Munchkin Disciple Wants to Stop Being Obsessed Over

There are several ways to calm anger, but among them, there’s one incredibly effective method for men.

What is it?

It’s appreciating an ecstatic scenery like the one unfolding before me right now.

‘Oh my.’

It was truly a magnificent view.

The snow-white shirt that had become see-through from being wet.
The white skin and curves visible through it.

“You’re awake…”

The pretty face with cheeks tinged red, and the silver thread hanging from her lips.

It was a shame that the soft sensation had left my lips, but the scenery spread before me was excellent enough to more than make up for that disappointment.
“Ahem.”

Perhaps sensing my gaze, Daphne cleared her throat and stood up.

This was the moment when the anger that had risen to my head was shifting elsewhere.

‘Even at ten years old, a man…’

Having unintentionally realized one more mystery of the human body, I raised myself and crouched in my seat.

I feel a warm heat. Looking ahead, there’s a bonfire.

“…”

As my body gradually thawed, my thoughts started to function normally.

‘After rescuing me, she was warming my body and giving me artificial respiration.’

As the situation naturally became clear, the K-gamer’s profanity that had been loaded disappeared without a trace, and waves of emotion began to surge.

‘Damn, I believed in you!’

It seems Daphne never intended to kill me in the first place.

Thinking about it, unlike the first test, there was no mention of death upon failure.

“W-What are you staring at so intently?”

While I was lost in thought, Daphne asked with a furrowed expression and crossed arms.

As something was covered, a flash of disappointment… no, alertness.

I shook my head and answered honestly.

“Because I’m grateful.”

“For what?”

“For showing me…”

“What?!”

Oops. I accidentally said it.

Hearing my honest answer, Daphne jumped up with a startled expression.

Seeing this, I felt a great sense of crisis and had to move my lips quickly to salvage the situation.

“For showing me how you care for me. Thank you.”

“…”

“Really, thank you. For saving my life…”

“…That was the plan all along.”

Is it because I’m a child? When I deliberately looked at her with a wistful expression while speaking, Daphne fortunately passed over it without any particular doubt.

“You don’t need to thank me. It’s you who proved yourself, not me. I just kept my promise.”

“Does that mean…”

“Yes. I’ll spare your life.”

“Thank you!”

“Ahem, but that doesn’t mean I’ll fully accept you.”

Daphne continued speaking while clearing her throat.

Her expression is quite solemn, looking quite serious.

Listening to the content, it seems she’s talking about the new quest I’ve received.

If that’s the case, I should play along.

I looked at Daphne and asked.

“What do I need to do to be fully accepted by Daphne?”

“Isn’t that something you should figure out yourself?”

So she wants me to figure out how to make a good impression on her?

Well, that’s not bad. Even in my previous life, I was quite skilled at workplace social skills.

With that in mind, I nodded with a slight smile, and Daphne casually asked me a question.

“By the way, let me ask you something. How did you deceive the Scale?”

She asks how I did it after she told me to do it.

My expression was about to crumple in annoyance, but I managed to suppress it and answered with a forced smile.

“It just worked when I tried?”

“…I see.”

Upon hearing my answer, Daphne frowned for a moment, then nodded.

Why is she reacting like that? Was my answer too insolent?

Well, whatever. It’s the truth.

In reality, earlier I was able to naturally deceive the Scale just by having the willpower.

“Well… anyway, you’ve worked hard.”

Contrary to my twisted thoughts, Daphne soon continued speaking with a gentle smile.

“Since you’ve worked hard, I should give you a gift.”

Gift.

These two words still had the power to make my ears perk up, despite having already given me great tribulation.

However.

The words falling from Daphne’s lips were far from what I had expected.

“Children get hungry quickly after playing hard, right?”

“That’s… ah, probably not? No, definitely not!”

It can’t be. No, it really shouldn’t be.

“Really? You don’t seem hungry.”

When I shook my head vigorously and spoke sharply, terrifyingly, Daphne lowered her head with a sullen expression.

I felt somewhat sorry, but it was fine.

It’s better for Daphne to be disappointed. Better than the situation I’m thinking of occurring.

‘What a relief.’

Just as I was feeling relieved.

-Grumble.

Suddenly, a sound that absolutely should not have been made echoed from my stomach.

“You, you weren’t being honest because you were being considerate?”

Hearing that sound, Daphne created a rift in the air with an excited expression.

Is that spatial magic?

If so, it seems quite troublesome.

No. Don’t do it. Please.

“I prepared for this.”

Daphne, oblivious to my wishes, waved her hand in the air, then pulled out a wooden basket from the created rift and thrust it in front of me.

‘Ah…’

An unforgettable stench enters through my nose.

I really… really desperately hoped it wouldn’t be this.

“Eat a lot!”

Inside the opened wooden basket was something gray.

Upon seeing its form, a reflexive thought.

I should have died earlier.

The taste of the cold gray sandwich was enough to cool my love for humanity.

“Damn it.”

The more I think about it, the angrier I get. Daphne committed the heinous act of feeding four sandwiches to me, a mere ten-year-old.

-“I’m not hungry…”

That’s not all. Daphne took a bite of the gray sandwich, then gave her portion to me as well, citing insignificant reasons.

“Urgh…”

This is the result. I’m in the bathroom, covering my mouth, trying to suppress the urge to vomit.

It’s fortunate that we returned in an instant through Daphne’s teleport.

If we had to go back the same way we came, I would have, without a doubt, met my end along the way.

“Even though they say life is unpredictable…”

This is a bit too much, isn’t it?

Not only was I suddenly possessed, but I’ve also faced life-threatening situations.

Now I’m in a position where one of the three essentials for human survival—food—is under major threat.

“Whew…”

Having suppressed the urge to vomit, I clenched my fist and resolved.

‘No matter what, I must do the cooking.’

I don’t know how long I’ll stay with her, but this was a very critical matter for me, who would now be living with Daphne.

Honestly, this seemed more important than preventing the destruction of the world.

‘I also need to raise her favorability.’

[Linked Quest ‘Gain Daphne’s Favor!’ in progress. (Favorability: 30/100)]

The linked quest I received as a reward earlier.
The so-called favorability quest.

It was a shame that there was no information about Daphne since she wasn’t a character who appeared in the game.

Nevertheless, raising favorability doesn’t seem difficult.

Because just by eating the gray sandwich, my favorability had already increased by 10.

This means that if I eat gray sandwiches seven more times…

“No, no way!”

A switch suddenly flipped.

I covered my face and collapsed in place.

“…Let’s find another way.”
If it were a game where I just had to click, perhaps.

But eating gray sandwiches seven more times, by any measure, is a bad ending.

“…”

In the game, ways to raise favorability with NPCs were broadly divided into three: gifts, expressions, and errands.

First, since I don’t have anything to give, I’ll skip gifts.

The remaining methods are expressions and errands…

‘This might be easier than I thought.’

Conveniently, I’ve been possessed into a child’s body.

I’m in a very advantageous position for expressing emotions or running errands.

‘Just cooking might raise it by 20.’

If I do some housework and make a good impression on Daphne, won’t I clear the quest?

No matter how much I think about it, this quest is as good as free.

And I can even choose the reward.

“It’s worth a try.”

Come to think of it, judging from the reward list that arrived earlier, this quest will surely provide me with a substantial reward.

“At this rate of growth, I’ll soon be…”

A munchkin?

With that thought, I brushed my bangs aside and looked in the mirror.

Is it because I’m a true munchkin?

Beyond the mirror was a quite presentable… no, a very handsome child grinning.

I wore a black apron and held a broom, fidgeting in front of Daphne, who was sitting in a rocking chair reading a book.

This was a deliberately calculated action to gain Daphne’s favor.

It’s a bit awkward to say this myself.

Anyway, I’m now a young and cute child.

And I’m wearing an apron much larger than my body and bustling about, saying I want to help with the housework.

No matter how close to a psychopath Daphne might be, as a woman, she can’t help but find me cute.

So just by showing such actions, wouldn’t my favorability rise by about 20?

That’s what I thought.

But Daphne’s reaction was very different from what I had expected.

“What’s this?”

“I thought I’d feel better if I did something.”

“Where on earth did you get that apron?”

“It was in the storage room?”

“Haa…”

Daphne just deeply sighed with a crumpled expression. Wait, why?

“Do you think dust would be swept by such a flimsy broom?”

“Pardon?”

What, should she give me a vacuum cleaner then?

“Wait a moment.”

Daphne waved her hand in the air, then pulled out a jet-black broom from the spatial void and threw it to me.

-Thud.

Thud? I think I heard a sound that shouldn’t have been heard.

“If you’re going to do it, you should do it properly, right? Use that from now on.”

Daphne said indifferently, then began to focus on her book again.

‘Why is she so prickly?’

Watching her, I felt quite offended.

Not only did it not go according to plan, but I was also treated with such disdain.

But given my situation, I had no choice but to swallow my pride and pick up the broom.

“Daphne, but…”

“What.”

“I can’t lift this broom.”

It wasn’t a lie. What on earth was it made of to be so heavy?

No matter how hard I tried to lift it, the broom didn’t budge an inch from its place.

“It lifts easily?”

However, Daphne, who had somehow come down from the rocking chair, showed me by lifting the broom very lightly.

“Think about what I taught you today.”

“Ah!”

A sudden realization.

I immediately enveloped my body with mana, then touched the broom.

“Oh!”

Sure enough, the broom that seemed immovable was now lifted as lightly as a piece of paper, unlike before.

“Well done. For the time being, operate mana like that to get used to it.”

After confirming that I had lifted the broom, Daphne answered indifferently and began to focus on her book again.

‘She’s the tsundere type.’

She acts indifferent, but she keeps glancing at me, so it seems that way.

No, I’m certain. Looking at it now, even the title of the book she’s reading was foreshadowing.
-[The Affection Between Master and Disciple]

Daphne seemed to have already decided to accept me as her disciple.

‘Not bad.’

It was a shame that my favorability didn’t increase.

But thinking that I could become a disciple of Daphne, who is a 9th circle mage and a Sword Master, my mood improved quickly.

“Hmm hmm.”

A hum naturally came out.

For good reason. If I become a munchkin by receiving everything from Daphne, there will only be flower paths in my possessed life.

“Kamel.”

As I was cleaning with such an excited heart for a while, Daphne called me.

“Sit down.”

“…?”

Thud, I put down the broom and ran over, and Daphne was standing next to a small wooden chair.

‘Looks like it conducts electricity well.’

I felt momentarily anxious seeing the appearance of the chair, but I had no choice but to sit on it.

Because my situation required me to do so.

‘Well, I’m going to be her disciple, so she won’t treat me roughly.’

That’s what I thought.
No, that should be obvious.

“Eek, eek!”

But Daphne abruptly drew the sword from the scabbard at her waist, and I had to swallow air in terror.

“Stay still.”

As Daphne barked, my body was suddenly fixed by an invisible force.

I tried to rise from my seat in bewilderment, but I couldn’t move.

Meanwhile, Daphne’s expression was quite serious, as if she were about to utter the line “I’ll slice this, I’ll slice that.”

“I’ll cut it for you.”

Cut what?