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The teacher is a raccoon dog
Author note: Happy New Year. This novel is becoming a full-scale series on New Year
Thank you for reading
「Please let me be your pupil!!」
I immediately dogeza’d before the Tanuki
He’s not a normal Tanuki
He’s a sage in the form of a beast
He plays the important role as the messenger of Wisdom god Sophia, an important god in 『Beast Fantasy』 Series
Speaking of sages, it’s usually tied with monks or magic-users in most RPG, but in 　『Beast Fantasy』, they are people following  Wisdom god Sophia
Because they are 『Sage (Wiseman)』, they honor 『God of Wisdom』, maybe
Especially, 『Tanu-sage』 is a popular mascot-type character
Why the tanuki is a sage?
No one knows the answer
However, his ability is real
In 『Beast Fantasy 4』, the protagonist Sero becomes his apprentice and obtains the power to fight against the enemy – Behemoth Empire
That is the role of 『Tanu-sage』。
「Please grant me strength! Please give me your guidance!」
『……』
As I pressed by forehead to the ground and earnestly asked, the Tanuki casually walked toward
Then he sniffed me
Is he checking my smell?
『……Uhm, no good-tanune』
「Eh!?」
I failed!?
「Why!?」
『You smells awful-tanuyo. Your beast-like smell is unbearable-tanu. I (washi) don’t want to let someone like you stay near-tanu』
A beast told me I smell like beast!?
What the heck!?
「Shittttttttttt!!」 (Kusssooooooooooooo)
I ran out of the hermitage
I dashed toward the nearby streamlet and jumped without slowing down
*splash*
「Oryaaaaaaa!!」
Removing my clothes underwater, I washed vigorously
After rinsing many times, I hang my clothes on a nearby tree to dry them
Meanwhile, I soaked myself in the stream and bathed……。
「Honryaaaa!!」
After getting out of the stream and wiping out the water diligently, I wear the dried clothes and finish my preparation
Time to go back to the hermitage
「How about this!? I’m not stinky anymore, right!?」
『Recheck-tanu』
The tanuki once again smelled my hand……。
『……Umu, it was completely cleaned-tanu. You are my apprentice now-tanu』
「Yayyyyyyy!!」
……e, ehhhh!?
I’m OK to be an apprentice already!?
Isn’t the hurdle too low!?
『Wisdom should be distributed equally to everyone-tanu. Even if they are covered by the smell of the savage beast god “Beast”, the gate of wisdom is always opened-tanu』
「eh……!?」
『You came from Behemoth empire, right-tanu?』
Did he see through me already……!?
『Right now, that is the place the beast god is spreading his influence-tanu. He failed to rule over the human many times and yet. What a hard-headed god-tanu』
Let me explain for a moment, beast god Beast is the evil god who plays the most important role in the story
The name 『Beast Fantasy』 came from that guy
The reason Behemoth empire, where I was born in, is called 『Evil empire』 is because it has a contract with beast god “Beast”
With the aid of beast god “Beast”, they can control the demon beasts, also the imperial soldiers can also transform into demon beasts themselves and become powerful.
With that power, they defeat other countries and expand the territory
「……Ano, I’m not related to the beast god, I am strong by myself……!?」
『Therefore I said there was no problem-tanu. Rather, studying holy wisdom art just to keep it for oneself is a problem-tanu. Monopolizing wisdom is a grave sin-tanu』
「I will use it for world peace！」
『Then it’s fine-tanu』
Like that, it was unexpectedly easy for me to become apprentice of the 『Tanu-sage』
『However, youngster, do you understand-tanu? Becoming my apprentice means wanting to learn holy wisdom art-tanu』
「Of course! Please teach me Holy wisdom art！」
For that sole reason, I came to this place
Holy wisdom art
That is a unique system in 『Beast Fantasy』 series
Most playable characters, including the protagonist, can learn Holy Wisdom Art and use it as their trump card
It’s completely different from magic, which type of Holy wisdom art could be used are depending on individual character
As mentioned earlier, there are 2 important gods in the story of『Beast Fantasy』
Beast god Beast
Wisdom god Sophia
Those two gods
Beast god Beast is the guardian god ruling over all beasts. And also the instinct and desire of living being
Facing him is Wisdom god Sophia who governs thinking and reasoning, the guardian god of human
Beast god Beast is the ruler of all beasts, but at the same time he also wants to rule humans, and thus he has meddled with human multiple times
He finds humans who are easily controlled by their desire, grants them power and makes them cause disturbance
In the world of  『Beast Fantasy 4』, his target is emperor Herod (ヘロデ) of the Behemoth Empire. By having a contract with the beast god, the empire becomes the strongest nation
To correct this distortion, the player, as hero Sero, has to stand up and defeat the evil empire
Because beast god Beast is behind the evil empire, the god from the side of Justice, Wisdom god Sophia, would support you with the power to fight against evil
That is Holy Wisdom Art
A unique power to fight against Evil Beast Art used by the followers of beast god Beast
In fact, I’m not sure how to learn Holy Wisdom Art
In the game, from the beginning there is a command for 『Holy Wisdom Art』, new commands would be added just by leveling up
“The player character is already 『the chosen one』 and has special power at that time” is a normal thing, no?
Because of the game’s unique characteristic, the only time you can see the process of learning Holy Wisdom Art is through the protagonist of『Beast Fantasy 4』 studying under tanu-sage
In other words, if I study under this tanuki, I can master Holy Wisdom Art
Mastering this power would be a huge plus to me
Leaving my hometown and reaching this far, everything is for this
And it was unexpectedly easy to be accepted as an apprentice
Everything is going well
『Then my disciple, there are something I must tell you first-tanu』
「What is it!?」
We would start training immediately!?
He will teach me Holy Wisdom Art now!?
『I need you to scratch my back-tanu』
Saying so, the tanuki turned his back to me
『The quadruped’s body structure wouldn’t allow me to scratch my back-tanu. The only trouble when I live here by myself was that there was no one here to scratch my back when it was itchy-tanu. However that is already the past! Because you are here now-tanu!』
With such intensity, the tanuki demands to have his back scratched
「…………」
I accepted his request in silence
I stroked the tanuki’s hairy back *washawasha*
『Aaa, right there right there-tanu！……good-tanu！This itchiness from decades ago is gone now-tanu!!』
「…………」
Did I just go this deep into the mountain just to scratch a tanuki’s back?
No, this is necessary
In order to receive his training, I must keep the tanu-sage happy as much as possible
If I do so, he should be generous and teach me more
『Good-tanu！ Good-tanu！ The back is the best-tanu！　……A, that place is wrong-tanu！ That is the belly, not the back-tanu！ Don’t stroke my belly-tanu! Aaaa noooo～～～!?』
Somehow I got fired up and rubbed his belly without being asked to
Animal’s belly is soft！
It feels good
I unconsciously rubbed it
『I told you to stop! Otherwise I will beat you-tanu！』
「I’m sorry！」
In the end, I made him angry
Just like that, I began studying under tanu-sage