episode_0068

It seemed like Ray wouldn’t wake up for a while.

First, I picked up Ray, who was sleeping soundly, and moved him onto the bed.

It just so happened that I was casting Princess Hug on Ray.

‘…Isn’t it usually me who has to suffer?’

“Ah, is it a bit like that here?”

When I thought about it, the room I was in now was the room where Sylvia and I were staying.

I thought about moving to the men’s room, but before I knew it, Lund and Silas were on the bed again.

“Meow.”

Scylla made an unusual cat meow sound and tapped Ray.

“Scylla, Ray won’t wake up.”

“Why?”

Tuk-tuk.

When Scylla did not stop touching Ray, the wolf-like Lund next to her blocked Scylla’s front paws.

“Stop.”

“….”

When Lund stopped her, Silas climbed onto Lund’s back again.

“Both of us have gotten better together now.”

“What makes you think that?”

Lund reacted as if she had no idea, but I pointed to Scylla on her back.

Before she knew it, Silas was rubbing her head on Lund’s back.

“Oh, should I lie down too?”

The rooms in the lodgings exclusively for outsiders did not have just one bed.

But it was too bothersome to move to another bed, so I just stretched out and lay down.

It was a strange feeling to lie on the bed where Ray was sleeping soundly.

I closed my eyes to deliberately avoid being conscious.

But Lund and Silas on the bed wouldn’t leave me alone.

“Why, is something going on?”

“I have something important to say.”

Lund did not raise his voice, paying attention to the location of the listening device in the room.

“For what?”

“This way for a moment.”

I was lying down for a long time, but when Lund called me, I wriggled on the bed.

“….”

Lund saw that and just came over.

As she approached, she felt the white dire wolf’s fluffy fur.

I just hugged Lund and snuggled into his fur.

“Oh, is this heaven?”

“Stay away.”

“Ah, don’t do that.”

“….”

Lund said nothing for a moment and then seemed to give up.

“I found a collaborator who can help.”

“Who is it?”

It was some important information.

The look in my eyes as I lay comfortably on the bed couldn’t help but change.

“It seemed like he was a doctor who was supervising experiments related to General Water.”

“…Could it be that octopus beast?”

I’m sure his name was… August or something.

Outside of the game, it was impossible to recognize him as a parody of a famous villain from a hero movie.

‘But was that octopus in charge of the water general experiment?’

If so, it was clear that a third-rate writer had added various additional settings.

“Lund, why would you cooperate with us?”

“It is clear that there are many dissatisfaction with this experiment.”

Lund then said he needed to meet the doctor in person and talk in more detail.

“Do I really have to do that myself?”

“No, there is no need for that.”

“Then I will ask you a favor.”

“….”

When Lund heard my answer, he started pressing my head with his front paw.

“Ah! Ah, don’t press too hard.”

“What do you plan on doing while I’m in contact with the doctor?”

“I’ll have to watch Ray’s condition. Because he is my first descendant, something could go wrong somewhere along the way.”

“Hmm….”

Looking at Lund’s expression, he seemed to find the reason I gave unexpected.

“Why, Lund, shall I make you one of my subjects?”

“I refuse.”

“I like it!”

Unlike Lund, Silas responded positively.

…But Silas says I’m in trouble.

“It is not too late to do it after Silas becomes a prisoner.”

“Chii….”

I feel sorry for Sheila, but I couldn’t help it. A cat vampire.

It might be cute, but… no, I thought that being cute might have enough value.

***

I overcame the momentary temptation.

Afterwards, we stayed at the Ahant Aquatic Biology Laboratory for a few days and collaborated with their experiments.

First of all, that was the content of the request.

Of course, my group, including me, seemed to be obediently following the researchers’ instructions, but they had other plans behind the scenes.

First, I conducted an experiment with a small water general, also known as the general, compared to the giant water general, and injected blood from a blood vessel into the general’s body without the researchers knowing.

Although I haven’t made him a servant yet, the effects of my blood were clear.

“Hug me~”

The general, who had been unable to speak at all, began to speak and grow in size.

“Ugh I hate it!”

Besides me, Johnny, David, and Ray were all focused on their own experimental schedules.

It was to turn the researchers’ attention to us.

Meanwhile, Sylvia and Lund contacted Dr. August Orment.

The doctor poured out useful information from the beginning.

Starting with the fact that this experiment is related to the weaponization of the giant water general.

It also means that Ahant, the director of the research center, has an ulterior motive to just give us up as food for the water general once the experiment is over.

And I don’t know whether the second tribe contacted the research institute director or the research institute director contacted the second tribe, but he said that I was planned to be captured alive, not because I was the water general’s food.

“Ha, this is ridiculous.”

To be honest, I am cooperating well with General Water’s experiments… but how dare you try to hit me on the back of the head like that?

That wasn’t all.

According to the information the doctor said, with the exception of me, Johnny, David, and Ray’s opponents are planning to gradually change from water generals to water general beastmen.

“Water General Suin? Ugh, that looks gross.”

However, there was no experiment with the Water General Suin assigned to me.

It seemed like it was enough for me to deal with the slightly larger General.

After I found out that there was a conflict with the second tribe… I thought it was an intention to focus my attention on the general.

Meanwhile, Sylvia seemed to have noticed changes in Ray’s body.

“Chris, isn’t Youngmin’s behavior a little different from usual?”

“Ah….”

It was hard to know where to start, but I somehow explained to Sylvia what had happened between me and Ray.

“…Phew.”

“Ray agreed!”

“Even though the parties agreed, Youngmin belongs to a different office. I don’t know how Mr. Ilsung and the Ildong office will react.”

From Sylvia’s perspective, it was one more thing to worry about.

But one way or another, Ray, the person involved, seemed to be fine.

In fact, he seemed happy to have something in common with me.

One time, Johnny and David went into the men’s room while they were away and found Ray taking out the two vampire wings.

“What, they’re cooler than my wings?”

“Haha really?”

Although they had grown a bit, my wings still felt a little dainty.

In comparison, should we say that Ray’s wings are a bit sleeker? Should I say it’s fierce? There was that kind of atmosphere.

“Yes, wings like these are exactly what I wanted!”

I was amazed as I touched Ray’s wings.

-Bong!

But perhaps my strength was too strong… or perhaps Ray’s body had not yet properly accepted the change. The wings came off very easily.

***

Fortunately, the missing wing was regenerated, but Ray and I were surprised.

And as a few more days passed, the water generals really began to appear in the experiment.

The awkward appearance of the giant water generals reaching the end of forced water-human transformation.

It took on the appearance of a large person, but some parts of its body maintained the shape of a water general.

For example, it was like a water general’s head with a human body, or a human head with the water general’s limbs.

“Wow, it really looks like a dog.”

Compared to the grotesqueness of the water generals, the general was very cute.

“Sister, how would we feel having to deal with that directly.”

“Cheer up!”

All I could say to Johnny was to cheer up.

After the day’s experiments were over, Lund would come to my bed and talk about various things.

It was mainly about the movements of the second tribe waiting near the research center, or the anti-Lidocaine forces waiting to respond.

“It looks like they tried to attack your office and the director’s bar.”

“What? Really?”

Lund nodded to my question. As if everything he said was true.

But fortunately, it didn’t seem to have taken action.

While Lund and I were having a serious talk, Sheila focused on playing and rubbing her body against me and Lund.

“Lund, how are the researchers?”

“It seems that backlash is growing, centered around the doctor and the researchers who follow him.”

In particular, this tendency seemed to have worsened after Water General Suin was introduced into the experiment.

The weaponization of the giant water general was not the original purpose of the research, but the director of the research center forced it to become what it is now, and in addition, research related to the water general beastman was also forced.

It would have been a strange situation if there had not been opposition among researchers.

We are ready to use Dr. August, the researchers following him, and Lund’s subsidiary Hi-Sabrence to throw the lab into chaos.

Coincidentally, the lab director, Ahant, also obtained all the necessary data from us through a few days of experimentation.

Finally, today… was the day the head of the research center was scheduled to stab us in the back.

“The second tribe will also move together.”

“Isn’t that so? According to Lund, it seems like the research director and the second tribe are collaborating.”

While heading to the Department of Biological Sciences, Sylvia and I talked about various things.

Come on.

Of course, not to be outdone, Ray grabbed my hand.

For now, I was planning to head to the lab to take the experiment as usual.

Of course, today was the last day of the experiment, and the lab director was going to show his true colors as soon as I entered the lab.

“Chris, be careful.”

“Yes, don’t worry.”

My blue-green eyes met Ray’s red eyes.

The time we spent looking at each other without avoiding each other’s gaze was only a moment, but it was enough.

When I arrived at the Department of Biological Sciences, I was separated from my group and headed to the laboratory first.

“Phew….”

Even though I know that the head of the research center is going to hit me in the back, I can’t help but feel nervous.

A deep sigh escaped me without my knowledge.

‘But I don’t intend to suffer silently either.’

Some of the large water generals, including Janggun, were under my influence.

After Ray became my first servant… I suggested that Sylvia also become my servant, but she said she would think about it after this request was over.

In the end, my second-in-command was a general.

It was a shame that Sylvia was not the second member of the family, but she had no intention of forcing her to become one.

“What, why doesn’t the door open?”

Putting on my lab boots, I waited at the lab entrance for the door to open, but nothing changed.

Instead, a bulkhead suddenly began to come down in the hallway we had passed through.

Hey, you expect it to come out like this?!