Chapter 17: Master

The humans who had been a little attached for two weeks ran away down the mountain in a hurry.

‘Humans~~ Don’t meet the master and live long, healthy, happy lives~~’

As I watched the line of sloppy humans, I couldn’t help but recall a certain speech from my previous life.

Hmm, why do humans look so insignificant?

Is it because I became a monster, a plant-type monster?

“Okay, shall we have some time alone?”

“Huh!”

All sorts of colored pollen spewed out without me knowing.

The master missed me too.

I’m so happy!

One red-cheeked Isis Fly quickly took Bugles and started to leave somewhere.

You! That guy who spied on my fantasies back then!

The red-cheeked butterfly kept looking back as it left.

It seemed to be saying, ‘Have a good time!’

I felt embarrassed for a moment, but I didn’t have time to care about such trivial feelings.

‘Hehe, time alone…’

I was finally left alone with the master.

‘Finally… I can finally talk to you, Master!’

My chest felt like it was going to burst.

I hadn’t been able to properly talk to you for a whole week.

I couldn’t believe that I could finally, truly talk to you.

“Master! There’s been so much going on in the past two weeks!”

“Yes…”

The Master smiled warmly.

“Tell me.”

“First! I cleaned the front yard!”

“Front yard?”

The Master’s eyes sparkled with curiosity.

I became even more excited and started writing.

“Yes! The Great Labyrinth is your house! So! The mountain range is the front yard!”

I thought for a moment and then added, “I took care of it all! With the bugs!”

“Bugs…?”

“Ah! My subordinates! Bugs!”

One of my roots pointed behind me.

I couldn’t even see how far Butterfly had taken the bugs.

I was grateful that he gave me space, but how far were they going…?

“Ah… You call those bugs bugs?”

“Yes! Because I ate honey! I swore loyalty! > < Ah! Now my will! Is contained in the honey!”

“Huh? Will?”

As soon as he saw my writing, the master’s long, thin fingers dug in.

‘Ah! Wait…!’

Rubbing rubbing.

‘Huh… Heet…!’

This strange feeling I’m feeling after a long time…

I hate to admit it, but it felt so good.

Gulp.

In the meantime, the master had drank my honey.

‘Huh… If I do this, my will will be conveyed strangely…?”

“Hmm…? My Rico, did my touch feel that good?”

‘Eh! (Sleep)’

Before I could even write the words, the master’s hand flew at me at a fierce speed.

No!

Rubbing question question question.

‘Eww!’

‘Heh… Heh…”

“Huh huh huh… Rico, aren’t you liking it too much?”

(That’s… That’s not it…)

“I’ll pet you often~”

(Okay!)

The life of a dog and cat being petted by their master really is a good one…

Now, the future of happy pets, no, companion plants awaits.

‘Hehe. I’m happy!

Hmm, wait a minute… I think I forgot something important.

Oh! That’s right! (Master!)

“Huh?”

<Me too! Human form! I want to transform!>

“Polymorph? Hmm… Do you think you can do it?”

“No! Surely I can’t!’

(Master… What can you do… ?>

“Do you want to become human that much?”

(Yes! Just like you, Master!)

“Hehe… Such a cute guy.

Dragons can do it naturally from the moment they’re born.”

“Hmph,”

“Among the other monsters, the ones that polymorph are around a thousand years old? I think they’ve been doing it since then.”

“What the? 1,000 years!?”

“Even Rico could do it if he waited about a thousand years?”

“It takes so, so long!”

“Huh? About a thousand years, it goes by quickly after a few sleeps.”

“Huh?”

Just how old, or rather how many years, is my master…

The great cataclysm I’ve been longing for will have to wait a whole 1,000 years?

“Oh, that’s right. I captured Blaze Gargan to give to Rico.”

“Blaze Gargan?”

It was the first time I’d heard the name.

Oh, I think you said that word when you left last time.

You left to find food for me.

And I thought I was being released; what a strange thought, sorry.

THUD!!!

At that moment, a giant chunk of ice fell from the sky.

Inside it was…

*☆☆☆☆★★ [Solteo] Blaze Gargan LV481

“Hyak! Six stars!? Level 481!?”

The corpse of a giant lion with a mane as red as the sun was trapped in the ice.

Even though it was frozen, hot heat was emanating from its body.

“M, crazy!”

(Master… A monster this strong… all by himself…?)

I glanced at my master.

☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ [Prostia] Ice Dragon LV???

I still couldn’t see the level.

I saw a monster that was almost level 500… just how high could it be?

“Hehe, if it’s for our Rico.”

The hem of my master’s silver dress fluttered in the wind.

There was a hint of victory in his sparkling smile.

As expected, my master is the strongest…

Being chosen by my master was definitely a much greater fortune than being born as the emperor’s child in this world.

“Now, come on, try it. It’ll be delicious.”

The master broke the ice that the lion was trapped in and placed the corpse next to me.

The blood flowing out from the corpse was slowly wetting my eyes.

The finest blood of a delicious bright red color!

This time, it will definitely be delicious with the synergy with Hyeolcheonrak!

“Thank you…”

As soon as I happily dipped the black root into the blood—

“Kkiyaayaayaaaaaaaaaaah!!!”

The level of the Pain Resistance LV5 skill has increased.

The level of the Pain Resistance LV6 skill has increased.

The level of the Pain Resistance LV7 skill has increased.

The fire began to catch fire from the tip of the root.

The flames that rose up through the root burned my entire body as if the wick had been lit.

‘^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^AA!!!

The level of the Pain Resistance LV8 skill has increased.

The level of the Pain Resistance LV9 skill has increased.

“Riko!?”

The level of the Pain Resistance LV10 skill has increased.

The [Pain Resistance LV10 and Blocking LV2 skills have increased.

The [Pain Blocking LV1 skills have evolved.

I could hear my master’s surprised voice, but I couldn’t even write because of the unbearable pain.

I could only watch as the black roots caught a bright red fire and gradually burned away like charcoal.

The level of the Pain Blocking LV3 skill has increased.

The level of the Pain Blocking LV4 skill has increased.

Magic instantly caught the flames and swallowed them up.

“Huh… Haa… HP: 1,564/1,564 + (627,913)”

My auxiliary battery, which had been over 700,000, dropped to 600,000.

If there had been no auxiliary battery, it would have been more than 50 deaths.

Even though it was only one hit, Kevin’s flame magic didn’t hurt much.

Maybe it was because the owner of this blood was a particularly strong flame-type monster.

But it doesn’t give a fire resistance skill…

It evolves while increasing only pain resistance…

“How can I—”

A blue light flashed.

My master’s ice…

Could it be that Inferno Stigma can never be overcome…?

“Riko… are you okay…?”

‘Ah… I have to explain to the master too.

Barely coming to my senses, I carved the letters with trembling roots.

“It’s because of… Inferno Stigma…”

“Inferno… Stigma…?”

(Yes… It’s my trait. I become vulnerable to fire attributes…)

“Trait?”

The master’s eyes were filled with confusion.

(Then… You don’t know the status window, stars, and levels…?)

“What do you mean?”

“Huh…?”

I was dazed.

The status window, levels, traits.

Even the master who has lived for thousands of years doesn’t know the foundation of this world that I know?

‘Only I…’

I was lost in a strange sense of reality.

The egg on the petals began to tremble.

“Huh?”

As if it was desperately saying, ‘Give me that blood.’

(Master… That kid…)

I was cautious about speaking.

It was the blood of Blaze Gargan that the master had specially caught for me…

However, when I looked at the egg, it seemed like I could feel the longing of a small life beyond its blue shell.

I’m sorry, master…

“Hoo…”

The master looked at the egg with interested eyes.

Then he lifted the egg with an elegant gesture.

‘Ah, that egg… My heart sank.

It was a precious egg that Frost Lunaris had left behind.

What if this child burns too…?

However, the egg trembled even more violently as if it had been waiting.

(The blood that I couldn’t drink… Can’t I give it to this child…?)

The white fingertips slowly lowered the egg onto Blaze Gargan’s blood-filled eyes.

The blue light that had been shining transparently like a sapphire began to change in an instant.

It began to seep into a red light like the sky at dawn, and gradually turned into a color like a burning flame.

Knock—

With a small sound, the egg woke up.

“Wow! ☆☆ Blaze Lava LV1”

What had landed on the pure white eyes was a living, flame-like creature.

The bright red larva, the size of a fingernail, glowed as if small flames had condensed.

Every time it moved its small body, it seemed as if a fine flame was swaying inside its body.

‘It’s cute… No, but… Why is it only 2-star?

Your mother was only 5-star!

Even though I was born after drinking the blood of a high-level monster at 6-star!

Was my father only 1-star…?

He’s really cute, but maybe my expectations were too high.

I couldn’t hide my disappointment.

“Well…”

A warm smile spread across the master’s lips.

“I didn’t know you’d be a mother.”

“Huh…?”

(Why am I becoming a mother!?)

Their mother is alive and well!?

And how can flowers and bugs become parent and child!

And I’m only three years old!

“Huh? Isn’t Rico going to raise you?”

“Huh? Is that how it’s supposed to be?”

Wait, then what?

(Then… Master is also my mother…?)

“Hehe… That won’t work… Then we can’t get any closer, right?”

“Huh!”

I lost consciousness, releasing beautiful rainbow-colored pollen.