What?
This cry?
I turned my eyes from the village scenery and looked in the direction where I heard the cry.
At the end of my sight, there were two cute little cats snooping around.
-ow ow.
-ow ow.
One was a white cat with black spots, and the other was a combination of light brown and white.
Perhaps because they lived in a cold area, they had thick fur, and they were very cute as if I was looking at a small fur doll.
The two cute guys stole my attention in an instant. I turned my body completely toward the bottom of the hill and looked closely at the cats.
-CREEP
-CREEP
The two little cats kept prying around , agonizing between curiosity and vigilance.
I was well aware that moving hastily at tis like this only raises vigilance. I slowly lowered my posture while trying to suppress my desire to stroke them quickly.
I sat completely on the floor and waited in a relaxed manner. The two cats, who had been looking at for a while, approached little by little.
They slled from a little distance and looked around . They were close enough that I could reach them if I raised my hand, but I waited for them to make the move.
Out of the two, the black spotted cat took courage first. He rushed up to , put his feet on my knees, and looked up at with sparkling eyes.
It was as if asking, [Can I sit on your lap?]
With the corners of my mouth raised, I nodded slowly.
Jump!
A black spotted cat jumped on my leg. After making himself comfortable, he turned his head and looked around as if he was amazed by the comfort.
By the ti I felt that the alertness had almost disappeared, I moved one hand and carefully stroked the cat's back.
-Nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
At first, he trembled with surprise, but he quickly got used to my touch. Soon after, he took a comfortable position and completely left himself to .
Haha, look at this cute guy.
The soft and warm feeling on the lap made the smile on my face stay for a while.
-SNEAK
This ti the brown cat crept up.
He must have been jealous of his friend's pleasant appearance, so he secretly pushed himself onto my lap. Then he looked at and cried.
ow. ow.
"Do you want to pet you, too?
I gently patted the brown cat with the other hand.
As soon as my hand touched him, he stopped crying and made an expression filled with satisfaction.
"Yes, yes, good boy."
I also felt a strange sense of satisfaction just by stroking the two cats in my arms.
The wind from the top of the hill was very cold, but the softness and warmth on my lap filled all over my body.
When I was having such a happy ti, I suddenly felt another presence close to , and unlike when the two cats appeared, this one felt bigger.
When I raised my head to see the identity of the unknown presence.
" Huh?"
A short bewildered sound ca out of my mouth.
If anyone looked at the sight in front of right now, they would have probably had a similar reaction to mine.
It was a normal-looking cat which most Koreans commonly called a Cheese cat.
But the problem was
It was too big.
When I first saw it, it was so big that I thought it was a tiger.
Were cats this big? Co to think of it, I think I heard that cats in cold regions are big.
Nyaaaaaaaa
It was clearly the sound of a cat crying, but there was such a deep echo that I doubted myself once again whether it was a tiger.
But there was sothing that was even more suspicious than that.
While I was lost in thought, the giant cheese cat ca up to . As it got closer, I flinched because it felt bigger, but as soon as I saw his eyes, the anxiety I felt for a while disappeared cleanly.
The eyes were glittering like jewels.
There was no animosity or vigilance in those eyes. Rather, I felt at ease looking at him.
ow!
ow!
The little cats in my arms cried as they looked at the big cheese cat. They seed to know each other.
The big cheese cat stared at .
It was quite different from the reaction of ordinary animals or Demon beasts. It seed as if an old man with a lot of experience was trying to judge the opponent with his eyes.
As I watched the cheese cat with a mysterious atmosphere, the other side moved first.
Nyaaaaaaaa
The big cheese cat lowered its head slightly and pushed its face toward . I went blank because I didn't know how to react, but I raised my hand unconsciously and stroked the back of his neck.
-a a.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
The cheese cat purred with its eyes closed. The big size really made the sound more of a machine running.
As my confidence grew with his favorable response. I showed my petting skills that I honed after taking care of demon beasts, to my heart's content.
ow! ow!
ow!
The small cats in my lap also cried for petting.
"Okay, I'll pet you guys, too.
I was so busy that I didnt have enough hands to stroke the cats. Before I knew it, the big cheese cat also completely left itself to .
As I got imrsed myself in the cats that surrounded and lost track of ti, I heard Lia's voice.
"Sihyeon! Where are you?"
"Oh! I'm here."
When I inford them of my location using my voice, Lia and Diur ca to where I was.
"I'm sorry, Sihyeon. It took too long, right? I'll show you to the accommodation quickly?!
"What?"
The two looked at and the cats and opened their eyes in disbelief. I just reacted nonchalantly, thinking they were surprised by the large size.
"Maybe it's because it's cold here, the cats are really big."
.
.
I asked with a confused expression at the sight of Lia and Diur, who seed speechless.
"Hmm? What's wrong?"
"Huh What Sihyeon is holding right now is not just any cat."
?
"To the Dragon demons, they are like the guardian deity of our village. Theyre called [Karshi]."
"what?!"
I hurriedly removed my petting hand in amazent, but at the sa ti as I lifted my hand, the cheese cat who was enjoying the comfort turned its head and looked at .
"It was so good. Why did you stop nyaaa?
?!?!
The Snow Mountain behind the Red Scales village. It was said to have been a volcano that erupted a long ti ago. It was said that the Dragon demons in the past were attracted to its great power and settled down here to build a village.
And running free on the snow mountain with powerful pure flas was their guardian deity [Karshi].
Karshi in the shape of a cat was enshrined as the guardian deity of the village and considered sacred.
"That's all I know."
Ryan concluded the long explanation. Listening to his story, I asked with a serious look.
"So the existence [Karshi] is sacred to the Dragon demons, right?
"Yes, of course, it's a wonder for other demons, like the fairies on the farm
"It's not easy for even the Dragon demons living here to et Karshi. There is a myth that if you happen to et one after climbing a mountain, you will have great luck."
Diur, who was next to , added an explanation.
"Hmm. It's not easy to et"
Ryan and Diur explained what kind of existence the cats were.
But these guys who are revered as guardian gods and mysterious beings are now.
-ow ow.
-ow ow.
"Papa Papa! The cats are so cute. Can't we take them to the farm?"
The two little cats were busy playing with Speranza.
While the big cheese cat.
"Is your hand plucking flowers? Pat quickly, nyaaaa!"
"Ugh yes."
He was in my arms and enjoying the petting. No matter how much I looked at it, there was no such figure of a guardian deity.
As if he had read the absurd feelings in my eyes, the bewildered Diur stuttered and said as if making excuses.
"Its true, really, Karshi is not easy to et. They have a lot of vigilance, so you can only watch from afar.
The mont he said they were wary.
The cheese cat showed its stomach and lay comfortably in my lap. I couldn't find any sense of vigilance.
At that sight, Diur went silent and bowed his head.
On the other hand, Lia looked calm compared to Diur.
"I guess you're not that surprised, Lia?"
"At first, I was very surprised. It was my first ti seeing Karshi up close like this.
"What about now?"
"Now, well Since Sihyeon has shown so many amazing things that this feels like a natural thing rather than a surprising one."
Ryan nodded his head as if he understood what Lia ant, and I felt embarrassed and scratched my head.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Despite what was happening around, the big cheese cat turned around in my lap.
Suddenly, I decided to ask directly why this happened.
"Excuse guardian deity?"
"Nyaa Were you calling nyaa?"
"I heard that you don't show yourself to others. Can I ask why you co to all of a sudden?"
The cheese cat raised its head and replied in a tone of annoyance.
"Isn't that obvious nyaa? I felt a strange energy that I'd never felt before. So, It's natural to be curious nyaa.
"Strange energy?"
"Sniff! I can feel the energy of a large bundle of fur, the noisy ones with wings, the sweet energy of the forest, and the weak wind nyaaa."
I quickly understood what the cheese cat was saying. It seems like he felt the energy of the demon beasts that were related to .
"At first, I was worried that another strange guy ca nyaaa. Fortunately, I'm relieved that youre not a bad guy nyaaa."
Another strange guy?
I noticed sothing in the cheese cat's words and asked a question urgently.
"Was there any other strange guy here beside ?"
"Yes nyaaa. Unlike you, he had an unpleasant energy nyaa."
"Is this guy related to the strange actions of the Yakums?"
(To be Continued)
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