"Can you heal it?" Zachary asked.
"Yes, but we'll have to make the Dragon Finch deliver the treasure first. It's inside its belly right now. We'll have to get it out before proceeding with the treatment," Mimi replied.
"Isn't it seriously ill already? How could we force it to deliver the treasure? Won't that hurt?" Zachary's face was marred with a frown as he tried to figure out what to do.
"There's a new pill in the treasure beast system. It's called the Speeding Up Pill. Like what its name suggests, it can speed up the formation of the treasure and make the beast deliver it all at once. However, it only applies to mature treasures that are ready to come out," Mimi patiently explained.
"So that means this pill is suitable for the Dragon Finch? Right?" Zachary asked though he had already understood what Mimi was trying to say.
"Yes, but the Speeding Up Pill is very expensive. It costs one thousand gold coins for a single pill," Mimi added.
"One thousand gold coins? That's crazy!" Zachary exclaimed, extremely shocked at the astronomically high price of the treasure pill.
"Do you want to buy it?" Mimi asked.
Zachary could only shrug helplessly. What choice did he have, really? "Fine. Let's do it!"
"Alright! It's done!" Mimi announced.
Zachary stopped touching the Dragon Finch and began his report to Linda. "I'm done with the examination. Something is indeed wrong with the Dragon Finch."
"Impossible. I've had several Sage Level beast tamers check on it. All of them said that it was healthy," Linda refuted, not believing Zachary at all.
"I also checked the Dragon Finch and found nothing wrong with it," Alisa added. She did not understand and was very much confused with Zachary's claim that there was something wrong. She herself ascertained that everything was fine.
The Imperial Level warriors began to whisper amongst each other when they heard this. No doubt this Zachary only said that there was something wrong with the Dragon Finch in order to curry Linda's favor. Such a dirty trick!
"Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?" Vivian asked. She was a bit worried after hearing the whispers from the crowd.
Zachary pointed at the Dragon Finch's belly and shot Vivian a look. "Has this part of the Dragon Finch been hurt before?" he asked.
Linda could only look on in astonishment when she saw where he was pointing at. The Dragon Finch did indeed get injured there but that was a few months ago. She thought it would have totally healed and recovered by now. There was no negative response from Linda so Zachary figured that he might have hit the bull's eye.
"If it has been hurt here before then
to the Imperial Level.
"Alright, the fun's over! Everyone leave now!" Linda told the warriors that had gathered around them.
Seeing this, the warriors shook their heads and reluctantly made their leave.
Zachary turned to Alisa. "Is there anything else you want to know?" he asked. He knew what he just did must have made Linda think highly of him and since Alisa was Linda's close friend, he assumed that it would be much easier to seek her help with Linda beginning to trust him.
Alisa shook her head. "No. Don't you want me to teach you how to make the treasure beast learn beast martial skills? Come with me." Without another word, she walked away before he could even give a response.
Zachary nodded and chose to follow her wordlessly towards the side of the Imperial Training Ground.
Vivian's eyes were glued onto him this whole time, afraid that her future husband might be snatched away by another woman.
Linda noticed her jealousy and was quick to tease her, saying, "It seems you're not as charming as Alisa. From the way I see it, his soul seems to have been seduced by her."
Vivian let out a hopeless sigh. "This guy has always been attracted by other women so easily. I'm already used to it."
Her revelation made Linda cast her a look of disdain. "You are a lady from a decent clan. How can you stand him behaving so ridiculously?"
Vivian merely shrugged. "What can I do? He doesn't listen to me anyway."
"That is true. This type of guy is indeed different from ordinary people. I think it would be best to change your tactic since a man like him won't fall in love with you if you cling to him so annoyingly," Linda advised. Her advice made Vivian turn to her.
"What should I do then? Do you have any ideas?" Vivian asked in curiosity.