That figure seemed like some kind of wild beast, its size roughly half that of a person. After approaching Kells, it stealthily opened his travel bag and kept rummaging through it. The noise this fellow made was not small at all, but at this moment, Kells, who had entered dreamland, wouldn’t wake up even if thunder struck. He had absolutely no idea what was happening around him!

  Speaking of which, in Kells’ bag, aside from those cherished collections, there was only dried rabbit meat. Money or things like that were definitely not present. I really don’t know what that wild beast was searching for, but as it found Kells’ cherished collections, it threw them away directly, so it seemed it wasn’t looking for those…

  The rustling and rummaging continued for quite a while. Finally, after turning the bag completely inside out, this fellow found what it wanted. It turned out it was after the dried rabbit meat that Kells’ mom had stuffed inside. Having found its target, the wild beast eagerly grabbed it and started gnawing on it!

  At this moment, Kells, who was in the midst of sleep, suddenly became restless. He tossed and turned his body a few times, murmuring in his sleep…

  “Mm… My Leila, you’ve come! Why aren’t you wearing… wearing… Mm! Mm!” Kells’ hands seemed to be groping for something, fumbling about in the air. The wild beast appeared to be startled by his movements; it stopped gnawing on the dried rabbit meat and quietly observed Kells’ actions.

  Kells, drooling, kept groping incessantly, his movements as if something was really happening with Leila… Speaking of which, the wild beast was positioned very close to him, and as he groped, Kells’ hands unexpectedly brushed against that fellow.

  “Leila’s thigh… Oh hehe! Hehe! The feel… furry! So warm…” Kells said with a face full of bliss, as if he had entered paradise itself!

  “Furry…” Kells, who kept touching the wild beast’s thigh, repeated to himself.

  “Furry…” He muttered again…

  “Wait, furry?!” By the third repetition, Kells realized something was amiss. His entire body suddenly jolted upright!

  How could a person’s leg be furry? Since it wasn’t Leila, what had he touched? Startled awake, Kells suddenly saw an extra figure in front of him…

  That fellow was jolted by Kells’ abrupt movement. “Gurgle… gurgle…” it emitted such a sound. It wanted to bolt and run, but unfortunately, both its legs were firmly grasped by Kells, who had now reacted, rendering it unable to move.

  “What is this? An oversized raccoon? So damn fat! Heavenly Father, this guy is eating my dried rabbit meat!” After clearly seeing what this uninvited guest was, Kells suddenly realized that his food had nearly been entirely devoured by it. The last piece was only a small half, dangling from the fat raccoon’s mouth! Kells hurriedly snatched this sole remaining piece of food. If he had woken up any later, even this last little bit would probably have vanished!

  “Oh! No!” Then Kells discovered something even more devastating: all his various cherished small panties had been rummaged out and scattered everywhere. A large portion of them had caught sparks and burned to ashes, and the remaining few were hardly intact. If it weren’t for Kells himself knowing, no one would think these tattered rags were girls’ small panties…

  Needless to say, the only one capable of doing this was the fat raccoon right in front of him!

  Kells was furious! He seized the fat raccoon by the neck and yelled hysterically, “You bastard! You bastard!”

  “Years of hard work, all gone! Ah! This is more painful than killing me! So many beautiful memories! Do you know? Many of them were unwashed—I risked my life to get them! You! You!” Kells was so enraged he couldn’t even speak.

  “Gurgle…” The fat raccoon was being choked to the point of nearly ascending to heaven, its calls growing weaker…

  Actually, aside from his peculiar hobbies, Kells was inherently very kind at heart. He quite liked small animals and such, but unfortunately, his family was too poor to keep any. Seeing this fat raccoon looking so pitiful, Kells couldn’t help but loosen his grip a little.

  But even so, Kells had no intention of letting this fellow go. He eyed the fat raccoon’s meaty body and said, “There’s no food left, and if I go back, there’s no extra food at home either. That would make Dad and Mom sad too. No choice—since you’ve got plenty of meat on you, I’ll just use you as rations!”

  “Gurgle… gurgle…” The fat raccoon seemed to understand what Kells was about to do and struggled even harder. It didn’t want to become human food!

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  Speaking of which, how could Kells let go of his last source of sustenance? He used all his strength to hold the fat raccoon tightly, not giving it the slightest chance to escape!

  One man and one beast remained locked in this standoff for a very long time.

  The fat raccoon was ultimately no match for Kells’ strength. Its little head drooped, looking utterly defeated. Even more astonishingly, seeing that brute force wasn’t working, it resorted to softness! It shed tears, lifting its little paws to beg for mercy…

  Seeing the fat raccoon’s pitiful appearance, Kells’ heart softened again. “I don’t want to do this either, but who told you to come steal my stuff? Just for destroying my years of cherished collections, you beast deserve to die ten thousand times. But dying that many times is useless. Since you’ve got so much meat, just make a contribution. In this big winter, there’s not a damn thing around. If I don’t eat you, whether I can make it to Locco alive is questionable! My death is definitely worse than yours. I’ll remember you… When I have money, I’ll find a few beautiful clergy to perform a salvation for you. Rest in peace…”

  “Gurgle… gurgle…” Hearing this, the fat raccoon shed even more tears, begging for mercy incessantly. It turned out wild beasts could also fear death, which struck Kells as somewhat strange. “Usually, wild beasts don’t have such emotions! Could it be?” A bold guess surfaced in his mind.

  But just then, the fat raccoon, seeing that begging was useless, seemed to reach a point of desperation. It suddenly let out a loud cry!

  After the cry, Kells noticed that its appearance began to change in an unusual way!

  The fat raccoon’s fur suddenly transformed—not just the fur, but its shape as well… Its entire body softened as if melting into a meatball, then the ball kept indenting and protruding. After a while, something like a head emerged from the meatball, followed by a nose, mouth, and eyes. After the head came the body, slowly, and finally, it turned into a lion! But this lion was ridiculously small, not much bigger than an ordinary dog…

  “Roar! Roar!” The miniature lion even pretended to roar a few times, but with this size, Kells wasn’t scared at all. He casually punched it, and the creature became obedient… A desperate fight ended in miserable defeat!

  “Damn it! What… what’s going on! The fat raccoon can transform? This guy is a real monster? Haha! It must be a monster, no doubt! I, Kells, also have the day to see a monster, haha! Haha!” Kells hugged the creature and jumped up in excitement. Although he didn’t know what kind of monster it was, anything that could transform was definitely not an ordinary wild beast. Moreover, there had always been rumors of monsters appearing in the forest, and now it all seemed to connect into a single thread.

  At this moment, Kells was overjoyed beyond measure. Monsters are treasures from head to toe; if captured alive, they’re even more valuable. This fellow could definitely fetch a good price. It was as if he could already see the gold coins before his eyes.

  “My dream of having beauty mercenaries is hopeful. This is truly a gift bestowed upon me by the Heavenly Father! Thank you, Heavenly Father! Thank you, Heavenly Father!” Overwhelmed with joy, Kells knelt down with the creature in his arms and began kowtowing.

  The poor fat raccoon probably thought that by turning into a lion, this human would be scared and let it go. Little did it know, it had the opposite effect. Now, even if Kells risked his life, he probably wouldn’t let it go…

  “Don’t be afraid! Don’t be afraid! I’ve decided not to eat you. You are my treasury; how could I eat you? What kind of monster are you?” Ecstatic, Kells even began to comfort it.

  But as soon as the words left his mouth, Kells realized his slip of the tongue: “Haha, what am I doing? Monsters can’t speak. I wonder what else this guy can turn into. That fat raccoon—I don’t know if that’s its true form. If it’s not its true form, what exactly is this thing? If only I had a monster compendium; that records information on all monsters below B-rank on the De Rossi Continent. It would definitely have a record of this guy.”

  “Roar… roar…” The creature seemed to realize that its life was temporarily not in danger, and its calls calmed down considerably.

  “Oh? Roar roar? This guy makes different sounds when it turns into different animals! So, if this guy can turn into a human, wouldn’t it be able to speak human language?” Kells suddenly had this whimsical idea.

  Thinking of turning into a human, Kells’ vulgar nature surfaced again… If it could turn into a beauty, then… With a beauty, why bother collecting small panties? He could directly do whatever he wanted!

  “I say, if you can turn into a human, I might let you go! If you can understand my words, then transform!” Kells asked tentatively.

  As he suspected, the little lion nodded its small head. It could understand human speech.

  After agreeing, the creature began to transform. The initial process was the same as the previous transformation, but what differed was the shift from the ball to another shape. Indeed, it turned into a human form, but… it had the same problem as the lion—it was shrunken a lot. Although it was a human, its size was about that of a three-year-old child… And the human it turned into was clearly a miniaturized version of Kells!

  “Haha, it looks just like me. If it were the same size as me, I wouldn’t even be able to tell the difference! Can you speak?”

  “Can you speak?” The little Kells said.

  “I’m asking if you can speak?”

  “I’m asking if you can speak?” The little Kells seemed only able to mimic Kells’ speech, unable to respond consciously.

  “It seems this guy isn’t very intelligent, but it can actually transform to look so much like me! Amazing. If only it could turn into a beauty, that would be great. Since it can copy, copying a super beauty would be awesome. Even if it’s a miniaturized version, it would still be awesome!”

  Looking at the miniaturized version of himself, Kells came up with a crooked idea. With this treasure of a monster, life would be fantastic. He could remember the appearances of several women and have it transform into whoever he wanted. Hehe, and then have it wear small panties in front of him! Oh! Too awesome! Thinking of this exciting point, Kells actually had a nosebleed!

  The little Kells stretched out its hand and caught the blood flowing from his nose. The blood droplet disappeared into its finger!

  Then, a voice suddenly appeared in Kells’ mind…

  “Contract activated!?”