"Number fourteen, Du Tan."
A powerfully built, bearded middle-aged man with a somewhat roguish air held a roster and called out the next student's name in a strong, resonant voice, looking toward someone in the line.
Qi Yue remembered this student well, since he scolded him in almost every class, and was even somewhat exasperated by his failure to improve.
In his view, Du Tan's Healing Spirit Mushroom had significant problems with its disposition.
As a purely healing-type Contract Beast, it thought of nothing but fighting. That was simply absurd.
Du Tan's indulgence of the Healing Spirit Mushroom was also a problem.
The key to being a Beast Tamer lay in the word "tamer."
If someone could not even control their own Contract Beast and could only let it train whatever skills it liked according to its own disposition, that was certainly not the mark of a good Beast Tamer.
Precisely for that reason, he was stricter with Du Tan than with the other students, constantly telling him to be firmer and make the Healing Spirit Mushroom obediently train its healing skills.
At that thought, Qi Yue folded his arms and studied Du Tan as he walked into the open space before him, a trace of suspicion entering his eyes.
The boy seemed a little different today.
In every previous class, he had been like a quail with its head tucked down, terrified of being noticed. Today, however, he had stood in the front row and even walked out with his head held high and chest out, looking quite confident.
Hah, this kid.
Qi Yue chuckled inwardly and pointed at the target specially designed for testing healing skills beside him. "Begin. Let me see how much your Contract Beast has improved over the past week."
"Okay." Du Tan nodded calmly