87. Are You Cute?
In the far west of the continent, in the White Tiger Mountains, the highest on the earth.
Ian looked at the open ridge and started to tremble.
Exactly, looking at the eyes that were sleeping inside.
‘wrong… did you touch… ?’
Long, torn golden eyes. Those eyes swayed randomly as if they were the ones who woke him up and looked around.
Then in the end – Ian and the others make eye contact.
─… … .
A cold gaze, a gaze filled with doubt as to whether such a small bug really touched them, weighed on the party.
Humans feel threatened with life when they encounter wild beasts.
So, what would you do if you met a dinosaur?
When faced with cosmic fear?
What if I met God?
“AA AA AA… … .”
Korn trembled and covered my face. Uncontrolled momentum, a divine existence that does not belong to the bridle of the summoning system can terrify humans just by its existence.
But surprisingly, Noah was not so frightened.
Ian? He looked at Baekho with a dazed expression on his face.
—Oh, that’s a funny Ahaero.
A voice of unknown origin rings in their heads. A fear that can only be felt in cosmic horror strikes them.
However, nevertheless… Ian is okay.
‘I was scared for a moment.’
Humans feel fear at the roar of a tiger in the zoo cage and the graphic fragments on the computer screen.
This is because human beings are imagining beings, so they can be afraid of beings who will never come out of the screen and will not do any harm to them.
But at the same time, there are those who are never intimidated by the on-screen graphics and the beasts in their cages.
Ian was that kind.
‘What are you going to do?’
The overwhelming sense of superiority that he himself created another world and even enjoyed it. The sense of superiority engraved on his soul made it possible to regard even the white tiger that appeared in front of him as just a piece of data.
Rather, Ian was quite surprised to see Noah. You know that this world is a game, and you know that the reapers will have a crush on Noah, but… .
From her point of view, it was like a beast called God actually appeared in front of her eyes.
I was shocked right away, but I didn’t know what to say.
“Oh, hello!”
─Uh huh?
“Bar, nice to meet you! Academy cadets, Noah, my name is Noah!”
—Noah Noah?
“Oh, no! Noah! It’s Noah!”
However, Noah confidently spoke to Baekho. To his surprise, Baekho answered Noah with a mixed tone of voice, and Khorne, who was listening to it, was startled and fainted.
Leaving Khorne behind, Ian called for Baekho, who was talking with Noah.
“Baekho, are you right?”
─What if no?
“I believe.”
Of course, he said that, but he had no intention of believing that the person in front of him was not a white tiger.
Unless it is a transcendent being treated as a 5-star pet, it must have eyes so large that it can be seen even if it is buried in the mountains.
Fortunately, Baekho acknowledged him with a big smile.
-Believe it, yes. you don’t have to Just blindly, without self-will. Trust what we gave you.
Gugugugugu… … .
With that said, Baekho, who appeared while digging into the mountain, revealed its huge body and looked down at Ian and the others.
—Say it, human. the reason you came here.
“Baekho, before that… Look at this child.”
Seizing the opportunity, Ian immediately pushed Noah forward. Noah, who came to the front at once, looked at Ian and Baekho alternately with a questionable expression.
Ian, who held Noah in front of him, looked at Baekho and started praising her appearance.
“How are you? Isn’t it cute!? Just, I want to be this child’s pet, and I want to love this child!”
─… … Now that I see, he was a crazy guy.
However, if that was a human request – Baekho willingly began to observe Noah’s face. even came to a conclusion.
-It’s not very cute.
“… … No way.”
—Rather, from my point of view, I like you more. human.
“Yes? Who?”
-You mean it, you cheeky human.
Saying that, Baekho pointed at Ian with his long claws. Looking at the hideous claws pointing at himself, Ian looked at Baekho as if it was ridiculous.
“… … me? why?”
why do you like me
* * *
[Ian Clark] was a character with no importance to the extent that his name never appeared in the game.
hahaha, from the point of view of gamers who don’t even treat 5-star or less pets, Ian Clarke, who would have summoned a 1-star pet, is less than an extra.
It would have been a waste to exist as fragments of text in the data.
‘There… There would be no reason to like me.’
By default, the summoner is attracted to the summoner’s soul. In other words, a high-ranking summoner is a favored existence for the summoners.
If it was a game of luck that was only really selected by the gacha in the game, now that it is a reality, it is not a lie to choose a summons by talent.
In other words, right now, I have no reason to like my summoned creatures.
‘no way… Is that?’
However, even though I had no such talent, I summoned a large number of high-grade pets with the power of the system.
Perhaps it was because of that, the very premise of summoning high-ranking summons with talent was overturned, and I had a crush on me, who had a high-grade summons.
—That cheeky attitude, the courage that doesn’t get scared even when they see me, the vessel of my soul is already running low, even to the fact that it contains too many things.
Saying that, Baekho slowly approached me. Of course, it was so large that it was impossible to even feel it approaching.
Baekho, who came so close to his nose, stuck his nose to me and started sniffing. Every time he sniffed and sniffed, Baekho started to smile in an unknown way.
-Good.
“… what?”
—I must have asked you something. don’t listen
It was a little different from the original plan, but when he said that Baekho would grant his request, he bowed down and explained the current situation on the continent.
Demons have sneaked into the human realm. and dug a hole
Human power cannot prevent it or detect it.
So lend me your strength.
After hearing all these stories, Baekho nodded and offered his condition.
-You’re making a tough request. good night. don’t make it
“-thank you!”
—Instead, give your life.
“… Yes?”
To give your life out of nowhere, why are you doing this?
I was suddenly upset and opened my mouth with a frown.
“Then I won’t take it.”
─… … what?
“I risked my life for help, and I said I wouldn’t get it.”
“All, you! what is that… … !”
Korne, who was waking up and listening to our story, opened her mouth as if it was ridiculous. But I also had something to say.
There is no guarantee that those who ask for their lives in this way will properly grant their request.
it was everywhere
Second, there was also a reasonable reason that I did not have to sacrifice my life to save the world because I am not of this world.
If I risk my life, that’s my purpose. So, it was limited to cases where the main quest to catch the demon king could be cleared.
Baekho also muttered in a bewildered voice, as if he did not know that I would refuse.
─No, then… Give something precious, something precious. Then don’t listen!
“precious thing… ? Not now.”
─What was that child? Didn’t you push it in so proudly before?
“No, I think he might like it… Ah, here it is.”
I took a bite out of my pocket and took out the remaining rice balls. As an emergency food, I left it because it was too salty and tasteless.
Because I didn’t have anything other than this.
─The leftovers… rice balls?
“You either take this or you don’t.”
-Wait a minute, wait a minute… .
Baekho, who was staring at the rice balls, was in trouble for a while, and then heaved a sigh.
─… … I never thought it would be a guy like this.
“So, will you get it?”
—Give it up, you cheeky human.
Saying that, Baekho took a rice ball that was too small for my size. Then he got out of the mountain and got up.
As they say that hiding under the ridge is the tip of the iceberg, the white tiger that appeared was too large to be seen even from under the mountain range.
—Yeah, I told you to get rid of the bug cubs hiding under the ground.
Baekho raised his body and stepped forward. The moment the meat ball, which looks very soft, touches the ground, a pure white wave spreads out into the world as it is.
Just as the Yellow Dragon Artia laid a semi-permanent barrier in the Academy and Imperial Palace.
His classmate, the White Tiger, could also have a permanent and far-reaching impact.
─Ahhh… it became this turn it off
Baekho, who had been yawning, complaining of fatigue that he had used a little bit of energy, lay down on the ridge as it was.
Then the smashed mountains began to gather around the white tiger. Only then did I understand why the Baekho Mountains got such a name.
It was a blanket that covered the body of the white tiger, and it was a mountain range created by the leaking of some of his powers.
“Hey there!”
And then, Noah shouted at Baekho, who was about to fall asleep. Baekho opened his eyes very narrowly and looked at Noah.
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Making eye contact with Baekho, who was looking at him, Noah bowed deeply.
“Thank you for your help!!”
─… … .
Baekho, who was watching that, turned his eyes to look at me, and muttered lightly.
─… Yeah, that’s cute.
The next moment, the white tiger was buried in the mountain range.