As Nile was handing the healing lollipop towards her, an Error message suddenly appeared inside his head.

[Error!

Items that came from the System could not be used other than the Host or the Host's pets.]

Nile suddenly felt embarrassed all of a sudden. He slowly retracted his hand as he didn't know what to do. On one hand, he really wanted to help his 'former' lover, and on the other hand, he could not do it because of the System's restriction.

"Errr! I'll give this to you in a second!" He stated as he intercepted the incoming zombie.

Jellan was bewildered by the sudden shift of attitude but she could do nothing about it other than to wait.

A series of collisions occurred but unlike before, the zombie was already moving rather slow. It was due to its countless wounds on its ligaments that Nile has purposely struck.

Boom!

Nile forced the zombie to retreat a couple of meters after hitting its mutated hand with his spear. Although the zombie had already weakened, killing it was still not easy.

Rather than rushing things, Nile decided to slowly dwindle its life away.

After a quick break, Nile hopped towards Jellan again. She was already struggling with her breathing. Even though she is already a level two human being, sustaining that kind of wound was still fatal. It could be healed using apocalypse gels, but the process would still be quite long and who knows how many gels they need to heal her completely

Not to mention, Nile did not even have a single gel on himself right now as the System would always collect it for him.

The only solution that Nile could think of right now was still the same. The Healing Lollipop from the System.

However, to give it to her, she needs to become his 'pet' first.

"Are you alright?" He asked a question that the answer should already be obvious if one observed Jellan's situation clearly.

Nevertheless, Jellam still replied to him without saying anything, "Barely!"

"Are you gonna give that to me or not?" She added while pointing at the healing lollipop on his hands.

"Errr! I can give this to you, but…"

"But?"

"This Healing Lollipop had also mutated, and before I could give it to you, you first needed to become loyal and bound to me only." Nile stated.

"Sigh! In short, you will become what they called a slave." He added.

"Huh? Cough! There's something like that? Cough! The world has really become such a chaotic place." Jellan released a deep sigh as she coughed some blood due to the internal damage that she got earlier.

"If I become your 'slave', will you manipulate my mind, like the ones they did in the movies?" She asked curiously.

The zombie appeared again and as usual, Nile managed to bring it away before coming back towards Jellan.

"Uhm nope! You only need to be extremely loyal to me, remember the mutated animals from before? We are actually in the same situation." Nile answered as he thought of the three mutated animals that had fled the scene since a while ago.

He already asked the System earlier, he confirmed that he could really contract humans as his pets. Although he had already kind of guessed it after reading the earrings of loyalty's description, confirming it firsthand still put a shock on Nile's mind.

"Alright then, I agree! How do I become one of your 'slaves'?" Jellan finally asked after mulling it over.

"Huh? You really agree?" Nile was bewildered as he did not expect Jellan to agree. After all, it was a 'slave', and no one wants to become one.

He even think of multiple lines just to convince her just so that he could give her the healing potion.

"Cough!* It doesn't matter anyway. Cough!* of all the people, you should already know how loyal I am to you!" Jellan mumbled with a tinge of red blush on her dirty cheeks.

Nile heard her clearly and he did not know what to say anymore. From the memory of the previous Nile, he could really tell how madly in love Jellan was for him at that time.

However, he was also not very sure about the details as it seems that his memory about those incidents is very limited. It's as if a chunk of that piece if memory was taken out.

Nile finally nodded his head after hearing Jellan's decision. Nevertheless, he already warned her what it meant to be his 'pet' or slave.

And so, he bought earrings of loyalty from the System store and handed it to Jellan. Of course, he acted as he took it out from the pockets, and not something like that came out of nowhere.

"This thing is called, Earrings of Loyalty. As what its name implies, it demands the loyalty of the wearer towards the owner of the item. I must warn you though, you should think about it carefully as you won't be able to peel it off once you wear it." Nile offered the earrings of loyalty towards Jellan, waiting for her to accept it, or reject it at the last moment.

"Cough!* Are you sure that thing could heal me?" She asked to confirm it one more time.

When she saw Nile nodded his head enthusiastically, she did not hesitate anymore as she reached out her hand towards the earrings of loyalty.

Although it was called an earring, it actually looks more like a ring rather than the earring.

And upon seeing its shape, Jellan suddenly has an idea.

'Is this a marriage proposal? So that's why I could not betray him after I accepted it huh..." Jalan thought. Her heartbeat increased all of a sudden after realizing that 'fact'.

After all, who won't feel excited if the love of your life, who disappeared for years, suddenly came back at the right moment, saving you from distress and then finally proposing in a 'unique' manner at that. Only her body and mind became level two, the beat of her heart was still the same as before, longing for Nile.

Jellan felt butterflies all over her stomach.

The red blush on her face became apparent, as she finally said while extending her left hand gracefully,

"C-can you please put it to me?"