A New Monster Companion

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Rita saved the items we were not going to consume today, but left some bones, as I decided to make a quick soup with them and some meat, over a pot, I put some of the fresh spring water, some spices, roots, and other herbs, and put it all to boil with some salt. It all depended in the meat and the bones if the soup was going to come out nice or not.

But about the egg…

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[Lake Snake Egg]

Item Type: Egg, Consumable, Material.

Item Quality: D-Rank Quality.

Item Level Requirement: No requirement.

Item Description:

A special egg laid by a Lake Snake. It contains a small offspring that will hatch whenever mana is infused into the egg. Otherwise, the egg can be prematurely cracked and eaten in a variety of preparations. The egg yolk is delicious with rice and the meat of the snake, and might permanently increase stats randomly.

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"W-Wow… it can hatch a small lake snake! Or… we can eat it and get permanent stat boosts randomly?!" I asked in surprise. "T-That's a hard decision."

"Well, we obviously crack it! I want some fried eggs!" Said Rita, lifting the egg and about to crack it over the ground, I stopped her right in time before she committed a mistake.

"W-Wait!"

"What? You're not telling me that we should let it hatch? We'll just get a tiny monster to kill then…"

"No, we shouldn't kill it! What about… taming it?"

"Eh? Taming it?!" She wondered. "Can you tame in this game? I didn't had any idea…"

"Yeah, your Skill Tree doesn't have any Tame-related skill, but I do have one! If it's a newborn, it shouldn't be hard to tame, right?" I wondered.

"Certainly, a monster egg is the best thing a tamer can get, the newly hatched monster will immediately trust and see the tamer as their parent, so monster eggs are prized highly in the market." Said the guide spirit.

"R-Really? Then we sell it!" Said Rita.

"No, Rita! Remember how strong that thing was? If we raise him, we could get a powerful party member." I said. "Loki and Belle are already powerful, what if we get a third familiar?"

"Hmmmmm… O-Okay, I guess! You're so pumped up about it that I can't really say "no" to you…" Sighed Rita, waving her head. "But I'll give it to you only for a condition…"

"W-What… condition?" I sighed. I hope its not anything weirdly perverted.

"Invite me this week to your house to have a pijama party!"

"Oh… We haven't had them since we were high schoolers, huh? Sure!"

"Alright! We'll drink to our heart's content! You better make some good food too!"

"Sure, hehe. I never thought you would want to do that again, Rita… But it can only be done in the weekend, is that okay by you?"

"Yeah, sure dear." Said Rita, petting my head.

"I guess you just miss those old times, huh?" I sighed.

"Well, yeah…" She said. "We only meet just sometimes and I really just want to cuddle with you in bed…"

"Hahaha, okay, you're so needy sometimes." I sighed. "Don't you have your husband for that?"

"Yeah but nothing beats sleeping with my best friend." Said Rita. "Now grab this and hatch it if you want to."

"Sure!"

I quickly grabbed the egg and sat down over a rock. I slowly started to infuse mana into the egg, until it suddenly got warm out of the sudden. I felt as if the yolk and everything gooey inside began to quickly materialize into something as I poured more and more mana.

In just twenty seconds after pouring almost all the mana I had, the egg finally started to crack. The cracks continued around the entire egg from the top of it, spreading like a spiderweb. Until the entirety of the egg exploded into pieces!

CRASH!

And what came out of it was… an adorable silver-scaled snake with small fins around its neck. So cute! The adorable mini Lake Snake immediately began to coil around my body, approaching my face and looking into my eyes.

"Grysssshhh…"

I felt a sudden mystical connection with the little creature, as I saw a System Window at my side.

[Do you wish to tame [Baby Lake Snake: Lv1/10]?]

"Yes!"

Ding!

[You have tamed [Baby Lake Snake: Lv1/10]!]

[You can tame 1 more monster]

[Select a name?]

"A name… What name should I give to him… her? What gender is it?" I said, checking his status. "Oh, it's a female …"

"Huh, how about Silver?" Wondered Rita.

"Silver… Sure, her scales are beautifully silver after all." I said with a smile, as Silver was finally named.

"Gyshi!" The adorable snake touched my nose with her own, as she licked my face with her small snake tongue. Ahhh, so cute!

"You're so cute!" I cried, petting, and caressing the slim scales of Silver, she was happy to be given attention, as her eyes shone brightly happily.

I could see a heart above Silver that appeared out of nowhere. It said "affection" it seemed to be a unique trait that Tamed monsters have. It seems that monsters tamed are virtually different from the ever-loyal summons, they seem to be more fragile emotionally, and could even abandon you if they seem to be too mistreated or badly taken care of.

They have Affection Levels too, the higher you keep them, the more bonuses to stats and even new skills they get, but if its too low, they begin to become weaker and unwilling to cooperate. The little Silver was hungry as well, so we had to feed her and get her tummy filled.

I looked into her stats, finding they were very low! Summons usually come stronger right away, but the little Silver is very weak… I guess she's not a true dragon at the end, huh? but she got the potential to become one, and get as big as her father… or mother.

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