A Casual Boy In Another World - Chapter 15 A White Tiger

“There is always someone higher than you.”

“This is just a dream, Irene.”

The smug face of Cass suddenly revealed itself in front of Irene until she opened her eyes and she shouted angrily, “Cass! I hate you!!!”, she flailed her feet and her arms up and down under the white blanket.

The door suddenly opened and Ilia came in.

“Holy Queen, what’s wrong?”, the maid came worriedly beside Irene.

Irene looked at the ceiling and stopped while sulking, such a spoiled girl but adorable, “I dreamed about that stupid Cass!”

Ilia stared blankly at her and asked seriously, “By the way, my Queen, are you still pure?”

“Huh? Pure?”, Irene looked at Ilia strangely.

“You don’t feel anything strange down there?”, Ilia tried to be vague as much as possible. If the Holy Queen did feel something strange then she will know how to answer that.

Irene followed Ilia’s line of sight as she sat up and got confused, “What? I don’t think I’m feeling anything strange.”

The maid squinted her eyes, ‘That’s strange, is the Holy Queen still pure after that? That should be impossible since that Cass took her underwear. But based on the Holy Queen’s explanation, she woke up but was only slapped’, her expression turned bitter, ‘But how is this possible? Is there a man who can resist such temptation like him? At that time, he can do anything to the Holy Queen and already took her underwear. Is it possible that he really didn’t do anything?’, her mind was in chaos and confusion. She believed that no man can resist the charms of the Holy Queen.

“Ah, maybe I do feel something..”, Irene looked down.

“Huh?!”

“I’m a bit hungry after that dream.”

“.”

“Is breakfast ready yet?”

“Yes”, Ilia bowed. It’s better to think that that guy didn’t touch the Holy Queen, “My Queen, speaking of that guy. There is both good and bad news about the search.”

“Good news”, Irene smiled.

“We already know where he is.”

The eyes of the Holy Queen sparkled, ‘Yes!!’

“But the bad news is: Cass is inside the Sacred Forest which is far larger than the city”

“Ah..”, the Holy Queen stared blankly at her maid. The sparkles in her eyes earlier disappeared

“How did you know this?”, the Holy Queen’s tone was a disappointment.

“He is included in the Expedition of Sir Bran.”

The Holy Queen’s eyes became watery after hearing and shouted, “Let the Giant Commander search for him! It’s not like they’ll go deeper into the Sacred Forest!”

Ilia frowned a little and agreed, “Yes, of course. The judgment shall strike him like a lightning.”

..

Boom! Boom!* thunder loudly roared as lightning covered the dark cloud above which covered the whole night sky.

Rain heavily poured on the Sacred Forest. It was especially dark at that time.

Cass was under the shed of a cave of a huge tree.

“Achoo!”, Cass wiped his nose after a loud sneeze, “I’m fortunate that the wind was going in the direction the entrance of this cave was facing or the rain will get to me.”

After crossing the river, Cass noticed that dark clouds filled the sky. When drops of rainwater came falling from the sky, he immediately ran and searched for a place to go under and then after half an hour, he found that tree.

He considered himself pretty lucky. However, right now, he needed to warm himself or he will die from the cold.

Of course, he knew a few tricks about how to light a fire in the woods but the twist is that he may attract monsters.

Cass skin shivered from coldness and his lower jaw trembled, ‘Fuck it!’, he thought to himself and created fire with a few sticks he had. His eyes were already accustomed to the dark but he still couldn’t see everything properly.

After a fire lit up, Cass’ eyes that were accustomed to the darkness at the time were temporarily blinded by the sudden increase of brightness.

He closed his eyes and rubbed them. After a moment he opened them to see growling fangs in front of him.

His eyes then widened out of shock and subconsciously took the stick in a fire in front of him.

The white tiger in front of him roared as it stepped back, scared of the fire that Cass waved.

Cass was heavily breathing. He couldn’t deny that he was scared at that moment but he tried to calm down and not show aggression to not taunt the white tiger.

The white tiger looked at him, scared while breathing heavily and shivering from the cold, just like him.

Cass looked at the white tiger and did not sense any aggression from it. He then frowned, ‘Monsters are stupid. Monsters are stupid.’, however, he did not try to get aggressive but the opposite.

It was quiet except for the banging thunders in the sky and the pouring rain onto the ground.

…

The two stared at each other for a while until the white tiger stepped back again.

This let Cass’ guard down and lowered the stick in the fire, he was holding.

However, after he let his guard down the white tiger slowly walked forward. Cass was no longer in guard when he saw that the white tiger only stayed beside the tree and stayed.

Uwuu~* cries of tiger cubs resounded as the white tiger lied down under the pouring rain.

‘Huh?’, Cass saw that this white tiger was covering its three cubs that he did not notices when he panicked earlier, ‘It didn’t attack me?’

He laid down the stick and put more sticks to the flame. His eyes were constantly glancing at the white tiger.

The cave he was in was large and he thought that the white tiger must’ve wanted to get inside. Although his mind was changing after seeing the white tiger, he thought, ‘It would never understand me though. Monster is stupid enough to- wait’, he furrowed his eyebrows, ‘This white tiger retreated. Is it not dumb after all? They say the weaker the monster the dumber they are which means the stronger they are the smarter.’

He wanted to know how smart is this white tiger since it didn’t want to attack him. It should be safe, right?

“Hey, tiger.”, he said softly.

Surprisingly, the white tiger stretched its neck and looked at him.

“Are you not going to attack me?”, Cass rubbed his arm while shivering.

He clearly saw the change of the white tiger’s expression at that time. Its expression was of annoyance. It then put its head back and ignored Cass.

“So you understand me but is ignoring me?”, Cass’ heart was palpitating as he asked this. He felt like he was crazy when he realized he was seriously trying to talk to an animal, a monster on top of that but nonetheless, he still continued, “If only I know if you’ll attack me or not, based on your answer I may let you and your children inside here.”

The white tiger stretched its neck again and Aruu* came out of its mouth.

Of course, Cass didn’t understand that but he thought that this white tiger was understanding him so he said, “Nod your head like this if your answer is yes and if no then shake it like this.”, he nodded and shook his head as an example, “So, are you going to attack me or at least have a plan to?”

The white tiger stared at him for a while and then shook its head.

“If what you are saying is true then come inside with your cubs.”, Cass emitted a cold sweat. He then moved the fire to the side.

As expected, the white tiger stood up and brought its three cubs with it.

When the white tiger was in front of Cass, he saw how big it is. It may even be bigger than he is even if he stood up. He wasn’t for that and felt scared, he subconsciously retreated a little.

The white tiger saw this and had disappointment in its eyes and retreated to.

Cass was shocked by the reaction of the tiger and he immediately shouted, “Ah, no, no, I’m not scared. I only intend to give you more space since you’re so large.”

Grr*, the white tiger furrowed its eyebrows and stepped forward.

The cubs besides its feet shivered and looked at its mother as the white tiger’s head pointed to Cass.

They understand it and walked wobbly to Cass. They laid beside him. Cass saw this little cubs and felt warm inside and outside. He wanted to cuddle them.

When the white tiger saw Cass’ hands it lightly roared.

Cass stopped and frowned, “You let them lie beside me but you wouldn’t even let me touch them? I wouldn’t hurt them in front of you, you know? Actually, they are so cute that I wouldn’t hurt them even if you’re not looking. I just want to cuddle them, is that wrong?”

The white tiger just snorted in reply and lied in front of him, covering the cold wind.

Cass squinted his eyes in warmth and felt surreal about this but right after that, he fell asleep.