Chapter: Let's Go for a Walk
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['The Power of Unconventional Strategy!' Korean Team Proves Their Strength with Exchange Match Victory]
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There are many things one needs for a dog walk.
Poop bags, a trowel, and a chest harness…….
"Arrr-"
When Geuru lifted the pink chest harness, Yurian growled.
At this, Jurim stepped forward, worried that Geuru might get bitten.
"Let Daddy do it."
"No! Geuru can do it!"
Geuru glanced at Jurim and whispered secretly.
"Good puppies wear it. It's not something good people wear."
At that, Yurian hesitated, then meekly lifted one leg.
Though she couldn't hold back her anger and trembled, she meekly let Geuru slip the harness over her leg.
Whew. Geuru let out a sigh of relief, put the other leg in too, and quickly fastened the harness.
"All done."
A pink chest harness was fastened onto the white Maltese.
Just then, there were some fellows crawling up the Maltese's back.
It was the hamster Beillakeu and the snow rabbit Lucifer.
They climbed onto Yurian's back as if she were some kind of mount and plopped down heavily.
"Myu." (The bag is stuffy.)
"Kkyuu."
Lucifer shook his head back and forth as if in agreement.
Geuru soothed Yurian, who was growling at the ones on her back, and trotted over to Jurim.
"All ready!"
Jurim straightened the fidgeting Geuru's clothes and held out his hand, saying let's go.
Geuru, who had been holding Yurian's harness in one hand, took Jurim's hand with her empty one.
Today's destination was the nearby 'Dog Park.'
It was to take Yurian, who had newly become a temporary family member, for a walk.
And today was the second day since Yurian had become a Maltese, almost by accident.
'Why isn't it working?'
Riding the elevator down with Jurim, Geuru fell into deep thought.
For the past two days, Geuru had repeatedly failed. Even on the snowy field, it had been impossible to turn Yurian back into a human.
'I thought using Mold-Mold like I did on Beillakeu would work.'
According to Beillakeu's explanation, life forms have something called homeostasis, so they try to maintain their original appearance.
Therefore, returning them to their original form is much easier than changing their existing form to something different.
Just like Beillakeu, who kept returning to a child's appearance even when changed into a hamster.
But why won't she return to human form even when I use 'Mold-Mold'?
Ugh.
And as Geuru repeatedly failed, Jurim's misunderstanding grew bigger and bigger.
Among all the strange monsters with ambiguous identities, Gnosis, the homeless guy, and others that Geuru had brought home so far, he thought the child had finally brought home something normal for the first time.
It seemed he was quite pleased with this—
"Shall we take the puppy to the dog park?"
—he had even made such a suggestion.
Geuru glanced at Dad, her eyes trembling.
'Sorry, Dad. But this isn't just a puppy.'
Anyway, it was while they were walking out of the apartment complex, each harboring different thoughts.
Yurian gnashed her teeth.
'Vicious bastards.'
Not content with turning her into a Maltese, it seemed they had no intention of letting her go, either.
On top of that, they were using her as a mount for an ugly hamster and a rabbit.
"Myuu!!!"
"Kkyu!!"
Beillakeu and Lucifer cried out in satisfaction, feeling the liberation of escaping the bag.
'I hate this so much.'
She hated this weak appearance where she couldn't do anything.
Had Dominic also died after being subjected to this?
The thought made her shudder involuntarily.
As the Maltese trembled, Geuru tilted her head.
"Are you cold?"
"Hmm, shall we go buy some clothes?"
Yurian, who had been shuddering in rage at their viciousness, was led into a shop attached to the dog park by these foolish humans.
"Oh my, what pretty princesses~"
The employee smiled brightly at Geuru and the Maltese, welcoming them.
Geuru realized the employee had called Yurian a princess and corrected her.
"No, he's a prince!"
She had seen the human form before, so she knew well. Yurian was a man!
But the shop employee looked Yurian over and spoke again.
"Our Maltese friend doesn't seem to want to be a prince, does she? She was born a princess~"
"A g-girl?!"
Geuru's mouth fell open at this newly discovered truth, and she looked at Yurian.
Yurian turned her head away with a snap.
She had dressed as a man all this time simply because it was more comfortable to move around.
And to hide her face while she was at it.
That made it easier to avoid that child.
Yurian suddenly recalled Lea's face for a moment and shook her head.
And in the end, she ended up wearing a cute yellow dress recommended by the employee.
Upon leaving the shop, they were immediately led to the dog park.
Watching Yurian waddle because of the dress, Geuru fell into deep thought again.
'Geuru, maybe I failed the skill because there's so much I don't know.'
Geuru wanted Yurian to return to her original form.
But it hadn't worked. The truth was, Yurian being a man wasn't her real form.
'Then next time, should I try turning her back into a woman?'
Since Jurim was watching right now, after they finished the walk safely!
It was right when she had steeled her resolve.
Yurian stiffened in surprise at the black shapes suddenly rushing toward her.
"Woof woof!"
"Bow wow! Bow wow!"
They were friendly, sociable puppy friends.
They dragged their owners along by their leashes and approached Yurian.
Yurian bared her teeth and stepped back, on high alert.
"Arrrrr-!"
Damn it, help!
"No! She's scared! Go away!"
Geuru shouted, scooping Yurian up in her arms.
At that, the dog owners apologized and pulled their dogs away.
"Oh my, sorry about that."
"It's alright. Our child isn't fully socialized yet. She seems frightened."
Jurim accepted each apology and shook his head.
He approached Geuru, who was still hugging the Maltese tightly.
Perhaps because it was a small baby Maltese, the child's face had gone pale with worry.
Jurim gently stroked Geuru's cheek.
"They're not threatening her. The puppies just want to be friends."
"But Yuri said she doesn't want friends."
At Geuru's words, Yurian shook her face up and down wildly as if to say that's right.
Gasp! Geuru opened her eyes wide and looked down at Yurian.
How could you nod!
"……?"
Jurim narrowed his eyes.
What? Does it understand human speech?
"……."
"……."
A brief silence flowed between the two, and Geuru, feeling pricked, slowly turned her head to the side.
Hmm. Jurim, who had been rumbling in his throat, suddenly held out his hand.
"Paw."
"Yip!"
Yurian bit Jurim's hand.
"It doesn't understand……"
As he muttered, Geuru let out a sigh of relief.
It seemed they had luckily gotten away with it thanks to the Maltese's nasty temper.
"We can slowly train its sociability."
"Yesh……"
But the crisis didn't end there.
Standing on the wide grassy field, Jurim lightly threw a plastic disc and said,
"Fetch!"
Yurian squinted her eyes and looked up at Jurim.
"……."
"……?"
"Arrrrr-"
When Yurian bared her teeth, Jurim locked eyes with her as if in a staring contest.
Geuru gulped at the inexplicable tension.
'Th-then Geuru has to step in.'
Geuru dashed out onto the grass with quick steps.
Other dogs that had been going to pick up the disc chased after her with their eyes.
Geuru dove between the dogs, picked up the red disc, and lifted it above her head.
If someone had to fetch the disc.
"Daddy, Geuru fetched it!"
I'll do it!