Arthur glanced at her, as he knew she wouldn’t know any way to get the benefits of this monster like he did. It must be a knowledge, a knowledge of this world that he didn’t know yet.

This instigated him, as he was still the knowledge thirst person he always was. He looked at her as he asked:

“What do you want this monster for?”

She looked strangely at him, then shook her head as she laughed while replying:

“I will use it to make one of my students strengthen himself with.”

Arthur heaved a sigh of relief, as she seemed to think he was joking with her, asking her about such a basic info in this world. He also noted the words she said, her student, that meant only one thing.

“Are you a teacher?” he asked.

“When you reach the academy, you will know the answer,” she said, as she moved her eyes, looking in eagerness towards the weakened monster, “what do you say? Will you give me the monster?”

Arthur was now harassing the two bodyguards of that horned bear. Giving the horned monster to Emy meant he could guarantee her departure, for real, this time, but he would lose such a strong monster, especially when he had one person in mind, suitable to have this monster’s vital organ.

It was a choice between safety and greedy, and for sure he chose safety, as chances to meet other monsters like this were always available here in the forest.

“May I ask for a favor in return?” he asked, as he declared his approval for her offer.

Her face beamed with joy, as she instantly replied:

“What favor?”

“I want you to teach me the way to absorb a monster,” he said.

Her beautiful eyes were fixed upon him for a while. feeling her eyes falling on him like this made him uneasy, but he didn’t speak up. If she wanted this monster, then she had to handle him the way to couple himself and others with other monsters.

“You know this is a secret technique of the academy, right?” she calmly said, but her words seemed heavy, so heavy on him. He swallowed his throat, feeling a faint sense of danger coming from her, as he replied, as calm as he could, while fighting the monsters in front.

“I just want to be more prepared for the tournament. I bet many participants have a monster at least coupled with them.”

She didn’t reply at once, as her eyes were trying to assess him. her previous assessment wasn’t wrong, Arthur and his gang already had powerful mage abilities, abilities that only could be acquired through coupling with monsters, creating their inner demons.

So, Arthur’s question right now seemed suspicious. No student in the academy, especially in the early years, can have such knowledge, but he wanted to know it. The reason he used was even more bizarre, as everyone there had a monster coupled inside them, just like Arthur and his friends.

So, why was he speaking like he didn’t have a monster? That was the question which kept bugging her, but she decided to give in and tell him, after all this wasn’t top secret knowledge, and Arthur had the capital to ask for it.

“It’s simple, you need to use the monster’s blood and draw a circle in the ground, where you and the monster will be inside. You will have to write your name, and the name of that monster on the ground. If you don’t know the name, then refer to it as a monster. then sit down, meditate, and the coupling will start.” She paused before adding, “but beware, coupling with a monster isn’t a simple selection process, you need an expert that has long experience to determine the right choice for you, or else you might take in a monster you can’t control.”

Her words were simple, but Arthur saw many spots of enhancement there. they were using a simple, very rudimentary form of binding the monsters to mages. In his opinion, this connection was loose enough to make troubles, like the problems of monsters going berserk and controlling the host.

As for her warning, he didn’t care much about it. He knew this world’s knowledge was lacking, as they were only seeing things according to one aspect of strength. There were many aspects he knew that if widely known would revolutionize the whole world, change the current academies vision about mages and monsters.

He didn’t need any expert, he was much better than any expert.

Though his mind was busy thinking of this, he cupped his hand, in a formal way used back in his world, and said:

“Thanks for teaching me this knowledge.”

Bewildered by his attitude, and strange stance he just did, Emy was delayed in responding, as he added:

“You can take it now, it’s yours.”

He pointed to the weakened bear, as he continued to dance with the two monsters, drawing them away from the horned bear. She observed his moves, chuckled at the fact he was trying to help and shield her from the two monsters, before she moved, faster than him, grabbing the weakened monster from his horn, then disappeared with it.

“Till we meet again,” she softly whispered in the air, while Arthur just smiled without saying a thing.