Three days after registering as a contractor, I went to a forest in order to finish my first job . The forest was about one day’s ride away on a horseback from the royal capital .

The contract was to collect herbs . The contract level was D .

The contracts were divided based on their level of difficulty, ranging from E to S .

Rey-sama, Tonic-san, and Emyu-san had to attend the final council to prepare for the soon-approaching Demon Lord Army, so this time, Av will come with me instead .

Incidentally, Rey-sama didn’t allow me to ride a horse on my own . I spent a day and a half on a carriage to the nearby village and walked from there .

「………hey, Av」

「Yes?」

While I harvest the requested herbs, I s.h.i.+fted my attention to Av who was accompanying me from behind .

Specifically, the wolf that had following him and the two-headed crow on the wolf’s back .

「Is it okay for these guys to leave the Beast Fang Forest? This isn’t exactly their territories, isn’t it?」

「The forest is not their territories anymore」

「W-what do you mean with “anymore”?」

「 These guys are your tamed beasts, after all」

「Tamed?」

「You named these guys, did you not? Therefore, they now answer to you . From then on, they belongs to you」

「Just from naming them?」

「That’s the way of things for these monsters」

「Oh no… I didn’t know about it . I didn’t mean… I didn’t want them to obey me like that…」

I didn’t name them because I wanted them to obey me .

These two were more friendly compared with the other monster . They spent quite some time together with me, so Emyu-san asked if they had a name .

Hearing that, I was swept by the mood and named them on the spot .

Hearing that, I was swept by the mood and named them on the spot .

Up until then, the relations.h.i.+p between them and I were just “Neighbors living in the same area” . Besides, they were stronger and their population greatly outnumbered me . All I could do was to prevent them from turning me into dinner . The tamer monsters were the ones who stayed with me in the hut .

But by naming them, they became a part of my family, whether they were humans or not . I couldn’t just treat them like some outsider .

That being said, mistakes or not, I had named these two .

%I named them Jimmy and Smitty Werben Jaegerman Jensen . They are the bane of teletubbies and Thomas the Tank Engine .

「……But why?」

I asked Av .

They responded with the names that I gave them, so they accept me as their master .

But that’s the reason why I asked .

Why?

Why did they accept it?

If they didn’t respond to the name that I gave, they wouldn’t been tamed by me .

If they didn’t respond to the name that I gave, they wouldn’t been tamed by me .

「Because that was what they wanted」

「Eh?」

Av said while stroking the wolf’s head .

%The wolf’s literal head . Not that kind of “head” .

「As your tamed beast, they can move for your sake」

「What do you mean with that?」

「Monsters only do things for their own sake . Whether it’s their instinct or their own conscious decision . In any case, no matter how important a person to them, they won’t move for that person .

When you were attacked by the monsters when you first stepped into the forest, they lamented that they were not your tamed beasts . They felt sorry because they can’t bare their fangs or claws for you . That’s why they were so happy when you named them . So happy that they even came to me and bragged about it」

Gaa Gaa… The two-headed crow barked and flew 3 times around me before finally perched on my shoulder .

「Nigi…」

The wolf whimpered and pushed herself against me .

The wolf whimpered and pushed herself against me .

「Lapis…」

I gently stroke both of their heads respectively, all three heads in total .

I didn’t know what exactly they are thinking about .

I was not Av, I couldn’t speak monster language .

Even so, if they still accepted it, then I will welcome them .

If they wished to stay with me, then I will welcome them .

「Once again, please take care of me from now on」

They answered me with their love . So I welcomed them .