After Winny calmed down and Ume had her turn holding Mametama, we gathered our things and made the way back inside the church. I went ahead to check in on Ren first because I wasn’t sure if the ‘dog versus cat’ feud is as common here in this world as it was on Earth and I’d rather like to avoid any unneeded fighting.

When I got to the sanctuary first, the others are scattered around doing their own thing, with Ren sitting by herself on one of the benches before she looks at me.

“Hey, guys. How’s she doing?” I ask.

“She calmed down and was sitting on the floor watching the door the whole time before she came to her senses,” Erizora explains. “She’s just been sitting on the bench being quiet since then.”

Sitting and watching the door … just like pet a dog waiting for their owner to come home. My heart was weakened by Mametama’s cuteness in kitten form moments ago, so when I imagined Ren in such a scenario just now, it ached even more from the cute yet sad image of her loneliness.

I shake off those feelings and approach Ren and lower myself to her eye level. The moment our eyes meet, her face flushes and she averts her gaze as she tries to keep herself from breaking out into tears.

“Are you feeling all right, Ren?”

“Y-Yes, I’m okay now, and … I’m sorry you had to see such a shameful side of me, Master.”

I look to the others and they nod. It seems they’re able to understand her now.

“All right, now before we get to what happened back there, allow me to introduce you all to my second new familiar from the Holy Realm,” I say before I went back out and give the okay to the others outside. Winny comes in first before Ume follows after that with Mametama in her arms. I thought the collective high-pitched squeals might’ve blown my eardrums as I close the door behind me.

“Master Jinma, who is that bundle of cuteness in Lady Umeiyon’s arms?!” Kalline asks. This is probably the most feminine I’ve seen out of the proud Centaur warrior so far.

I clear my throat. “Guys, allow me to introduce you to my second familiar who came from the Holy Realm. The Jade Cougar Queen of Diligence I named Mametama.”

“What?!” Kenaka exclaims with a jump.

“Well, well, well~, so what Milord has told me was correct,” Mametama says before jumping off of Ume’s arms, surprising her, and approach Kenaka. Despite looking like a kitten, her eyes changed to one like they’ve spotted a prey to play with, even though Kenaka’s cub form is a little bigger than her. “The one and only Crimson Bear King of Wrath. Oh, how I’ve longed to meet you of all beasts again.”

Judging by the sound of her tone, Mametama seems anything but happy to see Kenaka right now.

“You two know each other?” I ask.

“Oh, we had quite an interesting history together before we took the roles of kings and queens among our factions. Isn’t that right, ‘Kenaka,’ was it? For the ‘King of Wrath,’ the ‘High Ruler of Destruction’ stooped down to becoming a human’s familiar after being frightened of his power. I must say, this is the most pitiful I’ve seen of you yet. Oh, not that I’m saying serving you is in any way disgraceful, Milord. I do not mean to offend.”

“Uh, none taken?”

“… You know me well enough by now that I only acknowledge those of great power as my superior, and Milord certainly displayed that before I even had the chance to put him on trial,” Kenaka defends.

“I thought you didn’t do anything with Jin because of how he threatened to stick a knife up your ass if you didn’t stop scaring the others in his party?” Ume asks with a quirked brow.

Kenaka falls short into silence before Mametama guffaws.

“Seriously?! You’ve frightened every enemy before you up to now, and all it took to put you in your place was a knife?!”

“Shut it! If you witnessed Milord’s overwhelming aura on top of his ‘Devil Eyes,’ you know how gruesome it would be to become that man’s adversary!”

Mametama’s laughs also fall short as she stares at Kenaka wide-eyed. “Really? I mean, I’ve seen his powerful aura as well, but the ‘Devil Eyes’ is news to me. That shouldn’t even be possible for a human.”

“I must say, I thought I was hearing things when I heard a human who possessed the ‘Devil Eyes’ helped stop the raid on Dondegarm, but after seeing that spectacle …” Winny trails off.

“Yeah … I don’t know what the deal on that is, either, and I didn’t even know how I was able to activate it,” I say while scratching my head. “I plan on seeking some info on how that’s possible in the future after our first quest is finished, but in the meantime, let me ask this to the two of you now.”

I approach the two young-looking animals of their respective races and stand between them before furrowing my brow. “I can tell from the sound of your tones that whatever relationship you had in the past didn’t end so well. Will that history become a problem that will hinder our performance as a party down the line?”

“… No, Milord.”

“The last thing I wish as a former queen is to become a burden to you, Milord,” Kenaka and Mametama say respectively as they bow before me.

“You can discuss your personal affairs on your own times as long as you’re remaining in this realm, but if I see or hear of anything that would disturb the peace in result of those same affairs, I will step in and use whatever means necessary to resolve that problem myself and believe me, it will not be pretty. Are we clear?”

““Yes, Milord.””

“Am I the only one who finds this image a little strange?” I hear Lili whispering to Kalline.

If she’s talking about two young animals bowing down to a scary-looking dude then I don’t blame her for thinking that, but I’m not going to worry about it.

After everyone properly introduced themselves to my new familiars, I shift my direction to Ren, going into the subject of her being in a ‘regressed’ status moments ago.

I had been thinking a little before coming into the sanctuary as to why Nyra and I were somehow able to understand Ren while the others only heard barking and whining out of her. I then remembered what happened before I even arrived in this world.

Ms. Obina’s magic. From what she told me, I was given a special blessing where I could interpret any spoken language, even though I couldn’t read the writing of them for the life of me. I thought the ‘Pet Telepathy’ skill was why I could understand her at first, but I got that after I maxed out my ‘Petting’ skill, so that couldn’t have been it. I then wondered if Ren was speaking another language only other Werewolves would understand.

With that in mind, I ask Ren about what she could remember and why it happened the way it wasn’t expected to be from beast-type races under the ‘regressed’ ailment.

“First of all, I mean no offense Ms. Winny, but I think your assumption on how we behave under the ‘regressed’ ailment is not right.”

“Huh?” Winny asks, a little shocked.

“There are different beast-type races among demis and demons, and so it would make sense that they behave differently, not just by their race, but their personality as well. For us Werewolves, while we’re more likely to resort to violence, we only do it among those that try to harm us or our pack. When we know that there’s no danger nearby, I suppose you could say … we’re a lot more open to express our desires and act on our instincts in front of those inside our pack than the people outside of it. We also subconsciously resort to speaking in what we call ‘Caninian’ that only those among canine beast-type races would understand, but we’re still able to interpret whatever language we know of outside of it while in that state.”

I see, so understanding her special language was the case here.

<“So, how was I able to understand her? The Pixies and Fairies spoke and wrote in what was called ‘Spritan,’ I learned to speak Padimonian over the course of my time as a tanto possessing other people, but this is the first I’ve heard of such a language like ‘Caninian,’”> Nyra points out.

Hmm … Kenaka mentioned how the Weapon’s Bond’s magic linked us together in order for him to hear from you. I had to use my blood to make this bond possible and I was given a blessing before that that allows me to interpret any vocal language. Do you think those two are connected?

Somehow.

“Jinma was able to understand you just fine, though,” Lili points out, continuing where Ren left off. “Like … he understood what you were saying, word for word. How did you do that, Jinma?”

“Oh, uh … it’s not really about what she said that I understood, but when you think back to her gestures, you could make out what she was trying to put out through body language, right?”

“So … from Ren lying on her back and exposing her stomach, thou figured out she wanted … ‘tummy rubs?’ How did thou come to that conclusion?” Kalline asks. The way the word ‘tummy rubs’ was used made Ren flush.

“Oh, it’s just … what I’ve seen between tamed canine-type monsters and monster tamers back home.”

“Ah, I remember Mr. Todoka’s wife doing the same thing with her tamed pets, so that must be true!” Erizora exclaims. The others seem convinced after hearing someone’s confirmation.

Wow, way to make my ‘Deception’ more believable, Erizora. I’m not sure if I would put those animals back home on the same level as monsters, but I haven’t seen any regular animals so far in this world, so I had to play it safe.

“Speaking of ‘taming,’ Jin told us how he got a notice of achieving the ‘Pet Owner’ and ‘Pet Trainer’ titles after he successfully had Ren, who had achieved the ‘Trained Pet’ title, follow his commands. What was with that?” Ume asks.

I voided out the [Sex] from ‘Trained [Sex] Pet’ when I explained to the others so it wouldn’t be too strange.

“I honestly don’t know about that one,” Ren says with a contemplating expression. She seems to have picked up on my intentions since she didn’t correct me on her true title and decides to go along with it. “With or without my place as a slave, I knew in my heart that Master was superior to me in many ways, and of course, I love him as a male. I felt it was natural of me to do anything he tells me to.”

“I’m sorry to have put you in a humiliating state and receive such a degrading title,” I say before bowing my head to her in a 90-degree angle. “Had I known that would happen, I wouldn’t have put you through such an ordeal. I hope that you may forgive me, Ren.”

“I-It’s fine, Master! Please, raise your head! Besides …” she trails off and I look up to see her averting her gaze, embarrassed and still red. “You’re so fair and kind, I felt really good and happy how you have petted me from time to time. Shameful as it might be for me in my place as your slave to receive such indulgences, if being Master’s pet is what it takes to get more of that, then … I wouldn’t mind doing that much for you. I know because that’s what I truly felt when I look back at the moment you rubbed my stomach …”

I thought my heart might’ve popped out of my chest from how hard it thumped. What’s more, I didn’t catch a single hint of a lie in her words with my ‘Intuition’ on.

Oh, no … if she really says she doesn’t mind, then I might take her up on it without warning from time to time. I didn’t really think I’d get something like this for a ‘pet’ back home but I might have to make the most of it from our ‘plays’ from now on.

<“Well~, lookee here~, taking the first step into ‘freaky territory,’ huh? This sounds to be some form of BDSM without so much bondage. Gotta admit, we didn’t have this sort of foreplay back in my day and I haven’t seen any memories of the previously possessed taking any part of this, so this will definitely be an awesome experience for the both of us,”> Nyra says. Even though I don’t know what she looks like, I could imagine her licking her lips or make some other lewd expression to show her enthusiasm.

Aside from that, we all agreed that a sentient being like a Werewolf being able to acquire a ‘Trained Pet’ title was unusual, which means I really need to talk to Ms. Carmen and see what she makes of this situation. It seems Ren will be fine though, so we called this matter settled for the time being.

I give my thanks to Winny for providing the summons service today while she does the same being allowed to witness such a wondrous event in her time as a Holy Bishop. With two of my new familiars now with us in my party, I decide for us to move to our next location: the adventurer’s guild, where I’ll need to confront Eugus about letting Kalline join my party. And so, I open up [Portal] to the guild before everyone sans Winny starts stepping through.

A tug on my jacket catches my attention as I maintain the spell to see it was Ren. She beckons me closer so she could whisper, and so I comply.

“One more thing about us Werewolves. On nights of a full moon, when we’re with our acknowledged mates, we females submit to the ‘regressed’ ailment while going through our heat to readily accept the male’s seed and bear their children. We’re … a lot more energetic over sex at this time, so … I’ll be in your care when that comes, and I’ll make sure our time together will be worthwhile, Master.”

I turn to her wide-eyed and see how red she is despite her gentle smile, her tail sways side to side. Being the second the last to step into the [Portal], she takes her time to approach and walk through it, lifting her tail up all the while without looking back, as if letting me drink in the view of the perky ass on purpose as her owner and mate.

“…”

<“So, Werewolf bitches do go into heat, huh? And more ‘energetic,’ she says? Since you got the [Contraception] Null Spell to prevent pregnancy, sounds like you got something to look forward to on the next full moon, huh?”> Nyra asks.

Yeah … I’m definitely gonna go wild on that bitch when the time comes. With that thought in mind, while also restraining my cock from getting hard in my pants, I pick up my stuff and make my way through the [Portal] to join the others.