Chapter 36: Getting Better, Cooldown Ended

The spatial power within the Spirit Cage Ring naturally traveled along Adrian's pinky into his spiritual world. Adrian slightly controlled a thread of spiritual power and completed the binding with it.

After that, everything flowed smoothly. He easily put his backpack inside and immediately felt much more at ease.

Once the soul binding was complete, this kind of [Tamer Gear] could not be used by others unless the owner actively removed the soul imprint.

"Thank you again, Uncle Howard!" Adrian cupped his hands in thanks, his face full of smiles.

"Then you two keep chatting. I have other things to discuss next." Howard stood up, patted Fortune, and recalled it into the beast space. "School is about to start. You will still be classmates. Adrian, I'll trouble you to look after Julian from now on."

He stood up and left quickly. His whole state was much improved compared to when he had first arrived.

"Adrian, to be honest, this is the first time my father brought me out for a business discussion. I asked him to." Once Howard left, Julian relaxed a lot. "I found that during your conversation with my father, I couldn't understand most of it."

"Although I didn't understand, I could feel his joy. I've almost never felt that emotion from him. Thank you."

"Julian, your father must be very strict with you, right?" Adrian asked.

Julian nodded.

"But he definitely loves you very much too," Adrian said with a smile.

"All right, let's not talk about that. I also want to thank you for speaking up for me several times, and for telling me Fortune's story." Adrian picked up his chopsticks. "I'm hungry again. Let's finish the rest of the food."

"Mm." Julian thought for a moment, then suddenly took out a set of test papers, his eyes shining. "My dad is gone, so I can finally ask you questions!"

"These past few days I studied some general knowledge exam questions for the college entrance exam in advance. There are many I don't understand. Can you explain them to me?"

Adrian was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

This was Julian—someone who could pour ninety-nine percent of his energy into studying.

Adrian had originally wanted to tell him to learn to balance work and rest, like reading novels. But thinking of Leo, who got addicted at the first touch, he decided against it.

After all, they were still high school students. Better to study hard.

But for some reason, he also felt a little envious of Julian's pure state.

One hour later.

"Adrian, you're amazing!" Julian's eyes shone. "If you took the college entrance exam this year, you might even get a perfect score on the general knowledge subject."

"The college entrance exam isn't just about knowledge. It's more about beasts, and the rapport and coordination between the tamer and the beast." Adrian smiled. "School starts the day after tomorrow. See you in class!"

"Mm!"

Forty-five minutes later.

Adrian returned to Vale's Beast Feed.

He also felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his heart.

This was the first time he had negotiated for the future of this small shop.

It was also the first time in two lifetimes that he had experienced this.

Compared to studying and research, he felt this was much harder.

The initial background research, yesterday's learning and discussion with Hugh, today's face-to-face "clash"—all of it was very new to him.

It also added a lot of experience.

"Adrian, you're back!" Arthur Boone was checking the accounts, smiling happily. "Business was good again today."

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"And Roxy, I don't know what's gotten into her these past two days. Her efficiency has increased so much. She was already several times faster than this old man, and today was even more incredible. I barely did anything, and she had it all done."

"She even found time to weave wreaths and do handicrafts. Adrian, do you think we should sell these wreaths as goods?"

Arthur smiled, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes spreading to his graying temples, but his spirit looked especially good.

"Grandpa Arthur, you decide. You know this area better than I do." Seeing Arthur so clearly relaxed, Adrian's mood improved too. "By the way, the Spirit Dew Violet produces after evolving—I closed a good deal today."

"Next week, our shop will have five new graded products, stocked from Yellow Crane Tower Shop. We need to plan the shop layout in the next two days."

"What? Five graded products?" Arthur immediately stood up from his chair. "Adrian, how did you do that?"

He had thought Adrian had just gone out to study with classmates like the past few days.

He had not expected the boy to silently make arrangements and plans for the beast feed shop.

"Grandpa Arthur, I was also lucky. Spirit Dew is now an Exceptional-quality product. It can bring us quite a bit of profit. Our Vale's Beast Feed is about to become a Two-Star Beast Feed Shop."

"With more graded products, there may be more customers next. Fortunately, Roxy's condition has improved recently. Otherwise, you would be even busier, Grandpa Arthur."

"I'm not busy, not busy at all!" Arthur's smile never stopped. "Today Roxy did all the work. I was complaining I had nothing to do. Having work is good! Having work is good!"

Adrian looked at Arthur, whose face was red from smiling, and felt his efforts these past few days had not been wasted.

Moreover, Roxy's improvement was even greater than he had imagined. If that was the case, even if the beast feed shop got busier, they could still handle it.

"Grandpa Arthur, I had some good food while negotiating today. I specially ordered some dishes for you to try." Adrian took several lunch boxes directly out of the Spirit Cage Ring. "A while ago, because the Awakening Ceremony was approaching, you did a lot of extra work and cooked for me every day. You really worked hard."

Arthur watched Adrian magically hand him the food and rubbed his eyes.

Becoming a beast tamer really was different!

"Thank you, Adrian!" Arthur did not refuse. It was evening, and he really was hungry.

"Then I'll go upstairs and do some preparation before school starts!"

"Go ahead, go ahead. Remember to rest!"

After Adrian left, Arthur walked to a small table and opened the four lunch boxes.

"The food bought from restaurants outside really looks good." He muttered softly, picked up his chopsticks, and took a bite of a plump piece of pork belly. After chewing a few times, his eyes lit up. "And it tastes amazing!"

Not only that, afterward he felt his body seem to warm up. He had not been very tired today, and now he was even more energized.

What he did not know was that this was graded food Adrian had specially ordered for him. It had a nourishing effect on the body. Anyway, it was billed to Yellow Crane Tower Restaurant, so Adrian had ordered without much restraint.

Just the food in those four lunch boxes cost eight or nine thousand crowns.

But Adrian would definitely not tell Arthur, otherwise he would not eat a single bite.

"Roxy, stop weaving wreaths for now. Come eat some too." Arthur called out. "Such good food, I'm an old bachelor. I can't finish it alone."

In the past, Roxy probably would not have come. She would only immerse herself in her own work rhythm and world.

Now it was different. After two consecutive days of treatment, she had completely controlled her own rhythm.

She bounced over to Arthur, took a bite of meat, and little stars appeared in her eyes.

Such delicious food—this was the second time in two days she had eaten it. Last night, her young master had also brought back a lot of good food for them.

Their Vale's Beast Feed really was getting better, just as her young master said!

The next day.

Adrian planned to stay home and do nothing.

He got up early, applied medicine to Roxy, and then did coordinated training with Lionel.

In this world, beasts had [Traits]. But even for two beasts of the same species, same trait, and even same level, their fighting styles were not the same.

This depended on the beast's own combat instincts, and even more on the tamer's acquired cultivation methods.

Battles between beasts and strength assessments were also core items in the college entrance exam.

The knowledge Adrian had self-studied over the past two years was not just about recognizing beasts and materials. He had also learned a lot of related beast training theory in advance.

At this moment, he was conducting special training based on Lionel's own traits and his instinctive attack methods.

Cat-type beasts focused on jumping and claw attacks.

But besides those two, Lionel was also very used to adding biting movements. This should be the instinct brought by the lion bloodline in his body.

As a beast tamer, one must follow the beast's combat instincts to improve, not deliberately cultivate it in the direction one wants. This was also what Adrian had learned.

Adrian's advantage was that he could see the real-time changes in Lionel's Status panel and feel exactly what kind of fighting style he liked.

This even saved the time of stopping to communicate.

Adrian's current training goal was to let Lionel more naturally activate the Wild Heart trait. This required training and acquired cultivation.

Also, Lionel still had a bit of a burden when using Lion Spirit. Adrian was also teaching him the appropriate time to use this ability.

These two or three days of coordinated training had also made Lionel digest and absorb the Lionbright Fruit cake faster.

Although his quality was still Exceptional-Lower, his body had become a bit stronger.

"Meow… roar… meow!!"

At this moment, Lionel was running quickly in the hall, jumping, then biting the training ball Adrian threw into the air.

He felt his whole body and mind were joyful.

After all, a few days ago he was an unwanted, stunted kitten who could only swing his claws during training. Today he was already an agile lion-cat that could jump and flip in the air!

His cat life was about to shine!

Oh no, his lion life!

Adrian felt Lionel's pure joy and naturally felt smooth too. This healthy relationship between tamer and beast was especially important.

At that moment, Adrian suddenly felt a sense of fullness in his spiritual world.

The cooldown for the Bond Awakening Art had ended!

Then let Lionel's joy double again!