"AAAAHHHH....BROOTHERRR...there’s a monster in the house," a shrill voice woke Reyansh up.

He stood up instinctively, and ran towards Vanya’s room, half-asleep.

"Where? What kind of monster?" Reyansh opened the room and asked, looking at Vanya.

"Kyuu....master?" Bob looked confused, sitting on the bed.

"A talking monster too...," Vanya remarked standing on the other side of bed.

Reyansh’s eyes finally opened, his body relaxed a little after seeing Bob.

"What are you doing here, Bob?" he asked.

"You can talk to the monster too, brother. Are you a beast tamer?" Now Vanya looked confused at the situation.

"Bob came to protect," the blood slime answered.

"Hah," Reyansh sat on the bed gesturing Vanya to sit too.

Watching his brother talk and sitting close to Bob, Vanya looked at Bob too, then slowly sat on the edge of the bed.

’Where are you, Lyri?’ Reyansh asked via thought communication.

’I am here boss, I was just watching this play out,’ Lyrielle appeared beside Reyansh, invisible to Vanya and Bob.

She sat on his shoulder like it was her throne, Reyansh didn’t mind.

After taking a deep breath and rubbing his hands over his face, he looked at Vanya.

"Vanya meet Bob," then looked at his creation, "Bob meet Vanya, my little sister."

Vanya looked at Bob then at her brother, "You are a beast tamer, aren’t you? But I have never heard about a red colored slime." She spoke, her early fear turning into curiosity.

"How does it look?" Reyansh asked.

Vanya observed Bob again, not out of fear but the oddity of it. The slightly transparent red body, the deep crimson core moving towards her then her brother, the little jiggles in its body whenever it moved.

"Kyuuu...master?" Bob was slightly confused at the situation.

"It does look a bit pleasing to the eyes, especially when it speaks," Vanya remarked as she moved a bit closer, Bob reciprocated the gesture.

"Okay, it’s name is Bob, it will be with you from now on as your protector," Reyansh declared.

"Hmm...okay...wait WHAT?" Vanya exclaimed at the end after processing her brother’s declaration.

"Okay, Bob, you will have to stay with her and keep her safe. Always remember my first command," Reyansh patted the slime as he spoke.

"Bob protect sister," the blood slime added in its thin voice.

"Don’t worry Bob is strong, in fact stronger than me at the moment," Reyansh replied as he looked at Vanya.

Just as Reyansh stood up to leave, Vanya spoke again, "Wait a moment, you can’t just after leave after springing a surprise on me like this, especially in the morning, explain." She complained.

Reyansh turned, a smile plastered on his face, "This was not a surprise. Today’s surprise is that I bought us a new home and we are moving there today, hurry up and get ready."

"Hein?" Vanya’s brows squinted.

"Wait...wait...you can’t just spring this on me, this is not fair," Vanya objected while her brain processed the information her brother relayed.

"This was a surprise, I didn’t say anything about being fair. But believe me you’ll love the new home." Reyansh smirked.

"Freshen up, let’s talk during breakfast and you both get to know each other," he added.

Reyansh left the room while Vanya fell on her bed and closed her eyes, thinking all this was just a weird dream maybe and she would woke up soon.

After a few seconds, she opened her eyes and turned only to notice Bob a bit closer. Her body flinched instinctively but she stopped herself.

She almost seem disappointed that this was no dream and her reality.

"What are you and what happened to my brother? I didn’t see it yesterday but today I felt like he is hiding something from me," she spoke as her finger moved towards Bob.

"Bob serve master by protecting sister," Bob responded.

Vanya’s finger poked at partially transparent body of Bob, in response, Bob extended a tentacle towards Vanya’s cheek.

Vanya giggled, "You are cute. But my brother is a hunter, he needs more protecting than I do."

"Master strong," Bob responded.

"You are intelligent, aren’t you? You can even understand me perfectly, I have learned in theory classes that their are monsters with high intelligence but you are the first one I ever met." She commented as she sat up again.

"But how do you know Bob that my brother is strong, he just awakened four days ago? How strong could he be?" she asked looking at Bob.

"Master created Bob, so Master strong," Bob answered.

"He created you?" Vanya looked at Bob questioningly.

Bob jiggled its body up and down, showing agreement.

’Just what kind of talent have you awaken brother? To be able to create something like this’ she thought her mind spinning, trying to think of possibilities.

"Kyuuu...sister?" Bob spoke snuggling close to her.

"Sister, huh?...haha...you really are something brother, to be able to create someone like Bob. But I am happy for you, even though I am feeling a bit disappointed that you are hiding something from me." She spoke as she patted Bob.

"Still, I am happy that you have gained power like this, the Strongest Hunter ever, my big brother." She smiled remembering her brother’s dream.

"Oh, that means he was serious about moving to a new home today," she stood up suddenly.

She looked at Bob then spoke, "Wait here Bob, I will go freshen up and get ready. I have to ask him, are we really moving to a new house out of nowhere?"

She stepped towards the bathroom when she saw Bob coming towards her, jumping small distance.

"Wait here, Bob," she spoke in a stern voice.

"Bob protect sister," Bob responded.

"Don’t worry, there is no one that can harm me in the bathroom. I am safe," she commented.

Bob looked at Vanya like it was trying to understand then a moment later, Bob made a nodding motion with its body, bouncing back.

"Smart Bob," Vanya remarked as she entered the bathroom.

Meanwhile, half an hour later, Reyansh stood in the kitchen, making Maggie for breakfast for himself and Vanya.

’So, boss have you decided what gate are we going today?’ Lyrielle spoke as she floated nearby.

’I have something in mind, a bit different than gates I cleared yet.’ He responded as he stirred the Maggie in frying pan.

The aroma of Maggie masala filled the air, Lyrielle looked captivated by the smell, Reyansh noticed her expression.

’Would you like to have breakfast too, miss manager?’ he questioned.

’Hmm...whatever you are making it smells and looks tasty. Can I also have a plate?’ she requested as she fidgeted with her hands.

’Sure, so what did you and Bob did after I fell asleep?’ he asked.

’Nothing much, Bob remained close to you most of the time then asked me about sister to protect.’

’Then I guided Bob to her, it slipped my mind, that she would be freaked if she suddenly saw a blood slime beside her on her bed.’ Lyrielle explained.

’Hmm...I created Bob but I still don’t understand the complexity behind the creation of blood puppet. What’s the reason behind its intelligence, human blood essence or higher rank and class monster essence?’ he asked while his own mind contemplated the answer.

’That question is a bit too niche for me to answer. What do you think?’ Lyrielle questioned back, unable to find the answer.

’I think Emperor-class and Saint and Sage-rank blood essence were largely responsible for its core rank and its basic intelligence but human blood gave it speech and language. At least this is what I understand, yet,’ he stated.

He turned off the knob for the gas as he finished making Maggie. Just as he pull the lid open, aroma richer and stronger than before filled entire room.

’Yeah, I definitely need a plate,’ Lyrielle remarked as she breathed in the rich smell.

’Haha...sure,’ Reyansh laughed as he prepared three plates.

Lyrielle took her plate and became invisible with it.

’This is really handy,’ he remarked.

Just as he took out two plates out of the kitchen, Vanya came out of her room with Bob bouncing behind her.

"Breakfast is ready, let’s eat then talk," Reyansh spoke as he put down the plates.

Vanya sat down slowly and took a spoonful of mildly hot Maggie, Reyansh also started eating.

"So, what kind of house are we talking about?" Vanya finally as she ate