The First Legendary Beast Master

Chapter 1367 Learning To Be Social

After a full day of practice, Princess Rue was feeling quite confident with her skills when the next morning came around, and it was time to meet the Nobles she had invited over in the dining room.

This was a mission that Cara had set for her.

The transformed badger would not be there to help her through the awkward parts, or to serve as a Mythic Ranked deterrent factor, so the Princess would have to make a good impression all by herself.

“Good morning everyone.” She greeted her age mates as everyone gathered at the table.

“Good morning Princess!” They chorused back, then looked around for Cara. “Miss Cara won’t be dining with us this morning. She is busy preparing something with Emissary Karl” Rue explained.

A few of the children looked sad to hear that the strange girl wouldn’t be with them. Cara had so many fun ideas that she had instantly made friends with the most curious of the young dragons.

So, not seeing her for the morning was a real loss, even if they were likely to see her later while they were visiting Rue.

“Did you make plans for the morning?” One of the boys asked, unsure if Rue could come up with something decent on her own.

“Emissary Karl agreed to use help set up a special area for us using his illusions. It’s going to be fabulous, I’m certain. I was hoping to keep the details a secret, so it doesn’t ruin the surprise, but you won’t need to bring anything special.” Rue insisted.

“Oh, that should be fun. The staff have been talking about his Illusionary Domain all night. Do you think that he will teach it to you?” The boy replied.

Rue shrugged. “I’m not sure if I’ll be compatible with it. My class specializes in Void Magic, and illusions are different. But if I am, I definitely want that spell.” “Is it that cool?” One of the girls asked.

“You have no idea. It’s like a whole separate space. It’s not just a little spell that changes the look of a room. You’ll see, it’s wonderful,”

The kids chatted as they ate, and then everyone followed Rue through the castle, unsure where they were going. Everyone knew that Rue had been moved to stay with Emissary Karl, but most of the kids didn’t know where he was staying.

“Oh, you got the good spots over the Library. It’s always empty up here, so it’s no fun to play in. But the rooms are so big.” One of the boys commented.

Rue smiled. “Yeah, it’s a really nice room. Librarian Barry loves that it’s so close to the Library, so he can come to watch the training. The Emissary knows so much cool magic that it’s impossible to send the blue dragon away.”

The other kids giggled at the thought of the dignified Librarian pouting about not getting to see a new spell. That would be quite the sight.

Then, the door to the suite opened, and the kids found themselves looking out over a massive garden space with floating targets, an aerial obstacle course, and tables full of snacks guarded by foxkin maids.

“This is… Holy Goddess, it is… I don’t know the word for this, but awesome doesn’t even begin to cover it. Where even are we?” One of the boys, a Commander Ranked Shadow Dragon whelp from a Noble family, gasped.

“Right? Ooh, they’ve got the good lemon cakes.” Rue replied.

Karl laughed, as they had just finished breakfast, but the little dragons all had an insatiable sweet tooth.

Normally, the older Dragons would keep it in check by not allowing them to have sweets except at certain times, but Karl had simply asked the kitchen to load them up for the day, and promised that he would make them work off the sugar rush before sending them back home at the end of the morning.

Most of the kids had family events on their day off, so they couldn’t stay all day. But Karl knew that some of them would surely want to.

Rue grabbed a sweet, and then spun to face the other dragons.

“Welcome, everyone. This is today’s party spot. Master Karl, what did you prepare? Do we get to do skill targeting?” Rue asked, with a gesture toward the flying targets.

“Indeed. But I have increased the difficulty.” Karl joked, then summoned a clone of Hawk as he was now.

But reduced to Commander Rank, so he wasn’t more powerful than most of the kids.

“This will be the goalie. He will try to stop your skills from hitting the targets. Your goal is to hit as many as possible without moving from behind the line of stone in the garden.” Karl explained.

Cara demonstrated by hurling a dozen balls of [Disintegrate] toward multiple targets. The Dark Fire Phoenix countered them with a wave of flame that destroyed them all in one shot as it circled overhead.

“I do hope that everyone wants to play. Even the Warriors can get in on the action. It doesn’t matter what skill you use, only that it can reach.”

For most of the kids, that meant [Slash]. It would be near their maximum range, but they could do it.

“Don’t worry, I have games to play on the ground afterward, so it’s not all the same classes who have the advantage.” Karl joked.

He gestured to one of the foxkin maids, who drew an elegant rapier and gracefully leapt into a large stone circle in the garden that would work as a combat arena.

One of the warriors scoffed. “You think that a Commander Rank beastkin is a match for us? Don’t you underestimate us too much?”

Karl smiled. “You can play over there first if you’d like. Fastest to land a strike on the maid wins, and everyone who manages it gets an extra slice of cake.”

Now he was speaking their language.

The kids were torn between the two options, but a number of the warriors ran straight to the combat arenas, as they struggled to reach twenty metres with their [Slash] skill, and didn’t want to embarrass themselves.

Rue gave Karl a grateful smile. He had thought of everything for her. Next time she hosted an event, she would definitely remember this.