The dungeon has been parasitized

Chapter 59 The Rat Clan

"Huh? Huh? What happened?"

Unlike hyacinths, daisies couldn't see what was behind them, but they also became alarmed.

However, Yanami showed a satisfied smile.

"Human! Run! There's something behind you—wait, what's that?"

Hyacinth and daisy simultaneously felt a release as all the vines came undone.

"Okay, I believe you now."

"Humans! This isn't the time to talk about this!"

Hyacinth immediately stood up and reached out to pull Yanami over.

Look behind you.

Yanami looked back at the spot behind her, where a huge crocodile was walking towards her, seemingly emerging from the pool.

"Crocodile, crocodile!"

Daisy also realized what was happening and picked up her digging pick from the side to be on guard.

"Klein, welcome back."

The crocodile nodded.

"Huh? Huh?!"

"rest assured."

Yanami walked up to the crocodile and patted its mouth with a smug smile.

"It's also my friend."

Actually, this was the lightning crocodile controlled by Klein, and Yanami already knew this when Klein returned to the plantation.

The reason Yanami pretended not to notice at first was that she wanted to take the opportunity to see their reactions.

The result was unexpected.

………………

几分钟前。

Klein struggled to get the enormous lightning crocodile into the underwater tunnel, as the crocodile was so large that it could even walk in the water in parts of the tunnel.

After taking a deep breath, Klein steered the lightning crocodile back to the plantation.

Fortunately, the passageways were large enough, and the crocodiles were slender, so there were no situations where they got stuck and couldn't pass.

Unfortunately, when Klein arrived near the plantation, his own underwater vines became an obstacle.

After all, the original design was for Yanami to accompany her...

With no other option, Klein had to clear the vines and create a passage that the lightning crocodile could pass through. This took a lot of time and almost caused the lightning crocodile to suffocate underwater.

Back at the plantation, Klein maneuvered the lightning crocodile to emerge from the pool, intending to surprise Yanami, but instead witnessed an unexpected scene.

Yanami is interrogating two people with long ears.

What happened? What happened while I was away?

"Then why did you dig here?"

Manipulating his vines, Klein nudged Yanami, who was asking a question.

"Klein?"

Yanami's thoughts came to mind.

"It's me! Look, I brought back a crocodile. But what are you doing? Who are they?"

It doesn't look human; is it some kind of subhuman?

"I'll explain that later. Klein, you caught the crocodile?"

"Yes, we're in the pool right now."

"That's perfect. I want to see if they're trustworthy. Can Klein cooperate?"

Even though you're subtly communicating with them using your mind, they're already looking at you with puzzled expressions.

"What should I do?"

"Here's what you're going to do, Klein, you control the crocodile and sneak up behind me, making it look like you're going to attack me."

"Okay, sure."

Although he didn't know Yanami's purpose in doing so, Klein did as she was told.

As a result, the person Yanami caught not only alerted her but also pulled her out of danger.

Yanami was very satisfied with this result; they did not attempt to escape while Yanami was being attacked.

So Yanami chose to trust them and loosened the vines' restraints.

But most importantly, Klein's return gave Yanami more confidence.

"Your...friend?"

Hyacinth stared at the giant crocodile with its mouth agape, its face filled with disbelief. But when it looked at the Shadow Wolf beside it, it seemed that it wasn't entirely unacceptable.

Perhaps this human has the ability to control magical beasts...

Yanami nodded and then loosened the vines binding the guinea pig.

"Um... I can't give you this."

Hyacinth stood in front of Yanami, afraid that Yanami might also take control of her guinea pig, since she not only kept the Shadow Wolf as her pet, but also had a Thunder Crocodile.

Hyacinths would never believe it unless they possess some special ability.

"I don't want it, but what can this big rat do?"

"It digs holes; its claws and teeth can crush rocks."

"oh oh."

A guinea pig bigger than a person, it seems to be really good at digging burrows.

Yanami looked at Hyacinth and Daisy, who were swinging their arms that had been tied up.

"Sorry I caught you earlier, but I think I can trust you now."

"Ah... well, we trespassed on your territory, and there's nothing we can do about it now that we've been caught. Or rather, thank you for believing us."

"Th-thank you."

The daisies next to it nodded in agreement.

"To be honest, I thought we were doomed. You're a good person."

"I already told you, I'm not a really bad person. You can call me Yanami."

"I am a hyacinth."

"Hello, I am—"

As Hyacinth introduced herself, Daisy followed suit, but her words came out haltingly.

"She's like a daisy; she stutters when she's nervous."

Yanami reached out her hand to them, and they quickly reached out and grasped Yanami's hand, waving it to her in return.

Klein maneuvered the lightning crocodile to the side and then lay down on the ground.

Just in case, if they try to take action, Yanami will sense it and can control them with a mental shock.

"So, we're safe?"

Hyacinth held Yanami's hand and asked tentatively.

"Um."

Yanami nodded, Hyacinth let out a heavy sigh of relief, and then sat down on a mound of earth.

"Shadow Wolf and Thunder Crocodile, they really scared me to death."

"Me too."

Daisy also sat down on the ground with her back against Hyacinth. Yanami looked at them and smiled. It seemed that they could really be trusted.

She wanted to ask something else, but suddenly remembered that she had forgotten something...

"Huh? Why is the ground so hot?"

"yes."

Hyacinths and daisies touched the mounds of dirt beneath their bottoms, and their tails twitched up.

"what!"

Yanami, who was standing to the side, looked at them and suddenly let out a gasp.

"What's wrong?!"

Yanami's eyes looked panicked, which made the two rat-like people feel fear as well.

"My fish!"

"……fish?"

The place where they were sitting was the same place where Yanami had buried the fish underground. In order to deal with the emergency, Yanami had completely forgotten about her fish.

"The fish I grilled under this mound is going to burn; it's been sitting there for too long!"

"Huh? Why bury the fish underground?"

"Because it's grilled fish."

Hyacinth and Daisy quickly stood up, and Yanami lowered her head to answer their questions while digging a mound of earth.

Hyacinth nudged the daisy, who was staring blankly, and took a step forward.

"Uh...we'll help too."

"I...I'll help too."