This Beast-Tamer is a Little Strange

The rest of the 242nd Royal Auction passed like a blur.

Not because it was uninteresting—on the contrary, many items sparked vicious bidding wars—but because after the Dragon God Core, Kain could not even hope to participate in any future bids and was now a mere sightseeing tourist.

Moreover, despite the impressive items that broadened Kain’s horizon’s, there was no finale item to match last year’s God’s Eye, the item that shattered every previous auction record and drew out multiple 9-star beast tamers from seclusion just to compete for it.

This year, the final item—a rare beast egg found in a relic with dual top-quality bloodines: Titan and Asura—still sold for an impressive 700 billion Celestial Dollars. But the silence in the hall after the hammer dropped wasn’t awe. It was polite. Restrained. Anticlimactic.

Kain didn’t mind.

In fact, it gave him time to breathe. While others fought over prestigious family heirlooms, secret inheritance scrolls, and items for cultivation breakthroughs they might never use, he simply sat back, sipped wine, and let the tension roll off his shoulders.

He’d already won.

After final tallies and verification, the auction staff distributed the sealed items to their new owners. A uniformed attendant delivered a frost-edged crystalline case into Kain’s hands. Inside it, the orb of Luminous Glacite shimmered like frozen light trapped beneath a mirror.

He turned to Serena.

“Here,” he said, offering the case. “Try not to let your rabbit freeze solid.”

Serena rolled her eyes but accepted it with both hands. “I think Prismarin will be fine. You, on the other hand…” Her voice trailed off as her father’s sharp gaze landed on where their hands were still touching while both were holding the box, and she quickly turned the box toward herself.

Kain, wisely, decided to shut up.

Once the final items were distributed and the crowd began to disperse, Kain, Serena, and her father left the venue. The car ride back to the Storm residence was… quiet. Kain didn’t try to sit near Serena. He was already pushing his luck.

The moment they returned, Kain excused himself under the pretense of needing to “rest” before returning to the College in the morning. Which was technically true. But instead of sleeping, he summoned the System Interface and entered the System’s Laboratory

*Welcome, Host. Would you like to begin synthesis?*

“Yes,” Kain said when in front of the Simulator. He selected the Luminous Glacite from the items available in the System and then, with a flick of his wrist, he selected a holographic representation of Prismarin. Knowing that the Luminous Glacite orb came with risks, he couldn’t just allow Serena to take any chance; he would take full responsibility for its usage and make sure she got the best outcome possible.

After communication with VERA, who made some predictions on what other materials already inputted in the System or present on Pangea would likely yield high-quality evolution. Kain, limited by the amount of points he had, decided to try the one with the highest predicted rating first before experimenting with some others.

Selecting 1 other rare object—Moonlit Frost Flower—Kain then hit the Simulate button.

The system pulsed with light.

The holographic representation of Prismarin then began to glow with a (fake) light of evolution and once the light faded, its new appearance and profile came before Kain:

Name: Lustral Veil Hare

Primary Attribute(s): Illusion/ Light/ Ice

Tertiary Effect: Enhanced Illusory Refraction

Star Rating: ★★★★★

Potential Growth: Excellent

Note: Evolution stability significantly increased using Luminous Glacite as base catalyst.

Kain studied the profile for a long moment and didn’t think he could hope for a better outcome. He then began scribbling it down on a spare page using the fountain pen left in his star space.

Not just the evolutionary outcome, but the conditions required to recreate it. Dosage of Glacite, time of integration, support elements needed to keep spiritual rejection low. It was precise work—but he was used to this. Even when he first began designing evolution routes, this was the easiest part for him.

His writing slowed.

He stared down at the page.

A neatly compiled evolution formula. One that could elevate Serena’s contract beyond what most students in the Empire could ever dream of.

He sighed.

Then muttered, “I should probably give this to her in front of her dad.”

He told himself it was strategy. A way to further solidify the Storm family’s favour. To improve his reputation. Maybe even get access to their blacksmithing networks. But some annoying corner of his brain insisted it wasn’t just that. That his desire for her father’s approval had a more ‘impure’ motivation that would certainly get him flayed alive if her father was able to read his mind.

Still, he folded the page and set it aside.

Because there was something more important tonight.

He reached into his spatial ring.

The Dragon God Core emerged in his palm like a second sun—swirling, pulsing, dense with power. Even in its sealed state, it radiated an oppressive majesty. The moment it touched air, his bond with Vauleth ignited.

Sensing his intense greed and inability to hold on for much longer, Kain summoned the red dragon.

A soft ripple passed through the air.

Vauleth appeared.

He was massive even within this massive expanded lab, knocking into various equipment as he moved around. Crimson scales glimmered with faint gold undertones, and his long horns curled back like blades. But his energy, while strong, was turbulent. Kain had seen the signs for months now.

Stalled growth. Limited refinement. And that slight instability in his blood signature.

“You ready for this?” Kain asked.

Vauleth let out a low rumble, part challenge, part affirmation.

Kain placed the Dragon God Core on Vauleth’s chest. It shimmered once, then melted into vapor—absorbed directly into the dragon’s chest through a pulsing beam of light.

And then—

Vauleth roared.

His wings flared wide as his body convulsed, spiritual circuits flashing beneath his scales in jagged patterns. His bloodline fought. Not against an invader—but against change. Refinement wasn’t always gentle. This wasn’t an evolution into a new species.

It was something more primal.

A tearing down of imperfection. A return to what his lineage should have been.

Kain watched as Vauleth’s form twitched and spasmed, muscles contracting wildly.

He stepped back, gaze firm.

He could only hope Vauleth would survive the pain… and rise stronger on the other side.

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