The Discarded Son's Skill Market
Chapter 42: Having to dress her (1)

Chapter 42: Having to dress her (1)

With the help of someone as strong as Martin, the hunt became more bearable, and this young but powerful mercenary was more than happy to help him and even teach him a few things. He did so with the greatest pleasure.

Thanks to that, the hunt turned out to be surprisingly manageable; Zaid was able, to some extent, to achieve his goal of facing powerful beasts in order to gauge his own strength. Before leveling up, his bare-handed strength was on par with that of a Level 8 beast.

According to Martin, if Zaid focuses from now on about learning martial arts well and improving his skills, he’ll be able to take on beasts up to ten levels higher than him until he reaches the peak of his Talent’s strength.

In this case, iron is strong enough up to around Ranges D and C, so from there on it would start to deteriorate unless he acquired a better talent.

However, being able to go head-to-head against beasts with 40 stat points while at Level 4 was an undeniable achievement. Thanks to that, his rise to Level 5 went smoothly.

And before the sun set on them...

[Congratulations, you’ve reached Level 6!]

As he walked back from the mercenary guild after having "completed" the mission, Zaid happily looked at his new level, but especially at his stats and ME.

[Stats Window]

| Strength: 40

| Agility: 31

| Vitality: 40

| Intelligence: 35

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With that strength and vitality, he was sure he would do well in these trials, whatever they might be. Thanks to his extraordinary instincts and perception, he no longer had to worry too much about being caught off guard by sudden attacks.

His agility was high enough to dodge most attacks from people below level 15. Best of all, he had a good amount of ME that he didn’t need to spend.

He could save a little in hopes of getting a good talent in the future.

[ME: 1,075]

’I’ll go for a C-rank!’ he exclaimed to himself.

When he returned to his room, he flopped down on the bed and fell fast asleep... He had some strange dreams. In them, a beautiful woman with cat ears was seducing him.

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"Enough already! I’ve been trying to call you for an hour—you’re going to be late for the test!" The door to the room rattled as Zaid’s roommate slammed it open.

Erick walked into the room, ready to throw a couple of books at his head, but he froze at the sight before him.

"U-u-un... Zaid Zachary, why didn’t you take me with you if you were going to a-a-a place like that?!" Erick let out a hysterical scream that immediately woke Zaid up.

Zaid immediately glanced at his cell phone next to him, but noticed that his alarm wasn’t set to go off for another 15 minutes. If there was still time, why was this jerk coming to wake him up?

Zaid turned his head and growled at Erick: "You bastard, I’m not an early riser like..."

Wham!

A book suddenly hit him on the head, and Erick tried to step forward to scold him, but he couldn’t.

Finally, Zaid—who had been about to yell back at him—froze at the sight of someone else moving.

"Master~ you’re finally awake." A tender, seductive voice came from his chest.

There, a beautiful woman with cat ears and a fully grown cat tail was staring at him with a soft chuckle. Apparently, she had been doing so for quite some time.

Her long black hair covered her body. She didn’t have a single hair of her cat-like form, so she appeared to be naked. Zaid could feel the warmth of her skin beneath the sheet...

The connection he felt with her told him who she was: that black cat he had recently acquired.

She finally decided to reveal herself.

But what a moment she chose...!

"Y-y-y-you bastard! If you were going to a place like that, why didn’t you take me with you?" Erick roared angrily, before storming out of the room so he wouldn’t have to watch any longer. He was really angry—so much so that he ended up slamming something against the door. "And hurry up—you’re going to be late!"

His footsteps echoed on the floor as he walked away.

Perched on his chest, the cat frowned at all the shouting. Her little ears, which looked like they were from a cosplay costume, twitched frantically.

"Who’s that annoying guy, master? Should I kill him?" she asked. Her claws glinted in the dim light streaming through the window.

Zaid wanted to explain it to Erick, but what was there to explain?

He was with a naked woman, on top of him, in his bed, after arriving in the early morning!

Indeed... there was nothing to explain.

"First... do you want to get off?" Zaid tried to speak to her somehow, hoping she’d listen to him.

She turned her head, looking slightly confused.

"I want to get up."

She finally understood. The cat made a swift move and leaped from the bed to the floor, landing on all fours before standing up.

Zaid stood frozen, staring at the beauty unfolding before his eyes.

"Get dressed!" he roared immediately, tossing something at her from his ring. Yet he didn’t blink or look away even once.

She picked up the clothes and looked at them with some confusion.

"What is this?" she asked.

"What do you mean, what is it? Clothes, of course!"

She turned her head in confusion once again.

’Don’t tell me that...’ Zaid remembered that she wasn’t a cosplayer.

She’s a cat!

Sure enough, she doesn’t know what clothes are!

Zaid sighed. Suddenly, he remembered the dream he’d had. ’I’m sure she was wearing clothes in it. And she tried to seduce me... Sigh. Just a dream, I guess.’

Zaid approached her and began to show her how to put on her clothes.

"No, your hand goes here!"

"Don’t bite!"

"What the hell are you doing?!"

"Your leg...!"

Trying to act like a gentleman, he did his best not to look at her. But this woman was so absurdly beautiful that not stealing a couple of glances was as difficult as climbing the highest mountain.

’Be strong... after all, you were the one who wanted a weird pet.’ He held his ground and didn’t look. He could feast his eyes on her beautiful figure, but looking at her private parts was out of the question.

No!

While he was focused on helping her get dressed, the cat’s tail was twitching strangely. It would tense up from time to time, as if she were angry... or aroused.

Her eyes sparkled at his touch, and his scoldings were... strangely pleasurable for her.

Zaid didn’t notice, but she had a strange smile on her face.