Chapter 8

Ash woke up. He couldn't see a thing, but he could feel something warm and soft. First he was confused because he didn't remember where he was, but then he felt the fur around him. He put his hand on the fur of the leader and started to pet it. The leader noticed his movement and lifted his head. Ash got up and the other wolfs stood up as well.

"Do you mind telling us why you summoned us here?"asked the pack leader and Ash responded"I have problems sleeping alone and i will need someone to partner up with me since no one else wants."

"So we are just here to cuddle with you when you sleep and partner up with you because no one likes you?"asked the leader. He didn't sound angry, it even seemed that he was amused. The leader came to Ash and booped his nose."We are pleased to follow you, Ash. I hope we will get along."A bright smile appeared at Ashs face. Then he rolled up his right sleeve and showed his arm to the leader. What Ash was using now, was a technice used for storing or to be exectly hiding the summoned beasts. The beast was stored in the consciousness of the summoner.

When Ash left the school, he went to his home. It was already late afternoon. "This so called "city" is realy a thing. And how many people there are. If i didn't have a good nose, i would get lost in a matter a seconds."the leader said. "Well, i don't think that your nose will help you in some certain districts. The smell there is realy bad. Can you see the house there. It's next to the blacksmith."Ash told them. Since he wasn't alone in his head anymore, he didn't feel as alone as usually.

Dolona was waiting for him when he came home. "Where were you? You know that you should come home inmediatly when school is over." However, Ash didn't tell her what he did, instead he showed her. In a split of a second, a big wolf appeared next to Ash. "Sorry mum, i was distracted." he answered while her jaw droped. The wolf started to shrink and was now only as tall as Ash. Dolona was taken aback. Her son had summoned a beast and he had mastered the storing technice.

At the evening, after they had eaten dinner, Ash went to his room and fell into his bed. "If you want to sleep there, we won't cuddle with you."the leader said. Ash then stood up again and summoned the pack in his room. Thanks to the shrinking technice of Ash, the whole pack fit in his room. As he laid down, the wolfs surrounded him and he was sandwiched by three of them. Two where on his left and right and the third one was near his head.

When Stoless came into Ashs room to wake him up, he was greeted by a sleeping pack of wolfs. He could barely see Ash laying between the wolfs. He decided not to mess with this sleeping pack and left the room without saying anything.

Ash woke up. A wolf had started to bark. First he was a little annoyed but the wolf inmediatly licked Ashs face. He forgot the reason why he was annoyed and went out of the room. The pack leader, who had been sleeping at Ashs right, followed him outside, while the rest of them went back into Ashs consciousness.

They could retreat when ever they liked, not because of the contract but Ash allowed them to enter his mind whenever they wanted. He only forbid them to manifest without him knowing.

While Ash was walking to his school, this time his sisters weren't with him because they had a hunting trip, a magiccircle appeared underneath his feet. Ash didn't know what was happening, but when he was teleported, Ash vanished infront of his teacher, who lifed near Ashs home.

"You are kidding me, right?" a male voice asked. "No, he is your 5th member. The gods never lie." Ash opened his eyes. Infront of him there were a little group of people. Two woman and two man. The wore strange clothes, but then Ash recognized it. These were clothes from his previous life, which maent they were from his world. "Why doesn't he wear clothes like us, where did he life before he was summoned?" Ash looked at the person infront of him. Ash didn't answer the mans question, instead he looked around and tried to figure out where he was. "This is the palace kid, you and your comrats are going to meet the king." a woman said. She was't part of the group so Ash thought that she was a noble.

After the other four stopped talking, they went to meet the king. While they were walking, Ash looked outside the window and he noticed something. He didn't look like himself. His eyes were green and his hair was black. He opened his systemwindow, which he hadn't used since he was in town and found out, that his Mask-Skill had selfactivated, after it had sensed the magic gathering around Ash right before the magiccircle had appeared.

He realy wanted to be in his school rightnow. After a little while, Ash saw a big complex of houses trough the window. It seemed kind of familiar, but then Ash had recognized the gate, which separated the complex from the rest of the town. "This is my school!" Ash tought. When they entered the thronehall, Ash was greeted by applause. The king waited till everyone got quiet and then he started his speach.

After the king had ended his speach, he sat down. This time, the ones who were waiting till the applause got quiet, were Ash and the other four people. "Thanks for this impressive speach your majesty, we realy appreciate your help." one of the others said. However, Ash wanted to ask something. "Yes, you can speak." the king nodded. "I don't want to be harsh or anything and i don't want to offend anyone, but can i go now, i have a exam to take part in." the king smiled."Poor boy, he still thinks he's in his previous world." the king thought. "I don't think you can, because you're in a different world now." he reminded Ash. Ash decided to tell them, that infact he was in his world and just got teleported here. But he couldn't. Not because he changed his mind, but the others decided to interupt him. Thanks to his Mask-Skill Ash wasn't recognized by the other nobles who had troubled his family.

After a little time, the king told them to start preying at any shrine they wanted, to recieve a blessing by the shrines god. Afterwards, they were free to do anything they wanted.