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Familiar

“Where to next?” (Raphtalia)

“Let’s see… let’s go to to Firo’s room.” (Naofumi)

I gave Firo a room once. Specifically, a room in my house.

I thought the Filo Rial barn would be fine, but since Firo wanted it, it couldn’t be helped.

Children want their own rooms, don’t they? It’s the same as that.

She herself hasn’t really used it though.

I put a lock in place just in case, but I guess it’s a good time to see what she’s been up to.

We go into my house, and I open the door to Firo’s room.

“This is….” (Naofumi)

Children’s toys and shiny things are scattered all over the place. It looks just like a little kid’s room.

Except, there’s a bird nest made of straw.

Has she used it? There aren’t many traces of wear.

“There may be eggs around.” (Naofumi)

“Can Firo even lay eggs?” (Raphtalia)

“Well, maybe she made some with Motoyasu… no, Melty.” (Naofumi)

“Melty’s a human girl!” (Raphtalia)

Raphtalia’s retort is sharp, huh?

But, while Rafutalia may not know, Firo and Melty have that kind of relationship.

The main cause for that was me though.

That whole affair is way over my head.

She herself claims it isn’t like that, however.

“I don’t know, some might even be Naofumi-sama’s.” (Raphtalia)

“As if that’s possible!” (Naofumi)

God, Raphtalia, who would think that?

Don’t talk nonsense like making Firo my partner.

…Just a little while ago she attacked me, however.

In any case, is such a messy room even worth investigating? But…

So, while thinking ‘is there even anything in such a disordered room,’ I investigate, however……

Some quite expensive-looking minerals and ornaments were carelessly placed around.

Just where did this come from?

Then, these bones inside the nest, the hell are they? Leftovers?

Firo that girl, if I think about it she does have two sides to her.

The airheaded, pure side and the wild animal, proper, side. Perhaps, the wild animal side is her true nature.

Well I’ve been careful before, and there aren’t pellets so it’s fine, but……

This bone…is dragon-ish.

Are these the spoils of war from when I let Firo go wild and had her raise her level?

“She’d probably get mad if we take them away, huh?” (Naofumi)

“I think she’d be angry just from you looking around of your own accord.” (Raphtalia)

“Yeah…” (Naofumi)

…huh?

“”Pii!””

Filo Rial chicks come out from the insides of my armor and start examining the room.

“What is this?!” (Raphtalia)

“Well, some chicks I received from Firo, but just from where did they come from?” (Naofumi)

When I take off my armor they’re not there, and even when I take off my clothes they don’t come out.

At times, they come out from the gaps in my armor.

What are these Filo Rial chicks?

“Naofumi-sama, could they be… parasitic?” (Raphtalia)

“What did you say?” (Naofumi)

These two chicks, it can’t be, they are parasitizing me?

Don’t joke around!

“”Pii!””

The two baby chicks go and take something from the nest.

What is that?

They come back with a gem a little bigger than my fist.

“What a pretty gem. It’s light-pink colored.” (Raphtalia)

“Yeah… What is it?” (Naofumi)

“Who knows.” (Raphtalia)

With my [Judgment], I try to identify it.

Firo’s …Magic Stone?

“”Pii!””

With the magic stone, the two monster chicks jump into my hand.

“I hold it and then?” (Naofumi)

“”Pii!””

“If Firo finds out about this, won’t it be dangerous?” (Naofumi)

“”Pii!””

The two monster chicks buzz and shake their necks.

What are you two doing!?

While I was wondering about this, the magic stone in my hand melts and then evaporates.

“UWAAAA!!” (Naofumi)

A cloud of smoke billows up, and some kind of vapor flies towards me.

Ah Crap! Watch out!

Immediately after I thought that, the smoke wraps around me….and clears up.

“Wha, what was that?” (Naofumi)

“Naofumi-sama, are you all right?” (Raphtalia)

“I don’t feel particularly weird….” (Naofumi)

Just in case, I confirm my Status.

I would be troubled if I got some Status Abnormality while I didn’t notice.

It may be bad judgment by me, but I feel as though my magic power has increased. Actually…what’s going on?

Something like Gaelion’s divine protection seems to have been applied.

Also, I feel like I can tell where Firo is.

Presumably, she’s heading my direction.

Seriously, what’s going on here?

“Pii!”

“Seriously you-!” (Naofumi)

As I think that, the two chicks’ monster crests begin to change.

The shield is shining.

Skill < Filo-Rial: Familiar> Mastered.

Skill <Filo-Rial: Mode-Change>

Familiar?

It’s like those familiars from games right…?

What exactly is it?

But, if I mind it too much it’ll be dangerous.

Firo will arrive home soon!

“Raphtalia. Hurry and get out. Firo is coming back!” (Naofumi)

“Eh? Um, yeah!” (Raphtalia)

We leave from the room in a hurry.

Immediately after that.

“I’m back!ー” (Firo)

Firo comes happily through the front door.

“Welcome back.” (Raphtalia)

“Y, you seem to have known I was coming back, huh?” (Firo)

“Well, somehow.” (Naofumi)

I wonder what’s with that?

I can feel where Firo is without checking for things like Ki.

Speaking of which, Familiar ・ Firo Rial and Monster Change ・ Filo Rial are… what exactly?

“Ah, Masterー. You seeー, those are skills from Fitoria, as thanks for the other timeー” (Firo)

She saw through me!?

In that case, there’s no need to hide, huh?

“Well, you seeー, those children were entrusted by Fitoria and sent to Master, butー…They’re monsters created to be able to protect Master any timeー” (Firo)

“I see, so is that why they appear all of a sudden?” (Naofumi)

“Un. She said they stayed quiet until they adapted to Master’s magicー” (Firo)

“They’re not parasites inside me?” (Naofumi)

“Yeah, um ….huh? I can’t hear her voice anymore!?” (Firo)

Firo touches her ahoge and answers.

I knew it.

These Filo Rial chicks ARE parasites inside of me!

“If you dislike it, we can attach them to Firo though.” (Firo)

“Heh-” (Naofumi)

“It’s become possible for Master’s magic power to be granted to Firo, so Firo knows where Master is.” (Firo)

“Ah, that’s right.” (Naofumi)

“…A while ago, weren’t you in Firo’s room?” (Firo)

Gulp…

Well, even if it’s exposed to Firo, there’s no particular problem.

“Well, we went to go see your room. Be a little more organized.” (Naofumi)

“Boo-” (Firo)

“In your nest, we found a cherry pink stone.” (Naofumi)

“There was such a thingー? Firo didn’t know at allー” (Firo)

“Didn’t know huh?” (Naofumi)

“Now that you mention it… Melty-chan said she saw it too, the next morning from when we slept together.”(Firo)

“Wow-” (Naofumi)

“The reason that Melty was given to Master recently was that too?” (Firo)

I was parasited by Melty too? …Melty, your insignificant life’s struggle…

Some people might say it’s my fault.

“Pii!”

In any case, no, that’s why I won’t hold it against Firo.

And in that moment, Firo softly pushes against me, and the two baby chicks jump out and enter Firo.

“Eh?”

Raphtalia is wide eyed.

Firo transforms into human form and shines.

An icon for Filo Rial: Mode Change pops up into my view.

….It seems to have some sort of numerical pattern.

Default settings such as power, speed, and magic, as well as various other things, pop up.

For the time being, let’s try power.

“Ah, I feel like some kind of power is surging out of me.” (Firo)

“Hmmmm…” (Naofumi)

Ah, so I can tamper with Firo’s settings with this?

Let’s put it back to default. Setting off some weird rampage would be a pain.

“Pii!”

The two chicks start crawling around inside my armor again.

Damn! GET OUT!

They don’t come out when I take off my armor, and they’re not under my clothes either.

Oh bother, these extra Filo Rial things are stuck to me.

Hey wait a sec, didn’t Firo get some weird power-up from that weird bird when she classed up?

What the hell?

Somehow, investigating Firo’s room was a good idea.

I think I’ll give her multiple, unreasonable instructions out of spite!

“Firo, your room is surprisingly dirty. I want it cleaned regularly!” (Naofumi)

“YEAH!” (Firo)

Somehow happy, Firo starts cleaning her room as per my instructions.

The high quality ores and the like, we don’t need, so we take them to the warehouse; hearing her happily clean felt a little good.

“You know what? I think I’ve come to understand Master a little more!” (Firo)

“Is that so?” (Naofumi)

“I won’t lose to Onee-chan.” (Firo)

“What are you talking about?” (Naofumi)

“Does Master want to go inspect the other kids’ rooms?” (Firo)

“Ah.” (Naofumi)

I had thought about looking through the village once.

As long as it’s not my stuff we’re all going to see, it’s all right.

So after that, we take Firo around the village to inspect things in everyone else’s rooms.

Next, we go to the loinclothed dog’s… I mean, Kiel’s room, and find her diary.

Of course we read it. It’s full of things like what delicious foods she ate that day, or who she ate with. It’s full of that kind of stuff.

This loincloth-loving dog… Is this some kind of Kennel?!

Next is Taniko.

The demon tree-hugger has a very organized room.

All of my monsters are cataloged and organized in books by size, shape, and personality, with details written very meticulously on each page.

She loves her monsters the same as ever, I guess.

“Somehow, all this seems like a bad thing… I guess everyone’s got a unique personality, right?” (Raphtalia)

“Yeah!” (Firo)

“I guess so…” (Naofumi)

Next up is Atlas and Fohl’s house.

Looking around the house Atlas had been sleeping in until recently… it looks really well taken care of.

Atlas had been invading my place after all.

Fohl would be pretty useless with that…

First of all though, that means this is Fohl’s room.

There’s only a table and a well-made bed haphazardly shoved in the room.

That’s probably because I didn’t tell anyone we were coming by today.

Inside Atlas’s room, it somehow explosively became full of stuffed animals.

There doesn’t seem to be any one special animal that stands out either.

Wait a sec, these couldn’t be Fohl’s belongings, could they?

Really?

Rather than Atlas’s room…this is Fohl’s room!?

I’d seen it before. It gives off a fancy feeling. Pink wallpaper hung on the walls. There’s not much evidence that the bed was used.

Something…… seems to be floating in the air in this room.

Like a girl vibe for instance…

“That’s a lovely room. Is this the room Atla-chan sleeps in?” (Raphtalia)

“No. It’s probably more likely that the room won’t be used until Fohl gets back.” (Naofumi)

“True, Atlas is usually always sleeping in the bed next to Master.” (Firo)

“…In my bed, you said?” (Raphtalia)

“Now that you mention it, that’s true. She and Sadina sleep together.” (Naofumi)

“The bed I sleep in is going to smell like Atlas and Sadina-nee tonight……?” (Raphtalia)

Raphtalia’s eyebrows rise a little in frustration.

Come on now, don’t be like that.

What Atlas actually wants is to sleep in my bed, but pointing that out doesn’t seem necessary.

Let’s let the things in Fohl’s dream room be.

Then… Sadina’s room is not in the village.

Her house is in that secret base.

After that is Imia’s room.

The Lemo demi-humans created their residences under the village.

Despite all the building down there, it hasn’t collapsed even once.

Because the rooms down there aren’t made with camping plant, it’s impossible to force the rooms open, but they weren’t even locked.

The inside of Imya’s room is full of drawings of clothes. A dressmaking model stood in one corner, serious work already put into the project it displayed.

Ah. Some sunglasses I’d made were hanging in the room.

Sometime later, I’d planned on making a better version of those.

Anything would be better than those improvised ones I first made.

Something important like that, I should probably leave to Imya. She’s good with stuff like that.

The other earth slaves all seem to have some kind of special belongings as well.

Much like Firo’s room, despite having been cleaned, they are all a bit dirty.

I’ll make sure to mention during dinnertime that I’d checked in everywhere unannounced.

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