I Became the Companion of the Gods

127 – EP.27 Myths at the end of the year -3

Maybe it wasn’t a joke, but at Yata’s words, Hresbelg left to catch Rudolph.

I don’t know if the reason Yata brought Rudolph was really to seduce him, but it was a little awkward to ask.

In the car on the way home, I couldn’t say a word with Yata.

“I’m telling you in advance in case you misunderstand, but I’m not specifically trying to kill Rudolph.”

A series of long silences.

Yata broke the silence first and started talking to me.

“Huh? Okay?

“Yes. I don’t mean to kill you, I just give you a forewarning.”

“Warning? What warning?”

“A warning that the moment you recklessly approach us, you will end up getting sick.”

“Is it because Rudolph did something that hurt us in the future you saw?”

“Right, there is one future where Rudolph’s kleptomania will cause trouble.”

“Rudolph Kleptomaniac… ?”

“I wonder how that happened?”

“Of course I am curious!”

“Hmm, the explanation is going to be quite lengthy, okay?”

“Yeah, it’s okay. Let me hear it.”

Yata, who had been driving for a while, removed one hand from the steering wheel and operated his device.

-Click!

This time, calm classical music is playing on the radio, neither carols nor the latest songs.

The reason why I selected these background sounds came to my mind that it might be because of Rudolph’s touching anecdote.

“Actually Tia told me that Santa doesn’t exist, but in reality Santa does.”

“Santa exists?”

“Exactly, it existed in the past. Santa is the name of the person who made a temporary contract with Rudolph.”

“Ah….”

“Isn’t that strange? I thought that the existence of Santa and Rudolph was only a made-up story, but the fact that a human named Santa and a reindeer god named Rudolph actually exist.”

“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t surprised.”

“What is even more surprising is that even though they are meeting each other for the first time, they approach each other without any boundaries and, like fate, they become irreplaceable friends.”

“It is difficult to meet Shinsoo, but to be friends with him…. Are you in the same case as me?”

It is said that it is once in an average lifetime for humans to encounter a divine beast in their lifetime.

It’s just that because I acted against the divine beast’s rules, I came face-to-face with the divine beasts frequently.

It is true that it is difficult to see it at the level of picking stars in the sky if it is the same as the original.

So, the anecdote about how a human named Santa met and became friends with a divine being named Rudolph was an unbelievable story.

“No, it is completely different from Nanggun. At that time, it was a time when the boundary between human land and Mother Nature was not separately designated. Unlike now, where we draw the line and live, there were many opportunities for humans to meet Shinsoo by chance.”

“Then why is Rudolph not listed in the divine beast dictionary? Apart from the human named Santa, Rudolph is likely to be recorded….”

“Aren’t you curious? Once you know the true nature of Rudolph and Santa, you will know it yourself.”

“The reality of the two?”

“Normally, when you think of Santa, you have the image of a white-bearded, pot-bellied old man who hands out presents, right?”

“Yes.”

“But you mean the Santa who made a temporary contract with Rudolph? In fact, he was not a gift giver, but rather a thief who robbed others.”

“…… No way.”

“That’s right. Santa used Rudolph and Rudolph’s powers to steal, and Rudolph naturally sympathized with Santa’s actions. As a result….”

Yata puts his hands off the steering wheel and switches to autonomous driving mode.

I operated the device again, and this time I changed the background music to frantic rock music.

In the car, the atmosphere has changed from calm to chaos.

“Awesome~! The new beast of a reindeer suffering from kleptomania is complete!”

“It turned….”

I was impressed by the story that he himself became garbage after playing with a dog horn and a typical garbage.

Facts that would destroy the innocence of young and old alike if known to the public.

Santa, who was only thought to be a good grandfather, was a thief, and Rudolph was a thief’s helper….

Actually, I think the story that says Santa doesn’t exist is much better.

“Then Santa, who distributes presents through the chimney….”

“Actually, he was a petty thief who came to steal through the chimney!”

“Still, is it all because of Rudolph’s ability that people recognized him as a benevolent grandfather?”

“Right, that’s right!”

“What is Rudolph’s ability?”

“This ability is roughly similar to that of a fox.”

“If you are similar to Miho, it is a hallucination… ?”

“I have to say that the concept is different from hallucination, but similar.”

“What the hell is that?”

“To put it simply, Rudolph’s shiny nose, right? If you touch that light, you completely lose your hostility for a certain period of time. Rudolph is regarded as an ally and rather friendly.”

“Is it a concept like a change in common sense?”

“Right. But the problem is that instead of hostility, the intimacy gained is above the level, so even if Rudolph pierces his stomach with a horn, he will be considered an ally.”

“It means that even if he receives a considerable amount of shock, his ability will not be released.”

“It is as you say. It seems like a defensive ability, but it is also the ability to disarm the opponent, so the moment it gets caught, in the end, the target’s life is no different from Rudolph. Even after his ability ends, there is no memory of being hit by his ability. That’s why people started thinking of Rudolph as an animal in an anecdote.”

The ability to completely erase the hostility of living beings, and even erase the memories of being attacked by the ability.

Isn’t this a hypnotic ability that can only be found in wild stories… ?

Anyway, Santa and Rudolph have been stealing without any problems using this ability, and it seems that they are remembered as good grandfathers who hand out presents in people’s memories.

They are evil.

“Anyway, that Rudolph will steal our important things in the distant future, so I’ll warn you in advance and scold you, right?”

“Right.”

“But will it be okay? If Rudolph has such an ability, my companions will also….”

“Because that part will be fine. Nothing to worry about.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. So, when Mrs. Eagle delivers Rudolph, I just have to watch her.”

“Okay….”

The car nods lightly and stops at the same time.

Parked on the side of the road, Yata turned his head towards me and showed a grinning face.

“What? Why did you suddenly stop on your way?”

“That’s because I arrived. You can get off now!”

“Arrived? This isn’t our house, is it?”

What we see out the window is not the mansion we live in, but an officetel building that we have never seen before.

I would understand if you had come to the restaurant to have a meal before going home.

I was terribly embarrassed to say that I had arrived at an officetel I had never seen before.

“Now, take this.”

“Huh? What is this? Note?”

“Don’t open it right now, you can open it at the front door of the officetel over there.”

“Looks like you have no intention of explaining now.”

“You know who I am now, right?”

“The crow that always says it’s no fun if you tell me the right answer in advance.”

“I know that! Then go ahead!”

“Okay….”

I had no choice but to get out of the car, even though I was worried for no reason about what else I was going to decorate this time.

Because she doesn’t ask me to get off for no reason.

As I approached the front door of the officetel, reluctantly picking up a note, I heard the sound of starting a car from behind.

“Nanggun! I’ll come pick you up later! See you later!”

“Wait a minute!”

Yata walks away waving his hand out the window.

I thought it would be the case because only I got off and she didn’t, but I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed when she was left alone.

What was the purpose of leaving me here……..

As expected, I don’t think I’ll know until I check the note I left.

I immediately opened the note and checked the contents, only simple words and a few numbers were written on it.

[Common front door: , 305 door lock: 012486]

It means to go straight to room 305.

Is that what they prepared for room 305?

As expected, I couldn’t tell without seeing it myself, so I slowly opened the front door as written and entered the officetel building.

After that, I went up to the 3rd floor through the emergency stairs and stood in front of the door that had exactly ‘Room 305’ written on it.

“Ummm….”

No matter how much I thought about it, the only thing that came to my mind was that it was a surprise party for Christmas prepared by Yata.

They planned to surprise me by decorating the space beyond the door as a party hall.

When you consider that the fox was absent from the morning and the baby dragon was also busy decorating the tree, it makes sense.

It will only become complete if we assume that the crow took me to the Yata-gyo worship as an excuse to buy me time to prepare.

‘It’s cute….’

To think that everyone worked hard to prepare for Christmas, I laughed out loud because it was so commendable.

For me, Christmas was nothing but bad memories.

Until last year, before I met the Shinsoos, I was mostly confined to my home, suffering from all sorts of discrimination.

As such, Christmas is simply one of the holidays throughout the year.

I never thought of it more than that.

But now I had pets to spend Christmas with.

The companion animals who always try to do their best for me are decorating something with me in mind.

How could I not feel good?

‘For the sake of my companion animals, I will deliberately pretend I don’t know even though I know!’

After trying hard to erase his smile and fixing his face with a bewildered expression.

I slowly pressed the number on the door lock according to the password written on the note.

-Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep! Bibbic~!!

If you press all the numbers exactly as written, you will hear a cheerful unlocking sound.

Now, inside the door, other gods will set off firecrackers and shout ‘Merry Christmas!’

Imagining a video-like scene even without seeing it, I opened the door wide and went inside confidently.

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Looking forward to the gods who will greet me brightly.

“Oh… ?”

“Yes, boss?!”

But only one person greeted me. Even one of them was currently recovering.

From her underwear to her collarbone, breastbone, and thighs, she was dressed as a Santa girl.

Slightly dizzy situation.

In that situation, I witnessed that all kinds of pictures were plastered around her.

For some reason, the person in the photo was unfamiliar.

It’s like a person you see every morning when you go to the bathroom….

“Wow!!”

The moment I tried to look closely at the picture.

In less than a second, the photos around me disappeared like a mirage.

In my field of vision, there was only a woman who was so red that I didn’t know if it was the rabbit I knew.

Now that I fully realized the situation, I cautiously opened my mouth.

“Meh, Merry Christmas… !!”

What Yata prepared was a surprise in a different sense.