Nobody suspected anything, except for one person

About an hour later, you arrived back at your hometown. You were nervous when you approached the main gate, but the town guards greeted you like usual, not noticing anything weird. They weren't be able to find out that the wolf beside you wasn't Pochi, it seemed. You breathed a sigh of relief, at least you could bring this weird slime inside the wild wolf into town with you without raising a fuss.

On the walk back ever since the slime took over the wolf's body, you had been thinking about your next course of action regarding the slime. On one hand, as a monster tamer, it was advised to report all of your tamed monster to the adventurer's guild to prevent them from getting attacked by other people. On the other hand, it was unlikely anyone in this town would attack your slime or this wolf since you were quite well known as a monster tamer already. And then there was the question of how to explain to others that a slime managed to control this wolf. A slime possessing and controlling another monster would be a dangerously hot topic, and you were not sure you wanted to be the center of such attention.

While you were lost in thoughts, you found yourself already standing in front of the front door to your house. The slime looked at you expectantly, and you realized that you had been staring at the closed door for a while. You sighed, and finally opened the door without knocking.

"I'm home," you weakly said as you entered.

"Welcome home, honey"

A beautiful woman returned your greeting. She had her blonde hair tied up in a bun, her soft blue eyes sparkled in adoration as she gazed at you. She wore a simple apron over a green shirt and a matching brown long skirt, hiding all the curves she had underneath. She was standing in the kitchen, her head peering out from the doorway to look at you.

"Hey mom, what's for dinner?" you asked her while putting down your stuffs on the corner of the living room, the wolf slime following closely behind.

"Oh, I was just preparing the stew, it'll be ready soon"

Truthful to her words, you could smell something delicious coming from the kitchen. Your mouth started to water, finally noticing how hungry you were.

"Smells great! Oh yeah, I got some meat today. Maybe it's too late for tonight's dinner though"

"Nonsense, bring it here and I'll quickly grill some"

You obeyed and carried the bag full of bear meat. As you put it down on the kitchen table, your mother began examining the meat.

"Hmm, good quality. What kind of beast did you hunt?"

"Oh, err..." you hesitated to say a bear, as it would make your mother worry, "a big boar"

"Really? Well done then, that's a nice catch," your mother said, taking some of the meat to cook, "stew's about to finish, then I'll grill these. In the meantime, go get yourself cleaned"

"Will do"

As you headed to the bathroom, the slime followed you. You looked at the big wolf slime, whom obviously would not fit inside the bathroom without much squeezing involved.

"Sorry, little one. You gotta wait outside"

It weirded you out a little, calling the big wolf "little one", but it seemed the irony was lost to the slime. However, it apparently understood your command. The slime looked disappointed, but it complied and returned to the living room. You shook your head, thinking of the strange scene. Was it really the same slime you were traveling with earlier?

You took a quick shower and washed up. After you dried yourself out and got dressed, you saw the wolf slime lying on the living room's floor. And in the room, aside from the slime and your mom, there sat your father on the dinning table. He was scratching his short beard while staring at your wolf slime.

"You are right on time, honey. Dinner is ready," your mother announced, gaining your attention.

You saw the meat that she was cooking earlier was on the table, along with some bread and stew. You happily joined them on the table and dug in, the day's adventure made you quite famished. Your mother put a dish with a pile of meat in front of your wolf slime, which it happily ate.

"This boar meat you brought is great, honey," your mom complimented then while you were eating.

"It's all thanks to your cooking, mom," you replied.

"...boar, eh?"

You almost choked when your father chimed in. The two of you stared at each other for a moment, before you broke eye contact and hid yourself behind your food. Your father soon wordlessly resumed his dinner after that. You thought that you were safe, but you thought wrong. After dinner was over, you were about to escape into your bedroom, but your father didn't let you.

"Alexis, come outside for a bit, we need to talk... And bring the wolf with you"

"...yes, father"

Your father was a veteran adventurer with Ranger as his main class. He taught you nearly everything you knew, so of course he would notice that the wolf you brought back today was not Pochi, as well as the meat not coming from a boar. You told your wolf slime to follow you, and you gave it an order before you meet your father.

"Whatever happens next, please do not attack my father, okay?" you whispered onto its ear.

The wolf slime tilted its head for a moment, before finally yipped in acknowledgement. You let out a slight sigh of relief, thankful that the slime agreed with your request. Hopefully it understood what you wanted perfectly. The two of you then went out to the backyard. You stood in front of your father, waiting for him to speak first. You father was a calm man, but when he was angry he could be scary.

"So, I think you know why I brought you here, away from your mother's ears, yes?"

You gulped nervously, knowing you could not run away from this.

"Yes, I'm sorry father. I lied about the animal I hunted, and... and it was because I didn't want mom to worry if she knew what kind of animal it really was..."

"That's hardly a mystery, I know it's bear meat," your father replied, "and I understand why you wanted to hide that from your mother. However, what I don't understand is, who the hell is that and where is Pochi?"

Your father raised his voice a little while pointing at your wolf slime. You were the one who raised Pochi, but you and your father found him together as an abandoned litter. Your father, as well as your mother, were also quite attached to Pochi.

You didn't know how you should answer your father. Should you tell him the whole truth, including the thing about the weird slime taking over the wolf's body? Or should you conceal part of it, just saying you tamed a new wolf so that your mom would not be saddened by Pochi's ****? In any case, you needed to give your father some kind of answer that made sense or he'd be angry or suspicious, or both.