Once the shadows were gone, I immediately focused on the next problem. Like many Japanese people, I was a neat freak—and the wolf in front of me was really, really dirty. How underweight it was kind of bothered me as well, but not as much as the dirt. Its fur was caked in filth, and matted too.
I wonder if being dirty doesn’t bother it?
The wolf, for its part, was glaring at me just as menacingly as it had been before, though I thought its eyes were opened slightly wider.
Is it surprised perhaps?
What I was sure of, though, was that the wolf was very, very cute. As an animal lover, I wanted nothing more than to pet it. Even its ridiculous size was beginning to seem adorable rather than terrifying.
Ah, it’s coming toward me! Is it gonna attack? Uh... Whoa. Whoa! It’s baring its belly! A wild wolf! I’m kinda touched. Are wolves really this easy to tame in parallel worlds? Well, before it changes its mind... Ugh, I can’t!
I was happy—really happy—that the wolf seemed to be willing to let me touch it, but I couldn’t handle how dirty it was.
Maybe I can do something with magic? Were there any spells to get rid of dirt? Hmm... “Clean” should be fine, right? I’ll give it a go and see.
I pictured the wolf getting cleaner and held out my hand.
“Clean.”
The dirt-encrusted fur was gone, replaced by a silky silvery coat. I’d succeeded—impressively so.
It looks really awesome now. Oh, it’s looking at itself too. Wait, doesn’t it look a little...? Yeah, it’s definitely proud. You cutie, you.
It was still thin, which worried me, but there wasn’t much I could do about that right away. But seeing it properly, I realized it was a really beautiful creature. They say taking care of your appearance immediately makes you twenty percent more handsome, but in the wolf’s case, it was more like eighty percent at the very least.
I’m kinda jealous.
The other thing I now realized was just how massive the wolf was. We were nearly at eye level, but I was standing up, while the wolf was sitting. And I was average height at around 175 centimeters tall, give or take...
Guess parallel world wolves are really big, huh. It’d be nice if I could grow a little too since I’m here and all. Just a little would be fine, please!