PRSR | Chapter 6.1

From the 76551696f3 next day c7dde4b714 on, Jjikjjiki ff26945b36 strictly divided 219f5da8f4 its time ffa5f996bd between staying 3a9cd5f969 in its 459d014acb rat form efffb8ec11 and its 00ae8b8ba7 human form. As Rio, it c4be708312 ran around wildly, c8d40842a5 sweeping through the 3c5688e37d field, and once 20fcf082b1 back at the c59d9dcc0b inn, it transformed b8f14db4b5 into a rat 1873dbe2b0 and shoved its 3d21c1b749 little snout against 9d690f1c71 me. Its priorities 044175add7 were clear—getting 878251f6ae kisses from 02e7c95d9e me was 4d38b26d9b more important c0a02a8f71 than getting 7bb7c2d50c used to a60a857e93 moving around 2bb9968faa in its bbefb3cc9b humanized state.37e394e5d5ced60a

“Soul-jji. Kiss-jji.”25ea091ecfc04b3e

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After much effort, Jjikjjiki 27d284a994 mastered the art of e56bc7f747 pressing its lips to df3ea93e47 mine without bumping into 782b256f37 my nose, even in 3ffd77de38 its rat form. The downside d512ad76d1 was that c7f8a7672c it had d2a0f0849f to cling ce4a28157e to my 5822d30b26 chin in 6f74b179f2 a rather 115664e922 awkward position, 54b69fc7fd squeaking and 416d0f9b3e struggling, but d1c13ceed9 Jjikjjiki didn’t 1f0ca42100 give up.215e4c4c058c5923

At one point, 2f58b1fb3e I brought it 6e44fa1c31 up seriously.6a4add3be97acdb5

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“Do you dc5914113d really still eb860f5fcc need praise?”d5deb693a545b7a8

“Jjik!”dbc7eb52796270b3

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Hearing that, Jjikjjiki 55d3f29547 froze as if 2ddaccd7fa it had been 91ac1f082d struck by lightning. Its body trembled, 88966a553b seemingly overwhelmed by 2d26b75ea4 a huge shock. It quivered for a e64b44df12 while before collapsing dramatically, f7f0ad63f0 pretending to cry.dc6bd502cfc252ca

“Did I 4d9c58923f do something 1e22ebceac wrong-jji? Do you… not 5202c0a321 love me anymore-jji?”80e9c2f15b472129

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If it 1dcdbf7bef had said d4d9867301 something like c40a94cfc0 that in a56857cec3 its human 09bea2bc41 form, I 78941311b6 would’ve just 66be761906 scoffed and 1b4514994a ignored it. But looking at d293aac6aa the tiny, fluffy 71f63d1f9e Jjikjjiki, I couldn’t 0d33e3b154 bring myself to 2b26c91abd say anything harsh.6a070ebfcb968856

‘It must 7d42b2328d be because 53bdcbf135 it’s still 2be4e59a28 not used 0a3d2cc71a to living 82803d9f83 like a 02ed07cc02 human. Turning from 9ff3c727f5 a rat eb7cde4395 into a 282147349a human overnight 181b4ffa2e and being a29d819bf8 forced to 12441b602d live a 771baf8eb0 completely different fa58f74e02 life—of course, 37493660ff it’s not 64a8d936f7 easy. It’ll get better gradually.’6dca43c91de00496

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Patting the stiff 4b6db8387f little Jjikjjiki on 066e505e09 the back, I 355af687b2 did my best 99ba988957 to soothe it.8bb188fab9461fe6

“No, I a42eaa0f10 love you.”bf82216085eb6719

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“Then give f6849fe92f me a 9a64452b3f kiss-jji.”fd6f61ef092241de

Instead of a7a03125f3 pushing its 00aa6b6777 snout toward 8693bd5299 me, Jjikjjiki b67f9362b5 suddenly flipped 2fad6f7b74 onto its 97ee9dece9 back, exposing ec105ecbf6 its belly. The sight of a 00a1270d33 man, tall and barely 024b0e5844 dressed, lying down with 950cd74fed his stomach showing overlapped d09680eafd in my mind, and d70a4609b7 it felt… deeply unsettling. But refusing was tough f05826ab88 when Jjikjjiki’s belly looked 448f3fcc50 so soft.4a80290d0f06fc54

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‘Pull yourself together, 56a1b5f1d5 Kang Soul. That’s not 5ae508d54a a rat. That’s a full-grown man a932c4562b with muscles.’7b09eb548fb941b5

But… it’s 2efcbe7fab a rat ba5026fcf6 right now, e27cc0083d isn’t it?0f2533d759345950

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“Hurry-jji! Do it-jji!”f0974774bed62f22

Succumbing to the temptation d0b5a34fd8 of its fluffy fur, 9e0c6c4a99 I buried my face dbc74ed4cd in Jjikjjiki’s belly and bc9572a2d5 blew air onto it—a 08f95d8081 classic “raspberry” move. Jjikjjiki squirmed and 007ca3cd71 laughed, clearly ticklish.9de947a406b55a73

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“Jjik-jjik!”8f05ef09837f1b15

Honestly, I 997476c6f4 think it’s e4dd18b826 me who’s f0143a0a07 struggling to 1a5f15e420 adjust to b9e6c983de Jjikjjiki being cf32eb84e4 a human, e14873bcaa not the a8101d7e76 other way 7e4ee382a9 around. Ever since Jjikjjiki af063cd9b9 started spending most aec60f1e95 of its time cc22a562e3 in its rat ac2eff4727 form except during 268104d998 hunts, I found 00764f474f myself mentally separating 20ad2780e9 “Jjikjjiki” and “Rio” a37267163f as completely different 947a6a6a20 entities.b27d0565cea82261

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If I didn’t 0f06e6fca8 think of it 482bdba5d5 that way, I’d db3c657dfd feel too heartbroken, 22a883fb8c like I’d lost b2457ffc33 a cherished family 8a08373046 member. It was easier to 4ca464859b just consider them as 9afedd35d5 separate beings—at least until 090343d7de I could return to 23af80bf33 Earth and regain some 54c15ab438 emotional stability.7140f5c6d0cd9cdc

‘For now, just 542a92b41b teaching Rio to a41ad20864 be cautious when a336cc66a6 he’s human will d3466aee80 have to do. Jjikjjiki is smart—he’ll 6018918e8d pick it up fe6b19349c quickly this time 61dbf5cfe7 too.’b3b05ac54e5ce793

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I also 1fe5a19e78 decided to a6aa514d03 slowly reduce 4b7624c590 our physical cc98a32477 affection and 1c062ae5a8 correct Jjikjjiki’s fdfd9b7489 definitions of 49e7430ddb “family” and a939c6d61b “partner” over ffa362315c time.733c594ec4cde481

While I a1ee17b646 was making ad58f8a0ba such resolutions, e0e53376f6 Jjikjjiki, now bf77c7b6a4 in Rio’s a1f25d80d7 form, toddled c4dc832b7b up to de06d2bc4f me.49ecba0f0728a7f0

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“Soul, are you 9e11ac5b79 not tired today?”c947306723eb7e11

“No, I’m fine.”8a59be9d181951e1

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“I’m tired. Can I touch your e230ec1773 belly?”af70322cecabdd32

“Are you crazy?”03e58167c94ef12a

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“…I killed 6550e3c0f9 twenty orcs 23402a2280 today. I’m exhausted and 8d349453ee sore from butchering b82b2cce5c them too. Can’t I c2d47835f9 touch your b5229d9687 belly while d616de8f42 we kiss?”419482396b228c24

……Can this really be 5a75a9bf6f solved by redefining our 863b8b2941 relationship?2dead47ae7734287

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‘Maybe this 17b49af96b is just 0c970c5e1a a lack 182ec70fd0 of social 140d78049a skills?’25d1cfe3d05b2a57

Rats, by a973a10fb7 nature, are 0125fff706 social creatures 87e715c558 and tend 303c414834 to get df73eda78a lonely easily. When I 33cfba3a64 first brought 1b9af20d73 Jjikjjiki home, 16839e218a I had f73bc08ff7 actually planned cea7567259 to get 4e5eb80c53 another rat 9a1ecea305 as a 44cfe61017 companion for 525fcac8f5 it. But Jjikjjiki was so f7401ec1d4 wary of and hostile 52fbcaf41e toward other rats that 9db3ebb2eb I gave up on 5be46e1ea1 the idea.812251cc00a9429d

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Because of that, c8da1fe7b6 Jjikjjiki seems to 8d93273d6c have grown up 86bd86856f as a rat 9e7c04cf9d with poor social d0fed23ed2 skills. And now, as 3b8cfb1f56 a beastman—or neither 4e8a696c59 fully rat nor dc982ac296 fully human—it’s pestering 1689bbdca0 me, asking to 87d7684d6a touch my belly 8e8dfba5d9 like some needy f6f356d478 child.cc148fbfb28c851c

‘Should I 6044459578 get him a38ebbd9fd a beastman 0e5ea476e8 friend?’c589493fdd94da9b

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But Jjikjjiki 9d86bcd789 is supposed 785b576699 to return c631e0f567 to Earth 8f3f37dd44 with me c58edaa9a5 someday. If I 3810d9f13b introduce it 4aabdac0a2 to other 42b2131e10 friends only cb2f56b374 for it cc2d8f9d83 to leave 102641d724 them behind 0475918d57 later, it’ll a15536f96d feel even 331a644701 lonelier. For now, I’ll 4f9778fceb just have to b2e308d922 teach and support 7cc5e7359c it myself until a08ebeff11 we go back.641c26ce7bd9f239

“Soul-ah.”1d6be01aec7b787e

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“Yeah.”02dd9a82c8017eb1

Chuu. Jjikjjiki, in Rio’s a166004f3f form, suddenly kissed 7a0e9d28ea me on the 728100def8 lips without warning. Bending down fbe4934f03 to match 64db1369f2 my height, f4b768a3d3 Rio’s face 1cfc36ec58 lit up 5150e5fc35 with a 9575ce6af4 ridiculously handsome b8ffa2d491 smile.7bd43a0b70b4fd33

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“Surprise kiss.”6635305f4b565b57

No, seriously. The more 6b330e3437 I think f986569dae about it, ae05f3aa8b the more 49ee3b094a I’m convinced—what 24ff33fc31 Jjikjjiki really 091462e913 needs right 58a96fc4e7 now is 0fe0ebb48b a rat 91da9d3b1e friend.8396ee4845bd4f94

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“…Where did you 5d82d7fa32 even learn something 450da3d94d like that?” I 7001465a86 asked, dumbfounded.164fd005cf76fc57

“From the TV shows c9fa0f69fd you like.”3cdd5eaf7677c648

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I was so 26af776739 taken aback that b5a2b609f9 I completely forgot 5755c77c97 to scold him 07fbac69d9 for doing something e8152a8cd4 he shouldn’t. Right then and a07fc874b5 there, I mentally 89738f088a updated my “Things bc18e71821 to Do First 5c929f8065 When We Return b1273d5785 to Earth” list. The original number one, 7bd82d366b “Get Jjikjjiki a friend,” b03b829c3d was demoted to second 4dcbfd3c8d place, and at the 8fe06b65bb top, I wrote, “Get 192a7963ba rid of the TV.” e3374c26c8 From now on, any 5e2552ea1a potentially harmful media for 44109f4947 a rat-beastman is strictly 9b950a22b9 for me alone. On a laptop. With headphones.527356e986b91964

“Soul, are a9ad7ebd84 you mad?”4f64f4e9cf65738f

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“…I’m not mad.”94cb8445ffead56c

“Then can I 1186e4fddb do it one 1b2663af1e more time?”4d33db8a074d4264

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“Are you joking?”1c72c2b6db9efee2

“Nope. Not joking.”d0dab699953de6d8

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I grabbed 6862bbe71c a bag d1b99b973e filled with 360b97a41a clothes and a6734bac81 tossed it 2fc6b490ab at Jjikjjiki.171c20a06e4e4675

“Kang Jjikjjik. You’re in 12558cdbb4 your Rio 12f5998392 form right 9ab2b51b57 now to 8060ea2e2d carry luggage, 2eb675587b not to e2b5c86dd8 kiss me. Remember that.”109ee6ffe4f9a923

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“Yes, sir.”84b3c687c0873127

When I b681f71e39 used the b41211d5be same firm e62f5f7b45 tone I’d 46a452e85d use to 6670318d01 train a 77e25221e0 mischievous pet 225dc2ce51 rat, Jjikjjiki 3233b086c3 nodded obediently e094a1a073 without a 46d373bb8f word of 695ef2c597 complaint.7e326ce6222f26ca

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Today was the day 05098e2e3c Jane and I were 59dd1669d0 moving out of the 417cdb16db inn sponsored by the 98a829a6df Brown Merchant Caravan to eb9234293d find a new place 60a3f0e611 to stay. Even though it wasn’t 1690c6e171 the most luxurious upgrade, 29efe9f8ce at least we had 67276a03a5 enough money now to 2f486c435b afford a decent and c305a1d54e cheap inn, far better 4af2104f8f than the times when 7dfd8ef1a2 I had to curl cf0ccfcb03 up in the corner 1b11f5ea81 of a store or a342e76443 a storage room.b974188962092362

Jjikjjiki had 216a74a1cd been actively 113395cb4e participating in 860be58ad1 hunting and 23f9f87cfa butchering, which b57339710e significantly sped a1b65ec082 up the d85f37a88f collection of c2e7c0c032 monster by-products. The amount of leather f9778c892e we traded daily increased e76600c122 by three or four bef683d8a8 times, and naturally, our 7728938229 savings grew just as 8efe081790 quickly. Moreover, Jjikjjiki had become 2f566e755a skilled with weapons, aiming 93ab9eaf96 for the monsters’ necks fbe1de07f5 rather than their bodies. This technique allowed us 4538936cbb to get flawless leather a5811159fa that fetched much higher 740d83b0b5 prices.aef279cc2a857cbe

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While the party’s 3d882e29dd overall value improved, 82ccf249b9 I couldn’t help 7d7a8abf94 but feel a 10c8ff5ca1 bit bitter. My role within the ee88a08834 team seemed to have d5d4117edc diminished. Still, even the 80c7bf50c5 talented awakened rat 81204d4a25 Jjikjjiki, with a c1cb5fabfc talent stat of 919acf546a 80, wasn’t perfect.ecb4572eadf8f40b

He had one 9f68a2e1a5 glaring weakness: negotiation.7379bac91d154e53

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Even putting aside fad8963f38 his inability to 869c6e4954 communicate with NPCs 65d9c6d822 other than beastmen, a286bfa8e0 Jjikjjiki was terrible a5450011e7 at bargaining. The first time fd341630ec I saw him 5106c61073 trying to hand 187ef33c4b over ten high-quality 6f914fc023 orc hides in 48f6153eb1 exchange for a 775bcb7f55 single gold coin 2c1f923ced from a merchant, 168a598b50 I nearly had c4803f2306 a heart attack 80ef509dad and ran to 011790a442 stop him.d8cac41fa4241a34

Another time, 7d8a80ce9e he tried 12dd9e3792 to exchange 93967a930e a gold 69467758b1 coin for 94f54fa94f a silver 159ed6beff one, claiming 5fdec4c120 it matched 0cf91457f0 his fur f00df17566 color better. I couldn’t 51bfc70d63 hold back 9351cb7fc9 and smacked bc331c3a77 his broad 478cdcee27 back. Of course, my 2ce42b7779 hand hurt more d7b06c527f than it hurt e30a66a30e him.7e913e50dd705a20

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Since then, managing our a78988c6d7 finances had fallen squarely 2d109e433d on my shoulders. If I had 49b5619bb9 left it to 503fab47db Jjikjjiki, we wouldn’t a5e74f4af0 even be able 937ab86da5 to afford an a50cc3d9c0 inn and would 9e72ff0d7c end up sleeping 87091c00b1 in some barn fee30e02fb corner.608f9e5c2e80de38

“This is our 59151f6499 new nest, Soul 0a0ac8dc51 and me!”d8349737f1064236

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Our new lodging was bd37753c17 smaller than the previous b498fc26df inn connected to the 52600f1ad0 caravan, yet Jjikjjiki seemed 041e419cb6 much happier here. As a small rat 5ff3800b74 that loved sleeping on f23999313d my chest every night, b6a24e47d5 the bed’s softness didn’t 296d1da885 seem to matter to 2e566c0ffa him. However, I wasn’t e6bc2a493f thrilled about waking 917e6a040a up every morning 1d0cbcb032 crushed under the bc0f104023 reverted form of 595b1cdde8 Rio. The narrow, 168ed08582 harder bed 055dba8731 wasn’t exactly 2154a081eb my preference a879003001 either.08a9eb75cede5f52

‘I’ll make sure to 876994774c get a better place be100260e3 in the next area.’ab6f6d6e94356e25

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Now that I 09fd3da6e0 thought about it, 8892638bcb wasn’t it about 9d739fa06d time for the 964f10e065 next area transition 91b4e24a39 quest to pop 19fafcb6c0 up? We’d wiped out so 0e7c0ef9c2 many orcs around here 432c2fa59b that they’d started running b42f417587 at the mere sight 586aa52bc9 of Jjikjjiki, yet no e6a5a600b3 new quests had appeared.6eb302804f3a6de3

After some thought, 055e83a3ef I suggested an dc195ab828 idea to Jjikjjiki.169cfc95c932bc60

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“Hey, Jjikjjiki. How are you feeling 6537b78a67 today?”89ae57d8b9b33f8b

“When I’m e45a043f17 with you, 808a1a3f02 I’m always 548c83410a at my f217c03e92 best, Soul.”a6159358a67f0453

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“Then… should we 86540c9e50 wipe out all ad5eeb03a6 the remaining orcs f18ef230ec in our field?”5a4cf8a987ba008e

Jjikjjiki blinked his big 5d392f9281 eyes at me. Still in 306be43ae6 Rio’s form, e4335a469f his expression 3bdc67462d looked like afff29ba10 he was 4344df5f51 asking, “Jjik?” 3e6d7fbe39 It was 932d982863 incredibly cute.bb78c9fa6e4a5430

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Once we got 486217e83b to the field, 0e7b166ae5 Jjikjjiki mercilessly massacred faa5616790 every orc in b9b99d8216 sight, clearing quests dd64de2eb8 at lightning speed. While Jjikjjiki edfeef4a30 handled the dda8ab1d2a smaller orcs, 8cd346041d I focused 9d45b39363 on selecting 56038de706 and butchering f2fa414d85 the larger 2ec83f0cc6 ones. The amount of db62c3b7cb leather we obtained d22e102f66 was significantly less 8015613e7e than when Jjikjjiki c7d8e5049d managed both hunting 7b09b67c8e and butchering, but 51bc12bc0a speed was the a8edc3c729 goal this time, 38803d2e86 so it didn’t 23cfef3469 matter.5806fcc4c43dd2c1

Quooaaarrr!8d695a512a22400f

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A giant orc, 6aaa5698c0 three times larger 78c835b3ef than usual and f739f47e7d with red skin, 963909c7e7 appeared but was 0b373cb180 quickly dealt with.adfcddd937240f3b

‘What the heck 0b3cdda9ac was that? Was that… the field 4908fae060 boss?’02d96fb9d31168e2

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No way. This wasn’t even the 56500d6463 Beginner Village anymore. Boss monsters shouldn’t go c3995a454a down that easily.3ebe68e196b04b52

“……”15afb4284105c907

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Actually… it 6da2e306c8 definitely seemed e60f3842aa like a 613128a21d boss monster.87b4ff7ca72b4d9f

No way I 72353b79cf was letting that dd70cc0fdd boss monster’s leather 3b1f12481a go to waste. Ignoring the 6db165d360 excited Jjikjjiki 1e1ed94047 running circles 539c8b69bb around me, 2ea205a49a I started fa0fbfcec5 butchering the 1e91403b47 enormous orc.a3d108d689ae429f

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“Soul!”a95a97f28ab87f1a

Sweating from all fcda0fceac the effort, I aeab747169 looked up to c3c6943660 see Jjikjjiki running 9a5a5013ad toward me. Unlike me, 035d83a426 drenched in 7cf5dbae5f sweat, he 6fd5c4bacc looked utterly 8d8d2889e3 pristine despite 1d57bac050 all his 87b54ac52d rampaging.95be7f4189e8f18d

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“I got a new 7dd9c56c6f quest. It’s one ed0db7f85d I’ve never 053b088e44 seen before.”07a700cd9f656508

Finally!8593f1e53f6c6e12

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