Chapter 11: Decision!

Ark was in a bit of a weird mood right now, he was currently surrounded by humans who had shown up out of nowhere outside of his home, and they were all immeasurably powerful, at least to Ark right now. They had apparently come to talk with him, which he found was quite strange at first, but in the end, he could attribute it to the fact that he had saved two humans before. What he did not know was what they wanted to talk about, they couldn't possibly think he could communicate with them right?

The first thing that Ark noticed about these humans was that they all kind of centered around the woman who had just spoken to him. Although he couldn't get a clear look of her face due to the veil she was wearing he could tell that she was a beauty just by looking at her eyes and hair. Having said that, the woman soon opened her mouth once more to speak.

"Do you like humans?"

It was a bit of a weird question but Ark still nodded nonetheless, since he was still a human at heart, and he wasn't willing to throw something like that away, ever.

"Do you like demons?"

This question was also a bit weird but Ark didn't really know how to answer since he didn't know the answer. He had never heard of these so-called demons before, if he just used common sense that he had gotten from his previous world then he would probably deem demons as something evil and sinister. But to be honest, he was now in a different world, and even if they seemed evil in the eyes of the humans, that doesn't mean he can just start hating them without even having met a single one, he didn't even know what they were.

The woman seemed to be pondering a little bit since Ark presumably hadn't answered like she wanted him to, but at the same time he had not given her an answer that would make him evil in her eyes at all. Having decided that the wolf would be good for the country's future the lady decided that she would at least try and build some connections since a divine creature would be a great help should the demons decide to invade.

"I have a question"

Hearing this Ark tilted his head sideways and gave her an expectant look, this was the only way he knew that he could try and convey that he wanted to hear the question. Seeing this the woman assumed she was good to go and finally asked a very crucial question.

"Do you want to come with us and see life in the royal palace?"

Hearing this made Ark very confused, why did they want him to come with them to live with humans? And since she said the royal palace he assumed that she was some kind of royalty, maybe a princess of some sort. This question put Ark in a bit of tough situation, he really wanted to see the human society of this world, he also kind of wanted to have some sort of interaction with other people lest he someday actually lose all his humanity.

The thing that made it hard though was the fact that he had no idea as to why they would want him to come with them, was there something wrong with him? When the lady in the white armor saw the obvious confusion on the wolf's face she knew that it had at least understood her and that it was intelligent enough to question why she was inviting it into the human society.

"My name is Annette Estridsen, the third princess of the Estridsen kingdom."

Hearing this didn't shock Ark in the slightest since he had already guessed that she was either a princess or something with equivalent social standing, he was still a little bit flustered though since there was a real princess in front of him.

"We suspect you to be a divine creature so we thought that coming in contact with humans would help you to grow, and also establish some friendship between us!"

Now Ark finally knew the reason that they wanted him to come with them to this so-called royal palace, he didn't know what a divine creature was, but since he had shown them his clear intelligence as well as having saved 2 humans he guessed that those were the reasons he was considered a divine creature. He didn't complain though, this was a win-win situation since he really wanted to be able to see what human society looked like here, the only thing that had been stopping him was the fact that he was a wolf, but now that it was no longer a problem he instantly knew that this was the right choice for him and that he might never get the chance ever again, so even if it was some sort of scheme he didn't really care all too much.

After having said that Annette studied the wolf for its reaction, at first it looked a bit frozen and like it was pondering, but then suddenly it looked really happy as it gazed upon her and madly nodded it's head a couple of times. This made Annette really happy, she even broke out into a smile, which she almost never did.

"Great! Can we set out right now?"

Upon asking the question Ark almost instantly nodded his head, like his opportunity would disappear if he didn't do it fast enough. This earned him a chuckle from Annette as she ordered the entourage to make their way back to the carriage that they had been riding on their way here. When they were only 25 meters away from the carriage Ark was a little baffled at how magnificent a carriage could look, he wasn't even expecting anything that came close to this.

It seemed that he had underestimated this world a little bit, even though they had really underdeveloped technology compared to his old world, they had something completely different that his own world didn't have, magic! With magic essentially anything was possible, even though some things were practically impossible, they weren't completely impossible, just almost.

Even a carriage in this world was endowed with magic, even though it wasn't necessarily anything complicated it was still magic, and it was practical. It made the carriage a much more comfortable and durable ride, it was also quite resistant to magic as it had been engraved with protection magic. Of course, this carriage was a bit special since it was made for a princess to ride, it was still impressive nonetheless.

What shocked Ark a little bit when they were about to take off though was that the princess insisted on having him ride in the carriage, he expected to have to run behind it, which didn't bother him at all. But since he was expected to ride in the carriage he naturally wouldn't refuse, he was actually quite happy that they would let him since it would make the journey a lot more comfortable.

After getting out of the forest they came to a town, if you could call it that. Annette told Ark that the town was actually called Merelia. It was apparently run by the Hughes family, were the kid that he had saved earlier was the only son. Annette also told him that they were going to stop by to take a rest for the night since it was already evening, and it would take a couple of days to get to the next town over.

This made Ark a bit excited since he would gladly meet with one of the humans he had saved earlier, thinking back to it made Ark satisfied with himself. This was the moment at which he realized that he enjoyed the feeling when you had successfully helped someone, helping people made him feel more whole as a person, and he would never be able to live with himself if he just abandoned innocent people that needed his help, at least if he had the capacity to help them.