Chapter 289: Sensing and Omens! Fooled into Something Real!

This made his Shamate hairstyle and appearance on that side not look so eye-searing anymore. Asher, Freya, and Prince reached a cheerful consensus.

Excluded Clyde: "..."

"This isn't us excluding you, this is clearly you not cooperating with our schedule."

What is called turning the tables? This is a blatant turn of the tables However, when Freya said this, her face didn't blush, her heart didn't race, she looked utterly reasonable, even making Clyde lightly doubt himself for a second.

Immediately after, Clyde gave Freya a helpless look.

Was this something he could control?

This was clearly a mismatch of circumstances. Schedule conflict.

But no matter how unwilling Clyde was, when it was time to go, there could be no more delays.

Asher told Freya she could take Prince and stroll around the institute at will.

Once only Asher was left in the room, he pulled out Angel.

Angel: ?

Angel used one eye to perfectly express its confused emotion to Asher.

Looking at Angel's mechanical eye composed of electronic parts, Asher showed a speechless expression, "No, what exactly have you been learning during this time?"

Asher began reflecting.

'Have I been ignoring Angel?'

'Doesn't seem like it!'

Angel: "Thank you for the Beastmaster's concern. Angel took time to study human psychology, human analytics, human facial expression science, human micro-expression—"

"Stop stop stop," Asher gestured with a time-out signal.

Listening to these terms popping out one after another from Angel's mouth, Asher felt like he had a headache.

'Why do I feel Angel has even more of a villain vibe now? This must be my imagination.'

'Haha!'

'Definitely just overthinking!'

Asher decisively changed the topic, "Help me check if there's been any news in Thousand City recently."

Angel's eye lit up.

Literally lit up.

As if lights were flashing inside.

A moment later.

A full report appeared on Asher's phone.

From the title font to the body font, it was so standard it looked like a paper ready to be published.

Asher, who usually got annoyed with this kind of thing and tossed it to subordinates, gave Angel a thumbs-up.

'Not bad.'

Another +1 to useful tools.

But what mattered more now was checking the content of this paper.

Angel possessed powerful information processing and organizing abilities. This file on Thousand City was sorted very clearly.

Asher skimmed it and understood the situation.

"Prince's father is really in the gold digging business, huh?", He had heard Prince mention it before.

But Asher hadn't expected, considering Prince's age, his father must be at least in his sixties or seventies, and he was still doing this job?

What's this? Is this the so-called passion? Otherwise, who still does this kind of work at that age.

But just like Asher imagined, with Prince's father being older now, still sticking to this job was purely out of love and financial freedom, he didn't care about quantity or progress. Just going with the flow.

And with years of gold digging development in the Red Mill Mountains, much of the mountain had already been explored.

Inside, it was as complex as a maze.

Newbies trying to join the gold digging crowd would find it extremely difficult.

The first hurdle ahead of them, was likely not even knowing the paths.

Veteran gold diggers wouldn't kindly tell newbies that a path had already been thoroughly explored and was nearly impossible to find fossils in.

That path might still hold some potential.

Wander in randomly, and what lay ahead were thousands of routes.

Everyone was here to make money.

All from the same job, so calling them competitors wasn't wrong at all.

Prince's father didn't have this worry.

He had been in the business in Thousand City since he was young, if not the first wave, definitely a veteran among veterans.

He was deeply familiar with the Red Mill Mountains and even the surrounding small mountains, and knew of some secret paths unknown to most people.

This folded space was discovered at one such hidden path.

His rich experience made Prince's father instantly aware that this space seemed somewhat different.

Plus, he had a son who was an Tier 8 Ace Beast Tamer.

With one phone call, they had mostly figured out the situation.

The whole process was very smooth, with no conspiracy elements involved.

When Prince said his intuition told him there were good things inside, well, it probably really was just his intuition.

Seeing this, Asher stroked his chin, his face showing a slightly complicated expression.

"Angel, do you know… what it means when my heart beats abnormally?", After a moment of thought, Asher still tried asking Angel.

Yes, part of the reason Asher kept hesitating about going was because his heartbeat wasn't normal.

When Prince said there were definitely good things in the folded space, Asher's little heart instantly went thump-thump, beating wildly in an abnormal rhythm.

Asher: "?"

'This is not right.'

'Very not right.'

'This has never happened before!'

But the situation was just too strange. Asher didn't feel comfortable directly asking the May siblings, and it was even less possible to ask Prince.

After thinking it over, Asher could only turn to Angel.

Maybe this would yield an answer.

"Sensing."

"Omen."

Just then, the World Tree Lily, placed on the windowsill to bask in sunlight and moonlight, absorbing the essence of sun and moon, and seemingly non-existent this whole time, suddenly spoke in sync with Angel.

Asher looked at World Tree Lily in surprise.

'Hmm? Telepathy?'

'Kind of similar.'

But World Tree Lily had been pretending not to exist until now, and suddenly it said this…

"What is sensing, and what is an omen?", Asher felt it was worth listening to both Angel and World Tree Lily.

Angel was the first to explain, "Sensing refers to a Beast Tamer's subtle perception of events and places related to their contracted beasts."

Sounds simple. Just one sentence.

Asher nodded, 'There's something to it.'

Then he looked at World Tree Lily.

World Tree Lily's branches and leaves stretched out, swaying left and right in the air in a cheerful rhythm.

"Omen," World Tree Lily's voice rang out again.

Soft and delicate, audible only to Asher, "Thou, being mine child, possess a special sense for things beneficial to thyself."

Listening to Angel and World Tree Lily's explanation, Asher showed a thoughtful expression.

How to put it?

Though Angel and World Tree Lily seemed to mean something similar, in the end, it was all a reaction to good things.

It really was kind of like a sixth sense.

But, what's beneficial to the pet beast, and what's beneficial to oneself, these are different premises.

Fortunately…

"There's definitely something good in this folded space, something suited for me and my beasts," Asher nodded as he spoke.

He had still been a little hesitant.

But now looking at it this way, hesitate for what? What's there to hesitate about? This folded space clearly has a destined connection with him.

Asher quickly made a decision and went out to find Freya and Prince.

Then…

"You guys are already friends?", Asher looked in shock at Levi and Pierce getting along perfectly with Prince, his face filled with confusion.

'How long has it even been?'

'An hour?'

But from the way the three interacted and their level of chemistry… Asher couldn't help feeling something was off.

'Are they a little too close?'

"It's mostly that it's hard to stay serious around the funny guy," Freya deadpanned from the side.

Asher: "..."

'Excellent. Sharp.'

'Suggestion: maybe don't say that next time.'

Freya hadn't joined in. She looked at Asher, "Professor Asher, are you sure?"

Freya was a bit surprised.

When she invited Asher, it wasn't like she had no ulterior motive, she had hoped Asher could help share some of the attention from Prince.

Otherwise, if she had to follow Prince alone… Freya felt she might suffocate.

Then she might really have to consider quitting.

"Actually, if you think it's dangerous and don't want to go, it's not like—", Freya said softly.

Before she could finish, Asher interrupted, "No need to overthink. I agreed to go not for anyone else, purely for myself," Asher said without hesitation.

"My sixth sense is also telling me, there really might be something good in that folded space. I better not miss it."

Asher never lies.

He just tells half-truths that sound super real.

Freya had long heard of Asher's sixth sense and nodded thoughtfully, and felt just a little emotionally dead inside.

'Professor Asher really is… direct! Way too direct!'

To say Freya had zero pink feelings when facing Asher, that was impossible. But after Asher said that, all the pink bubbles were thoroughly popped.

Not even a trace left.

'Darn it!'

'Another dense, straight-faced guy! Can't his heart have something other than Beast Taming?'

Asher: (⁠•⁠‿⁠•⁠)

'I am still young.'

Freya: "..."

Freya rolled her eyes and decided to toss this thought aside.

'Forget it.'

The budding flower of love she hadn't even bloomed yet was just nipped at the tip.

"Hahaha!", Prince suddenly popped up from the side, laughing heartily as he patted Asher's shoulder, "Professor Asher, made up your mind?"

Freya looked at Prince standing next to Asher and turned her head away with an expression of eye pain.

Her eyes hurt.

Prince's outfit and hairstyle were simply too eye-searing.

He was clearly handsome. But he just had to trash himself like this.

"Mm," Asher didn't comment on Prince's look, 'Personal preference, not something to interfere with.'

"Ready to depart anytime."

The staff at Asher's research institute looked very calm when they heard this.

Shocked? They weren't even capable of being shocked anymore.

Professor Asher not liking to stay in the institute for long was something everyone already understood.

As long as there was a suitable event, he'd vanish in a flash.

If Asher actually stayed in the institute for more than half a year, they'd suspect something major was about to bug out in the world.

Otherwise, how could you keep Professor Asher in one place for so long?

"Go early, return early."

"Stay safe on the road."

"Professor Asher, does the Flame Dragon paper need to be published?"

"What about the follow-up on Heart of Machinery blind boxes and the flame crystal sales?"

Rather than fussing over irrelevant things, it was better to focus on actual work.

Problems came crashing down on Asher one after another.

Asher: "..."

"One at a time, one at a time. I'll settle everything before I leave," Asher raised both hands, signaling everyone to stay calm.

He hadn't even run off yet.

Freya on the side couldn't help laughing at the sight.

Thankfully, all of it was traceable.

———

Asher spent the entire morning neatly arranging and assigning everything he had to handle.

"Let's depart," Stretching his arms with a big yawn, Asher felt all the bones in his body crackling.

Prince released the Lightyear Dragon Rider.

Looking at this beast, which seemed even more spirited than the Lightyear Dragon Riders he usually rented, Asher couldn't help asking, "Do alliance Beast Tamers, especially Tier 8 ones, have any kind of unwritten rule?"

Seeing the confused looks from Freya and Prince, Asher continued, "Like, do they all have to contract a dragon-type beast?"

Clyde's Flame Dragon.

Prince's Lightyear Dragon Rider.

Peter seemed to not have a dragon-type beast?

Madam Henrietta, Asher wasn't sure.

But two out of three was still a significant proportion.

Plus Freya, a Tier 7 Beast Tamer, also had a Flame Dragon. No wonder Asher thought this way.

"If you put it that way…", Freya rubbed her chin and nodded, "There's actually some truth to that."

"Actually, aside from Mr. Peter not contracting a flying-type beast, quite a few do contract dragon-types."

"But they're not necessarily their main force."

While speaking, Freya looked toward Asher, "Professor Asher can consider contracting a dragon attribute pet beast, ah. At least in terms of combat power, the power displayed by dragon attribute pet beasts is quite considerable."

"Among pet beasts of the same level generally, it is very difficult to have easily obtainable pet beasts whose combat power can be stronger than dragon attribute pet beasts."

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