Monster Girl Contract Manual

Chapter 54 Lilim, Evolve!

By the time I left the guild, it was completely dark.

With the Swamp Frog Magic Core and Soil Essence he had just exchanged from the guild, House, having gathered all the materials needed for Lilim's evolution, hurried back to the Ain Tavern.

The owner, Elio, with his bushy eyebrows, was wiping down the utensils used by customers at the front desk, just like always.

As usual, we exchanged greetings and chatted for a few minutes.

A moment later, House brought upstairs with several standard meals and returned to his previous room. He then immediately put Harpy at the door to keep watch and listen carefully to the surrounding sounds.

After confirming that the surroundings were safe, he took a deep breath and stared at Lilim, whose round eyes revealed no emotion, and the evolution materials placed beside her.

With his mind focused, following the unseen guidance given in the manual, House picked up the monster's magic core and the essence of the soil together and held them in his palm.

Open your mouth.

what--

Lilim's round body had a crack in the middle.

House stuffed all the evolution materials into it.

Just like a protagonist in a game fulfilling mission requirements, after submitting the materials, House saw a prompt from the manual.

[Meets the conditions for evolution]

Has it evolved?

That's really humane.

Even though all the materials were thrown in, the essence of the soil was already slowly disappearing, being digested by Lilim.

Surprisingly, the manual also allows you to select "Refuse Evolution".

If I choose to refuse, will they not return the materials?

It's unlikely, just like those three Dewdrop Grasses that Lilim digested.

House muttered to himself, then focused his mind, concentrating all his thoughts on the "Yes" option.

Evolve, Lilim!!!

After shouting this in my head for a few seconds, the confirmed manual gave me the next tip.

[Monster Lilim (Slime) is evolving...]

The seemingly intangible "Monster Girl Contract Manual," floating in the consciousness space, began to slowly turn its pages, revealing the monster illustration for Lilim's page.

【Contracted Monster: Lilim (Slime)】

[Monster Talent Skill: Slow Self-Healing]

The skill "Slow Self-Healing" has been shared.

[Slow self-healing: Your body's self-healing ability is slightly enhanced]

【魔物下一级进化需求：凝露草（3/3），泥土精华（2/2），怪物魔核（1/1）】

[Evolving...]

In the background of the illustration, the originally round and cute silhouette of Lilim is enveloped in a layer of soft holy light, as if it has been bathed in Korean holy light, and her whole body is radiant with a bright halo.

Consciousness returns to reality.

Worried that Lilim might become too bright during her evolution and alert those outside, House grabbed a blanket and covered her without a second thought.

However, when House regained consciousness, the scene of light shining brightly and illuminating the entire room did not appear as he had imagined.

The Lilim before me is still the same Lilim as before.

It was crystal clear, about the size of a basketball, with a pair of bright, round, translucent blue eyes staring at him quietly.

"eat?"

I'm hungry, can I eat?

That's roughly the idea.

My consciousness sank into my mind, and the manual was still glowing.

[Evolving...]

When consciousness returned to reality, nothing had happened; everything was perfectly calm.

"..."

Let's wait.

Just like fasting for 8 hours or even longer before surgery at the hospital.

Despite Lilim's persistent stare at House, repeatedly expressing her desire to eat the black bread beside him.

However, unless the contract manual gives a hint that the evolution is complete, House will resolutely forbid it from speaking.

Who knows if eating something strange along the way might interrupt the evolution process?

House listens to the manual.

The human and the slime just stared at each other, wide-eyed.

Only after all the evolution materials in Lilim's body disappeared did the manual give the message "Evolution complete".

House stopped staring at Lilim.

[Monster Lilim (Slime) has completed its evolution]

[Milestone Reward: Constitution +1, Charisma +1]

When the notification appeared, House felt as if he had just taken a cold shower on a hot summer day, and his whole body felt inexplicably comfortable.

It's not just about numerical improvements.

His body underwent a subtle change.

My gaze shifted to the changed panel.

[Unlock Monster Talent Skill: Shapeshifting]

The skill "Form Transformation" has been shared.

[Easy Body Shaping: You can freely adjust your physical form and achieve body scaling]

【魔物下一级进化需求：凝露草（0/30），大地晶屑（0/1），二级怪物魔核（0/1）】

"After evolving, it actually unlocked a new monster talent skill?"

"Body transformation?"

"Adjusting physical form?"

House remembered Lilim, who had turned into a puddle of water.

Could it be...?

Okay, no, that's not possible.

I tried to activate [Body Transformation], but my body showed no signs of melting or liquefying.

House could only sense a faint movement on the surface of the skin.

I touched my arm; it was hard, as if the muscles had naturally tensed up when I exerted force.

But he wasn't exerting any force at that moment; his muscles should have been relaxed.

"So this is the new skill, using magic to tense muscles?"

House didn't quite understand it, but he was full of confidence in the skill.

Although, given the current situation, House doesn't yet see any practical use for the newly unlocked [Shape Conversion].

However, having learned from the experience of the [Slow Self-Healing] skill, which was initially weak but later became strong, he dared not underestimate this new monster talent skill.

I vaguely remember someone saying something like this—

There are no useless skills, only useless people?

"Anyway, the newly unlocked skills won't disappear, I can learn about them slowly later."

With this in mind, House finally relented and allowed the fully evolved Lilim to eat.

'I wonder what changes Lilim has undergone after her evolution?'

House stared at the slime in front of him.

It slowly separated into two soft tentacles, with tiny hands forming at the tips of the tentacles, steadily grasping a black bread and a small bowl of soup...

and many more!

hand? !

House was slightly surprised.

He vaguely remembered that although Lilim could transform into water and even condense two tentacles, those tentacles were simply octopus-like tentacles.

Previously, when it was hanging on itself, it could only bend up to form a hook.

It was never as sophisticated as it is now, capable of forming a hand with clearly defined fingers and a complete shape.

Just as House was surprised by Lilim's change, what happened next shocked him even more.

During the meal, Lilim's body underwent another change.

Its body, originally the size of a basketball, suddenly swelled to nearly twice its original size, then opened its soft, large mouth and swallowed the black bread along with the soup in one gulp.

With her hunger satisfied, Lilim's eyes darted around, noticing House staring at her from the side.

Its round eyes immediately curved into crescents, and the corners of its gelatinous mouth turned up slightly, giving House a satisfied, obedient, and extremely human-like smile.

"eat!"

"Hmm..."

"meal!"