The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 253

Chapter 253 Special Treatment

?Karl checked on the plants that filled his balcony and found them freshly watered, then changed and showered quickly, before trying on the two new suits. As promised, they bonded the same way that armour did, allowing him to dismiss them with a thought, and get dressed again just as easily. Now, he wouldn't have to worry about the spare clothes in his bag, as he had something to change into other than armour for when they got back to town, but he did notice that there was one oddity about these two outfits.

The badge, the golden emblem of his Commander Rank, bonded separately from the suits. He could take it out and show it to people without changing, or put it on whichever outfit he wanted.

That was truly convenient.

It still marked him as a student of the Golden Divine Academy, which should be no shock to anyone, given his youth. However, the mirror on the wall was showing him a much less childish face than he was used to.

That babyish peach fuzz was becoming a proper beard, and the childish look was fading toward what he would call young adulthood. Like his beasts, the advancements had helped him through the adolescent awkward phase, and he was looking more like a proper adult.

He quickly shaved, and put a bit of pomade in his hair as he brushed it, keeping it in place now that it was beginning to grow out from the crew cut that he had finished middle school with. His parents would be proud of how far he had come, so Karl sent a message to them, as both would be out of the house at this hour of the day.

When he went downstairs in his suit, none of the students recognized him right away, they simply nodded politely as he walked by, mistaking him for one of the part-time teachers' assistants that came and went.

But the cafeteria ladies weren't nearly as easily fooled.

"Student Karl, welcome back. We've got some Ascended Rank bear meat in, if your wee beastie would like to give it a try?"

Hawk wasn't feeling enthusiastic about the prospect with all the meat he already had, and Remi wasn't sure what a bear was, so Karl shook his head.

"We were lucky enough to stock up on meat while we were out. But I could use a double serving of your Shepherd's Pie, and a coffee."

The worker nodded happily, and gestured toward the seating area. "You can take a seat, we will bring it out. Or are you going to be in the staff lounge?"

"I'll sit here. I must say, I'm getting all the special treatment today." Karl replied.

"You're all fancy now, you get the privileges." She laughed, then waved him over to the tables.

The students were beginning to realize who he was, and the excitement to talk to him was building. To prevent utter chaos in the cafeteria, Karl picked a table in the corner, where he would be able to talk without being surrounded. Having to turn around to answer questions from behind would be a pain, as well as blocking most of the room, so it seemed like the best option.

At first, it was the generic congratulations on having made Commander from people whose faces he barely recognized, then some of the mages from Hawk's training class came in to have dinner and saw Karl in his suit with the gold badge.

"What the hell? How is that even fair? I haven't made it to ascended yet, and he already made Commander." One of the water mages complained.

Karl felt hawk's smugness in his mind at the man's comment. The victory over that particular bit of water was complete.

"What are you going to do now? I mean, once you are as good as the teachers, is there really much that you can learn in the Academy?" One of the other mages asked.

"There's always more to learn, and combat isn't the only subject that we need to know. Sure, I could and will likely spend a lot of time doing mercenary hunting jobs because I have beasts to feed, but the other courses, martial arts training and theory classes are all still valuable." Karl replied.

The mage laughed. "I suppose that's right. They'll expect big things of you now. But did you hear the news while you were away? There's a big thing happening with the Frost Giants' nation. Apparently, they've been using some sort of Ice Magic to attack neighbouring countries and spread their borders. I saw it on the news the other day."

That got Karl's attention. When they were sent, the thought was that the anomaly was what was causing the cold in the region, but the anomaly ended up being some sort of Dark Elf village trial, and a Naga Dungeon.

Neither of those was of the Ice Element, though there were frozen battlefields in some of the trials that they faced.