CH 45

As Mark and I are walking back to the house, we see several figures coming from the gate of the house and going inside.

The silhouettes are large, so it doesn’t seem to be Monaka and his friends.

I jump off Mark’s shoulder as a precaution.

“Wait here for a minute. I’m going to check on them,” I tell Mark, and quietly approach the house.

I peek out from behind the gate and see that there were four men hanging out in front of the house.

“Oooh, you trash, come on out!”

“How dare you do this to me last time!”

“I’m going to repay you in abundance today!”

Three of the men has colorful mohawks, so I recognise who them immediately.

“What, three hoodlums?”

I call out to them. The three of them turn around at the same time.”Ohhh”

They are wearing something that looked like a neck brace, probably the aftereffects of a fall from a tree the other day.

In spite of their painful appearance, they seem to be as vigorous as ever as they come out of the gate and bounce vulgarly.

“Gyaha! It’s not too late for you to have such a big attitude!”

“After all, we brought our brother Boodles with us today!

“We’ve got our brother here today!”

“Poodle?

A large man with a face like a dog, who has been waiting behind them, steps forward.

He is twice as tall as me, and a good match for my former classmate Monsoon.

He is dressed in the style of a barbarian bandit, but unlike the three boar-furred brothers, he is wearing bear fur over his head.

In his hand is a bear claw that resembles a bear’s paw.

The three hoodlums go “Hyah!” 

“Gahhh!　This guy is totally intimidated by my brother!”

“Of course he is, after all, Boodles’ brother is known and feared as ‘Boo the Bear Killer’!”

“He’s torn many bears to pieces with this Bearclaw!”

“Even the Master of this forest runs away when they see him…”

Then Mr. Bu opens his mouth full of confidence.

“I’m in need of a new fur coat, ……. I’m trying to get rid of the Master of the forest. ……. That bastard runs away when he hears the sound of this thing. ……”

Bo-san says with a smile while playing with his bear claw.

“So, can I skin you instead ……?”

He asks casually.

“But that Bearclaw isn’t your initial equipment, is it? So you bought it at the store, right? For someone who pretends to be an outlaw, buying a weapon from a store is something……”

I couldn’t help but laugh, because it is kind of funny to imagine that scene.

A blue streak immediately appears on their foreheads.

“Screw you, you’re dead!” They attack me in the same pattern as before.

But even though I didn’t do anything, they fell backwards with a scream.

“Aaaaahhhhhh!”

Then they turn pale and run away, quickly climbing a tree.

I wonder what is going on, but before I know it, Mark is standing behind me.

The goons shout with strange expressions of tears and laughter.

“Hyah!　Look at the face of that piece of trash!”

“Here, the bear, the master of the forest, is all finished!”

“Oh, I’m sure my brother can handle a bear like that!”

“Of course, of course!　But it would be boring if I just took action! So  let’s watch from here …… as that trash bastard gets beaten up!”

I say to Mark with my hands in my coat pockets.

“Hey, Mark, they’re trying to fuck you up. Why don’t you take them on?”

Mark then shouts, “WOOHOOOOO!”

Mark is over three meters tall, so he can reach the top of the tree.

Just a light touch with his paw sends the hoodlums into a panic.

“Hee ……!　Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!”

“Damn ……, don’t come, don’t come, don’t come!　Don’t come!”

“Don’t …… help me, help me, help me!　Help me! Help me! Help me!”

“I don’t want to die!　I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die, I don’t want to die!”

They finally start crying unabashedly.

Thinking that they would learn their lesson if I threaten them enough, I order them to “Drop it, Mark.”

Mark clings to the tree, shakes the goons off like chestnuts.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

They are slammed to the ground with a sound like bones breaking.

Still they try to escape, but their legs and feet are too weak to do so.

I’m not sure what to do. What the heck is that?

He’s taming the bear known as the “Nushi” of this forest. ……?

“What the hell is …… that?”

“You tamed the master of the forest!?”

“That’s awesome. ……! I’ve always wanted a bear. ……!”

But now ……!”

“””Run !　Run! Run! Run! Run!”””

With their legs bent in strange directions, the hoodlums crawl away looking like they have a normal body.

I sigh, “Good grief.”

“At this rate, there’s going to be more of them attacking this house. ……

Mark, would you mind keeping watch while I’m gone?”

Mark replies cheerfully, “Guon!”

“All right, then, let’s make a home for you. Your body is too big to fit in the current house. I remember that bears dig holes in the ground for their dens.”

I take out the “forest stone shovel” I have made earlier from my coat pocket.

I set my sights on the open space in front of the gate of my house and thrust the shovel into the ground.

However, I don’t have the skill to dig holes yet, so it doesn’t go very well.

Instead, Mark dug it up with his paws.

“Oh, bears are good at digging holes, aren’t they? “

While I am admiring the hole, I make a roof in front of it using the wood of Gisu.

“If you make it like this, the hole won’t collapse as easily.”

As I say “I see…”. Mark squeals back. “Kuon!”.

“Then we covered the roof with dirt and to ……. I’ll put your name on the roof, too.”

I scrape the surface of a piece of wood I have left over and make a name plate that said “Mark’s House”.

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Gisu’s den (Mark’s house)

Quantity 1

Quality Level 28 (Material Level 12 + Dexterity Bonus 3 + Profession Bonus 13)

A den for bears, reinforced with gypsum wood.

These dens are made of Gisu wood, which provides excellent heat retention, ventilation, and resistance to collapse.

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Mark says , “Kuon Kuon!　Kuon Kuon!” and is so happy that he raises his paws.

He immediately goes deep into the den to test its comfort.

When I peek in a little, I find him happily rolling around and smelling the place.

Suddenly, a voice called out to me from behind.

“Hello, Leo-kun.”

“Oh, Monaka?”

As soon as I turn around,

…… Dokyuuuun!

For some reason, Monaka stiffen, looking as if she has been pierced through the heart.

“What’s wrong?” I ask.

“I’m sorry, ……!　Wait, wait, wait, wait, excuse me, ……!”

Monaka takes a few steps backwards and then, leaving behind only a flowery scent, jumps into the shade of a nearby tree.

The bottom of the robe that you can see glimpses of is shaking.

I’m not sure what’s going on here. ……

I feel a little uneasy about Monaka’s reaction, which I have never seen before.

She is mumbling something, and I know I shouldn’t, but I activate my Dexterous Body skill.

I increase the parameters of my five senses, raised my hearing and tried to listen.

“…… Why is that?　Leo looks even cooler and cooler. ……!”

Leo-kun is always very cool, but today he is even cooler. ……!”

The girls in my class said that a cool boy is called a “handsome man. ……!”

He’s handsome: ……!　You’re too handsome, Leo. ……!”

I can’t look at Leo’s face properly anymore: ……!”

What should I do, what should I do ……?”

If this continues, I’m going to go crazy. ……!”

This is the first time in my life that I’ve been called handsome.

I suddenly think to myself,.

“Maybe it’s because I have a higher parameter of “charm” ……?”