Tilura spoke to the monster

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“Uhh, want friendship with human. So chose to become a familiar! That’s what it said.”
“Huh, I didn’t get that from Leo’s interpretation, but it has an interesting way of talking.”
“Wuff…”

Suppose it was because it was a bird.
Leo sounded a little discouraged that she had not been able to convey everything, but it was not her fault.

“Hmm. But why did you choose me?”

After hearing Liza’s interpretation, Tilura asked again why it had chosen her.

“Kiii…kii-kii.”
“This birdie also wants to carry people and fly. It says that it wants to take someone up to a high place where you can see the view together.”
“I see. Hmm…”

Earlier, it had been saying something about its homeland being threatened…
Well, I suppose it did not have many opportunities to carry someone.

“But if you just want to carry someone, then it does not have to be me.”
“Kiii…kii…kii-kii.”
“It says that it can’t carry heavy people. Balance is important when flying.”

When you have your feet on the ground, you would be able to maintain your balance. But in the air, things were more unstable.
There were strong winds as well.
Out of the people here, Tilura and Liza were definitely the lightest.
Though, that was merely because they were still young right now.

“But then it could just be Liza?”
“Me? Sister Tilura?”
“Kii? Kii-kii! Kiii!”
“Wuff!”

Liza seemed a little puzzled, and then the monster started to say something frantically.
And then Leo barked and nodded.

“Liza. What did it say?”
“Ummm. It saw that mama and I are always together. And so it couldn’t possibly ask…”
“I see…”

Indeed, Liza was always riding on Leo’s back. Even when Leo was slaughtering orcs.
This was mostly done so that Liza would not try to fight, and to keep her safe.
The monster observed this from above, and since it was scared of Leo, it wouldn’t try to separate them.
If only it understood how cute Leo was.

“Ummm. Well, so it just chose me because of my weight then?”
“Kii-kii. Kii!”
“Hmm. It says it feels something. It is vague, but it feels it.”
“Feeling… Well, that is often quite important.”

It probably wasn’t instinct, but it seemed to think that it would go well. In any case, she had heard its reasons, so now it was just up to Tilura to make a decision.
I did think it was rather odd that a monster wanted to carry someone and fly around, seeing various sights from above. But it was not a bad thing.

…Huh? Leo liked to carry people as well… And the fenrirs enjoyed being petted.
The father fenrir was quick to wag his tail when I said something… Perhaps humans and monsters were able to become friends quite easily.
Of course, ones that had a certain level of intelligence, that is… Though, with orcs and trolls, they attacked humans as soon as they saw them. So intelligence was not everything.

“Ah, that’s right, Tilura.”
“What is it, Mr. Takumi?”
“Leo is here, so it will be perfectly safe… Why don’t you go and try touching its wings? And if you like it, perhaps it will help with your decision?”
“That is a good idea!”
“They look very soft! Of course, I’m sure it’s not as soft as mama!”
“Wuff!”
“Kii?”

The idea suddenly came to me… The monster had such shiny wings, which were made of pretty, bronze feathers.
And while they looked soft, one would not know until they tried touching them. Perhaps Tilura would take a liking to them, and that could be one reason to consider making the monster her familiar… Well, maybe that was a little shortsighted.
Still, Tilura liked touching Leo and Liza’s ears.

Tilura nodded at my suggestion, and then approached the monster.
While riding on Leo’s back, Liza talked about how soft the feathers looked, and then she rubbed her cheek against Leo’s fur and laughed.
Leo was quite pleased by this.
As for the monster, it seemed a little puzzled at first, but it was not on its guard, and it was clear that it would not harm Tilura.
Well, it wouldn’t attack the person it had chosen…

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