Some people? Qiao Sang paused, then remembered why she had come here and guessed, "People from our Imperial Beast Taming Academy?"
"That's right," Mikala said. "They arrived just last night and are staying at this hotel."
Qiao Sang wasn't opposed to the idea.
They were all from the same school. There was no harm in getting to know one another.
The elevator doors opened.
A man in a black short-sleeved shirt was already waiting outside.
He had a neat crew cut and a rugged face. The wrinkles at the corners of his eyes suggested he was getting on in years; he looked to be in his early forties.
"Senior Mikala!"
Mikala smiled at the man who had come to greet her. "It's been a long time."
"It's been well over a decade, and you haven't changed a bit." After greeting her warmly, the man looked at the girl beside her. He gave her several up-and-down looks as if she were a rare pet beast, then asked, "This is Qiao Sang, right?"
Although Qiao Sang had spent only a few days at the Imperial Beast Taming Academy and had never attended a formal class there, a few teachers who had ways of hearing about the Imperial Class knew her name well.
Everyone knew that the Imperial Class had recruited an extraordinary prodigy this year: a C-Rank Beast Tamer admitted directly into the class, with Senior Mikala as her instructor.
A minor becoming a B-Rank Professional Beast Tamer, breeding two entirely new forms of pet beasts on her own, and even contracting a Legendary Pet Beast, Qingqing Ni-every one of those stories had become part of their daily conversation.
Many people were intensely curious about this young prodigy.
Including him.
"That's right." After answering, Mikala turned to Qiao Sang and introduced him.