Beast Tamer: I Can See Evolution Paths

"What's the species of this jellyfish of yours?"

"Feels so awesome."

"I want one too."

Asher: "…"

That was a good question. If it had been before, Asher would definitely have responded vaguely, saying he didn't know.

But now…

Thinking for a moment, Asher looked earnestly at Vicky.

"I think you better drop the idea."

Vicky: "?"

Vicky showed a confused expression, "Why? I think it's still okay to at least think about it, right?"

"A pet of the same kind, due to individual differences, definitely wouldn't match the power of your beast, but if trained properly it shouldn't be too bad, right?"

Vicky didn't tell Asher.

Because of Asher. The Oriental Peacock had suddenly become the most popular pet in NY City, even in the entire Radiant City.

Without exception. If there were a mutated Oriental Peacock like Asher's, it could be sold for an astronomical price.

Even dragon-type beasts might not be able to compare.

Moreover, this trend even had the momentum to expand to surrounding cities.

The fundamental reason was still because Asher was just too awesome.

Asher's Little Raven's power shown to the public was simply too incredible.

Can't deny it. Asher's identity as a professor in pet evolution research played a role in this, but it also proved that Asher was an amazing beast tamer.

Contracting the same kind as Asher.

Who knows?

Maybe they could become as amazing as Asher?

If not for Asher being his good bro, Vicky would've been tempted to try too.

Little Raven was out of the question.

After spending a lot of time with Asher, Vicky knew how special Asher's Little Raven was.

To own a Oriental Peacock as special as Asher's… was almost impossible.

As for Asher's other pets…

Vicky had not ruled them out from his mind either.

Little Raven, irreplicable, pass.

Cat-Worm, special case, pass.

Little White Snake, championship reward, special background, pass.

Angel, unknown type of mechanical attribute pet, pass.

World Tree Lily… unfamiliar and unknown, probably special as well, pass.

The only one left from the bunch…

Was the little jellyfish.

Get the same kind. Raise it properly. And with Asher as his good brother, surely he wouldn't mind sharing a few training tips, right?

Vicky looked at Asher with big watery eyes.

Asher remained silent.

Nice plan. Smart thinking. But… Asher looked at Vicky with a heavy tone, "Have you ever thought about one question?"

Vicky looked puzzled.

"What question?"

"With my whole team being special cases, why do you think… the little jellyfish would be the exception?", Asher looked at Vicky with a meaningful expression.

Vicky thought. Vicky fell silent.

Vicky thought for a bit and said, "Well, I just thought, maybe, possibly, if… there's a chance?"

"So…", As he spoke, Vicky's expression became more cautious.

Judging from Asher's tone… Asher patted Vicky's shoulder, "Chironex fleckeri." [T/N: Scientific name of Australian Box Jellyfish]

Vicky: "?"

Hearing such a long and tongue-twisting name, Vicky didn't react at first.

"Kinda sounds familiar, huh?", Vicky said uncertainly.

As for where he heard it… After turning it over and over in his mind for a while, Vicky finally remembered.

"Chi… Chironex fleckeri?", Vicky's eyes suddenly widened, filled with disbelief and shock, turning his head to stare at Asher.

As if he wanted to get a definite answer from Asher's mouth.

"I-It's the Chironex… the Chironex fleckeri I know?"

Saying this name, Vicky's tongue even got a bit twisted.

No helping it. It was just too hard to believe.

Even hearing the answer from Asher's mouth, Vicky's first reaction was to wonder if Asher had misspoken.

Asher smiled.

Asher's expression looked so calm, so breezy and relaxed.

"What do you think?"

Just four simple words.

Already stirred up a brainstorm in Vicky's mind.

What did he think? Of course, he thought this was a joke.

But looking at Asher's expression, and with what he knew about Asher in the past… Vicky also knew very well that the chance of Asher joking was extremely low.

Because Asher just wasn't that kind of person.

Vicky opened and closed his mouth several times, not managing to say a complete sentence for a while.

This answer was just too shocking.

Vicky finally raised a thumbs-up toward Asher silently, "As expected of you."

"This answer, how should I say it…", said Vicky, pausing for a moment.

"Really surprising."

"But once I calmed down and thought about it, weirdly enough, it really is something that could happen to you."

Within reason, but beyond expectations, that kind of feeling. Just hard to describe.

Asher smiled.

"But if that's the case…", Vicky muttered again in a low voice.

"I'm actually not worried about you participating in the National beast tamer Tournament anymore."

Saying that, Vicky nodded.

Not only was he not worried about Asher at all, he even started to worry about Asher's opponents.

Box jellyfish. That was the legendary box jellyfish.

Would Asher's opponent really not have any problems?

Vicky thought this, and looked at Asher with that kind of gaze.

Asher coughed twice.

Although, however... It probably wouldn't go that far… right?

As he thought about it, Asher also suddenly became a little uncertain.

Vicky: "…"

"When your competition starts, whether I'm free or not, I'll definitely come watch."

'Otherwise, I'll definitely regret it. Absolutely cannot miss it.'

"Right," As he spoke, Vicky seemed to remember something, "When I get back, I have to share this with June and the others."

"Otherwise they'll definitely say I'm keeping all the good stuff to myself."

Vicky patted his chest and said that he was absolutely not that kind of person.

Asher: "…"

Well, okay. Anyway, if two more people come to the competition, it's no big deal for Asher.

They're all friends. No reason they can't come.

As they talked, the two continued heading deeper into the Forbidden Land.

With Asher around, these beasts really weren't that big of a deal.

The only tricky part was picking a suitable beast to be Vicky's pet.

"Have you made up your mind yet? What kind of pet do you want?"

The two had already spent one night resting in the forest.

This was their second day in the Forbidden Land.

Asher planned to go deeper into the interior today.

He even wanted to explore the mist. But... Asher quietly turned his gaze toward Vicky beside him.

Vicky gave an embarrassed little laugh, "Actually…"

There was a shy and awkward look in Vicky's eyes.

"I haven't really made up my mind myself either."

"It's just a bit of indecision and hesitation," As he spoke, Vicky's tone gradually became more and more self-righteous.

This couldn't be entirely his fault. Choosing a pet as a beast tamer is supposed to be a tough decision, right?

Asher gave Vicky a murderous glare, "I really want to catch a Noise Flower for you right now."

Just so Vicky could get a taste of that himself.

Vicky quickly put on a pleading expression.

'Please please please please! Spare me!'

With his small frame, he really couldn't handle the antics of a Noise Flower.

Asher took a deep breath, "Fine, you little brat, I'll keep looking for you."

"Alrighty! Daddy!", Vicky could bend and stretch.

Wagging along shamelessly behind Asher.

———

[NY City]

[Asher's Research Institute]

"Done!"

"A new evolution path for Fox-Fox!"

"Verified successfully!"

"Hooray!"

The evolution path for Fox-Fox evolving into Little Moon Fox had finally been verified after everyone's tireless efforts.

Everyone cheered together. They were truly happy. Even though they had only verified Asher's results, it was still a huge achievement for them.

Most of them didn't have the ability to carry out completely independent research projects.

Staying in Asher's institute, they could study up close, observe, and learn Asher's research approach.

It was greatly beneficial for them. The time taken to confirm Fox-Fox's evolution path was even shorter than they had expected.

They were quite satisfied.

"Don't get cocky yet," Among them, Eliana was the calmest, "Confirming Fox-Fox's evolution path was relatively easy. We still haven't confirmed Little Sun's evolution path."

Hearing Eliana's calm voice, Levi, who had led the cheers earlier, also calmed down.

True, popping champagne halfway is not very rational.

"You're right," Levi also nodded, "Even though Little Sun evolved on the spot, and Fox-Fox only evolved a month later—"

"But honestly, Little Sun's evolution path is actually more difficult."

That was Little Sun. After evolving, it became absolutely stunning.

A pure beauty Qilin subspecies.

That form, who could see it and not be moved?

Whether contracted or not, humans, both beast tamers and ordinary people, all have a universal pursuit of beauty in appearance.

And the appearance of the pure beauty Qilin subspecies perfectly matched a certain aspect of that ideal.

"Actually, everything else is manageable," At this moment, Sarah spoke from the side.

"I think the hardest part in confirming Little Sun's evolution path is, there just aren't many beast tamers who have contracted Little Sun."

At those words, the others paused for a second.

Then one by one, they all nodded.

Indeed. Their biggest problem was, there really weren't many beast tamers who had contracted a pet like Little Sun.

And they wanted to verify its evolution path?

That made it even more difficult.

"No worries!", Pierce saw everyone looking a bit discouraged and stood up to shout loudly.

"This isn't that hard at all."

"Let's first look around."

"See if there are any beast tamers who've contracted Little Sun."

"If we really can't find any…"

Others: "?"

Swallowing words? What's going on?

Before they could ask, they heard Pierce stroke his chin and say thoughtfully: "If it really doesn't work, I'll just have one of my beast tamer friends contract one!"

Others: "…"

'Damn! We almost forgot, this guy's apparently from a super rich second-gen family.'

Seeing their looks, Pierce gave a silly laugh, "This is my duty."

Everyone: "…"

Not jealous of the rich, they swear.

They're really not jealous of the rich. It's just that they kind of can't stand this guy's smug attitude when he's getting ahead.

"Then let's go with this plan."

"Let's aim…", Levi paused mid-sentence.

Eliana glanced at Levi and immediately guessed what her senior was about to say but didn't dare say aloud.

However, Eliana didn't think it was a problem.

So she smiled and said, "Let's aim to finish confirming Little Sun's evolution path before Professor Asher gets back."

Everyone fell silent for a moment.

Mmm… Very ambitious. Very impulsive.

But, also very, very difficult.

They didn't know what Asher was out for, or how long he'd be gone.

Maybe he'd be gone for ten days to half a month.

Or maybe he'd be back tomorrow or the day after.

To resolve all the related problems and confirm Little Sun's evolution path within such a short time… Just finding a beast tamer who had contracted Little Sun was already hard enough.

Not to mention all the other challenges.

But, everyone looked at each other, locking eyes. They all saw the same ambition and desire in each other's eyes.

Let's do it!

They wanted to succeed!

So what if they had to give up rest time next?

That wasn't a big deal at all. As if they didn't have to do the same in other research labs.

They couldn't let the sugar-coated lifestyle of Professor Asher's research institute soften them up.

They had to bring out their pride and professionalism as researchers.

They could definitely do it.

———

"Ah-choo—"

Vicky let out a big sneeze.

Asher: "?"

"Got a cold?"

Vicky shook his head and said with a heavy expression, "No."

"I think June and Ivy have found out I'm not at school."

Asher raised a question mark again.

'What? What does that have to do with anything?'

"Ah, mainly June," Vicky started complaining to Asher, "Her strength is improving way too fast."

"I'm just about to unlock my third contract slot, and she already has her third contract slot unlocked. Isn't that just absurd?"

Comparing people to people, so frustrating.

It was fine losing to his best bro, he'd already accepted that long ago.

But now even June was overtaking him?

Vicky couldn't accept it.

Absolutely unacceptable.

Even if he had to cling to a thigh, he had to catch up.

Asher: "… Ambitious."

Asher rolled his eyes and said speechlessly, "So you came to me… to cheat?"

Vicky looked at Asher with a flattering expression and said nothing.

What else could Asher do? He was already on the pirate ship. He couldn't just back out now, could he?

"But since you haven't unlocked the contract slot, it's a bit troublesome. If you ask me, best case scenario is if we're lucky enough to find a beast egg."

[T/N: I came to know, via Patreon, that you can't find the new novels I annouce, in my account. The thing is, WebNovel allows maximum 20 WebNovels to be published by an account. Due to which, I can't post anymore novels through this account. So, I had to create another account(Ambitious_Guy) to continue publishing novels. So, when I am annoucing new novels, you can search them by their name and read it, or just check my other account(Ambitious_Guy). I hope it clarifies.]

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