A princess in distress...
Reading the system's description, Xu Ran's mouth twitched.
What kind of description was that?
Well... probably just the system acting up as usual.
Shaking his head slightly, Xu Ran cupped the Velvet Sparrow in his hands, then could not resist stroking it a few more times.
It felt so nice.
Unlike ordinary bird Contract Beasts, apart from the two long feathers on its head, the Velvet Sparrow was covered in fine, long, dense down everywhere, including its wings. Ordinary birds only had down like this on their bellies.
This made the Velvet Sparrow exceptionally pleasant to touch.
Looking at the dirt on the Velvet Sparrow, Xu Ran's eyes filled with amusement. "Let's get you groomed."
Once the grooming was finished, this little fellow would surely feel even nicer.
"Chirp!"
The Velvet Sparrow's voice was full of anticipation for the grooming.
Pampered since childhood, it naturally liked being clean.
Ever since sneaking out of the Beast Domain's Core Region, it had been filthy and had long found it rather unbearable. Now, at last, it could get clean.
It wondered which would be better: human grooming, or the Water Element Contract Beasts that attended to it in the Beast Domain.
Watching the human and beast enter the Grooming Room, Cat Boss's eyes filled with amusement.
With practiced familiarity, Cat Boss walked to the rest area, took a somewhat old plush cushion from its backpack, and laid it on the sofa before sitting upright and quietly waiting for the Velvet Sparrow's grooming to finish.
"Wait just a moment."
After gently setting the Velvet Sparrow on the grooming table prepared for small Contract Beasts, Xu Ran walked to the nearby workbench and began his preparations.
Xu Ran put Psychic Element minerals with cleansing properties and various resources beneficial to