When I Reincarnated, I Became Even More of a Gorilla - 32

When I asked Eric about his upbringing, he turned to Musashi, so I followed suit and turned in that direction. Yeah, I should certainly ask the person directly instead huh.

[Kiikii. (Musashi, will you tell him about it yourself?)]

[Gururu. (I guess so. I’ll do that. Is that alright with you, Gorimatsu?)]

For some reason, Musashi sought my permission, so I nodded and he began to speak.

[Gururu. (Then, allow me to begin. Master’s family is from an ancient martial arts lineage. In such a prestigious Zaim family, at the age of 5, one undergoes the trial to obtain a familiar.)]

[Oog. (Unn.)]

[Gurururu. (At that time, Master was left alone on the mountain where I lived, fighting against monsters in tears. Back then, I also thought of Master as just prey and challenged him to a fight.)]

Musashi closed his eyes, seemingly reminiscing, before he opened them again to continue.

[Gururu. (The result was a draw. Even though I had just been born, Master managed to get a tie with an Ogre. Looking back now, it wouldn’t have been strange for me to have been killed by someone watching over him from his household, and I was probably foolish as a child.)]

[Oog oog. (Unn, but how did you become a familiar from there? No matter how I looked at it, that’s a situation where you’d end up getting killed.)]

[Gururu. (While we’re lying down after the draw, the lord of the mountain at that time intervened. I fought desperately, as did Master. At that moment, some connection formed between us, and before we knew it, this appeared in my palm.)]

Saying this, Musashi extended his palm to me so I could see. Essentially, it’s proof of being a familiar, but perhaps Musashi’s relationship with his master is similar to mine and Elena’s.

[Ooga. (I see. It’s just like how it was with us.)]

Given that they fought together, their relationship must be like partners more than just master and familiar. That’s another aspect that’s similar to us.

Whatever we do, it feels like we’ve grown up together, so maybe Musashi and his master are similar in some ways.

Arehh?

[Oog oog? (In that case, where were you during the 5 years from when your master was 10 and attending school?)]

[Gurururu. (Ahh, about that, during that time, I was also training at our mansion here in the Royal Capital. The Zaim family is a martial arts lineage, so I trained at the dojo there.)]

[Oog ooga. (I see. It’s like he would come to visit on weekends huh. Well, in any case, you grew up smart and strong because you trained and lived with your master.)]

[Guru. (Yes, that’s right.)]

Since he was picked up as a familiar since he was a child, he may have been educated similarly to a human child. That may have been just a second thought for Blast, but isn’t this revolutionary for familiar education?

I had such a thought in mind, but Eric denied it.

[Kiikii. (You must be thinking that doing that could create smart monsters, right? That’s not possible. Otherwise, everyone who has been educated here would have become smart. If they had the potential, they would become like Musashi, but if not it’s impossible. I verified it myself.)]

Eric speaks somewhat self-deprecatingly, but it’s still impressive that they have become monsters with whom communication is possible to the extent that they approach when called out.

The only monsters I saw in the forest were Goblins and Orcs, and along with the other monsters, I’ve only seen those that couldn’t be talked to.

Eric seems happy when I speak my mind, but he maintains a poker face. He certainly isn’t straightforward.

[Kiikiii. (Now then, that concludes the self-introductions, but there’s one more intelligent monster here. What should we do with her……)]

[Oog oog? (Hmm? Why can’t you just call her?)]

When I asked curiously, Eric shook his head and told me the reason.

[Kiikii. (About that, she’s been feeling down because she apparently caused some trouble for her master before, and she’s been brooding by herself. Even though I call out to her, she won’t come out of her own accord. What should we do……)]

[Gururu. (She loves her master very much. Even though it was her master’s fault that that happened, it must have been shocking for her.)]

[Kiikii. (Don’t say stupid things. That wasn’t her master’s fault. It was a tragic incident caused by the reckless stupidity of his entourage. Regardless of whether he’s human or not, the unfortunate one here is the master who’s been approached by incompetent people.)]

It seems that the one who hadn’t come here was an unfortunate familiar. I don’t really have an exact idea what happened, but Eric seems to think that her master is unlucky.

Ahh, I see now. The reason why he said it was “on hold” whether I would be part of that Four Heavenly Kings was because of her.

That being the case, she may be a species that can overhear our conversations here. If she can’t hear it, I don’t think he’d expressly say it’s on hold.

As I had such a thought in mind, something came out from behind the familiars surrounding us.

[Garurururu. (Even if you talk like that so I can hear you, I won’t take a single step away from here, Eric. You must also think I’m stupid, don’t you!?)]

Though her tone was quite self-deprecating and she seemed to be blaming herself, I felt happy sensing that she was a familiar who really loved her master.

I learned that there really are various relationships between familiars and their masters.

For the time being, let’s hear what “she” has to say.