Chapter 83: Chester

"Do you like eating wood?" Yun Mu looked at the old Treasure Chest with some curiosity, not caring whether it could understand her or not.

"Gaba-gaba."

The old Treasure Chest shook its tongue vigorously; was that perhaps a sign of denial?

"This guy is quite smart."

Watching the Treasure Chest's movements, Yun Mu smiled and said.

It was true; if it weren't smart, would it know how to run away? And running away wasn't all—after its escape failed, this guy even knew how to spit out loot to surrender.

"How do I sign this contract?" She turned her head to look at Lucy and asked.

"Just sign below the parchment; any language will do."

"You can use some obscure languages to make the contract's encryption stronger, and languages rich in power, like Ancient Elvish, can strengthen the contract's stability," Lucy explained to her.

"Obscure, and also rich in power?"

Yun Mu rubbed her right thumb against her index finger, a bold idea budding in her heart.

"Any language is fine?"

"Not if you just make it up," Lucy warned quickly, thinking she was about to pull some wild stunt.

"It's not made up." Yun Mu rolled her eyes at Lucy, took the charcoal pencil she carried with her from her pocket, and wrote the two characters 'Yun Mu' in Chinese on the parchment.

In this world, what script could channel Supernatural power that was more obscure than Chinese?

Lucy looked at the Chinese characters she had written and was slightly stunned.

Concise and upright square characters; one look was enough to know Yun Mu hadn't just made them up.

But even racking her brains, Lucy couldn't think of where this script came from.

"There's no reaction."

After finishing signing her name, Yun Mu looked at the parchment, which hadn't changed in the slightest, and said.

"That Treasure Chest hasn't left its mark on the contract yet; just have it sign too," Lucy replied after coming back to her senses.

She paused, then added, "You can give it a name first; that will make the contract's directionality stronger."

"Encryption, stability, and directionality—what do all these mean?" Hearing Lucy pop out more terms, Yun Mu couldn't help but ask.

Actually, she could roughly understand what she was saying, but without a specific explanation, she was still a bit unclear.

"These..." Hearing her question, Lucy pondered for a moment and said, "Although I'd like to explain them in detail, if we were to explain these things seriously, it would take a whole day and still not be finished."

"I'll just briefly explain the function of encryption; as for stability and directionality, since you can guess their general meaning just from the names, I won't go into them."

"Encryption naturally refers to the complexity of the contract. For example, after you sign a contract with this Treasure Chest, as long as I capture it, I could find your location by hacking into the contract."

"Or I could change the name on the contract and replace the Treasure Chest's master with myself."

"Going a step further, I could even reverse the master-servant order of the contract and turn you into my servant from the Treasure Chest's side before you even realized it."

"Hiss, the risk is that high?"

"... Maybe I shouldn't sign this contract after all," Yun Mu couldn't help but gasp after hearing Lucy's words.

"Hehe, don't be afraid. Everything I mentioned are extreme cases; only those amateur, back-alley contracts have such problems." Seeing her expression, Lucy couldn't help but smile and say:

"This contract is directed toward the Goddess of Radiance Linfulei, and since it's written in Ancient Elvish, the encryption is guaranteed."

"Wait!" Yun Mu interrupted Lucy, asking with an incredulous look: "Who did you just say this contract is directed toward?"

"The Goddess of Radiance Lin—"

"No, this contract cannot be signed, absolutely not!"

Before Lucy could finish, Yun Mu immediately shouted: "The Goddess of Radiance is a load of crap; that guy is clearly..."

【【God of Greed and Lust — Linfulei lv??? (Myth)】 is watching you.】

"Is, is..."

Yun Mu's words instantly stuck in her throat.

Damn it, are you gods all this bored? Does the lady here have to be watched just for saying a couple of words?

"Is, is the best deity in the whole world!" She shouted loudly, her face flushed red.

"Are you okay?" Lucy looked at her with concern, not knowing why she was acting crazy for no reason.

【【God of Greed and Lust — Linfulei lv??? (Myth)】 thinks you are very interesting, favorability +1.】

【He has left, satisfied.】

"Phew."

Finally gone, Yun Mu let out a sigh of relief.

Better just sign the contract honestly.

Being noticed just by mentioning the name, this kind of deity shouldn't be a pushover; a contract directed at him should be quite reliable.

Besides, didn't she have several points of favorability with him? Compared to other deities she wasn't familiar with at all, this one and she could be considered to have met each other.

At least she had "charged" him once...

*Cough, cough*, Yun Mu's face turned red.

Better not think about that anymore.

"Hmm... Treasure Chest, can move, can stick out its tongue, then I'll call you Chester!" She forced herself to think about other things and said.

"Chester?" Lucy looked at the Treasure Chest lying on the ground sticking out its tongue, then looked at Yun Mu: "Does this name have any meaning?"

"Secret." Hearing Lucy's words, Yun Mu smiled mysteriously.

She couldn't very well say that Chester was an item from a game she played in her past life—a chest that could run, jump, hold things, and also stick out its tongue.

Isn't that exactly the same as this Treasure Chest?

"Fine, if you don't want to say, then forget it," Lucy said with an indifferent look.

She wasn't a very curious person; it was just a name, after all.

There are many meaningless names in this world; it is not the case that every name must necessarily have some meaning the moment it is given.

Lucy did not reply, so Yun Mu picked up a charcoal pencil and wrote the three characters "Chester" in Chinese on the parchment.

"And then?" she asked, looking at Lucy.

"Just have it place a seal underneath," the other party said, pointing to the blank space below the characters "Chester".

"A seal? What should it use to seal it, its tongue?" Yun Mu placed the parchment on the ground in front of the Treasure Chest monster, that is to say, Chester.

"Gaba gaba."

Chester's tongue wobbled, then reached toward the Bone-Severing Great Blade behind Yun Mu.

It used the blade of the Bone-Severing Great Blade to lightly cut a small wound on its tongue, then dripped the blood flowing from its tongue below the three characters "Chester".

"Boom!"

The parchment spontaneously combusted in mid-air and was quickly burned to ashes.

Yun Mu could clearly feel that something seemed to have appeared in her mind, connecting her to the Treasure Chest monster, that is to say, Chester.

From now on, she could vaguely perceive the meaning the other party wanted to express.

It would no longer be like before, where communication relied entirely on guessing and understanding depended entirely on intuition.

PS: Dang dang~

A loud noise in the sky, Xiaoqie makes a dazzling entrance!

(End of chapter)