Chapter 328: Tricked into coming? Aria: Oh no! I’m the bait!

Asher nodded, then, following Aria and Luna, the two sisters, he went to a famous breakfast shop and had a meal of Clove City's specialty breakfast.

The taste wasn't bad.

Asher was quite satisfied with it.

After eating and coming out, Asher saw a car parked at the entrance.

"I texted Grandpa. Let's get in the car," Aria glanced at the license plate, confirmed it was their own car, and smiled as she spoke to Asher.

"That's quite considerate," Asher smiled and didn't have any objections.

In someone else's home, just follow their rules.

And he didn't need to be the one doing anything.

That's fine too.

The two sisters pulled Asher to sit in the back seat, and Felter was isolated all by himself.

Felter: "?"

'Hey wait, what?'

Felter wanted to speak but held back.

In the end, Felter didn't say anything.

"Then I'll sit in the front passenger seat," Felter directly sat in the solo front seat.

Very soon.

Asher understood why Aria and Luna pulled him into the back seat.

'Because… This car is really too fast.'

"Is this really not a plane? One that's just flying a bit lower?", Sitting in the back seat, Asher grabbed the handrail by the window, his eyes blazing and dazed.

The next second, the car body made a turn with a drift.

Felter, sitting in the front passenger seat, almost had his soul fly out through his mouth.

"HAHAHA!"

"This speed is nothing!"

"If it weren't for this car limiting me, I could drive even faster," The driver uncle in his forties or fifties laughed heartily and spoke sincerely.

Asher couldn't help but glance at Aria and Luna beside him, using the last of his strength to give them a look.

Receiving Asher's look, Aria: "..."

Although she didn't have much strength either, since she was the one who invited him and needed something from Asher, she had to treat him well.

"This… I didn't expect the driver today to be Uncle Zephyr…", Aria's voice was very small, "Uncle Zephyr used to train flying-type beasts…"

Asher fell silent.

Training beasts is a rather niche craft and skill. Since beasts can be tamed, various activities will emerge.

Such as horse racing, bird racing.

These are far more interesting than regular horse racing or pigeon messaging.

There are many similar activities.

Where do the corresponding beasts needed for competition come from?

Expecting beast tamers to contract or subdue them all? That's not quite feasible.

So, there are professional breeders for various beasts.

Like breeders of flying-type beasts.

They don't raise pure wild beasts, those aren't so easily trained. Usually, they come from specially bred pet eggs by the owners.

After hatching and not being contracted, their temperament is gentler than wild beasts.

With experienced breeders training them, they can be used in competitions and exhibitions.

Of course, that doesn't eliminate the possibility of accidents in this process.

So, this is a high-risk profession.

Looking at the age of this Uncle Zephyr driving… Asher sighed.

No wonder he could retire normally from this industry.

Having a bit of a racing quirk, Asher actually felt he was pretty normal.

What should have been a forty-plus minute drive was forcibly shortened to twenty-five minutes under the hands of this former flying-type breeder Uncle Zephyr.

The car stopped.

Uncle Zephyr sighed, expression carrying a bit of melancholy, "Ah! Getting old! Otherwise, I could've gotten it under twenty minutes!"

"For just such a short trip!"

Felter, sitting in the front passenger seat, groggily, woozily got out of the car.

Hearing Uncle Zephyr's words, Felter's already uncomfortable face showed another big question mark.

"Blergh!!"

Just getting out of the car, Asher silently took a step back.

He wasn't being disgusted.

Just a bit… germaphobic.

Luckily, not only Asher, but Aria and Luna also stepped back very disdainfully.

The two sisters looked at Felter with changed expressions.

"Didn't expect you…"

"Your body's actually so…"

Neither of them finished their sentences.

But to Felter, it was no different from provocation.

Felter abruptly lifted his head, struggling to suppress the urge to vomit, puffed up his chest, "I'm completely fine!"

Everyone just quietly looked at him.

Felter: "..."

"I just didn't react right away!"

Immediately a chorus of perfunctory responses sounded.

"Mm hmm hmm!"

"Okay okay okay!"

"You're totally right!"

Felter's eyes completely died; he didn't want to speak anymore.

Seeing this, Asher chuckled.

Felter instantly widened his eyes, looked at Asher in disbelief, as if saying: 'How can you still laugh?'

'Aren't we on the same team?'

Asher's gaze drifted. Asher raised a fist to his lips, coughed lightly.

'The Leonheart Family's scenery is quite nice.'

Asher's gaze roamed left and right, appreciating the surroundings.

He wasn't just saying that.

The Leonheart Family's old home here wasn't really some ancient-style retro building.

But it still had that kind of feeling overall.

The spacious courtyard style, with a hint of classical flavor, leaned more toward modern aesthetics.

At a glance, it didn't feel like a deep, rigid, decaying courtyard, but carried a unique vitality.

"I'll take you over now…", Aria had just begun to speak when her phone suddenly rang.

Aria looked down for a few moments, and her delicate brows furrowed bit by bit.

Asher remained calm, showing no unusual reaction.

Standing beside her, Luna glanced at her sister.

Aria didn't mind and showed her phone to Luna.

Instantly, Luna's brows also furrowed tightly.

The sisters looked at each other.

Then they both looked at Asher with somewhat helpless eyes.

"Well… our grandpa said, since a guest is here, he wants to host you…", as she said this, Aria's tone carried a bit of embarrassment.

After all, Asher came to make a deal with her.

They were equals; there wasn't much to say.

But if she brought Asher to meet the old master… it'd be fine if they gave him a heads-up, but this came suddenly and caught not only Asher off guard.

It also caught Aria and Luna off guard.

What?

It's not like they hadn't brought other friends back before, and they'd never seen the old master this excited?

What's going on with him?

Then again.

It's not like there were no signs.

Compared to the other friends they brought back, Asher's identity was indeed more special. It didn't seem too strange for the old master to treat him differently?

That's logical, but the sisters still looked at Asher with a bit of apology and awkwardness.

Hearing this, Asher casually smiled, "I thought it was something serious, it's fine."

Asher waved his hand, looking quite used to it, "Since it's your grandpa, let's meet him."

"The elderly wouldn't purposely make things hard for me, right."

Asher had some idea of his identity and how others viewed him.

Maybe not too accurate. But still a bit.

Guests coming over, and the family head wanting to meet them wasn't a big deal.

As long as they weren't making things difficult, just sitting down to drink tea, chat, talk nonsense, and brag, Asher didn't mind.

Hearing this, the Leonheart Sisters both visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness Asher's temper is really good.

"Then let's head to the main residence first," Aria immediately changed the original destination.

She originally planned to take Asher to complete the transaction first.

Now, with a slight change to go to the main residence, it wasn't a big deal.

"Then no need to ride beasts, we'll just walk over," Aria mumbled as she turned and took the lead.

She was the host.

If she didn't lead the guest, was he supposed to know the way himself?

Asher followed behind Aria, calmly appreciating the scenery.

After walking for about half an hour.

Asher's expression didn't change much, Aria and Luna seemed used to it.

Felter's pace gradually slowed.

"What? How much further is this road? Feels like we've been walking for an hour!", Felter panted, and very rudely wiped his sweat with his sleeve.

Luna looked back and glanced at Felter.

Before he could feel anything, Luna looked away, "It's only been half an hour."

"Your body's not doing well."

Felter ground his teeth.

Asher couldn't help but laugh.

"Back in the secret realm, you didn't seem this easy to tire," Asher said with a smile.

Felter choked again.

Uh… how should he explain this?

Felter blinked and said nothing, just quietly stared at Asher.

Asher: "?"

Asher blinked back.

Instinctively recalling the secret realm, 'Oh right, come to think of it, there wasn't much walking?'

Everyone escaped on pet beasts.

Only on the island did they walk a bit, but even that was stop-and-go.

Asher suddenly realized, "Your stamina's really that bad?"

Asher's tone carried disbelief.

Being called out, Felter's eyes instantly became evasive, "Well… uh… it's more like…"

"Maybe it's not that my stamina is bad, it's that yours is too good," After stammering forever with no real explanation, Felter finally gave up and shouted loudly.

"I think my stamina is fairly average, just normal," Asher nodded as he spoke.

Next to him, Aria and Luna also nodded.

"Even though pet battles rely on pet strength, that doesn't mean the beast tamer can have poor stamina."

"Otherwise, in full battles, how can the beast tamer endure?"

Mental fatigue plus physical exhaustion is no less than five hours of mountain climbing.

It's mentally and physically demanding.

"…I'll train extra when I get back!", Felter shouted.

Losing to Dexter was already unbearable.

Now with Aria and Luna… Felter felt like he might as well not exist.

With Felter, the stamina-weak one to joke about, in the second half of the walk Asher just focused on listening to him and the Leonheart Sisters bicker back and forth.

It felt a bit like listening to a cross talk show.

The Leonheart Sisters practically counted as one person.

After walking another half hour, they finally arrived.

Asher's expression remained calm, only a light layer of sweat formed on his forehead due to the season.

Felter was a mess.

Seeing the open hall and the chairs inside, he "whooshed" inside and plopped down.

The Leonheart Family's old master who was waiting for Asher: "?"

'Wait a second? Something seems off about this boy?'

'He doesn't look like the Professor Asher?'

The Leonheart Family's old master scrutinized Felter from head to toe, not in a hurry to speak.

Felter picked up the cup on the table, glugged down the lukewarm tea in one go.

Then wiped his mouth, looked at the old master in the main seat, grinned and said, "You're waiting for Asher, right?"

The old master nodded.

Did he really get old and his eyesight went bad, failing to recognize people?

Just as the old master was doubting himself, Felter said again, "Heh! I'm not Asher! Just wait a bit longer! He's right behind"

"This road was too hard to walk! I really couldn't hold on, so I rushed ahead alone," Felter said very casually and carelessly.

The old master of the Leonheart Family: "..."

'You kids are quite honest, huh!'

As soon as Asher entered the door, he saw the old master of the Leonheart Family sitting in the main seat with a face of wanting to speak but holding back, wanting to complain but still considering his image.

There was no need to even doubt.

Asher directly locked onto the only suspect, Felter.

Felter: "?"

'Hello? What does this have to do with him?'

'I am just a companion guest.'

Accompanying his good brother Asher, so that people won't trick him without knowing.

Asher didn't know what Felter was thinking.

He smiled at the old master of the Leonheart Family, "Mr. Leonheart, hello, I am Asher."

The old master of the Leonheart Family saw the young man walking in with his two granddaughters, and only then did he nod.

'That's right. This is the boy I was looking for.'

"Professor Asher, hello."

"An honored guest arrives, sorry for not welcoming you sooner."

The old master of the Leonheart Family stood up from the main seat, walked toward Asher, and reached out with a smiling face to greet him.

Asher shook the old master's hand.

At the side, Aria and Luna both showed expressions of disbelief.

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