When the soldiers were busy opening their packing to hang up tents, Yun Xi decided to get deeper inside the dungeon to take a look around.
But Jun Shang picked her up by the collar as he threatened her, "Where do you think you are, walking around fearlessly? If a giant beast came out and chased after you, I won't help you to get rid of that."
"Meow!"
Yun Xi gave him an immediate response as she rubbed her body on his hand, acting cute.
Jun Shang put her on top of a big stone with enough height for her so that she won't run around, then turned around and started his work again.
'Hmph! Do you think I'm some three years old child who will listen to your old ghost stories and shiver in fear? Just you wait, this old lady will show you what beast hunting means!'
Although Jun Shang wasn't able to hear what the cat was thinking inside her mind, he felt a slight chill on his back for no reason.
'Looks like the kitten is bad mouthing me again. Fine, I'll take care of you once we get out of here.'
Jun Shang sent a glare at the kitty, who was acting cute as it tilted its head to the side.
Ackkk!
'Really, she has a way to make me feel such a guilty conscience!'
Jun Shang was struck down with her cuteness in one go as he couldn't bear to scold her, so he shook his head and immersed himself in work.
'Oi! This is my chance!'
Yun Xi was looking for an opportunity to slip away while he wasn't looking, and right now was the best chance.
'You don't need to come looking for me, I'll come back to you myself after I'm done stealing some goods!'
She jumped down silently and gracefully behind the stone as she looked if anyone was staring at her way.
After making sure no one was watching, Yun Xi started to walk behind the stones silently as she ventured inside the cave.
"System, show me my current status." Yun Xi asked as she continued walking.
The cave wasn't actually dark as she imagined. Because the bright mana stones that were in a row on both sides of the road made the cave shine brightly.
As if she was walking on a busy city road full of neon lights and banners.
[Status Window :
[Name : Yun Xi
Race : Demon
Species : Kitten (Evolution criteria is in process)
Grade : 3
Class : Demonic Beast
Level : 1
Cultivation Technique : None
Martial Arts : None
Divine Ability : None
Legend : None
Title : None
Stats ~
HP : 20/20
MP : 144/300
STR : 2
VIT : 10
INT : 30
AGI : 7
DEX : 15
DEF : 10
Toughness : 4
Skills : Bite Lv. 3, Scratch Lv. 4, Hide Lv. 6, Kick Lv. 5
Skills (Human form) : ???
Stats Point : 0
Skill Point : 0]
Yun Xi felt embarrassed once again looking at her status bar, but there is no way she is going to make a fuss about it.
Not when she clearly knew that the damned system was going to mock her!
"Well, I don't think I can fight such big monsters with this small body, can I?"
"I want my human form back now!" Yun Xi demanded the system for exchange.
[I apologize, Host. But as the system rules, you can't get back your body without enough stat points.]
'This damn!'
"Is there no way to temporarily get the form back?" There was no point in arguing and wasting breath over something she couldn't get.
So Yun Xi tried to bargain with a business smile blooming on her face.
[... …]
"If you don't say anything, I'll take it as a yes. Then that means you have a way to do that, right?" Yun Xi looked at the screen in front of her with sparkling eyes as she grinned.
[... Well, I can actually make that happen. But there is a condition for that.]
"Hmm, tell me what it is?"
[You can use your human form for exactly one hour. No more than that.]
One hour, it was actually not that bad considering her state right now.
Especially when she can freely walk around and slaughter some monsters to gain her points.
"Fine, let me transform. I'm alright with this time shortage for now." Yun Xi didn't become greedy for a immediate success as she agreed.
[Transformation Processing 1%… ]
A bright white light engulfed her body as she closed her eyes.
Yun Xi felt the slight transformations within her body, but it wasn't painful as she imagined.
[Transformation Complete.]
Yun Xi opened her eyes, but there was a nervousness within her as she felt afraid to see herself.
'Did I really turn back to a human? Or did I turn into a half human with cat characteristics?'
This is usually what happens in the novels that she read back then, the people who turn into animals have their ears, eyes and a tail after they turn back to their human form.
But Yun Xi couldn't feel the usual another steak of meat behind, the tail that was attached on her butt even a few seconds ago, she couldn't feel it anymore.
She forced herself to open one of her eyes as she took a sneak peek at her hand, but to her surprise, there was no cat fur on her hand to be seen.
This time, she opened both her eyes as she quickly checked her body, but there was no existence of a cat on her body, not a single fur could be seen.
She was able to turn into a complete human!
Yun Xi wanted to cry tears of happiness, but she forced back her emotions when she looked up at the screen over her head.
[Remaining Time : 00: 59: 29]
"Well, I know that I'm a time limited extra, but that doesn't mean I have to walk around naked like this, do I?" Yun Xi shouted with annoyance as she cursed the system inside her mind.