Not a Special Summoned Beast

"Could it be that this Wind-Wing Cat was a special summoned beast? Did it possess some kind of trait? Or perhaps it wasn't a Wind-Wing Cat at all?"

Someone raised an objection. With so many summoned beasts showing fear, there had to be a reason.

"Let me take a look."

A young female teacher stepped forward, her voice as pleasant as an oriole's song.

She was a summoned beast research teacher who studied all kinds of summoned beasts year-round. She knew more summoned beasts than one could count and was practically a summoned beast expert.

Her appearance naturally convinced everyone, and they all looked toward the female teacher.

Tap, tap, tap!

The female teacher walked step by step toward the little kitten in her small leather shoes. Behind her black-rimmed glasses were eyes full of curiosity.

After reaching the little kitten, she examined it carefully several times. Once she had repeatedly confirmed her findings, she shook her head.

"It's just an ordinary Wind-Wing Cat, not a special summoned beast," the female teacher announced as she stood up.

"Just an ordinary Wind-Wing Cat? Then why was my summoned beast afraid when it saw it?" someone asked doubtfully.

"Perhaps this little kitten had picked up the scent of some powerful summoned beast. Normally, most summoned beasts would not hunt a newborn kitten.

"They might even take care of it. This sort of thing was quite common in the animal world too, for example—"

The female teacher spoke endlessly, even telling a story about a cheetah and a newborn fawn.

The story brought sudden understanding to the crowd, and they finally understood a little.

"Rest assured, everyone. I know summoned beasts very well. This is definitely a Wind-Wing Cat. It must have picked up the scent of a powerful summoned beast.

"Even if this cat were a special-type summoned beast, it was still so small that it posed no threat at all. Who would be afraid of such a tiny creature?"

The female teacher spoke again. Mainly because she had caught a faint whiff of pig stench, which made her think of a specially evolved summoned beast.

In its early stages, that summoned beast was nothing more than a pitch-black wild boar, but in its later stages, it was incredibly formidable.

Thus, the female teacher concluded that the summoned beasts were not afraid of the little kitten, but of that pitch-black wild boar.

"So that's how it is. Thank you, Teacher Zhang, for clearing up our doubts."

"Teacher Zhang truly deserves to be called a summoned beast expert. She knows everything."

"Yeah, yeah."

Everyone lavished her with praise. They felt that the female teacher was truly impressive and could not help complimenting her.

"Alright, today's summoning ceremony ends here. Starting tomorrow, go register as Bounty Hunters, form teams, and leave the city to hunt mutated beasts to gain practical combat experience.

"Whether you can join the military in the future will depend on your combat strength," the principal stepped forward and announced.

"Understood, Principal."

The students all nodded, then gathered together to discuss forming teams to hunt mutated beasts tomorrow.

While they were discussing it, Qin Yue was also observing her summoned beast.

She first carefully held the Wind-Wing Cat in her arms, then raised her little hand and gently stroked its soft head.

Seeing the Wind-Wing Cat's eyes drooping constantly, looking tired and sleepy, Qin Yue said softly,

"Kitty, if you're sleepy, then go to sleep. I'll take care of you from now on."

"Qin Yue, your Wind-Wing Cat should be hungry. Take it to eat something first. Summoned beasts need special summoned beast food.

"Your summoned beast is still a little kitten, so it needs even more refined food. You must take good care of it."

Song Xiaomei walked over with the Earth-Burrowing Black Bear, tugging Qin Yue along as she reminded her. The two were very close friends, and Song Xiaomei took good care of Qin Yue.

"I see. Then, then I'll take Kitty to eat something," Qin Yue said quietly.

"Come on, I'll go with you. We can register as Bounty Hunters while we're at it, then hunt mutated beasts together tomorrow," Song Xiaomei suggested.

"Eh? Tomorrow? But my Kitty is still in its infancy and can't help at all. If I team up with you, I'll only hold you back," Qin Yue said softly.

"It's fine. If you hadn't saved me back then, I'd already be dead. You're my lifesaver.

"Besides, once your Kitty grows up, it'll be able to fly into the sky and scout out danger. That'll be very important too," Song Xiaomei comforted her.

"This..." Qin Yue hesitated, not knowing what to do.

"Alright, alright, let's go. Let's take Kitty to eat. I know a very popular food restaurant."

Song Xiaomei took Qin Yue's little hand and ran off into the distance. The Black Iron-tier Earth-Burrowing Black Bear hurriedly followed after them.

The two quickly left the academy and encountered many people along the way.

When those passersby saw the Earth-Burrowing Black Bear, they looked at Song Xiaomei in surprise. Some even revealed envious expressions.

"This is the place. Their food is very popular."

The two arrived at Happiness Food Restaurant, and Song Xiaomei raised her little hand to point inside.

"This place looks so fancy. The food must be very expensive, right?" Qin Yue stopped at the entrance, looking at the upscale restaurant and not quite daring to enter.

"Don't worry, it's my treat. Let's go."

Without hesitation, Song Xiaomei pulled Qin Yue into the restaurant.

"Welcome. Please sit over here."

The two soon took their seats and began ordering.

Song Xiaomei took everything upon herself, ordering a large amount of food at once—food for the pets and food for the two of them. In short, she was not short on money at all.

"Eat up, it smells so good. This is for your Kitty. It's flower rice porridge, very suitable for summoned beasts in their infancy."

"O-okay."

Qin Yue knew she could not refuse. Though she felt unworthy of such kindness, she still carefully began feeding her little kitten.

Sure enough.

The little kitten looked very sleepy, yet upon seeing the food, it immediately began eating. Before long, it had eaten more than half a bowl of flower rice porridge.

After eating half a bowl, the little kitten finally became a little more energetic. Its beautiful cat eyes began looking around, observing this world.

The humans, clothing, and various buildings in this world were all very similar to those on Earth. Even the language was extremely alike.

It seemed to be a parallel world of Earth, except it had things like summoned beasts.

"Qin Yue, look, Kitty is much more energetic now. It's even looking around at its surroundings," Song Xiaomei said as she fed her Big Black Bear.

"Mm, it really is more energetic. It's just that it keeps lying down. It still feels very weak."

Qin Yue looked at the little kitten with concern, her little hand occasionally stroking its ears.

"It's fine. It'll be alright once it grows a little bigger."

"Mm-hm."

The two stayed at the food restaurant for a long time. Only after eating everything did they head toward the Bounty Hunter Guild.

That was where one registered as a Bounty Hunter. Since they planned to leave the city, having Bounty Hunter status would allow them to take missions and earn money.

However.

As they passed through the pet materials street, the little kitten lying in Qin Yue's arms suddenly stood up, its cat eyes fixed on a stall beside them.

"What's wrong?" Qin Yue asked in a soft, sweet voice that was incredibly pleasant to hear.

Song Xiaomei beside her also blinked her big eyes in confusion, unable to understand what was wrong with the little kitten or why it was staring at the stall.

"Meow~"

Li Xuan let out a soft cry and raised a little paw to point at a plant on the stall, his cat eyes filled with delight.