Global Beast Mastery: Only I Can See the Hints

"Duel? Seriously injured? Take me to see!" Charles's previously calm demeanor was shattered, and a look of concern appeared on his face.

Although Charles's relationship with the other students from Cyber Academy wasn't very close, and could even be described as strangers, Dean Jamie had entrusted these students to him, so he couldn't just stand by and do nothing.

Following the anxious Jace and the others, Charles arrived at a room in the hotel.

Both Teacher Ruby and Teacher Ethan were there, and they were feeding the injured students a miracle drug.

The atmosphere in the room was somewhat somber. Charles glanced around, there were five injured students in total, and two of them looked particularly severe. It was likely they wouldn't be able to participate in the Eye of Ice and Fire today.

"Teacher Ruby, what exactly happened?" Charles asked, furrowing his brow.

A hint of anger appeared on Ruby's face. She took a deep breath. Normally, she was emotionally stable, but now she seemed like a volcano about to erupt.

Suppressing her anger, Teacher Ruby slowly said:

"Those Beast Masters from the Stellar Empire went too far. They actually bullied a little girl selling wild fruits in the town. Our students saw it and stood up for her, and then the Beast Masters from the Stellar Empire mocked them and challenged them to a duel."

"And the result is what you see now, they were too ruthless."

Teacher Ethan had remained silent, saying nothing, just quietly observing the injured students in the room.

All the students kept their heads down, their faces filled with shame and frustration.

"Lift your heads up, there's nothing to be ashamed of. It's just a temporary defeat. You'll get back at them next time!" Ruby encouraged.

One student, holding his broken arm, looked up with red eyes and gritted his teeth as he said:

"Teacher, it's not that we were too weak, it's that they took some miracle drug beforehand that temporarily boosted their strength. One of the students caught a whiff of the miracle drug's residue."

As soon as those words were spoken, Charles's attention was instantly drawn in. He quickly asked, "Are you sure?"

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"I'm sure, Charles. I also enjoy studying alchemy, and you've always been my idol." said another student lying on the bed, struggling to sit up.

"That scent is definitely the residue from using a miracle drug for a temporary boost in strength."

Charles nodded and exchanged glances with Teacher Ruby and Teacher Ethan, all realizing that something was very wrong with the Beast Masters from the Stellar Empire.

"You all need to rest well, the teachers will seek justice for you." Ruby reassured them again.

The group slowly closed the door to the room, and once the surrounding students had dispersed, Charles spoke up.

"Teachers, today's events are very strange, and so was yesterday. It seems like the people from the Stellar Empire are very eager to challenge our students to duels."

"Even now that a student has noticed they used a miracle drug beforehand, it won't matter much. After all, some time has passed, and the residual scent would have dissipated."

Ethan, who had been silent, suddenly looked up and said in a deep voice, "This time, the Eye of Ice and Fire has limited spots available. The people from the Stellar Empire are likely trying to take advantage of Genosha's current need for their support to sabotage the chances of our young people to grow stronger."

Ruby agreed with this perspective and added, "In fact, the relationship between the Stellar Empire and Genosha isn't very harmonious. They have a better attitude toward Kingston."

Charles hadn't considered that factor, but thinking back to the incident with the Stellar Empire's crown prince yesterday, he felt a bit puzzled.

"The injured students are all from Class A. Two of them are in bad shape and probably won't be able to enter the Eye of Ice and Fire. The other three will also be affected to some extent." Ruby sighed and said slowly.

Charles immediately thought of something and quickly said, "Teacher, there are still other students from Class A outside. We need to get them back quickly."

Ruby paused for a moment, then quickly reacted and rushed out.

That left Teacher Ethan and Charles alone in the room.

"Charles, do you have any good ideas? We can't just let things continue like this." Ethan said slowly.

His mood had been off these past couple of days. If it had been before, he would have gone straight to confront the high-ranking Beast Masters from the Stellar Empire.

But ever since meeting Zorion, especially after learning that he had become an Eighth-Level Beast Master, Ethan had grown silent.

"They don't just want to duel, they want to target us, right? Then let it be as they wish. I'll take matters into my own hands. Don't worry, Teacher. I'll make them pay for how they treated our students!" Charles replied.

Ethan's eyes lit up suddenly as he said, "Charles, if you're taking action, I feel reassured. The people from the Stellar Empire who are here now shouldn't be your match!"

Charles nodded and didn't say anything more. He walked directly toward the hotel exit.

As he passed through the lobby, many students from Cyber Academy had gathered, loudly discussing the situation:

"Those beasts from the Stellar Empire! They ate a whole third of the wild fruits that little girl worked so hard to pick and then said the fruits were sour and not worth buying!"

"Those people have no shame! They bullied a little girl, and when our students couldn't stand by and helped her, the people from the Stellar Empire just threw the money on the ground, making the little girl pick it up one by one!"

"And that's not all! They even said the people of Genosha were hypocritical, thinking that since they were from the Stellar Empire, they could trick us with sour fruit!"

"How shameless! They say the wild fruit is sour after eating a third of what the little girl offered?"

At the entrance of the hotel stood a timid little girl, her hands covered in calluses and dirt lodged beneath her fingernails, tightly gripping a basket.

Charles took a glance and immediately realized this must be the little girl selling wild fruits.

He slowly walked over, bent down, and gently asked, "Do you have any fruits left? I'd like to buy some to try."

The little girl paused for a moment, recalling what had just happened. She seemed a bit frightened and timidly replied, "Yes, but... but they said the fruits are sour..."

"Can I taste one?" Charles tried to control his emotions and showed a gentle smile.

Seemingly affected by Charles's smile, the little girl slowly nodded. Then she carefully took out a plump wild fruit from her basket and, her arm trembling slightly, offered it to him.

Charles carefully took the fruit from her hand and took a big bite. It was sweet!

"The fruit is very sweet! I'll take them all." Charles said as he finished eating the wild fruit.

"Really? Really? These fruits were picked by me this morning from the mountains. I only brought the ripe ones to sell." the little girl said, her eyes instantly welling up with tears as she looked down and spoke softly.

Charles took out a gold coin and was about to hand it over when the little girl just glanced at it and immediately refused.

"Brother, that's a gold coin. You took the wrong one. Twenty copper coins are enough for all these wild fruits."

This time, it was Charles who was taken aback. He didn't take back the gold coin but looked closely at the little girl.

She seemed to be only about ten years old, with dark skin and many small scars on her arms, likely from picking wild fruits in the forest for a long time. Her bright eyes held a hint of fear.

"I understand. Please accept this gold coin." Charles said earnestly.

To his surprise, the little girl rejected him once again. "Mommy said we should earn money with our own hands. Brother, using a gold coin to buy these wild fruits isn't very smart."

Charles took a deep breath and decided not to insist. He pulled out a handful of copper coins from his storage space and said, "This time it's copper coins. Is that okay? Now, give me the fruits."

The little girl didn't rush to take the money, instead, she carefully examined the wild fruits in her basket, setting aside some that were damaged from being squished.

Then she cautiously took out a plastic bag and packed the broken fruits away.

Only after that did she take eighteen copper coins from Charles's hand, saying happily, "Thank you, brother. These fruits are broken and can't be sold to you. I want to keep them for lunch, so eighteen copper coins is enough."

Hearing the little girl's words, Charles was momentarily at a loss for words. After a while, he cautiously said:

"Is this all you have for lunch? Eating only wild fruits isn't good for you, you won't grow tall."

"No, Older brother! I don't eat them all the time. Today is my birthday, so I get to eat these delicious fruits." the little girl replied, her face beaming with innocent joy.

That smile was so radiant that Charles instinctively shut his eyes and clenched his fists.

Their conversation was heard by all the students in the lobby, and no one spoke up. All eyes were focused on Charles and the little girl at the door.

Upon hearing that she only got to eat these damaged wild fruits on her birthday, the students' eyes instantly welled up with tears. They gritted their teeth, a surge of anger building up inside them.

Recalling the behavior of the Beast Masters from the Stellar Empire, all the students present wanted to rush out immediately and beat down those brutes who had bullied the little girl.

Charles wore a somewhat stiff smile as he slowly reached out his hand to gently brush the dust off the little girl's clothes. He softly said:

"Coincidentally, my friend's birthday is today too. Would you like to join us for cake later since your wild fruits are all sold out?"

"Really? Can I not eat any and take some home for my little brothers and sisters? And my mom, she hasn't had cake in a long time." the little girl asked, trying to swallow her excitement.