Wrong? He felt that his current state was extremely good. Extremely great.
Not that kind of floating sensation. Otherwise, Asher himself would feel something, more or less.
That was a kind of indescribable... uh...
How should it be described?
Full of vigor and energy.
The brain was especially clear-headed.
All difficulties, at this moment before Asher, were not even worth mentioning.
That kind of easily solvable thing.
Making nutrient fluid? That was also an easily solvable matter.
Asher, who had failed more than once in this matter in the past, was now very confident about it.
Beside him, World Tree Lily and Angel: "….."
What on earth was all this about. The two pet beasts wanted to cry but had no tears.
What else could they do?
Asher was their beast tamer, so they could only spoil Asher.
'Sigh, just let it be.'
———
And so... When he woke up the next day, Asher sat cross-legged on the bed, the expression on his face looked especially grave.
Little Raven, Cat-Worm, Little White Snake were circling around Asher. World Tree Lily and Angel were also floating outside.
Little Jellyfish's long tentacles directly wrapped around more than half the room's area.
Asher supported his chin with both hands, the expression on his face looked especially sorrowful.
"…So what on earth happened yesterday?"
"Could it be that I really got drunk?", Saying this, even Asher himself felt a bit unbelievable.
No? What about the nutrient fluid?
Why could that thing get someone drunk.
Wasn't there something strange about this?
Thinking of this, Asher shook his head.
Shouldn't be drunkenness.
Because Asher remembered very clearly what happened afterwards yesterday, with no sign of forgetting at all.
If he were drunk… Asher had drunk alcohol before. He wasn't someone who blacks out just from drinking, but the continuity of memory definitely wouldn't reach this level.
So there must be another reason behind this.
Asher's gaze fell onto World Tree Lily.
World Tree Lily, being stared at again: "..."
But what could World Tree Lily do?
Even wanting to explain, it didn't know where to start.
Moreover, logically speaking, it should indeed be the one who understood the situation the most clearly.
World Tree Lily twitched its non-existent nose.
["Hmm…"]
World Tree Lily pondered.
World Tree Lily was thinking.
["Probably, should be, maybe, possibly... because you got drunk on energy?"]
World Tree Lily held it in for a long time, and finally said very uncertainly.
Asher: "???"
Question marks queued above his head.
Just short of being materialized.
'What does it mean to… get drunk on energy?'
Asher hadn't even opened his mouth yet.
World Tree Lily seemed to have convinced itself first.
Shaking its little branch, it spoke in a tone that said "that's exactly it."
["Right! That must be it!"]
["Kiddo, you got drunk on energy!"]
Asher: "..."
Really wanted to retort, but didn't know where to start for the moment.
Kiddo and stuff…
"Explain it in detail," Asher decided to ignore the term of address.
As long as he didn't hear it, he could pretend it didn't exist.
World Tree Lily didn't notice Asher's distaste for that term, its tone carried a bit of joy from finally figuring things out.
["Let me think of how to explain it in a way you can understand…"]
["It's like… as my… this one's direct bloodline, you should have been born within this one's world, where all kinds of energy needed for your growth are abundant."]
["The moment you were born, your body would automatically absorb that energy."]
["But for some unknown reason, this one didn't know of your existence."]
["Likewise, at the time of your birth, you also didn't come into contact with that energy, and your body gradually inclined more toward being human, and you couldn't absorb external energy through the air and transform it into your body."]
["Equivalent to you having lived in a vacuum environment for these past ten or twenty years."]
Hearing this, Asher frowned slightly.
Seemed to understand. But also seemed a bit unclear?
Something was still missing.
World Tree Lily then continued.
["Until you drank the nutrient fluid yesterday."]
["Losing the ability to absorb energy from the outside doesn't mean you don't need to replenish energy."]
["You, who had been living in a vacuum environment all this time, suddenly came into contact with the energy your body needed, urgently needed, absolutely needed, and immediately fell into a state of frenzied absorption."]
["But your body hadn't fully adapted yet, which caused a kind of illusion of being "drunk on energy"."]
["In reality, it was just your body's first time encountering necessary energy, abundant energy, resulting in an adaptation process."]
Asher nodded.
Got it. This time he finally understood.
"This really is…"
Understanding was one thing, but after thinking about it carefully, Asher still felt a kind of indescribable headache.
Before this, he had always thought. Maybe World Tree Lily got it wrong?
But now it seemed. Not only had he accepted World Tree Lily's inherited memories, but his body also got "drunk on energy."
To say that he and World Tree Lily had no connection at all…
Without anyone else saying it, Asher himself would be the first to disbelieve it.
This didn't just look like they had a connection.
It seemed the connection was quite significant.
Asher rubbed his forehead a bit wearily.
There was no discomfort after the "energy drunkenness"; instead, he even felt like he had slept better and was more refreshed and clear-headed.
Fortunately, Asher wasn't someone who liked to split hairs.
Mainly because there was no need to.
Whether he was a pure human, or had some bloodline connection to some extraordinary being, was that important?
No. At least to him now, it wasn't important at all.
"Time to get up."
Asher perked up, and the whole person looked exceptionally spirited.
"The nutrient fluid configuration was a great success."
"But this thing…", Asher touched his chin. From the inherited memories, it didn't seem suitable to drink every day.
But it wasn't that bad either. Once every three days. Looks like he really had to grind his proficiency up.
"Then next is the training for you guys," Asher smiled and turned his gaze back to the pet beasts.
Little Raven stood tall and proud.
Cat-Worm, Little White Snake, and Little Jellyfish, for some reason, instinctively felt a chill down their backs.
Eeek—
Felt like they were being targeted by something.
'Scary!'
'Really scary.'
Asher smiled.
How could it be said that they were being targeted?
This was the most noble affection of a beast tamer toward his own pet beasts.
———
Although it is said closed-door training, but Asher did not really turn a deaf ear to things outside the window and focus only on pet beast training.
Previously it was because of unfamiliarity with configuring nutrient solution, Asher had devoted himself wholeheartedly to the task at hand.
But now it was different. In addition to training, Asher had much more time. Flipping through the phone. Handling some trivial work. Checking news from the outside world.
Then Asher found that he received a message from Vicky.
Asher touched his nose. Almost forgot to reply to his good brother.
This couldn't be entirely blamed on him. There was a reason, wasn't there?
While thinking, Asher didn't delay at all, quickly tapped open the message sent by Vicky.
Immediately after, Asher subconsciously furrowed his brows.
'Hmm?'
Thinking it over, Asher glanced at the time. Saturday, not during class time, not a big issue.
Directly made a video call.
Three seconds.
Vicky was so fast as if always guarding in front of the phone, swiftly connected to the call from Asher.
"You're back for nothing again?", Asher saw Vicky, subconsciously said.
Vicky who just opened his mouth but hadn't had time to speak: "..."
Vicky chuckled.
["Yeah!"]
["Back for nothing."]
["You finally have time today,"] While saying this, Vicky excitedly waved hands and feet and said, ["You know, before I didn't dare call you at all, afraid of accidentally delaying you."]
["Didn't expect you'd call me."]
Seeing that Vicky's attitude toward him hadn't changed much, Asher couldn't help but also chuckle.
"The last stage's target is completed, taking a temporary rest."
"Just happened to see your message to me, I thought texting can't explain clearly, so I called you directly."
Since the topic came up, Asher also looked somewhat troubled.
"What were you thinking joining the Small National Cup?"
Small National Cup.
Youth Beast Tamer National League Cup.
Because it corresponds to the National Beast Tamer Tournament to some extent, only the age of participants is capped at 30.
Different from the National Beast Tamer Tournament open to all beast tamers, it's called the Small National Cup.
But generally speaking, as long as a beast tamer has contracted six pet beasts, they would decisively join the national tournament.
Don't ask. Ask and the answer is joining the Small National Cup is too embarrassing.
["Hey,"] Vicky didn't feel his decision had any problem at all.
Is there a problem? Absolutely not.
Isn't this quite a good choice and decision.
["You can join the national tournament, isn't it okay if I join the Small National Cup?"], Vicky shrugged and said.
["Although compared to the national tournament, the gold content of the Small National Cup is indeed much lower."]
["But at least it's held once every six years."]
["Hard to come by, can't just miss it, right?"]
["Even if it's just going for a soy sauce one-day tour."]
["Joining this time, I can also accumulate a bit of experience for next time,"] As he spoke, Vicky paused.
["Of course."]
["If I can directly join the national tournament next time that would be even better."]
["With this experience, it's worth it."]
Experience is very important!
Hearing this, Asher was a bit speechless.
Though, however... After listening to Vicky's explanation, from every perspective, it really did seem like a fairly good decision?
Compared to the national tournament held every four years.
The once-every-six-years Small National Cup is also hard to wait for.
Really miss this time, the next would be six years later. As long as the conditions and standards are met, who would want to wait that long?
Anyway, Asher didn't want to wait.
Naturally, Vicky also didn't want to wait.
"Then the pet beasts you've contracted now…", What Asher was more concerned about was this.
Vicky seemed to have only two pet beasts?
["Two."]
["Is a bit few, but the Small National Cup is at the end of next year, even later than the national tournament."]
["If I can be a bit faster, maybe I can gather three pet beasts by then?"]
Vicky counted seriously on his fingers.
Trust him. He really had thought about it.
Not just saying it on a whim.
Asher: "..."
Alright then. Asher sized up Vicky up and down, still had that bit of trust.
["Hehehe!"], While saying this, Vicky showed a seemingly shy smile to Asher.
Asher felt a chill down his back.
He had a premonition.
Sure enough, the next second Asher heard Vicky say, ["See if you're free recently?"]
["Brother has something and wants your help."]
Asher: "?"
"What is it."
Asher didn't immediately refuse, nor did he immediately agree.
Vicky didn't think it was an issue.
Asher's time is tight, normal normal.
He quickly explained, ["It's like this, my third contract slot is about to open, and I want to try and see if I can hunt a suitable beast."]
Vicky's family being rich was one thing.
Back then when buying the dragon lizard, already bled dry.
Wanting to spend a big sum again in a short time… a bit difficult.
But too weak beasts, with Vicky's current vision, he really couldn't look at them.
So Vicky was thinking. Best to freeload a strong one. Then could only go to the forbidden land to hunt.
Beast egg is best. If really not possible, wild beasts would do, just would need more effort to tame.
Asher touched his chin, "Mm... not really interested."
While speaking, Asher nodded.
All brothers, nothing that can't be said directly.
About going to the forbidden land, Asher indeed lost interest quite early on.
At this time, Asher's phone sounded a "ding-dong".
Asher froze for a moment.
'Hm? New message?'
"You wait a bit," Asher made a pause gesture to Vicky, took out the phone and looked, a surprised expression appeared on his face.
'This is…'
"Professor Jorge?"
Professor Jorge Docks.
Asher still had quite an impression.
Mainly because Asher had a strong impression of the Noise Flower and Nightmare Flower.
Asher recalled a bit, 'Since the last meeting with Professor Jorge, it's been almost a year right?'
[Professor Jorge: Professor Asher, Huahua is back.]
[Professor Jorge: I want to invite you to come and take a look here, not sure if... ]
Professor Jorge's interface kept showing typing.
Obviously, Professor Jorge wasn't sure how to say the next part well.
After all, normally speaking, no matter what, there wouldn't be such long after-sale time right?
[Asher: I'm free, Thousand Springs City Forbidden Land, right?]
Asher's fingers quickly tapped a few times on the screen, a message was sent out.
Over there, Professor Jorge: "!!!"
[Professor Jorge: Yes yes yes! Thousand Springs City!]
Thinking a bit, Asher sent another message.
[Asher: Can I bring someone else over together?]
[Professor Jorge: Of course! No problem.]
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