Chapter 28 : Fenrir V

“Everyone, attention… Cheonhwi, stay out.”

The children immediately stood up at my command.

All the girls, except Cheonhwi, maintained the attention position with a very confused expression.

I watched them with my arms crossed.

“W-what is this…”

They must be bewildered.

Their appearance had suddenly changed, and they couldn’t refuse my orders.

“Sit.”

“Yes!”

“Ah!”

“Ugh!”

“Yes!”

The children squatted on the floor as soon as I gave the command.

Their white thighs slightly pressed and popped out.

“Stand up again.”

The children began to move in unison at my command.

After repeating a few meaningless orders, the children started to understand their situation roughly. I warned them.

“Listen carefully, never reveal what you looked like before or who you were. Got it?”

The children nodded at my words.

Of course, this was also directed at Cheonhwi.

He nodded perceptively when I looked at him.

I smiled in satisfaction.

At that moment, Aurel, who had been watching, cautiously approached and asked.

“Charlotte…! Who are those kids?”

“They’re my new familiars.”

“Gasp… You can make that many familiars?”

I nodded at Aurel’s question.

There wasn’t a limit on the number of familiars in the game.

Some players even led hundreds of cats, so I could manage something similar.

Of course, in my case, it wasn’t cats but small, cute girls.

Aurel smiled brightly and waved at the kids.

After Aurel’s greeting, it was Hwanggu’s turn.

Hwanggu started sniffing the kids.

“Sniff, sniff.”

From their feet to their hips.

Hwanggu nodded, seemingly pleased with their scent.

As I watched with satisfaction, Vermouth, standing at the front, frowned and spoke.

“What is your purpose?”

“What do you mean?”

“Why did you turn us into this…!”

“Well, you guys…”

“We?”

“You made me feel bad.”

“For something so trivial…”

I crossed my arms and tilted my head. Was this reason not enough?

Honestly, their current cute girl appearance was much better than their previous dark male forms.

Vampires couldn’t see their reflections, so they couldn’t check their appearance…

“You’re crazy…”

“Am I crazy?”

It’s not me who’s crazy, but this world.

Isn’t this a world where people shoot guns or swing swords at strangers?

The fact that I didn’t kill Vermouth and the kids was already a lot of leniency.

“If you have complaints, speak up. I’ll send you back to the shadow right now.”

“Sending us back to the shadow means…”

“It means your current form will disappear.”

Maybe even their consciousness would vanish.

I didn’t bother to elaborate.

The kids clammed up at my answer.

I nodded, satisfied.

They clearly preferred their cute girl forms.

I crossed my arms and watched Aurel and Hwanggu.

I was aware that my values were changing over time, but I couldn’t pinpoint where the changes were happening.

How could I recognize the changes happening unconsciously?

So I watched others for clues.

“Aurel.”

“Yes?”

“I didn’t say anything strange, did I?”

“No, you didn’t!”

“Hwanggu.”

“Yes!”

“I didn’t say anything strange, right?”

“No!”

That’s a relief.

I sighed in relief.

“Crazy bitches…”

I frowned at Vermouth’s words.

Were they just ill-mannered because they were young?

It seemed more education was needed.

“Eat.”

As soon as I finished my command, the shadow beast opened its mouth wide and revealed itself.

The giant shadow instantly swallowed the four girls, excluding Cheonhwi.

The children disappeared without a scream.

They would be spinning around frantically inside the shadow.

“Cheonhwi.”

“Y-yes…”

“Let’s change your name.”

“My name…?”

I nodded.

There might be people who know Cheonhwi.

I couldn’t keep calling him Cheonhwi forever.

“Let’s call you Yepi.”

“Yepi…”

I nodded.

His new form was pretty, so Yepi it was.

Yepi smiled faintly at the new name I had given him, and Aurel approached and asked.

“What are you planning to do now?”

“First… we need to find a store.”

I took out the map from my pocket.

It was the map drawn by our Cheonhwi, I mean Yepi.

Looking slightly to the side, I saw that Yepi was still holding the crayon tightly.

“Yepi.”

“Yes…”

Yepi approached with a sullen expression at my call.

It seemed he wasn’t fond of his new name.

Even Hwanggu looked at Yepi with pity.

“You drew this, so you can find the way, right?”

“Yes…”

“Then lead the way.”

Yepi nodded at my words.

Finding other vampire clans or groups working to restore the world could wait.

The most important task right now was to purchase equipment items that could boost our character’s specs.

Recalling the sight of the humans made it an obvious choice.

They had purchased silver bullets and store-bought weapons to attack werewolves.

If I hadn’t been there, the humans would have won that fight.

Following Yepi, we arrived at a large manhole cover.

The fact that there was no dirt on the rim indicated that people frequently used it.

It meant that the cover was often opened and closed.

“Do we need to bring wooden planks again?”

Aurel asked, looking at me.

I nodded and called out Vermouth.

“Vermouth.”

At my call, a small girl slid out of the shadow.

She seemed dazed, likely from spinning excitedly in the shadow.

“Ugh…”

This should be enough to bring her to her senses, right?

I shook Vermouth to wake her up.

“Get up.”

“Uh, uh…”

But Vermouth still couldn’t fully regain her senses.

There was no choice.

I called Hwanggu, who was wagging her tail behind me.

“Hwanggu.”

“Yes!”

“Find an appropriate wooden plank.”

“Yes!”

Hwanggu dashed off as soon as I gave the order.

When will that girl regain her memory?

Maybe she already has but is pretending she hasn’t.

“Pant, pant…”

Hwanggu, who had been running diligently, suddenly stood up when she felt Charlotte’s gaze leave her.

As Charlotte had guessed, Hwanggu’s memory had already returned.

The exact moment was just before they sneaked out of the werewolf clan.

After being continuously stimulated by hazy memories, Hwanggu, the puppy princess, regained all her lost memories right after the fight.

But she couldn’t reveal that her memory had returned.

The puppy princess remembered everything she had done after losing her memory.

The first emotion she felt was intense self-loathing.

But at the same time, she felt a strange pleasure.

The sense of betrayal from doing something she shouldn’t have.

Charlotte’s authoritative attitude, as if giving orders to a puppy.

The liberation from acting like an innocent puppy while pretending to have lost her memory.

All of this brought her pleasure.

That’s why the puppy princess stayed by Charlotte’s side.

She discovered her embarrassing preferences without realizing it.

And Charlotte fulfilled all of them.

The puppy princess chose to become Hwanggu to feel this pleasure.

“Ha…!”

Hwanggu quickly shook her head.

There was no time to waste here.

Even now, her small, cute master Charlotte was waiting.

Hwanggu moved swiftly and pulled out a wide wooden plank from a building.

Hwanggu’s mental state, worn down from living as a werewolf for so long, began to recover slowly with Charlotte’s help.

“Good job!”

I patted Hwanggu’s head.

Hwanggu wagged her tail like a propeller.

I scratched her chin.

It was something you did for puppies, but Hwanggu seemed to enjoy it.

She subtly turned her head and offered her chin.

“Alright. Shall we go in?”

I looked at the entrance to the sewer, holding the wooden plank.

Then I lightly jumped in.

My light body quickly fell and landed safely on the ground.

Thud-

Tick-tick-tick-

A loud noise echoed at that moment.

It sounded like something had turned on.

A familiar sound that felt ominous.

At that moment, red flames roared and a huge explosion echoed.

Bang! Boom!

Just before the red flames touched me,

the shadows instinctively rose to protect my body, but they couldn’t block all the impact.

My vision blurred. It felt like my insides were churning, and something surged up from my throat.

“Ha…”

After the explosion subsided,

I exhaled the breath I had been holding.

My condition was a mess.

My clothes were tattered, and I had lost 30% of my health.

If I had sent Aurel or Hwanggu down first, it would have been a disaster.

I was careless.

It was a path used by humans. It was only natural for traps to be set to prevent intrusions.

I frowned and called for Yepi, who was above the sewer.

Sss-

Yepi appeared through the shadows in an instant.

He looked around in a panic.

“Yepi.”

“Y-yes…”

“You didn’t know about this, right?”

Yepi frantically nodded at my question.

I squinted and glared, but Yepi wasn’t lying.

He really didn’t know about the trap at the entrance.

“Alright, that’s fine.”

Yepi sighed in relief at my words.

I activated the Mystic Eye and examined the surroundings.

I needed to check for any other traps.

“Charlotte!!!”

“Charlotte!!!”

I heard the anxious voices of Aurel and Hwanggu from above the sewer.

The loud explosion must have startled them.

I finished my examination with the Mystic Eye.

No more traps.

I shouted towards the sewer entrance.

“Everyone, come down!”

As soon as I finished speaking,

Aurel and Hwanggu fell through the narrow passage.