Start Talking: Part 1
I dreamt something about yesterday... Something about when I got... Transferred to another world.
...
I dreamt that... I got stranded somewhere near the forest... And the river.
A soft wind whistling through the leaves from the forest was rustling, echoed as it resonances soothingly to my ears.
...
The sound of water coming from the river nearby splashes and surfers past its riverbed at the bottom covered only by smooth pebbles as the sunlight reflected its light brilliantly on them, adding the luminosity of the water surface, sparkling gloriously like the stars glittering in the night sky.
...
The ambience of my surrounding then became colder as the night reaches its perk as the sun gradually sinks into the land as it sets, taking away the warm light with it, leaving nothing but only darkness....and the uneasy coldness, crawling itself onto my skin.
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I....heard a scream... And a whiff smell of blood wavering inside the cold air.
I stepped myself into the darkness of the forest next to me, following the blood scent idly leading myself into the void of helplessness and loneliness.
The bush... It's... Moving.
...
My body then instantly got pulled back by a strong force of a sort and took me to somewhere else.
...
Now I'm already outside the forest.
...
A kid...
Noah...
Wait...
...How do I know him?
...
He stood behind the tree cowering himself from the demons... Which are standing right in front of me.
Snarling..... Growling..... Grunting..... Craving for my blood.
Their sharp claws that are....as sharp as the blade of spears. Their tail...made out of a huge battle axe attached to its tip.
Looks artificial...
...
Again, I got immediately pulled away by the same force I felt earlier. My whole body and mind felt lighter than I've before...
It feels very surreal.
Now I'm... Sitting... Somewhere else...
In a barn...tied up on a chair...
Moving figures could be seen in front of me... Yet I couldn't see their faces...
Distinct voices that were so slow that it was almost like whispering could be heard from a distance.
Several footsteps were coming towards me... He grabbed the blindfold off of my head...
...Blindfold?
But then I only saw a kid... The same kid from before...
What's his name again?... Noah?...
... yeah, that's it.
He's talking to me... But I couldn't catch what he was talking about...
He's... Smiling... He's searching for something... Something sharp... He found the item he was looking for behind the haystacks.
A sickle... It looked dusty and rusty... Waiting only to be snapped into pieces.
Noah swung the blade at me... I closed my eyes tightly...
Nothing happened...
I opened my eyelids... As if I've already known what's going to happen...
I'm outside the barn...
The sun... So bright...
And those floating eyeballs....
They were looking at me... They were all floating in circles surrounding me and the...
Kid?
... He's gone.
The same sensation of being pulled away by nothing yet I know it's still there happened again... I was getting dizzier by the moment of this hectic occasion that's happened to me.
It's like riding an endless loop of a rollercoaster.... Going in high-speed but never stops.
....
Rakia Village...
Another random word popped up in my mind.
....
A man...
It's Jonathan.
Another name came out from my mouth but not directly from it. It's like I'm able to talk out loud but only with my mind.
He's the same man from the barn...
Even though I can't see his face clearly...I'm pretty sure that's him.
He was as huge as a building and surrounded by a dominant personality.
And he's mad about something...
Really mad.
He ran, launching himself at me and...
... In a flash, I got teleported to someplace else...
Though, it's not just me...
I'm with him.
With Jonathan... In a dark room... My room...
Alone.
A smooth grey light sipping itself into the room from the moonlight outside the inn slipped through the window next to me. Enough for him to see my hard throbbing cock leaking with pre shamelessly.
His eyes which were glaring at me menacingly, full of dread and hatred now had been replaced purely with kind and gentleness. His grey pair of irises matched with the moonlight beautifully as the reflection of me in his eyes solely resonance with love and care.
Me: "It's warm..."
...
Still, it was just a dream.
Right now, I'm sleeping soundly on my soft bed in my room...
At my home... With everyone... With Angie, Mink, Douglas... And Arthur.
It's just... A dream...
A dream.
.....
????: "...l.....al....Ba......"
I hear something...
Someone is calling me...
????: "Bal.....Bal!.........Balthazar!"
Distorted voices were abruptly shouting at my name thus I force myself to open my eyelids as I awoke from my weird, endless dream.
Bal: "Ah!"
I brought myself up from the bed in a sitting position, panting impatiently for air to breathe. Not wasting any breathes that comes in and out of my muzzle again and again.
Jonathan: "Hey, are you alright? You were talking in your sleep just now."
Me: "Did I?"
Jonathan: "Yeah, you mentioned Noah's name earlier and then mine. What were you dreaming about?"
Me: "I... I don't know.... I can't remember. But I'm sure that I was... Disappointed about something."
Jonathan: "Is that so?"
Then we looked at each other as he brightens his smile at me.
Wait a sec...
Me: "Aaaaah!"
I fell onto the floor on my butt from the bed after I flinch quite hard for my own good in surprise about his very existence in my room.
Jonathan: "Shit, Bal are you alright!?"
Me: "No I'm not. What are you doing here?!"
He shot at me with a 'seriously bruh' stare.
Jonathan: "What do you mean by what am I doing here? You can't seriously forget what happened yesterday."
Me: "Yesterday?"
Jonathan: "Yes, Just look at us!"
He pointed his hand at me and himself, back and forth repeatedly. He then raised his eyebrows, hoping for me to give him the answer he's waiting for.
But the only thing that I can think about is...
Me: "Oh god! You're naked! You're naked...in my room!"
Well actually, he's only half naked cause' the blanket covered him on his bottom half.
But that's not the point here! What the hell is he doing here on my bed?! Naked!
Jonathan: "Yes of course I'm naked, idiot. We literally fucked all night."
W-we fucked!? Like... Like legit sex!?
Which only means...
I look down at myself.
Me: "I'm naked too!"
I quickly covered my sheathed cock using my bushy tail meekly between my thighs, sitting helplessly on the wooden floor.
The floor is mildly warm now compared with last night.
Jonathan: "Haha, relax, kid. I've already seen it before. No need to be shy. Anyhow, you've got an interesting tool there. I didn't know that you can hide your dick like that. "
I stared at him, blushing as I was standing next to the bed.
Me: "All canine beastmen can do that."
Now I remember. Last night we had a one night stand together. We fucked each other like wild animals on heat the whole night that we can barely feel our dicks and asses anymore. We had so much fun together.
Now that I mentioned it, my ass does feel a bit sore but no severe pain whatsoever. He really did take care of me when we had sex yesterday. That's what I like about him.
But...
Me: "I'm... I'm sorr-"
Jonathan: "Save your breath kid. I knew that you're going to apologize about these circumstances somehow but tell you what..."
He stood up from the bed as the blanket fell off from his groin and walks towards me at a slow pace.
And yes, he did that while naked.
The first thing that I noticed was his non-erect oversized dick dangling between his crotch. I can feel myself tensed with sexual excitement again by the gorgeous sight displaying before my eyes.
He's standing close right in front of me as he shadows me from the sunlight coming through the window behind him.
He looks down at me and sighs.
Jonathan: "I know that you didn't mean to have sex with me last night and I knew that sooner or later that you're going to feel sorry about it, however, don't overthink about it that much. I will not hate you just because you accidentally got overly horny and raped me. So there's nothing to forgive here. We're pals now, brothers in arms, we'll take care of each other's back from now on. If you're still not convinced, then just accept it as a reward for saving my village."
He patted my head gently while I nodded shyly and dropped my tail not caring about hiding my private part from him anymore.
Me: "Okay.... And thanks."
Jonathan: "Right, so now the case is closed. But first, you need to wash yourself. You're starting to smell."
Me: "You're one to talk. You don't have the same nose as me so don't you dare to talk to me about me being stinky."
We both chuckled.
Jonathan: "Anyways, there's a private bathroom behind the inn. After you're done with your things meet me at the tavern by noon."
Me: "Huh? You wanna talk about something?"
He walks to the bed and bends himself down to pick up his pants and loincloth from the floor nearby thus hanging them on one of his arms(why don't you just wear it?) and heading for the exit. He pauses himself halfway through the door and speaks.
Jonathan: "Yes but I'm starving so I want to fill up my stomach first. Just hurry up."
Me: "You got it."
He nods as he walks out from the room.
Me: "Wait!"
Jonathan: "Hm?"
I halted him by surprise as I was reminded about something.
Me: "Where's your shirt?"
Jonathan: "Ahh, I left it in the tavern."
Me: "Are you even allowed to do that?"
Jonathan: "Of course. I'm their village head after all."
Me: "Then what about your loincloth and pants? Don't tell me that you're going to walk out of here naked. At least wear something, you pervert!"
Jonathan: "Like I said, I am the village head. I can wear anything whenever and wherever I want, hahaha."
Me: "That statement was so wrong in so many ways. The way you're abusing your power really bothers me."
Jonathan: "Whatever. I know what I'm doing and you're not my mother."
Me: "What are you? Five?"
He didn't respond to my bickering as he continues to walk out of the room, laughing out loud as he closes the door.
Me: "But....what about the lady...?
Soon, I heard a familiar woman voice screaming from downstairs.
I chuckle as I shake my head and let out a soft sigh.
Me: " He said by noon right? When exactly is that?"
I hover my head around searching for my jeans.
Me: "Ah, there it is."
I picked up my jeans behind the chair next to the small private desk and rummaging my hand inside of its pocket to grab my phone.
Got it.
I hit the power button as the screen illuminates a soft light showing me the lock screen including the time.
11.33 a.m.
Me: "27 minutes before the meeting. I still have time."
I put my phone away including my jeans on the desk and looked at my bracelet on my wrist as my gauntlet is on its Standby Mode.
Me: "Haah, this is getting annoying. It's always on standby after 30 minutes of not being used. I'll turn off the setting for now."
I touched the azure stone on my bracelet and held it for 5 seconds as the bracelet makes a beeping sound for a moment and transforms itself into a gauntlet.
Me: "Good."
I tapped my finger on the gauntlet to open myself the inventory window and grabbed out a clean towel simultaneously with some bathing soap and shampoo for my fur.
And screw your judgments. I take serious care about my fur's condition. And I got it covered all over my body so my fur is more important than your normal hair.
I wrapped the towel around my waist, getting ready to take a bath as I walk out of the room.
-15 minutes after-
After putting on my clothes, I took the chance to tidy up my room for a bit as it's always one of my daily routines after waking up from my bed and now the bed looks nicer than before with the sheet and pillows fixed and neatly arranged.
I take my phone from the desk, checking the time.
Yeah, still on schedule.
I walk my way out of the room as I open the door, turning my head around to look at the room behind me for the last time and nodded, satisfied with my excellent handy work and thus closing the door and locked it with my key.
I went straight downstairs and saw a friendly lady whom I've met yesterday which I believe is the owner of this inn standing behind her desk a few metres away from the entrance.
She noticed me and greeted me kindly with a smile beaming on her face.
????: "Good afternoon."
Me: "Afternoon."
No weird nickname for me now? I don't why is that but I was kinda expecting for more.
????: "Um, before you're going anywhere, I want to inform you that the cloth you gave me yesterday has been washed up and ready to return it to you."
She slowly hunches herself down under her desk and gets back up with a nicely folded piece of grey clothing in her hands.
Me: "Ah, my jacket. It's clean now. Thanks. I'm sure it was hard for you to get rid of the blood yourself."
I took my personal favourite jacket away from her hands delicately.
????: "You are very welcome and it was my pleasure to serve you for me to clean your cloth as it is also my duty as a manager of this inn. Besides, it was certainly not hard for me at all to clean those bloodstains. The quality of the fabric was really something and thanks to that I was able to clean it without breaking any sweat."
Me: "I see. Umm, before I go... Can I ask you something?"
????: "Yes?"
Me: "How can you be so calm about this?"
????: "Sorry, I don't follow. About what exactly?"
Me: "Well, as far as I know, you guys have never seen someone...or anything like me before... Yet, you all are being so nice to me. Why is that?"
????: "Ah."
She chuckled politely with her hand covering her mouth.
????: "Is that all?"
Me: "I don't know. Maybe? It still bothers me that you guys who have never met anything like me....treated me like an honourable guest."
????: "Well, just in case you didn't know, you are our honourable guest. Also yes, we have never seen anything like you before...but you have not done anything wrong towards us other than help save our village. You even used your magic to save us all and slained several Devillings yourself together with the head village. Yes, I saw you. And from looking at his face, he really adores you. In fact, we all are. And I know that you have a good heart and that is why we have faith in you. Perhaps, the god has already chosen you to save us humans from those evil beings. To end the cruelty of the terrible Demon Lord against us.... Or even from our own foolish king."
The king....they must really hate him.
Me: "Thank you.... Uhhh..."
????: "Tresa. My name is Tresa Carlyle."
Me: "Yes, Tresa. Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate it. Really."
Tresa: "My pleasure. Oh, while we're at it, let me give you some advice."
She clears her throat passionately.
Tresa: "Your journey is still incredibly far from its end. You still have a long journey ahead of you and all you need to do is to stay strong, follow the voice in your heart. Be good and may the gods favour you along the journey. All I can do here is pray for you to be safe while facing the obstacles against the odds of the world."
Me: "I will remember your words and thanks again, Tresa."
She nods.
Me: "By the way, call me Bal. Balthazar Brook."
Tresa: "Very well, Mr Brook."
I smiled at her as we have managed ourselves to find some friendship bonding moment together and I honestly enjoyed it very much.
Tresa: "By the way, weren't you supposed to meet someone?"
Me: "Oh, shoot! I forgot!"
I looked at my phone as I turn on the screen and it shows me that I only have two minutes left to meet up.
Tresa: "I think you should hurry. Jonathan waits for no man."
Me: "Seriously?"
Tresa: "Mhm, you should go now. Don't let me get in your way."
Me: "Aight, I will. Bye now."
She waved her hand at me as I ran out from the inn, rushing straight to the tavern.
-Later-
Me: "Sorry I'm late!"
I apologized to Jonathan who's sitting on a table at the heart of the tavern, panting awfully as I tried to catch my breath.
Jonathan: "It's alright, you're only five minutes late. Please, take a seat."
I did what I was told as I took a seat opposite him.
Me: "Sorry."
Jonathan: "Sheesh, do you really have to apologise for everything?"
Me: "Oof. I don't think so."
Jonathan: "Me neither. Anyway, I've already ordered us some food and drinks so I hope you don't mind."
Me: "Of course not."
Duhh, of course I don't mind. By the situation I'm currently in right now, I don't have any reason to reject free food. For the fact that I do have money with me right now but the only thing is that I'm not actually sure if the money from my world is valid or spendable for the currency of this world.
And let's not forget about how grateful I am when I saw him in his shirt and pants again.
Jonathan: "Splendid. So, we're here...to continue our interrogation session."
Me: "Interrogation? Ouh, you mean the punching bag session?"
Jonathan: "Urk. I thought you're not mad about that anymore."
Me: "Not mad. Just stating the truth."
Noah: "Yeah. Did you really have to punch him like that? In the end, I'm the one who had to clean up your own mess."
Jonathan and I were both flinched from our seats, surprised by Noah's sudden appearance.
Me/Jonathan: "What the fuck!?/Holy shit!"
Noah: "Woah, those were some reactions you rarely see every day."
Jonathan: "Noah, when did you get here?"
Noah: "Not long ago before you said something about the interrogation session."
Jonathan: "What are you doing here exactly? I don't rememberer inviting you to be here with us today."
Noah dramatically gaped his mouth wide open and made a fake sad expression that he was even barely trying.
Noah: "Am I not allowed to come here anymore? Oh, how sad for the son of the village head can't even find some food for himself to eat from the tavern. What did he do so wrong that he deserves to be punished with such divine punishment? Am I really that bad of a son to not be able to meet with his dear new friend, Bal?"
Me: "We've only met for two days and I'm still mad about you knocking me out without my permission. How are we possibly be friends?"
Said the person who I just had sex with someone I met yesterday. Wow, I can be hypocritical sometimes.
Noah: "Ahh! You just stabbed me right in the heart."
Me: "Serves you right."
Noah: "You're mean!"
Me: "Thanks."
Noah: "That's not even a compliment!"
I chuckled silently as I know that I've mentally won against him as he takes a seat next to his father.
Jonathan: "Ughh, let's just continue shall we?"
Me: "Nu-uh. Don't you think it's a little bit unfair for me to answer only your question? If you want my answer, you should answer some of mine too."
Jonathan: "Wha- but I've already bought you dinner yesterday..."
I raised my eyebrows at him.
Me: "So yesterday's dinner date was a bribe?"
Jonathan: "No, not exactly."
Me: "Fuck, don't tell me that we had se-..."
Jonathan then quickly covered my mouth with both his hands to stop me from talking abruptly about something that I shouldn't really have.
We both looked at Noah at the same time.
Noah: "What? Why are you guys looking at me like that? And father, why did you stop him? It's rude to interrupt someone who's talking."
Jonathan: "Not if he's talking too much."
I rapidly tapped my hand on his arm for him to release my muzzle from his firm grasp.
He releases them as I take a deep breath before I faint because of the lack of oxygen.
Noah: "Bal, are you okay?"
Me: "I'm...I'm fine."
I coughed numerously before I could even let myself to talk normally again.
Jonathan: "Too hard?"
Me: "Pretty much, yeah."
Jonathan: "Anyway, for your question; No, of course not. Bal, please listen to me. I came here just because I want to talk of something about you for the sake of the village's safety. As the village head of Rakia, I am responsible for everything that happens around this village. So I need to take a precaution and just let me interrogate you. Please?"
What's up with those puppy eyes?
....No.... Stop!..... Stop staring at me like that!
Me: "Hrmm, fine. But if you want my answers, I want yours too. How's that sound?"
Jonathan: "Deal."
I nod.
Jonathan: "Ehem, let's start the session shall we?"
I nod again.
Jonathan: "Well, let's start with where you came from. Clearly, we know that you're not from here, yes?"
Me: "Uhuh."
Jonathan: "What's the name of the place you came from? Your home I mean."
Me: "Agrian. Ever heard about that place?"
Jonathan: "No unfortunately not. Long ago, I've studied myself about the geography of the whole continent of Meruvel Kingdom through the world map but I've never noticed a place called 'Agrian' before."
Me: "Figured."
Jonathan: "Hm? You already knew about this?"
Me: "Yeah, I don't know if you've ever heard about it before...and believe it or not, in Agrian, besides of being a hero I am also an inventor and I've launched a satellite into space years ago for me to be able to navigate and monitor every activity performed by the creatures on earth through space."
Jonathan: "Uuuuuhhhhh...."
Me: "You have no idea what I'm talking about, do you?"
Jonathan: "Hehe...yeah."
I sighed.
Me: "Just think of it as I have my eyes on the sky."
Jonathan: "You're kidding."
Noah: "I don't think he's kidding, father. Knowing that he can perform lots of magic to defeat the Devillings, I'm sure he can do that too."
Me: "Yeah it's true. But it's not actually magic, Noah. It was actually a piece of advance technology, a machine that has been tested, experimented and authorized by the government of the National Defense and can be controlled via my gauntlet."
Noah: "Alright, the fuck are you talking about right now?"
Jonathan: "Noah, language."
Noah: "Sorry."
Jonathan: "But as he said, the fuck are you talking about?"
I shake my head as I rub my fingers along the bridge of my nose, grumbling as I was doing so in frustration.
Me: "Nevermind. Anyway, look."
I put my left arm on the table in front of us to show them my gauntlet.
Jonathan: "Oh, I've been thinking about that thing for awhile now. Yesterday you took something out of it, didn't you? The small glowing box that made a bunch of clicking sounds?"
I blushed by the sudden memory as it rushed through my head of me taking lots of his naked pictures without permission last night.
Me: "Y-yeah. Haha. That thing was called a smartphone...but I'll tell you about it some other time but for now, take a look at this..."
I hit the button on my gauntlet as a small blank holographic screen with a 'No signal' mark in the middle then popped up above it. Static noises can be heard coming from the screen.
Jonathan and Noah lean closer towards it to take a good look of it.
Jonathan: "What is it say?"
He tilted his head to the side.
Me: "You...can't read the words?"
Jonathan: "Wait, those are writings?"
Me: "Seriously? Well, it seems to be another proof for me that I am somewhat transferred to another world."
Noah: "Wait a minute, so you want to tell me that you are not originally from this area but another world?"
Me: "Yes. That's what I've been thinking to myself about these past few days."
Jonathan: "If so, how did you get here..... To this world I mean."
Me: "Trust me, I would also like to know the answer very much of myself if I could."
Jonathan: "What do you mean?"
Me: "The thing is that....I don't even know....how did I get here in the first place."
I laid my ears back tightly against my head. The fact that I got stuck here without knowing how and suddenly got separated from everyone I love really pisses me off.
Jonathan: "...I'm sorry."
Me: "No, it's fine. I'm tougher than I look. I've come this far, didn't I? Sooner or later, I have to force myself to move on and try not to look back."
Jonathan and Noah exchanged their gaze and then smiled at me.
Jonathan: "Great. I'm just happy for you that now we know that you're going to be just fine."
Noah: "True. If you have any trouble, just come and talk to us. We're friends now, aren't we?"
My ears perk up as my heart flutters by those words which are filled only with delightful warmth that simultaneously makes my tail wags joyfully against the seat.
Me: "Thanks, guys. I don't know what will happen to me if I haven't met you guys."
Jonathan: "You're welcome. Also, I don't mean to ruin the mood but can we go back to the topic?"
Me: "Ah, yes totally. The screen that I'm showing you guys right now is supposed to be a radar but as you can see here and yes, there's nothing on it. I've already mentioned that I've launched a machine that can detect anyone or anything on earth via this gauntlet but the problem is that I can't get any signal from the satellite. The signal waves that were supposed to be released by the satellite should be received by my gauntlet wherever I go with unlimited range. If I can't receive any signal from the satellite, on that account, it can only mean one thing."
Noah: "You're not in Agrian anymore."
Me: "Bingo."