Chapter 444: Little Saint
Looking at the cute little boy beside her, Ruoshui grew more and more satisfied.
Although Mute Lake Academy only accepted female students,
she could still take on an apprentice.
Just have him stay on the island in the inner courtyard lake.
Ruoshui smiled at the little boy beside her.
"Little brother, I see your extraordinary bones; your future achievements are boundless. How about becoming my disciple? I'm a Ninth Rank Archmage, you know. In the entire Sacred City Alliance, those stronger than me are just a handful!"
Although she hadn't yet tested the boy's roots,
to her, talent didn't matter when accepting a disciple.
Li Meng glanced at the woman beside him from the corner of his eye.
Such familiar lines.
You don't want a disciple.
You just want a cook.
Really good at scheming.
Woman, dream on!
"Dream on. I won't be your cook!"
This little guy was pretty sharp.
But those little eyes were just too cute.
Ruoshui chuckled and bumped Li Meng with her shoulder.
"How about I accept you on behalf of the Master? Little junior brother, let me tell you, your big senior sister is actually the principal of Mute Lake Academy. It's all girls there. With your cuteness, you'll be super popular, and don't worry, your future marriage will definitely not be a problem."
Mute Lake Academy?
What a weird name.
Also, he hadn't agreed yet.
And she was already calling him little junior brother?
Li Meng gloomily took a bite of his dried fish.
The appearance of this woman ruined his mood for fishing.
Li Meng stared blankly at the water, ignoring the woman babbling beside him.
Seeing that her "little junior brother" wasn't falling for it, Ruoshui felt a bit frustrated.
This kid was such a blockhead.
She had talked so much, but he hadn't said a word.
"I'm Ruoshui. What's your name?"
Ruoshui still forced a smile on her face.
Today she must have used up all her lifetime's worth of smiles.
"Li Meng!"
This time, Li Meng answered her.
"What a beautiful name!"
Li Meng rolled his eyes.
This woman couldn't even flatter properly.
His name was so plain, what's so nice about it?
"Who's there!"
Ruoshui's expression suddenly changed.
She turned her head sharply towards the forest and shouted.
In her sight, a knight in pure white armor walked out of the forest.
The knight's armor was extremely exquisite.
The pure white armor was decorated with some golden patterns.
The whole person was wrapped in knight armor.
Even the head was fully enclosed in a helmet.
However, the bundle of firewood the knight carried seemed very out of place.
"Is that... a knight puppet?"
The helmet didn't even have a visor.
How could it see?
Ruoshui couldn't sense any human aura from the knight either.
Which meant this knight wasn't a living being.
The knight ignored Ruoshui's shout.
It skillfully placed the firewood on the lakeshore.
Then turned back and returned into the forest.
"That's Little Saint, my life-bound summoned beast!"
The boy's words made Ruoshui freeze.
A humanoid life-bound summoned beast?
Though humanoid summoned beasts were common,
she had never heard of an armored humanoid summoned beast.
If not for the lack of human aura,
anyone would suspect there was a person inside that armor.
"You're a summoner?"
Only summoners could summon beasts from the phantom beast space.
Phantom beasts were no different from magical beasts,
except the former came from another plane.
Magical beasts were native to this world.
Even if a phantom beast was killed, it wouldn't die.
Because a summoned phantom beast was merely a projection of a beast from another plane.
When "killed," it would only enter a weakened state,
needing time before being summoned again.
However, because phantom beasts grew slowly,
summoners often broke contracts and sought higher-tier beasts after advancing.
But life-bound summoned beasts were different.
A summoner could only form one life-bound contract in their lifetime.
Once formed, the phantom beast and the master would grow together.
Thus, summoners were extremely picky when choosing a life-bound beast,
putting great effort into innate talents and skills.
Li Meng wasn't a summoner.
Little Saint was just something he made out of boredom on his way to the magical beast forest.
He needed someone that looked imposing and powerful to tag along.
That way he could avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.
The nearly two-meter-tall Little Saint indeed looked very mighty.
He had scared off many ill-intentioned people along the way.
"Mhm."
Ruoshui examined Little Saint's tall and mighty back.
The spiritual fluctuations were very weak.
Didn't seem like the work of a powerful summoner.
Soon, Little Saint came back.
Carrying another bundle of firewood to the lakeshore.
Then he skillfully took out a firestone and lit the firewood.
"A summoned beast with storage space?"
Seeing the firestone suddenly appear in Little Saint's hand, Ruoshui narrowed her eyes.
She also sensed a faint spatial fluctuation.
Which meant the "little junior brother's" summoned beast had spatial attributes.
The next moment, Ruoshui was left dumbfounded.
Little Saint pulled out a barbecue grill from the storage space,
skillfully setting it up over the bonfire.
Then he pulled out some stones to make a simple stove,
putting an iron pot on top.
After that, he ran to his master's side, picked up the fish basket,
and carried it to a flat stone by the water.
That stone was half on shore, half in the water.
The knight kneeled on the ground,
pulled out a small dagger from the storage space,
and started gutting little spirit fish from the basket.
The scene left Ruoshui completely stunned.
Was that knight really a phantom beast?
Wasn't there actually a person hidden inside the armor?
Time passed bit by bit, the sunset faded away.
As night fell, the magical beast forest became colorful.
Various plants emitted different colored lights.
Darkness never truly engulfed the magical beast forest.
On the shore of the central lake,
Li Meng and Ruoshui sat beside the bonfire.
Li Meng still sat on his little stool.
Ruoshui sat on a stone.
Watching the knight frying little spirit fish with a sizzle.
The whole scene looked bizarre.
Even if Little Saint was a phantom beast,
making a knight-shaped phantom beast into a cook
looked really absurd.
He was so busy,
running back and forth between the bonfire and the stove.
While frying fish, he also tended to the barbecue rack.
Once cooked, he would sprinkle spices meticulously,
then pass the finished food to his endlessly snacking little junior brother.
From afternoon till now, the little junior brother had been eating nonstop.
It was like eating snacks,
but he really ate way too much.
"Could he really be a million-year transformed magical beast?"
Ruoshui's gaze fell onto the "little junior brother."