The Goddess Granted Me the [Hatching] Skill and Somehow I Became the Strongest Tamer, Commanding Mythical and Divine Beasts - Chapter 109: The Tamed Beast Kidnapping Incident 1

Chapter 109: The Tamed Beast Kidnapping Incident 1

“Alright, the request is complete. Good job, everyone.”

“Phew, I’m exhausted…”

As I left the Adventurer’s Guild and moved my body, I felt fatigue all over.

“Still, I’m not used to guarding important people…”

This time, I was personally chosen by Mr. Xavier, one of the guardians, to accompany him as a bodyguard on a regional inspection.

Mr. Xavier is a noble in charge of this country’s finances and was investigating suspicious money flows within the kingdom.

The purpose of this inspection was to uncover corruption—some local nobles were apparently pocketing part of the tax revenue.

Those corrupt nobles must have known that Mr. Xavier had gathered evidence against them because they sent assassins after us. I had to fight hard to fend them off.

We somehow made it to the location, arrested the noble, and returned to the royal capital. But after that, I got invited to dinner, which was exhausting.

“……&”

“Yeah, I want to go home soon too.”

As I stood there absentmindedly, Purple, who was sitting on my shoulder, brushed my cheek with her antenna.

I had brought her along for this request, and having a high-rank monster on my side made the job much more stable.

Thanks to Purple’s threads, we were able to restrain the assassins who attacked us, and catching the fleeing corrupt noble was easy.

After being away from the royal capital for two weeks, I started craving Celia’s cooking.

As I walked, eager to get home and relax, I caught sight of animal ears at the edge of my vision.

From the back, the person looked familiar.

They were kneeling with their back turned, talking to someone. Since it had been a while since we last met, I decided to go over and say hello.

“Carol?”

“Klaus?”

When she turned around, her ruby-red eyes stared at me. Her name was Carol, a beastman girl and a fellow national adventurer like me.

“What are you doing here?”

It was rare to see her crouching by the roadside, so I asked what was going on.

As Carol shifted her body, a young girl came into view.

She looked around eight to ten years old and was dressed fairly well. She was crying, and it seemed like Carol was comforting her.

“Why is she crying?”

I knelt to meet the girl’s gaze and asked her.

“Sekter… disappeared…”

I didn’t know what “Sekter” was, but it was clear that losing it was the reason she was crying.

I exchanged glances with Carol.

“Seems like her pet is missing.”

“What kind of animal is it?”

I asked the girl again.

“A white dog about this big. I found it outside the city the other day.”

She spread her arms wide to show the size. It seemed to be a rather large dog, so it should stand out.

“We promised to stay together forever… But now it’s gone…”

Since she picked it up outside the city, maybe it returned to the wild.

Either way, I couldn’t ignore a crying child.

“I’ll go find it for you.”

“Klaus?”

Carol sounded surprised.

“So, will you promise me you won’t cry anymore?”

I took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears. She remained still for a moment but then—

“Okay.”

She stopped crying and looked up at me.

“Good girl.”

I smiled and patted her head.

Carol, watching me, stared in silence.