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Nowadays, as a sio for several tens ofinto consideration whether a Knights Order owned an Athany doll or not affected the prestige of the said Order, then the real value of that doll was truly astronon Relations Office ended up sending a half-a-favour, half-threatening request, asking for an Athany doll to be sold to them in order to use it as a tool for diplomacy between nations An Athany diploive such an important businessdepart Please take a seat over there"
"Pardon?"
"Quickly"
"Oh, yes Yes, of course"
Jo Hahn-Sung was still in a somewhat dazed state, but he somehoalked towards the front of Sae-Jin and sat down on his opposite side The pleasant scent co his hest acaderee you’ve earned is a doctorate in the Monster Anthropology, yes?"
"Yes I also earned a Bachelor’s in Econoood And that is why…"
Sae-Jin scratched the back of his neck and hesitated a little His expression hether he should openly discuss thisIn your opinion, hoould the public, the , it’s announced that a Monster has been ta tilted his head in confusion Since what he heard was so outrageous, he thought it must’ve been a joke However, Sae-Jin’s face showed he was dead serious
"S, so, you’re saying you can actually co?!"
"…Well, yeah It’s so like that You can think of it as one of my Skills"
Sae-Jin spoke up to here and entered the elevator, which pro to hurriedly follow hi a confused expression
"But just how did you tame a Griffin? It’s famous as a unruly and vicious creature, after all"
"I found an egg by accident, so I began brainwashing it since it hatched With my Skill, I can use a bit of power of coercion as well, you see"
Tting-
The elevator soon arrived on the rooftop
The layout of the roof on the Society’s HQ was peculiar There was no roof so the sky was visible, but all the sides were blocked by opaque glasses that made it impossible to look inwardly from the outside
It was the result of the construction work that started a week ago, but to think, it was all for a Griffin…
Jo Hahn-Sung ended up gulping down his saliva
"It’s over there It’s living in that cave-like structure"
Sae-Jin spoke as he pointed towards the section of the roof that was shaped into a deep and dark artificial cave Seeing that, a sigh involuntarily escaped his lips, just re how troublesome it was to move that creature over here…
"In all honesty, I was planning to keep it a secret for a while longer But coincidentally, the topic of ta the rounds thanks to the incident with that Orc Since the tiht, and also, if I don’t take this chance, it somehow feels like there will never be another one in the future…"
Sae-Jin stopped talking here and whistled Then, there was a strange vibration co hastily took a step back
Co from the cave intensified - until, finally…
&8211; Kkiieck-!!
A single Griffin revealed its beautiful appearance
The beautiful and tidy white fur on its head i the impression of a nobility and the sturdy, powerfully built body of a lion - without a doubt, thatwas a Griffin, a creature rarely spotted even in the wilderness…
"…"
Jo Hahn-Sung’s brain stopped working then
"It’s pretty docile, actually Its name is ‘Muffin’ I took the last two syllables off ‘Griffin’ but ‘Riffin’ sounded a bit lacking, so…"
Kiht process had grinded to a halt, and approached Muffin While gently patting its head, he began sending ht orders’ to the creature
‘Hu is a hu is your friend’
"Would you like to touch it?"
Sae-Jin secured the safety
In thaton his skin out of sheer shock But then, the dedication of a scholar he had to bury deep in his heart reacted first That so within hiet a job and to survive in this world, shad walked to the place right in front of the Griffin and was carefully reaching his hand out
Muffin didn’t even show a hint of hostility at all It just had its eyes closed, quietly accepting the arrival of a new person
Pat, pat
And that’s how he succeeded in brushing the head of a Griffin It was unbelievably soft
"…How is it? It’s aht?"
"Yes It, it truly is"
Ki for so after the Griffin And now, the perfect person for the job was right here
"T… that’s it Nice and easy"
In the eyes of Jo Hahn-Sung as busy stroking the Griffin, fla Since it has co on the role of the Chief of the Monster Research department as well? I will double your monthly salary If you want, I am prepared to offer you more"
Sae-Jin’s s’s point of view, that sel’s
After Sae-Jin had left
Jo Hahn-Sung, with his chest full of detero?’
"M called out, Muffin revealed itself again This tih, there was a ball between its beaks
"You want to play?"
Hahn-Sung smiled and reached out for the ball However, Muffin chucked the ball to a corner, and then…
KKIIIEEECKK!!!!
"Euaaark?!"
Muffin stretched its wings wide open and began threatening Jo Hahn-Sung Its appearance had gone a complete 180 from when Sae-Jin was here
"…But, but, why?"
Muffin continued to point at the ball with one of her front limbs and threatened him He understood just a bit what she wanted froht it back to her (TL: yep, Muffin is a fe
As she was satisfied by that, Muffin bestowed the privilege of stroking her head one rin
"R, right… There, there"
Unfortunately for hiain, and this tiether
"…"
The ball drew a gentle arc as it flew outside the roof of the Society’s HQ, and landed so And as Jo Hahn-Sung stood there in daze with his ape at this needlessly cruel act, Muffin slowly approached hiain and loudly spat out a cry that said… Hurry up!!
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