"Hu--’’

The monster tossed its huge head, and its coarse, heavy nostrils sprayed the sky with watery mist.

First it sniffed around in the air, then it seemed to confirm its direction and came towards me with heavy steps.

Dun, dun, dun--

The ground beneath the monster's feet trembled with each step it landed.

It's coming this way! It's spotted me! What now, is it too late to turn around and run away again?

...... No, it's so big, I shouldn't be able to outrun it.

What about fighting? If I use the black smoke, I don't have to be completely defeated ...... But who wants to fight with this thing? It's scary as hell to watch, okay?

As soon as I felt the sky was dark, the monster was in front of me and got down and stuck its huge head out. I was too scared to move. He sniffed at me and then suddenly put out his tongue and licked me.

！！！！！

"- blah blah blah blah blah!"

That tongue licked from top to bottom from my feet all the way to my face, and the sticky, fishy saliva instantly stained my whole body and felt into my mouth. I sputtered and backed away, staring at it with wide-eyed horror as the chill crept up on my hands and five sharp ice spines hung above my head.

What is it doing licking me, first taste it to see if it is good!

"You ...... Again ...... Come here ...... I ...... Hit ......"

The speech, which was already not fluent, became more stumbling with the trembling voice.

And the monster seemed a little startled to see my reaction, and raised itself violently.

"Roar--!!!"

A roar that seemed to be able to pierce the clouds shook the grass and rustled the trees, countless birds fluttered their wings and flew up, and the jungle resounded with the sound of large animals falling away.

I was shocked when my small hand shook and five ice spikes immediately whistled and shot at the monster, all of them hitting the monster's chest without pulling a single one and shattering into ice foam with a "click click click".

Compared to the hideous exoskeleton of the monster's chest, the hardness of the ice spike seemed to be worthless and did not help much.

I immediately turned around and ran. As a result, before I could take two steps, I was grabbed by a huge claw.

I was scared out of my mind, and the sharp nails on the giant claw could easily tear me to pieces.

My little heart is crazyly beating, hold a strong ready to brew a burst of black smoke.

I found that the monster didn't exert much force after grabbing me, but placed me gently on its back.

The black smoke stopped just after a couple of hints, and I hurriedly grabbed the fleece on the monster's body with my hands.

They were thick and long, and had a fishy animal smell that made me sick.

I was wondering what it wanted to do.

The monster stood up after putting me on top of it, and turned around and walked in the direction it came from.

It didn't seem to have any intention of hurting me.

"You ...... To ...... Take me ...... Go to ...... where." I asked as I climbed onto its shoulders in two or three clicks and stood up holding one side of its horns and looking at its huge head.

"Hullo-"

All that answered me was a low hiss, and I don't know if it understood.

"You ...... Quickly put ...... me ...... Get off."

The monster was nearly twenty meters tall, so if it just jumped straight down ...... Shouldn't be much of a problem? Although I haven't tried it, I feel that this height is not a problem for me.

What about sneaking down and running away when it's not looking?

Hmmm ......

It doesn't look like it's going to treat me like food, otherwise that grab just now would have to at least kill me first. It seems like he's trying to take me somewhere, could it be some kind of relic with treasure?

I am curious as to where it would take me, but I was already planning to get out of here anyway.

The monster walked on the ground and shook me unsteadily, so I simply sat down on my butt.

The furry beast is still quite comfortable, as long as I can ignore the fishy smell.

Looking at the lower body that was still spitting blood outward, I held the piece of poncho I had been holding in my hand up in front of me.

...... Let's just make do with this for now, there's really nothing that can replace it.

I wrapped this piece of cloth again around the spot where the blood was coming out, wrapped it around my crotch and then tied a live knot to make a strong stranglehold.

"Pfft."

It hurts a little, but this should help a little.

After all, that solves a very problematic problem? That's it, whatever.

The air up high was less hot and humid, and the breeze blew my hair around my face, tickling my neck a little. I put my hands behind my head and smoothed them, then leaned against the warm neck of the monster.

Without the blood-red exoskeleton on the neck, the rough skin has a fine layer of small bumps that are slightly painful.

The sun was warm and warm, peeking through the monster's misshapen horns, and there was a hint of laziness about it.

"You are ...... Live ...... in ...... here?"

"Hullo."

"You are ...... Dragon ...... are you?"

"Hoo-hoo-hoo."

"So you're ...... What ...... monsters?"

"I ...... am also ...... monster yet."

"......"

"I ...... call you ...... Great White it is."

"Ow."

"Great White."

"......"

"Big White."

"Giggle."

Not really a conversation at all, but the monster and the monstrous figure are unusually well-matched.

............

Big White just kept moving through the forest with me. When I was tired and hungry, I stopped to rest for a while and pick some fruits to eat, but it seemed that Big White didn't need to eat anything. It seems to have been heard before that the bigger the beast, the more hungry it is. Generally, it can eat for many days after one meal. For a big beast like it, it may not hunt for more than ten days after one meal.

At night, I used the big white as a comfortable soft bed to sleep on its back.

One person and one beast just walked around like this until the morning of the fourth day.

Lying on Big White's head still in sleep, I was awakened by a slight sense of weightlessness. I opened my eyes only to see Big White gently grabbing me up and placing me on the ground.

What's wrong?

Just waking up, I was still a bit confused, standing on the ground and rubbing my eyes, somewhat confused as to what Great White was up to.

Only to see it lowering itself and gently pushing me forward with its head.

I looked at it with some confusion, and it pushed me a little more.

I then understood somewhat what it meant and turned around to look behind me.

A muddy, sheepish path stretched crookedly into the distance from underneath my feet. At the end of the road, there were faint rows of smoking houses.

This is a human village.

Big White saw that I didn't move and lowered his head to nudge me again.

"The Big White ...... I ...... Some ...... scared. They ...... would ...... hurt ...... me."

"Hullo-"

"I ...... don't understand ...... You ...... say ...... What."

Big White just stared at me, and I looked at him. We just stared at each other wide-eyed for a while.

Okay, I get it.

I went up and hugged the Big White's head. But its head was so big that I could only hold the front of its mouth, with my little face right up against one of its big nostrils. Then it probably tried to rub its head against me, but ended up not controlling the force well and toppled me into a butt squat.

This parting image is far from beautiful.

"That ...... I ...... gone. You ...... Be ...... well."

I turned to leave, and after a few steps turned back with some reluctance.

Big White was still standing there. I don't know if it was just my illusion, but I actually saw a hint of tenderness in its gaze that didn't belong to a beast.

I waved my hand at it fiercely, and then walked forward with great strides.

It must have taken me for a human child lost in the forest, and sent me to the human village.

After walking a long distance, I turned back again and found that the huge, hideous figure was gone.

Ah, I forgot to say thank you to it.

...... I'll say it in person the next time I go back for it.

Seeing that I was getting closer to the village, I snapped my hood over my head.

Taking a deep breath, I still felt a little panicky inside. Although I know that I am no different from normal people now and should not be seen as anything wrong, I know very well in my own heart that I am not one of their kind.

To them, I am a terrible monster.

But ...... One has to move forward to do so, and I don't want to be a monster who dies alone.

Continuing on, the footpath was no longer a muddy path, but a village road made of a large number of stones, with turquoise moss growing between the gaps where the stones joined with the stones.

And on both sides of the spacious village road, there are scattered rows of houses.

Most of the houses are made of stone and wood, surrounded by a wooden fence to make a small courtyard with chickens, sheep, cows, pigs and other poultry.

In the ancient west of the Earth, most of the villages also look like this. There is nothing special about stone houses, wooden houses, or even worse, dirt and grass houses.

The village looks a bit cold in the early morning. Occasionally, there are three or two people, carrying buckets or carrying hoes, hurrying past, and after seeing me, they look at me a bit strangely, but don't make much of a stop.

I don't know if there are any inns or other places for people to rest here, but even if there are, I don't have money.

For a while, I had a bit of a feeling of not knowing where to go.

"Gee, who's this kid."

As I was feeling a little confused, a somewhat trembling voice came from beside me.

I turned my head to see an old woman with a somewhat dry and thin body and a wrinkled face.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, how did you get into this state."

I shrank back a little nervously.

"Don't be afraid, child, don't be afraid." The old woman showed an ugly smile and reached out and lifted my hood.

Then there was a moment of shock on her face, which made my heart tighten.

Is it possible to tell something?

"Oh my God. Such a beautiful girl!" After the shock, the color of love in the old grandmother's eyes grew stronger and stronger, and her old hand caressed my cheek, "Come, tell grandma, how did you get into this state? Where are the adults in your family?"

I shook my head gently and was about to say something when my stomach let out a soft sound without argument.

"Grrr."

The grandmother faintly stared, then took my hand.

"Come on, come home with your grandmother, eat something and then take a bath, look at your stink."

The grandmother's hands were dry and her skin was rough, but they were very warm.