I Became the Companion of the Gods

62 – EP.17 Dance with Wolves -4

With the howl of the wolf, the chaotic Turang Islands have finally come to an end.

The result was the victory of Cor, who entered on my behalf. In other words, Turang Island is my victory.

“Now I feel relieved!!”

Cor, with a bright smile, comes down from the arena wiping away his sweat.

The only thing left in the arena is a wolf that has been turned to blood by his daughter’s anger.

He was the king of wolves who was punished properly while using a mean move.

Still, I sympathize with his father, who is infinitely weak in front of his children.

“Sir.”

“Huh?”

“The next event, Roar Festival, is scheduled for tomorrow.”

“Oh, is that so?”

“Yes, so it’s free time from now on…” … Could you please go around with me… ?”

“Good.”

In an instant, the fire on his head went out, and Cor returned to his normal calm state.

A wolf with two personalities, no matter what it looks like, I think it’s all attractive now.

I might have been covered in bean pods like Fenrir.

“Seonlord… ?”

“Sorry! I was thinking about something else for a while.”

“It’s okay…. More than that, let’s go… !!”

“Yes.”

Holding each other’s hands, we walked around the canyon, leaving the stadium behind.

I thought there would be nothing to see in the wilderness, which looked desolate compared to other terrain, but it wasn’t like I thought.

Since it is a barren land, the constant efforts of the creatures who are trying to survive were outstanding.

A family of hyenas amicably share the grass that tries to make flowers bloom despite the harsh environment, or the corpse of an animal that someone has eaten. And even the mother water buffalo trying to protect her cubs.

Everything flows according to the flow of pure nature, and countless lives live within it.

Beauty that cannot be seen in the city. I came to understand a little why the divine beasts were so desperate to protect nature.

“Lord of the ship, Lord of the ship.”

“Why is that?”

As I closely observed the dwarf dog crawling with difficulty, the wolf companion tugged on my sleeve and called.

Cor, who didn’t say anything after being called, was just pointing his finger somewhere.

What the hell are you doing? When I thought of her and turned her head to where she pointed, I couldn’t help but open my eyes wide.

A sunset setting over the horizon. It was because the sun that gave off a strong red light to burn hot until the end was so beautiful.

It wasn’t that I hadn’t seen a sunset before. However, the brownish wilderness and the reddish sunset harmonized and became like a painting.

It was a view that made me go down my throat in admiration.

And the view became a complete picture with the same grinning brown wolf watching the sunset.

“It’s the sunset I watch every time I come here… ! I really wanted to show this scene to the ship owner….”

“I see. It is very beautiful.”

“hehehe, right?”

Corra is also included in the praise, but the person himself doesn’t seem to know it.

The desire to make Cor’s face red like the setting sun came up for a moment, but he decided to quit.

I like the look of bewilderment, but it’s because the estimate came out that a smiling Cor would be the prettiest.

So, for now, I decided to enjoy this time by quietly capturing the wilderness and the sunset with my companion wolf.

***

“Ummm….”

The temperature is very cold unlike the muggy afternoon.

In place of the ceiling, I opened my eyes to see the sky covered with countless stars.

‘This is…… ?’

In a drowsy state, I slowly trace my memory as to why I am here.

As time passed, I quietly put my body on my feet after perfectly combining the fragments of my memories.

It’s a pity to leave Cor’s body, which served as a fluffy pillow, and Cor’s tail, which served as a warm and soft blanket.

Since the phenomenon of urine is unavoidable for living beings, we decided to say goodbye to the best bedding set in our lives for a while with tears in our eyes.

Be careful not to wake Cor, who is sleeping soundly.

“Ahhh….”

Unlike the sound of crickets, which are usually a regular nighttime sound, owls are struggling at night in the wilderness.

In the wilderness, even at night, creatures must be constantly fighting desperately to survive.

I’m slightly curious, but I don’t have the stamina to confirm that.

So hurry up and go back to the paradise of fluffy cors…….

‘Yes… ?’

A wolf standing tall over a canyon that is neither far nor near.

It was a wolf of unusual size, but it had fur, not ice, so it was possible to know that it was Fenrir.

What the hell are you doing over there?

Once you think about it, wolves are originally nocturnal animals. It wasn’t unusual to be up on such a late night.

‘Don’t worry, I’ll go back. It wouldn’t do any good to have a conversation anyway.’

The moment I tried to retrace my steps. I was unlucky enough to meet his eyes.

As soon as he confirmed me, Fenrir wiggled one foot up and down. That gesture clearly meant to come here.

I don’t want to go…….

What’s good about that personality-broken wolf who was scrambling to kill me without hesitation?

However, if I didn’t go, I might be harmed again, so I had no choice but to follow his intentions.

“Come and sit down, daughter thief.”

“Ugh… !”

“Dude! I don’t mean to hurt you, so let go of your guard! I want to get rid of you like a chimney, but if I do, my daughter will really beat me.”

“Ah, that’s right.”

I definitely feel hostility, but I can’t see the slightest intention to kill, so I decided to sit next to him with confidence.

The wilderness at night seen from the top of the gorge was different from daytime, but it also had a different mood.

It is dark compared to the city, but the light of the moon and stars illuminates the land, making it a mysterious and beautiful sight.

‘If I can capture it in a photograph, I want to capture it.’

You can take a picture with your mobile phone, but the picture will be deleted when you return anyway.

If you show the beauty of Mother Nature to civilians, you will be censored by the government in advance, saying that it might go over without permission.

Do you dare in the first place? I thought, but now I understand.

I also understand why an adventurer who has received permission from the government would roam the great outdoors even taking risks.

How can you stay still after seeing such an alluring sight?

I can never stand it.

“Human.”

“Yes?”

“What do you like about my lovely daughter?”

“Where do you like? Yeah…….”

He’s usually timid, but when he gets angry, he gets hotter than anyone else, his benevolent personality that always thinks of me, and his bright smile. Cor’s charm is endless.

When I explain my thoughts to Fenrir as they are, he makes a disapproving expression, but soon smirks at the corners of his mouth.

As expected, from a father’s point of view, nothing feels better than seeing his daughter-in-law receive praise and pride.

“It’s not just a candy-coated sound.”

“100 Percent, from my heart.”

“Aren’t you trying to use our daughter?”

“Since it is a companion relationship, it is common to receive help, but I never intend to use it.”

“I see….”

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Let’s be serious and say that there is no lie in what I said. Fenrir began to think deeply about something.

But then, as if he had made up his mind on something, he looked up at the moon and quietly opened his mouth.

“Human, have you ever heard of a mother from our daughter?”

“Are you referring to Cor’s mother?”

“Yes.”

“No, I never heard of it.”

“As expected….”

“If you’ll excuse me, can you tell me about your mother? I’m curious.”

While the father wolf had such an immature personality, Cor was a solid and honest wolf.

That means there is a high possibility that Kor looks like his mother, so I couldn’t help but wonder.

However, suddenly seeing Fenrir make a bitter expression, I realized that something was wrong.

“My dear wife died giving birth to twin wolves… ….”

“Oh!! Sin, sorry! I am truly sorry!!”

I’m tired!

My thinking was short and I made her mistake by revealing Fenrir’s painful memories.

She remembers that she didn’t see her mother during the festival, and she should have guessed it beforehand…!

How could I make such a mistake… !!

I committed such a careless act that even if Fenrir tore me to death right away, I wouldn’t be hated.

“Okay, since I brought up the story first. This can be happen.”

“Uh uh… ? Yo, are you forgiving me?”

“Forgive me and go to sleep. Like I said earlier, if I hurt you, my daughter-in-law will hate me. Can not.”

“You think you put your family first.”

“Yes. My two children and the wolves living here are all my precious family that I will never give up.”

I felt a sense of unity in Fenrir’s words. Because I am like that too.

My parents, my sister, and my pets. They were the reason for living for me and a precious existence that could not be exchanged for anything.

That’s why I was able to understand Fenrir’s feelings well.

“Humans, do you know what happened 600 years ago?”

“You mean 600 years ago when you tried to exterminate us humans?”

“You know well.”

“Because it is such a famous history. In fact, if you had run wild a little longer, I wouldn’t have been born.”

“It’s a pity to say that. I’ll dig around some more.”

Such human garbage…….

“Anyway, do humans know why I was like that back then?”

“No. There have been many speculations, but no definitive reason has been found so far. The only believable thing is that someone stole your food and made you angry.”

“Puhahahaha!! It’s true that I’m a glutton, but to get mad at me for just being deprived of food… ! Whoops!! It’s absurd, so I just keep laughing.”

“Then why were you so angry?”

“Well, to put it mildly, the people of the time were trying to harm my precious daughter.”

“Yes? Humans do Kor… ?”

“But it’s not just human fault. The primary fault is with the young daughter who went to the area where humans live. But in the midst of the turmoil of losing her wife, it drives me crazy to think that I will lose my precious daughter as well.”

“Is that why you ran amok to exterminate humans?”

“Yeah, now that I think about it, that was pretty stupid. Thanks to that, I was restricted from exerting direct influence on any ecosystem for a thousand years just because I violated the rules of Shinsoo.”

“For a thousand years…… Is that okay?”

“Because it is a divine beast from the past that has lived for a very long time. Such a penalty is natural.”

It is known that Fenrir has been nowhere to be found since the events of 600 years ago.

Even the adventurers who roamed the great outdoors were unable to obtain any information about Fenrir.

No one would have expected that these secrets were hidden inside.

But if all these stories are really true, why… ….

“Why are you telling me these facts?”

“Why? It means that if something happens to my daughter, I may not be able to help, so you should step up and help.”

“That means, in other words… !!”

“Because that doesn’t mean I approve of you. Don’t catch the clouds that have already risen!”

Fenrir lightly presses my head with his wide paws.

I can’t do it, so they’re lightly sanctioning me in this way.

To be honest, I could feel the soft parts on the soles of my feet on my scalp, and it felt strangely pleasant.

Fenrir looked at me and shook his head while sighing deeply.

“Ehh, she’s my daughter, but I really don’t know what kind of person likes to follow her.”

“Ahahahaha… ….”

“Anyway, the story ends here. Now go back and sleep, aren’t humans nocturnal?”

“Yes.”

I got up and took a step back to go back to where Cor was.

The fleeting moment passing Fenrir like that.

In that short time, Fenrir conveyed an important fact and a question about it to me in a whisper.

A story that stuns me more than any conversation I’ve ever had with him.

I was taken aback by the suddenness, but I calmly organized my thoughts.

After tidying up like that, I put my fisted right hand on the area where the heart is.

And then…….

“I swear.”

Once again, I show my determination to the question Fenrir asked and leave again.

“Please.”

The pitiful voice of the father wolf that reaches me as I turn my back.

Even though he is a wolf with the worst personality, scum, and naming sense, his father is still his father.