Travel to another world and become a monster messenger

Chapter 172 Taming the Spiritual Beast

"Letty. You're drooling."

"……ah!!"

After being pointed out, Lati realized it and hurriedly wiped the corner of her mouth. Then she turned her gaze to the spirit beast again, with an infatuated expression. If this continued, the same conversation would be repeated again. Thinking this way, Xu Zhen decided to talk to the spirit beast first.

"Hey, I want to ask you something. Are you alone?"

“Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo.” The spirit beast shook its head. Lati understood and translated for Xu Zhen: “It said it hasn’t had a companion for a long time. It seems it has been wandering around here for a while.”

"That is, he fell down because he was hungry, and we happened to pass by here." Xu Zhen's words made the spirit beast nod. In addition to nodding, the spirit beast also tightly grasped Xu Zhen's trouser legs, looking very cute.

Seeing this, Xu Zhen couldn't help but smile and gently stroked the spirit beast's head. The spirit beast seemed to be enjoying it, and it didn't look like a creature that would be wary of humans. It was obvious how close it was to Xu Zhen.

Here, Xu Zhen realized something again.

(Come to think of it, I haven’t tamed a monster since… or rather, since I started traveling…)

Although he occasionally became friends with wild monsters during his journey, they separated naturally. As for Barney, he eventually gave him to Seide because they were going in different directions, so he never reached the stage of taming.

There is no particular inconvenience now, maybe this is a good opportunity to tame the spirit beast. Thinking of this, Xu Zhen decided to try to lure the spirit beast.

"Hey, if you want, would you like to come with us?"

The spirit beast seemed a little confused by the invitation, Courtney showed a surprised expression, and Lati approached Xu Zhen excitedly with sparkling eyes.

"I think this is a very good idea! You are worthy of being our master!"

"I know, calm down. So, what's up?"

Xu Zhen used both hands to comfort the excited Ladi, and asked the spirit beast again. The spirit beast seemed to think for a moment, and then -

"Hugu~" it answered with a bright cry full of joy.

"Then please give me more guidance in the future." Xu Zhen said this, and the moment he placed his hand on the spirit beast's forehead, the spirit beast's forehead shone with a dazzling light. Like Lati and the others, the mark of taming was engraved on its forehead.

The spirit beast happily pounced on Xu Zhen and rubbed its cheek against his chest. Courtney looked at this scene and smiled.

"It looks like things are going to get lively again."

"yes."

Xu Zhen nodded as he looked around. There were already four monsters. He thought, this is already a pretty big family, and then he suddenly had an idea.

"By the way, give this little guy a name."

"Good idea. It should be a cute name. The child is a girl."

"Oh, really?" Xu Zhen asked the spirit beast, and the spirit beast hummed and nodded happily.

"So it's a girl... Hmm, what name should I give her?"

He recalled the past. Although Lati, Slakic, Lopur and Barney were all given names, they had one thing in common.

(These are all names that I came up with on the spur of the moment... so this one too...)

Xu Zhen stared at the spirit beast and thought about it again. He remembered that it was a girl. He thought absentmindedly and suddenly thought of a name: "Lim... How about Lim?"

"Hey, isn't that nice? Sounds pretty good for a girl, and pretty cute, too."

"Hoo-gu~"

As Courtney agreed, the spirit beast responded with a bright cry.

"Oh, do you like this name? It's settled then. From today on, your name will be Lim. Thank you for your guidance again."

The moment Xu Zhen said this, the three spirit beasts, Lim, Lati and the others, came over together. They were all very happy to have a new partner officially join.

Soon after, Lim seemed to have become friends with Lati and the others, and the four monsters seemed to be playing happily. Xu Zhen and Courtney looked at them with a smile.

“It feels like I haven’t done anything like a monster user in a long time.”

“Huh? Really?”

Courtney looked puzzled, and Xu Zhen smiled bitterly and answered, "Maybe. After all, I haven't tamed any monsters since the beginning of my journey. The rest is just playing with local monsters and so on."

"...Have you never saved an injured monster? I seem to have heard such a story." Courtney asked with narrowed eyes, while Xu Zhen began to tell the story with a nostalgic smile and high emotions.

"Oh, yes, there was one time. As a thank you, he let me ride on his back. We galloped all over the wilds of Santono. It was awesome."

Xu Zhen closed his eyes and recalled the scene of riding on the killer tiger from the capital of Santono to the great forest of Euglias.

He would never forget the thrill and exhilaration of running at full speed. He knew that animals on Earth had amazing running speeds, but the monsters were almost the same, which left a deep impression on Xu Zhen.

I had a similar experience on the Sforia Plains, but riding on the back of a killer tiger was undoubtedly the best. This is Xu Zhen’s personal feeling.

The trend of humans and monsters coexisting is very convincing.

Xu Zhen nodded as he recalled these things, and suddenly noticed that Courtney was looking at him with a helpless look: "How should I put it... I think Xu Zhen already looks like a monster user enough."

"Really? I just communicated with the monsters."

"Ordinary people can't communicate with monsters to the extent of becoming friends." Courtney said with a wry smile, and Xu Zhen could only shake his head.

Although she had expected this reaction, Courtney looked back at the monsters playing and said, "Anyway, let's tell Sergio-san that we have tamed Lim. After all, Lim is a rare monster."

“Does it really need to be so formal? Well, let’s go back and take a look.”

Since he was going to introduce it to Sergio, Xu Zhen agreed to Courtney's proposal. They called the monsters and returned along the way they came, heading to Sergio's residence.

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After returning to the village, Xu Zhen and his friends immediately went to Sergio's residence. In the office, Sergio and Xu Zhen sat face to face, with a sofa between them. By the way, Brenda was out on business and was not present.

When Xu Zhen and the others introduced Lim, Sergio's expression seemed a little stiff: "...You always surprise me. It's been a long time since I last saw a spirit beast."

When Sergio smiled bitterly, Lim, who was sitting on Xu Zhen's lap, froze in fear. Although she was relaxed with Xu Zhen and the others, she was still very wary of strangers.

“It’s okay. Grandpa Sergio is a good man.”

"Hugu?" Lim tilted her head and looked up at Xu Zhen, who smiled and nodded.