Wind rushed through Taichi’s hair, and something soft brushed against his cheek. Resisting the impulse to fall back asleep, his eyes fluttered as he adjusted to his new surroundings. His deadline was fast approaching. He needed to get work fast or he...
“Ngh...?”
But when his eyes adjusted, he found himself in the middle of a vast forest.
Oh, that’s right. I met the cat god. It took a moment for his mind to catch up, recalling his encounter with the cat god and his choice to live again in a new world.
“That must mean this is the fantasy world the cat god spoke of.”
Taichi would have preferred waking up in the middle of a town rather than a forest, but the cat god had shown him so much consideration already that it would be selfish to hope for more. He’d learned a while ago how pointless complaining was, having fought relentlessly against superiors who pushed enormous workloads onto him. Besides, with any luck, he might find some adorable fluffy creatures in this forest. Thinking of it like that, it didn’t seem so bad.
“First thing’s first, I need to see what I’m working with. Based on what the cat god told me, I can use magic in this world, and I’m a Tamer.” The cat god had also informed him that he could check his list of skills from the status screen. Reciting the words felt a little childish and embarrassing, but what other choice did he have? “If I want to know what skills I have, this is the only way. Open Status!”
As soon as the words left his lips, a hologram appeared in front of him, reflecting all of his current stats. It was strange how much this world felt like a video game—from the status screen to the Bottomless Bag.
“Whoa! What? No way. Hold on, is it normal to have this many skills?!”
The list went on so long it left him gaping in disbelief. Taichi was most befuddled, however, when his eyes landed on his job. It wasn’t what the cat god had promised.
“What’s this? ‘Fluff Master’? I thought the cat god said I would be a Tamer.”
Name / Age
Taichi Arima / 28 years old
Job
Fluff Master
Personal Skills
Isekai Fluency / Lv. ∞ / Can read, write, and verbally communicate and understand this world’s language.
Keen Eye / Lv. ∞ / Use of skill grants additional information on target.
Be My Eyes / Lv. ∞ / Can share vision with any fluffy monsters or animals.
Create / Lv. ∞ / Can create any inanimate object.
Interdimensional Shopping / Lv. ∞ / Ask the cat god to collect groceries from Japan.
Job Skills
Tame / Lv. ∞ / Can tame monsters.
Speak with Monsters / Lv. ∞ / Can communicate with tamed monsters.
Command / Lv. ∞ / Allows the user to issue commands to allied monsters.
Sense Presence: Monsters / Lv. ∞ / Allows the user to sense the location of monsters.
Let’s Get It! / Lv. ∞ / Increases the Attack of allies.
Let’s Be Careful! / Lv. ∞ / Increases the Defense of allies.
We’re Gonna Win! / Lv. ∞ / Increases the Magic Attack of allies.
Heal / Lv. ∞ / Heal a tamed monster.
Cure / Lv. ∞ / Cure status effects on tamed monster.
Prepare Meal / Lv. ∞ / Cook a meal for monsters.
Prepare Snack / Lv. ∞ / Cook a snack for monsters.
Did the cat god space out and make a mistake in the moment? All of the job skills did at least match what Taichi thought a Tamer would have. He could tame monsters, command them, and use support skills on them, after all.
“Oh! I have Isekai Fluency as a personal skill! Makes sense. No one here would understand Japanese.” Taichi was grateful to the cat god for thinking that far ahead. “All of my skills are marked as level infinite, though. I wonder what that’s about.”
It’s like the cat god made me all-powerful or something, Taichi thought to himself with a wry smile. If a dragon suddenly appeared before him, he could probably tame it without issue. After all, with an infinite-level skill, could he possibly fail to tame anything? I shouldn’t think that. I’m probably jinxing myse—
An unmistakable rustling noise from behind Taichi interrupted his thoughts. What could that be? He had a sinking feeling he really had jinxed himself, like many a main character in tales such as these often did. But, he tried to reassure himself, it’s not like there’s definitely a dragon behind me.
Dragons were decidedly rare creatures in fantasy. One didn’t come across them often. Sure, there were some video games out there filled with nothing but dragons, but he didn’t want to think about that right now.
Cold beads of sweat trickled down Taichi’s back. He slowly turned his head to see what lurked behind him and caught the unmistakable glimmer of red scales.
A dragon. A real live dragon. He swallowed thickly.
The creature in question was over fifteen feet tall. Taichi had no grasp on dragon sizes and therefore couldn’t determine whether this was small or large for one of their kind, but that wasn’t relevant.
I-I...I need t-to run! Unfortunately, Taichi’s legs turned to jelly. He probably looked like the perfect snack. While the fear consumed him, the dragon cracked open its mighty jaws, fire leaping from it.
“Graaaawr!”
Its mighty roar rang deafeningly in Taichi’s ears, the stream of breath shooting right past him and toppling the trees directly behind him.
“Eep!” Taichi cried.
I have to run! No, wait! Dragons are beasts too, aren’t they? So I could probably just tame it...right? Maybe that was the better plan. Then again, what was he supposed to do with a tamed dragon? That question made him hesitate, his confusion growing. After all, if he went around with a dragon in tow, he would stand out. His cat café would have to become a dragon coffee shop instead, which isn’t what he wanted.
A white blur surged past Taichi, disrupting his internal waffling.
“What the—”
An indistinct question passed Taichi’s lips, and before he could fully form it, the white blur had locked its jaws on the dragon’s neck. This new creature had golden white fur, taking the shape of a wolf. It had a soft, fluffy coat, but its eyes glared at Taichi with enough hostility to keep him frozen in place. This creature was about six and a half feet tall, measured to its withers.
“Woof!”
The silver-gold wolf slashed at the dragon with its sharpened claws, downing the monster surprisingly quickly.
“Phew.” Taichi let out a shaky breath, relieved to be out of immediate danger...at least until the silver-gold wolf spun around and started dashing toward him. Apparently, Taichi would be its next prey.
Before Taichi even knew what he was doing, his voice broke through the air like a whip. “Tame!”