“…A stray dog?”

“Woof!”

From Sister, who was gazing intently at my black eyes, came the scent of very deep loneliness.

Just like me, who had been alone for so long without anywhere to belong.

“…Bring it into the carriage.”

“Pardon? But it’s a wild dog, so it might be dangerous, Princess. If you need a pet dog, I could get you another purebred, cute puppy….”

“Bring it to me, right now.”

Named Chloe, my sister who I had for the first time.

Sister said my eyes were incredibly black bean eyes and found them adorable.

She asked why I was as small as a palm when I seemed quite old.

She also said I was white and pretty after washing all my dirty fur.

‘She even gave me a name. Coco.’

You know what.

When Sister first fell in love with her fiancé, I watched her write love letters beside her.

When she ate delicious food, I wagged my tail on Sister’s lap.

Then I got in trouble for coveting the food Sister was eating!

When Sister said she was depressed, I would gently rest my head against her arm and share my warmth….

‘We were together for so long that I saw flowers bloom anew five times.’

So what I want to say now is.

The one I love most in the world….

I’m glad I could say my final goodbye to my sister.

I struggled to raise my tail slightly and made a small woof sound.

It meant that I love my sister very, very much too—I wonder if she understood?

I don’t know if that sound reached Sister, who was endlessly stroking my body.

“My baby…. Please, I’m begging you. If there’s a next life, please be born as Sister’s daughter. Okay?”

With Sister’s last words, I died just like that.

Complete darkness finally came, and before me appeared not Sister, but a magnificent Rainbow Bridge.

* * *

Whoosh! I crossed the Rainbow Bridge and arrived at Dog Star!

This place is a paradise prepared for dogs.

There are many walking trails for dogs, lots of fun rides, and plenty of sweet potatoes that I wanted to eat but was forbidden because they’d make me fat.

But….

‘What’s the point of a nice place when Sister isn’t here.’

I scrunched up the white fur on my paws.

At Dog Star, I sometimes watched the Human World with my dog friends.

Whenever we did, our Sister was being spoken badly of by people.

People openly called her a ‘villainess,’ she was completely separated from her family and became isolated, and her fiancé continued to torment her in vicious ways.

But, but….

Our Sister didn’t respond to anything, like she was the most depressed person in the world.

She only did the bare minimum of work and just lay around all the time.

‘Sister is surrounded by dark energy!’

Originally, when I would gently pat her with my fluffy paws, light would suddenly appear.

Then I could see Sister’s face brighten up with happiness….

‘But now I can’t do that because I’m not by her side, so I’m worried about Sister.’

I also didn’t eat anything or do anything while thinking about Sister.

After living as the most depressed dog on Dog Star for nearly a year, the Dog God who oversees our Dog Star came to see me.

Retriever God with shining golden fur looked at me and said.

“Why aren’t you doing anything? Go for walks and eat some sweet potatoes like the other dogs.”

“I’ve made up my mind. I want to be reborn as a human!”

“What, a human?”

“Yes! Our Sister asked me to be born as her daughter in the next life!”

“That won’t work. That human you call your sister isn’t doing anything that would lead to having a baby.”

“What kind of actions lead to having a baby?”

I tilted my head so vigorously that my ears flapped around.

I was so excited at the thought of seeing Sister that I stopped my tail from wagging frantically and focused.

“I don’t know either. Anyway, being her daughter won’t work!”

I bared my impressive fangs and charged forward with a fierce “Woof!”

“No way! I have to go see our Sister! Our Sister will die without me!”

“Ugh. Dogs are all the same! I can reincarnate you as a human. But I don’t recommend it.”

“Why not?”

“Because you won’t be able to reveal that you’re Coco the dog until your sister feels toward you as a human.”

“Woof? We can just become close again!”

“And whether your sister recognizes you or not, you must return here after exactly 5 years.”

“Wooooow! I can live with Sister for 5 whole years?”

“If you live together as humans, it will be much harder to let go when you return than it is now. Are you okay with that?”

“That’s okay too!”

As long as I can make Sister very happy for 5 years and then return!

Dog God, who had been staring at me intently, soon changed the subject.

“Humans are different from dogs. Sometimes they do ugly and bad things without hesitation. Can you endure that?”

“I’m very, very bad too! I once secretly tore open snacks when my sister told me not to eat them, and I also tore up tissues even though my sister said not to touch them!”

He chuckled.

He must think I’m very, very bad!

“That’s exactly why dogs are too good. So, you who will become human will need good abilities.”

“Good abilities?”

“First, Animal Communication, and second, Future Sight.”

“Wooow….”

“And lastly…. Sister-Related Intelligence Boost.”

The moment his hand touched me.

My fluffy furry body glowed white and sparkled brilliantly.

“This is the complete blessing of a god.”

After the light that enveloped my entire body gently faded away.

Dog God patted my head enthusiastically, calling me a good dog, and my vision started spinning round and round.

Other dogs gathered around me in a bustling crowd, and they each said something to me.

“Please tell our big brother that we love him!”

“Can you tell our mom that we’re sorry we couldn’t stay by her side for long?”

“Tell our dad to shave diligently!”

Listening to the noisy farewell greetings from my dog friends, I nodded so enthusiastically that my ears flapped.

“Just trust me! I’ll definitely tell them!”

Equipped magnificently with the ‘ability to see the future,’ I go to meet her again.

My sister, whom I love most in the world!

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