Ch 23: Changes After Awakening
The sun rose and the moon set, I don’t know how many days have passed!
However, in this sewer where the sun never shines, time seems to be frozen!
Except for the river that still flows, the surrounding traces remain the same as before.
‘Master!’
Puyo!
Little Dumpling huddled beside Mos, rubbing against her body, then turned and bounced towards the entrance of the cave!
Passing the entrance, Little Dumpling stretched out a tentacle and drew a crooked scratch on the wall.
And on that wall, I don’t know how many scratches have been made, it looks densely packed!
‘Record! Record!’
Little Dumpling happily bounced a few times, then continued to bounce towards the entrance!
It stood at the entrance, like Mos, carefully and quietly observing the situation outside!
Invisible magic power emanated from its body, feeding back the situation at the entrance to Little Dumpling.
Little Dumpling sensed the same scene outside the cave as always, and happily shouted:
‘Safe!’
It didn’t know how many times it had done this, it seemed unusually skilled!
It bounced and hopped out the door, and after a while, Little Dumpling bounced and hopped back!
‘Master! Water!’
Little Dumpling approached Mos, extending a tentacle towards her mouth, slowly feeding Mos the water stored within its body.
Puyo!
After feeding the water, Little Dumpling swayed a few times, and bounced around on its own in the open space, playing.
The Flame Swamp Lizard, half-eaten by Mos, now only had a clean white skeleton and a large number of scale fragments piled beside it.
Little Dumpling crawled on the skeleton, as happy as if it were in an amusement park!
After playing alone for a long time, Little Dumpling once again approached Mos, affectionately rubbing against Mos who was still asleep.
‘Master…’
Little Dumpling called Mos softly, again placing Mos on its head to act as a mattress.
A large amount of invisible magic essence still echoed in the cave, flickering with tiny lights constantly circling and gathering around Mos.
Little Dumpling absorbed the magic essence in the air, and once again fell asleep with its master.
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【Congratulations, Awakener, your level has increased!】
【Name: ???】
【Profession: Warrior】
【Level: Bronze 6】
【Constitution: 6】
【Spirit: 6】
【Class Points: 4】
【……】
The prompt from the Law, like a bolt of lightning, pierced Mos’s mind!
Mos, who was standing on the snow mountain at this moment, suddenly came to her senses!
‘Uh, um… How long has it been? How long have I been asleep?’
A question flashed through Mos’s mind, the soul wandering in the infinite dream world quickly returned to reality!
Having regained consciousness, she slowly opened her eyes again!
“Back?”
Mos muttered to herself, looking at the dim surroundings, compared to the magnificent dream world, it was simply hell!
But it was this familiar scene that gave Mos a sense of reality that only reality could provide!
“I’m back, it really was a long dream…”
……………………
After sleep came awakening, Little Dumpling slowly woke up from its sleep!
Greeting, recording, feeding water, playing, absorbing magic essence, sleeping!
Day after day, a simple and repetitive life, Little Dumpling didn’t feel lonely or painful at all, instead, it enjoyed it.
However, just as it was about to perform the most important greeting ceremony of each day, it discovered that life seemed to have changed!
That familiar connection, which Little Dumpling cherished so much, became unusually active today!
‘Master?’
Little Dumpling’s cute voice echoed in Mos’s heart, causing her, who was sitting on Little Dumpling, to involuntarily curl her lips.
Mos reached out and gently touched Little Dumpling, and warm magic flowed into Little Dumpling’s body.
“I’m back, you’ve worked hard during this time… You did a great job!”
Little Dumpling felt the familiar yet somewhat strange touch, and an unprecedented emotion suddenly arose in its innocent heart!
Sadness? Happiness? I don’t know!
This was an emotion Little Dumpling had never felt before…
But one thing it knew was that it should now act spoiled towards Mos to vent the emotions in its heart!
Therefore, Little Dumpling kept shouting in its happiest voice ever:
‘Master!!! Master!!!’
Puyo! Puyo! Puyo!
Little Dumpling kept bouncing, bouncing Mos to the ground, rubbing against Mos at a speed that almost created sparks!
“Okay, okay…”
Mos laughed and cried as she rubbed Little Dumpling, then hugged Little Dumpling tightly.
She hugged Little Dumpling, feeling the excited emotions coming from Little Dumpling, and closed her eyes.
After a long time, Mos gently said to Little Dumpling:
“…Thank you, Little Dumpling.”
This incident was truly a critical moment, if it weren’t for Little Dumpling supplying her with a large amount of magic essence, it might really have been over.
Even Mos didn’t expect that Little Dumpling would make such a decisive decision in such a short time.
“Perhaps, only this simple desire to protect its master… can make such a nearly suicidal decision.”
Mos muttered softly, burying her head against Little Dumpling for the first time.
After this near-death experience, she finally accepted Little Dumpling from the bottom of her heart!
No longer as an ordinary pet, but as a companion and family who have experienced life and death together!
Mos’s feelings were also transmitted to Little Dumpling through their connection!
‘Master! Family!!!’
The still innocent Little Dumpling once again tasted an unprecedented emotion!
But this time, Little Dumpling knew the name of this emotion, it was the affection that could make each other sacrifice everything for the other!
Mos and Little Dumpling quietly nestled together, feeling each other’s presence, and the connection in their hearts seemed to have become even stronger.
【Talent: Slime Affinity→Slime Affinity Ⅰ】
Mos opened her eyes only when she heard the Golden Finger’s voice in her mind.
“Goodness…”
She smiled and rubbed Little Dumpling again, slowly standing up.
Her body, which hadn’t moved for a long time, even with the continuous maintenance of magic essence, still swayed as she stood.
Of course, there were some other reasons for this.
“Huh?”
Mo~
Mos let out a questioning cry, then surprisedly covered her mouth!
“My voice!”
Mo Mo Mo~
She hadn’t noticed it while interacting with Little Dumpling, but only now did Mos realize that her voice had changed!
But this wasn’t the main point, what really made Mos cry out in surprise was her body!
A hint of fiery red color faintly showed through her snow-white fur, and the slightly curled fur on her chest looked very fluffy and soft!
Mos was surprised and hurriedly examined her body!
The color of her fur had changed, and it had also grown much longer and become very thick!
Especially the fur on her head, the back of her neck, and her chest, even her tail had extremely thick white fur!
Mos wagged her tail, fluffy and soft, not at all like a rat!
And her body structure had also changed, her original cylindrical body had undergone a huge transformation!
The hunched spine of a rat was somehow straightened, and the lower limbs were lifted and became thinner and longer!
Her limbs had thickened considerably, not as thin as a rat’s, like bamboo poles. Except for the inability to retract her front claws, to be honest, they looked more like a feline’s paws.
And the five black-red sharp claws at the tips of her paws were thick and sharp, looking more powerful!
Under the fluffy fur was a streamlined body, making Mos feel that the range of motion and speed had been improved!
“Wh-what’s going on?!”
Mos touched the white fur on her head, holding the white hair hanging beside her face, and cried out in shock!
“Dream? Am I still dreaming?!?”
Mo Mo Mo Mo Mo~~~~~