A Dragon That My Cat Brought Home

“Meow, meow.”

Baek-ho came up to my leg and rubbed my face.

I carefully got up and stretched. What's going on? I feel unusually refreshed today?

After dreaming of a different world, energy is consumed like after intense workout, so I am careful when waking up.

The warm feeling of Cerulean that had been pushed into me seemed to still remain in my body.

I said while stroking the Baek-ho's head.

“Baek-ho, Blue Dragon’s mother asked me to say thanks to you.”

Is there any way Baek-ho will understand when I say this? I laughed, but Baek-ho looked at me with a serious face, smiled slightly and nodded his head.

“Nyaong~.”

“I see, you understand.”

What? I patted Baek-ho's butt, stood up, and stopped. Wasn't that just too natural?

I've been living with animals since I was a child, and I can tell if a dog or cat has a sad or happy face, an unpleasant or a happy face.

However, it is not possible to classify a cat's smile, but I just looked at Baek-ho and without any doubt, I thought that Baek-ho understood what he was saying from just smiling slightly. Have I ever been like this?

“Baek-ho, can you come here for a second?”

“Nyaa?”

It's a normal cat face, but why did I think he was smiling? I grabbed Baek-ho's cheeks and stretched his face. Well, it's not normal. It's a cat from whose face is really handsome. It's really goodlooking!

“Nyaa!”

Baek-ho shrugged off the hand of the man who was holding his cheek and stretched it and went to the living room sofa.

“How cold, the affection faded as he aged.”

I grumbled and grumbled to the back of Baek-ho's head, but Baek-ho didn't even look back and snorted his nose.

“Pirolong~.”

Instead, the blue dragon jumped up and put his small face close in front of me.

“Oh, little one, are you telling me I can touch your face?”

“Piyao!”

The blue dragon pushed his face further forward as if yes.

It was so cute that I said while stretching the blue dragon's face.

“Blue dragon, your mom misses her little one a lot and worries a lot, so let’s try to not get into trouble and live happily. Not doing anything dangerous."

“Piyaang.”

Blue Dragon blinked and answered as if he knew.

Hmm. Originally, I tend to get along well with our cats, but these days, I think I get along exceptionally well, right?

Just by looking at my face, I can tell immediately what kind of feelings I have, and Baek-ho and Blue Dragon seem to understand me better. It's because it's a good day.

Ring ring, ring ring!

"Hello?"

"Hello? Are you the veterinarian's younger brother? I’m the lady from the Taeyang apartment."

“Oh yes, hello.”

It was the neighbor lady who was worried that the last time she had caught a cold because she mistook the cat's purrs for the sound of mucus. She then brought food and I taught her how to take care of the cat, and she always calls if you have any questions.

I get a little embarrassed because I told her my name but she still calls me the vet’s younger brother.

“I had a discussion with my uncle. I want to bring Bam Bam to my house. We want to take him in. Can you help me and Bam Bam going to the hospital for a checkup?”

“Ah of course, Bam Bam is very lucky. I’ll help.”

Bam Bam is the name her aunt gave the chestnut mackerel-patterned cat back then. She had never had a cat, and she was an old lady who knew nothing about cats.

After she saw a street cat that had died in a car accident on the street, she decided to take him in.

The average lifespan of feral cats is only 3 to 5 years because they are always exposed to many dangers and have a poor diet. This is an absurdly short lifespan compared to the lifespan of a well-maintained domestic cat of 15 years or more.

However, it is not always a good idea to rescue all stray cats and keep them at home. Some cats don't like indoor life because they have been living outside for a long time, building their own territory and having attachments for a long time, or they don't like people.

Many stray cats get used to people and the house and enjoy indoor life after a certain amount of time, but there are some cats that refuse people until the end.

In such a case, forcing them to live in the house may not be happy for each other, so I would tell them to think carefully before making a decision.

First of all, as a cat that is friendly with people and follows the lady well, it seemed to adapt well to indoor life. I don't think he's too old yet.

The lady believed Bam Bam was doing well, she said, and she just tried once to put her in her cage and failed. Sometimes it's possible to catch a cat like that, but in the case of an adult cat, that attempt usually fails.

It is difficult to catch a cat other than a baby cat and put it in a moving cage, and even a cat that likes people tends to jump out when caught by surprise, so it is safe to use a barrel trap to rescue an adult cat.

It is a structure in which food is put in a long iron box and the door automatically closes when a cat enters it, and my sister's hospital also had two for rescue.

After making an appointment with my aunt, I went to my sister's hospital and borrowed a barrel trap. It was planned to set up a barrel trap at the place where Bam Bam came out at the same time as the aunt gave her food.

When I went to Taeyang's apartment with a barrel trap, my aunt and Bam Bam were already out.

“You didn’t give him food today right?”

"Yes. I didn't give any."

“Great, because he’s hungry he will go into the barrel trap.”

I tried to set a barrel trap a little far away from Bam Bam's eyes. Bam Bam was quick-witted, so when he saw the barrel trap, he seemed to be running away.

“Don’t worry, Bam Bam, I’m doing this to let you go to the house of the aunt you like and live there. I can live without being cold and not hungry. Not dangerous.”

I mumbled in a low voice whether Bam Bamie could hear it or not, and put the snack she liked in the barrel trap. Now, stay far away from Bam Bam-i's eyes, and come pick it up when Bam Bam-i enters the trap and the door closes.

As I set up the barrel trap and stood up, Bam Bam was staring at me. She likes her, so she circulates around her, but isn't she the kind of cat that comes so close to me?

Looking at Bam Bam's face, Bam Bam's anxiety, doubts, fears, and embarrassment are clearly felt.

Without realizing it, I spoke to Bam Bam.

“It’s okay, Bam Bam. no one will hurt you. If you go to her house and don’t like it, you can always just come back."

Bam Bam looked at me and hesitated a few times, and while the lady and I have not left yet and are standing next to each other, he gently walked into the trap.

What? Is this something very strange? No matter how friendly a cat is, catching a stray cat cannot be this easy.

Bewildered, I picked up the barrel trap with Bam Bam in it. Even though the door was closed suddenly, he wasn't too scared. Most of them run wild from the moment the door closes.

“Vet’s brother, it’s like seeing some kind of magic. Didn’t Bam Bam seem to understand everything the you said?”

Haha, that's it. I was also surprised at how well I felt at night.

I felt like I was possessed by something all the way home from taking Bam Bam to my sister's hospital for a check-up.

“Nyaa~.”

“Pirolong~.”

I glanced at the Baek-ho and blue dragon who came to meet me.

Guys, I guess I'm awake. To the real ‘power of communication’.

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From the next morning, I left the house and walked around the neighborhood to test whether or not communication was possible with every animal I met, and I went to my sister's hospital and tried to communicate with the animals in the hospital.

It seemed that there was not much difference in sympathy with animals I met on the road, but I had surprisingly good sympathy with familiar animals. Animals with trust in me seemed to be able to communicate better.

My heart was pounding. For those who love animals, isn't this a dream?

It wasn't possible to talk freely like Dr. Doolittle, but it is still a miracle that we can communicate our feelings and intentions with each other to some extent.

From the beginning, my sister and I tended to get along well with animals, but now I feel like we have grown beyond that stage.

I couldn't calm my excited heart, so I wandered around the living room, rolled over on the bed, kicking the duvet, and quivering while hugging a Baek-ho and a blue dragon.

Baek-ho fled to the top of the cat tower early because I was too nervous, but Blue Dragon was more excited than me, so he followed me around and fluttered, kicking and fussing and fussing together. Thanks to that, Baek-ho was probably twice as tired.

After a while, I was able to calm my mind and return to my daily life. I couldn't even write the amount of writing I set for today because I went around to meet animals all day.

Better late than never. I took a deep breath and then started tapping the keyboard.

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A field is visible I was standing on the side of the mountain, looking down at the wide field in the distance.

A battle was going on in the field. Armored cavalry and unarmored infantry were also seen. I'm not used to this kind of scene, so I can't guess how many there are, but the number of soldiers from both camps facing each other seemed pretty similar.

The people fighting in the central part also seemed to be maintaining a back-and-forth position as they pushed and pushed. Neither side is clearly lost.

I was looking at the battlefield thinking about what I should see here, and at some point, a crack suddenly appeared on the battlefield. As if the soldiers had seen something terrifying, they were instantly distracted to one side.

A white dragon flew low with its huge wings spread from afar. It was seen that the camp on the side facing the dragon was suddenly disorganized.

Seeing a few flames or rays of light rising from the ground towards the sky, it seems that there is magic.

The white dragon opened its mouth towards the soldiers. I turned my head when the white, cold breath started pouring out. I could hardly see

The dragon howled painfully. Because of the people who were harming it.

I sat down and buried my head in my lap, then lifted my trembling head after a while.

I did not pay attention to the field and turned his eyes to the sky. The white dragon was turning low and turning in the direction it came from. A human figure appeared above its neck. That giant at that time, he was riding on the dragon's neck.

I could feel the dragon's anger and shame, sadness and humiliation, painfully clear.

Even after the White Dragon disappeared in the direction it came from, I sat there for a long time. There were many aftereffects of witnessing the unexpected devastation.

After a while, my vision gradually blurred. I guess I'm waking up now

“?”

I looked around. I thought I would wake up, but I still haven't. This is the first time I have moved from place to place in this dream, and I am now in the hall of the castle where I had come before. The hall was empty and there were three men in the middle. It was a familiar face.

Standing in the middle was Ho-Jun, and next to him were two people wearing clothes with patterns.

And, the giant stood before them. Feeling of fear overtook me, but nonetheless it was far more bearable than before. I mustered up my courage and looked at the giant.

Before, him just looking at it made me fall to the ground, but now I can bear it a little more.

He was almost twice as tall as an adult man and had a wide body, but he didn't look as sluggish as a typical giant. Rather, he had a well-groomed, agile body, and his face was just the same as that of ordinary people.

She has light brown skin, sharp features, and long curly hair tied around her back. He was wearing a wide brown robe that looked like a cloak, with red patterns embroidered on it intricately.

As the giant raised his hand, Hojun and two men fell to their knees as if they had been hit with a mace.

I couldn't hear the giant's voice, but Hojun said in a trembling voice.

“I will go back. I will find it and catch it. Please wait for me.”

They barely got up and left the hall with staggering steps. When they left, only the giant was left in the empty hall.

What should I do? Should I keep looking at the giant, or should I follow Ho-Jun?

As I stayed in the hall, the pressure felt by the giant grew more and more intense. It would be nice to follow Hojun and his friends.

The moment I headed towards the door where Hojun and his party left, the giant looked at me.

The moment the cold, sharp eyes that looked like those of a hawk turned to me, I gasped and breathed in even though I knew I couldn't see him.

It was as if an awl made of ice had pierced his heart. I was frozen in place, unable to move even a single step.