The Tentacles Begin!

The horned rabbit stood before me, then ate me in one bite and swallowed me whole.

“Thank you. Thank you for not chewing me up with those spiky teeth…”

I remembered eating live icefish dipped in red pepper paste back in the day.

Was that icefish feeling the same way I am now?

It wasn’t painful because the horned rabbit swallowed me without chewing.

But the feeling of the smooth horned rabbit’s esophagus wriggling and sending me to its stomach was so creepy.

“I don’t want to be digested! I don’t want to be eaten!”

I wriggled my tentacles and resisted as much as possible.

I gave up when I saw a huge lump of water and grass coming down from the mouth.

“Whatever…”

I fell into the horned rabbit’s stomach along with the huge lump.

Pungdeong

The horned rabbit’s stomach was full of yellow gastric juices, and the things the horned rabbit had eaten were floating around and being digested.

I was also being digested.

Chiiiik- Chiiiik-

“Ah! Hot! It’s hot!”

I writhed in the immense pain that pierced the skin of my entire body.

Ttiririring

[Would you like to learn digestive fluid immunity using 5pt?]

“Yes!”

As I affirmed, mucus that emitted alkalinity flowed out of my body, neutralizing the acidic digestive fluids around me.

This mucus also had the ability to prevent digestive enzymes from touching my skin.

“Hoo… Do I have to live like this for the rest of my life? Or do I have to come out as poop?”

I remembered seeing on TV that Helicobacter pylori live in the human stomach.

I felt like I had become Helicobacter pylori.

Then, an idea suddenly struck me.

‘What if I suck the life force out of this rabbit from the inside? Or could I go directly to the rabbit’s central nervous system and control it?’

Come to think of it, I can evolve as I want.

Maybe I can control the horned rabbit’s central nervous system.

I used my blade tentacles to make a small hole in the horned rabbit’s stomach.

I put in my tentacle legs and absorbed life force to fill the lacking evolution points.

“Huuuueup, delicious.”

The evolution points I absorbed earlier increased by 2pt, bringing the total to 5pt.

At that moment, gravity reversed, and my body rolled around, bumping into various parts of the stomach.

“Euaaaaak! Rolling. Rolling!”

It wasn’t me rolling.

It was the horned rabbit writhing in pain because a hole had been made in its stomach.

Come to think of it, I remembered that some parasitic organisms, including mosquitoes and leeches, have anesthetic components that prevent the host from feeling pain.

I also need anesthetic components.

Ttiririring

[Would you like to learn anesthetic mucus using 5pt?]

“Yes. Yes.”

Anesthetic components were included in my mucus.

I quickly went to the hole in the stomach and sprayed anesthetic mucus.

The horned rabbit calmed down and stopped moving when the pain disappeared.

While spraying anesthetic mucus, I gently stirred the horned rabbit’s flesh and moved towards the point where I expected the head to be.

I didn’t touch the internal organs and minimized damage so that this rabbit wouldn’t die.

I also didn’t forget to absorb the horned rabbit’s blood with my tentacle legs to earn evolution points and satisfy my hunger.

After moving for about 20 minutes, I was able to reach between the horned rabbit’s skull and neck bones.

I made a very small hole in the joint between the skull and neck bones and squeezed my body in.

The horned rabbit’s spinal cord and brain were visible.

“I did it!”

Ttiririring

[You have arrived at the horned rabbit’s brain. You gain 5pt of evolution points.]

Including the evolution points I had gained while absorbing blood, I had accumulated a total of 10pt of evolution points.

I’ve seen a lot of tentacle stuff so far, and I think one of the charms of tentacles is brain nerve manipulation.

I felt a strange pleasure at the expectation that I could control the brain of a living being.

Ttiririring

[Would you like to learn brain nerve imitation using 5pt?]

As I affirmed, a mysterious ability was imbued in my tentacle legs.

I was now able to generate electrical and chemical signals that mimicked the neurons of a living organism’s nervous system from my tentacle legs.

I brought my tentacle legs to the brain cell neurons of the horned rabbit.

I was able to understand the meaning of the chemical signals coming from the neurons.

I moved to the center of the horned rabbit’s brain.

I extended multiple tentacle legs to various parts of the horned rabbit’s brain.

I deeply wished in my heart to understand and control all the brain nerve circuits of the horned rabbit.

[Would you like to connect to the horned rabbit’s brain using 5pt? More evolution points may be required to connect to the brain nerve structure of a more advanced intelligent being.]

“Yes.”

Suddenly, all the brain nerve structures of the horned rabbit were understood.

“Aah- this feeling.”

I understand how much stimulation to give to which neuron to make the horned rabbit move.

I can even feel the horned rabbit’s psychology, which was expressed like this.

‘Was what I ate earlier poisonous? It hurts. It hurts. But I’m okay now. I’m hungry. I’m hungry.’

Perhaps no brain neuroengineer on Earth could perform such a miracle.

It’s a feeling that’s possible because I’m a tentacle creature.

Among the creatures on Earth, there is a parasite that dominates the brains of ants and turns them into zombie ants.

This parasite dominates ants as naturally as drinking water.

I can say that I have that kind of feeling too.

I decided to move the horned rabbit like my own body.

I replaced the part of the horned rabbit that was in charge of its ego with my tentacle legs.

I completely devoured the horned rabbit’s ego.

Now I see the surroundings through the horned rabbit’s eyes, smell with its nose, and hear with its ears.

I am the horned rabbit!

If I disappear, this horned rabbit will become an empty shell that only maintains life.

Ttiririring

[You have absorbed part of the horned rabbit’s brain and completely devoured its ego. You gain 12pt of evolution points.]

‘I wish I could create tentacle legs at will.’

[Learn tentacle creation for 5pt. You can freely create tentacle legs from your body.]

“Good good.”

I learned tentacle creation and made more tentacles and stuck them all over the horned rabbit’s brain.

Now I want to meet a higher intelligent being.

The horned rabbit is a creature that doesn’t exist on Earth.

I don’t think this is Earth.

Maybe it’s a fantasy otherworld that often appears in web novels or adult content.

The surroundings are a forest full of trees and grass, except for the pond.

If I wander around well, I might be able to find humans.

I led my body, which is the horned rabbit, closer to the pond.

It looked quite cute except for the horns on its head.

Compared to the dandelion-like flowers next to it, it was about twice the size of a typical Earth rabbit.

If I meet humans, it might be okay to become a pet by appealing to my cuteness.

Humans might attack, but I have to try it first.

The surrounding horned rabbits are looking at me with sparkling eyes, but I didn’t pay much attention.

I went to find a higher intelligent being.

But I’m hungry.

It’s the horned rabbit’s hunger, not the tentacle’s main body.

‘What’s with this rabbit? Didn’t it eat a lot earlier?’

I wandered around the forest, picking and eating the grass around me to find a higher intelligent being.

———————-

Bradon Village is a large village in the Bohark Forest, a vast forest in the southwest of the continent.

The Bohark Forest has high magic power, so there are various herbs and rare monsters that are not found in other regions of the continent.

Bradon Village has maintained its livelihood by collecting these herbs and selling the by-products obtained by hunting monsters.

Bradon Village trades with the Gale Kingdom and the Hamel Empire, and those countries also tacitly allow the village’s autonomy to some extent.

Lucy is an excellent pharmacist and magician in Bradon Village.

Lucy is 25 years old, with long brown hair and black eyes, a height of 165cm, a voluptuous chest of F cup or more, fair skin, a slender waist, and plump hips.

Lucy’s facial impression is like a comfortable older sister.

Since Lucy is a magician, she maintains a cozy, soft, and smooth body with magic power.

Lucy’s main job is to collect herbs and sell them as they are or process them into potions.

Since Lucy is an excellent magician, she can easily subdue the monsters around the village.

Lucy is originally from the Gale Kingdom.

When Lucy was 18 years old, a group of thieves attacked the village, and her beloved parents and younger brother all died.

Lucy suffered for several years from the sadness and anger of losing her entire family, and settled in Bradon Village two years ago.

This village is surrounded by forests and has beautiful natural scenery, which has been of great help in healing Lucy’s aching heart.

It’s a little past noon now.

Lucy was in a very good mood.

Because she came out to the forest for a date with Elvin, who she had been dating for a year and a half and is now engaged to.

Lucy and Elvin ate lunch boxes and looked for herbs in the Bohark Forest.

“Elvin. Look over there. There are a lot of Helona grass I was looking for.”

Helona grass is an herb used as a potion ingredient.

Elvin asked.

“Hehe. That’s right. Shall I help you pick it?”

“Yes. Let’s pick it together. Only pick what I tell you to pick. You can’t distinguish it well from other grasses.”

“It’s been several months since I’ve been with you, Lucy. I can distinguish it to some extent now.”

Elvin is a member of the village guard and a warrior who uses an axe and shield.

In the old days, they used to come to the forest and enjoy the beauty of flowers and forest creatures, but now they are quite familiar with it and helped each other with their work.

Of course, it was also fun to help each other with their work because they were with their lover.

Elvin caressed Lucy’s aching heart, who had lost her family, and treated Lucy well, so he won Lucy’s heart.

“Lucy. Can I pick the one with big and green leaves here?”

“Yes. You got it right. Pick that one.”

Lucy and Elvin picked Helona grass around them for about an hour and then got up.

Lucy said with a tired face.

“My back hurts. My arms hurt too.”

“I’ll carry the sack. Give it to me.”

Elvin was wearing a shield, a one-handed axe, and leather armor, but he received the sack full of herbs because his girlfriend said it was hard.

Lucy pleaded.

“Elvin. Can’t we go in a little further? There’s still a lot of time and I want to pick a little more herbs….”

“You’ve picked quite a lot of herbs today.”

“I only picked Helona grass. Let’s go a little further. Huh?”

“What if we run into a monster if we go too deep?”

“Elvin will protect me. And I’m a magician too.”

Lucy hugged Elvin and looked up at him with sparkling eyes.

Elvin couldn’t help but nod, pretending to be unable to win against Lucy’s aegyo.

“Okay.”

This innocent point of Elvin’s was what Lucy liked.

Lucy chattered about the stories that happened while running the potion shop.

While Lucy and Elvin were talking and walking, something whitish passed in front of them.

Elvin said nervously.

“Stop. It looks like a monster.”

Elvin threw the sack to the side and held up his shield and axe.

Lucy prepared to cast a spell behind Elvin in case of an emergency.

Then, a horned rabbit came out from behind a tree 6m in front of them.

“Kkyu?”

Elvin said.

“It’s a horned rabbit. If it charges and rams with its horns, I’ll block it with my shield. Fire Arrow the moment I block it.”

“Okay.”

But even after 5 minutes, the horned rabbit didn’t attack at all and just stared at the two of them.

For some reason, the moist and sparkling eyes of the horned rabbit seemed to strike the hearts of the two people.

“Elvin. Something’s wrong. Horned rabbits are supposed to charge as soon as they see people, but it’s standing still.”

“Really? Is it a new individual? This is the first time I’ve seen this.”

The horned rabbit slowly moved towards the two of them.

Elvin and Lucy waited quietly because they didn’t think the horned rabbit was going to attack.

The horned rabbit arrived close in front of Elvin, showed its belly, and flipped over.

“Kkyuuu. Kkyuung.”

The horned rabbit’s soft paws were bent like a cat’s, and it shook its belly left and right as if asking to be touched.

Lucy said in a trembling voice.

“Could it be, could it be that it’s asking us to raise it? It’s so cute.”

“Luciana. Has there ever been a time when a monster didn’t attack humans?”

“But it’s so cute! I’ll touch it just once.”

“Okay. I’ll stand by the horned rabbit with my axe for now. I’ll cut its neck the moment it tries to attack.”

“Don’t say scary things.”

Lucy slowly approached the horned rabbit and stroked its belly.

The horned rabbit accepted Lucy’s touch as if it was happy.

The horned rabbit bent its body and licked Lucy’s arm with its tongue.

Halthalthalthalt

It was the moment when a powerful attack entered Lucy’s heart.

Elvin also lost his will to attack and dropped the hand holding the shield and axe down.

Elvin affirmed Lucy’s words.

“It really seems like this horned rabbit wants to be friends with us.”

“Elvin. I’m going to raise this horned rabbit. We might be the first case of raising a forest monster as a pet.”

“If you like it, let’s do that. A pet is okay, I guess.”

Lucy said to the horned rabbit.

“From now on, your name is ‘Bokdol’. Let’s go home together.”

Lucy and Elvin picked up the sack and walked towards the village.

The horned rabbit followed Lucy and Elvin closely.

The horned rabbit also rubbed its body and face against their legs when Lucy or Elvin stopped.

The couple happily took Bokdol and arrived at the entrance of Bradon Village.

Bradon Village is surrounded by a long wooden fence to prepare for possible monster and thief attacks.

Mark, a guard, shouted from the top of the fence.

“It’s Elvin and Lucy. Open the gate.”

The wooden gate of Bradon Village opened.

The couple and the horned rabbit entered Bradon Village.

The guards who were nearby gathered around after seeing the horned rabbit.

“Isn’t that a horned rabbit?”

“Oh, it is. Why did a monster come in?”

“Kkyuuu…”

Luciana said.

“It seems like the horned rabbit wants to be friends with us. Its name is ‘Bokdol’.”

Elvin also agreed.

The guards reached out to the horned rabbit with curious eyes.

The horned rabbit enjoyed the touch like a puppy.

Mark muttered as if he was amazed.

“This is the first time in my 10 years as a guard that I’ve petted a horned rabbit.”

The horned rabbit was able to become a member of the village like this.

Lucy decided to raise the horned rabbit.

Elvin also had no objection to his beloved Lucy raising a pet.

Perhaps when their loving child comes out in the future, the pet horned rabbit might become the child’s friend.

That’s how Bradon’s day passed.

———————–

Kim Cheol-soo shouted ‘Aja!’ in his heart.

He succeeded in entering the human village by acting as a cute horned rabbit.

Surprisingly, he was understanding the humans’ language as it was.

He also learned that this village is called Bradon Village.

This is just the beginning.

‘But what’s with Bokdol. Bokdol.’