CH 18

Your name is—

“You are too slow. Avoiding an attack of that magnitude is no big deal for me. Young lady!! Are you looking? I’m way stronger.”

She leisurely avoided the wolf’s claws and fangs while looking back at me. Where did the Blood Wolves go? They were annihilated by Aletheia and me. Somehow, I feel they were weaker than the goblins in our country.

“You will get hurt if you keep looking away.”

“This is much kinder than the knights’ training, you know? Whoops there, I anticipated it. But, you still have a way to go before you can win against me.”

The Silver Wolf who stopped its linear movements began to coordinate its claws and fangs attacks. But, it still couldn’t hit Aletheia. Their speeds are the same, I think? It’s just that Aletheia’s moves are so much more sophisticated. I wonder if the Silver Wolf counted on the fact that I wouldn’t be able to hit it.

“I can’t hit at all… how about I trust in Aletheia’s evading skills and burn them together?”

“Please don’t. You will burn my tail.”

“I didn’t say anything!!”

I was about to burn the world’s most valuable asset. It was avoiding me too much so I lost my cool. I need to calm down a little… n? I wonder why burning it was all I was thinking about? I can use more than fire magic.

“Aletheia, withdraw!! Waterball, Fireball!”

The fire and water spheres I created surrounded the Silver Wolf in two pairs. The Silver Wolf was not even alarmed. That’s because spells of this degree won’t even hurt it. However, I think that pride will lead to its death, though I won’t kill it. And then, the water and fire spheres did not clash into the Silver Wolf, but into each other.

A thunderous explosion resounded with the Silver Wolf at the center. I couldn’t tell what was happening because of the thunderous sound and a flash of light, but it seems that I have made a miscalculation with the power adjustments again. Because of that, I was currently flying through the air… oi! I’m going to fall!

“You know, you sometimes act without thinking, Young lady…”

Oh, goodbye my new life… as I was about to give up on my new journey of life, Aletheia caught me in a princess carry before I hit the ground!! I was saved, but I hate being held like this!! Put~ me~ down~

“Oops! Don’t struggle now.”

“Thank you… but put me down~”

My thought process is childish? I’m a child! For some unknown reason, I hate being carried by anyone except my Mother, even with Father I can only endure for a little, but even Aletheia cannot carry me like this!! Flap, flap.

“I will put you down so calm down please. Oopsy Daisy. Please use your magic with more thoughts behind it. I almost got burnt to a crisp. By the way, what’s up with this disastrous scene? What you have used was elementary level magic, right? Just how much magical power did you put in to make it so powerful?”

I’m glad that she put me down, but she said it as if I was heavy… I can’t complain since she saved me, though. But, this is certainly a disastrous scene. The knights were a little further away, and they had set up a barrier immediately, so they were uninjured, but the bandits collapsed from the shockwave and the place with the Silver Wolf in the center was still engulfed by smoke.

“Grruuuhh.”

Oi! How much endurance do you have to be still alive and kicking!! Wouldn’t you be a boss character in a game?

“What an obstinate dog. It won’t give up since it still has such energy.”

“It’s too tough. I don’t know if I can hit it next time.”

It’s just an unconventional move, and I don’t know if it would work a second time, even against a monster. And the Silver Wolf was looking at me now. It’s not just going to avoid my attacks like before, it’s going to treat me as a threat. But now we know. This fellow can’t cope with an unpredictable attack, can it? Then let’s try that one.

“Rabbit Pit x3… Synthesis: Rabbit’s Feelings & Protect.”

The Rabbit Pit is an enhancement of jumping power. I even combined it three times, and synthesized Rabbit’s Feelings which is the limit-breaking version of the Rabbit Pit. I have no other way of landing yet, so Protect is going to have to do some heavy lifting… as for what am I planning?

“Eat this, Rider-like kick!”

After jumping about 100 meters, I used wind magic to gain momentum and plummeted down. It was a height that would kill you if the Protect failed, but I’m very confident in my Protect, so I should be fine. In addition, I had asked the spirits of Earth and Fire to grant my shoes their attributes, which was a bonus. You could say that the kick was getting more Rider-like. It’s a little girl who can’t transform doing it, though.

“Young lady~~~”

“Gyaun!!”

Your name is—

The Silver Wolf did not avoid me as I fell with a force that could shatter my spine. I don’t know what monsters think, but I’m sure the people the Silver Wolf has fought in the past never did anything like this. I don’t want to do this a second time either. Not only that, but I did it on the spur of the moment, and it’s scary… It’s probably a useless magic that I won’t be using in the future.

“My shoe broke~”

“That’s only natural after falling down from such height… what do we do, the princess of our country is a tomboy… that’s one side of you I didn’t know.”

“Sniff… ugh…”

My shoes… my favorite shoes… I got carried away too much. I was fighting, and it got so interesting I got carried away. That is why my shoe broke. Only the left one.

“Wha—! Please calm down Young lady, I have plenty of spare shoes ready for you.”

“I want these… they are my favorite… sniff…”

I feel my tears coming out. I should have waited for in the carriage and not fought on the spur of the moment, as a princess should.

“Young lady. Just what should I… ah, right! Young lady, weren’t you planning on making that puppers over there into your pet? It’s not moving anymore.”

That’s right, the reason I fought was to make the Silver Wolf my pet. The shoes… it’s no use, it’s more important to turn the Silver Wolf into my pet. The Silver Wolf wasn’t moving from where it fell, is its spine broken? Well, I can heal it later with healing magic, so no need to worry about that!! It might be a monster, but it’s still a dog, and I just showed it my ability so that it recognizes my greatness as its master.

“Be my pet.”

“Grrrrrr.”

The Silver Wolf that hadn’t given up yet growled at me as if to reject me, but it wasn’t as intimidating as at the beginning, and it didn’t have the strength to even move its paws.

I raised my wand in front of the Silver Wolf. I mean, I’ve been told that it has an intimidating aura around it, and to be honest, it’s kind of creepy when the dragon ornaments occasionally move around. It’s cool in appearance, but it’s a seriously gross wand to use… how did it turn out like this!!

“Grrrrrr.”

—Roaaaar—

“Kyain!!”

“The wand roared!!”

What the hell was that? I wasn’t aware that my wand had this ability… is this a prank of Earth Spirit? Anyhow, it’s too scary. I have never heard it roar like this before.

“Please don’t throw your wand my way. I cannot bear it unlike His Majesty. Besides, that wand occasionally roars to vocalize while you are asleep, so it’s the usual.”

“Why didn’t you tell me? I did not add a scary function like that. Waa~ah.”

I thrust the wand before the Silver Wolf while crying. I mean, the Silver Wolf seemed to be afraid of it. I was crying so Aletheia returned with me to the carriage. I’ve had enough… I don’t want to live together with something this frightening…

“Young lady… are you going to touch my tail? Or would you like a cookie instead?”

“Sniff… I want both…”

No more, that wand… it’s too scary… let’s make a different one later… although, I don’t have those materials I used to make that one… let’s calm down first. Normally, I wouldn’t be able to fluff while eating snacks, after all.

In the end, I calmed down the next day… ehh, I’m a kid anyway!! I recovered after sleeping through the night. I fell asleep while crying. Anyhow, after I dressed myself and left the carriage, I found the Silver Wolf tied up. It was wrapped in rope all around with the wand left on the ground as it was. It appears that the Silver Wolf couldn’t resist because of the wand and its injuries.

“I thought it would have died.”

“It has terrifyingly high vitality. To think it wouldn’t die from those injuries.”

First, I will have those ropes untied. I’m sure the knights were drawing their swords around me as I untied the ropes, though the Silver Wolf has no intention of resisting.

“I will say it again, but be my pet.”

“……”

The Silver Wolf didn’t reply, it just looked at me. Then the wand roared again. I was so scared I wanted to throw it away. Let’s cling to Aletheia for now. After the wand roared, the Silver Wolf’s ears drooped and it lowered its head… I’m sure this meant OK, then finalizing a contract is next.

Making a contract means to create a connection between captured monsters or wildlife and the people, and once this is done, it will be safe to take it even into the town. The way to do this is simple, you just have to subdue the monster or animal and make it eat your magical power.

“This… eat this.”

When I released the magical power into my hand, it came out all at once, so I had to start over. It’s not easy for me to control magical power after all.

“Woof.”

The Silver Wolf ate the magical power that was floating on my palm. Then a crest appeared on its forehead, so I guess the contract was complete. All that’s left was to name it.

“Then, what do I do about your name…”