Episode 186 Festival Day 4 (1)
-Around 7 a.m., inside Kim Baram’s room.
-Pokak-
“…uh.”
My balls are cracked.
Oh, of course not on my side, but on the spirit’s side… … .
At that time.
[Kishyaat! Neonom! If you call me that one more time, I’ll kill you!]
“…hmm?”
In my ear… no, directly in my head, someone’s angry voice rang out.
-Duribunduribun-
Immediately after that, I unconsciously and reflexively looked around the room to find the person who had spoken to me… .
-Stop-
‘Oh, no way… .’
Then, just in case, he lowered his gaze back to the cracked egg of the spirit creature.
-Swoosh-
Then, he was afraid to lower his gaze.
[You’re just realizing it now. You dullard.]
With the voice echoing in my head again.
I was able to find it right away.
With a piece of broken, bright red eggshell on top of his head.
A black creature was glaring at me with a dull gaze emanating from its red eyes.
‘…bat?’
[This body is not that kind of inferior creature.]
‘What the…, can you read my thoughts?’
[Oh, of course. You could say it’s a great ability of this body.]
Oh, I guess that’s because he’s a spirit.
This bat guy seems to be able to understand my thoughts as a contractor without me having to say them out loud… .
[I told you that we weren’t such a lowly race!]
When I casually called him a bat, he got upset and…
‘…cute.’
I looked down at the guy, who looked quite cute, and thought for a moment about whether I could touch him.
[… Hehe, it’s no use trying to roast me with praise. Well, I’ll personally allow you to touch me.]
‘Are you embarrassed? This is cute too.’
Anyway, no matter how I looked at it, it looked like a bat to my eyes.
The guy insisted that he wasn’t, so I immediately opened my mouth and asked him about his identity.
“Then what are you?”
Then, the guy’s confident answer is heard right away.
[I don’t know. Anyway, it’s not a bat. Don’t treat me like those guys.]
“… Oh, I see.”
‘It’s a bat after all… .’
[Kishyat! I said no!]
“Oh, sorry, sorry.”
‘Reading minds… It’s nice that you don’t have to say anything, but it might be a little uncomfortable… .’
[Huh, this body and you are connected, so there’s nothing you can do. But don’t worry too much, you won’t be able to hear it unless you have a strong will.]
“Strong determination…?”
[This means that unless you talk to this body or talk to this body, it is hard to hear.]
“Oh, I see.”
After hearing the guy’s explanation, I immediately thought of something unrelated to the guy to try out.
‘I’m hungry, what’s going to happen this morning… .’
Then it really was as the guy said.
-Mumble, mumble-
As if he couldn’t hear my thoughts, instead of responding, he crawled out of the shell on all fours… .
-Swish!-
“ouch….”
Suddenly, it sunk its teeth into my wrist and began to suck my blood naturally.
-Tsk-tsk-
“Oh, that… I never gave permission… .”
After that, I immediately complained to the guy about his impulsive behavior.
The guy didn’t even answer, as if he was concentrating, and was just absorbed in sucking blood.
‘By the way, it seems like stocks are in his blood, even when he was young…’
A little while later.
By the time the guy’s belly had visibly swelled.
-Bam-
The guy pulled a tooth out of my wrist… .
[Kiya~ This is paradise on earth. It was worth being born.]
He came lying down on my arm with a happy expression on his face, saying things that a newborn would say.
“… … .”
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And as I silently stared at that guy with a strange gaze, he soon turned to the side as if he was bothered by my harsh gaze and began to explain himself.
[… Ahem, don’t look at it that way. In the first place, it wouldn’t be a big loss for you to share blood with this body. This body has many abilities that can be helpful to you.]
“… Is there anything else besides mind reading?”
[Of course! In addition, if this body drinks your blood and grows further, it will be able to use even more diverse abilities.]
“Hmm… So? What abilities do you have now?”
[that….]
At my question, the guy paused for a moment, then, instead of answering my question, he spoke in a tone full of annoyance and made another request.
[I’m too full right now to bother explaining everything. I’ll explain later, so for now, just send me back home so I can take a deep breath.]
Meanwhile, the guy is about to finish his shameless request.
-Snap-
‘This kid… , should I just put him in my inventory and never take him out… ?’
I felt the veins on my forehead rise, and I had the urge to just sentence him to life imprisonment for inventory.
-shudder-
[… No, I was joking! Actually, I did it because I had a way of knowing even if this body didn’t tell me!]
As if he had read my thoughts, I quickly felt my anger subside as I saw the guy trembling and hurriedly trying to handle the situation.
-Sigh-
A faint smile appeared on his lips as he asked the guy how to do it.
“What is that method?”
[…If you give this body a name, it will know on its own.]
“Oh, then no… .”
[Hey, hey! I didn’t want to tell you because I thought this might happen!]
“Heh heh, calm down. I was just joking.”
After that, to calm down the guy who was getting angry like fire.
-Swoosh-Swoosh-
As I was gently stroking the little guy with my thumb, I soon began to seriously think about what name to give him.
‘Hmm… I wonder what would be good… .’
And a little later.
“How about Lamba?”
After much thought, I told him the name I had come up with.
-closely-
The guy who had been quietly enjoying my touch really didn’t seem to like the name, and he bit my finger as a sign of rejection.
“No, I just reversed my name. Is that so bad?”
[Huh, of course it’s not that good! It’s tacky!]
“Uh… Then how about applying the initial consonant rule to the amba?”
Then I was afraid to suggest a second candidate.
[Kishyat!! Why are you so obsessed with that! I just hate the feel of it, whether it’s Lamba or Amba! You idiot!]
The guy seemed to really hate it, as he exploded with anger.
Now, instead of biting, he grabbed my fingers with all fours and started walking towards me with the ambush.
‘Hmm… I didn’t know you’d hate it this much. I guess it’s okay…?’
[Not at all okay! That old bastard… Anyway, that dirty name and everything else are bad! This guy has no sense at all!]
Anyway, seeing that you hate it so much, I feel bad about turning my name upside down, but I think I should just give up and think about it again from the beginning.
‘But I still want to name it something related to me… The VP I invested in was actually born in the year I was born… .’
At that time, I was once again thinking about what to name the guy.
“…ah.”
Suddenly, I was able to think of a name that sounded similar to the old one but completely different, and I immediately asked the guy what he thought of it.
“Well, what about ‘lake’ then?”
[… Well, it’s not a bad name.]
Then, the guy reacted differently from how angry he had been earlier.
This time, he scratched his cheek as if he liked the name and nodded his head slightly to show that it was okay.
[But is there a special meaning behind choosing that name?]
Then, soon after, he asked me why I suggested the name Lake, and I answered his question honestly and right away.
“I wanted to give him a name that was related to me, if possible. So my real name is Suho, but I turned it around and named him Hosu. Well, someone with a big heart like Hosu… No, it also means becoming a spirit.”
Actually, to be honest.
The latter part was hastily added with a plausible reason in case the guy thought it was half-hearted and asked for a different name.
Anyway, fortunately, the reason I named it was because the guy liked it.
[Good! This body is now a lake!]
The guy… no, the lake eventually decided to name itself the lake I named it after… .
-Thud-
At the same time, he gently placed his forehead on my finger and muttered words acknowledging me as his master.
[Please take care of me in the future, Master!]
-Tiring-
[The legendary spirit, the lake, recognizes the player ‘Kim Baram’ as its master.]
[The lake’s skill is unlocked. Additional skills can be unlocked through growth.]
***
After naming the lake like that.
The lake, as I said before, was really sleepy and said that it was going to take a nap, so I nodded and put the lake back in my inventory.
‘Well, it’s only been a while since it was born, so it’s understandable that it would sleep a lot.’
But the lake is a newborn spirit.
As expected, the spirit was a spirit, and it already had various abilities.
‘What a special guy… . And since he’ll gain more abilities as he grows, I’m sure he’ll be a huge help.’
Anyway, the lake currently has five abilities it can use.
By the way, two of those five abilities were ones I had already experienced while I was with the lake just now.
That’s right, the ability to communicate with me, the master, through just thoughts, called [Communication], and the ability to suck my blood to restore the lake’s magic power and stamina, called [Blood Vampirism].
‘What is this? I understand it well enough, so let’s move on… .’
And the remaining three abilities of the lake, I don’t know if the abilities that will be unlocked in the future will be like that.
First of all, it could be said that it was an ability specialized for the role of ‘reconnaissance’.
The remaining three abilities are [Stealth], [Shared Vision], and [Summoning], in that order.
[Stealth] was the ability of the lake to continuously consume its own magical power to hide its body, and [Shared Vision] was the ability that allowed me to see what the lake was seeing.
‘I understand the general idea, but I wonder exactly what [Sharing Vision] feels like. I’ll have to try it out later.’
Just thinking about an example, this [Stealth] and [Shared Vision] combo from the lake seems like it would be very useful.
Whether it’s exploring a dungeon, chasing someone, cheating on a theory test, or peeking into a women’s bathhouse…
Ahem, hmmm… Just kidding, anyway.
Finally, thanks to this remaining [Summoning] ability, the possibility of the lake being in danger or getting hurt while scouting was also very low.
Because [Summoning] is like Aegis’s [Summoning].
Because it was the ability to draw the lake towards me, no matter where it was.
‘The only difference is that when I summon the lake side, unlike Aegis, my magic power is consumed.’
Of course, we will have to experiment to know for sure.
According to the information flowing into my head, it didn’t seem like it consumed that much magical power.
‘Well, I’ll know for sure when I try it out later. Oh, and when I have time, I should take it to the Tamer Clan too.’
Anyway, we decided to talk more with Hosu later and become closer.
-Duribunduribun-
‘We’ve come quite far. I’ll think about it on the way home.’
-Whirik-
I was out for a morning walk, and at the same time I turned around and started walking towards the house.
-Thump thump-
I wanted to focus on the more urgent side, the disaster that is likely to occur in the semifinals against Han Su-yeon today.
‘First thing to do before the game….’
At that time.
-Knock!-Knock!-Knock!-
With the sound of footsteps as if someone was quickly approaching me.
“Wait a minute, stop, Mr. Kim Baram!”
“…hmm?”
Soon, I heard a familiar voice from a little distance away, so I reflexively turned my head to check who the voice belonged to.
And as expected, the owner of the voice is Kim Sun-ah.
-Stop-
Meanwhile, Kim Sun-ah, who was quickly approaching me, stopped walking in front of me… .
“Phew… Are you out a little later than usual today?”
He let out a deep breath that he had been holding, and then finally asked me that question.
“Oh, yeah. I have something to do in the morning, haha… .”
“I couldn’t find it even after walking around the whole neighborhood… Thanks to that, I ended up looking for it for quite some time.”
“Huh? Why are you looking for me…?”
But instead of answering my question, Kim Sun-ah.
-Swoosh-
She took her cell phone out of her pocket, thrust it at me, and opened her mouth.
“First of all, please give me your contact information. Come to think of it, it’s been a while since we last saw each other, but I don’t have any contact information. We’ll have a lot of things to contact in the future, but I can’t spend the whole day looking for Mr. Kim Baram like I did today, so please give it to me quickly.”
“Oh, yes… .”
‘I think we’ll be in contact a lot in the future…? Why…?’
At that moment, I briefly questioned what Kim Sun-ah had said.
-Snap-
-Tododok-
I figured it wouldn’t hurt to give Kim Sun-ah my contact information, so I dialed my phone number right away and handed it over to her.
“Here it is.”
“Thank you. Please save my number as well, I’ll call you back.”
“Oh, yes. By the way, why were you looking for me?”
Then I was afraid to ask the question again.
-Sick of it-
Kim Sun-ah stared at me for a moment with a questioning expression on her face, and then she began making a completely unexpected offer.
“I have something to talk about. Come over to my house and have a cup of coffee before you go.”
“…yes?”
At the thought of inviting me to my home, I had a moment of doubt, thinking, ‘Is this a green light?’
When I saw the way Kim Sun-ah had treated me all this time, I immediately decided that that was absolutely not the case and threw that suspicion far away.
‘Then why on earth? Why don’t we talk here? Is there a reason to call me home?’
At that moment, I was tilting my head as if I couldn’t understand Kim Sun-ah’s intentions at all.
Kim Sun-ah must have understood my feelings, because she quickly explained to me why she wanted to invite me to her house.
“The guild leader gave me some items to deliver to Mr. Kim Baram. And since it was a bit of a hassle to go looking for him with those items, I left them at my house.”
“… Yes? Is that so?”
‘Things that the Master is going to give me? I didn’t receive any separate contact or anything… What on earth is it?’
“… Then, can you tell me what kind of items they are?”
“You should go and check it out yourself. I received it in a box, so I don’t know what’s inside.”
“… Oh, I see.”
After that, I had no idea what kind of surprise gift Baek A-rin had prepared for me… .
‘Well, I guess I’ll just go and check.’
With my curiosity still in my heart, I started to follow Kim Sun-ah and walk silently towards her house.
-Thump thump-
