Rocky spent three days rapidly performing experiments on the remaining spirit-manipulated beasts in the Magical Beast House. He was preparing himself to leave. Juey had come for him several times and Rocky hid from her. He was tired of that and thought it might be best for him to just wrap up his research and leave.
"The qualifying competition is today. I guess I shouldn't expect Jonas today," Rocky murmured to himself. Recently, Jonas went to him every day. He was very eager to be taught by Rocky.
As if on cue, Jonas suddenly came in.
"Hey!" Jonas's eyes lit up the moment he saw Rocky.
"You're here," Rocky said flatly.
"Rookie, why didn't you attend the qualifying competition? I thought you would be there, but you weren't," Jonas said. He'd only been with Rocky for a few days, but he knew that Rocky was knowledgeable when it came to beast curing. He even knew things that weren't discussed by Harry during their class. Jonas had admired Rocky for that. He thought that he was an outstanding human and that he should take part in the competition. He was sure everyone would admire his extraordinary talents.
"I'm not interested," Rocky responded. Then he quickly dropped the topic and asked Jonas to help him. He asked him to follow him into the beast stable.
On the other side, an old man of about fifty years old and a young woman entered the gate of the Magical Beast House. The old man looked ordinary in his black and golden robe, but something about his eyes made him look sharp and mysterious.
The young woman was about twenty-four years old. She was tall, slim, and fresh-looking. Her sparkling eyes and high-bridged nose were perfectly framed by her black and red hair. She was beautiful, and her golden dress made her look even more attractive. Even the two ladies
n said, acting offended. She turned to her left and started pointing with her fingers. "That one in the first beast stable on the left is the Tattooed Crab, the one in the third stable is the Three-tailed Snow Monkey, and the one in the fifth stable on your right is the White Shadow Eagle." The woman concluded with a dramatic shrug.
Willie was speechless. The woman was indeed correct.
'This woman is extraordinary! It seems that she is extraordinarily skilled in the aspect of beast evaluation. More than that, she is a master at the first grade of the Supernal Stage, but she is a little younger than Sabina. Definitely, she is not an ordinary spirit manipulator. She could be of noble descent, like from the great clan in the Timber Deity Empire.' Rocky were enumerating possibilities in his head as he stared at the old man and young woman. The old man surprised him quite a lot. He was almost certain that he was just being modest. He was easily above the Divine Stage. He didn't expect that there would be such an unrivalled master at the Divine Stage in the border city of the Timber Deity Empire.
However, Willie seemed oblivious to just how powerful the two people in front of him were.