So she did me dirty...Turned me into a beastman or lizardmen or whatever this world calls them. But damn...I get she told me that I didn't get much of a choice other than my gender but this is a big leap from the isekai'd life I would start with.
But then again there is anime about a guy being a slime and another about some hot dude with a phone. Guess it doesn't matter since I died with no system or voice in my head. She did say she would enjoy watching me but I guess she is spectating me without me seeing her. So then, fuck you whatever your name is angel lady!
Ack! I just got awierd headthrob. Like I just had a migraine. Don't tell me she can do that? I am jsut a poor baby!
"Ariel, please, just leave him in the orphanage like others would. It is the most logical and best thing for it" the old man said.
No, he wouldn't be accepted by the orphanage and even if he was to be. He would be ridiculed by most in the orphanage by his peers and never find a family! I would know. I have never been accepted just because I was different, Mr. Hinzal.
Ah, so his name is Mr. Hinzal. At least I know that part now. How long are they gonna banter about this? Since I am just a baby I guess I have no say in the matter other than feeding me now!
*baby cries* "Oh look what you did, you made the cutie cry from you calling him "it" constantly!" she says undoing this wraps around my baby and lifts me in the air. Holding me under the armpits she holds me above her head like a mother.
She is so beautiful. How can this woman be outcasted because she is different? Idiots they are she is so kind as of so far. The old man however I don't hate but is a little cold in regards to me. Maybe he does believe that I would be better off in the orphanage.
"Oh, I have an idea! How about we bring him in as a new follower and assistant for you and your work?" She holds me close cradling me in her arms joyfully.
"I don't think that is a good idea, I have a lot of work but I wouldn't let a mere child baby especially be a part of it. I can just hire someone for that you know" He says looking at me with emotionless eyes. Guess he doesn't think a child working as an assistant is a good idea.
As he looks back up, he sees Ariel slowly going into tears. How did I not notice it? She seems sad like a girl not allowed to have a puppy. Unless she is using puppy dog eyes to have her way. Clever is so, sad if not.
*Sighs* "Fine, we will bring him in a disciple, but I won't have a child be an assistant with no experience. That is just not right with me. But maybe if I need help with a minor thing I can ask it-I mean him. Him..." he says smiling slightly as if accepting me in officially.
So just like that, I am a disciple for some religion I never heard of? I was never religious as a kid or as an adult so I doubt this will change me.
"Let us get something to eat! I am sure our little disciple will be hungry for what I make! Won't cha!" She holds me face to face. Or, I guess face to snout? Maw? I don't know!
-few minutes of eating and talking-
Man, this food is good. If only I could eat properly but I can't eat with this jaw of mine! How can anyone eat wi-Wait is that meat?
I start to eye the juicy piece of ham slices on the table and can't hold back and lounge for it. Knocking over things on the table trying to get some of that meat! Don't think too much about that use of my words...
"Oh my, so young yet so feisty for meat. Guess it makes sense for adolescents who are herbivores naturally." she proceeds to bring the whole plate of the slices to me.
My eye lights up in joy as I start reaching both arms. Wait...I am a teenager why am I acting like this in the first place? Is it my inner self? Or is it because my mindset as a baby is so basic that I instinctively just act out from nature. Hope it's the ladder.
Then Mr. Hinzal speaks, "You shouldn't spoil the little one so early on. t could be bad later on for his future as a brat." he says while eating his salad.
"Hmmph!" she says putting the plate just out of my reach...Shit, I was so close old man.
-10 minutes later-
Shit, I only got like 4 slices of that stuff instead of the 10. Give me all the meat and I am happy. But I am also sleepy...Man children are tired way too fast...Yet get energy out of nowhere as if it is some sort of burst athlete
Ariel seems to notice me tired and decides to pat me on my snout and proceeds to carry me from the table. She is so like a mother!
-1 minute later-
She takes me to a room with a normal-sized bed, a room full of flowers in vases. I guess she loves flowers. Another trait I find very nice of her. She places me in a drawer full of clothes and takes a blanket for me.
Guess she doesn't have a baby cradle. Makes sense since they didn't expect to have me out of the blue. I start to doze off and hear Ariel say some things.
"Goodnight!"
I don't think screaming "goodnight" is very pleasing to most but she has energy I wouldn't expect from a nun. Especially an elf.
Typically elf's are well-groomed, elegant, sometimes stuck up, fast agile, and well mannered. Loud was the last thing I expect.
meh doesn't matter she is awesome. Wait did she just adopt me?
Maybe that's what she planned to do with me but wasn't allowed to due to her religious practices as a nun. I don't even know much about nuns so I have no idea never been religious.
-The next day-
My eyes starts to quiver open as I realized the light was blaring from a window onto the exact spot where the dresser was. Ugh, waking up feels the same as usual. Except being a tiny lizard kid. Wait, kid? How fact did I grow.
I lean forward and realized I grew out of my normal wraps to immediately to a 5-year-old physically. Is this how fast a Lizardman matures? Or did I do something, well not wrong per se but differently?
As I move around look at my hands which are smooth surprisingly where scales appear to go up the forearm and likely to the biceps. Which I don't have much of. I notice feathers in the drawer where I slept were red and faded black. wonder if I grew black or red feathers on my head.
I feel the back of my head and feel where a bunch of little feathers behind my skull but also feel something else. I feel with my hand's nubs on both sides of my skull which feel sore a bit. I have to guess but I assume these are where horns would be. How fast am I maturing?
Is there a bathroom ne-
My movements this entire time and likely weight gain have caused the drawer I was sitting on to break apart and drop me 3 feet down.
*thuds* "Agh! Damn it that hurts" I start rubbing my rump with my hand. at least some of the fall was pattered down with clothing in the drawer.
Oh! I can speak now. Surprisingly clearly. Wonder how big my dictionary can be at age 5 with a mind of an adult. Like a prodigy.
I start hearing footsteps coming upstairs Sounds like more than one! I grew out of the clothes I was just wearing I need to hide!
I see a door maybe it is a closet. It's all I got now. I jump off the broken drawer and start moving fast to the door and closing it behind me gently.
Wait, I guess this is a bathroom. Wait I can use this to my advantage and look at my reflection. I move toward the sink which is still too high for me. I climb up through feeling uncomfortable naked. As I climb over successfully I realize I am. Lizardman. or Lizard kid. I look at my head and see the feathers are red and black on the back of my skull with small nubs on both sides of my skull. Likely horns as I thought.
I see scales around my whole body some slightly rough but yet smooth at the same time. My scales have colored a mixture of mainly black with red streamlines around the neck and going down the spin. My tail appears to be small as well, I guess it needs to grow for a bit. My legs appear to be normal like scales on them. If they had human skin I wouldn't know the difference. My hands appears to also have claws but I guess they can be trimmed. I see to have the normal male genital as well. seems to not scale which is fine by me. Man...I don't know if I am cute or if I am adorable as a pet. Ariel seems to think I'm cute regardless.