The blue starlight teddy bear was still the most popular item for children under 5 years old. The cute heart-shaped nose and pink ribbon were the monster’s trademark.

And this teddy bear was as famous among hunters as it was among children. The mouth that was always drawn in a smiling shape looked so grotesque in reality.

‘Smiling killer, psychopath teddy bear, the teddy bear tears hunters apart while smiling…!’

Numerous descriptions of the teddy bear I had read on the internet flashed through my mind.

Among them, the most famous nickname was ‘Doldoli’. It was short for ‘crazy teddy bear’.

They say it mysteriously appears and causes havoc when hunters are fighting in the Blue Starlight Valley…

Although it shows up as A-rank in the system, it’s an invincible monster that doesn’t take damage even when hit by an S-rank hunter.

Monsters usually increase their stats by eating magic stones, but rumors circulated that Doldoli had eaten so many magic stones that its stats had broken the meter.

Doldoli’s role in significantly raising the already difficult S-rank dungeon’s difficulty level must have been substantial.

Thud! Thud!

Doldoli’s large footpads fell at right angles. I was completely disoriented by the tremendous sound and the barrage of attacks.

“Ugh!”

Eventually, Doldoli’s claws grazed my shoulder.

[Body Concealment (C) is deactivated due to contact with the monster.]

‘I wasn’t even fighting, why did Doldoli get tangled up with me?!’

I almost lost my left arm. Fortunately, I didn’t take much damage, but the skill was deactivated due to contact with the monster.

The surroundings had become a wasteland, with dust swirling around.

[‘Blue Starlight Teddy Bear (A)’ has blurred vision.] [‘Blue Starlight Teddy Bear (A)’ uses ‘Swinging (A)’.]

Doldoli, seemingly not satisfied with using its feet, swung its hand. Then it carelessly stuffed a tree it had grabbed into its mouth.

‘Look at that, no picky eating. The rumors might be true…’

As Doldoli ate the tree, the dust gradually settled.

‘At this rate, I’ll be targeted!’

[♥: 0%]

Just then, I noticed the heart-shaped text near the bear’s ankle. It floats in the air, following the movement of the foot.

[Affection level appears when you observe the monster for more than 5 seconds.]

‘Affection level?’

Come to think of it, I had a taming skill called ‘Bring the Net (A)’. Although it was a conditional skill that could only be used when the affection level was 50% or higher.

In this situation, I need to use the skill somehow to capture the bear.

‘But how?’

There were various ways to raise affection, such as feeding, petting, playing music, and so on.

The most important thing is to understand the habits of the target whose affection you want to raise.

‘What do bears like?’

I remembered a bear character from a childhood cartoon that liked honey. But no matter how much I looked around, there was nothing even remotely similar to honey.

Even if there was, it would be difficult to identify if it was honey since I didn’t have any sensory skills.

Then maybe petting the parts that animals like or feeding…

‘Ah, why don’t you just ask it to kill me?’

No matter how I thought about it, it didn’t seem possible.

That’s when.

Through the dust, Doldoli’s red eyes stared directly at me.

“Aaaagh!”

As Doldoli lifted my left leg, my vision flipped. In an instant, I was raised 10m high.

[‘Blue Starlight Teddy Bear (A)’ is happy to see you.] [‘Blue Starlight Teddy Bear (A)’ waves its hand.]

‘You psychopath teddy bear!’

I was terrified, wondering when I would end up in that mouth, while it was casually waving its hand.

Doldoli’s fame was related to this kind of behavior.

When it catches a hunter, it plays with them like a toy. Then it kills them, pretending it was an accident.

When I was too scared to react, it gently shook me.

“Mommy, sob. Save me. Dad, I’m sorry. I was wrong. Waaah.”

Tears came involuntarily. Doldoli seemed slightly puzzled.

‘Is it already bored? Is it going to eat me?’

As my body trembled, something fell from my pocket with a thud. Doldoli quickly caught the fallen object with its other hand.

‘What is it?’

Doldoli’s gaze suddenly became strange. What had fallen from my pocket was a bear-shaped jelly, which I had packed as a snack.

Doldoli suddenly put me down on the ground and used its index finger and thumb to open the jelly bag. It was a familiar action, as if it knew what this was.

Seeing that, a memory from the past suddenly came to mind.

‘Mom, why are you taking that?’

Mom always packed snacks before going to the dungeon.

‘Dungeon monsters like human food more than you’d think.’

At that time, I felt annoyed, thinking the monsters were taking away my things, but…

[♥: 32%↑]

Now, I wanted to cheer for Doldoli as it ate the jelly with sparkling eyes.

“Yes, yes! Eat more! Here, I have one more packet!”

I took out another jelly packet from the opposite pocket. When I threw it, Doldoli caught it quickly.

Then it poured the entire packet into its mouth at once.

[♥: 100%↑] [‘Blue Starlight Teddy Bear (A)’s affection cannot be raised any further.]

The affection had risen more than the target. I immediately activated the skill.

“Bring the net!”

[Yu Bom (F) used ‘Bring the Net (A)’ on ‘Blue Starlight Teddy Bear (A)’.] [Successfully captured ‘Blue Starlight Teddy Bear (A)’.]

Doldoli stopped moving and looked at me. Its red eyes had turned docile.

[You can give orders to the captured monster by giving it a name.]

‘A name?’

As Doldoli became docile, the harpy started to approach again.

I called out the first thing that came to mind, recalling the monster’s first impression.

“Teddy!”

[‘Blue Starlight Teddy Bear (A)’ has been renamed to ‘Teddy (A)’.]

Doldoli wasn’t a nickname given with good intentions anyway. And if I could just control its crazy behavior, it would be my cute doll Teddy, just as it is.

“Protect me!”

“Keeaak!”

Doldoli swiftly struck down the harpy that had suddenly approached. It was an easy finish, as if shooing away a mosquito.

“Wow, so strong!”

While I was marveling, Doldoli’s hand approached.

“Aaah! Wait! What are you doing!”

For a moment, I thought it was going to swallow me. However, Teddy grasped my body and placed me on its shoulder.

“Hello, Master. Don’t worry. You’re safe now!”

“You… were female? No, you can talk?”

[Communication is possible with captured monsters.]

The system’s explanation continued instead of Teddy. It was an extremely convenient feature.

“From now on, I will help Master. Feel free to ask me anything about the dungeon. I will protect Master to the best of my abilities!”

The ferocious appearance I had seen just moments ago was nowhere to be seen. Despite its scary exterior, its voice was incredibly cute.

“…First, I need to build a campsite. Is there a safe area? Somewhere without monsters and with flat terrain?”

“Yes, of course! I’ll guide you right away.”

* * *

Teddy walked towards a low-lying area with me on its shoulder.

We did encounter monsters on the way, but perhaps because Teddy’s rank was high, they didn’t approach. Capturing it was the best choice.

“By the way, how did you find where I was? I wasn’t even fighting monsters.”

“Maybe it’s because Master has high charm stats, so I was drawn to you.”

“Does this apply to monsters too?”

Isn’t that a bad thing?

“It probably only applies to monsters that are friendly to humans. I was constantly looking for humans to play with.”

“Play…?”

“Yes! Humans are so cute!”

Teddy jumped up and down excitedly. Somehow, it felt more like it wanted to play rather than attack. It seems Teddy really was following hunters with the intention of playing together.

“Ugh, Teddy. I’m getting dizzy. Please go a little slower.”

“Yes, Master!”

Whatever Teddy’s intentions were, it must have seemed threatening to humans.

“How about here?”

The place where Teddy stopped seemed to meet the conditions at first glance. A wide and flat grassland, with a river flowing on one side.

Rugged mountain ranges securely enclosed the terrain. The surrounding trees also seemed to be of suitable size for logging.

The view was also wide open, with a clear view of the sky. Large planets and islands floated in the sky.

“How did you find such a perfect place? My description must have been lacking.”

“Since Master captured me, the system window is shared. And the system injected information so that Master can have a comfortable camping life.”

“To Teddy?”

“Yes.”

Come to think of it, the ‘Bring the Net’ skill mentioned system sharing and helping with camping life.

‘I didn’t know that’s what it meant. Does this mean it acts as a guide?’

The system’s explanations were sometimes ambiguous and confusing, but if it explains like this from the side, it seemed like it would be very helpful.

“But isn’t that a monster?”

If there was one thing that bothered me, it was the blue slime monster near the site. No, it was embarrassing to even call it a monster.

The entire body was a palm-sized, round blob of slime moving slowly like a snail.

What do you call those things again?

“A slime?”

“Yes.”

Right, a slime. Even though it looked harmless, it was still a monster. Worried it might suddenly attack, I held onto Teddy’s head.

“Fluid monsters inhabit this forest. That slime is not yet an adult, so it probably has no attack power. It doesn’t even have teeth yet.”

Indeed, when the slime tried to bite a tree, only slime stuck to it. The slime gave up and started eating dirt instead.

‘…Huh. It’s kind of cute.’

The system window didn’t show any monster appearance message either. It seemed that, like butterflies, immature monsters were not classified as threats.

“Then please put me down. I’ll try to build a campsite here.”

“Yes.”

Teddy put me down on the ground. I pressed the ‘Establish Campsite’ button.

[Please name your campsite.]

It immediately moved to the next window. It seemed the site had passed the initial check.

“A name… Bom’s Campsite?”

But I encountered another obstacle.

“No, that’s not right. It’s not like I’m naming a farm. Isn’t there something more impressive?”

After all, this was the first self-employed business I was starting under my own name. The more I thought about it, the deeper my concerns grew.

“Forget it. Let’s just name it casually.”

A ‘Random Naming’ button blinked next to the system window.

I’m only going to use it as a temporary shelter until I’m rescued anyway, so it might be a shame if I name it too thoughtfully.

I immediately pressed the ‘Random Naming’ button.

[Successfully established campsite.] [Welcome to Spring Campsite!]

“Spring? That’s just my name.”

It wasn’t bad as a campsite name, but I felt embarrassed as it seemed to blatantly use my name.

[Quest completed.] [Received ‘1,000C’ as quest reward.] [Learned the campsite skill ‘Crafting’.] [Reducing captured monster to a size suitable for the campsite.]

Along with the quest completion message, Teddy’s size decreased.

“Ooh, Master! I’ve become tiny!”

“Haha. Congratulations.”

In fact, Teddy wasn’t as small as it claimed. It was still much larger compared to an adult male.

‘Still, it’s surprisingly smaller compared to before.’

And I received the quest completion reward for establishing the campsite.

“1,000 coins…? 10 million won?!”

Converting the exchange rate, 1 coin was worth 10,000 won. I had earned 10 million won from a single quest.

“System, isn’t this an error?”

I had heard that quest rewards were generous, but this was more incredible than I thought. 10 million won for just one campsite establishment quest. It didn’t feel real at all.

“And what’s this?”

A wooden signpost that we hadn’t seen before appeared next to where we were standing.

“Is this it?”

It was so simple it looked shabby. The wooden board, which anyone could see was roughly nailed together, wobbled and looked old.

The letters scrawled with paint were colorful and tacky.

“Master, there’s that too!”

Teddy gestured behind me. There was a familiar sign there.

“It’s a toilet!”

There was a portable toilet that seemed just big enough for one person. Next to it was a shower room.

“This is amazing!”

“Master, over here too!”

While I was marveling, Teddy seemed to have discovered something else.

“What’s this?”

“This is…”

This was also a familiar object. About 2m tall, where you insert money and get the item you want.

“A drink vending machine…?”