I’m The Brave Puppy That Will Save The Villainess - Chapter 2

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Episode 2

Chapter 2. Crossing the Rainbow Bridge

I pressed down on the fluffy clouds with my tiny paws.

Right when I crossed the Rainbow Bridge with such difficulty that all my claws were worn down!

My fluffy dog body and soul separated.

“Even if she’s not your Sister’s daughter, I’ll make her with the body of a younger sister.”

Just like that, I simply blinked my eyes closed and opened them.

Finally, my soul slipped right into a child’s body.

“Wow! This is so amazing!”

I vigorously waved my hands that replaced my white tail.

When I did that, information about this body seeped into my mind.

A fresh, warm body that Dog God had just made.

Moreover, perhaps thanks to God’s blessing?

Humans would perceive me as having the backstory of ‘living with family in a Rural Village until age 5, then being adopted into Sister’s Family House.’

“My name is Coco, same as before. I’m 5 years old!”

Plump hands like well-risen Sweet Potato bread.

Short, stubby arms and legs like turnips.

Even round, white feet!

A very cool child with silver hair and purple eyes.

“Now I’m really Sister’s little sister!”

I bolted upright from where I had been lying quietly on the bed.

“I need to hurry and go see Sister!”

But here’s the thing.

As soon as I got up, my arms and legs started wobbling…

Thud, thump!

My tiny body fell to the floor with a thud.

“Huh…”

I had encountered my first obstacle.

“Using a human body is hard to get used to.”

Going from walking on four legs to walking on two legs was incredibly difficult.

It felt like my body had become a huge log!

But I’m Coco.

I will definitely succeed at this tremendous first step.

Because that’s the only way I can go meet Sister.

“I came to save Sister, so something like this is nothing…!”

I lifted one leg up with a determined grunt.

That way, I was barely able to stand up on two feet, albeit clumsily.

“Success!”

I magnificently crushed the first danger!

Just as I was making a proud expression.

Sister with brown hair wearing a maid’s outfit opened the door and came in.

“Young miss, I heard a noise so I came in. Are you alright?”

“Ah…! Yes! I’m fine!”

“Well then, shall we prepare to pack your things? You’ll need to leave the mansion soon…”

The meaning of leaving is…!

“Coco, walk!”

“Yes yes, I love walks!”

I nodded my head vigorously while recalling Sister’s voice.

Then the maid made a pitiful expression.

“It’s not a walk… You need to leave the Family House.”

“Huh…?”

I could see the paper in the maid’s hand.

[Eviction and Disownment Request]

“What kind of sheep is disownment sheep…?”

“Well… It means you’ll have to leave this mansion soon, young miss.”

I opened my round mouth wide like a dry sweet potato.

Five minutes after being happy about becoming Sister’s little sister.

I was about to be kicked out of this house.

* * *

Not long ago, an oracle came down to the Ardos Ducal House.

In short, it said 【Adopt a baby blessed by God. Through this baby’s Special Ability, the family will prosper.】

The family quickly found a child who met the oracle’s conditions.

A girl born of commoners.

Living in a Southern Coastal Village.

Five years old.

Most importantly, a child who showed sacred marks when a Sacred Relic was brought to her!

That child was none other than me, Coco!

But…

“They say that when you place a ‘Sacred Relic’ on the so-called 【Blessed Baby】, sacred marks will appear. When the Sacred Relic was placed on your body, young miss, sacred marks that are proof of receiving God’s blessing clearly appeared, so they brought you here and registered you in the family records, but…”

“…Wh, what?!”

“A month ago, the sacred mark suddenly disappeared… This kind of thing is unusual, so many priests came to visit, but it was just recently—don’t you remember?”

“Mmm…”

…Dog God, why is my setting like this!

It’s a thorny path!

The maid sister had a very pitying expression.

I only understood half of it, but I replied cheerfully.

“But, um, if we examine it now, it might be different, right? It could appear again!”

But she just shook her head back and forth.

“Duke Ardos has departed for the Northern Region. Even if we request a re-examination right away, it would be difficult to carry out.”

“Then do I have to leave now…?”

“Still, the sacred mark did appear briefly, and it’s such an unusual case.”

“…”

“The disownment is on hold for now. That’s fortunate, right?”

The maid sister recited the disownment procedures one by one.

First, Duke Ardos would check my special ability after his return.

Then the priests would come again to confirm whether the sacred mark was absent. After going through those procedures, if I wasn’t a blessed child, I would be disowned…

Although it was fortunate that I wouldn’t have to leave the mansion immediately, I became a little dejected.

After all, it meant I couldn’t become Sister’s ‘real little sister.’

‘But it’s okay! There are always many trials on the path to saving Sister.’

I returned to the human world to make Sister happy.

I just need to think about that.

“And lastly… Sister-Related Intelligence Boost.”

Since there doesn’t seem to be anything I can do about the disownment right now.

Let’s meet Sister first!

“Then, how can I meet Lady Chloe Ardos?”

“L, Lady Chloe? You want to meet a direct family member?”

“Yes!”

“Unless there’s something special, it would be difficult to meet the direct family members separately. Especially Lady Chloe. Even if you were adopted, it would probably be extremely difficult to meet her.”

Thud.

I felt like a stone had fallen on my head with a thunk.

The maid sister muttered as if feeling sorry.

“Ah! But there is an exception.”

“Gasp!”

“If you achieve great merit, it’s possible. Among our servants, there was a child who achieved great merit and had an audience with the direct family members.”

As soon as I heard the words ‘great merit,’ confidence surged rapidly.

I stuck out my chubby belly and said confidently.

“Achieving great merit is easy!”

“Yes? Young miss, what do you mean by that…?”

“It’s my specialty!”

Regardless of her response, I stretched my neck and looked around.

‘To set up the ball…’

Unfortunately, this place wasn’t suitable for setting up a ball.

‘Then, I just need to walk to a place where I can set up the ball!’

I took a clumsy yet grand step forward with a thud.

I will definitely meet Sister no matter what!

“Young miss, where are you going?”

“…Huh?”

“You should bark. Woof.”

…Plop.

My round, soft body was helplessly lifted up.

And so, I was forcibly put back to bed.

* * *

Method number one for setting up the ball.

Move by myself!

But the maid sister was always by my side.

I pretended to nap while snoring softly.

Fortunately, I was originally a body that slept 20 hours a day anyway.

So the maid sister was easily fooled.

Method number two for setting up the ball.

Sneak out of the annex around sunset.

‘Dogs are really good at moving stealthily!’

Sister used to praise me a lot, saying ‘Our Coco is the world’s best at causing mischief secretly.’

And I was able to sneak out easily.

Sadly, since I had already been determined to be ‘fake,’ there were hardly any people guarding me.

‘With these tiny, round paws, I can’t go far even after walking for more than 10 minutes, but…’

Still, fortunately there was progress.

“Found it!”

I stared intently at the door of the fancy barn.

‘From my experience walking with Sister, the grass in front of this barn is the best for setting up a ball!’

I’m glad this barn is nearby!

I opened the barn door with clumsy gestures.

A feed trough full of fodder.

And, far over there, the very thing I was looking for!

It was just when I was smiling with excitement.

A small noise leaked through the slightly opened door crack.

“Thunder is dying, this is a disaster. If Lord Ruth finds out, he’ll have a fit.”

He was the veterinarian I had seen before I died, Dot.

“Lady Chloe, you must let him go now. If you hold on any longer, Coco will be in too much pain…”

I shook my head back and forth to forget that voice that seemed like a hallucination.

Then I heard another veterinarian’s voice.

“To report on the current condition, Lord Thunder has no energy at all. He won’t eat anything either.”

Come to think of it, I could see a horse through the gap in the barn door.

It was a horse with a majestic black mane.

‘Is that one’s name Thunder?’

Looking again, Thunder seemed to have no strength.

Even with delicious carrots right in front of him, there was no light in his eyes.

“I’d like to at least observe what’s going on… but if we get close, he kicks the servants. Because of that, several servants have had all their ribs broken…”

Perhaps that’s why. Even now, everyone was staying far away from the horse.

The veterinarian sighed and held his forehead.

“We can’t even tie him up and observe him. Lord Ruth treasures Thunder so much.”

Lord Ruth? If it’s Ruth Ardos!

He’s our sister’s real older brother.

He’s incredibly prickly and wind whooshes from his hands.

Sister said he was scary, so don’t go near him even if I see him later, and showed me his portrait!

‘Just like our sister adores me, Ruth must have adored Thunder.’

Being sick is really hard. Poor thing…

But I didn’t have time to feel sorry for Thunder.

What’s important to me is achieving something to meet Sister.

I secretly hid in the blind spot outside the barn.

And I held my breath and waited until Dot and his friends left.

* * *

Finally alone inside the barn.

I carefully looked around and then tiptoed to the corner of the barn.

And finally.

“Ball!”

I found the old ball that I had hidden while playing with Sister before.

Since it’s still here after a whole year, it seems the servants don’t clean very well!

Anyway, it was incredibly fortunate for me.

“Hehe!”

Next to Thunder, who was lying there as quiet as a dead mouse.

I very carefully set up the ball.

“Is it, is it ready?”

Suppressing the urge to ask someone to throw the ball for me, I had been trying to balance the ball on the ground for 10 minutes.

The ball that had been rolling around suddenly stopped with a thud.

“I finally balanced the ball!”

I bounced my body up and down while smiling brightly.

“Now I can meet our Sister!”

But right at that moment.

Thunder, the horse that was nearby, let out a big yawn.

Then he muttered as if looking at some fool.

“You’re really stupid. Usually, balancing a ball doesn’t mean that.”

“Huh? Then what does it mean?”

As I looked at the horse and asked, the ball rolled across the floor with a rumble.

‘Another failure!’

I drooped my shoulders and picked up the ball again.

But Thunder stood up abruptly as if he couldn’t care less about my ball rolling around.

“Wh-wh-wh-what. Did you just answer me?”

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