I'm the Only One With a Different Genre - Chapter 88
Chapter 88
Th is was c o p ie d f ro m k i n g m t l . o r g
Jess’s Plan to Create a Tribe!
“Ma-marriage? Jess, where did you learn to say that?”
Jess, hearing my words, struck a pose with her hands on her hips and grinned. Her ears perked up, and her tail, which reached down to her calves, wagged.
“The teacher said that to be with someone you love for life, you have to get married! That way, you can become family!”
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“Well… that’s true.”
“I love Master, and Master said he loves me, so if we get married, we can be a family! So let’s get married!”
“But that kind of love is… ouch, ouch!”
As I was about to explain the meaning of marriage to Jess, I felt a crushing pressure on my waist. Gasping for breath, I turned to look at Iris, who was glaring at Jess with a very dangerous expression.
“Iris, I surrender, I surrender!”
“…!”
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Since three years ago, after I collapsed, saying “I surrender” had become a trigger for Iris to calm down. I felt a bit guilty for causing her trauma, but I was also relieved to have a way to defuse such situations.
Slowly, Iris’s hand, which had been gripping my waist, released, and she sulkily grabbed the hem of my clothes.
T h i s w a s cop i e d fr om k i ng m t l . o rg
Iris’s level of physical contact indicated her mood. Holding onto the hem of my clothes meant she was very, very unhappy.
“Master! Marriage! Marriage! And let’s have a hundred babies? No, let’s have a hundred kids!”
“Wh-where did you learn to say that?”
Awakening my Confucian spirit, I shouted anxiously, and Jess tilted her head curiously.
“The teacher said that if you get married, you can have babies! Let’s have a hundred babies and make a tribe!”
Upon hearing that, my strength drained away. Given her quick physical growth typical of beastmen, she had the body of an adult woman despite her youthful face, which made her statements about having babies and getting married seem more serious than they were.
‘She’s still a child.’
It’s like a kid saying, “I want to be an astronaut when I grow up! I want to be a dinosaur when I grow up! I want to be Lian when I grow up!”
“…?”
Something seemed off in the middle, but anyway, Jess’s statements about marriage and babies were no different from the thoughtless things kids say.
‘I should correct any major misunderstandings and let her learn the rest gradually.’
With that in mind, I began explaining to Jess in terms she could understand. I told her that having a hundred babies would cause someone to die of old age before it happened, and that there’s a special kind of love needed for marriage.
“But…”
Jess’s tail curled up, and her ears drooped as she made a pitiful face.
‘Ugh! I must be firm for the sake of education!’
Ignoring the expression that made me want to grant her every wish, I firmly shook my head.
“Ch.”
“…?”
I heard a sound I wasn’t supposed to hear from Jess’s direction. Reflexively, I turned my head to look at Jess, but she still wore a dejected expression.
‘Did I… mishear?’
There was no way the saddened Jess could have clicked her tongue, so I must have misheard. Yes, that must be it.
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“Let’s go eat breakfast now. If we’re any later, we might miss it.”
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“Okay.”
“Got it.”
This time, I didn’t soothe the sulking Iris separately. When it came to issues of marriage and physical contact, I needed to be firm.
‘Since she’s only ever had me to rely on since she was young… she’s a bit anxious about separation.’
For Iris’s healthy independence, I needed to gradually create some distance. Since Iris was about to enter puberty, she would likely distance herself naturally without me having to push her away.
‘What if she says I’m smelly and refuses to be in the same space?’
Suddenly, my shoulders felt heavy. Feeling downcast, I headed to the dining hall. Nero, who was eating there, asked if anything had happened upon seeing my sullen face along with Jess and Iris, but nothing significant occurred.
***
In the eastern outskirts of Cardishian, a black fog the size of a fist was wavering as if about to disperse.
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[Ugh… How did I end up like this…]
‘It,’ which had barely survived after attempting a mental attack on Lian and almost being obliterated in retaliation, was hanging on by a thread. But that was all it could manage.
Most of the powerful abilities it possessed had vanished, and its body was now weaker than that of a mere human it used to consider insignificant. Staying in such a state could lead to its complete eradication.
[Ugh… Blech! Damn it…]
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It vomited a rainbow-colored substance onto the ground, trembling.
[Asterias… Did he stake his existence to pass on the greatest power? Otherwise, it doesn’t make sense—ugh…]
After vomiting rainbow-colored bile again, it staggered and collapsed onto some weeds.
[Damn… I can’t recover my strength if I keep vomiting…]
The reason it hadn’t been able to leave Cardishian for the past three years was entirely due to Lian’s power lingering in its body. Whenever it seemed to recover, it would vomit, and the cycle would repeat.
Because of this, it had no choice but to remain hidden in Cardishian in its weakened state.
[If those black sorcerers find me, who knows what they’ll do…]
Previously, black sorcerers couldn’t harm it. But now, in its drastically weakened state and having suffered a mental attack from Lian, it could easily be captured if it made a wrong move.
[Someday, I’ll kill you for sure.]
Gnashing its metaphorical teeth, it made a hissing sound, only to vomit more rainbow bile. As it stared intently at the unusually sparkling bile,
“Aah!”
A sudden scream echoed, and a man it had never seen before tumbled through the weeds where it lay.
“I-I don’t know! I really don’t know!”
“I’ll check that myself.”
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“D-Don’t come near me!”
The man, trembling, tried to crawl away, but the robed figure moved faster. The robed man quickly approached and grabbed the fallen man’s head.
“Gah… Grrr…”
The sound of intermittent gasps was heard as the man being held rolled his eyes back and fainted, his tongue lolling out.
“Tch, this one’s memories are useless too.”
The fainted man was tossed to the ground, and the robed man dusted off his hands and turned to leave. At that moment, ‘it’ flew out from its hiding place in the weeds.
[Hey!]
“Huh?”
Startled by the familiar presence, the robed man raised an eyebrow and looked back.
“And who are you?”
[Squeak! I am the great one’s servant, ‘Hamulina’!]
“Huh? Really? Why are you so tiny now?”
[You rude… Hmph, never mind. I have important information, so take me with you.]
Though the robed man mocked it, he had no intention of ignoring it. ‘It’ was not just any creature but a servant and part of ‘the great one.’ The robed man decided to take it back to his quarters.
***
Room 1008 in an inn.
The robed man casually threw his robe onto the bed. His vivid sky-blue hair and fierce orange eyes immediately stood out.
With such a noticeable appearance, the man looked no older than 16 or 17 at most.
“So, what is it you want to say? Is it a command from the great one?”
The boyish man grinned, revealing shark-like teeth. Hovering beside him, Hamul spoke in a deep voice.
[In some ways, this is even more important than a direct command from the great one.]
“Oh! Great, tell me quickly! I’ll take care of it, whatever it is!”
Hamul smiled inwardly, satisfied with the arrogance in the man’s words.
[‘As one of the Four Heavenly Kings should.’]
One of the Four Heavenly Kings had died to the now-deceased hero. Naturally, this left a vacant position, which was filled by the man before him, ‘Potensian.’
[‘Heh, even if the champion chosen by Asterias has strong willpower, his body is still that of a frail human. It should be easy to defeat him.’]
Hamul sneered and began recounting the story about Lian. When he mentioned that the champion chosen by Asterias to oppose the great one was here, Potensian couldn’t hide his excitement.
“A champion?”
[Yes, your task is simple: brutally kill him!]
“Heh, there’s nothing I do better.”
Potensian liked what he heard, grinning and showing his sharp teeth.
“So, where is this so-called champion?”
Hamul began to reveal the information he knew, explaining that Lian was part of an organization called ‘Nest’ and that their hidden headquarters was protected by illusion and recognition-blocking magic, making it difficult to find. When Hamul finished speaking, Potensian chuckled.
“Hmm. So this Nest organization has taken over the western region?”
[…? Yes, although it’s unclear if their hidden headquarters is actually located there, they have taken control of the area.]
Recalling the chatter among humans, Hamul affirmed Potensian’s question. Potensian then laughed again.
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“It seems the reason I was sent to Cardishian has something to do with that organization.”
[Now that you mention it, why are you here?]
Hamul, whose mind had been filled only with thoughts of revenge against Lian, suddenly wondered.
“To investigate the great curse incident that occurred on a city-wide scale.”
[A great curse on a city-wide scale?]
End of Chapter.
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Mhm there’s no way jess clicked her tongue