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\nAfter a while, the others began to withdraw, and when Kuuga looked at Gadillas as to what he should do, the man said âcomeâ and left the room.
Looking at Ada, the chief priest didnât seem to have any objection to Kuuga leaving this place and even happily left with the others.
Kuuga wondered if itâs okay to leave this place. He followed Gadillas out of the room and along the corridor.
He had thought that this building was large from the outside but didnât think that itâs wide enough to allow their group to move freely like this.
While occasionally looking at the expressionlessly walking Gadillas, Kuuga also paid attention to his surroundings.
The othersâ gazes towards Gadillas werenât right. The complicated ones were still good, but Kuuga could feel some eyes like theyâre looking at garbage and some hate-filled ones. Was this normal for Gadillas?
When they arrived outside, there was a line up of priests and acolytes with Cary and Kurone among them. Kuuga wondered if he should go to Cary for a bit, but then remembered that the others didnât know that Cary often came to see him.
Although he wanted to complain about his treatment from Kurone, it was impossible since Kuuga couldnât talk.
They passed by the bowing crowd to where the carriages and horses were stopped. As Kuuga approached, the trained horses started to move and bowed to Kuuga all at once.
[Can you horses understand me?]
[Divine Beast, our king.]
Kuugaâs body shook in surprise when he received his first reply. He thought that the voice came from a horseâŚ
Kuuga approached the horse and asked with a fearful tone.
[Do you understand my words?]
[Beast King, understand.]
Its speech was somewhat broken, but itâs enough that he got a reply. Kuuga was happy and asked various questions, but the horse only knew about itself.
Well, thatâs to be expected. Kuuga spat out a sigh. It wouldâve been stranger for a horse to be familiar with the humansâ circumstances.
[K-king!]
[King, king!]
This time, two small birds flew from somewhere, landed on Kuugaâs head, and made a fuss. Kuuga wanted to complain a bit that theyâre on the kingâs head, but he thought that they wouldnât understand.
Just like the horses, or rather, the honest birds gave off a joyful atmosphere but didnât speak too complicated words. Kuuga tried to say it simply, but that just made them happy and didnât really give him a reply.
[Are you coming?]
[King, together!]
Oh, that worked.
Kuuga looked up at Gadillas, who was riding a horse, with the birds resting on his head and chirping away.
It seemed like the horse who replied to Kuuga was Gadillasâ horse, and Kuuga couldnât help but be envious of that proud looking horse.
[Hey, if itâs my size, I can carry a lot of people. Would you like to get on my back, Gadilla⌠Gadi.]
While calling out an abbreviated form of Gadillasâ name without permission, Kuuga tapped on Gadillasâ foot with his forefoot and was naturally not understood by the owner, even being rejected by the horse.
[Master, carry. My role.]
[Stingy.]
Even though Kuuga complained, the horse didnât bother with him anymore.
While walking alongside the slowly walking horse, a procession centered on Gadillas followed a path in the forest. Considering the scenery Kuuga had seen through the window, this forest shouldnât be that large. Thinking that they should be out soon, Kuuga broke the line and went ahead.
âOi?â
[Be right back.]
Gadillas reacted, but when Kuuga replied, he had a bitter smile in his mind, thinking that they wouldnât understand him, so Kuuga proceeded without hesitation and laid a foot on the tree ahead.
This body should be able to climb it.
Kuuga stretched his nails a little, hooked it on the tree trunk, then climbed onto a thick branch. When he looked at the forest from a high place, it seemed like theyâd be out in about 1 km as expected.
Satisfied with reaching his goal, Kuuga jumped off and returned under Gadillas. Gadillasâ voice came down to Kuuga, who was a little worried that his body was really too good.
âOi, donât play. Be obedient.â
[Wha-, playâŚ!?]
Kuuga didnât expect his actions to be seen that way, and the shock from making Gadillas angry made Kuuga droop his ears.
Perhaps seeing his drooping head and tail, a man behind them couldnât stand it and burst out laughing.
Looking back, one of the 15 people lined up earlier and who happened to be a dog-loving person was giggling happily.
Heâs a blonde haired blue eyed prince-like man.
âThe Divine Beast-sama is so cute. Thatâs nice, if I was chosen as the king, I could be together with the Divine Beast-sama.â
[âŚcute?]
âAhh, thatâs cute. Even Gadillas had been peeping since a while ago! Iâm so envious!â
ââŚâ
This guy didnât seem to have a cold attitude against Gadillas. They looked to be on good terms, but Kuuga could see from Gadillasâ eyes that he didnât trust the man.
In Kuugaâs point of view, this dog lover could be trusted.
[Gadi, this guy is okay. Donât look like that.]
ââŚDivine Beast-sama said something.â
âI canât understand it, though.â
âSo establishing the contract didnât necessarily mean understanding its words⌠pfft, haha, again, Divine Beast-sama is depressed. Too cuteâŚ!â
Although the language barrier was still there, Kuuga got a bit of information because the dog lover liked to say various things. It seemed like the Divine Beast Kuuga, and Gadillas made a contract in that ritual. And it seemed like Gadillas, the king selected by Kuuga, the Divine Beast, would spend their lives together.
In other words, Kuuga noted that Divine Beasts could choose the king. Despite being treated like a beast and even shown dissatisfied faces at Kuugaâs choice, no one tried to defy it.
Kuuga wondered if no one couldâve explained this to him on day one. Kuuga, who could only go with the flow, sighed deeply.