Lately, I found my days a lot brighter. Ever since I met the most adorable creature in the entire world, I couldn’t help but feel the warmth of happiness fill me. This little kobold, Vladimir, is everything that I found cute!

  Small in stature yet having the confidence surpassing even the dragons of legends. Most people would find the scales a bit rough to touch but that’s no problem for me. In fact, if you really feel against the scales there’s this softness that outweighs all the creatures of this world.

  I just want to cuddle the little fellow every day, so of course I gladly accepted being his henchman if it meant I could finally indulge in enjoying the snuggles!

  I can still keep up with the professionalism as an adventurer of course, I could even step back when it comes to Vladdy’s work. Even if his angry face was cute. ~

  The more time I spent with him the more I found it easier to express myself. Though to be fair, I can go a little bit overboard. I just couldn’t help it since this is all new to me. And I’m sure Vladdy likes our special time as much as I do!

  Soon enough, there were more of them I could feel I could be myself around. It honestly felt relieving not having to suppress my affection to all the cuteness to this world. For example, the young goblin V is just a bundle of joy. I doubt there’s anything in this world that could resist their cuteness! ~

  Mordred was a little rough to deal with at first what with getting Vladdy’s attention, who can blame him? I want the same thing too. But there’s a sort of charm to his devotion that I wish more can appreciate. I even gave him a nice hug too when I was starving for Vladdy’s affection. ~

  Overall, everyone has their own quirks, and I want to give them all a hug if I ever get the chance!

  But of course, Vladdy is the best of them all!! I just want to give as much love and affection as I can give every day of my life!!

  Even now…. even seeing this other side of him. His cuteness will outshine even this side of himself….

  I don’t know why he acted like this, and I don’t care. I am sure he has his reasons. After all, even if he tries to act like some kind of heinous villain, he always prioritizes the safety and wellbeing of his followers, even if he doesn’t want to admit it. And if there’s something bothering him, I want to be there to support him and help him feel better.

  Just like what he did for me.

  I don’t care if he only let me show him affection just to make me his henchman. He never saw me as a scary brute and even treats me the same as the others. Because of him I’ve been able to express myself more and more now.

  So, when I saw that same dark expression come up again, I knew I needed to do something. I was ready to move. Ready to take action but…

  I choked up….

  My body froze, as if I was afraid. Not from Vladdy, that could never happen. No…. I was afraid of messing up.

  My first instinct was to give him a hug to cool him down, but even I knew that it wasn’t the time for that. Despite how I act, I know deep down that my affection isn’t actually the easiest to deal with. It’s obvious to everyone including myself.

  I already pushed things far enough with him as is. But I can’t help myself. It’s like a broken wall that I had built over the years that has kept my buried emotions at bay. Now that it’s out I don’t know how to keep it back in. At least I can keep it at bay when it really counts.

  But Vladdy must be getting exhausted from it all, I know the real reason you gave me that plushie of you which is considerate of you.

  This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.

  So yeah, I’m afraid. Afraid that I was going to push you too far and I was going to lose you and everything you gave me and be feared and alone again…

  Thankfully V managed to snap you out of it Vladdy and you were able to get back to your old self.

  Seeing it a second time I can tell. There’s something you’re keeping to yourself, something painful. I found my fist clenching on their own, feeling hopeless in unable to help you when you needed it most Vladdy.

  All I could do now was stand by your side while you recovered and cleared your head...

  Just as we were reaching the end of with this kingdom that dared to upset my Vladdy, these three strange people showed up and interrupted everything.

  Their manner of behavior was unusual, their outfits were colorful. I couldn’t quite make sense of it at all. Just everything about them was just too much for me to handle. I know Vladdy can be a bit eccentric but that’s part of his charm. These guys though I can’t help but feel taken aback by them.

  Surely Vladdy feels the sa-

  “You guys…. are so……………. AWESOME!!!”

  ……. What? This was new…. From what I knew about the adorable Kobold, he only ever showed interest in conquest and has never shown this much interest in anything else.

  I never knew anyone could find something so…. tacky appealing. Honestly, I just want to look away from them. Thankfully I wasn’t the only one who thought the same thing.

  Wait, our adorable young goblin V is admiring them too?!

  …. well, I can kind of see the appeal it can have to kids but Vladdy….

  “Ah, so even monsters can appreciate our entry. You both have impeccable taste!” The leader of trio of weirdos stated.

  The female of the three laughed in a rather arrogant way. “OHOHOHO you two aren’t half bad!”

  “Yeah!! We are awesome, aren’t we?!” The Tiger Beastman loudly pronounced.

  They then continued their weird sequence, clearly wanting to show off to them. All the while, V and Vladdy were completely hooked onto their performance.

  Honestly….

  It’s just too cute not to watch!!

  I am loving this new side of my adorable kobold!! He’s like a kid who has a lot of sweets!! At a glance you would have thought they were just children playing together!!

  I could feel my cheeks warm up, my heartbeat pumping vigorously! This is just too much cuteness for me to take!!!!

  “Alright you two, we had our fun. Don’t forget that they are still monsters who came here to invade this country.” Their leader reminded them.

  “Oh fine, guess we should end this now.” The woman said with disappointment in her tone.

  “Fun while it lasted.” The Tiger man said as he inched closer to Vladdy. “Sorry kid, but this was your own doing.”

  He started to reach the handle of his large mace, his intent clear.

  Normally more aware of these kinds of situations, Vladdy was too enamored from their earlier performance before realizing on what has about to happened.

  I rushed in, my overwhelming emotions from his cuteness earlier shifting and changing into rage. I could feel it overtaking the energy I had relied on for battle and changing it into something new.

  Before I realized it, the energy flowing through me was changing. Becoming more intense and the color shifting into a fiery hot color. Despite not knowing what was happening I could instinctively feel how to use this new power dwelling around my body as well as the name of this new energy.

  Emotional Aura

  It continues to wrap around me, the muscles in my body intensifying. It felt stronger, faster even. Before I knew it, I had already had my hands gripping tightly against the heavy end of my fellow Beastman’s mace. Blood dripped from the palms of my hands from the spiked edges, but it didn’t register to me.

  The only thing on my mind was keeping my adorable Vladdy out of harm’s way!

  From behind I could hear Mordred yell out to us. Anger and annoyance dripping out of his voice. “Hey! You stole the attention away from me Bear!”

  I see that he still feels competitive with me on grabbing Vladdy’s attention. No matter, at least he can protect our adorable Tiny Tyrant. I didn’t say a word and focused on keeping this weirdo at bay.

  “Well well, aren’t you a tough one. What’s a fellow Beastman doing working for a monster like this Kobold?” The Power Mace asked while keeping his mace on me.

  “I’m sure you have some explanation, but right now you’re making us Beastmen look bad!”

  I stayed silent, my anger still welled up as I could feel my Emotional Aura intensify.

  It continued to grow the more I thought on how they were going to hurt my adorable Vladdy as well as my own frustration over hesitation with helping him when he needed me earlier.

  It was enough power for me to start pushing back the enemy before me. I just need to remember to keep my emotions in check and focus on the task on ha-

  But it was the next thing I heard behind me, that I noticed that my Aura was starting to lighten in color.

  His voice was higher in pitch, as if to express his surprise with a hint of worry splashed in.

  “EMOTIONAL DAMAGE?!!”