Chapter 4: Asked for Leave

Her mother paused. "Is the Fire-Tooth Dog too irritable?"

Beast-tamers choosing pet beasts undoubtedly look at attributes, talent, and potential.

But for a new beast-tamer, the most important thing is the pet beast's temperament.

The Little Fat Pigeon, White Sand Fox, Short-Tailed Snake, Sand-Digging Mouse, and Deep-Fur Turtle could be the first choice for new beast-tamers, and personality actually accounted for a large part of that.

Not all pet beasts cultivated at the pet base are gentle and won't attack humans.

If an inexperienced beast-tamer contracts a violent pet beast as their first, let alone commanding it in battle, they wouldn't even be able to train it.

Last year in Kainanshi, a teenager who had just finished the entrance exam contracted a Flame Sparrow, but two days later, the Flame Sparrow would rather suffer backlash than dissolve the contract.

The teenager's brain domain was severely damaged, and by the time he went back to high school, it was half a year later, and the gap with his peers had widened significantly.

Later, during an interview, it was learned that the cause of the incident was just that the teenager wanted the Flame Sparrow to pose for some photos for his social media...

This news made it onto the trending list for a few minutes.

Fire-element pet beasts are mostly rude and willful, and the Fire-Tooth Dog is no exception.

But Qiao Sang didn't think so. It was impossible for all Fire-Tooth Dogs in a species to have irritable temperaments; there were always a few with different personalities.

Otherwise, if the personality of a species was all the same, how much personality would it lack?

"Mom, didn't you say I have beast-taming talent? I think the Fire-Tooth Dog is quite suitable for me," Qiao Sang said.

The Fire-Tooth Dog is a Fire-element pet beast with strong attack power. After one evolution, there was absolutely no problem with it qualifying her for E-rank beast-tamer.

It's just that although the Fire-Tooth Dog isn't as expensive as a Psychic-element pet beast like the Bubble Bell, it still costs significantly more than the Little Fat Pigeon and the others.

The price of a first-choice pet beast like the Little Fat Pigeon is around 30,000, while the Fire-Tooth Dog costs around 100,000.

Qiao Sang understood the family's situation; they could afford this money.

"Alright, I'll take you to the pet base tomorrow morning." Her mother agreed without saying anything more.

The next morning, just as it was getting light, Qiao Sang was woken up by her mother.

Under her mother's urging, she spent only 10 minutes getting ready and eating breakfast, and by the time they left, it was only 7:06 AM.

During this time, Qiao Sang kept her eyelids drooping, looking like she hadn't woken up.

Until she went up into the sky.

The Hangzhou Pet Base wasn't in the city center but in the suburbs, more than 40 kilometers away from the city center.

When the Fat House Pigeon brought them to the Hangzhou Pet Base, it was already 8:31 AM.

Just in time for the pet base to open for business.

Because it was early, they were the only two people at the entire Hangzhou Pet Base to buy pet beasts.

No appointment was needed, and there was no queue.

They were greeted by a female staff member who looked to be in her thirties.

"Is there anything I can help you with?" she walked up, wearing a professional smile.

"We want to buy a Fire-Tooth Dog," her mother stated their purpose directly.

"Okay, please follow me." The staff member led the way.

She was clearly very experienced, introducing things along the way without making the atmosphere awkward.

"We currently have 27 Fire-Tooth Dogs in the base, all of which are developing very well. Two are even on the verge of evolution. Among the other 25, 19 have already learned Ember."

"Seven have even learned Fireball; they are a few centimeters taller than Fire-Tooth Dogs of the same age, and there are 5..."

During the introduction, they had arrived at the place specifically for raising Fire-Tooth Dogs.

Before Qiao Sang could get close.

"Boom!"

An explosion sounded suddenly, and a flame hit a spot about five meters away from her.

Qiao Sang was startled.

She looked in the direction of the flame.

Two Fire-Tooth Dogs, clearly much taller than the others, were baring their sharp teeth covered in flames, confronting each other.

The sharp teeth were covered in burning flames; this was the "Fire Fang" skill that basically all Fire-Tooth Dogs would inherit.

The staff member was calm and explained on the side, "These two are the Fire-Tooth Dogs about to evolve. They fight all the time to prove who is the strongest, but they always end in a draw."

During the conversation, flames flew around, and another one hit a spot about 4 meters away from Qiao Sang.

Qiao Sang's scalp went numb.

The staff member pointed to a bush not far to the left. "The Ember just now was released by that Fire-Tooth Dog; the power is still quite good."

Qiao Sang looked over and saw another Fire-Tooth Dog standing in front of that Fire-Tooth Dog, looking like the atmosphere wasn't very good.

Sure enough, the next second, the two started biting each other.

The staff member provided real-time commentary, "They are rivals in love, fighting to win the heart of a female Fire-Tooth Dog, but it's impossible for there to be any result, because that female Fire-Tooth Dog likes another one."

Qiao Sang: "..."

She pondered for a moment and asked, "Where is that female Fire-Tooth Dog?"

A female Fire-Tooth Dog's temperament must be better than a male's.

The staff member smiled, "It's the one cheering on the side while they were fighting just now."

Qiao Sang was stunned. She looked over again, and sure enough, there was a Fire-Tooth Dog by the bush with fur cleaner and smoother than the other two, barking excitedly.

"Tooth!"

"Tooth!"

The staff member translated, "It should be shouting 'fight.' Although it doesn't like them, it likes them fighting for it."

Qiao Sang: "..."

Qiao Sang fell into a mess. The staff member saw her mother on the side hadn't spoken and asked, "Do you have a Fire-Tooth Dog you like? I can bring it over for you to see up close."

Her mother shook her head. "I'm here to accompany my daughter; she's the one who wants to contract a Fire-Tooth Dog."

The staff member suddenly realized, "No wonder, your daughter awakened autonomously, right?"

Her mother looked very happy. "How did you know?"

The staff member explained, "Today is Friday, and your daughter is still wearing her Wencheng Junior High uniform; she should be in her third year of junior high."

"It hasn't reached the time for the annual unified brain domain awakening by the Beast-Taming Alliance yet. If she hadn't awakened autonomously, how could she come to us to contract a pet beast?"

"And it's not easy to ask for leave from school at such a critical time."

All of these were things she was making up.

She guessed this just because three days ago, a girl from Wencheng Junior High came, also autonomously awakened, and her parent brought her to contract a pet beast, which she happened to receive.

But what kind of Feng Shui does Wencheng Junior High have? Two autonomously awakened children in the same grade.

When she got home, she absolutely had to discuss with her child's father about getting a loan to buy a school district house there; her son was already in the fourth grade of elementary school.

The smile on her mother's face gradually stiffened.

Qiao Sang came back to her senses and asked gloomily, "Mom, did you call my homeroom teacher today to ask for leave?"

Her mother laughed awkwardly twice. "Haha, how could I have forgotten."

"I remember you asked yesterday, but today..." Qiao Sang questioned.

"I asked for two days off for you directly yesterday!" Her mother's voice increased involuntarily.

Qiao Sang said, "That's good."

She sighed secretly.

She didn't know if her mother had noticed, but her voice would get louder when she lied. ===== CHAPTER 5 =====