Amy An Instrument, Tamed Beast Shop

After getting Andrew's promise, Amy was very happy.

Soon, the two arrived at the housing rental center in Alice City again.

Using Amy's father's name again, Andrew got a villa at 50% of the market rental rate.

Alice City was in the middle of a besieged city and it was surrounded by a tall wall. Therefore, the land inside was expensive.

It was hard to rent a villa even if you had money, let alone a villa at a very low price.

As this whole process was done under Amy's name, the real estate agent waited on Andrew carefully and settled his place.

After getting the keys, Andrew went straight to Alice City's furniture center without stopping.

He got the furniture at the lowest possible price using the same method.

When he was done, Andrew called the moving company to move.

In this world, the employees of the moving company were not human. They were all animals called Strong Apes.

These Strong Apes had no other abilities. One of their main abilities was that they had great strength and endurance.

Soon, Andrew moved everything from the original place to his new home.

After furnishing the house, Andrew wanted to be nice and invite Amy to the house. But upon hearing Andrew's invitation, she seemed to be afraid of something. She quickly refused Andrew's invitation.

When Andrew looked puzzled, she took the chance to run away as if she was escaping from something.

Andrew was left all alone with a puzzled expression.

'I just wanted to invite you to my house, why are you so afraid?'

However, Andrew didn't really care.

The most important thing now was to study about the new Tamed Beast he had obtained -- Jörmungandr, one that might become a terrifying existence.

He opened the incubator.

The little guy in the incubator seemed to be very afraid of Andrew. He shrunk into the incubator.

This situation was also very normal.

A newborn Beast would be very afraid of strangers as it had not formed a contract with Andrew yet.

Now, Andrew had to establish a good relationship with this little guy first.

He took out the leftover food for Tamed Beasts that were in his previous house. 

This was also something that his predecessor had prepared long ago.

His predecessor had gone through a lot of trouble to prepare a Beast that was about to be contracted. He had basically prepared a lot of things.

Unfortunately, no matter how much he prepared, in the end, he only contracted a lizard.

Because of this, his predecessor was so angry that he died.

That was how Andrew came to this world.

Andrew found some food for his Tamed Beast and fed it a little.

Looking at the earthworm that was eating its food diligently, Andrew couldn't help but burst into laughter.

After the little fellow had eaten its fill, its vigilance towards Andrew decreased. It also became much closer to Andrew.

This was also the reason why many Beast Tamers chose to contract the Beasts when they are young.

After many Beasts grew up, they would become very vigilant. No matter how good you were to them, they would still hold grudges against you.

However, a Tamed Beast was different when it was young. As long as you gave it something good to eat, it would be very easy for it to establish a good impression of you.

With that, the contracting would go very smoothly.

Afterward, Andrew found more snacks and fed the little guy.

He tried his best to gain a good impression.

After the earthworm lost its vigilance towards him, Andrew started the contract.

Forming a contract with a Beast was very simple. He just needed to bite his finger and drip the blood on the Beast's head. After communicating with the Beast mentally and sensing its emotions, the contract would be considered a success.

The contract with the earthworm was formed very smoothly.

Perhaps it was because it had eaten too much just now, the first message the earthworm sent to Andrew was: 'Want to sleep...'

After successfully contracting the earthworm, Andrew put it back into the Beast Space, letting it sleep well.

The Beast could also properly level up while in the Beast Space.

At the same time, Andrew also began to study the information the system gave him.

From the information given to him by the system earlier, the conditions of the earthworm's atavism seemed to be more demanding than that of the lizard's.

However, Andrew thought about it carefully.

He found that the conditions of the earthworm's atavism were easier to find.

They were three-star Snake-type Crystal Nuclei and three-star Snake-type Venomous Fangs. Although it was a three-star requirement, it was much simpler compared to the conditions required for the lizard's atavism. Lizard's atavism required Dragon Blood and Black-bone Winged Dragon.

After all, there were more Snake-type Crystal Nuclei and Snake-type Venomous Fangs.

The conditions weren't limited as long as the creatures were of snake-type.

Although there were fewer three-star snake-type creatures, at least they could still be seen on the market.

Some people's Beasts were even three-star snake-type Tamed Beasts.

For example... Bill's poisonous giant snake.

As he thought of this, Andrew began to contemplate.

It seemed that it was necessary to have a talk with Bill for the mock exam in three days.

...

It was getting late.

Andrew tidied up his house briefly and then he rode his bicycle to the Tamed Beast shop.

The Tamed Beast shop was originally where Andrew worked. This time, he wasn't going there to work. Instead, he was going to tell the boss lady in the shop that he wouldn't be working anymore.

The Tamed Beast shop occupied two shop spaces in the downtown area.

The shop wasn't small, it was filled with Beast Tamers' Tamed Beasts.

Many Tamed Beasts needed regular check-ups and treatment. This Tamed Beast shop specialized in that area as well.

As soon as Andrew entered the shop, a voice lazily spoke, "Oh, you're still planning to come? I thought you'd forgotten that you still have a job here."

Following the voice, he saw a pretty, red-haired woman looking at him with a cigarette in her mouth.

This person was the boss lady of the Tamed Beast shop.

It was said that the boss lady was a Beast Tamer with a very high-level Beast.

However, Andrew had never seen her Beast before.

The boss lady had always been very mysterious in Andrew's eyes.

He had never even seen her family before.

He had only heard her say that she was alone and didn't have any family.

"Sister Monroe, I have indeed come here to tell you that I'm not going to work here anymore. I'm going to participate in the assessment soon, so I'm going to devote my heart and soul to the assessment."

He didn't know the boss lady's full name.

He had only heard other customers call the boss lady 'Monroe', so Andrew called her 'sister Monroe'.

Hearing Andrew say this, Monroe also showed a slightly surprised expression.

However, she quickly hid it.

She walked to Andrew and flirtatiously lifted Andrew's chin.

She said with a resentful expression, "Young man, do you not like me? I am very reluctant to part with you."

Andrew was already prepared. He took a step back expressionlessly.

The boss lady often teased him, and Andrew was almost numb to it.

At first, he was probably a little shy. But after a few times, Andrew knew that the boss lady was just going through the motions.

Sure enough, after Monroe finished teasing Andrew, the smiling expression on her face disappeared.

"I won't tease you anymore, young man. At your age, you should really focus on the school assessment. Let me calculate your salary for this period and give it to you."