Chapter 02
The only kind of pet I knew was the kind from games.
And what was that system message supposed to be?
I had never heard that when someone awakened as a hidden class, it would be announced to everyone like that.
Naturally, I had never experienced anything like it either.
Before that, I didn’t even know there was such a thing as a global message.
…Could my fever not have gone down yet? Was I dreaming?
I pressed my clenched fist against the space between my brows.
It definitely still felt hot.
I was the type who dreamed often.
Sometimes they felt so vivid they seemed real.
This had to be one of those.
Otherwise, how could someone possibly advance into a… strange class like that?
And for something like that to be a hidden class?
It felt like a joke.
My body was sticky with sweat and my throat felt rough, but I accepted it as a dream and lay back down.
Sleep.
When I woke up, everything would be back to normal.
At least, that was what I believed.
The next morning, after washing up, I came out drying my wet hair with a towel and habitually opened the largest hunter community site.
Even though I was awakened, I didn’t live as a hunter, so I never posted or left comments.
But interesting posts often came up, so I liked lurking there when bored.
And strangely, all the trending posts that day had the same word in their titles.
[Free Board]
[Hit★] Skills I thought up for the Pet class! (966)
[Hit★] Who the hell is the Pet awakenedㅋㅋㅋㅋ They must be having an existential crisisㅋㅋㅋ (2184)
[Hit★] Pet awakened user please share awakening method and skills (842)
[Hit★] If it’s a pet, can someone carry them around like in games? (1821)
[Hit★] What’s the difference between a druid and a pet?? (672)
[Hit★] That global message about the pet popped up for everyone, right? Not just me?? (3422)
In other words—
They were all about that Pet.
That… wasn’t a dream?
My lips trembled.
My phone almost slipped from my suddenly weak hand, and I barely caught it.
Then I forced myself to breathe.
“S-status.”
And I called up my status window.
Maybe someone else had awakened, and I saw it half asleep and turned it into a dream.
But—
[Name] Moon Ha-yan
[Class] Pet (SSS)
[Charm] 201
[Skill] Lucky Lucky Change★ (D)
The status window floating before me clearly showed that I had awakened as a Pet.
Yes.
Pet.
A pet. Pet. Pet…
I… I’m a household animal…?
It was so absurd I couldn’t even laugh.
All my original skills were gone.
Only one remained.
Lucky Lucky Change…
After hesitating for a moment, I tapped the skill with my finger because my voice wasn’t coming out properly.
Even then, I kept thinking,
No, something must be wrong.
But when the window expanded downward and the skill details appeared—
[Lucky Lucky Change★ (D)]
▶ Once every 24 hours, you can transform into a random pet decided through Spin the Roulette.
▶ As the skill rank increases, you can transform into more types of pets.
《Available Transformations》
[Cat] Fast.
[Dog] Healthy.
[Bird] Cute.
I put down my phone and covered my face with both hands in despair.
There had been a trending post saying the awakened user must be having an existential crisis.
It was exactly right.
What kind of hidden class was this supposed to be?
No, why would you turn a person into an animal in the first place?
I only snapped out of it because the alarm I set for the same time every day started ringing.
I hurriedly turned it off and stared at the translucent window.
Fast.
Healthy.
Cute.
Those might be advantages for an ordinary pet.
The problem was—
I was a transformed human.
…Forget it. Nothing happened.
Even if it was a hidden class, there was no outward difference.
And I wasn’t even a hunter.
I normally didn’t use skills anyway, so there was little chance anyone would find out or that it would inconvenience me.
So I tried to close the window and forget.
But somehow—
Separate from the emptiness I felt about becoming this class…
A quiet curiosity began to rise.
Since I already advanced into it, shouldn’t I at least figure out what the skill does?
Honestly, I was just curious.
What happens when you transform?
No one was watching.
After a long hesitation, I spoke.
“Spin the Roulette.”
And the moment I recited the command exactly as the system window showed—
The window began flashing.
SYSTEM: Dugu-dugu-dugu★ Today’s Lucky Lucky Change is!!!
Regret came instantly.
The way the skill activated looked suspiciously weird.
What was that…?
Just as I started regretting my pointless curiosity—
The flashy translucent window shimmered, and my field of vision slowly rose higher.
At the same time—
My body began glowing white.
The light was so bright I had no choice but to shut my eyes.
And when I finally opened them—
The surrounding scenery looked enormous, as if everything had become giant-sized.
No—
To be precise,
I had become smaller.
What did I turn into?
The moment I wondered—
The window appeared again.
SYSTEM: ‘Moon Ha-yan’ has become a White-headed Long-tailed Tit!
“Ppi…? Ppi? Ppi?! Ppiii?!”
I thought, A tit? A bird?
But when I tried to speak, only high-pitched chirps came out.
“Ppi……”
So when you turn into an animal, you can’t even talk.
Completely useless.
Absolutely useless…
I was clicking my beak in frustration and flapping my wings irritably when—
SYSTEM: ‘Bird’ transformation effects applied.
- Cuteness increased
- Flight skill available (P)
- Will not receive preemptive attacks from avian monsters (P)
- Item acquisition rate increased by 20% (P)
“…Ppi?”
Effects not listed in the skill window had been applied.
What immediately caught my eye was:
No preemptive attacks.
That was the biggest reason I hated entering dungeons.
Most dungeon monsters were the type that attacked humans on sight.
Sometimes they jumped out like ghosts from a horror movie before you even saw them.
The first time I awakened, I formed a party with strangers and entered the first floor.
I caused so much trouble I still cringed remembering it.
That was four years ago—
But even now, just hearing “dungeon” made my teeth clench.
Bad for the heart.
But even if it only worked against avian monsters—
Not being attacked first was an incredible advantage.
If I got that because I transformed into a bird… would other animals have similar effects too?
If so…
Maybe this wasn’t completely terrible.
But soon I realized those effects only activated while transformed.
And I sighed.
But what does “Cuteness increased” even do?
The other skills had a (P) mark for party buffs.
That one didn’t.
Meaning it was a personal buff affecting only me.
There wasn’t any visible change in my status, which was strange.
But staring at it wouldn’t give me answers.
Well, at least I know what transformation does now.
Even if it was useless—
It felt fresh and oddly fascinating.
I was even thinking it might be fun to use sometimes when I was alone—
When something suddenly hit me.
…How do I turn back into a person?
Skills like this usually showed a duration.
This one didn’t.
I doubted I’d stay like this forever.
But if I had to remain a bird until this time tomorrow—
That would be a disaster.
I have work today. I can’t do anything like this…
I was panicking, not knowing what to do—
When suddenly—
Just like last night—
Doo-dung!
A dramatic sound effect rang out, and a new system window appeared.
A bad feeling washing over me, I looked at it—
And opened my mouth—
Or rather,
My beak.
