Monster Girl Contract Manual

Chapter 55 Sylvia's Purpose

The changes in Lilim somewhat violated the law of conservation of energy.

How can it suddenly become larger and heavier without increasing any material reserves?

Wait, no, Lilim just ate a piece of dark bread, but it only weighed a few dozen grams at most.

Holding a "giant" Lilim who was twice the size and nearly ten times the weight, House realized that he was in a magical fantasy world.

Therefore, no matter what irrational situation occurs, the world can always provide a "reasonable" explanation.

Yes, that makes sense.

Ignoring the mess around him, House began studying the evolved Lilim.

It was called research, but in reality it was just asking Lilim what changes had occurred in her body through mental inquiries.

For example, in the area of ​​development.

"Delicious, I can eat a lot."

Lilim answered House with her thoughts.

This may seem like one sentence, but it's actually two sentences.

Firstly, dark bread is delicious;

Secondly, it can eat more.

Gone.

House felt like he was dealing with a three-year-old child.

All I can think about is food!

Finally, after a difficult exchange and guidance, House managed to figure out some of Lilim's current limits.

First is body shape.

Under House's command, Lilim frantically expanded her body until its diameter and length increased to four times its original size, and its width and height reached about one meter.

At this moment, the volume has increased by a terrifying 70 times.

But this is not Lilim's limit.

It can continue to expand.

But House, realizing something was wrong, stopped Lilim in advance.

House discovered that he could no longer lift Lilim when she swelled to about 1 meter in height and width.

Even with 6 points of strength, which would allow him to easily lift 300 pounds, House still found it incredibly difficult to face Lilim, who had swelled to a meter in size.

Realizing something was wrong and worried that the dilapidated wooden floor beneath his feet wouldn't be able to support him, House had no choice but to stop his enlarging experiment.

"Get bigger, get smaller?"

Continue the experiment to make it smaller.

The results showed that Lilim could shrink by nearly 1 centimeter under extreme conditions.

It's like it shrank at all!

The preliminary test ended, and it was already late at night.

After quickly finishing the chilled soup, House glanced at the newly acquired "Adventurer's General Guide - Kingdom Special Edition." Amidst the familiar yet unfamiliar words, he fell into a deep sleep, his head resting on Lilim.

As for Harpy, although he really wanted to go to bed, House was worried that bird feathers would fall on the bed and be difficult to clean, so he could only let Harpy sleep in the bird's nest made of his clothes.

Don't worry about shedding; it's easy to clean the next day.

......

The next day, House was groggily awakened by constant knocking on the door.

I glanced at the sky outside the window; the sun had just risen.

After taking three seconds to regain his senses, House quickly stuffed Lilim and Happy into the pile of clothes in the corner.

"What is it?!"

If it were the boss, Elio, he would never be so rude as to keep knocking on the door and disturbing people's sleep.

"A girl named Sylvia has come looking for you."

The hotel clerk's emotionless voice came through the door.

Upon hearing the familiar name, House rubbed his sleepy eyes and casually replied:

"Tell her to wait a few minutes."

My face wasn't washed, my teeth weren't brushed, my hair wasn't combed, and I wasn't dressed.

This appearance is not presentable.

It will take a few minutes to tidy up.

Unexpectedly, just after House uttered his classic "Wait a few minutes" line, the waiter's ruthless voice rang out again from outside the door.

"She's right at the door."

"..."

"House, I'll wait for you downstairs."

Fortunately, Sylvia's understanding voice came from behind the door.

This relieved House.

After tidying up briefly, removing any traces of the monster as usual, and washing himself clean, House left his room and went downstairs to meet Sylvia.

When Sylvia went out, she still wore that wide-brimmed hat to cover her half-elf features.

Even though the human residents in Fengyan Town were very tolerant of demi-humans, House had never seen a single instance of humans ostracizing or making things difficult for demi-humans.

It could also be because there are more demi-human residents than humans in Fengyan Town.

But in Wind Chime Town, the scene is completely different.

The people here seem to really hate the existence of demi-humans.

The distance between the two places is not far, so the people of Fengling Town should have gotten used to it by now.

Can't figure it out.

Since he couldn't figure it out, House stopped thinking about it and quickly walked to Sylvia's side.

But when he met Sylvia's blank stare, House immediately sensed that something was wrong with her.

"?"

What are you standing there for?

House was dressed the same as usual today.

But for some reason, upon their long-awaited reunion, his dark eyes became even more profound and bright, like a twinkling night sky adorned with countless stars.

Her facial features became increasingly clear and sharp, with her high nose bridge highlighting the distinct lines of her profile.

The aura emanating from him is also more profound and reserved than before, carrying a sense of composure after undergoing a transformation.

Sylvia had no idea what House had gone through during the time he was gone.

But she could clearly sense that House was more charming now than before...

"Snapped!"

Sylvia gently patted her burning cheeks with both hands, and immediately lowered her head, avoiding looking into House's eyes.

"Let's go, let's go."

Sylvia fled the tavern as if she were escaping.

House, puzzled, stroked his chin and followed them out.

Inside the bar, a waiter who had observed the two men's expressions and actions throughout the entire encounter scoffed disdainfully.

"cut!"

Nausea!

How disgusting!

Pooh!

......

After leaving the tavern for a while, House finally pulled out Happy, who was feeling a bit stifled, from his pocket.

"Ha—(breathing)"

The moment Harpy appeared, the previously slightly crowded street automatically cleared a small space for House, or rather, for Harpy.

After all, Harpy is a monster.

Aside from a few adventurers who have experienced the baptism of battle, most people have a natural fear of monsters.

"ha--"

Harpy lightly tapped House's cheek with his beak, as if scolding him for keeping himself cooped up for too long.

Seeing this, House patted Happy's head sheepishly and whispered a few words of comfort.

He then walked up to a street vendor and, under the owner's watchful and fearful gaze, bought five hot rye breads with cheese-stuffed sausages, and two cups of warm barley tea.

A total of 22 coppers.

Smoked sausages make up the majority of the cost, with one sausage costing 4 copper coins.

He handed one of the portions to Sylvia, who first shook her head out of politeness.

But remembering her mother's advice, she nodded again, with a hint of hesitation and awkwardness, and reached out to take the breakfast House handed her.

Being overly polite and reserved will prevent you from making friends.

"Sylvia, what can I do for you?"

While munching on a hard rye bread and sipping a sip of warm barley tea, House walked along the bustling street, which felt somewhat empty due to the presence of Harpy. He asked Sylvia what brought her there.

Before even speaking, House had already roughly guessed the other party's purpose in coming.

As he spoke, his gaze inadvertently fell on the brand-new longbow that Sylvia was carrying on her back.