The Second Contracted Beast

The little lion shifted his gaze back and forth between the bone and James, thinking that he could indeed become stronger if he followed this hooman.

After some thought, the little lion looked at James, nodded, and pushed the bone aside as if asking for another portion of meat. 

James laughed happily when he saw that and quickly gave another piece of meat to the little lion. 

The little lion immediately went forward to eat the meat again. 

"Let's make a contract then, little guy. Don't resist, it won't hurt." James said as he bit his thumb and dripped a blood on the little lion's forehead. 

The little lion saw that and hesitated for a second before deciding to trust this hooman for once and let him make the contract. Since James had previously given him two pieces of meat, the little lion figured that James shouldn't have any bad intentions.

After the blood dropped on the little lion's forehead and got absorbed, James finally sensed the connection between them, just as he did with Little Snow. 

The little lion also felt closer to James due to the newfound connection between them.

"Okay, little guy. After you finish eating the meat, we need to go somewhere." James petted the little lion slowly while letting it enjoy the meat. 

After the little lion finished his meal, James put the little lion into his beast space and proceeded to the restaurant to meet Ye Han. 

James instructed Ye Han to go to the restaurant first so that he wouldn't know James bought the little lion, because he couldn't explain logically how the lion would instantly become stronger as James would immediately upgrade the lion's rank to Peak Rank 3 later on. 

However, when James entered the restaurant and saw Ye Han, he was surprised to see a young man around 12 years old and a little girl similar in age to Minji sitting next to him.

The young man wore a plain white robe, had long hair, and had a well-built physique similar to his father. 

James could tell that this young man had been training hard since his palms were bruised.

As for the little girl, she was a cute little girl dressed in a beautiful white and red robe with a ponytail hairstyle, just slightly shorter than Minji.

"Young Master James." Ye Han waved his hand at James. 

"Young Master James, I am sorry for the inconvenience, as my children showed up and they wanted to thank you for saving me before. 

Because this restaurant is my business, and coincidentally, they were here and saw me, so I told them that you saved me and asked them to say thanks and leave afterwards so as not to bother you while eating." 

Ye Han cupped his fist apologetically and explained it to James to avoid any misunderstandings that would make James unhappy.

"It's okay, Senior Ye Han, they can join us if they want." James responded with a smile.

"Hello, Young Master James, My name is Ye Wudi, and I'm 12 years old. Thank you for saving my father from a beast this morning." Ye Wudi bowed to James, expressing his gratitude. 

"Hello, Big Brother James, my name is Ye Ling'er, and I am four years old. Thank you for saving my father, this is a gift for you as my thanks." Ye Ling'er pulled the lollipop from her mouth and extended her small hand. 

"You... Why are you giving the candy from your mouth instead of the new one in your other hand? It's impolite to behave like that." Ye Wudi was speechless at his little sister's action and smacked her head. 

"Ouch, why did you hit my head? Did I do something wrong? I only wanted to give something to Big Brother James and gave him the half-eaten candy since someone mature like him won't eat it and will most likely throw it away. Isn't it a waste of food? Might as well throw the half-eaten candy instead of the new one." Ye Ling'er rubbed her head and explained. 

"I'm sorry about this, young master James. My daughter is still young and does whatever comes to her mind." Ye Han quickly apologized and asked Ye Ling'er to apologize as well.

"I am sorry, Big Brother James, I was rude before. Here's the full candy for you as my apology. If you don't like the candy, you can give it back to me. Don't throw it away, okay?." Ye Ling'er put the half candy back in her mouth and extended her small hand that holds the brand new candy to James. 

"Hahaha, it's okay. Don't scold ye ling'er, she is still a child." James laughed and accepted the candy while saying thanks to Ye Ling'er for it. 

"Thanks for the understanding, Young Master James." Ye Han said with relief while he was actually sweating inside. 

Because in this world, there were many unreasonable people, especially arrogant young masters who always had a high status in the family. 

There were such cases where people would beat up, torture, or even kill someone for looking at them, etc. 

Fortunately, this Young Master James seemed like he was not an arrogant and unreasonable person. 

"What is your plan after this? Do you want to stay here for a while and then continue to go somewhere else? Is there anything else I could help with? If you plan to stay, you can stay at my house if you want, Young Master James." Ye Han asked and gave a suggestion. 

After thinking for a while, James said to Ye Han, "I am planning to go to the nearest city to check on something first before proceeding with my original plan. Do you have a map with directions to Mortos City? I will buy it since I need it urgently right now." 

"Wow, Big Brother James. Do you also want to go to Mortos City? My brother and I are going there in a few hours with a caravan to buy something. Do you want to go with us?" Ye Ling'er immediately asked James excitedly after she heard that James also wanted to go to Mortos City today. 

James's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he asked Ye Ling'er with a smile, "Really? Then, how long until the caravan departs, and how long does it usually take to get there?" 

Ye Ling'er lifted her hands up in front of her, counting using her fingers for a while before saying, "I don't know how long until the caravan leaves, hehe. However, we usually arrive there by tomorrow morning."