Monster Girl Contract Manual

Chapter 19 Options

The dense array of prompts and options that appeared before him caught House off guard, leaving him momentarily stunned.

Oh, there were option branches?!

Why then...?

House subconsciously looked down at Lilim nestled against his chest.

Sensing her master's gaze, Lilim focused her eyes and met House's gaze.

"eat."

Lilim still wants to eat.

The snacks House gave her earlier were all eaten by Lilim during the goblin hunt.

It has now started asking House for food.

But we'll talk about that later.

Let's deal with the "???" in front of us first.

House took out a set of miniature medical tools from his pocket and began to perform simple disinfection and bandaging on the chick in front of him.

House has two medical kits on him, one is a standard adventurer's medical kit, fully equipped;

The other set was a lightweight version that House made himself, which was easy to carry and use in combat.

All I had was a small knife, a roll of bandage, and a bottle of disinfectant.

House took out the lightweight medical kit and began to carefully clean the chick's wound, disinfect and stop the bleeding, and then carefully wrapped the wound with a bandage to complete the simple bandaging.

【Favorability +20】

Option 1: Gentle care

[Favorability: 10/100 → 30/100]

[The monster girl's external injury has been successfully stopped, her pain has been relieved, her hostility has been eliminated, and she has developed initial trust.]

The fledgling in front of him no longer felt any aversion towards House.

But they didn't show any affection.

It simply huddled quietly in the straw nest, its round eyes fixed on House, its small body rising and falling slightly with its breath.

House thought for a moment, then took out a rice cake from his other pocket and broke it open forcefully.

The smaller one was placed in front of the chick, while the larger one was stuffed into his chest and brought close to Lilim.

Lilim, nestled between House's collar and leather armor, immediately poked her soft body out, opened her small mouth to wrap around House's palm, ate the rice cake, and then shrank back inside.

"House?!"

Just as House bent down, watching the fledgling hesitate as it approached the rice cake, and was about to finish feeding it for the first time, Sylvia's urgent shouts suddenly came from under the tree.

It turned out that after House successfully dealt with the falcon-like monster, he didn't come down for a long time, but instead kept staring at the tree hole, which made Sylvia a little worried about House.

Are you alright?

Sylvia's voice carried a hint of weariness.

"Excuse me, I found something."

House responded, then took out a sword-wiping cloth and quickly and carefully wiped the bloodstains off the sword. After cleaning it, he slowly sheathed it.

Then, he reached out and carefully scooped the fledgling, which had already started nibbling on the rice cake, into his arms, and began to return to the ground.

"House, what did you find?"

Once back under the tree, Sylvia eagerly stepped forward, her eyes filled with curiosity, and peered into House's arms.

"This is the little guy I found."

As House spoke, he slightly opened his palm, revealing most of the baby bird in his arms so that Sylvia could see its appearance more clearly.

"This is......"

"This might be the monster's child."

House looked at the dismembered falcon on the ground.

In House's arms, the fledgling, which had been nibbling on a rice cake, suddenly stopped. Its little head lowered slightly, and its brownish-yellow eyes stared intently at the bird's head placed on the ground, adopting a highly vigilant posture.

House's doubts deepened upon seeing the fledgling bird act this way towards the falcon, which might be its mother.

But now is not the time to figure these things out.

The most urgent task is to get back to camp as soon as possible and reunite with Pierce and Leila.

House placed the fledgling on his shoulder, then naturally squatted down and began to deal with the carcass of the demon falcon on the ground.

"I'm sorry to trouble you to clean up."

Sylvia watched as House skillfully tied up the magic falcon with a rope, and apologized softly with a look of shame on her face.

She was so tired.

The feeling of being completely drained of magic enveloped my body, leaving me weak and sore all over. I was too weak to go forward and help, and I felt apologetic.

"We are partners."

House simply replied with one sentence.

Upon hearing this, Sylvia's long eyelashes trembled slightly as she stared blankly at the busy figure before her.

Partner...?

So this is what adventure is like.

The girl's slender ears twitched, and a faint smile curved her lips.

House quickly packed up the carcass of the Falcon and picked it up.

"It's quite light."

House weighed the demonic falcon in his hand. This bird-like demon, which was a full 1.4 meters long and nearly the size of an adult, surprisingly weighed only about ten kilograms.

But thinking about it, it makes sense; if it's too heavy, it won't be able to fly.

After packing up, House carried the monster prey, with Sylvia weakly accompanying him. The two soon returned to their temporary camp near the goblin's lair.

......

Inside the camp, Pierce and Leila were waiting for the two.

When they saw House return carrying a huge bird-like monster, the two of them froze instantly, their faces showing surprise, disbelief, and excitement.

"Is this the monster that attacked us?"

Pierce excitedly circled around House, while Leila noticed a strange baby bird perched on House's shoulder.

"This is......"

House recounted everything that had just happened.

However, he concealed the fact that he had a cheat code, only saying that the fledgling was not very afraid of people.

Looking at the sky, it was still early, so House began to discuss with the others whether to stay or leave.

If we start turning back at this time, we should be able to leave the Misty Forest before evening and get away from this monster-infested area.

However, the team's current situation is not optimistic:

Leila has depleted a lot of magic power and is not quite used to the adventurous life, resulting in a low condition and difficulty in casting spells completely, which greatly reduces her combat power.

Sylvia's magic was completely depleted, leaving her feeling weak, dizzy, and powerless, almost completely losing her ability to fight.

Whether to stay or leave, there is danger.

House preferred to leave as soon as possible; his intuition told him that staying in a misty forest teeming with monsters was not a good choice.

Moreover, Leila and Sylvia are probably not fully recovered by tomorrow. If they encounter some terrifying monster in the middle of the night, the team will not have enough combat power to resist.

But Pierce is ultimately the team captain, and the final decision rests with him.

Pierce lowered his head and pondered for a moment, his gaze falling on Leila, who looked pale and was severely depleted of magic, and then on Sylvia, who was weak and almost swaying.

Forcing the two to travel a long distance in their current condition would only increase their physical burden, and if they were attacked by monsters along the way, the team would be completely defenseless.

After careful consideration, Pierce finally decided to stay at the temporary camp in the Misty Forest to rest and recuperate until dawn the next day, when everyone had recovered somewhat before setting off on their return journey.

Moreover, they are currently only on the outskirts of the forest, where the strongest monsters are only goblins.

High-level monsters like ogres and kobolds, who are relatively intelligent, would not choose to stay in a place where human adventurers frequently appear.

Human towns are to them what humans are to misty forests: the closer you get, the more dangerous it becomes.

Therefore, the outer perimeter is generally only inhabited by low-level, low-intelligence monsters such as goblins, slimes, wolves, spider demons, and swamp giant frogs.

House had no objection to Pierce's decision.

Whether you stay or leave, there are dangers involved, so the choice is pretty much the same.

Pierce is the captain, so he's the one who calls the shots.