Chapter 4: asked for leave

Her mother paused, “Isn’t Fire Fang Dog too temperamental?”

Yu Beast Masters undoubtedly consider three points when choosing a Pet: attributes, talent, and potential.

However, for new Yu Beast Masters, the most important thing is the Pet’s disposition.

Little Chubby Dove, White Sand Fox, Short-tailed Snake, Sand Burrowing Rat, and Shen Mao Turtle are popular choices for novice Yu Beast Masters, and their temperament accounts for a large part of that.

Not all Pets bred at the Pet Base are docile and won’t attack humans.

If an inexperienced Yu Beast Master were to contract a violent-tempered Pet as their first one, let alone commanding it in battle, they wouldn’t even be able to get it to train.

Last year, a teenager in Kai Nan City who had just finished his middle school exams contracted a Flame Sparrow. However, within two days, the Flame Sparrow preferred to suffer backlash rather than remain contracted.

The teenager’s brain region was severely damaged, and by the time he returned to high school, it was half a year later, putting him significantly behind his peers.

Later, when he was interviewed, it was revealed that the incident started simply because the teenager wanted the Flame Sparrow to pose for some photos to post on his social media…

This news even trended for a few minutes.

Fire-element Pets are mostly rough and willful, and Fire Fang Dog is no exception.

But Qiao Sang didn’t think so. It’s impossible for an entire species of Fire Fang Dog to be ill-tempered; there are always a few with different personalities.

Otherwise, if every member of a species had the same personality, how unoriginal would that be?

“Mom, didn’t you say I had a talent for taming Beasts? I think the Fire Fang Dog is very suitable for me,” Qiao Sang said.

The Fire Fang Dog is a fire-element Pet with strong offensive power. After its first evolution, it would definitely help her successfully qualify as an E-level Beastmaster.

However, although the Fire Fang Dog is not as expensive as Superpower Pets like Bubble Bell, its price is still considerably higher than that of Little Chubby Dove and similar Pets.

For a beginner Yu Beast Master’s first choice Pet like Little Chubby Dove, the price is around 30,000, while a Fire Fang Dog costs around 100,000.

Qiao Sang understood her family’s financial situation; they could afford this amount.

“Alright then, I’ll take you to the Pet Base tomorrow morning,” her mother agreed, saying nothing more.

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The next day, as soon as it was light, Qiao Sang was woken up by her mother.

Under her mother’s urging, she managed to get ready and eat breakfast in just 10 minutes, and it was only 7:06 AM when they left the house.

Qiao Sang kept her eyelids drooping the whole time, looking half-asleep.

Until she ascended.

Hanggang Pet Beast Base is not in the city center but in the suburbs, over 40 kilometers away from the city center.

When Fat Home Dove brought them to Hanggang Pet Beast Base, it was already 8:31 AM.

They arrived just in time for the Pet Base to open for business.

Because it was early, they were the only two people at the entire Hanggang Pet Beast Base looking to purchase a Pet.

No appointment was needed, and there was no queue.

A female Staff member, who appeared to be in her thirties, greeted them.

“How may I help you?” she stepped forward, wearing a professional smile.

“We want to buy a Fire Fang Dog,” her mother stated their purpose directly.

“Alright, please follow me,” the Staff member led the way.

She was clearly very experienced in her work, continuously providing explanations along the way, preventing any awkward silence.

“We currently have 27 Fire Fang Dogs in the base, all of them are developing very well. Two of them are even close to the point of evolution, and among the other 25, 19 have already learned Spark.

“Seven of them have even learned Fireball. They are a few centimeters taller than Fire Fang Dogs of the same age, and there are five more…”

While she was explaining, they had already arrived at the area specifically for raising Fire Fang Dogs.

Before Qiao Sang could even get close.

“Boom!”

An explosion suddenly rang out, and a flame struck about five meters away from her.

Qiao Sang jumped in surprise.

She looked in the direction of the flame’s origin.

Two Fire Fang Dogs, noticeably larger than the others, were baring their flame-covered fangs at each other.

Their fangs were covered in burning flames, which is a skill Fire Fang Dogs almost universally inherit—Fire Fang.

The Staff member remained calm, explaining from the side, “These two are the Fire Fang Dogs that are about to evolve. They often fight to prove who is the strongest, but they always end in a draw.”

While she was speaking, flames shot out wildly, and another one struck about 4 meters away from Qiao Sang.

Qiao Sang’s scalp tingled.

The Staff member pointed to a bush not far to the left, “The Spark just now was released by that Fire Fang Dog; its power is quite impressive.”

Qiao Sang looked over and saw another Fire Fang Dog standing in front of it, and the atmosphere seemed quite tense.

Sure enough, in the next second, the two began to bite each other.

The Staff member provided a real-time commentary, “They are rivals in love, fighting for the affection of a female Fire Fang Dog. But it’s pointless because the female Fire Fang Dog likes another one.”

Qiao Sang: “…”

She pondered for a moment, then asked, “Where is that female Fire Fang Dog?”

Female Fire Fang Dogs must have a better temperament than males, right?

The Staff member smiled, “It’s the one that was cheering on the side when they were fighting just now.”

Qiao Sang was stunned. She looked back again and indeed, by the bush, there was a Fire Fang Dog with cleaner, softer fur than the other two, barking excitedly.

“Ya!”

“Ya!”

The Staff member translated, “It’s probably shouting ‘fight!’ While it doesn’t like them, it enjoys them fighting over it.”

Qiao Sang: “…”

As Qiao Sang was caught in confusion, the Staff member noticed her mother had remained silent and asked, “Do you have a Fire Fang Dog in mind? I can bring it closer for you to see.”

Her mother shook her head, “I’m here with my daughter; she’s the one who wants to contract a Fire Fang Dog.”

The Staff member suddenly understood, “No wonder. Your daughter must have awakened on her own, right?”

Her mother looked very pleased, “How did you know?”

The Staff member explained, “Today is Friday, and your daughter is still wearing her Wencheng Middle School uniform, so she should be in her third year of middle school. It’s not yet time for the Beast Tamer Alliance’s unified brain region awakening each year, so if she hadn’t awakened on her own, how could she come here to contract a Pet? Plus, it’s hard to get time off school at such a crucial time.”

All of the above was her fabrication.

She guessed this because a girl from Wencheng Middle School had just come three days ago, also with a self-awakening, and her parents brought her to contract a Pet, and it just so happened that she was the one who assisted them.

However, what kind of geomancy does Wencheng Middle School have? To have two self-awakened children from the same grade.

She definitely had to discuss with her husband about taking out a loan to buy a school district house there. Her son was already in fourth grade of elementary school.

Her mother’s smile gradually stiffened.

Qiao Sang regained her composure and asked faintly, “Mom, did you call my homeroom teacher today to ask for leave?”

Her mother chuckled awkwardly, “Haha, how could I forget?”

“I remember you asked yesterday, but today…” Qiao Sang questioned.

“I directly asked for two days for you yesterday!” Her mother’s voice unconsciously grew louder.

Qiao Sang said, “That’s good.”

She sighed inwardly.

She wondered if her mother had noticed that her voice gets louder when she lies.