To make a place for the Chocobo eggs, Mu You used Apparition to transfer the entire tree from earlier, roots, soil, and all, into his backpack space. He found an empty patch of ground, buried it, secured it briefly, then put the nest back in the fork of the tree.
Only after finishing all this did Mu You look down at the Wicked Mother Bird at his feet.
The purple owl was now trussed up, its eyes covered with a strip of cloth, looking just like a kidnapping victim.
Mu You first checked his phone. Unfortunately, the game still hadn't displayed any "contract" prompt.
According to Cola, this was because Wicked Mother Birds had very low intelligence. Their behavior was almost entirely instinctive, making it nearly impossible to train them into Familiars.
Yet this creature possessed a rather troublesome ability. If he couldn't win it over as a Familiar, figuring out what to do with it would be a headache.
Killing it outright would be a bit of a waste.
But keeping it meant worrying that it might use its ability indiscriminately, causing uncontrollable consequences...
"Forget it. I'll try keeping you in here for now..."
After considering it for a moment, Mu You stepped forward and removed its blindfold and ropes.
This kind of bird wasn't actually aggressive by nature. It had only activated its ability because its instinct to protect its young made it feel that its surroundings were unsafe, triggering a stress response.
The backpack space, however, was an enclosed space. Though it would lose its freedom here, its safety was absolutely guaranteed.
If he left the Wicked Mother Bird inside and gave it some time to adjust, perhaps its aggression would disappear once it realized that this space was safe enough.
Of course, Mu You couldn't be