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[Monster: Albino Lizard]

[Race: Beast]

[Level: 60]

[Rank: B]

[HP: 15,500 / 15,500]

[Status: Tamed]

[Special Trait: ...]

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"..."

"Wow, so cute. Hey, Soren... where did you even get this?"

Sylvia asked, looking at the cute lizard tilting its head and staring at them with big, curious eyes.

She never thought Soren could tame a level 60 beast so easily. To be honest, when she saw its level for the first time, she was totally shocked.

After all, she still didn’t know about Soren’s adventure in the C-rank dungeon or his current level.

Soren didn’t tell her so as not to make her nervous.

"It came on its own."

Soren replied lightly while sensing the new connection. Unlike with Elise, it felt somewhat different as he could clearly sense the albino lizard’s current emotions.

And it was unexpectedly... treating him with a kind of reverence.

"Maybe because of my bloodline?"

Soren didn’t know, but it was nice to see how easily he got a pet of his own. It was also nice to see no side effects from the potion given by Lysandra.

Although having a pet wouldn’t make him a Beast Tamer and he couldn’t share its skills, having a companion was a good thing nonetheless.

Not to mention, it was higher in level than he was.

"Came on its own? Damn... why are you so lucky?"

Sylvia gave a pout filled with jealousy before lowering herself and gently touching the lizard’s cheek, making it purr.

Surprisingly, it didn’t resist her touch, even letting out a cute purr, which only made Sylvia more and more jealous.

"Sigh... you already have a pet of your own, I don’t even know where my Ivory is at."

Sylvia complained, remembering the E-rank Sky Crane that she rode to get here before. Her eyes filled with melancholy.

"By the way, Soren, what are you going to name it?"

She then suddenly asked, turning her head up and looking at Soren with those blue eyes.

"Hm? I-I don’t know. Why don’t you name it, Sylvia?"

Soren, of course, saw her hidden expectation and conveniently gave her the chance, which she immediately took with a beaming smile.

"Great, haha... then let me name you, little guy."

Sylvia visibly brightened up, carefully lifting the white lizard into her hands as she pondered.

With a beaming smile on her red lips, blonde hair tied neatly in a high ponytail, and dressed in a blue long-sleeved T-shirt with a skirt, she looked absolutely endearing.

So much so that Soren couldn’t help but let out an unconscious smile as he silently watched her enthusiasm.

"Hm... you’re white and cute, just like my Ivory, and you even have a frost elemental alignment. Hmm... let me see..."

Sylvia didn’t notice Soren’s gaze. She thought for a while before speaking with a bit of uncertainty.

"Frost?"

Ivory and Frost. It seemed like a good match.

Sylvia sometimes had strange naming tendencies, it seemed. But Soren felt that Frost wasn’t a bad name.

"Krr?"

The albino lizard seemed to agree as it nodded cutely in Sylvia’s palm before letting out a white breath from its mouth, as if in agreement, casting delicate snowflakes into the air.

Clearly, this little guy knew what it was doing.

To Soren, its behaviour felt a bit childish, but Sylvia seemed to love its reaction as she beamed once again.

"Okay, Frost then. Haha... look, Soren, it’s so happy."

Sylvia flashed a bright smile while playing with Frost, encouraging it to breathe out more snowflakes until the inside of the tent was dusted white.

For a moment, Soren felt the cold creeping in and finally stopped Sylvia before she went overboard.

"Okay, stop playing around. We still have things to do."

As much as he liked seeing her happy, time wasn’t on their side. He still had to go to Isolde to retrieve his orders.

He didn’t know what would happen now that Crucible’s plan had been exposed.

It would be better if Lyra could stop them before they opened the portal, but if she didn’t...

"Frost, you go and wait outside. Don’t let anyone in."

Soren suddenly ordered his pet, which immediately nodded before disappearing from Sylvia’s hand in an instant.

As much as it wanted to play around, Soren’s order was absolute.

So suddenly, only Sylvia and Soren were left alone in the tent.

"Not fair...why are you in such a hurry anyway?"

Sylvia couldn’t help but pout at Soren after seeing Frost disappear, placing both hands on her waist, accentuating her impressive bosom.

It wasn’t that she didn’t notice something was off when Soren and Lysandra were talking; she just didn’t know the extent of danger.

"Okay, enough of this. I have something to give you."

Soren didn’t care and even found her a bit cute. Rather, he suddenly stepped closer to Sylvia and took out a thin, semi-transparent silk from his inventory.

"What is this?" Sylvia asked, a bit surprised.

But before she could react further, Soren began wrapping it around her body, carefully covering her completely with the robe.

*Swoosh!*

And the moment he did so, the semi-transparent silk robe latched onto her clothes and then turned illusory, disappearing right before her eyes.

"W-what? What happened?"

It was so sudden that Sylvia didn’t even have time to blink before it simply vanished from her vision.

Confused, she looked at Soren, only to see him smiling.

"Scan it."

Soren asked, signalling her with his eyes.

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[Artifact: Veil of Dripping Sin]

[Rank: D (Upgradable)]

[Origin: A soft, semi-transparent robe made of illusory silk infused with subtle seductive essence.]

[Effect:

> Gentle Defence: While the veil has lust energy, it provides moderate defensive strength, softening incoming attacks and granting basic protection.

> Life-Saving Embrace: Once per day, it can activate to save the wearer from a fatal attack by wrapping the body in a warm, protective illusion, as long as it has sufficient lust energy.

> Clinging Illusion: Can attach to any clothing the wearer has on, perfectly mimicking its appearance and greatly boosting its durability. Once attached, the wearer can freely make the veil appear or disappear on any part of the body at will.]

[Note: All defensive effects require lust energy. The veil grows weaker or loses power when lust energy is depleted.]

[Current Lust Energy: 0/100]

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It was a defensive robe he bought for Sylvia from the Eros Treasury.

To be honest, he was very reluctant to purchase it as it cost him a whopping 150 PHP points.

But when he saw that it was a bundle with 5 robes packed, he didn’t waste any more time.

After all, he had been thinking about giving gifts to his girls lately. And what could be greater than a defensive robe that could save their lives?

He bet even Isolde wouldn’t be able to make such an artifact for him.

Although it did work on some lewd mechanism, as always.

"L-Lust energy? Soren...what does it mean?"

Sure enough, the moment Sylvia read through the artifact description, she gawked in pure surprise.

Although she might not be able to see everything like Soren, she could see that it was a defensive robe that could save her life.

Only...why the heck did it need something absurd like lust energy? Not to mention its name.

For a moment, Sylvia looked at Soren, her eyes filled with shame.

She never thought Soren would gift her such a perverted artifact out of nowhere.

What was his intention?

"What is with that look? Can’t you see how good it is for a D-rank artifact?"

Although Soren was a bit ashamed, he just rolled his eyes at her before abruptly pulling Sylvia’s slim body into a tight hug, making her yelp softly.

"H-Hey... w-what are you doing~~ Mmm~~"

Then, without warning, he lifted his hand and moulded one of her breasts through her clothes with firm, possessive passion, his fingers pressing into the soft flesh as he claimed her lips in a hungry kiss.

Sylvia gasped at the sudden kiss, her body instinctively arching against his as her hands clutched at his shirt, pulling him closer while soft, needy whimpers slipped from her lips.

It had been a while since they did this together, and she was in no mood to push him away.

Unfortunately, Soren suddenly stopped abruptly, removing his hand and letting her gasp in confusion.

"S-Soren?"

For a moment, she asked a bit confused, when she saw him signalling at her,

"Check the artifact again."

Only then did she realize that this guy did this just so he could charge that weird artifact.

Pouting slightly, Sylvia once again scanned the artifact only to see that the number had changed,

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[Current Lust Energy: 10/100]

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’’Yeah... it is charged by 10 points.’’ 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

’That’s so easy...’

Sylvia thought, her face a bit red.

She thought they needed to do more to recharge it. For a moment, she did not know whether she was happy or sad.

"Yeah, now you know what ’Lust Energy’ is, right?"

Soren smirked at Sylvia before flicking her engorged nipple through her cloth playfully, eliciting a moan from her.

"Hey, make it disappear."

Then, he suddenly leaned on her neck, taking her refreshing scent before whispering heavily, his fingers pointing at her breast.

"Hmm? W-What do you mean?"

Sylvia was a bit confused by his sudden change when Soren lightly grabbed her t-shirt before signalling her.

"I mean... use that Clinging Illusion effect and make them disappear here. Don’t you want to recharge fully?"

He asked breathily before directly kissing her fair neck, biting it slightly. He then slowly leaned up before taking her ears, making Sylvia squirm in shame.

Only then did she realize that Soren wanted to use the new feature of that robe to make her dress disappear, letting him play with her breasts naked.

’This bastard... I knew he had no good intention.’

Sylvia cursed, feeling so perverted all of a sudden. And yet, she could not help but want to satisfy his weird fetish, intending to do what he said when...

*Boom!*

"What? Why is there a monster here?"

Suddenly, a loud bang echoed around the tent, followed by Aria’s loud cry, filled with shock.