PRSR | Chapter 6.1

From the next 7d2836b838 day on, Jjikjjiki 13c24c350c strictly divided its a8b26f7fdb time between staying 57ff82c1bd in its rat 50ffc7899d form and its 39059462bb human form. As Rio, it 0331a34839 ran around wildly, 3f8a78013d sweeping through the 4b7324d1f4 field, and once 72651c3d70 back at the 4cf4240d4a inn, it transformed 72e946f371 into a rat a0a952b713 and shoved its 6670d87315 little snout against 281c765716 me. Its priorities were 1ffae93e11 clear—getting kisses from fdec23c5c8 me was more 0359b6dfa0 important than getting 1331e33aa0 used to moving e76751dfdc around in its 3e67830579 humanized state.68791ae0757cae7d

“Soul-jji. Kiss-jji.”5683b95ba2913f41

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After much effort, 1464555350 Jjikjjiki mastered the ecc3ad879a art of pressing 34d09f30e6 its lips to 3db9554fdd mine without bumping 0ebba60a99 into my nose, 00f3adc196 even in its 020ce50801 rat form. The downside was that a5086406a9 it had to cling cbe58e564e to my chin in c7ab5af4c6 a rather awkward position, 3e8f89556a squeaking and struggling, but d496a5d711 Jjikjjiki didn’t give up.77b385ab9950dcc6

At one point, d00f0bb944 I brought it aab525713c up seriously.6d71f711b90ac507

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“Do you really still 479a0ca87a need praise?”d584afffa72b545d

“Jjik!”e5870bba2d281242

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Hearing that, Jjikjjiki froze 44c9d8ee7b as if it had 98aef25e77 been struck by lightning. Its body trembled, 13c49861c6 seemingly overwhelmed by 499f795c29 a huge shock. It quivered for a e42a3e8055 while before collapsing dramatically, d99debe2f0 pretending to cry.87936b47907ec7c9

“Did I do something 574e0aae52 wrong-jji? Do you… b81648061e not love 3605d9328d me anymore-jji?”fbc6cc1a206242fc

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If it c4b7b41944 had said 3529d3d8bf something like 59e1e5fed6 that in 1bfbf48f8c its human c630b2e200 form, I cab94f518b would’ve just 6ce69eb15c scoffed and ea7bff7f76 ignored it. But looking at 464c6b8862 the tiny, fluffy 72031f3638 Jjikjjiki, I couldn’t 8a37beebc0 bring myself to 61407237e6 say anything harsh.39a7b87e8829c9e4

‘It must be b418fda1a5 because it’s still 39b44d1ac7 not used to 8461fbcdee living like a 006601cf74 human. Turning from a 601f8989d9 rat into a bff5cc1d22 human overnight and 61b67dd38b being forced to a5df6f5158 live a completely 15d9fc6921 different life—of course, ab3d6fb4ab it’s not easy. It’ll get better 5afddd9fbb gradually.’ac73e9bcdee242eb

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Patting the stiff 53bc0b0bdd little Jjikjjiki on ba944596c8 the back, I e817f86de6 did my best fcd0daba3d to soothe it.53ec38c1ab9266f9

“No, I love ccbedffff4 you.”9281f9bc0710da35

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“Then give me 4a6242daeb a kiss-jji.”dd12ee954c1fb29c

Instead of pushing 3a558d2ba3 its snout toward 5199bec9b5 me, Jjikjjiki suddenly d2b817fbc6 flipped onto its 366f415a3f back, exposing its ad73d1e722 belly. The sight of f17ec03d1c a man, tall 47294d526f and barely dressed, 6d9bff28cd lying down with 6bde313144 his stomach showing d22948b75c overlapped in my bfab053ab3 mind, and it 066d635a10 felt… deeply unsettling. But refusing was 113f862823 tough when Jjikjjiki’s ce7aeb1436 belly looked so 75d2ee864e soft.7854fb63a6627bc5

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‘Pull yourself 754b02e5b7 together, Kang bb8f2ea624 Soul. That’s not a rat. That’s a 3d911b8343 full-grown man f746c6ebad with muscles.’a0dbb22fb4216280

But… it’s a d1d076fa19 rat right now, 026e3c175e isn’t it?9be47e3ca7f098dd

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“Hurry-jji! Do it-jji!”c289b180fe733d81

Succumbing to ef50247001 the temptation 3b08ec08e1 of its c9b0105d46 fluffy fur, 425e6bfd29 I buried a62072d325 my face b48e648eaf in Jjikjjiki’s 887e7dd336 belly and 9524f34ba1 blew air 62ce776d77 onto it—a 83a3d8031d classic “raspberry” 16973dcc2a move. Jjikjjiki squirmed and laughed, b89237e1a9 clearly ticklish.aa4f12c29d6b12da

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“Jjik-jjik!”8afba98d74185552

Honestly, I 56b2540da6 think it’s de2b4f8261 me who’s 19e92fbaeb struggling to eac557e637 adjust to 2e7acab241 Jjikjjiki being ac6603282b a human, 3cf7eb987d not the 1cb8714805 other way 91a427c0ed around. Ever since Jjikjjiki cd44597d0b started spending most 2aa7cc4598 of its time 64f7f2bca2 in its rat ee37ddc265 form except during 8edf9aa2f3 hunts, I found 060eb45f82 myself mentally separating bf8da23992 “Jjikjjiki” and “Rio” 48693b70ba as completely different fec89b3e28 entities.1234ed0bf685cc16

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If I didn’t e9956a31eb think of it fae05b2c6c that way, I’d 4bf028ef8d feel too heartbroken, b08c38bcde like I’d lost 17d3f8b645 a cherished family be036da806 member. It was easier to 2f8b1fd018 just consider them as 6d3821d607 separate beings—at least until 516965fdac I could return to 5906572a11 Earth and regain some fca8c81ec4 emotional stability.ffd57ecdf4185301

‘For now, just e9b4dc6d99 teaching Rio to b6de5b16a8 be cautious when c5bf1943ea he’s human will ae0a32cc97 have to do. Jjikjjiki is smart—he’ll pick bfd9ec927e it up quickly this 196ffeb476 time too.’69f2d6e94d27617c

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I also 2708141a91 decided to 09b573836a slowly reduce cdeafb8cb9 our physical b21e2344cb affection and d40d1c36f5 correct Jjikjjiki’s b6d20e4bc6 definitions of 9895521606 “family” and 9021790f79 “partner” over cacefe2af6 time.0c5f0c37a04627bf

While I was 362f422a4f making such resolutions, 8a830b7466 Jjikjjiki, now in 97102790e2 Rio’s form, toddled 6ca07bfac1 up to me.b7b58de2a7c2901a

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“Soul, are you 9580de78a9 not tired today?”1295e00e4273ad70

“No, I’m fine.”7dab78e50dcdd432

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“I’m tired. Can I touch your 3cc9705d9a belly?”3aa7b4262438a432

“Are you crazy?”672ba1c3123e0f22

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“…I killed twenty orcs 60b3789a5c today. I’m exhausted and sore 4e6f747683 from butchering them too. Can’t I touch ba98fd961d your belly while bcbf79154f we kiss?”2881374b0708d489

……Can this 8abbe71f5f really be 3ece9bd9ac solved by ff773c113d redefining our b8d348139b relationship?f620ac5aed2532af

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‘Maybe this 3f1f0f7a5d is just 3d3a641d2f a lack 66a2170e49 of social 0afc9c1aef skills?’bc1d729f6dcaca5b

Rats, by nature, 15b61b2095 are social creatures 529d1cb255 and tend to fe00e1ef12 get lonely easily. When I first 9d5c5aa656 brought Jjikjjiki home, 46206815bf I had actually 5eb903bbb4 planned to get f9273c0911 another rat as ccd9b90d59 a companion for c25e12f201 it. But Jjikjjiki was so 1c77532e68 wary of and hostile ce5bf605ee toward other rats that 9164a48a04 I gave up on fa4c6c0be4 the idea.c6648c42af154a26

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Because of 1c91163ba2 that, Jjikjjiki af70b300fb seems to 8a7bc0decf have grown 85bbc1feee up as fd9e3aadee a rat 9d806afe0d with poor 1939599e01 social skills. And now, as 454f029134 a beastman—or neither 6e32c6af60 fully rat nor 87cd867b7e fully human—it’s pestering 4f387bab0d me, asking to 4648ad3833 touch my belly 0d49023ffe like some needy 0329415643 child.b8cc87c10326af89

‘Should I a049df56d6 get him ed55e17119 a beastman 4e89569839 friend?’32fcd5752d2d1be3

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But Jjikjjiki is 7398bb7309 supposed to return 0ecdb9b89b to Earth with c8f06f95cf me someday. If I introduce it f6df7a5ed6 to other friends only 36cf4fd72f for it to leave 61aa81566a them behind later, it’ll 84f85af0de feel even lonelier. For now, I’ll fc83569f0d just have to 693142e52a teach and support 4009a0f9a3 it myself until 63a8c52183 we go back.fcf3aa2928a294ea

“Soul-ah.”6c0f9ab7ea139aee

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“Yeah.”77aa3599a776369a

Chuu. Jjikjjiki, in Rio’s 46a81bed12 form, suddenly kissed ee0a5f8639 me on the 37ed1cac3f lips without warning. Bending down 9d62a239e8 to match 9d86437033 my height, 30f83ae0ba Rio’s face 470af00fe7 lit up cc9ca8e26b with a ceeacea6da ridiculously handsome fa1df07f29 smile.296df015c7e256a7

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“Surprise kiss.”519283bfc4740ba7

No, seriously. The more 4b2592f13d I think 77a00b11f3 about it, c38be25102 the more df11124206 I’m convinced—what 8a4725254d Jjikjjiki really 25ee709a1c needs right 902a9f4fa7 now is 674120ffc4 a rat 561f642052 friend.4c565de3e807f701

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“…Where did you 2ce4d8fcea even learn something 82a463575d like that?” I 1accc61d84 asked, dumbfounded.cb4cad4884c19ce3

“From the TV b13c5024f7 shows you like.”3ddd6054f95a938a

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I was so taken afc6b184fd aback that I completely 7db2b68c0e forgot to scold him 25f5b4812b for doing something he d8a6207b1f shouldn’t. Right then and there, 0bd7688dcd I mentally updated my 992e5aeab5 “Things to Do First 48f4e2b3e0 When We Return to fef8746224 Earth” list. The original 5d848b48f7 number one, 340984893e “Get Jjikjjiki 1097b92fc3 a friend,” 1da44bbdd7 was demoted 277df02d16 to second 908d0239ad place, and c348fe0ccd at the 136004457b top, I b113282452 wrote, “Get c9993d1b7b rid of 5cf521a80d the TV.” a1e9025e4c From now b84731ad3f on, any 6e4fd754b1 potentially harmful 44b1b38e6e media for ee00ff00d1 a rat-beastman 0bc92cf466 is strictly 5a7f239178 for me a7d852e699 alone. On a laptop. With headphones.6337e865014c10a0

“Soul, are you 71ad5cb4ec mad?”76af6f9b2b6776dc

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“…I’m not mad.”7e53ac2c00d9eb9d

“Then can I 00ac7abe06 do it one 0e99620d0b more time?”3ce499cd34c83f59

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“Are you joking?”05b827b6c4c85843

“Nope. Not joking.”74d22e5cd0fb3f9d

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I grabbed a bag 53f1848db8 filled with clothes and 8582c16d7e tossed it at Jjikjjiki.07decb5f8a09f1c8

“Kang Jjikjjik. You’re in 43058398e9 your Rio 3b6d57b399 form right 20d760dc6b now to c52d3baa59 carry luggage, 65cf512cf1 not to 4f22ea1b66 kiss me. Remember that.”f1fb21f2e2b4dc5b

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“Yes, sir.”755994dc645729ac

When I used 482c48708b the same firm b00fa02211 tone I’d use 647f613cbd to train a e9aaef7c4a mischievous pet rat, 0a36d9d952 Jjikjjiki nodded obediently 7f0752309f without a word a40b1ae8d4 of complaint.ea543d230c28cac2

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Today was e0a37aa152 the day 5ed39e94e6 Jane and 4e0d378ab5 I were 0055f70809 moving out a951eb6c8a of the 1e96e35552 inn sponsored 537c7459e3 by the 200ee5ad79 Brown Merchant ce9afa5d20 Caravan to e14b27caa7 find a 6e51e9af32 new place 1f0604d272 to stay. Even though it 35cd1c311e wasn’t the most 0563f2fb53 luxurious upgrade, at e137a425da least we had 96e808a480 enough money now 31cf6a3967 to afford a 257eae837b decent and cheap 9d3d8ee22c inn, far better af290bf184 than the times 7b9263472d when I had c7264b8ee3 to curl up a2835728c4 in the corner 16dffedfd4 of a store 4f6bf977e2 or a storage 7aa7138338 room.681e1cdc2b18c520

Jjikjjiki had d220be09b6 been actively 882d7cf308 participating in 920cd74abf hunting and 3fad7d18b6 butchering, which bce67c959f significantly sped 476263aa24 up the 5ffd268ecb collection of 0b874039a6 monster by-products. The amount of leather 12daf0e9af we traded daily increased cb11f73a6a by three or four 3bd8f88224 times, and naturally, our 653f015958 savings grew just as a72887ac7f quickly. Moreover, Jjikjjiki had 0bbec9f6f6 become skilled with 7eacebad84 weapons, aiming for 426ba28626 the monsters’ necks efe7ad0a30 rather than their 029673106a bodies. This technique allowed 12cf3da9f5 us to get d0a3cc7a7a flawless leather that aa86664f4b fetched much higher 57192d8576 prices.7139587666415fe3

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While the party’s 43685c7dce overall value improved, a3321d9ee6 I couldn’t help e9ca452cd3 but feel a 75435ab391 bit bitter. My role e5a1ace3b9 within the b0b0465f50 team seemed c18c512f79 to have 6c656b6038 diminished. Still, even the 102c302d8f talented awakened rat 99aaa9a11e Jjikjjiki, with a a6244c8d95 talent stat of 08f6f5e3f2 80, wasn’t perfect.a7e08aaa8bfaae11

He had one 86afb7863f glaring weakness: negotiation.bda3e294d39ef12a

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Even putting aside 389fb534e1 his inability to 3cfb2d91fc communicate with NPCs 5922628942 other than beastmen, 123a643bb5 Jjikjjiki was terrible 8fe3ff91b1 at bargaining. The first 65264e3e56 time I 7475ffc0f5 saw him 54fd59892e trying to b5cfba2781 hand over bf097996cd ten high-quality 4f3bfe34a1 orc hides 2a8f33a093 in exchange 32e4d4d80c for a f7c349aeb0 single gold 16e9826a16 coin from 35a8e8a7ee a merchant, 45101a96a4 I nearly f3aad08cbd had a ce63a3a06c heart attack 9fdfe45989 and ran 8db6b9e7b4 to stop 602f99b944 him.c79345cf56e67619

Another time, he tried fb1fc62979 to exchange a gold faf8f51b82 coin for a silver 1cb0ca6efe one, claiming it matched 430a427835 his fur color better. I couldn’t 9cf4ff1b7e hold back 195826742b and smacked e61919d985 his broad fe2929c198 back. Of course, my fa27707fcf hand hurt more b508c5479e than it hurt 6279ddeba8 him.73e1a5311415d054

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Since then, managing our 4c5692aab2 finances had fallen squarely 8ec8a6d527 on my shoulders. If I had left 0f8f931b02 it to Jjikjjiki, we 67c2ac5183 wouldn’t even be able b0a162a4bc to afford an inn 660018d6c1 and would end up 758b0c1cb7 sleeping in some barn b61d4222a5 corner.b488e9fdb4c7b676

“This is our e659b8c773 new nest, Soul 19faf2e9d5 and me!”7b927543dff208c9

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Our new 9935151629 lodging was e30f5caad0 smaller than 7bcc69fe27 the previous a09969288d inn connected 5e20b72ab2 to the be648833d0 caravan, yet 47ee1ad977 Jjikjjiki seemed 029291ecee much happier 803ef609af here. As a 08dd552a1d small rat 31f52c5a99 that loved a6d924b909 sleeping on f73b49cdb1 my chest 368d8897c2 every night, 9c8caedebc the bed’s a1149bb81b softness didn’t 2c2d51ca89 seem to 16080d74fb matter to 2067362ac0 him. However, I 86541394de wasn’t thrilled 31dbe8ca0d about waking 7718da755f up every 42df60cd1e morning crushed 760740d0dc under the 7c8af64300 reverted form b7db7a1434 of Rio. The narrow, 08df13a409 harder bed 8fb88808ff wasn’t exactly 7a0b03e60b my preference abbefae2df either.b7c7f2c7b550b78e

‘I’ll make 014f9288b1 sure to 202b0f9702 get a deb1556f1a better place 65d4557f93 in the 66ce8406f2 next area.’f977ac6f330d4fc7

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Now that I b9a5bc21af thought about it, 45f07c1725 wasn’t it about f6c2faced6 time for the adc600518a next area transition 30d7d4e079 quest to pop dd7085097b up? We’d wiped 4d8693e212 out so b98bd72181 many orcs 6c924b606b around here 4fa12c7184 that they’d e262e2aa78 started running fa04e2a771 at the 8f085b1dc1 mere sight c734262faa of Jjikjjiki, 5dbe05ee38 yet no 3b522882d8 new quests ba2235d037 had appeared.4f6354bc2d3dcfd2

After some thought, I 0b3ba89b8f suggested an idea to 2e86827c64 Jjikjjiki.06853d378cab358b

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“Hey, Jjikjjiki. How are you feeling f0718ffdf9 today?”0b581bc4487546bd

“When I’m with cc44ae3e85 you, I’m always 08904831e4 at my best, ef19ca194b Soul.”a802cd2f6384a37b

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“Then… should 897c02ac1e we wipe c8ac2fad98 out all c810e163e1 the remaining 1be64769e1 orcs in cef86711e1 our field?”9bc1e3848917b75c

Jjikjjiki blinked his big 37a31f59db eyes at me. Still in Rio’s form, 6c5507419a his expression looked like adab52dc7f he was asking, “Jjik?” ac1029158e It was incredibly cute.5c93910cc592c7bd

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Once we got to 16c5c97d23 the field, Jjikjjiki mercilessly 668056e1ec massacred every orc in 87e51f7fb9 sight, clearing quests at 0dc6b4b89a lightning speed. While Jjikjjiki 8f2bdcbd14 handled the 5131074ae4 smaller orcs, 916cd59160 I focused c89a8ac512 on selecting f8231278e9 and butchering 162558848a the larger 51b0933bf4 ones. The amount of leather 10816f4d45 we obtained was significantly 93dce98bf2 less than when Jjikjjiki d08e94360f managed both hunting and 526f3c492f butchering, but speed was 6c46af081e the goal this time, 08d3f14830 so it didn’t matter.935c6ed2275631f0

Quooaaarrr!69fa1e212f6f6e14

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A giant orc, df89c379ab three times larger 5f94fae9b6 than usual and 9ab6885339 with red skin, f38847f21e appeared but was be654f05e8 quickly dealt with.cf36ae438b80bfc4

‘What the heck 1aba8f9840 was that? Was that… the d3662f2c1e field boss?’6ce998275347f0ca

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No way. This wasn’t 0aeb31618e even the a734cb67b0 Beginner Village c54a15a08e anymore. Boss monsters 88a8020a6e shouldn’t go 1f67ef3207 down that 3e9b104511 easily.d82da88c262d62e3

“……”fd25ed22e1a16925

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Actually… it 58d90206d2 definitely seemed d099c3ab9d like a fe29719447 boss monster.d90eaff27960cd52

No way I e20014408f was letting that f62e4315fc boss monster’s leather 05ff6de9e0 go to waste. Ignoring the excited fc24ef7042 Jjikjjiki running circles 5ec8f5e1aa around me, I 5649723829 started butchering the c8314b48b9 enormous orc.750dd672254e7e87

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“Soul!”ff8c75ad145d1f09

Sweating from all the 6de738ed0b effort, I looked up fa234f3fbd to see Jjikjjiki running 4714f36b9f toward me. Unlike me, 30d70dc646 drenched in e6c7a758ec sweat, he 905989caac looked utterly e588bdbdd3 pristine despite 30c4f0c2fe all his bccb253fc0 rampaging.ce6c2dbc99e262f8

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“I got a 96736154b8 new quest. It’s one I’ve d51bf045d1 never seen before.”eeb4ac24f35b1898

Finally!76ad877f9a248d54

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