The conversation with Sarina

Sarina invited Anon into her office, invited him to sit on the sofa, and she took her workplace. She stared at her nephew intently. During the time she took care of him, she noticed some strange things happening around him. Although she couldn't pinpoint exactly what it was, she felt that something was wrong.

"To be honest, Anon, there's something wrong with you..." Sarina said, looking at Anon. He didn't say a word, just looked calmly into her eyes.

"And I don't like that..."

There was silence in the room. Her nephew did not break the silence, continuing to stare back at her.

"Okay, let's get down to business. Are you awake or not? All I know is that you graduated from the first year of high school and are Anna's older brother. Anna has awakened, and you?

" Unlike my sister, I was unlucky..." replied Anon.

Sarina still felt uneasy being in the same room with Anon.

"I see. Thanks to your mother, you have a companion, so you could follow in Sursa's footsteps," Sarina suggested. She knew her sister and her eldest daughter very well, and they both followed a similar path.

"I haven't decided yet," Anon admitted honestly.

He still couldn't decide whether he should give up his career as a beast tamer and try to become a Contractor. Lately, he had been leaning towards this idea more and more, especially because of Susu. He had kept her waiting too long. The other foxes in their family had already signed a contract, and she was the only one left.

"It's fine if that's the case. Although you didn't become a beast tamer, do you know the approximate path of cultivation?" Sarina asked. She was interested in testing her unusual nephew's knowledge. Since he would be moonlighting here for a while, he would undoubtedly run into clients, both beast tamers and Contractors.

"Well, how to say it. I've been reading on the web and listening to other people discussing ways to improve," Anon replied.

"So, you got your knowledge about the path of cultivation from the web?" said Sarina.

"Yes," Anon confirmed.

"If you haven't forgotten, I went to an ordinary elementary, middle, and high school for ordinary people," he added.

It was only after these words that Sarina realized that her nephew had never encountered the world of beast tamers and contractors, except for his family members. And his family, she knew, had left him alone.

And again, when Anon shared his thoughts, as if he had received some kind of permission, the force that distracted all thoughts added Anon's information to Sarina. Everything happened so smoothly that Sarina herself didn't even notice. Without realizing it, she remembered what she knew about her nephew. It was as if she had always known this, just ignored this information.

"Well, now I remember," she said. - "The network usually publishes only authorized information. Governments of all countries strictly control everything that appears on the Internet. Of course, what is posted online is true, but only in general terms.

All beast tamers and Contractors sign a confidentiality agreement on the Web. They limit the exchange of information with ordinary people who are not connected with these two paths. That's why you've had access to this information since birth. It's just that your parents probably didn't have time to tell you everything?"

Sarina said the last words hesitantly. She couldn't understand why his parents still hadn't revealed the details of his cultivation paths to him.

"Maybe they decided to protect him from this?" thought Sarina. "But it doesn't make sense.… Why would they deprive their son of the opportunity to develop?"

Anon understood why his parents hadn't told him more about it. Even before they were ready to reveal their plans to him, a curse was placed on him, and probably because of this, all their plans went downhill. They began to ignore his existence, devoting themselves to other matters. Anon himself was not aware of his parents' plans, nor of any contract mentioned by Sarina.

Anon was also aware that he would not forget this conversation with Sarina. However, after he leaves, Sarina will forget everything she told him after a while. That's how the curse of oblivion works.

"What about you? Anon asked. "You're just an ordinary mortal, too. How did you find out about this?"

"Huh? Of course, it's all thanks to your mother. Although we have different mothers, we are still sisters, and in the world of cultivation, this is considered a family bond. Although my mother was also an ordinary mortal, and I saw my father only once, I do not know who he was, and neither did my mother. He appeared in my mother's life as an ordinary person. But there are suspicions that he is either a contractor or a beast tamer," Sarina replied.

After Sarina's words, Anon thought about it. He had never been interested in his maternal grandfather before. However, according to Sarina, he was a mysterious man. His mother didn't say much about him either.

"Not to mention Grandma. I only know that thanks to Grandma's connections, we have a connection to the Fox Empire," Anon thought.

If it wasn't for these connections, he would never have met Susu. Anon realized that he had to find out who his grandparents were in the future. At this time, he was ready to use any opportunity.

He thought that perhaps his path, which the spirit was talking about, had something to do with his ancestors. The chances that his grandmother or grandfather would know the answer were slim, but they were not excluded.

"Okay, we digress. My shop usually caters for beast tamers from 1st to 3rd level. Rarely, but there are also level 4 tamers. Higher levels prefer more well—known and high-quality services," Sarina continued.

Her store wasn't the best, but she had her own circle of loyal customers who were happy with her work.

"As you know, beast tamers become level one tamers after awakening their first soul," Sarina began her story about the ranks of beast tamers. — I'm more or less familiar with the process of advancing from the first to the sixth level. Tamers from the first to the second level are considered beginners, from the third to the fourth — advanced, and from the fifth to the sixth — experts. However, the sixth level has a special name — titled beast tamer."

"As you've already understood, my store switched to serving advanced beast tamers some time ago. Before that, we served mostly novice beginners," Sarina said proudly, emphasizing that her store's reputation was growing.

Anon had read about it on the web, so this information was familiar to him.

"If my store provides expert services, we can assume that I have achieved my goal when I decided to open it. As you know, most beast tamers stop at level 5 or 6. Only a few manage to overcome the barrier between level 6 and 7. And until a way is found to massively solve this problem, such pet service stores will always be in demand."

Anon agreed with Sarina. Like many mortals who dream of becoming beast tamers, those who have reached level 6 long to become level 7 beast tamers.

After all, only by reaching level 7 can you get rid of the biggest disadvantage of beast tamers from level 1 to level 6. Namely, the ability to open spaces in their souls of animals for storing contracts concluded in them. Yes, only a level 7 beast tamer can take all his pets with him into his beast soul wherever he goes.