Monster Girl Contract Manual

Chapter 58 Useful Skills

To be honest, activating the skill [Body Transformation] when you're not yet proficient at it can easily lead to some awkward situations.

Fortunately, this is a "talented skill," like an innate instinct.

Even without extensive specialized practice, House can naturally master it.

Having calmed the restlessness within his body and successfully relaxed some of his physical tissues, House let out a long sigh of relief.

"Phew~"

House touched his muscular arm, its veins bulging, picked up a stone from the ground, and, just as he had done when testing his physical defense, began to smash the stone against his arm.

After smashing the arms, smash the thighs, and after smashing the thighs, smash the other parts.

Used to test the stiffness of muscles after stiffening, and whether it has improved compared to before.

If there was an improvement, how much was it?

......

After a while.

After a series of detailed tests, House gained a deeper understanding of [Form Facilitation].

First, after activating [Body Transformation], he can freely manipulate every inch of flesh and every layer of skin on his entire body.

It can be controlled to expand, contract, soften, and harden at will.

Even ordinary soft tissue and skin without muscle support can be forcibly strengthened to be exceptionally hard.

The ultimate hardness is approximately twice the original base value.

Secondly, after activating [Body Transformation], his body will briefly enter a state similar to "Overlord Body".

For example, even if the tendons in his arm are damaged or the muscles are stiff and numb, House can forcefully control the external muscles to keep his arm in a normal state and not hinder his movements in any way.

Third, and most important.

House learned the art of "face sculpting".

House raised his hand to touch the "double chin" he had deliberately created, and while holding a portable mirror, he made minor adjustments to his facial skin tissue in front of the mirror.

Superman, King, Joker, Mr. Garp, and Elio, the bar owner with the bushy eyebrows...

The customization options for character creation are not very high.

House could only sculpt Superman's double chin and the bar owner Elio's droopy eyebrows.

Simply pinch your chin into a square shape and then slightly indent the skin in the middle to create a double chin;

By gently pulling the muscles around the eyebrows downwards and to the sides, you can create the "eight-character" eyebrow shape.

These highly recognizable external features can be easily simulated using the [Form Ease] feature.

House was unable to accurately replicate the character's specific facial features, expressions, and subtle details.

In summary, the newly unlocked [Form Transformation] ability is extremely powerful:

1. Once activated, your defense will double, and your body will have no weaknesses.

2. Can trigger a state similar to invincibility;

3. Simply change your appearance.

After summarizing, House sighed inwardly.

"The innate skills of the slime race are indeed incredibly powerful."

If they didn't lack proactive attack methods and have a weak or even nonexistent desire to attack, it would be because they lack such means.

It's likely that slimes will hold a place among the dominant monsters on this continent.

Having learned most of the new skills, it's time to get to Lilim, the last one.

Take Lilim out of the armor.

Lilim, who had been pulled out of her slumber by House and awakened from her deep sleep, looked at House with slightly dazed eyes.

"meal!"

"..."

I need to eat as soon as I get up.

Unfortunately, House didn't bring any food with him because of training.

There was nothing House could do but comfort it for now and promise to treat it to a good meal after the experiment was over.

After moving to a secluded spot, House spoke to Lilim.

"Grow bigger, grow as big as you can."

As soon as House gave the order, Lilim's body suddenly began to expand out of thin air.

30 cm, 40 cm, 50 cm...

1 meters, 2 meters...

Lilim only slowly stopped expanding after it had grown to a width and height of about 3 meters.

As evening approached, the sunlight slanted down, casting Lilim's enormous shadow over House.

"Can you move?"

House looked at the three-meter-tall, giant version of Lilim that was pressing down on the ground slightly, and asked curiously.

In this form, can Lilim move freely or change into other shapes?

"No (cannot)."

"Can you jump?"

House asked again.

The most common attack method of slimes is to bounce and crash into their opponents.

"No (cannot)."

"Can it roll over?"

If moving or jumping doesn't work, can you roll slightly and press towards the enemy?

Lilim swayed her massive body softly, and a sticky, muffled sound came from within:

"Ugh... I'm tired..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Lilim's enormous body suddenly began to shrink back.

As Lilim continued to shrink, a pit about 1 meter long and wide and 30 centimeters deep suddenly appeared on the ground.

That was caused by Lilim pressing it out.

House looked at the crater, and combining that with the weight of Lilim when she expanded to one meter, he did a rough calculation in his mind and quickly came to a conclusion:

Assuming that volume and weight increase proportionally, Lilim's current weight would likely be around 8 pounds, nearly 4 tons.

It weighs as much as an elephant.

Good guy.

If this were pressed down on a goblin warrior, it would be covered in bruises.

No, it might be pieces from all over the place.

......

After testing all the changes, it was already getting dark.

Back at their previous rest stop, Sylvia was sleeping soundly on the lawn, holding Happy.

The setting sun cast its last rays upon her long eyelashes and rosy lips, creating a soft, shimmering glow.

Staring at Sylvia's long, elven ears on either side of her face, House was a little curious about what those elven ears felt like.

However, he is not the kind of bad old man who would casually touch a sleeping girl.

After gently waking Sylvia, House slung the bag containing herbs over his shoulder.

"Let's go, it's time to go back for dinner."

"Oh, um, uh—"

Sylvia stretched, revealing her slender waist and delicate figure.

She rubbed her sleepy eyes, put on her hat to cover her elf ears, and quickly followed.

"House, I haven't asked you yet, when did you learn magic?"

"Not long ago, by the way, does Aunt Catherine have any favorite things?"

"What does Mother like? Cake, I guess. Why are you asking?"

"It's alright. In my hometown, it's customary to bring gifts when visiting others."

"Huh?! Is that so? But I don't think I brought anything this morning!"

"That's just a habit I have on my side, don't worry about it."

......

Back at the guild, I settled the commission and made a small profit of 11 silver.

Just as he was about to split the reward with Sylvia, she shook her head repeatedly and whispered that she hadn't done much work today, and that House had picked most of the herbs by himself, so she couldn't split the reward.

"You deserve it."

House spoke calmly to Sylvia, saying that if it weren't for her watching over the herbs, he wouldn't have been able to concentrate on his training.

Moreover, I did not discuss this task with her beforehand, which wasted most of her day.

This is both a reward and my way of making amends to her.

Seeing the seriousness on House's face, Sylvia wanted to say something, but then she saw that House had changed his expression.

Adopting a domineering CEO demeanor, House remained calm and composed, his eyes radiating an undeniable power as he forcefully stuffed half a silver coin into Sylvia's palm.

"Listen to me, take it."

Sensing the powerful aura that House suddenly released, Sylvia instinctively felt a tightness in her chest and her body trembled slightly.

Fortunately, as soon as he finished speaking, House softened his tone and his sharp edge disappeared:

"Don't refuse. I'll need you to help me choose Aunt Catherine's favorite flavor later. You'll have time, right?"

Looking at House, who possessed both a strong aura and a gentle contrast that inexplicably exuded charm, the girl's cheeks suddenly flushed slightly. Clutching a few coins that had been warmed by his touch, she nodded silently, head bowed like a little bird.

"Um."

Seeing Sylvia hanging her head and remaining silent, House activated [Body Transformation], forcibly controlling his facial muscles and switching expressions at will, and secretly felt smug.

Ah, little girls are so easy to coax.

That said, this new skill is really useful.

She could be a master performer herself.