Columbus, Again

"I see". Linda nodded slightly. "Could you take me out of the contracted space, it's quite disturbing staying here by myself". Linda said.

Hori looked at her warily. Surely she couldn't be thinking about attacking him. He wasn't lying when he said that their lives were connected, but if the stupid dragon didn't believe him then he would most certainly die. He wasn't willing to take that risk.

"I'm not going that attack you if that's what you're worried about". Linda said, as if she read Hori's mind. "I value my life too much to throw it away like that".

Hori looked at Linda skeptically and decided to believe her words of reassurance.

System! I'd like to exit the contract slave with my soul pet!

Hori called out to the system in his mind. He couldn't risk using actual words to call the system in front of Linda. At that moment, he realized how difficult it would be for him to interact with the system in the future.