It felt like hours for Diana and Sir knight, standing there waiting for the monster in front of them to react. Diana was worried that the monster wouldnt accept the conditions. Her parents had warned her to keep the contract fair, as most monsters that were intelligent would also be prideful and therefore be hard to win over. To make things even worse, there was the side effect of weakening her if the contract failed.

Sir knight was getting more and more stressed and one could almost see the sweat dripping out from the different holes in his armor. It took him so much self control just to not shit himself, his buttocks clutching hard to not let anything out. He was still holding the sword in his right hand. But he was wondering how he would be able fight with such a beast that he had never seen before.

But they both were dumbfounded when they saw that the monster actually touched the contract. The light from the contract burned up the contract and the embers from it split in two directions. One half floated towards Diana and the other floated towards the monster.

With Diana, it simply formed a bracelet around her arms. It was made out a fine golden material that wasnt quite gold. But it seemed that the golden ember had some trouble with Vita. It stayed around Vitas face, but it didnt take any shape yet. However, it did make Vita look even more noble than before. Sir knight looked to Diana to see if she knew anything, but she was just as confused as him.

It seemed that after a while, the golden ember kinda gave up and just stayed as a mist around Vitas mane. Vita shook the mane to check if there would be any problems, but it managed to keep up with every shake.

Ooooo, fancy. It would be annoying if it stayed around my face forever, but its nice to see that it decided to be around my neck and mane instead. And with my IQ that is higher than the weight of someones mother, I guess this is a pact of some kind. There are some things in mind of the type of pacts we are talking about. The likelyhood of it being a slave contract is low, because then these two could just have bought a slave. So it might be something like a pocket animals game, or like a gamble of actually getting what you want. I should follow the girl for now, considering that she is my boss now. But if I have to act as a parent any time in the future, I swear Im going to run away as fast as possible.

The monster leaned forwards with its face a few centimeters away from Dianas face. It was also now that Sir knight managed to get a proper look at Dianas new 'companion'. It was to his suprise to see that the monster actually had an exoskeleton similar the kind bugs have. He couldnt see it before because of all the stuff covering it, but now it was quite clear to him that he had even less of a chance of winning than before. Not only that, but it was much bigger than he thought it was.

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Diana ignored the scared Sir knight beside her and looked into Vitas eyes. At first she was happy, but she was supposed to feel a connection with the monster she bonded too. That was what her mother had told her, and her father before that. So the lack of anything from her new pet was dissappointing to say the least. She tried to find a place on its face to put her hand on, but with all of the eyes on its face, she decided to put her hand on its nose. It didnt flinch, it didnt even move its head to get rid of her hand. It simply sniffed once and let her keep her hand there.

It wasnt too big of a problem if she couldnt feel anything from it. It stood before her and she had her hand on it. She looked at Sir knight while thinking of a for her new friend. It didnt take her long to figure out a name. With her noble status and it already looking like a noble, she decided on the name she best belived would fit.

"King." She said as she looked back to its eyes.

"I shall call you King, do you like it?" The two stared at each other and before Sir knight got to say something about intelligence of wild animals, it shook its head. Diana pouted, but didnt take it to heart.

"Until you learn to speak, you can change your name. But for now your name will be King." She crossed her arms with confidence while nodding her head. Sir knight had seen this pose many times before and knew that she only did this when speaking as if she was the boss. Thinking about it, she is technically his boss. He could really do it with a strong drink when he got back.

Now that they had not only managed to get Diana a pet of sorts, they could finally go back home. Sir knight made sure to count up the corpses on the floor, but stopped at Jakob. He nearly vomited when he saw that the odd spear penetrating his head had pierced the large zit. The zits insides had spilled out, revealing a slight brownish-ish yellow color that had mixed together with the blood on the forest floor. He quickly kicked some dirt on it before moving to the horse. He wasnt sure if 'King' would carry or let Diana ride on it, so he had to make sure the horse was at least alive.

He walked up to the horse to look for any wounds. Seeing that it wasnt hurt, he jumped on and gave it a weak kick on the sides. Instead of moving, it turned its head to look at Sir knight and then towards King with clear fear in its eyes.

"It terrifies me too." Sir knight said softly as he rubbed its neck.