'Oh, wow...'
Nero was stunned as the cloaked Monster Tamer approached.
With each step, her cloak fell further behind, revealing her shining blue eyes and long silver hair.
'She's freaking stunning! A real-life angel!'
It turned out that the Monster Tamer wasn't an angel in figure alone.
"Oh, my... Oh, my..." She stuttered with shaking hands. "Are you okay? You guys okay?" The Monster Tamer asked repeatedly while patting Nero and Dante, the baby Chaos Dragon and the Moonlit Dire Wolf pup.
"Hehehe, we're okayyy!" Dante answered with a cute demeanor completely different from her usual arrogant and haughty demeanor.
Of course, all everyone could hear apart from Nero were growls.
The angel sighed, and turned into a devil as she turned towards Alicia and her maid.
Nero stared at Dante with a raised eyebrow while the Monster Tamer gave the two an earful.
"Why shouldn't I?" Alicia cried out, tears almost in her eyes. "I want to be a Monster Tamer too! I need practice!"
"So you take babies to hunt Goblins?!" Elaina, the Monster Tamer, shouted, beside herself. "I'm being paid to take care of them and raise them! What happens if I'm out of a job because of you?! Are you going to pay my wages?!"
"I already pay your wages!!"
"Your father does!" Elaina shouted before letting out a sigh, rubbing her forehead.
"I'm so incredibly sorry for my mistress's idiocy!" The half-elf maid shouted as she bowed repeatedly.
"IDIOCY?!" Alicia was shocked, which only made Elaina more mad.
"IT WAS STRAIGHT IDIOCY! NOW GO INTO THE CARRIAGE!"
Alicia stared with a frown before turning around at once.
'She's right.' Nero thought to himself. 'I mean... The real Chaos Dragon did die, and I took his body.'
What Alicia had done was probably reckless and idiotic but,
'But with the way she hugged me once she noticed I was okay... It's clear she cares immensely about her baby Dragon.'
The maid gave a final bow before hurrying to join her mistress's side.
"Phew..." Elaina sighed as she crouched in front of Nero and Dante. "Thank god the two of you are okay. Finding a cushy job like this is practically impossible these days..."
"Hehehe!" Dante chuckled stupidly as she was pet.
'Yep,' Nero thought to himself. 'Alicia definitely cares about us more. Well, likes us more, I guess,' He lowered his gaze towards his paws. 'It's still tough to think about this as "me" though...'
Moments later, Elaina clapped her hands and told the two to follow her.
Dante happily did so. Nero followed behind.
They arrived at a luxurious carriage, its door wide open.
Alicia and her maid, Siora, were already seated inside.
An old man dressed like a butler sat at the front, hands on the two horses' reins.
"Alright," At the back of the carriage were two open cages. "Dante, please?"
Elaina didn't even need to ask.
Dante was already walking with her head held high. She gracefully and obediently entered the cage.
"That's a good girl." Elaina chuckled while patting Dante's head. "You're so smart!"
"Hehehe, I know! I know!"
Nero frowned at the scene.
Elaina secured Dante's cage, then turned towards him. She tapped the top of the cage. "Nero, please?"
"Hell, no."
"Can you stop being stupid?" Dante sighed. "Just get in already."
Nero took a step back.
"Come on, get in." Elaina's tone was gently, but it was an order.
A System Message appeared in front of Nero.
[While the Taming Seal has no effect on you, it might be of interest to you to know that disobeying three consecutive orders would cause mild pain in others carrying the Taming Seal.]
[The pain increases in intensity with each additional disobeyed order.]
Realizing that he only had two orders left to disobey before having to fake feeling pain, Nero ran as fast as he could.
"Nero! Stop!" Elaina ordered.
Before she could give a third order,
"HIIIIEEP!" Siora, the half-elf maid, screamed in panic as the baby Dragon leapt inside the carriage!
"Alicia!" Elaina shouted as she ran to check on them. "Are you okay...?"
The Monster Tamer's words trailed off.
"All good," Alicia said while giving her a thumbs up. "Hehehe, guess Nero likes me." She chuckled happily.
The baby Dragon had leapt into the carriage and immediately taken a seat on her lap.
'I'm not sitting in a goddamn cage when nice and comfortable thighs are available.' Nero shook his head.
Just when Elaina was about to order him to step out,
"Can he stay here?" Alica asked. "Please, please, please!" Asking had quickly turned into begging.
"My Lady..." The half-elf maid gulped, obviously fearing the baby Dragon. "It would be dangerous to..."
Her words trailed off as the baby Dragon's front paws moved from Alicia's thighs to her own.
The half-elf maid froze immediately, and felt like her heart might jump out of her chest.
Before she knew it, the baby Dragon was seated on her lap with its tail swaying energetically.
"It's fine, isn't it?" Alicia tilted her head as she asked Elaina.
The Monster Tamer stared for a bit.
Siora, the maid, was trying her best to widen the distance as much as possible, holding her chin as high and as far from the baby Dragon as she could. Her arms remained in the air, tense, fearing to aggravate or surprise the Monster.
'If I move... He might just get surprised and bite me... I need to stay still...'
Elaina ended up nodding. "Should be fine, I'll be seated right with you anyway."
The angelic Monster Tamer hopped in, closing the carriage's door behind her.
"He was always a bit slower than Dante, but he was always very obedient," Elaina muttered.
"Maybe he became more social now that we spent more time together?" Alicia suggested.
The butler clicked his tongue, and the horses started moving.
The forward momentum pushed Nero back, causing his head to collide and sink into Siora's...
'Massive titties!' Nero shouted internally. 'So soft! Heavenly! I'm never getting in a cage, ever!'
A very comfortable ride followed, alternating between the three ladies' thighs while resting his head on their softness from time to time.
'Being a Pet might not be so bad after all...'