Chapter 36 - Lube (1)

Cha Junshik and Alpheus left the dog daycare and walked back to Junshik's apartment. Alpheus seemed in high spirits and generally looked happy after going to that dog daycare, which was great. That meant Junshik could leave Alpheus in the dog daycare while he was out to the gym or teaching at the university. 

"You had fun today?" Junshik asked.

"Arf! Arf!" Alpheus wagged his tail happily. Of course, he was happy since he had conquered land in this world. That meant this would be the kickstart of his kingdom conquer!

Just like what his ancestors did, conquer the world and plunder everything in the name of Eclipse Kingdom. There was no more war and conquest in his late king's father's era, mostly because his father didn't like war. 

Cha Junshik smiled thin. He wouldn't lie that he felt relieved when he saw Alpheus seemed to be adapting easily. 

They stopped at the mini-market near Junshik's apartment, and Junshik bought a few bottles of lube for a stock because he wanted to do a stream today. He still had to earn enough money to pay his bills, and now that he had another mouth to feed, he had to jack off harder in the stream, hehe. 

Alpheus was worried about three bottles that Sir Junshik Hyung had bought. Thus, right after Cha Junshik unlocked the apartment door, Alpheus jumped out from Junshik's hand and asked, "Sir! May I know what did you just buy?"

"Huh?" Cha Junshik took the bottle of lube from the bag and showed it to Alpheus. "You mean this? It's called lube."

"Arf! Yes, Sir!" Alpheus never liked bright colors because anything that was bright colored in the forest was dangerous, and Sir Junshik Hyung's bottle was bright blue. 

"Sir! If the color is too bright, it is dangerous for you!" Alpheus warned. 

"Why?"

"Because in the forest, anything that is bright can kill you!" Alpheus tried to warn Sir Junshik Hyung about it. 

"Ah…" Cha Junshik realized what Alpheus meant by that. Alpheus told him that he lived in a forest most of his life, so he must've related the blue-colored lube to some poisonous plants and animals.

Cha Junshik didn't want to debate Alpheus, who was obviously oblivious about this kind of thing. But his mischievous mind had something else for him.

"Please throw it out, Sir! I don't want anything bad to happen to you!" Alpheus urged. 

"This is not dangerous because I have imbued my magic protection in it. So you wouldn't get hurt after using this bottle," Junshik said. 

Alpheus was still worried about the bottle. He knew that Sir Junshik Hyung was a high-ranked mage that could do the impossible, but there would always be a chance of the magic incantation failing, right?

Cha Junshik realized the worry in the black Pomeranian's eyes, so he said, "Do you want to know what is the use of a lube?"

"W—Would it hurt me, Sir? I don't have any magical property like you. I'm not immune to poison…."

"Don't worry, you have me by your side. If something happened, I could just use my magic to heal you," Junshik said.

Alpheus looked up to the mighty Sir Junshik Hyung, and he wouldn't lie that Sir Junshik Hyung was really charismatic. Alpheus' instinctively obeyed and trusted him.

"Urf… okay… Alphie wants to try, Sir…." Alpheus lowered his Pomeranian head as a sign of subservient. 

"Then I will demonstrate to you the magic use of lube after you've turned back into a human. Let's have dinner first now," Cha Junshik chuckled and went to the kitchen. He started taking out a few ingredients from the fridge to cook for dinner. 

Alpheus followed behind and jumped to the chair, then the dining table, and hup!

He sat comfortably on the window sill, watching Sir Junshik Hyung washing the vegetables and meat.

He still didn't understand how Sir Junshik Hyung could hold many poisonous things without worry. The kitchen had many bright things, from a knife with a green handle, a bright red spatula, and many tools Alpheus wasn't familiar with. 

Even Alpheus had to be careful touching so many colorful things around Sir Junshik Hyung's kitchen.

'Sir Junshik Hyung is truly a powerful man. He can stand poison, create his own magic incantation, and casually teach many students with his magical device. I am lucky to land in his domain….' Alpheus thought while watching Sir Junshik Hyung cook. 'And he can cook too! My mom always said that a mate who can cook would make you happy every day! I bet whoever becomes the mate of Sir Junshik Hyung would be blessed with joyful life!'

Cha Junshik glanced at Alpheus, whose dog expression turned from solemn to excited in a few seconds. He got curious and asked, "What's on your mind?"

"Eh? Um… nothing, Sir!" 

"Hmmm…." Cha Junshik didn't like how Alpheus was trying to hide something. But he wasn't a pushy person because Alpheus might be thinking about his original world. 

"How's your day in the dog daycare? I really thought that you'd be bullied since you're so small compared to regular dogs there."

Alpheus puffed up his chest proudly, "Of course, Alphie can handle a few dogs, Sir! I may be small in my dog form, but I still have a least 10% of my strength as a human and 1% of my strength with my true form!"

"Oh? Did you play along with the dogs or…"

"No, Sir! I conquered them! I beat the leader called Boss Husky and became the new leader! I already set up my domain there, and it will be the start of my own kingdom, Sir!" 

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"Also, I have set up the hierarchical system, Sir! They need to obey with my order as their new prince, or else they will be put to the guillotine, Sir!" 

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"Sir, I have been planning to conquer more lands!"

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Cha Junshik put down the knife carefully and sighed.

"Alpheus…"

"Yes, Sir!"

"Did you just go full-on French Revolution to the other dogs in that daycare?"