Beast Taming Patrol

"Phew!"

Lin Su collapsed onto the familiar bed in his dorm room, his face breaking into a smile of relief.

"I'm finally back," he murmured softly.

"Meow! (｡òωó｡)" ("Home sweet home!")

Qiuqiu cheered, plopping down onto Lin Su's chest, belly up, and lazily settling in.

With a glance at his older sibling who had already picked a spot to lie down, the Ghost, considering its significantly larger size, pondered for a moment before choosing to lie down beside Lin Su.

"Caw! (｡⊙‿⊙｡)" ("We're home!")

Watching the two little fellows, Lin Su couldn't help but chuckle softly, then slowly sat up after a moment.

"Let's clean the dorm together!"

Having not been back for a month, various places in the dorm room had gathered a layer of dust.

It was time for a cleanup.

"Caw! Caw! (≧‿≦)" ("Time to clean! I can reach the table now!")

"Meow… meow! (๑ŏωŏ๑)" ("Darn… I can fly up and clean the ceiling!")

"Alright, let's divide the tasks!" Seeing the two pet beasts even comparing this, Lin Su couldn't help but laugh, "Qiuqiu, you handle the ceiling and such, I'll handle the windows and such, Ghost, you clean the tables and chairs within reach."

Once the tasks were assigned, one man and two beasts quickly got busy.

The single-room dormitory assigned to him by the research institute wasn't very large, so it was quite convenient to clean.

Half an hour later, the whole room had transformed into a spotlessly new look.

Settling back at the head of the bed, Lin Su embraced Qiuqiu who pounced over to him, patted Ghost sitting beside him on the head, and turned on the communicator that hadn't been used for a month.

After ignoring countless follows, comments, likes, and inconsequential private messages from strangers, his social network had not had much activity in the past month.

This was normal, given that not many people knew Lin Su well.

Gu Shumo was an exception, but having gone through the collaborative preparatory camp, she knew Lin Su couldn't respond to her messages right now, so she had not disturbed him.

In his personal mailbox, however, there was one more email.

Lin Su quickly opened it, nodding his head in understanding soon after.

It was an email notifying the official start of classes following the end of the preparatory camp, with classes at Mountain City University beginning in three days.

Three days served as a buffer period that Mountain City University offered to the freshmen who had participated in the preparatory camp.

In the email's attachment, there was also the curriculum for the first academic year at the faculty of research.

Mountain City University allowed students to select courses freely. Students could choose any courses they were interested in as long as the credits and types of courses met the requirements.

But that would be the situation after the second semester of freshman year.

For their first semester at university, their timetable would be fixed, and the content learned would be the most basic.

After reading through the email and ensuring there were no other important messages besides classes starting in three days, Lin Su casually opened the attached timetable to check it.

Upon examining it, his expression became somewhat peculiar.

All these classes…

He had nearly completed them through self-study while doing research with Qin Nan during the summer vacation.

"Meow! (｡òωó｡)" ("Let me see Lin Su's timetable!")

Qiuqiu approached curiously, but soon made a disgusted face.

Advanced Mutant Beast Species Study, Outline of Evolution Theory of Mutant Beasts, Advanced Methods of Pet Beast Care, Basic Strategies for Pet Beast Skill Allocation…

What's this all about!

It was hoping for something as interesting as the reverse training methods it had encountered before!

So boring.

"Caw! (￣‿￣)" ("Let me look too!")

Ghost's head appeared from the other side, scanning Lin Su's timetable, and its eyes soon sparkled.

It all seems quite interesting?

It glanced at Qiuqiu beside it, who showed no interest, and a gleam of mischief flashed in its eyes.

Big brother still hasn't realized the importance of how knowledge can change one's destiny!

Then I will learn and with the acquired knowledge, surpass big brother!

A look of anticipation flashed in its eyes as it turned to Lin Su.

"Caw?" ("Can we go to classes too?")

"Of course," Lin Su nodded and smiled, "You two are relatively small in size, so it's fine for you to accompany me and learn in class, but you mustn't disrupt the order."

The school had clear regulations regarding this matter.

Pet beasts whose sizes were close to or smaller than that of an adult human could be summoned any time to accompany their Beast Tamers.

Larger pet beasts, if they could shrink to these size requirements through teaching skills, were also allowed to be summoned anytime. If they couldn't be shrunk, they would be summoned only in certain special classes or specific fields.

Qiuqiu's size was just that of a normal cat, and after its evolution, Ghost's size was roughly that of a primary school student.

Thus both pet beasts met the requirements.

"Caw! (⊙ᗜ⊙)" ("That's great!")

Ghost waved its paws, suddenly getting excited.

"Meow… (°ω°)" ("Then let's go to class together…")

Seeing this, Qiuqiu shook its head.

I'm going to accompany Lin Su!

Definitely not to attend class!

"We still have three days, so no rush," Lin Su said with a smile, quickly pulling up an interface on his communicator, "Let's first sort out the ice series teaching skills from before."