"I want the method for forming a bond between you and your pets!" Claire said bluntly.
Their world did not lack magical beasts and other strange creatures, but few people could tame those wild and arrogant magical beasts. If they were intelligent, orderly species such as beastmen, half-beastmen, or the beast-eared girls so many people longed for, mages could use contracts to forcibly establish a master-servant relationship with them. But that was coercive, nothing like the friendly relationship between Lan Zhao and his slime.
Thus, Claire concluded that their world must have a special method for communicating with pets, one that could improve the relationship between the two.
Otherwise, how could slimes of the same species be so difficult to tame in her world?
Lan Zhao froze for a moment. "How did you know our world has a special method for forming contracts with pets? Well, it isn't something worth hiding. If you want it, we can trade for it. But are you sure you don't want to consider an Electric Tail Cat? Even an ordinary electrical attack from one can pierce a three-centimeter-thick iron plate."
Lan Zhao was still enthusiastically recommending the Electric Tail Cats unique to their region. He had contracted one himself and loved it dearly.
"No. Seeking a tool is inferior to seeking a technique, and seeking a technique is inferior to seeking the Way. The Way of your world is beyond my reach, so let's trade for the method of forming contracts with pets."
"What do you have over there to trade for it?" Lan Zhao asked.
After thinking for a moment, Claire directly picked up the Magic Book at hand. "I'll trade this book for it."
"Is there anything special about this book?" Lan Zhao asked curiously.
Claire smiled faintly. "You'll find out soon enough."
With that, she snapped her fingers, and a fireball the size of a human head appeared before her. Claire snapped again, and the fireball split into four fist-sized spheres that spun at high speed. As their speed increased, the spinning fireballs became rings of flame.
Lan Zhao's eyes widened. He had never seen a person capable of controlling flames. Only fire-type pets could do that.
Claire had not finished her demonstration. She clenched her fist, and the rings of fire went out. Then she silently chanted an incantation, and an arc of electricity soon appeared in her hand.
"Take a look. Can your Electric Tail Cat's electrical attack match this?"
After saying that, Claire hesitated briefly, but decided not to make Regan run back and forth. She pointed out the window, and in the next instant, a bolt of blue lightning shot from her fingertip and pierced into the clouds, leaving Lan Zhao utterly stunned.
Claire was very satisfied with his reaction. That Lightning Strike had been intermediate-level magic, the most powerful offensive spell she could cast at her current stage.
After the demonstration, Claire picked up the Magic Book in her hand. "The spells I just used are all recorded inside. So? Is that enough to trade for that method?"
"Of course!" Lan Zhao said excitedly. If he learned the spells in that book, he could knock down some elite-level monsters even empty-handed.
"Then let me explain the method we use here to form bonds with pets." Lan Zhao said excitedly, "Generally speaking, if a pet is raised from an egg, its obedience will be the highest. But most of the time, we have to capture our own pets in the wild, and that is when this method is needed. It can establish a connection with a pet, allowing you to convey your emotions to it and receive the emotions it conveys to you. Once both sides understand each other, forming a contract becomes much easier."
"Mhm, mhm!" Claire nodded as she listened, though its actual effects would still depend on how well it worked in this world.
"Then let's begin the trade." Claire softly placed the Magic Book in the trade space.
"Alright! But please wait a moment. That book is considered the most basic textbook where we are, so I'll need to look for it." Lan Zhao said. The more advanced books were all about directing pets in battle.
Lan Zhao rummaged through his room, and it took him several minutes to find it at the very bottom of a pile of books.
Looking at the book's worn cover, Lan Zhao scratched his head awkwardly. "Um... this book is a little damaged. How about I give you a pet egg as well? Your Magic Book must be far more valuable than our basic textbook."
Now that was a businessman! Claire exclaimed inwardly.
"Other than that three-star egg, pick whichever one you like!" Lan Zhao said generously.
"Then I'll take this light-blue one." Claire pointed casually. Since it was a free gift, she did not have high expectations for these pets and simply chose one with a prettier color.
"A Water Cloud Beast? Then I'll put it in the trade space!" Lan Zhao picked up the light-blue egg and placed it in the trade space.
Once both sides pressed agree, the trade began!
A book and the light-blue egg appeared in Claire's trade space, and a pleasant trade was successfully completed.
After the trade ended, the countdown timer appeared. Lan Zhao gave Claire several key tips on caring for pet eggs and also taught her some techniques for casting magic before the trade channel closed.
He had suggested adding each other as friends, and Claire had been tempted for a moment before remembering that she had no Trade Points left. She could only wait until she had more later before adding him as a friend.
The interface returned to the original trade panel, and the items in the trade space were transferred into her personal space. Claire habitually glanced at the upper-right corner, where the Trade Points had originally been displayed, and sure enough, a countdown had appeared: "Fifteen days until energy storage is complete!"
Claire narrowed her eyes and quickly understood the reason.
The plane matched through this one-star interdimensional trade was not on the same level as the previous one. It consumed three times as many Trade Points, so after the trade panel upgraded, the energy storage time also became three times longer.
Still, half a month was bearable. Forget half a month—even three or five years would be fine. An Intermediate Mage's lifespan already exceeded that of ordinary people, and barring accidents, living to three hundred was no problem. Besides, her strength would not stop increasing. When she advanced to High Mage, the energy storage time would likely decrease again.
She first took out the book with the somewhat worn cover. Just as before, the moment it appeared, it was enveloped in a glow. The book was adapting to this world's Laws, and Claire was no longer surprised by it.
The light-blue egg, however, showed no unusual reaction when she took it out. Perhaps this world already had magical beasts capable of wielding strange powers.
Claire placed the light-blue egg on a nearby table. She was not worried that anyone would accidentally knock it over; people were generally not allowed onto the castle's sixth floor.
She then picked up the book whose text had already been converted and began studying it carefully. It contained the mysteries of knowledge from another world—how could it not be fascinating?
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