The next day Franz headed to the city center with his parents and Nepheli who had snuck into the trip as soon as she heard Ana talking about the trip to the city center.
On the way Franz and Nepheli struck up a conversation, though it was more about Nepheli talking and Franz listening to her talk.
- I have heard that today there will be a festival in the center, they say that companies and associations specialized in different branches will open calls for recent graduates, isn't it incredible Franz?! –
William, who was driving, joined the conversation asking, "I've heard about that, do you guys already know which association to join?" -
Both Franz and Nepheli thought about it for a moment, in reality neither was sure yet, there were associations that specialized in exploration outside the cities and others that preferred to focus more on the field of research.
After a few moments of reflection, the first to speak was Franz – I think I will join "the chimeras" –
Both her parents and Nepheli were a little surprised.
- I didn't know you were interested in training beasts, Franz - Nephel exclaimed, The chimeras was a pretty famous association among beast tamers, if you wanted your beast to learn new skills or you wanted to explore more deeply the ones you already had and you didn't have the experience or the necessary time, as long as you had the money you could go to them.
Franz thought about it after trying out his new skills, if his unique ability wasn't limited to just his hired beast, then he might consider joining them.
- Not a bad option, I've heard that as long as a beast can learn good quality skills, its chances of continuing to move up are quite high –
Nepheli felt enlightened after hearing that and said – Wow, then I'll come to you Franz, you'll have to put up with me a while longer, apparently –
Both Anne and William started laughing after hearing that, Franz on the other hand was thinking about something else.
- "Would Nepheli lend me his beast, we will have to ask him later" -
- On the other hand, I plan to join the wolf's fangs, they focus on exploring outside the city - Nepheli said, getting the attention of the three, but it was not strange, Nepheli was always someone free, he preferred to go from one place to another than to stay in one place without doing anything.
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After two hours of travel, they had finally reached the center, the streets were bustling and a lot of people were walking everywhere, but where most people gathered, it was right in the square where there were lots of banners and stalls with people advertising their group or association.
- Do you think if we go shopping first and then come back? – Ana asked the boys, they nodded without any problem, there was no hurry anyway.
Everyone headed towards the beast supply store, which sold everything from supplements to nutrient-rich food for all kinds of beasts and even sold skill stones.
Skill stones were magic stones that were integrated with memorization magic to introduce skills into it so that anyone could learn it without having to go through the initial steps that could require a lot of time.
Damn murderer
Just as Franz was walking behind his family, he could hear a barely audible voice, containing hatred and sadness, but when Franz was about to wonder what it was, he was interrupted by his mother.
- Beep, calling Franz ashore, you are asked immediately, please answer - Ana said mockingly to Franz who was distracted.
Franz only showed him his tongue and followed behind them, forgetting about the matter for a moment.
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From potions, beast taming skill stones, to supplies and even beasts, the things Franz and Nepheli looked at were so many that their sight wasn't even enough to encompass everything, leaving them both impressed.
While they were distracted by the sight, a well-dressed employee greeted the 4 of them in a very cordial manner, causing the 4 of them to give the store the go-ahead.
- Welcome dear customers, please see how much you like, if you need anything you can call me, oh! And for the new graduates of the beast taming academy, we have a discount of 10% to 15% - said the employee giving a friendly look to Franz and Nepheli who wore a medal that identified them as taming beasts in the sight of ordinary people.
- Thank you very much friend, we were actually coming for supplies and accessories for the beasts of these two boys - said William who was grateful for the good treatment.
The employee, who was apparently named Jeff, nodded and asked a few questions to learn about the situation of the beasts hired from both of them.
- Let's see, Slime although they are not very picky about food, they usually have a certain preference for things with mana, so a few blue stones as an accessory for their meals and training would be very good for them, as for the tree Jaguar, although they are carnivores they actually have a weakness for salty fruits, Mountain Kiwi and stone apples would come in handy, In addition to the meat of course, for that I recommend spectral deer meat is very nutritious for this type of beasts-
Both Franz and Nepheli were pleasantly surprised and nodded at Jeff's suggestions, they also bought some support skills for the two of them.
Jeff nodded and after explaining to them about the types of skills they handled in the store, Franz decided on a skill: calm, which consisted of calming the mind to ensure an optimal state for the practice of both the tamer and his beast, once mastered it could even heal minor wounds of the soul and some mild states such as tiredness, while Nepheli settled on an ability called; Veil of concealment, silences the footsteps and decreases the presence of both the user and his beast that came well with a beast like the tree jaguar, this skill could be mastered by anyone, magician, warrior, taming beasts, for them it was also quite famous for beginners.
In the end William paid a total of 24000 credits for the two skills and supplies, that discounting 12% of the total value of course, the most expensive were the skill stones that cost about 16 thousand credits for the two, the rest was not so expensive, giving a total of a month of food that would be sent week after week to their house, as for Nepheli who wanted to pay his own, William flatly refused, he wanted to pay as a token of gratitude for taking care of Franz, in the end Nepheli ended up accepting.
- Hey, who would have thought you would be so profitable - Nepheli said who had no choice but to accept Williams' request.
- And who would have thought that you know shame - Franz said mocking Nepheli.
William could only laugh as he stopped the two who were still behaving like children.
Although they had already finished buying what they needed, Franz took the opportunity by refraining from continuing to bother his friend to ask Jeff if they could see the beasts of the place for a future purchase as an excuse.
Jeff happily said yes and took them to a separate room where they had the beasts, normally they charged for the entrance, but since they had made a large purchase, the entrance was free for this occasion, once they entered, Jeff left them alone to have fun and the 4 thanked him for his help.
The place was actually like a small zoo, the place housed beasts of all kinds and many people walked around the place taking pictures and so on, the store had many ways to get money apparently, but in return people could see fascinating creatures that would only be in the wild.
The place even offered the opportunity to look at a beast of very high quality, a silver beast called: Singing Tengu, a rather large bird-type beast, had a joking temperament, which is why the zoo allowed some visitors to live with said beast, it was also said that the singing Tengu at its highest point, their songs were able to move the wind to create storms around them.
But Franz didn't come for that, he came for the beasts in the water enclosure, they were beasts that of course, lived in the water and therefore it was very rare to see them, but Franz wanted to visit them because most of the water beasts they brought to the city were usually support beasts, if Franz could find any interesting skills it would be quite good, for such abilities were rare to see among beasts.
While his parents and Nepheli went to see other beasts, Franz specifically went to the water enclosure, specifically in the ponds where the healing fish were located, in it there were all kinds of sea beasts specialized in support, that was exactly what Franz was looking for after thinking of a way to earn money for future major expenses and for emergency occasions.
Once he arrived, it was actually several ponds connected to each other through which the fish passed, the less shy ones approaching people to be fed or petted, while there were others who preferred to move away undisturbed.
After checking different beasts with his ability, Franz was able to find an interesting skill that he decided to copy and since he had nothing else to do, he decided to return for the time being to his family.