Not All Heroes From Earth Are Bad [EN]: Chapter 10

Choi Hyun-seok tossed a bone the size of his forearm.

Bobo took off running with incredible speed.

“Bobo! Fetch!”

“Kwang!”

“That’s it! Nice catch!”

Bobo leaped through the air and snatched the bone.

“Huff! Heff!”

Bobo dropped the bone and looked up, his eyes pleading for praise.

Choi Hyun-seok gently stroked Bobo’s head.

“Good boy. You’re a good boy, Bobo!”

Was he happy with the praise?

Bobo wagged his tail like crazy.

Whoong! Whoong!

His tail was so big that it made a terrifying sound as it swung back and forth.

‘If I get hit by that, I’ll be in the hospital for at least a month.’

Bobo, bigger than an average tiger, was incredibly muscular.

Plus, his skin was so tough it was like wearing armor.

‘I need to stay on his good side.’

Choi Hyun-seok was smiling as kindly as possible and petting Bobo when…

[Bobo’s Favorability has increased]

Choi Hyun-seok cheered at the system alert.

“Nice!”

That was the fifth alert already.

At this rate, it wouldn’t take long to reach the target favorability.

“Alright! Let’s keep this up.”

If he could completely tame Bobo, he’d have nothing to fear.

Why?

Because Bobo was an adorable puppy that even the legion commander wouldn’t mind having around.

The favorite pet of the highest-ranking person here, Legion Commander Hemiss!

The handler that pet was most attached to!

“In other words, I’ll become the handler that the legion commander cherishes the most.”

Choi Hyun-seok said triumphantly.

Rachel, who was next to him, frowned and spoke.

“Hero.”

“What.”

“Did you hit your head or something?”

“The mood’s good, why are you ruining it?”

“No, that’s not how syllogisms work!”

“I don’t care! If I say so, it is! Right, Bobo?”

“Kwang!”

“See? Bobo agrees.”

“Ugh! Never mind.”

Rachel shook her head.

Choi Hyun-seok ignored Rachel and stroked Bobo’s head.

“Just wait a little longer. Once Bobo completely listens to me, that’s when my life in the Demon King’s army will truly begin.”

Of course, he wasn’t planning on hiding behind Bobo forever.

Immediate survival was just the most important thing right now.

It was best to use anything he could.

“Ah. Stop licking me. Haha!”

Bobo licked Choi Hyun-seok’s cheek with his tongue.

The tongue was so rough it felt like his skin was being scraped off, but Choi Hyun-seok smiled.

‘This is all proof that we’re getting closer.’

At that moment, Choi Hyun-seok suddenly felt his surroundings darken.

“Huh?”

When he looked up, a wide-open maw filled his vision.

“Kwaaaang!”

“Bobo! No!”

Just before being swallowed by Bobo,

Choi Hyun-seok hurriedly stepped back and desperately waved the bone.

“Good boy~ Good Bobo! We’ll keep playing together, okay? Huh? If you eat me, we can’t play bone games anymore, can we?”

“Kwang…”

At the words that he couldn’t play anymore, Bobo closed his mouth, looking dejected.

However, he kept smacking his lips, looking regretful.

‘This son of a bitch doesn’t even appreciate me playing with him…!’

He had thrown the bone until his arm was about to fall off for two whole hours, and it was almost all for nothing.

Choi Hyun-seok took a deep breath and watched Bobo carefully.

‘His stomach clock must be ringing now.’

Quite some time had passed since Bobo had eaten the senior soldier Hoken.

He had been running around with Rachel and playing bone games with him, so it was time for him to get hungry.

‘Should I give him the feed first?’

Even though he didn’t eat it when Hoken gave it to him, this time would be different.

Unlike Hoken, he had become quite close to Bobo.

‘Besides, Bobo is extremely hungry right now.’

Hunger is the best sauce, as they say.

No matter how picky Bobo is, he definitely won’t refuse this feed (scraps).

“Bobo! Shall we eat?”

Choi Hyun-seok filled Bobo’s huge bowl with meat and held it out.

Bobo slowly approached and sniffed the meat.

“Kwang!”

Bobo took a mouthful of meat and ate it.

“Munch munch munch…”

“That’s it! Good boy, Bobo!”

“Ptooey!”

Bobo spat the meat out.

Choi Hyun-seok wiped his face with his hand.

“Damn it… how can a dog be so picky…”

Bobo was even more of a gourmet than Choi Hyun-seok had thought.

He probably wouldn’t eat this scrap meat unless he was on the verge of starvation.

“In the end, I have no choice but to get other ingredients from the kitchen.”

It would be a disaster if Bobo continued to get hungry like this.

The more time passed, the more Choi Hyun-seok would look like a delicious piece of meat to Bobo.

‘Who knows when this ungrateful bastard will turn on me and try to eat me.’

After pondering for a moment, Choi Hyun-seok made a decision.

‘It’s still too early, but I can’t help it.’

Choi Hyun-seok approached Bobo.

“Bobo!”

At Choi Hyun-seok’s call, Bobo, who had been looking dejected, turned his head.

“Shall we go for a walk!?”

At the word ‘walk,’ Bobo became excited as if he had never been dejected.

“Huff! Heff!”

As expected, there was no dog in the world that hated walks.

***

Repple was a veteran who had been in the Demon King’s army for over 10 years.

Nevertheless, he had never been promoted and remained a mere private.

Perhaps because of this unique career, there was no demon soldier in the 3rd Corps headquarters who didn’t know Repple’s name.

“Are you talking about Coward Repple?”

“Ah, that baldy?”

“To have survived the battlefield for 10 years without dying. He must be a master of self-preservation.”

Repple was also well aware of his reputation.

He was very dissatisfied with his reputation.

‘It’s true that I’m bald… but I’m not a coward!’

Yes. He could tolerate being called bald because of his appearance.

But he was definitely not a coward.

“Do you even know how many humans have died by my hand!?”

It was when Repple was clenching his fist and shouting that…

“Human…?”

A human passed in front of him.

Why was a human here?

This was the headquarters of the 3rd Corps of the Demon King’s army.

It was not a place where a human would dare to set foot.

“Hoo!”

The bald Repple puffed up his chest muscles.

He was taking the most threatening pose possible.

Then, he strode towards the human.

“Hey, you!”

“Yes?”

The human looked back with a dumbfounded expression.

“What are you? Why is a human loitering around here…”

Repple gasped.

It was because he had made eye contact with the huge dog (?) that was following the human.

“I’m just walking Bobo-nim.”

“Bo, Bobo-nim…?”

Repple was shocked at the word Bobo.

There was no soldier in the corps headquarters who didn’t know Bobo.

Rumors about Bobo had spread far and wide.

“I heard he’s bigger than an average ogre.”

“I heard he tore a troll to pieces in one bite.”

“You know Gorgen, who was chosen as a handler in the neighboring unit? I heard he was eaten before he could even last a day.”

Of course, very few soldiers had actually seen Bobo.

However, as the unit members who were chosen as handlers disappeared one after another, rumors could not help but arise.

‘But what does that have to do with the human being here…?’

Let’s say the beast in front of him was the famous Bobo.

That still doesn’t explain why there’s a human in front of him.

Then, Choi Hyun-seok opened his mouth.

“I’m Choi Hyun-seok, who was assigned as Bobo-nim’s handler this time.”

Choi Hyun-seok held out his hand.

Repple shook his hand in a daze and nodded.

“O-oh… I’m Repple…”

Cold sweat dripped down Repple’s shiny head.

‘Is this real…?’

Being assigned as Bobo’s handler here was a kind of death sentence.

Because no handler had lasted more than 3 days so far.

‘Could it be that they’ve decided to assign prisoners as handlers from now on?’

Repple thought.

Perhaps Legion Commander Hemiss had issued a new directive.

It was then, as Repple was speculating about Choi Hyun-seok’s identity,

Bobo, who was sitting next to him, licked Repple’s head with his tongue.

Slaaaaaap!

The rough tongue passed over the smooth head as if rubbing it with sandpaper.

The sight was as serious as a gourmet tasting food before eating it.

“Oh, oh… uh…”

Repple’s pupils began to tremble wildly.

“Oh no, Bobo! You’ll get sick if you eat just anything.”

Choi Hyun-seok said, stroking Bobo’s head.

“Get sick if you eat just anything… you must be joking…?”

At Repple’s question, Choi Hyun-seok shook his head with a serious expression.

“He just swallowed my senior, Hoken, whole on the way here.”

“…”

“By the way, Repple-nim. Do you know where the kitchen is?”

Repple desperately raised his arm, which was frozen stiff.

“If you go straight in that direction, you’ll find the kitchen…”

“Ah, then goodbye.”

Repple grabbed Choi Hyun-seok, who was about to leave.

“Wait, did you say Choi Hyun-seok?”

“Yes.”

“Do your best in the future. Although you’re a human, I have high expectations!”

“Thank you.”

Choi Hyun-seok bowed his head.

“I, Repple, will be watching!”

Repple put on the coolest expression he could and turned around proudly.

‘Phew… I hope he didn’t notice?’

He had involuntarily peed when Bobo licked his head.

If the fact that he peed in front of a human became known, he might kill himself out of shame.

‘I think that was a great performance.’

He had shown the aspect of a very cool senior soldier.

The foolish human was probably looking at his back with admiring eyes, unaware that he was trembling with fear.

***

“What’s wrong with that idiot? What’s he suddenly watching over?”

Choi Hyun-seok said, looking at Repple walking away in the distance.

He was puffing out his chest and waddling, probably thinking it was a cool pose, but he looked quite foolish.

“Ew! More than that, why did he suddenly pee himself? The smell is so strong.”

Rachel frowned, covering her nose with her hand.

“I don’t know. Incontinence?”

Choi Hyun-seok also smelled it, but he didn’t really care.

No, it could even be said to be a good situation.

“The plan worked!”

It was the moment when his prediction that he would be able to safely go to the kitchen with Bobo came true.

‘There’s no way there’s a crazy person who would dare to touch the legion commander’s pet.’

Even setting aside his tremendous power, Bobo was the pet of Hemiss, the leader here.

No soldier in their right mind would pick a fight with him while he was leading that precious animal.

“Alright. I’ll go to the kitchen and get Bobo’s favorite fresh food. Then all the immediate problems will be solved.”

“And after that?”

“After that?”

“Yes. You’re not going to end your hero life just taking care of a mutt forever, are you?”

At Rachel’s question, Choi Hyun-seok shook his head.

“There’s no way. I can’t die until I meet a blonde aristocratic young lady and get married.”

“Sigh… that’s a very noble goal.”

“Do you even know how I feel!?”

Choi Hyun-seok shouted, flaring up.

“Never mind. Let’s hurry to the kitchen. I don’t know when Bobo, who’s getting hungry, will cause an accident.”

“Okay.”

The moment Choi Hyun-seok was about to move towards the kitchen.

“Wait a minute.”

“Why?”

“Where’s Bobo!?”

“Huh…?”

Bobo, who was definitely next to him just a moment ago, was nowhere to be seen.

Choi Hyun-seok hurriedly looked around.

But no matter how much he looked, he couldn’t see Bobo anywhere.

“What!? Where did he go!?”

“Wait! I’ll fly up and look for him!”

Rachel flew into the sky, and Choi Hyun-seok called out to Bobo in a loud voice.

“Bobo! Where are you!? Bobo!”

“…”

“Bobo! Where are you? Good boy!? Let’s play bone games! Huh!?”

It was then that Choi Hyun-seok was shaking his secret weapon, the bone.

“Huff! Heff!”

Bobo started running from afar.

“Phew, I thought I was going to lose ten years of my life…”

Bobo looked quite happy, as if he had been somewhere.

“Oh my. Where did our cutie go? I was so surprised…”

Choi Hyun-seok’s eyes widened in shock as he spoke.

“Blood…?”

Bobo’s mouth was covered in blood.

Could it be that he had a pleasant meal somewhere in the meantime?

“Burp!”

Bobo burped coolly.

Thud.

A pile of bones popped out of Bobo’s mouth.

“Bobo… did you eat something delicious by yourself…?”

“Kwang!”

Bobo answered energetically.

At the same time, a commotion began to be heard from afar.

“Aaaaaah! Commander Regis is dead!”

“What!? Who did it!?”

“Find the culprit quickly!”

Amidst the commotion, Choi Hyun-seok silently wiped his face with his hand.

“Sigh… haa…”

Rachel, who had approached him, whispered.

“Hero… could this be…?”

“Yeah. I think we’re screwed.”