She ran her fingertip across the grass sprite's mouth, and that tiny yellow dot looked so familiar.

It's egg waffles!

"It was you!" Cheng Huaijin's tone rose, his surprise outweighing his excitement at catching the thief.

"Grass!" The grass sprite's eyes lit up, and it opened its mouth to bite.

Cheng Huaijin couldn't dodge in time and her finger was bitten. Before she could even cry out in pain, a jolt of electricity shot through her fingertip. She and the grass spirit shuddered simultaneously, and the grass spirit emitted a white light, revealing a light green stripe on Cheng Huaijin's wrist.

Both the man and the beast were instantly stunned.

"Grass……"

I've been forced into a human contract...

"Holy crap... I've contracted a pet?"

"Grass."

Hello human, I'm hungry, give me food.

After the initial shock, the grass sprite calmly accepted the outcome.

After making a contract with the grass spirit, Cheng Huaijin was able to understand what the grass spirit said.

“Am I not an ordinary person?” Cheng Huaijin said to the grass spirit.

"Damn it, damn it."

How can an ordinary person make a contract with me? I'm hungry, I want to eat.

The grass spirit and Cheng Huaijin stared at each other, wide-eyed.

After a moment of stunned silence, Cheng Huaijin was overjoyed.

She's a beast tamer! She's contracted a beast! She's no ordinary person! She has a talent for beast taming!

There's always a way out! A new path opens up before you do! Good deeds are rewarded! I truly am the chosen one!

"Hahahaha!" Cheng Huaijin happily scooped up the grass sprite and jumped around several times while holding it up.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

Put me down quickly, I'm afraid of heights!

The grass sprite opened its eyes wide in terror.

Cheng Huaijin smiled and hugged the grass spirit tightly without saying a word.

"Damn, damn it."

Why are you so excited? I'm not some high-level pet, you know.

The grass spirit didn't quite understand this human. As a pet that had roamed human society since birth and witnessed many human interactions, the grass spirit knew its status in human society.

It was the lowest-ranking, most useless pet. Even if it ran into the hands of a beast tamer, the tamer wouldn't give it a second glance, and even the most greedy thief wouldn't bother to catch it. The fact that this human was so excited about forming a contract with it by accident probably means they'd never successfully formed a contract with any other pet before.

Well, it seems it's just a stepping stone for this human to reach the world of beast taming.

Thinking this, the grass spirit figured that the human would soon break off their contract and go on to contract another pet. Since that was the case, before being abandoned, it wanted a good meal!

"Damn it! Damn it!"

I want to eat! I'm hungry!

The leaves from the grass sprite's head gently patted the human's face, but a chill ran through them.

It knew exactly what it was. A touch like raindrops… This human, was crying?

The grass sprite raised its head and examined the human face.

This is the face of a human female cub, and it looks malnourished. If it were a grass sprite, it would definitely be a yellow-leaf grass sprite.

I never expected this human to share my plight.

"Grass."

The grass spirit felt sorry for humans, so it stretched out its leaves and gently wiped away their tears.

Cheng Huaijin never expected that she would cry.

She thought she had come to terms with not being able to become a beast tamer, but the tears welling up told her otherwise.

She didn't.

"You, you really want to become my pet?" Large tears slid down her cheeks uncontrollably.

Since regaining consciousness, beneath her feigned calm exterior, Cheng Huaijin was actually terrified. No matter how much she claimed to be indifferent, she couldn't deny her fear of this strange world. There were far too many things beyond her comprehension; she desperately wanted to go back.

She was afraid of being discovered to be a time traveler, afraid of being abandoned by the Cheng family and having nowhere to go, afraid of being unknowingly sold for money...

All these fears vanished with the contract with the grass spirit.

She is a beast tamer.

"Damn, damn it, damn it."

-As long as you can feed me, I'll be your pet.

The grass spirit thought about it and decided that it wouldn't hurt to be this human's pet for the time being, since cubs are generally kind. It could just break the contract once the human no longer needed it.

Cheng Huaijin pursed his lips: "Thank you, thank you! I will definitely treat you well! I will definitely make sure you have enough to eat!"

Cheng Huaijin held up her little finger: "Let's pinky swear!"

The grass spirit had seen humans do this before, and without waiting for Cheng Huaijin's explanation, it proactively extended a leaf.

A green leaf encircles the girl's little finger.

What the grass fairy didn't know was that they never separated after this contract.

Cheng Huaijin's path to becoming a Beast Tamer has only just begun.

The unknown world is full of dangers, but people must always look forward and move forward.

Let's go, don't look back.