First Taming!
This information astonished the guards slightly as taming skills were extremely rare due to their exorbitant cost. Furthermore, it was not as practical as other skills due to the high requirements one had to fulfill before purchasing it.
Even the lowest [Mortal-(Bronze)] Skill tome for Taming was probably 10 times more expensive than common ones, notwithstanding the requirements one had to fulfill, to obtain the permission to buy it.
They could only nod and let Shane through as the beast inside the bag was extremely weak compared to the strength of common guards.
Thus, if a Low-Wild Shadow-snake were to escape, it was still somewhat acceptable.
If something were to happen, Shane would still be held responsible and punished.
The guards messaged their Captain through the system, that a shadow snake youngling had entered the shelter in addition to Shane's name, which was requested.
Looking at the message that he received through the system, the guard captain frowned lightly.
'Why would you begin testing the taming skill with a shadow snake youngling? Other beasts are much easier to tame for beginners?'
But, the captain couldn't really understand this youth, and he decided to remember his name if something were to happen in the future.
Neither the guards nor their captain found the name [Shane Suro] suspicious and they could never imagine that he could possibly be the son of their president John Stella, or even remotely related to him.
This had many reasons.
One of the reasons was that not many humans knew that John had a son or Shane even existed.
Only their servants and the federation's highest authorities, in addition to some other important families, knew about him.
In total, probably only a few hundred humans knew about Shane´s existence while his family name was still kept secret.
Shane always introduced himself as Shane Stella, instead of Suro in front of his father´s colleagues during important events and balls, because he wanted his family name to remain his own, personal secret.
Another reason for him to keep his family name a secret was due to the shelter inspections, where he had to show his name.
There were only a handful of humans that could connect his family name to his father, which was exactly what he wanted.
Without the servants, there was only his fiancee and his father's friends that knew his family name, because his father had told his fiancee.
As his father was touring around all the time, Shane was more curious to know how his father would react, when he would find out that his only son had vanished from home, than the possibility of getting found. He smiled at that thought while walking down the dark alley.
Right now, Shane could see more humans strolling through the streets and his stomach began to grumble when he saw a few food stalls.
The dirt on his face and hands was slowly washed away due to the heavy rain that poured down from the sky. Now, he didn't look that bad anymore as he had appeared in front of the guards.
As such, he was still served food without any prejudice because of his dirty looks.
He bought a large but weird-looking piece of pizza that smelled extremely tasty, in addition to fried rice cakes for a total of 3 bronze coins. He then sat down on a chair, enjoying his little feast, as he ate everything with relish.
Shane was never allowed to eat junk and street food, thus he was extremely happy to savor the taste, and licked his fingers clean. The woman who sold him the food looked at him with a faint smile, disregarding his dirty appearance.
Upon looking closer, she had to acknowledge that this youth could be considered extremely handsome if he washed his face.
After he finished his meal, Shane thanked the vendor and went further down the street, where he found the decrepit building he had been searching for.
It was an Inn that required a renovation but Shane didn´t care about that and he purchased the cheapest room with a large bucket of warm water for 5 bronze coins.
Shane had lived his whole life in luxury but he didn't mind the shabby room he found himself in. He closed the door after he received the bucket of warm water.
Before he could wash up, Shane opened the leather bag, and the Shadow-snake immediately lunged at his hand, which he immediately took back.
He slapped his hand lightly on its head which caused the Shadow-snake youngling to feel dizzy. It collapsed on the ground where Shane seemed to hear a faint whimper sound.
"Don't attack me and I won't hurt you...Easy, right?" Shane explained in the [Primordial Language] he had learned at the age of four.
It could be said that most humans learned the Primordial language as their main language as it was way more important than their own planet's language because every race spoke it.
Due to that, everyone grew up bilingual and Shane found the primordial language extremely interesting, as he had never heard such a pleasing language before.
Every being inside the Primordial Dimensions could roughly understand the primordial language and the snake looked at him with fear in its eyes as if it wanted to plead for mercy.
Shane only shook his head with a faint smile as he began to wash up.
The room was completely sealed, and even though it looked shabby, there wasn't much space for the shadow snake to flee. The youngling's head hurt way too much to even think of fleeing.
In addition, it was extremely exhausted due to the efforts it took to break out of the cruel leather bag, but everything seemed useless.
It didn't want to die, but the human was too strong and it´s will to live seemed to weaken.
Shane never took his eyes off the Shadow-snake youngling and he was astonished to see its intelligence.
Normally, beasts would either go berserk in such states or give their all to prevent dying, but this small fella next to him knew that its darkness enveloped fangs couldn´t seriously injure him.
However, more important for Shane was that this shadow snake didn't simply follow its natural instinct, which might be helpful for him.
"Little fella… I have a proposal for you... Do you want to be my companion?" Shane asked and the Shadow-snake looked at him in confusion like it didn´t know what he meant.
Pondering on how to explain it more clearly, Shane released his Innate Skill [Taming] when a small but complex white magic circle appeared on his hand, shining as if it was alive.
Seeing the magic circle, the shadow snake instinctively slithered back and hissed as if the magic circle was something evil. It knew, once the magic circle bound it, its freedom would vanish completely.
Shane looked at the shadow snake and was unsure what to do. As such he continued talking, terminating his Innate Skill.
"I won't force you, but I'm confident that you'll have a better life with me. You can receive good food, and journey with me through the dimensions. Maybe, I´ll be able to help you become stronger and evolve into a shadow python or an even mightier existence in the future."
He didn't like forcing anyone to do something, but he really wanted to have this shadow snake as his companion, because it seemed more intelligent than its brethren.
However, the shadow snake's progress depended on its potential and ambition, so he couldn't really tell how far it would be able to go.
Even though the Shadow snake seemed more intelligent than its brethren that didn't mean it could completely understand what he meant.
It had only been born a few days ago and couldn't think of anything else other than growing.
However, that was before it smelled the food Shane had eaten previously.
It also wanted to eat the same thing, but that wasn't possible at its home.
As such, its hunger won over the instincts and the shadow snake slithered towards Shane.
Both Shane and the shadow snake didn't know that [Artemis' Blessing] had played a huge role to establish an amicable relationship between them. The shadow snake liked Shane more than it hated him for killing its brethren, which was uncommon.
Shane thought, with the Shadow snake slithering towards him, it had accepted his proposal. He smiled while releasing his Taming Innate Skill.
The white, vibrant magic circle appeared once again and Shane directed it to the ground causing the magic circle to appear on the wooden floor.
Still slightly hesitant, the shadow snake entered the magic circle and a white light enveloped the snake, as a connection was slowly formed between Shane and the shadow snake.
Around five minutes passed before the white light vanished and the mechanical voice echoed through his mind.
[First `Taming` successful accomplished]
[ Innate Skill `Taming´ <Upgrade>-function has been unlocked]
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