Virigress' status board
Profile:
Na: *
Level: 1
Race: Young Virigress
Age: 5 Months
Status:
Health: 21/67 Mana: 4/19 Strength: 45 Intelligence: 20 Vitality: 31 Wisdom: 20 Agility: 51 Stamina: 0/68 Effects: [Adrenaline (Moderate)] [Exhaustion (Moderate)] [Bleeding (Minor)] [Broken Leg (Left Hind Leg)] Skill: Magic skills and related:
[Mana Control Lv. 1]
Physical skills and related:
[Enhanced Claws Lv. 1]
[Enhanced Fangs Lv. 1]
[Toxic Claw Lv. 2]
Senses and movent skills:
[Stealth Lv. 1]
[Enhanced Auditory Sense Lv. 1]
[Enhanced Olfactory Sense Lv. 1]
[Enhanced Vision Lv. 2]
[Tracking Lv. 1]
[Night Vision Lv. 3]
[Presence Killer Lv. 1]
[Evasion Lv. 1]
[Terrain Maneuvering Lv. 1]
Resistances:
[Physical Resistance Lv. 1]
[Pain Resistance Lv. 2]
[Poison Resistance Lv. 3]
Others:
[Starvation Lv. 1]
At least its not another reincarnator, I thought.
Looking at the green feline monster, I noticed that it had features that resembled a tiger. It had no stripes and its fur was green, but its face reminded of a tiger cub that I saw on the internet.
[Wow, the cub is older than ,] stated Saori.
[I would find that hard to believe, were it not for the concrete proof that your status board is displaying, Miss Saori,] said Tasianna, nodding.
The statent would make no sense considering howmature Saori looked but once you rembered that she was literally reincarnated as a [Young Warg] two months ago, then it would make sense. She also jumped on the Hestia Power leveling train for the first month, so her growth has been abnormal if you compared it to this little Virigress cub here.
We both still had the Young prefix before our race na, but monster evolution has accelerated our bodys maturity by quite a lot.
If we were normal newborn monsters, then I believe we would be just like this little one here. Nobody would expect that I was only a month older.
Hey, little one, where are your parents? I said while raising my pitch to soothe it.
However, when I tried to pet it, the Virigress cub hissed at with mrrriiiiiiiehhh, extended its claws and nearly scratched but my [Prediction] prevented it. Despite posing literally no threat to , my skill still dutifully fulfilled its task when the monster cat tried to harm , although, I could have responded even without it activating.
To , everything felt like it was in slow motion, anyways, if I didnt drop my guard down entirely. Thankfully, its not snail pace slowmo.
[Have your parents not taught you to not pet a wild cat, Hestia? Especially when the cat has venomous claws,] Saori said in exasperation.
Scratching my cheeks, I responded with, [He he, uh, not really. Most strays I t in the city were pretty nice, even allowing people to pet them.]
If you brought them food, of course.
["Those cats are used to humans in their day to day life, while this one probably has never seen one yet, considering how deep we are into the forest,"] Saori reprimanded .
Putting myself in the cubs shoes, seeing a dragonewt trying to touch while Im on the brink of death would terrify . In this current situation, my survival instincts would overrule the rational part of my mind and anything I would do would be to preserve my life. A cornered rat fights the hardest, after all.
It should have been obvious to .
I guess being immune to all its attacks made a bit arrogant. I shouldve considered its point of view first before doing sothing.
However, before I continued contemplating about it, I should heal it before it dies. Doesn't hurt to be nice once in a while.
Hmm, its left hind leg is twisted, probably a broken bone? Face and body are riddled with small cuts covered in dirt, so chances are high that the bacteria are slowly entering its body through the wounds. The status board hasnt shown it yet, but you can guess it easily.
Well, not like I ever had those problems with [Cure] and the healing spells.
To start off, I cast [Cure] and [Purify] on the cub, intending to remove any possibility of infections and necrosis. Afterward, a simple [Minor Heal] would be enough to refill its Health.
Mreoow? noticing the mana particles cleansing its body and restoring its Health, the Virigress cub gave a confused cry.
The mont its attention was directed elsewhere, I gently grabbed it by the neck and pushed its head to the ground.
Mraaaaoewwww!
[Princess Hestia!] Tasianna cried out.
[Dont worry, Im just checking its leg,] I said to reassure my two surprised companions.
I made sure to tell my spell during Invocation to not heal the leg, in case I ssed it up again like when I ruined any chances to heal my left wings mana paths.
The cub was screeching and hissing like it was possessed, struggling under my hand in total fear, unable to even budge my grip by even a milliter.
It was trying to scratch my arm but [Draconic Barrier] made every attempt fruitless, even preventing the toxin in its claws to touch my skin. Well, it would have no effect anyway even if it could pierce through.
While it was in this state, I was holding and stabilizing its left leg so it wouldnt harm it any further from all these movents.
I know a veterinarian would probably know how to handle this better, but I never owned a pet, nor have I watched a docuntary about it before. All I knew was from a wildlife docuntary series that I happened to enjoy watching.
When calm words wont work then let the animal tire itself out. It had [Exhaustion (Moderate)] anyways, so it shouldn't take long. As expected, it only took thirty seconds for it to calm down.
[Shhh, Im sorry. I know you must be scared and stressed but Im not here to hurt you,] I told the cub through [Telepathy]. [I used magic to heal your wounds and I will also heal your leg, so please allow to help you for just a few more seconds. I promise that I will free you once you are in tip-top form, again.]
Maybe its cause I successfully persuaded it or maybe its cause it had no more energy to resist, in any case, the cub looked at in the eye for a second before glancing away, leaving its guard down completely.
A spectator would have told to use [Telepathy] first before using brute force, but I had low confidence that it would have believed in the current situation. If its parent did a proper job, then distrust for other monsters should have been imprinted into it once it was able to move. At least, thats what I would have done.
I couldnt have used the sa thods as when I first t Saori. Fortunately, as she had [Telepathy], I was able to erase her fear and gain her trust early on.
However, not only can this monster not respond back but I wasnt even sure it could understand properly. [Telepathy] sends out information from one mind to the other, so it should have automatically translated my words into sothing that the virigress could understand.
That's why I resorted to dominating it. I might look back on this and cringe, but it was the best plan I could think of to gain its acceptance in a short amount of tiat least, that's what my parallel mind explained.
I might have watched too many animal docs
Anyways, using the trust that it was reluctantly giving , I examined its leg.
Yup, definitely broken into two pieces. Sothing crushed its shin, causing it to splinter.
The cub was groaning and moaning in pain but allowed to continue, nevertheless. Unfortunately, Invocation needed to go into detail and I wanted to not leave any lingering damage.
Ja, I could have paralyzed so monsters and allowed the cub to kill them for a level up, which would heal its entire skeleton, but could it do this in its weakened state? Not to ntion with its low stats?
Sigh, its so annoying that leveling up wont heal my wings mana paths.
After that complaint, I held the cubs left hind leg with both hands and used [Major Heal] on it, using the right hind legs skeletal feature as a reference. I didnt know how to confirm all the broken pieces of the shin but simply telling the System repair the bones that I was holding my hands seems to have done the trick.
It was still vague but specific enough to work perfectly.
[Can you move it? Give it a try,] I said.
It was having a hard ti standing up, due to [Exhaustion], but it seems to have little problems moving it while it laid on the ground. Its eyes looked in wonder at its fully healed body.
[Thats good to see, so where are your parents?] I asked the cub.
Mreooow, it answered.
Ok, that was a stupid question.
[The stampede definitely separated them,] Saori said. [Maybe they are still in the area, but it is likely that they are gone due to all the chaos.]
It couldnt move. It couldnt speak. It probably doesnt even know where it was. Why did I even ask that question in the first place?
[It would be very difficult to track them, I believe,] Tasianna added, pointing at the ground. [There are too many footprints and even with [Tracking], it would be far too hard to ascertain which belonged to the virigress parents.]
[Saori couldnt you try and find their scent?] I suggested to Saori, knowing her nose was the best among us.
[I couldbut in this chaos? I am not a trained police dog, Hestia. I still have not fully gotten used to my new sense of sll and discerning through hundreds of slls is impossible for , right now,] said Saori, shaking her head.
She was able to do it in the troll's cave, but I guess jumping from tracking four people to a triple-digit one might be asking too much.
[Besides, do we really have the ti to do this?] she asked. [We are currently being chased and you want to track down this cubs parents? In this giant forest? I have nothing against detours if we are careful about them, but it would be a fools errand to do this actively.]
I sighed, [Doesnt that an that we need to leave it here?]
[You have already done your best, PrincesHestia. You have generously shown kindness by preventing its death. Nobody can fault you for your future actions,] Tasianna said to reassure .
Hmmmoh!
Coming up with an idea, I picked the Virigress up, causing it to yelp mreow?!.
[Then instead of searching for its parents, how about we just keep huh,] before continuing, I lifted the cubs tail up and looked at its private spot to determine its gender. [Ah, its a him! How about we keep him and bring him along with us?]
Hearing my request, Tasianna expressed shock, [Wha-?! Princess Hestia, you cannot suggest keeping the monster with you! It's wild and dangerous and could possibly hurt you!"]
[Hurt?] I tilted my head. [The only way he could kill is with the power of cuteness.]
I wrapped my arms under his forelegs and pressed him closer to my body, literally cuddling him now. He was dirty but that was no problem for my self-repairing and self-cleaning mana dress.
Its true that the cub wasnt the most cutest thing alive due to how fierce and wild it looked even as a cub, but a baby is still a baby.
As he was a monster and also five months old, his body was large enough to match my torso while his legs even reached down to my thighs. Watching him limply hang on my arms was simply adorable. He even turned his head around to look in my eyes before turning back and accepting the situation that he was in.
It seems I was actually able to gain enough trust that he would allow to treat him like this. Smiling, I petted his head with my hand.
[See?] I opened my mouth. [Isnt he the cutest? Hes even allowing to cuddle him like this without being defiant about it.]
[PrinHestia, the cub is only allowing you to do so due to [Exhaustion]!] Tasianna rebuked. [Also, please stop rubbing your face on its fur! You are dirtying your delicate face!]
Tasianna flew up to and pushed my head away from the cub, before cleaning it with water produced by [Create Water].
[Will you take care of him?] Saori asked, chuckling from watching this codic scene I was sharing with Tasianna.
[Yup!] I jumped up! [I will feed him. I will wash him! I will trim his fur! I will also clean his litter box!]
Saori stayed silent for a second, before saying, [Taking care of a wild monster will be more difficult than a normal pet, Hestia. Do you believe you can handle the responsibility of being a virigress owner?]
["I can handle the responsibility. I am a grown girl now! I promise I will the most responsible dragonewt in all of dragonewt history!"] I said with pride.
[Sigh,] however, it seems my answer made Saori exasperated, as she had to massage her temple. [Why did I participate in this codic act? I am an adult. I should not have acted so silly.]
I giggled, [You can never be too old for jokes, Saori! It just ans that you arent a boring woman in your late twenties! You grew up properly!]
[Wha-What do you an with late twenties!] ntioning her age seems to have triggered her, as a red color spread across her whole face. [Excuse you, Hestia! I was 26, that is not late. That is the pri ti for won like . And boring?! Pah, once we are in an elven village or city, then I will bring you to a bar or tavern and I will show you how 'boring' I really am.]
[Sooooocan I keep him?] I asked Saori in one of her rare unrestrained moods.
[Yeah, keep him,] Saori consented!
[Miss Saori!] Tasianna objected. [No, we mustnt. This is too dangerous and-and how can we be sure that we can take care of the virigress in the first place?]
[You do not have to worry, Miss Tasianna,] Saori said, waving her hand. [Hestia can do it. I can assure it. She was the one that took care of when I was a re newborn.]
[Did you hear that, Rajah? You are coming with us, if you dont mind,] I told Rajah, the virigress cub.
Mreowh, he said.
[Oops, I did it again. Tap your left paw on my arm once, if you are against it, and twice, if you want to co,] hoping that [Telepathy] is working properly, I asked him once again.
Rajah hesitated for a bit but after tapping his left paw twice, the elation of seeing this forced to beam a smile.
.
A Sea of Trees
The shimring erald of this world
The place that I found you
Oh, Rajah, my love
My little erald tiger!
.
Not able to hold down my emotions, my mouth couldnt hold back, and a song ca out. It was a slight variation of my song A Sea of Trees that I sang during my first flight, changed to ntion Rajah.
[Hey, Hestia!] although I wanted to continue singing, Saori blocked my mouth with her hand. [What did I tell you about keeping quiet? The wyverns are not here anymore but that does not change the fact that we must be careful!]
[Oops, I apologize, SaoriMy emotions went a bit crazy,] I said apologetically.
[It is fine. I understand,] she released my mouth. [Anyways, you already have a na for him? Rajah? That does not sound like an English, German, or Japanese na.]
Of course, it isnt. Its a na from the movie Aladdin, belonging to the tiger from Princess Jasmine.
At first, I considered Simba, but he wasnt very lion-like. I also had Shere Kahn in mind, but that guy was a dick. My little Virigress is not a bad guy. So, I gave him a na from a tiger that I knew was very likable. Who cares if Rajah was exotic, when my na Hestia Atsuko was already unique in this new world, in the first place.
[Co on, Tasianna. Say welco to Rajah,] I pushed Rajah in front of Tasianna.
[I welco you to our little group, Rajah. May we serve Princess Hestia with all our body and mind,] Tasianna said in the most formal way possible.
Rajah said mreoow and tried to swat Tasianna away like a fly.
[Dear Goddesses, Zephira and Plesia, please grant the strength to endure all of this for my dear Princess Hestia Atsuko,] Tasianna began praying after dodging all of Rajahs slow swipes.
Nervously laughing, I apologized to her for Rajahs behavior, [He he, I promise I will make it up for you, Tasianna. I will make sure to discipline Rajah properly.]
Saying that I looked at Rajah while having [Noble Aura] activated, [Rajah, that was Tasianna, my friend. She is not an enemy and if you annoy her then she will freeze you into a popsicle. If you dont listen to then I will actually have to discipline youok?]
Acquisition requirent fulfilled. [Terror Aura Lv. 1] acquired
Oi, was zur Hlle?! (Oi, what the hell?!)
Rajah called out mreoooorah in panic and started shaking in my arms as sparks began flying around . Did I unconsciously activate [Spark Fla Veil]?
[Well, let us forget about it for the anti,] Saori ca in to diffuse the situation like she always would. [We still have so plans until night cos, so let us be off.]
As Tasianna and Saori went forward, I turned Rajah around and had him face , [I kinda skipped the process, but I think I should do it properly.]
Rembering how Saori nad , I imitated her words, [From today onwards you shall be Rajah. Lets have as much fun as we can possibly have, alright, Rajah?]
Mreow, he cried.
[Young Virigress *] was given the na [Young Virigress, Rajah] by [Young Spark Inferno Dragon, Hesta Atsuko]
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