Persuasion

During Trials, there are also quests that require you to capture monsters to complete them.

Taming doesn't become fully possible until somewhat later, but in any case, I'd caught various monsters through several Trials, and harpies were among them.

'Harpies are exceptionally docile even among monsters, so they're relatively easy to keep as companion monsters.'

Maybe that's why. They quickly became popular with the public, and thanks to that, I had plenty of opportunities to tame them while scraping by at the bottom to make money.

'Usually, you can tell when you first capture one whether it's the sort that can be persuaded.'

Creatures that can be persuaded by humans and grow accustomed to being handled have other emotions hidden beneath their hostility, such as curiosity and interest.

The curiosity the harpy showed earlier when Im Arin touched my cock was exactly that.

The problem was that a creature that would normally approach with curiosity after being captured was now trembling in terror.

'I suppose I can't blame it, since I killed so many of its kind right before its eyes.'

The timing was terrible, too. Those human hunter bastards had to pick now to cause trouble...