The Puppy Snake's Quest for Love - Chapter 1

Chapter 1

At this moment, the System let out a sharp, ear-piercing screech.

[I’m only a year late! How on earth did you end up forming a contract with the Male Lead?!]

Male Lead?

I asked, a bit dazed, “Where is there a Male Lead?”

There was only me and my sweet little Puppy Snake here.

There wasn’t anyone else at all.

The System had a total meltdown: [It’s that snake! He is the Male Lead!!]

I followed the System’s prompt and looked over.

The Puppy Snake, who had been contracted to me for a year, opened its dark, glossy eyes innocently.

It let out a soft whimper and nudged its head closer.

As usual, it was begging for head pats.

I picked it up casually and asked the System in my mind, incredulous: “This is the Male Lead?”

The Puppy Snake stayed obediently in my grip, resting its head on the back of my hand and rubbing against it.

Its tail couldn’t help but wag rapidly.

The System’s screaming grew even louder: [My aloof, righteous Male Lead… how did he get trained into a dog?!]

As for the nickname “Puppy Snake,” it was because this snake’s personality was just too much like a dog’s.

When I first encountered it, it was covered in wounds, yet it still stared at me fiercely.

Back then, I had just transmigrated, and I’d had the misfortune of ending up as a Demoness who had committed countless evils.

She had slaughtered the innocent and eventually died unexpectedly after her cultivation went haywire and she suffered a qi deviation.

And so, I ended up in her body.

I was just starting to feel curious about the Cultivation World, but as it turned out, people would take a detour just to avoid me.

Though this beautiful Little Snake looked fierce, it was the only living creature willing to pay me any mind.

The motto for Spirit Beasts is: move fast or lose out!

So, I quickly scooped it up and took it home.

On the first day, it wouldn’t let me touch it at all.

On the second day, it reluctantly ate the food I fed it.

On the fifth day, it started lying by the door, watching expectantly for me to come home.

On the eighth day, it began to enjoy my head pats.

By the tenth day, it was already climbing onto the bed, burrowing into my collar to sleep pressed against my skin.

On the fifteenth day, I successfully formed a contract with it.

Over the past year, I had often felt happy that I’d managed to contract a Spirit Beast.

But now, the System’s words made my world completely collapse.

I still couldn’t believe it: “System, is it possible you’ve made a mistake?”

The System was adamant: [Impossible! How could I be wrong!]

[If you don’t believe me, there’s only one way to prove it.]

I asked, “What way?”

System: [As a Vicious Witch, your first task is to slap the Male Lead.]

[Now, slap this snake. If the task is marked as complete, doesn’t that prove he’s the Male Lead?]

While we were talking, the oblivious Puppy Snake had already wriggled out of my palm and was expertly burrowing into my neckline.

I pulled it out again and looked at it with a heavy expression.

“Fine, I’ll give it a try.”

With that, I reached out and gave its head a light pat.

After the slap, I was about to withdraw my hand, but the entire snake clung to me again, coiling around my wrist.

The notification for a successful task did not arrive.

I breathed a sigh of relief. “See? How could my Puppy Snake be the Male Lead?”

The System pondered for two seconds: [You hit him too lightly just now. That doesn’t count. Use more force.]

Left with no choice, I raised my hand again and gave the happily nuzzling Little Snake a hard slap.

The Puppy Snake swayed, seeing stars, and a hint of confusion and grievance seemed to surface in its pitch-black pupils.

I must have actually hurt it, because it silently curled itself into a ball, thinking it had done something wrong.

I hurriedly stroked its head gently to comfort it.

After three seconds of petting, it whimpered and flopped back onto my lap, its tail starting to wag again.

Immediately after, the System’s notification rang out:

[Ding! First task successful!]