Raia went back to his room. He searched for the nicest pair of clothes that he had and wore it. He came down after and called the three.
While he was sitting on the couch, Raia was checking the message of some of his friends. They were all telling the same thing to Raia.
The school was already talking about him saying he was a prodigy and how he broke through two states in just a short amount of time.
Raia didn't mind what people say about him.
Minutes later, he left the house with Rhea, Rome and Rina.
"Where should we go first?" Rhea asked.
"Let's get you phones first then we can buy new clothes." Raia answered.
The three agreed easily.
…
The four arrived at the tech shop and purchased the two latest models of phones for Rhea and Rome. They cost about 10,000 each but Raia gladly paid for it.
Rhea and Rome were very elated when they received the phones.
They moved on and bought new clothes for themselves. They also purchased some for their parents.
In the afternoon, Raia searched for a place to eat. During their meal, Raia asked Rina where she wanted to go.
The little girl quickly answered. "The beast pet store!"
Raia was quite surprised. 'So she wants a beast pet.'
"Alright. We'll go there after we eat."
"Yay!" Rina shouted excitedly.
After the meal, the four went to the beast pet store.
The store is called Collin's Beast Shop. It was one of the biggest beast pet shop in the whole Forzen City.
Raia and the three were greeted by various beasts the moment they entered the shop. These beasts were caged in box glasses that gave the customers a clear view of the beast while also keeping them safe.
Some of these beasts were large while the others were just small. The beasts were from low-rank 2 up to a mid-rank 3.
A young lady walked towards Raia's group and greeted them.
"Good day. I am Janine. How may I help you today?" The uniformed lady asked them politely.
Raia introduced himself then his siblings. He then patted the head of Rina and spoke. "This little girl wants a beast pet."
Janine looked at Rina and asked. "Rina, do you have a beast pet in mind that you want to have?"
"Yes! A white frost cat!" Rina immediately answered.
"A white frost cat?" Janine asked once again confirming what she just heard.
"Yes!" Rina replied.
Janine smiled and nodded. "Please follow me. The white frost cat is not in display here. We should go to the back."
Raia and the three just followed behind while Janine was leading the way.
"Why did you choose a white frost cat, Rina?" Raia asked.
"Because it is cute!" Rina responded in an instant.
'Knew it.' The other three thought to themselves.
At this moment, a young man approached the four. He walked straight to Raia.
"Excuse me. You are Raia, right?"
Raia halted his steps and stared at the young man. He has a dark purple hair and decent looks.
"I am." He replied with a smile.
"Jacob Philips, a graduating student like you." The young man said while offering his open hands to Raia.
"I know who you are. It's a pleasure to meet you." Raia clasped his hand.
He knew this guy is. Jacob Philips, one of the top students of their school. He has a high talent in cultivation for him to reach 2nd Martial Spirit State at the age of 17. He is one of students of the school that is expected to enter the top 10 in the final exam.
"It's an honor to meet the prodigy that the whole school is talking about." Jacob chuckled.
"I'm no prodigy. Just a guy with some luck." Raia responded with a smile.
Jacob laughed while patting Raia's shoulder.
"Well, luck still plays a huge part in our lives." Jacob said.
"Right."
"Are you aiming for the top 10 in the finals?" Jacob asked.
Raia didn't hesitate and told him. "Yes."
"Really? Well, I wish you all the luck. The competition is fierce after all."
"I know."
"Right? If you didn't manage to enter the top 10, don't be discouraged. Even top 100 is already good for you."
"Top 100?"
"Oh don't misunderstand me. I know you are already at Martial Spirit State but there are more than ten other Martial Spirit States in our school and they all have higher combat power than you. If you can enter the top 20, that would already be a miracle." Jacob said.
"And who do you think will get the first rank in the finals?" Raia asked. He didn't like what Jacob said to him.
"Me, of course. I am the strongest in our batch after all." Jacob replied with confidence.
'You?' Raia thought to himself. "Really? You think I am not going to enter top 10 and you are going to claim the first rank. Is that what are you trying to say?"
Jacob went silent and smiled. "Yes. Kinda like that. You can't beat the other guys so obviously you can't beat me. You just entered the Martial Spirit State after all."
"And what if I take the first rank?" Raia asked with serious expression.
"That won't happen. Trust me. I won't disturb you anymore. See you tomorrow, buddy." Jacob patted Raia's shoulder and left.
Raia stared at him for a second and turned back to the others. They were watching the two as they talk.
He smiled at them and said. "Let's get that white frost cat."
Janine continued walking. He was stealing glances to Raia from time to time.
"I didn't like what that guys just said." Rhea said to Raia.
"Yeah! Brother! You need to get the first rank and slap that guy in the face." Rome said with a clenched fist.
Raia just chuckled. "Don't mind him." Rina was just holding his hand on the side.
They eventually arrived at a room with more beast pets.
However, unlike the ones that were on display, these beasts were contained in better pens.
Janine led the four to a small pen. It was about three by three meters with some small plants around. In a small rock cave, a pure white cat was curled up sleeping.
"This is the white frost cat." Janine introduced. "It is a low-rank 2 beast with ice talent."
Beasts can have talents too and this one had the ice talent. White frost cats were not really rare but they are still expensive because of their appearance. They were really adorable, gentle and their fur was really relaxing to brush. And although they have an ice talent, it is really weak making these beasts a perfect pet.
An adorable harmless little cat.
Rina was looking at the cat with glittering eyes.
"Do you like it?" Raia asked her.
"Yes!!" She quickly replied.
Raia turned to Janine and asked her about the price of the white frost cat.
"That would be 30,000 silver credits, Sir." Janine responded with a smile.
"We'll take it."
"Thank you!" Janine bowed and asked someone to get the white frost cat from the pen.
A man brought the cat to Rina. She gently took the cat and petted its head. The white frost cat purred. It was really cute and it looks like it already liked the little girl.
Beast contracts were not usually performed with these low-type of beasts. They were weak after all and can be easily tamed even without the beast contract.
"Thank you Elder brother!"
"Mm."
They went back outside and paid the bill.
"Let's go buy some of the stuff of this cat." Raia said and Janine led them to another side of the shop where beast supplies were being sold. Raia let Rina picked what she wanted the cat to have.
They also asked Janine sometimes for her advice for what they needed.
After half an hour, they were done in their business in the beast pet shop. Janine thanked them and told them to find her when they come back.
The four roamed around for a few more hours before heading back home.
"Mother, look at this!" Rina showed Rose the white frost cat in her arms.
Rose was a bit surprised. She smiled and petted the cat. "This is so cute. Did Raia buy it for you?"
"Mm! He also bought Rain what he needs." Rina excitedly said.
"Rain? Is that the name you gave it?" Rose asked Rina.
"Yes! I just scrambled the letters of my name." Rina embarrassingly explained.
"It's a nice name." Rose said. She liked it. "Take care of him, alright?"
"I will!" Rina walked straight to her room.
"Ah right. Here. We also bought something for the two of you." Raia took out the things they bought for Hauran and Rose. Rose simply smiled and thanked them.
"We'll set up the house of the cat first." Raia said and followed Rina. Rhea and also went with him.
"Okay." Rose replied.
After an hour, they were done setting the sleeping place for Rain.
Outside Rina's room, Raia called Rhea and Rome before they returned to their rooms.
"Take out your cards, I'll send you some credits."
Rhea and Rome took out their cards. That day, they also got Rome his own card.
Raia sent some credits to them. "Go use this credit to buy what you need."
The two saw the numbers and quickly thanked Raia.
They all then returned to their rooms.
"Tomorrow is the final exams." Raia whispered. "If I can bring my files into the world inside then I would have more time to study."
He was still at the lair of the armor rabbits after all. No one will disturb him if he studied there.
"Guess I'll just study here."
Raia took out his phone and began reviewing some of the old lessons of Sir Timothy.
…
After dinner, Raia studied for a few more hours before entering the world inside.
He took out some glowing green spirit stones to give some light to the place. He did some stretching before walking towards the seal that he did last time.
Raia punched it.
'Boom!'
The rocks were turned into dust and the hole where he descended from last time was revealed.
Raia began crawling back up to the surface.
The surface of the hole was a bit slippery but Raia easily solved this issue. He used the claw of the alpha green tiger as a hook to prevent him from sliding back down.
Getting back up was harder than sliding down.
After half an hour, Raia reached the entrance. He was elated to see the daylight.
'I would've just exited if it is night.' He didn't want to encounter the peak-rank beast that he saw last time after all.
He stared at the sky and thought to himself. 'A beast pet huh. Maybe I can get myself a beast pet from this place. I'll add it on my task list. Find a suitable beast pet.'
Raia of course wanted to have a strong beast pet. However, there was a small problem.
'I need a contract to tame a beast and I can't bring that contract inside here.'
After thinking for a moment, Raia thought. 'Should I try taking a beast to the outside world? I haven't done that before.'
He was killing beasts and taking their corpses but he still haven't tried to take them outside alive.
'I should give it a try.'
Carrying the idea in his mind, Raia sprinted to a direction to find a beast. At the same time, he was searching for signs of any beast lair around and anything that piques his interest.
A few minutes later, he found a small beast that he saw for the first time. It was a silver fox with gray ears and a tiny protruding horn on its forehead. It was sleeping on a grass that was formed around like a nest.
Raia rushed to it and because it was only mid-rank 2 state, he easily caught it in his hands.
The silver fox tried to push Raia's hands away but its resistance was futile. It was glaring at Raia after it knew it couldn't escape from his grasp.
'I'll start with you, little silver fox.'
Raia touched the silver fox with his spirit force and tried to send it to the storage space.
A few minutes passed, he showed a disappointed face.
"So I can't take a live beast outside. That's unfortunate." Raia didn't take it to the heart. Even if it didn't work now, he can still find other ways to tame a beast in the world inside.
He turned his attention to the little silver fox.
Unlike how it was reacting a few minutes ago, it was now just looking fixedly at Raia without any hostility. Raia was surprised about this.
Trying to see what the little silver fox would do, he placed it down to the ground.
The silver fox stood and continued staring at Raia. The two looked at each other's eyes for a few minutes.
At this moment, the silver fox walked back to its nest, curled itself and resumed its sleep.
Watching this happen, Raia just chuckled. 'Interesting. Now I want to tame this little silver fox.'
He approached the little silver fox again and tried to get its attention but it just ignored him.
After a few minutes, the little silver fox kept on sleeping. 'I'll find a way to make you follow me.'
Raia quickly exited the place to learn about beast contracts in the world outside.