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"Thanks for the meal, mom, I'll wash the dishes."
"Oh really? You don't really have to, aren't you tired from all the training?"
"I'm fine, don't worry~!"
Frank quickly helped his mom wash the dishes, he in fact washed them all very fast, surprising her just how quick and dexterous he had become.
"Oh my! You've become so fast, what's gotten into you? Heheh…"
She giggled amused by her son's vigor, which wasn't something very common. She had always known Frank for being a slightly gloomy, low-profile boy.
But in the last year, he had slowly been gaining more confidence, becoming more talkative and charismatic, and also trying to be more respectful and nicer with his family.
"A-Ah, is that so? Must be your imagination… Anyway! I'll go take a shower and then I'll go to my room. I think I'll study a bit, so I'd like to be left alone…"
"Oh, okay! Don't worry, we won't bother you." His mom nodded. "Thank you dear."
After that taking a second warm shower and then walking back to his room, Frank finally had some more time for himself, despite being a small family, they were rather nosy, and once he started talking about a certain subject, they would just never stop talking.
He sat over his bed and Ruby quickly appeared by his side, stepping out of her subspace where she usually stayed or slept, flying around with her cute tiny wings.
"Ah, Ruby! D-Don't make too much noise, alright?"
"Graaah!"
Ruby didn't listen, wagging her tail adorably as she quickly jumped over his stomach from the ceiling.
"Ugh?!"
Frank groaned in pain, as Ruby realized she had hit him too hard.
"Graaah? Graah…"
She quickly started licking his stomach to heal him, making him giggle a bit.
"Hahah! W-Wait, don't do that…!"
He gently tried to push her away, but Ruby didn't stop, making Frank all flustered.
Eventually, he felt her claws digging into his stomach! What a careless girl!
"Ugh? Wait, Ruby don't put your claws there, it hurts…! Hahah!"
"Graah?"
Frank sighed, quickly grabbing her and lifting her up, making her look like a kitten with red scales, long tail and big wings.
"And to think you can turn even bigger, huh? Good thing you can shrink, hahah!"
Frank laughed, as Ruby cutely licked his entire face.
"Uagh!"
Although Frank was slightly disgusted, he ended kissing her forehead and hugging her.
If it wasn't for this adorable little dragon, he would have died.
"Thank you for keeping me alive, Ruby…"
"Graah? Gryah!"
Ruby got all happy, wagging her tail and licking him even more at the end.
"E-Enough! I shouldn't have said anything…!"
Eventually, Ruby calmed down once Frank gave him a big piece of monster meat and the bones of a huge skeleton yokai.
"Hah… She's really like a dog, huh? Or a cat? Maybe both… Dragons sure are weird. But they're certainly smarter than other pets."
With peace finally attained, Frank moved towards his Status, glancing at the System Notifications he had gotten.
He had naturally leveled up a lot after that battle against the monsters and Medea.
Ding!
[You and your Party have defeated several powerful monsters!]
[You have survived a battle and dealt a large amount of damage against a foe many times stronger than you.]
[Congratulations, you have earned a very large quantity of EXP!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[…]
[Your Level has increased from Level 0 to Level 60/60!]
[You have reached Max Level, you can now Choose a new, stronger Class to Change Into.]
[All of your Stats have increased greatly!]
[Several of your Skills have Leveled Up!]
[Your Contracted Familiar Monster: Ruby has Leveled up to Level 40/40!]
[Your Contracted Familiar Monster: Ruby can now Evolve!]
[All of your Contracted Familiar Monster: Ruby Stats have increased!]
[All of your Contracted Familiar Monster: Ruby Skills have Leveled Up!]
[Your Contracted Familiar Monster: Ruby has learned a new Title: [Little Healer]!]
[Your Contracted Familiar Monster: Ruby has learned a new Skill: [Healing Fire: Level 1]!]
[You earned 10.000 APP Points.]
"Aww, Ruby got a new title and skill and is… Haha, she's so cute." Frank giggled to himself after seeing her chewing on a big bone while looking at him with her big eyes.
"Well done Ruby! Looks like you can now evolve again," he said. "Are you ready for it?"
"Graah?! Graaah!" Ruby nodded cutely, wagging her tail rapidly.
"Alright! I guess I'll be evolving you first because you're so eager, and cute," Frank nodded, patting her little horned head while checking at her status.
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[Name]: [Ruby]
[Race]: [Baby Ruby Flame Wyvern]
[Titles]: [Tamed Monster] [Evolved Monster] [Little Healer]
[Types]: [Reptile] [Fire] [Wyvern] [Crystal]
[Mana Core Cultivation]: [Rank 1 (Initial Stage)]
[World's Source Energy (Terra)]: [0/150]
[Monster Rank]: [Tier 2]
[Level]: [0/40] -> [40/40]
[Health Points]: [4.370/4.370]
[Mana Points]: [5.600/5.600]
[Strength]: [3.400]
[Defense]: [4.100]
[Magic]: [5.200]
[Resistance]: [4.450]
[Agility]: [4.500]
[Passive Skills]: [Iron Scales: Level 7] [Fire and Burn Resistance: Level 8] [Mana Core (Crimson Red): Level 1] [Mana Control: Level 8] [Magic Reflecting Crystal Scales: Level 5] [High-Speed Flight: Level 7] [Draconic Protection: Lv3]
[Active Skills]: [Fire Breath: Level 10] [Licking Wounds: Level 10] [Bite: Level 10] [Body Size Alteration: Level 7] [Fire Attribute Magic (Innate): Level 8] [Crystal Attribute Magic (Innate): Level 5] [Mana Regulation: Lv4] [Healing Fire: Level 1]
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"Well, would you look at that, you've gotten plenty strong, huh?" Frank looked at her status. "And Licking Wound is Level 10, of course… But you also got Healing Fire, huh? That's nice, so you won't have to lick me so much…"
"Graaah!" She seemed slightly angry Frank said that.
"Don't get mad…" Frank sighed. "Hmm… But your Mana Core is not advancing any further. Do I have more of those crystals?"
Frank remembered having obtained crystals from defeating monsters, which were called "Otherworldly Crystals" that worked like those from the monsters of the other world he visited, where Mana Core Cultivation was a thing.
"Oh, I do have a lot of them stored inside my Inventory… Well, I might as well share some to you. You're a real help all the time, so have some."
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