"Isn’t this a bit too fast?" Qiao Sang tried to refuse, "I heard that the assessment for A-level Professional Beast Tamers usually takes about a year. How about we conduct the battle assessment in a few months?"

Red looked at her and asked, "You don’t want to proceed with the battle assessment right now?"

Qiao Sang honestly replied with a "mm": "If I had a bit more time to prepare, I could be more confident."

I could agree with you, but the people above don’t seem to want you to take too long to prepare... Red silently mourned for a second for the enchanting Beast Tamer in front of him.

It’s both a blessing and a curse to be valued by those above.

They will value potential and fully develop it, but if you don’t meet their expectations, they won’t hesitate to abandon you.

Oh no, she’s just a child in front of me. With her potential and strength, there’s no way she’d be abandoned.

Thinking of this, Red instantly put away his sympathetic thoughts and smiled:

"I thought you were confident when you signed up for the A-level Professional Beast Tamer assessment."

You think I wanted to sign up so quickly... Qiao Sang looked at Teacher Mikaela with a rather resentful glance.

Mikaela noticed the gaze and quietly looked elsewhere, pretending not to notice.

"Does it have to be now?" Qiao Sang asked.

"The A-level Professional Beast Tamer assessment generally ends with a task assessment and then the battle assessment is arranged as soon as the examiner’s schedule allows," Red said unhurriedly, "I happen to have time now."

Which means the assessment definitely has to be conducted now.

"But don’t be too nervous," he continued, "You’re still young, and even if you don’t pass the assessment this time, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to retake it in the future."

You just made me even more nervous... Qiao Sang sighed inwardly, knowing that the matter was settled, and stopped resisting. She asked:

"Where will the assessment be conducted?"

"At the Professional Beast Tamer Assessment Center," Red said, "You can rest up for a bit and head over in an hour; I’ll go ahead and reserve the venue."

The Professional Beast Tamer Assessment Center is, as the name suggests, a place specifically for assessing Professional Beast Tamers.

Generally speaking, when a Beast Tamer becomes powerful enough, it’s not suitable to conduct battles at the Beast Taming Center, or when the Taming Center doesn’t have enough space, then the Professional Beast Tamer Assessment Center is needed for the assessment.

Saying that, he raised his hand to look at the time on his watch and said:

"I’ll be waiting for you there at 10:15."

After saying this, the cat-like Pet Beast next to him, with a yellow gemstone embedded in its forehead, had its eyes flash blue and took him away, disappearing from the spot.

Qiao Sang picked up her phone to check the time; it was 9:15 in the morning.

"Not even giving me an extra minute, huh," Qiao Sang lamented.

Mikaela didn’t speak, but fell into contemplation.

"Teacher, what are you thinking about?" Qiao Sang asked when she saw this.

"There’s something off about the examiner in charge of you," Mikaela said.

Qiao Sang was taken aback: "What’s off?"

"Booking a venue at the Professional Beast Tamer Assessment Center usually requires at least a day’s notice, but he’s preparing to reserve it the same day and asking you to head over an hour later; it seems urgent," Mikaela said solemnly.

Qiao Sang thought of something and hurriedly asked:

"So can he get a reservation?"

If he can’t reserve it, wouldn’t she at least have one more day to prepare?

"He can," Mikaela said slowly, "He’s an examiner specifically for the A-level Professional Beast Tamer assessment. An examiner of that level does have this much priority."

Qiao Sang couldn’t hide her disappointment upon hearing this and said, "He probably has other matters to attend to."

Regardless if this examiner named Red is off or not, since he’s the examiner, it’s not like she can avoid the assessment time he’s set up.

Mikaela didn’t continue on this topic and said:

"Let’s head back first."

Qiao Sang replied with a "mm," and looked at the Little Treasure Spirit beside her.

"Xun Xun~"

The Little Treasure Spirit got the hint, its eyes flashing blue, and took its Beast Tamer and the Tamer’s teacher away, disappearing from the spot.

...

Hotel suite.

Qiao Sang, Mikaela, and the Little Treasure Spirit suddenly appeared.

"Ya Ya!"

Yaobao immediately expressed its displeasure by barking at the Little Treasure Spirit, indicating why it wasn’t taken along.

"Xun Xun~"

The Little Treasure Spirit quickly explained.

I thought we’d be back right away, so I didn’t bring you along.

"Ya Ya!"

Yaobao was still displeased and barked, indicating that wherever its Beast Tamer goes, it wants to go too.

"Xun Xun~"

The Little Treasure Spirit nodded continuously, indicating that it understood and would make sure to take Big Brother Yaobao along next time it takes its Beast Tamer away.