“…….”
“…….”
“…….”
Yes. It was a hamster.
In Yoo-shin rubbed his eyes hard and opened them. It was still a hamster.
It had soft golden fur, sparkling black eyes the size of rice grains, and wiggling toes. Even though it was as big as a five-story building, it was a hamster.
“Byuu?”
The hamster tilted its head while blinking its window-sized eyes. The vibration caused the remains of the center, which had barely held up, to completely collapse.
Gong Taeseong groaned with a tired expression, as if he had seen something he shouldn’t have seen.
“Fuck, what kind of hamsters are that big?”
“They’re so big and so cute………………”
Choi Jin-hyuk’s eyes were filled with ecstasy. Lee Hye-yeon, who was at the vanguard of the group as a tanker, just opened her mouth wide and then slowly came behind and poked In Yoo-shin.
“Yoo-shin-ah. Can you tame that?”
“That, uh, um………………. That……………….”
In Yoo-shin’s eyes flinched and shook vaguely. In fact, his gaze had been following the status window that had appeared in front of him since the hamster appeared.
[Hamster taming is possible.]
[Would you like to tame it?]
“It seems possible, but……………….”
“Huh?! No way!”
Hyeon Gyu-ha, who had been staring blankly at the hamster, reacted sensitively to those words. He quickly pulled In Yoo-shin to his side and flew through the sky, heading behind the hamster, no, the boss monster.
“You shouldn’t fall for it just because it’s tempting you with cuteness! Look! Even its tail is weird!”
The boss monster flinched. Because it was so big, even the slightest flinch made its actions seem very big. The tail, which was curled up like a puppy due to poor formation, gradually became shorter and slimmer.
“It’s a hamster tail?”
"Iik……………!"
The boss monster cried gloomily, his short tail hanging down. As if he was upset that no one believed him. In Yoo-shin swallowed dry saliva. I know it's a boss monster. I know it is……………….
It's cute. It's so cute.
"Byeow……………….”
"Where in the world can you find a hamster that cries 'byow'!"
“……Squeak.”
"Now it's crying 'squeak'? It's so cute……………….”
"Aah!"
Hyeon Gyu-ha almost screamed, unable to control his anger. It was the first time he, who was always so brazenly calm, was so excited, and the reason his eyes rolled back was because of his boyfriend's new pet hamster. The group looked up at the farce unfolding in the sky with expressions that were hard to describe.
"Master-nim."
"Yes……………."
While answering, In Yoo-shin's eyes glanced at the hamster's plump back of its head. If you touch it gently with your fingers, it will be fluffy and warm…................
Hyeon Gyu-ha grabbed him in a hurry and made him fix his gaze on his handsome face.
"Think about it calmly. That's a boss monster. It might try to seduce Master-nim by pretending to be cute, and then eat him."
"Hmm, that's true, but if it has any hostility toward me, the window asking if I want to tame it won't pop up. It means it doesn't see me as food, right?"
"………………Okay. How are you going to tame that big guy and raise him? If it were to hit just one of its fireballs, Yoo-shin's house would crumble to pieces?"
"S……………squeak!"
The giant hamster sitting with its balls like a cushion moved its short front paws and shook its face. Then it suddenly shrank in size. From a 5-story building to a 4-story building, to a 3-story building……………
"Squeak!"
Suddenly, his eyes went blank. A small hamster was wriggling in the rubble of the collapsed center. When In Yoo-shin was flailing his limbs and Hyeon Gyu-ha had no choice but to lower him down, the hamster came running as if it had been waiting.
Feeling the soft warmth of the hamster bouncing around and settling on his palm, In Yoo-shin’s expression also melted. Hyeon Gyu-ha’s low voice turned harsh.
“Don’t be fooled by its cuteness!”
“Gyu-ha-ssi, do you want to touch it too? I didn’t even tame it, but it’s so gentle.”
Before Hyeon Gyu-ha grabbed the back of its neck and went over, Choi Jin Hyeok lightly tapped the hamster with his finger.
"It really looks like a hamster. It's cute even though it's small."
Even Lee Hye-yeon, who was trying to keep her composure, groaned and nodded.
"If taming is possible, I don't think it'll really hurt................ There's an S-class tamer in Peru who only tames boss monsters. Right now, it seems like there's no other way to attack it besides cute things, but since it's a boss monster, wouldn't it be able to protect Yoo-shin in an emergency?"
"I'll be by your side 24 hours a day!"
"T-That's right."
"But it seems like you're all forgetting an important fact."
Gong Tae-sung said with a still disgusted expression.
"Are you going to keep killing it in this gate? If you're not going to tame it, then kill it quickly."
The hamster suddenly appeared and he blinked, but it was true. Whether cute or not, the gate would not be cleared unless the boss monster was cleared. There was no time to waste on whether to tame it or not.
“Gyu-ha-ssi………………… ”
Hyeon Gyu-ha, who had been desperately avoiding In Yoo-shin’s gloomy eyes, eventually shouted out.
“I really hate it! Even dogs and cats raised at home get stressed out from being cohabitated! I’m the same way! His name will be Henri Raymond Charles Françoise VIII!”
The eyes of the group, who didn’t know that he had been tamed, changed into something truly bizarre, but Hyeon Gyu-ha was still very serious. In Yoo-shin also looked down seriously.
Even if it was cute, this boss monster had a strong feeling that someone was giving it to me as a ‘gift’. That’s why I wanted to tame it even more, but I couldn’t help it when Hyeon Gyu-ha was so disgusted by it. I didn’t want to force him to get him in my way even though he didn’t like it.
“I’m sorry.”
“Squueak.”
The hamster fell back as if it understood. In Yoo-shin bit his lower lip as he waited for death quietly, and Hyeon Gyu-ha’s eyebrows tightened.
“Since it’s transformed, it’ll die if I cut its neck, right? Let’s kill it right away without wasting time………………”
Gong Tae-seong, who had stepped forward, quickly changed the angle of the sword he was about to raise. Kaang! The poisonous dagger flying toward his face was deflected. Choi Jin-hyeok’s expression as he retrieved the dagger was cold.
“With that kind of cluelessness, it won’t matter if a hundred or a thousand years pass.”
“This is unbelievable!”
The flames spread into an unexpected fight. Lee Hye-yeon, who wasn’t surprised and ignored the two men’s sword fights, held out her hand.
“I thought it would be beneficial for you to tame the boss monster, but there’s nothing I can do. Yoo-shin-ah, I’ll do it.”
His hand was blocked by someone else’s arm. Hyeon Gyu-ha.
When In Yoo-shin raised his surprised face, he shook his shoulders and took several deep breaths before trying to speak calmly.
“You don’t want to kill him, do you?”
“But I hate it even more when Gyu-ha-ssi refuses although I can tame him on my own.”
“Whew, now that I hear that, it’s okay.”
Hyeon Gyu-ha, who was bending down, lightly pressed his forehead against In Yoo-shin’s forehead.
“Yoo-shin-ssi wants to do it, so how can I interfere until the end? If you want to tame it, do it.”
“Really?!”
“Instead, I’ll definitely be second. I can’t yield my Master-nim’s love to anyone other than Henri Raymond Charles Françoise VI Noona.”
"Of course!"
I don't know what he means, but it seems to have been resolved well anyway, so Lee Hye-yeon snickered and stepped back.
[The hamster's taming is complete. Would you like to name it with the automatically set name?]
"Oh, should I change the name?"
"Do whatever you want, Master-nim."
[The hamster's name is 'Henri Raymond Charles Françoise VIII'.]
The 8-se familiarity gently penetrated the soul, and a bridge was built between souls. A new hamster tattoo was engraved next to the hamster drawn on his wrist.
"Squeak!"
The 8-se let out a joyful cry.
[Name: Henri Raymond Charles Françoise VIII]
[Current status: Joy. Stable.]
“Gyu-ha-ssi, I guess 8-se are real boss monsters. Even though they’re this small, most of them are C-grade.”
“This kid’s one punch could knock Master-nim out through the wall. It’s dangerous, so let’s isolate him.”
“………………Is that about it?”
Then, as if paint had been dropped into the air, colors began to spread and split. The sunset shone through the gap in the sky. In Yoo-shin exclaimed softly. The colorless world, slowly dyed in a gentle light, must have been a mysterious beauty that could only be seen here.
In the meantime, Gong Tae-seong grabbed the unconscious Choi Jin-hyeok’s ankle, dragged him over, and threw him. Lee Hye-yeon caught him with a practiced attitude and put her arm around his shoulder.
“The entrance is narrow, so please line up so that there aren’t too many people. It won’t close until the inside is empty, so don’t worry.”
Following her lead, people cried and cheered in relief as they exited the gate one by one.
The two were standing at the very end. Hyeon Gyu-ha glanced down at In Yoo-shin’s palm, which was unconsciously stroking the warm 8-se.
“Are you that cute?”
Of course it’s cute. But……………….
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Hahahaha, this is so funny, people looking at me like Im crazy,
Other hunters:"what nonsense are they talking about.... "
Gyuha is such a jealous nuke bean