The final boss fell, and another purple loot chest appeared, along with a System Notification floating in the air.
{Dungeon Clear. Hidden Quest enabled.}
Everyone in the group saw the quest information pop up in their own interface at the same time.
{Group Quest: Find an appropriate home for the orphaned Spirit Bear. If successful, the chosen caretaker will receive a special class option. Group Members will be rewarded based on the suitability of the pairing.}
Remi hissed in pleasure. Surely, it would give them good things now. Perhaps specialty plants that Spirit Bears liked to eat?
She could use some new plants.
Karl opened the Tiny World now that the Dungeon was officially complete, and waved for Ophelia to join them as he grabbed Lotus and turned her to face the dungeon.
That was all he needed to do.
The moment that she saw the baby Spirit Bear, her eyes lit up with joy, and she leapt out of the Tiny World to grab and cuddle it.
The little bear laughed as it wrapped her in a hug and rolled around on the grass with the petite cleric. She was just the right size for hugs, an even better fit than the fox girl had been.
Ophelia joined them in the space and shook her head in dismay.
"You know you’re not getting that bear back, right?"
"We were kind of hoping that you were looking to adopt? I know it’s sudden. But that little girl needs a new home, and we’ve got a quest to find just the right placement." Karl explained.
Ophelia watched the pair playing in the grass, and slowly smiled. "I suppose that adoption is a good choice. Eventually, we can teach it how to transform into a humanoid as well. Then it will be able to join the hatchlings at school.
Or, it can start in bear form. They’re all in dragon form anyhow."
"Perfect. Now, we just need Lotus to actually read her System messages so that she can complete the binding, and we’re done."
Ophelia chuckled. "Give her five minutes, and she will start to slow down enough to notice what else is happening. She’s been busy making new barbecue recipes this morning and hasn’t gotten her daily dose of hatchling cuddles."
The Elders laughed at the Mythic Priestess. She had clearly just advanced to Mythic as well, they could feel the instability of her aura. But she seemed to be perfectly paired with the bear, so if nothing else went wrong, they should get their reward.
Sure enough, about five minutes later, Lotus noticed that she had a message.
"Permanently adopt the bear? FEE! Can we have a baby bear? I promise to take good care of her."
Ophelia gave her an indulgent pat on the head. "I already talked it over with Karl, and it’s fine. We will adopt this bear as our very own."
The little bear looked up at the large brown furred Werebear, and then rolled back onto its feet to sniff at her. She smelled safe, nearly the same as the little Priestess. That was a good sign.
Of course, part of that was just Lotus’ scent rubbed off on Ophelia, and the rest was that they used the same bath products.
But the little one wasn’t thinking of that.
{Quest Complete. Calculating suitability of the pairing.}
Lotus squealed with joy before going still as she entered the Class Change screen, and the System brought up its update.
{Suitability Calculated} 105 Percent

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