Chương 13: Ruby

Ding!

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[Tame a Monster Pet and Name it!] (Hidden Quest) Completed!

Congratulations! You have tamed your first Monster Pet ahead of time, thus, completing this hidden quest!

Ahead of time? Of course! You could have tamed one by going to the Monster Catching APP World! But I guess you lucked out with the pet!

However, taking care of a Monster Pet might seem way more complicated than you think!

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[You acquired the Quest Rewards: A Small Amount of EXP, [APP Special Function: Monster Pet Nursery], 10 APP Points.

The moment Frank named his Lesser Flame Salamander as Ruby, system windows popped in front of his sight, telling him that he had completed a hidden quest related to taming a Monster Pet and then giving it a name.

"What? Another Hidden Quest? These Hidden Quests feel more like achievements… But I will take the small rewards- Wait, what is 'Monster Pet Nursery'?!"

Frank noticed the second reward aside from a few experience points and the app points, was a seemingly new app function named 'monster pet nursery'… Could speculate that it might be related to the original game from where this Monster Pet, Ruby, originates.

"What is this Pet Nursery thingy?" asked Frank as he held Ruby on his arm as if she were a large-sized cat, and then glanced at his system window, clicking in the new function that appeared there.

Ding!

[Enter Monster Pet Nursery?]

[>YES NO]

"Err… Yes?" said Frank, as he was suddenly teleported to a different space.

Poof!

He fell over a fluffy couch as he glanced at his surroundings.

"What is this? A World?" he wondered.

Ding!

[Welcome to the Monster Pet Nursery, where you can spend time with your Monster Pet, leave them here to rest and train, and many other things!]

[You can upgrade your Monster Pet Nursery by spending APP Points]

[Upgrading your Monster Pet Nursery will give you more space for your Monster Pets, such as new and unique rooms befitting of their ideal habitats]

[Furthermore, upgrading your Monster pet Nursery will unlock more benefits, such as buying or selling Pets, special pet items, special pet food, and more]

"Woah, what? Let me see it! Upgrade?" said Frank as he thought that by saying 'upgrade', something might pop up.

However, nothing happened.

"I guess I will have to figure that part on my own, huh?" he said, as he walked around the spacious room, he found himself in.

The room seemed around ten meters cubic, and it was painted completely white, with a few furniture pieces such as a couch, a coffee table, an empty bookshelf, sideboards, cabinets, and many others.

Franke even considered selling all of this furniture, as they seemed to be in perfect condition and would make him a few Yens.

The room had a door and a window that was covered in a blue-colored curtain.

Ruby jumped off Frank as she began to inspect the area on her own, like a curious dog would do, sniffing everything.

Frank stood from the couch as he inspected the area, he checked the furniture and confirmed that they were real and not an illusion, and then walked towards the door.

He tried to open it.

"Is there a whole world outside of this or…?" he said, as the door opened and showed Frank a surprising view.

It was an empty white space up until his eye could see. There was seemingly no end to the whiteness, but there was a floor either, if he were to put his legs outside, he would most likely fall into… nothingness.

"What is… This is… freaky" he muttered, as he quickly closed the door, without letting Ruby take a peek outside, she was a young monster after all and might end up doing a foolish act and fall to her death

"This is so strange… Did my powers just created this space out of nowhere to suit my needs of a place for Ruby?" Frank wondered, he was curious about the truth of his powers, and from where did it exactly acquired such power or energy to simply create a special space for him.

But then he remembered what Matsuo and his father had talked about, such as Ability Users being able to create Magic Domains, which were simply other spaces where they could live hidden from the civilians and showcase their powers and magic without having to worry about destroying surrounding properties.

"If those people can create such spaces… then perhaps my powers had done it for me in some way? Though I am not sure what is the logic behind it, I should ask Matsuo more about that if I want to know… For now, let us inspect that other door…" muttered Frank, as he walked towards a door to the other side of the room near the empty bookshelf.

Frank opened it to find a sudden change in the environment.

"What the?!"

A warm, almost burning wind entered the room as he felt his face slightly burn, Frank glanced at the room as he found a small cave made entirely out of dark-colored stone, possessing a large lava pool in the middle of the space, which constantly generated bubbles and a very warm environment, almost suffocating.

Ding!

[You have entered Ruby's Room!]

[While training with Ruby in here, her Skill proficiency will increase by x2]

"Wait, really? That simply? Ruby, come here!" said Frank, as he decided to simply go with the flow instead of constantly wondering what was everything, he was way too tired to even care anymore for the time being.

"Graawl! GRAA!"

Ruby ran towards Frank as she glanced at the enormous and spacious caves, her crimson eyes shining brightly in excitement.

"Graaoo! Grawl!"

Ruby enthusiastically jumped inside the room as she began to run around in circles, and then jumped over the lava pool as if nothing, swimming like a puppy.

"She can swim in lava… I never knew that she was capable of doing that… Well, in her original game the only thing we did with monsters is evolving them and fighting with them, so it's obvious I suppose…" muttered Frank.

Ruby seemed incredibly happy as she swam around in her lava pool, 'refreshing' herself on it.

Frank then wondered if the time going on in this space was any different than in other worlds.

Ding!

[The Time in the Monster Pet Nursery goes differently! One Hour in any other world would be 3 hours inside here! This time difference is so you can leave your pet's training inside!]

[You can increase such time difference as you Upgrade the Monster Pet Nursery!]

[Whenever you are inside the Monster Pet Nursery, the time in other worlds will go as previously stated (an hour in any of the other worlds is two days)]

"And how can I upgrade it?"

[…]

"Okay, I'll find out myself…" muttered Frank, as he inspected the white room and then sat down in the office room near an office table, seemingly being the place where he would do 'transactions' of some kind.

Ding!

[Monster Pet Nursery Status]

[Owner: Frank James

[Monster Pet Nursery Rank: 1

[App Points Needed for Upgrade: 1000 App Points.

[Monster Pet Rooms: 1

[Special Effects: None.

[Monster Pet Market: Locked.

[Monster Pet Item Market: Locked.

"Ah, it is quite the simple status… though I wonder why it even has one, to begin with… Well, the cost to upgrade it is quite high, I don't even have a hundred App Points yet, how do you expect me to gather one thousand…?" said Frank as he dismissed the status window.

Frank then glanced at the happy Ruby, the one he had just gotten into his life a few minutes ago, as he suddenly realized the big responsibility that was taking care of a little living being such as her.

This was not simply a game, although everything was very game-like… this was real life, and she was now a living being, just as people would take care of their pet… Although there were a lot of people that would barely take proper care of their dogs and cats, not even caring about their health and having them as decorations in their houses or backyards.

Frank never had pets before because he knew the large responsibility that was behind taking care of another living being, but out of the blue, he was now forced to do so, with Ruby.

"Is she hungry? I… Should go look for something for her to eat" said Frank, as he quickly teleported back to his home and went to the fridge, trying to find anything that an enormous lizard such as her could eat…

"There is… minced meat! But its frozen, ah, it will quickly melt whenever I put it in her room"

Quickly going back to the nursery, Frank glanced at Ruby who suddenly ran towards him.

"Grawl! Grawl!" she said as if a bit saddened.

"Hm? What is it? I just left for a few seconds- Ah, time goes in by x3 times in here, right? Perhaps I should be more cautious, were you afraid when I went away? Don't worry, Ruby, I bought you some food" said Frank, as he opened the plastic box of minced meat and let it slowly melt in the room with the natural eating, ruby glanced at the mush of meat with hunger as she immediately began to dig in.

Frank glanced with a mild smile as Ruby happily finished her meal, it was good enough to fill her belly.

"I wonder if you need to drink water, as you are a fire-type monster… Maybe?" said Frank, as he took out of his Inventory a few items he had stored inside, such as a large casserole, and then poured the water inside the bottles he had stored inside, which were up to ten.

Ruby indeed drank water, she was actually quite thirsty and finished the three liters of water in an instant.

"Grawl! Graawl!" she roared in happiness, waving her little scaled tail cutely. Frank could not help but pet her scaly head.

"Do you feel better now, Ruby? Now let's train a bit, I have to finish these Daily Quests before the 24 hours pass" said Frank.

"Grawl!"

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