房客(糙汉)何璐程曜坤

When their group rode into the first village in the Tencelion territory, they instantly became the center of attention.

Well, in particular one of them.

​ A teenage aristocrat wasn\'t that much of an uncommon sight to cause such a reaction – but a light-blue-haired man riding a horse together with two children, and a wolf pup on each shoulder and the third one perched on his head was a completely different thing.

On a side note, there was a fourth wolf pup there, just so it was playing the role of a lapdog and getting petted by both of the children.

"...!"

The pup on the man\'s head perked up and started sniffing the air, no doubt smelling the lovely aroma coming from someone\'s kitchen as it was time for a meal.

"Nnn... nnn...!"

The puppy started to let out pitiful yelps and leaned down, looking at the unbothered light-blue-haired man.

"Nnn!"

"Nn! Nnn...!"

The puppies on his shoulders also caught the wind of the delicious smell and started yelping too, bumping their wet noses against the man\'s neck.

"..."

Without saying anything, the black-haired boy and the hooded child – as well as the fourth puppy – slowly turned around and looked at the man\'s face expectantly.

"I can see the tavern\'s sign from here, I guess we can stop by."

"~!"

"...pfft..."

Mizoe didn\'t even glance at all of the younglings, but still ended up sighing and announcing – which caused all the wolf pups to start wagging their tails like crazy, the hooded Rosios brightened up, and Zoemi could not completely stop himself from laughing, and ended up snorting while trying to hold back.

The light-blue-haired man simply couldn\'t act strict.

"Didn\'t we eat less than two hours ago though? If we keep stopping so often we will never reach my family\'s territory."

Rokiana who saw and heard everything groaned, shaking her head with disapproval.

"Eh...? But those children are still growing and need to eat a lot...! Look at this one, Roki, doesn\'t she look hungry...?"

Roiso gasped and turned towards the blue-haired girl and said pleadingly while hugging and lifting up the puppy from her lap to show it off.

The little wolf knew exactly what it should do and made puppy dog eyes towards the teenager doing her best trying to act responsibly.

"I...! Uh... Z-Zoemi! You have a connection with them, don\'t you?! Are they actually hungry or just acting spoiled?"

Rokiana flinched when the cuteness hit her like an actual punch, and she struggled to answer before making eye contact with the black-haired boy and throwing the metaphorical hot potato his way.

"Well... those kids do believe that they are hungry."

Zoemi shrugged his shoulders and smiled while scratching the hopeful wolf monster cub on the side and causing her hind leg to start kicking uncontrollably.

"That\'s not how hunger works and you know it! Them wanting something doesn\'t mean that they need it! You are spoiling them too much! Sometimes in our territory, we do tame monsters so I can tell that you all are spoiling them too much! It has been like what? Two and a half weeks? And they are already acting like house-pets!"

Rokaina puffed out her chest and declared grumpily.

"Hmm...?"

Mizoe\'s composed expression broke and he smiled while getting the three puppies from his head and shoulders and cradling all of them on one arm, readying to get down from the horse.

"They will get plenty of training in your territory though. Young lady Perserios, you were the one to inform us that your family began a trial run for the monster training facility."

"...why are you not on my side again...?"

The light-blue-haired man gave each wolf a gentle pat and then looked over a the blue-haired girl who blushed and started sulking.

Still, they all entered the tavern anyway.

Unsurprisingly they took over an entire table and two benches too, as it seemed like they managed to arrive just before the rush hour for mealtime.

Mizoe put down the pups on the bench next to him and all of them stood up on their hind legs and supported their paw against the tabletop, wagging their tails with enough strength to create a gust of wind.

On the opposite side of the table, their sister was doing the same thing just from between Roiso and Zoemi, so her tail was bumping into both of the children with a snappy sound.

"Umm... dear guests... are you going to have your pets around during the meal...?"

The barmaid approached them and asked – since she didn\'t even ask about their order first, it seemed like the presence of the animals wasn\'t exactly welcomed there.

"Yes, we do. Some of the food will go to them too. Is that a problem?"

Mizoe raised his head and fully faced the young woman for the first time since they entered the facility and nodded to her with a serious expression.

"..."

For a second, the barmaid\'s brain seemed to shortcircuit and she stared at the handsome young man with her jaw dropped.

"EHEM!"

"N-no...! Of course not! What is your order, my lord...?!"

Rokiana pouted before clearing her throat rather loudly and moving closer to the light-blue-haired man while glaring at the barmaid, which caused the young woman to snap back into reality and ask while heavily blushing.

"[Zoemi... my parents are bothering me more than ever... I accidentally showed off during a tutoring session and they think I am some kind of genius...! Comfort me...!]"

While Mizoe was ordering food, Zoemi\'s felt a slight pressure brushing against his mind and the cry of exhausted Miriette resounded in his head.

"|Oh? And how would my lovely princess want to be comforted...?|"

Zoemi closed his eyes acting as if he started the meditation training and responded playfully.

"[...nnngh... no, stop the princess thing. Horeo doesn\'t remember our past life so our interactions only add to my stress, and calling me that reminds me of it...]"

Miriette let out a tormented groan and asked while surely covering her face with both hands back in her bedroom.

"|It\'s that bad? I kind of assumed that he would be feeling bad by not awakening yet while you can wield magic like a veteran, so he would not bother you all that much...?|"

Zoemi thought in confusion.