We arrived t a the treasure room, according to what I confirmed with map. The door is made from metal, it looks strong. Since leader had the key, it is natural that I already took it. I can’t wait to meet with the feather dragon. It seems a lot of valuable treasures are in the room too. However, because the amount of object we can take is limited, we have to decide what to take. That has a low priority, we can do it later.
But the dragon is a different story. We have to tame this dragon right now.
[Is this a treasure room…? It seems to be heavily protected by that door.]
[Perhaps this band of thieves is considerable big shots. 10 people aren’t a lot but fighting power and intelligence of the leader is high. It is possible to have treasures other than the dragon.]
I opened the door. Even if it looks heavy, it moves smoothly. Is that because my power is rising?
I already know it from map but the inside is quite large. It is filled with barrels and wooden boxes. And there is a small cage on the table at the center of the room. I approach it without hesitation.
[kyuuiii]
Feather dragon reacts to us and cries. My eyes matched with feather dragon when I looked inside the cage. It looks like a dragon with white feather, its face looks charming and honestly cute. Uh. I will absolutely tame it.
Q : How do I tame monster?
A : <monster taming=""> is needed. You can take wild monsters with you but they aren’t in “Taming state”. First, you need to use <monster taming=""> skill on a targeted monster. If your level is enough, fight with that monster until it recognizes you as its master. Monster normally recognize the user as their master when their HP is around 20%. Time limit is 2 hours, it will fail if time is run out and has 1 month cool down time before able to use on the same individual.</monster></monster>
[Jin-kun…Are you going to begin?]
[Yeah, In case of failure, we will stay here for a month.]
[No, let’s give up…]
[No way.]
If I fail, and we have to stay here for month or keep traveling while taking the cage along. It is almost the same activity of the thieves.
[Then, I will start.]
[Please do your best!]
Sakura becomes slightly desperate. I don’t know if it is because she want to give me support or she just don’t want to stay here. …I think it is the latter for sure.
I found myself looking at the cage, staring. It never averts its eyes from me. Staring. Staring. Staring. Staring. Staring. Staring. Staring. Staring. Staring. (Spec: Why do I feel that stare is a puppy stare?)
[Aren’t you going to tame it?]
[Hya~!?]
I tripped but I returned to my senses. But I don’t look away. I use the skill immediately. A slightly different magic flies toward feather dragon. And it starts the war (Not peaceful). (TL note: 陣(Jin)=War and 仁(Jin, protagonist’s name)=Benevolence.)
> Feather dragon was tamed.
> Please give a name to feather dragon.
Eh? Combat? No, it couldn’t start a fight because it was still in the cage…
[What’s wrong? Aren’t you going to fight?]
[…Well, Taming was succeeded without combat.]
[……Is there something like that? Did help make a mistake?]
[Help-sensei doesn’t make mistakes.]
I say it with confidence. But I ask help-sensei just in case.
Q : How can I tame monsters without fighting?
A : The fight can be avoided when monster recognize the user from the beginning, in the critical state and need helps or want to be tamed in the first place.
[It seems I was recognized from the beginning or it needs help, so I got approved immediately when I started taming. It seems we don’t need to fight.]
[Oh, I see. I’m sure it thinks Jin-kun is a gentle person and will free it from the cage.]
I think looking at me without avert its eyes is the main reason. I let it out of the cage immediately. <lock-picking> skill from the thief becomes useful immediately.</lock-picking>
[Kyuii..]
Feather dragon which came out of the cage flaps its small wings and cuddles in my chest. This creature is really cute. I just pat the feather dragon happily for a while.
…That’s right. A name.
> Named [Dorako] ←
> Named [Dora]
> Name [Yukari]
…My choices are hopeless. First 2 are quite cheap. And the third one is the name of my first love. It is a pervert idea to name the tamed monster (♀) after the name of the first love… I just settle with [Dora] for now. Perhaps, we will find a better one.
[Your name is [Dora]]
[Eh, that is…]
[It is Dora.]
[Err, that…]
[It is Dora.]
[O-Okay.]
[Or perhaps, cherry.] (Spec: Sakura=Cherry)
[Please stop. Please name it Dora.]
Sakura seems to detest it from the bottom of her heart. Well, I will be mad too if the pet almost have the same name as me.
[Kyuuiiii!]
It might be please. Rather than be called [Dora], I guess it is more happier to be named. Although I don’t have pet in my former world, it is surprisingly good thing. Is it a pet or a small animal?
That remind me to confirm Dora’s status. Since I can’t put a lot of information on map, I saw only simple information. Since it will become companion, I need to know all the detail. It is mortifying when I didn’t check its status before taming to see any change.
Title : Jin’s follower, Princess of dragon race (Spec: What!?)
Dragonewt? I never heard that word before. Let’s ask help-sensei.
Q : What is a dragonewt?
A : Dragonewt is one of the dragon family. They can take dragon form or human form. Their status is based on dragon form, which is consider one of the high-ranked dragon. Despite that they have equal intelligence to human, they are considered as monster, Tame level also the same as dragon form.
I thought it was dragon pet but she turned out to be dragon girl.
In other word, A rare feather dragon (High-ranked dragon race) can take a shape of draconic people…
Since I’m interested, I make Dora to take human form.
[Err…Can you show your human form?]
[What is it?]
Sorry, Sakura. I will explain it later.
[Kyui]
Dora nods and cries, her body shines up. Her silhouette becomes bigger and 5 years’ old girl is there when the light is settled. Naked… Uh. Not wearing any clothes…
She has a nice face, waist-length hair and white skin. Her pupils are blue and have the same shape as her dragon form. Although her dragon form is cute, her human form is absurdly cute. However, I can’t stare at naked girl forever. (Spec: You will have title of perverted + lolicon.) Since we don’t have any clothes for her, I have her revert back to her dragon form.
[Can you return to your dragon form?]
[Kyui]
Her body shines again and return to dragon form. Come to think of it, the appearance of 5 year’s old girl in her human form is according to her real age.
[W-W-W-What was happened!?]
>Sakura becomes confused
[Dora is of the draconic people. That was her human form.]
Even with my straightforward and endless explanation, Sakura is still confused.
[What is this!? Is there a race like that!? Jin-kun, didn’t you just tame a human-being!?]
[Please calm down. I will explain it properly.]
[Okay…]
It seems she calms down a little when I tell her with calm tone.
[First, there are a race of draconic people. It is called dragonewt, the race who can take dragon and human form. My map couldn’t detect them, and it treats them as common dragon. It is the same reason I can tame it since they were treated as dragon. In short, she was treated as monster.]
[Are they be treated as monster even though they look like a human-being?]
Perhaps, my explanation is too vague.
[Perhaps. According to the rule, it is possible to tame them.]
It might be fine in a sense. The one concern point was that the feather dragon is a rare monster, it was unexpected that we encounter her.
[Come to think of it, if she can take human form, can she speak human language?]
It seems she could understand human language, but can she speak? Because I’m interested, Let’s try to ask her.]
[Kyuiiii…]
She shakes her head. Is it impossible? Let’s ask help-sensei for the reason.
Q : Can dragonewts speak human language?
A : They can. But both 5 years old dragon and human form are too immature. It should be about 10 years old to talk normally.
If in human form, I want her to understand the intention. If she is just a pet, it doesn’t have much need for communication but It is necessary when she in human form. This is trouble.
Some information was added to my head while I was thinking.
> New special power is unlocked.\nIt is an ability that allows the owner to form a contact with a subordinate (subordinate, slave or monster). It will form an invisibility line that can (Pass) or (Share) thoughts with the other party who formed the contact. It is possible to let other people use your status, skills and special power. In addition, it is allow [Telepathy] to transmit thoughts without saying a word too. The detail of ability can be decided by owner and owner will be master (Leader), it is possible to create a network with slaves (Subordinates).