One of the students in the audience said, “A loyalty of 71 isn’t that high.”
“Not high? This is an emerald-quality mystical beast! It’s really difficult to increase loyalty, and 71 is already quite good.”
“Exactly! This is only Charles’s third mystical beast, and it’s probably only been contracted for a few months. Reaching 71 is impressive.”
Catherine heard someone say that Charles had contracted Mia for a few months, but she knew very well that when Charles arrived in Calivia, he only had two mystical beasts!
From the time he contracted his third mystical beast until now, it had only been a few days at most.
To raise a mystical beast’s loyalty to 71 in just a few days is not just impressive, it’s almost unimaginable!
Thinking of this, Catherine stared at Charles’s calm expression on stage, feeling a strange sensation in her heart.
Ever since she met Charles at the station in Lsengard, she realized that he was truly special!
As a genius Beast Master, a brilliant forgemaster, and a talented alchemist, he showed no arrogance at all. He treated people and situations with such normalcy, and he was brave, decisive, and also very clever and cautious.
As Catherine recalled the moments spent with Charles, a subtle emotion appeared in her azure eyes, one she didn’t even notice herself—a mix of admiration and affection.
Leo, upon hearing the discussions among the students below, began to wear a displeased expression.
He really hadn’t expected the loyalty of Charles’s contracted mystical beast to be so high, indicating that Charles had put in considerable effort to cultivate that loyalty.
This meant that Charles must have spent even less time on forging and alchemy than he had imagined!
This further underscored Charles’s extraordinary talent in forging and alchemy, surpassing ordinary comprehension!
But so what? Leo didn’t believe that every mystical beast Charles owned would have such high loyalty.
In his eyes, Charles must have focused all his time and energy on the emerald-quality mystical beast, while the loyalty of the other two platinum-quality mystical beasts was surely not as high!
After thinking for a moment, Leo took a deep breath to calm his thoughts and said to Charles, “A loyalty of 71 for an emerald-quality mystical beast is quite impressive. You must have invested a lot of time and energy, right?”
Little did he know, Charles shook his head and replied, “A lot of time and energy? Not at all. I contracted my third mystical beast only a few days ago, so I haven’t spent much time or energy on it.”
“What? A few days?” Upon hearing Charles’s words, Leo completely forgot what he wanted to say, his mind left only with shock!
After a moment, he felt that Charles must be lying, intentionally saying such things.
“Charles, being blindly arrogant and disregarding the facts is not a good thing. To raise a mystical beast’s loyalty to 71 in just a few days, especially for an emerald-quality one, would probably make others laugh.”
At the same time, even Zachary and Camilla didn’t believe Charles’s words. They knew very well that the higher the quality of a mystical beast, the harder it was to increase its loyalty.
To raise an emerald-quality mystical beast’s loyalty to 71 in just a few days? That must be a dream.
“Raising that much loyalty in just a few days? My Gold-quality mystical beast only reached 80 after more than a year!”
“Charles, you’re already very talented, there’s no need to exaggerate.”
“At this rate, isn’t your first mystical beast’s loyalty over 90? How is that possible?”
“The loyalty of mystical beasts becomes harder to raise as it increases, that’s a recognized fact!”
“To reach a loyalty of 90, it would probably take several years. How could that be?”
Listening to the discussions among the students, Leo’s eyes lit up again.
He really hadn’t expected Charles to shoot himself in the foot. If Charles hadn’t exaggerated so much, it would have been hard for Leo to find any flaws in him.
“Ahem, everyone, please be quiet.” Once the classroom settled down, Leo deliberately raised his voice and asked, “Charles, although you’ve done well with the mystical beast’s loyalty, you shouldn’t exaggerate. Just tell the truth, no one will laugh at you.”
Leo turned to the other students and said, “Charles comes from a remote area and is a commoner, so it’s natural he wouldn’t understand the difficulty of raising the loyalty of an emerald-quality mystical beast. Everyone should understand him and not mock him.”
Among the students below, no one had mentioned Charles’s commoner background before, but after Leo said that, others began to realize he was a commoner.
“Now that Teacher Leo has mentioned it, I can understand, it’s normal for a commoner not to know.”
“Yeah, Charles is already very impressive.”
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Catherine could no longer bear it. She stood up abruptly, casting a glance at those discussing Charles’s background, and said, “Shut up!”
One sentence was spoken, and the surroundings instantly fell silent.
They all knew Catherine’s strength, a Level 4 Beast Master with four platinum-quality mystical beasts was certainly not to be trifled with.
However, someone, relying on their identity from one of the top families in Genosha, stood up and said, “Catherine, while you’re strong, we haven’t provoked you. What gives you the right to silence us?”
Just as Catherine was about to get angry, Charles quickly interrupted him and said, “Do you all not believe?”
“That’s for sure. How could anyone raise the loyalty of a jade-quality mystical beast to 71 in just a few days?”
“I might believe it a little if you said a few months, but a few days? That’s too crazy.”
“What, are you saying false facts and expecting us to believe it?”
In the classroom, there was not just Leo from the Taylor family, but also someone named Zach.
He was the first to stand up and retort, followed by several others from prominent families, collectively questioning Charles.
At this moment, Leo was also enjoying the spectacle. Seeing several people questioning Charles, he maintained a blank expression, but inside he was overjoyed, Charles was definitely going to be humiliated this time!
“Everyone, please calm down. While the teacher also thinks this is impossible, you all need to understand that commoners…” Leo seemed to be trying to stabilize the out-of-control situation,
But every word he said kept referring to commoners, fanning the flames.
Charles naturally understood Leo’s intentions, and he was too lazy to continue arguing. He directly turned to Leo and said, “Did you not say earlier that you wanted me to write an apology letter?”
Leo was somewhat confused, he didn’t understand what Charles meant by bringing this up now.
“Here’s the deal: if everything I said is true, then you and these few people must go to the square and shout a hundred times.” Charles said.
“Shout what?” Zach quickly asked.
“Just shout that I’m trash, that I’m not as good as a commoner!” Charles replied flatly.
At this moment, Leo was exceptionally pleased, he had long wanted to embarrass Charles, and this opportunity was perfect, plus it was Charles who proposed it. Afterwards, no one could say he was bullying a new student.
“Charles, that might not be good. If they win, you…” Leo only said half of his sentence.
Charles decisively replied, “If this is all fake, then you can do whatever you want!”
For some reason, when Leo heard Charles’ words, he felt an immense joy inside.
He had promised his good friend Carter that he would embarrass Charles and teach him a lesson, and that would soon come to fruition.
However, Leo remembered Charles’ confident and calm demeanor, which gave him a slight sense of unease. What if everything Charles said was true?
Raising the loyalty of a jade-quality mystical beast to 71 in just a few days?
Impossible! It was simply not feasible!
Thinking of this, Leo said, “Charles, the teacher doesn’t want to agree to this either, but the way you’re acting, I have no choice but to agree, just to make you remember this lesson and never fabricate things again.”
“No, you’re mistaken. It’s I who will teach you a lesson. You’re a Level 6 Beast Master, yet you act like a frog in a well, so uninformed.” Charles said, feeling a bit more cheerful now that Leo had agreed.
Leo sensed the implications in Charles’ words, and his unease grew stronger.
What if what Charles said was true? Would he really have to publicly declare himself a waste, saying he was inferior to commoners?
Just the thought of such a scenario was more painful than death for Leo, he had always despised commoners!
Just as Leo was feeling a bit of hesitation, Zach shouted, “Charles, the agreement is set! How will you prove it?”
Charles thought for a moment, it seemed a bit inappropriate to seek out Teacher Colton for proof, especially since the teacher, as a master-level alchemist, was quite busy and time was precious.
When Zach and Leo saw Charles deep in thought, joy immediately spread across their faces, and they quickly said, “Charles, stop pretending! You’re just fabricating things. Who can prove that you contracted a jade-quality mystical beast in just a few days?”
“I can! I can prove it!” A voice came from outside the door, it was Hale!
Surrounding him was the aura of a Level 6 Beast Master, clearly showing he was already angry.
All this way, Hale had been caring for Charles, not just because of Uncle Ezra but because the more he interacted with Charles, the more he appreciated and valued him!
In fact, he had arrived long ago but had been waiting outside, watching Leo and Zach’s performance.
Hale knew that everything Charles said was true, and that was why he waited until Zach and Leo agreed to the terms before entering the classroom.
“Teacher Hale?” Leo looked at Hale’s background with some surprise, but he quickly regained his composure and said, “Teacher Hale can prove this? You’re Charles’ supervising teacher, so who knows if you might fabricate evidence to help him?”
“He can’t, but can I?” Another voice came from outside the door.
Leo turned to look, and with just one glance, he was rooted to the spot, unable to move.