I Tame a Demonic Pegasus

A group consists of 6 guild members. My group consisted of 4 B-rank members, 1 A-rank, and 1 C-rank. As you can guess, that C-rank was me.

I expected to receive some insults since I was the lowest ranking member in the group, but everyone was ok with me. As long as I don't get in their way.

Now that we had met with our members. It was time we'd get our pegasus.

We were allowed to choose which one we could get. But that pegasus has to be fond of us. If they aren't friendly towards us, then that means that they aren't for us.

Back in my previous life, one of my friend's uncle had a ranch. We worked for him a bit so we could earn some money. And while I was there, I learned some tips on how to treat a horse. It's useful.

The pegasi were lined up in order. Many of the members in other groups went for the white horses as they were the most attractive ones. Their wings expanded up to the size of their body span.

I approached one of the white ones. But when I was only about 1 meter away, it panicked and backed away.

"Whoa now, calm down, I'm not going to hurt you."

But I don't think the word "Not" reached this thing's ear. Cause it started neighing and panicking more. When I backed away, it slowly calmed down.

Guess the white ones aren't suited for me. What about the black ones?

I walked over to one of the black ones. But just like the white one, it reacted the same to me.

"Hehe, the horse doesn't like you~"

Eve teasingly said. I looked over at her, and she was on the white pegasus I was just near. The pegasus didn't show any rejection that it showed to me when I got close. Ho?! Are horses sexist now?!

"Shut up, Eve."

"Hehe."

It was no use, every pegasus that I went near rejected me. Why? Do they really not like me that much? No, maybe it's cause I'm a demon. Are they able to smell through my human form? Can pegasi even do that? Well, this is a fantasy world, so animals tend to have weird powers.

I sat down and crossed my arms. Everyone was happily hanging out with their newly tamed pegasi. I guess I'll have to get there on foot. Well, I could get one of my bears to ride on, their speed is alright.

Suddenly, I heard what sounded like a fiendish creature. I turned my head and there was this wooden cage that looked like the size for a horse to be put in. Later, I heard the same sound.

I got up and approached the cage. When I got close, I heard some distorted sounding grunts. Then, when I looked inside, I saw red glowing eyes staring back at me. The cage was dark, even though there were some windows, but this must be another pegasus if I had to guess.

"Hey, don't go near that cage!"

The old rancher yelled. I turned around, and he stopped in front of me.

"Sir, why is this pegasus not with the rest?"

"You see, young boy, that... is a demonic pegasus."

"Demonic?"

"Born from the depths of hell, though it may look like your old friendly pegasus, this-"

Pause. Man, his farmer accent sounds awesome. Anyway, continuing...

"-one bites."

"Is that what makes it so dangerous?"

"No, in terms of speed, it travels extremely fast. It's even faster than the pegasi that the imperial army has. Though, it's very stubborn and almost squashed one of my newbies. It's a difficult stallion to deal with."

I looked over at the cage.

"How about you bring it out?"

"Huh?"

The rancher jumped back.

"You're not serious, are you?"

"I think this one will be alright for me."

"But did you not he-"

"You'll never know until you try."

The rancher gulped. He slowly took out his keys and walked up to the lock. He hesitated but eventually unlocked it. As soon as he unlocked it, the door was immediately knocked down. The pegasus came out and neighed.

Black wings... wings as dark as the midnight sky. This one was darker than the other ones. It had a long black mane which faded into white at the end. Unlike the other pegasi, it had three tails. It also had scarlet red eyes and razor-sharp teeth. It had a weird symbol on its head that glowed red.

I neared the pegasus. When it noticed me, it didn't back away like the other ones that I approached. I held my hand out, it sniffed it, and I was this close to losing my hand.

"Hey, chill."

When I said that, it froze and bowed its head.

"I've never seen it act like that. How did you do it?"

"Oh, well, it just has to trust you."

I lied. It might be because I'm an alpha species type demon. That is what the Lich told me I was. It must know how much superior I am. Not that I'm bragging or anything.

Hmm... so red eyes and black skin equals demonic? It doesn't look so demonic to me, well except the teeth. I'm going to have to buy a mouth guard, it'll be pretty terrifying for people to see a shark teeth horse.

Hmm... I wonder.

I looked at my hand and manifested some dark energy. I haven't used dark magic once ever since I came into this world. The ball was made out of purple and black energy.

The pegasus backed away as it saw the dark energy sphere. I calmed it down and said I wasn't going to hurt it. I just need to make a temporary mask. I think I'll be able to bend darkness.

I placed the sphere onto the pegasus' muzzle and imagined a mask that will be able to cover its mouth. Eventually, it was wrapped around in a black mist. Its teeth weren't visible anymore. So that's a relief. I made it so that it could breathe through the dark mist so it wouldn't suffocate.

The pegasus neighed and flapped its wings.

"Hmm, your gonna need a name... how about Midnight?"

The pegasus grunted. Guess that's a yes.

The rancher had provided us some saddles. Now that we all had chosen our pegasus, it was time we headed out. But first, the guild master had to give us our location. And there was a bit of a problem.

There are supposed to be a total of twenty-six groups. Like the number of letters in the alphabet. But since the guild master decided to let people go, we only had thirteen. So our groups had to be split. So now, my team consists of one A rank, one B rank, and one C rank. Of course, I was that C-rank. Looking over at my friends, it looks like Kage was split with the other two members in his group. The girls were a trio. Good for them.

"You'll be going south of Yandal."

Yandal? From what I heard, that's the royal capital of Regium. We'll be going there, huh? I don't know where that is, but I hope teammates know. The only place I've been so far is here, some forest, and a swamp filled with crap.

"I hope you all come back unscathed. May the gods watch over you."

My partners nodded, and I nodded as well.

The A rank in my group is Nigel Cranston. From what I heard, he's kind of like a berserker. You know, running head-on and that stuff. I think he's about 195 cm, looming over you with jacked muscles. He reminds me of Jotaro from Jojo's bizarre adventure, tall *ss motherf*cker. The B rank is Mason Buffis. He is what you call a playboy. He even looks like one. Blonde hair, green eyes, slim body type that makes him look like a delicate teenager, and even wearing rich people clothes! He's that kind of guy you would hate.

"""""Mason!"""""

Five girls called out his name. And guess what Mason did. He looked at them and flung his hair, waving back. That made one of the girls faint.

F*cking womanizer, I'll kill you!

'Shall I kill him, my lord?'

Ichigo said to me telepathically.

No Ichigo, it's just a figure of speech. Though I do what to kill him, I'll need him for the mission.

'Alright, but if you give me the order, I'll carry it out.'

Now that we know where we're going, it was time to head out. I hopped onto Midnight and my team hopped onto theirs.

"Alright, I know where Yandal is so you guys can follow me."

Nigel said as he lifted off into the sky and Mason followed him.

"Alright Midnight, let's get going."

Midnight nodded and spreaded his wings. His wings expanded to about one and a half of his size. These are some large wings...

Then we lifted off, but not without a large gust of wind blasting into my face.

"Aye, slow down."

Wow, the rancher wasn't joking when he said this thing was fast.

And so we headed off.