[You have gained the Cat Girl's trust, Loyalty +20%]
"Tsk! Tsk!"
'It really works.'
'Catering to someone's tastes is absolutely the best way to conquer a woman, no, to conquer a pet.'
"Meow!"
The little cat girl rubbed back and forth against Ethan's feet, showing her satisfaction.
Ethan took the chance to pet her several more times.
But whether it was because her loyalty had gone up, or something else, the little cat girl unexpectedly didn't resist this time.
"Alright, it's getting late!"
Ethan glanced at the time display on his magic book. There was still about one hour left before the sun went down.
He called out to the little cat girl and the White Eagle, "Let's go into the nightmare mice's cave and see what good stuff these little thieves have stashed away in there!"
He went into the nightmare mice's cave and searched all the way around.
Ethan didn't find any good stuff. Only at the very end of the cave did he discover a large area that was like a swamp.
[Underground mud detected, collect?]
"Collect!"
'Mud is good stuff!'
Right now, what he was missing for upgrading the villa was mud and advanced stone.
On top of that, after Ethan took that Strength Pill this morning, his whole body was still sticky.
He had originally wanted to find a small creek or something, so he could take a bath and wash all the filth off his body.
Unfortunately, he didn't know if the area around him was just short on water sources, or if there simply weren't any water sources at all.
Up to now, Ethan had never once received any prompt about a water source.
With things this awkward, if he wanted to take a bath right now, he could only pin his hopes on having a bathroom or something.
Of course… If there was a swimming pool, that would be even better.
Taking a swim would definitely feel way more comfortable and refreshing than some little creek.
If this were before, Ethan probably wouldn't have even dared to think about this kind of thing.
After all, a villa with a swimming pool, how many millions would that cost?
He probably wouldn't be able to easily achieve that even if he worked his whole previous life away at some job, right?
Yet here, in this place. Ethan actually had the chance to realize the dream of living in a villa.
[Mud +1]
[Mud +1]
[Mud…]
A countless amount of mud flowed into his hands.
After he finished collecting the mud within roughly a ten meter radius around him, he had to move farther in to collect more.
So he kept moving, kept collecting.
Until the 1000 capacity of his intermediate backpack was full, only then did Ethan stop.
He looked at the mud pool. About more than half of it still hadn't been collected.
So he thought to himself that if he came back another day to collect another batch of mud, he should just about be able to take it all!
[Advanced Stone detected, collect?]
Besides the mud, Ethan even found a surprise.
Because under the mud, there was actually a kind of round stone with a metallic sheen.
If Ethan was not mistaken, this should be some kind of metal ore.
But maybe the metal content wasn't up to standard, so it was classified as advanced stone.
On the trading market, advanced stones were indeed not as valuable as advanced wood, but they were still absolutely a advanced material.
So there was no way Ethan was going to give up on this advanced material.
He immediately threw away 10 units of mud without hesitation.
[Mud -10]
[Advanced stone +1]
[Advanced stone +1]
[Advanced stone…]
Very soon, Ethan's backpack weight limit was instantly maxed out.
His backpack was completely filled with materials. No matter what he threw out, it would hurt.
At that moment, Ethan suddenly remembered his previous beginner backpack.
'That backpack can at least carry 50 more units.'
He just didn't know if he could make the little cat girl wear it?
"Little Meow Meow, come here!"
Since Ethan had a goal in mind, he instantly transformed into a creepy uncle luring a kitty.
He waved at the cat girl.
The little cat girl took two steps toward Ethan, but then she suddenly remembered something, and quickly turned her head away, her face full of tsundere.
Ethan was speechless.
'Didn't the little cat girl's loyalty already reach 80%?'
'Why is she still this tsundere?'
[Cat Girl (Min*r, 60%): Can be named. Giving your pet a name helps build loyalty. But Cat Girls are themselves an extremely tsundere kind of pet. Even if their Loyalty reaches 100%, they still won't necessarily obey your every word. Otherwise it wouldn't be a cat, it would be a dog. Intimacy: 8/10]
'Still 40% away from adulthood?'
Ethan suddenly remembered that after the White Eagle devoured the spirit stone last time, it had sped up its evolution.
So he took out a spirit stone from his backpack and tried to entice the little cat girl, "Little Meow… Right, name first, from now on your name will be Mimi, how about that?"
"Hmph!"
The little cat girl clearly didn't like it.
She snapped her head away, looking totally disgusted.
"Uh!", Ethan did not know whether to laugh or cry.
"Mimi" was the standard name for cats in the north.
Up north, if you see a cat, as long as you shout "Mimi," you'll guess right eight times out of ten.
'Could it be because the name is too common that the little cat girl despises it so much?'
"Then I'll call you… Daji?"
Ethan tried giving the little cat girl the name of a peerlessly enchanting fox spirit.
The name Daji was a legend that had been handed down for nearly a thousand years.
"Meow?"
The little cat girl paused mid-lick of her paw, clearly interested.
"Daji?"
"Meow!"
"Daji!"
"Meow!"
The little cat girl answered as she walked over toward Ethan.
In the end she even rubbed against Ethan's leg, showing that she was very satisfied.
"You're really just going to accept it like that?"
Ethan felt completely thrown.
He had really just been trying to crack a little joke just now!
[Cat Girl/Daji (Min*r, 60%): The Cat Girl really likes her current name. She feels like a noble queen. Intimacy: 8/10]
'She feels like a noble queen, what the heck?'
'If I'd known, I would have named you Elizabeth or somthing!'
That way, every time he called the cat girl over, it would be like calling a queen over… just imagining that scene made Ethan feel a little excited inside.
But then he thought about it and felt he'd better forget it.
You have to know, Elizabeth was the empress for the ages. How could he afford to offend her?
"Daji, can you eat this?", Ethan held the white spirit stone in front of Daji and asked if she could eat it.
Daji twitched her little nose, then her eyes lit up. She directly bit down on the spirit stone.
Crunch! Crunch!
Daji started chewing on the spirit stone.
The White Eagle watched from the side, so envious its eyeballs were about to pop out.
"You want to eat too?"
"Eee! Eee!"
The White Eagle nodded again and again.
Ethan thought about it. Since the spirit stones were only for his own pets anyway, it wasn't really a waste.
So he tossed a spirit stone over to the White Eagle as well.
The White Eagle flapped its wings, opened its beak and caught it steady, then also started "Crunch! Crunch!" eating.
[Mergeable spirit pets detected: White Eagle + Cat Girl = Owl]
[Merge?]
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