"How did they end up forming a contract? Such a promising talent! Sigh!" Teacher Monsa sighed and continued today's summoning ritual.
"Alright, next one, get ready!"
With Ellie's talent, she thought she could summon some special magical creature, but instead, a slime appeared with no light around it, completely dashing her expectations.
"Ugh~, I didn't want to make the contract! How did it succeed!" Luo Fan couldn't help but complain, looking utterly dejected.
"Do you think I want this?! Waaah~" Suddenly, a clear, cold female voice appeared in his mind, making Luo Fan freeze in shock, and even his small body, which was lying on the ground, moved involuntarily.
"Who! Who's talking to me!"
The sound traveled directly into his mind, instantly putting him on high alert. Having lived in this world for so long, this was the first time he had ever heard such a soul-piercing voice.
Ellie had recovered from the panic she had just experienced. With the completion of the contract, she now knew the culprit behind the voice even more clearly than before.
Looking at the dark-colored creature, Ellie hesitated for a moment, then picked it up and looked at it with disgust.
"Waaah~, I don't want to make a contract with you!" Tears welled up again.
"I didn't want to either!" Looking at the exquisite girl in front of him, Luo Fan panicked a little. Recalling the girl's change earlier, could she possibly hear what he was thinking?
Oh no, I'm afraid I'll be abused in the future.
He didn't know what the consequences of becoming a pet would be; he knew too little about this unfamiliar world.
Since being reborn here, Luo Fan has been diligently absorbing energy and avoiding potential threats. His companions are all mentally challenged and incapable of communication.
Every now and then you'll encounter adventurers who are out for training, and then you'll watch helplessly as your companions foolishly charge forward and become their victims.
And those magicians' pets all looked miserable and silly, just like myself in my past life.
No!
Looking at the pitiful appearance of the slime in her hand, and hearing its constant wails, Ellie never imagined that such a soft and squishy creature could have such a rich inner world.
Since the contract is already in effect, she'll just keep her for now. Right now, she can't afford a contract termination scroll; those things are far too expensive, several times more expensive than purification scrolls, and she's only ever seen them in books.
I promptly put it into my pet space and then retreated to a corner of the courtyard.
The world is finally peaceful!
Where is this?
Looking around, all he could see was darkness; apart from the lingering presence of magic, there was nothing else.
"Have you been locked in a dark room?"
Luo Fan frantically jumped around exploring this unknown space, only to find that there were walls on all sides, roughly one meter square, and he couldn't find any exit.
"You wretched little wench, let me out right now!"
"Ahhh~!"
The summoning course was proceeding smoothly, and apart from the slime that appeared at the beginning, the subsequent summoned creatures were much more normal.
"York, burrowing rat, common quality, earth attribute."
"Lassie, Little Firebird, excellent quality, not bad!"
As Teacher Monsa spoke, she registered the summons. No further surprises occurred during the subsequent summons, but none of the summoned creatures were of superior quality.
"This is a Wind Spirit Serpent. I can clearly feel the magical energy fluctuations around it. It's of rare quality!"
The classroom erupted in excitement once again.
"It's a rare quality, Yasuo, you're amazing!" Lacey couldn't help but feel envious. He even put away the Firebird he had initially thought was pretty good, feeling embarrassed.
"Of course, only rare pets are worthy of a handsome man as outstanding as me." After completing the contract, Yasuo tossed his short blond hair, coiled the snake around himself, and stepped aside with a smug look on his face.
He glanced at Ellie not far away, then walked over with an arrogant expression.
"Hey, isn't this our genius Ellie? Why do you look so unhappy?"
"Summon your pet! I wonder if it'll tremble with fear when it sees my Wind Serpent. Haha~"
"Why aren't you saying anything? Are you too scared?"
"Yasuo, shut up and get out of here!" Ai Li was annoyed as Yasuo kept approaching, her thoughts still on that unusual slime.
In her memory, there was never any record of a pet communicating with a person on a spiritual level. So what could be the reason?
It took almost all of its magic power to produce a slime, and there was no magic power fluctuation around it, so it must be the lowest level of ordinary quality.
"Haha, you can't stand this! I wonder how Marquis Claire will react when she finds out, and what about your fiancé?"
After saying that, Yasuo swaggered away. Finally, he had overpowered the former genius. It really felt good!
Ellie's face turned deathly pale again, Yasuo's words pulling her back to reality. Thinking about what might happen next, her body trembled uncontrollably, and tears streamed down her face.
Why, why is this happening? My magical talent is clearly very high, so why did I summon a slime?
The desperate girl, unable to feel the cries from the depths of her heart, collapsed to the ground, burying her head between her legs and sobbing silently.
Inside the pet space, the initially irritable Luo Fan gradually calmed down. To escape the torment of humans, he needed to increase his strength as soon as possible; his feigned death skill wouldn't fool that little vixen.
"Huh, the speed of absorbing magical elements has increased a lot. Could it be that the multi-core processor I painstakingly built is finally putting its mark? But how come I never noticed it before?"
"It's all good in the end. Once we break through these constraints, let's see how that little vixen will bully me then."
Meanwhile, the other students and teachers seemed to have forgotten about this corner, and exclamations of surprise could be heard from time to time.
The summoning course has ended.
"Classmates," Teacher Monsa began to summarize the lesson on the summoning platform, "aside from a few minor mishaps, everyone performed very well. Daisy, in particular, managed to summon a Snow Maiden of exceptional quality."
"Many of the lessons to come are related to magical pets. I hope everyone will use the weekend to learn about their pets' abilities and get along well with them. get out of class dismissed!"
The crowd quickly dispersed, and Ellie, head down, slowly walked towards the classroom.
"Ellie, are you alright!" Daisy felt a pang of heartache seeing her friend in this state.
"Daisy, I'm okay. Congratulations!" Looking at the adorable little snow girl next to Daisy, Ellie became even more heartbroken.
This kind of humanoid pet has a very high growth potential, and given that Daisy is already very popular in the family, her future achievements are limitless.
"Thank you! Ellie, so what are you going to do about your father, and your fiancé...?"
Ellie shook her aching head and sighed.
"I don't know either, let's go back to the classroom first."
"Hmm~"
Before long, news of the first-year genius student's contracted slime spread throughout Sacred Heart Magic Academy, and even showed a tendency to spread to the entire Sacred Heart City.
For many years, no one has made a contract with a slime, and even the most ordinary civilian magicians would not choose to make a contract with it unless absolutely necessary.
A mage who carries such a magical pet will only be looked down upon. After all, slimes are really too weak, and their weaknesses are very obvious; they can basically be killed with a single strike.
As Ellie Claire's name spread with this incident, her family's reputation was also affected by the gossip.
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