'This mood looks very abnormal.'
Einvol was absent-minded for a moment, in his mind thought of many things, and yet seemed like thought of nothing.
He once again lowered his head. Just saw this group of people in front of him secretly whispering to each other.
Einvol raised an eyebrow, looked like he was about to get angry.
"Professor Einvol, come take a look," At this time, a young head poked in from outside.
The other staff members saw this and immediately all let out a breath of relief.
It was Professor Einvol's student.
Their great savior had come.
In everyone's eyes were written these big characters.
But Einvol didn't look at them at all, instead nodded toward the disciple outside the door, "Coming."
As soon as Professor Einvol left, the entire canteen's atmosphere relaxed.
Did not know who was the first to let out a long sigh. Immediately similar sounds rose and fell.
"Hoo— scared me to death."
"Luckily! Senior Brother Eddy came just in time."
"Senior Brother Eddy is truly our timely rain."
"But speaking of which… aren't you curious what exactly happened between Professor Einvol and that Asher?"
As the words fell, the canteen once again quieted down.
The one who spoke hurriedly turned to look back. It wasn't Professor Einvol who had come back.
But…
"Curious is curious, but I think…", Another person slowly said, "Mm, in front of Professor Einvol it's better to appropriately restrain curiosity."
The person who spoke earlier also fell silent for a moment.
'Makes sense. Better to honestly shut up.'
———
On the other side.
Eddy Brown walked beside Einvol and smiled looking at Einvol. u
Unlike the others, he didn't seem afraid at all of Einvol's dark-faced look.
"Teacher, why bother, everyone is just relaxing a bit while eating."
"Hmph!", Einvol snorted lightly when he heard this, the expression on his face looked very serious.
"Not the same."
Einvol's expression looked very earnest, and also made the whole person look even more serious.
If it were someone else walking beside Einvol at this moment they would be so scared they wouldn't dare to speak.
"Some words, if said I won't fuss about it."
"But the importance of our project… actually dare to say in a few minutes can research it out?"
"What irresponsible words," Speaking to the end, Einvol who was originally just a little angry started to really get angry.
Eddy opened his mouth, wanted to say something to ease this atmosphere.
But he also didn't know what words would be good to say.
"Er… this…", Eddy was still racking his brains.
Just heard Einvol continue to say.
"And that what Asher?"
"Asher is the name, right?"
Einvol glanced at Eddy. Eddy nodded.
It was this name. He knew this man.
Einvol's expression darkened again, "Young people nowadays really are... huh, with just half a jar of water they dare to shake it around."
"Absurd!", Einvol shouted heavily.
Eddy all the more didn't know how to explain it well.
"Teacher ah... I mean, is it possible that this Asher really does have quite some skill?", Eddy looked helplessly at his teacher.
Having been with Einvol for so long, Eddy also knew his temperament.
The man wasn't bad. But sometimes just too serious about things.
And there was also that little bit of indescribable... um, stubbornness, strength, and unwillingness to admit defeat.
Eddy didn't want to speak ill of his teacher.
But if Eddy had to say, some people in his view really weren't as the teacher described.
"Skilled?"
"No matter how skilled, how skilled can he be?", Einvol's expression looked very disdainful, "No matter how skilled, can he be as skilled as Professor Damien?"
Speaking this name, Einvol's voice sounded even more full of gnashing teeth.
Professor Damian, Damien Hohn. Soren's only national treasure-level pet evolution research professor.
Also the goal Einvol had been chasing for so many years.
Thinking back to his youth, Einvol's dream was to become Professor Damien's disciple, then follow Professor Damien's footsteps, to become Soren's next national treasure-level pet evolution research professor.
Einvol had planned everything out well.
He had the strength.
He had the dream.
In terms of effort he was by no means lacking.
If he could get Professor Damien's guidance, he would definitely make rapid progress.
But, Einvol's dream fell through at the first step.
Professor Damien simply didn't take him.
Einvol originally thought it was that Professor Damien didn't want to take disciples.
Didn't expect that many years later, as Professor Damien grew old, he instead took on disciples.
This made Einvol, who was already on the path of pet evolution research professor, full of resentment. His feelings towards Professor Damien also turned from pure admiration at the start, to complicated and hard to describe.
From time he would bring up Professor Damien to compare with other pet evolution researchers, this was already not the first time.
If it weren't that the old man was a good person, the hate would have been maxed out.
But even so, Einvol still helped the old man accumulate a lot of hate.
"Uh..."
Didn't expect that this time after hearing Einvol's words, Eddy's expression looked somewhat troubled.
Einvol: "?"
"It's like this," Eddy cleared his throat.
He knew the teacher had always been uninterested in these things, so basically didn't really look into it.
At this age, still buried in his own research topics all day.
Focused, yes.
But also to a certain extent, disconnected from the outside world.
If it weren't for having a student like Eddy, Einvol's reputation externally would definitely have been even worse.
Eddy recalled those things about Asher, finally said slowly, "This Professor Asher should indeed be quite impressive."
"Whether he compares to Professor Damien, hard to say."
Before Einvol could flare up, Eddy hurried to continue, "Anyway, Professor Damien himself is quite optimistic about this Professor Asher. There's word on the street that back then Professor Damien very much wanted to take him as a disciple."
Einvol: "?"
Big question mark appeared above Einvol's head.
In his eyes there was also thick confusion.
"What nonsense are you talking about? How come I've never heard of this matter," Einvol said, paused.
Then continued, "And Professor Damien doesn't have any new disciples now."
Einvol swore.
It was definitely not because he paid attention to Asher.
Even less because he paid attention to Professor Damien.
Rather, having the status and position of someone like Professor Damien, some major actions, especially taking disciples, would definitely cause ripples in their circle.
When Asher appeared, Professor Damien would surely come out to support him, or at least give some hint to the professors in the circle.
But none of this happened.
Einvol had never heard any news.
There was absolutely no relationship between Asher and Professor Damien.
At most just some normal acquaintance.
Eddy: "..."
Eddy sighed helplessly.
Teacher was just stubborn, what else could he do?
He couldn't really go and strip his teacher's bottom clean right here, right?
That would really be not good.
As a person one still needed to be a bit friendly.
"It's like this, the time probably was...", As Eddy spoke he paused, as if trying to recall, "Um... around the time Asher researched favorability?"
"Wasn't it because of this favorability that Professor Damien's extreme project made the key breakthrough."
"Supposedly Professor Damien developed good feelings towards this Professor Asher at that time."
"Professor Damien even personally went to NY City."
This matter was half a secret.
Eddy knew only due to some chance coincidence... actually because he happened to be in NY City then, and also did a bit of shallow investigation. And then was warned.
Eddy also learned more inside information because of that. And had long known about this person Asher.
Thinking of this, Eddy's feelings were a bit indescribably complicated.
Truly complicated.
Two years ago. Back then, even knowing that Asher discovered favorability, Eddy didn't think much of Asher.
Even felt Professor Damien thinking of taking Asher as a student, wasn't that going too far.
Could Asher really bear that?
In short, all kinds of thoughts of not being optimistic about Asher.
Two years passed in a flash.
Asher, like a suddenly rising new star, with an unstoppable speed, abruptly tore across the sky, appearing in everyone's sight. And dimmed those once glittering stars.
Became the brightest one of his generation, even compared to the previous generation.
Could Eddy's feelings not be complicated?
Complicated to death.
He wished he could go back two years, find Asher again, to see with his own eyes how Asher step by step reached where he was today.
Eddy couldn't figure it out.
'Weren't we all supposed to be human?'
'Why does only Asher evolve?'
He, this student who had studied under Professor Einvol for many years, was almost caught up by Asher
"That's probably the situation."
Eddy shook his head, shaking out all those complicated unspeakable emotions.
He wasn't someone who liked self-pity.
As a human. Happiness was good.
And just looking at his own achievements, he was happy.
As long as not compared with Asher, there was nothing to criticize.
"As for why there was no follow-up... should be that Asher refused, didn't agree to become Professor Damien's student."
"That's all I know," As he spoke Eddy nodded.
No omissions.
It should be like that.
Eddy smiled and said, "Professor Damien should still be quite optimistic about Professor Asher, otherwise he wouldn't have traveled so far to invite him back then."
Einvol: "..."
Einvol took a deep breath.
Took another deep breath, only then stopping himself from doing something out of anger that he didn't want to see.
"...This guy..."
Eddy realized it wasn't his illusion.
He really seemed to hear some grinding sound.
Eddy hurriedly turned his head to look.
He truly exclaimed goodness.
Professor Einvol was so angry he was grinding his teeth.
Even like this, Professor Einvol still struggled to maintain his good manners, not letting himself curse out ugly words.
Eddy couldn't help but want to give Professor Einvol a thumbs up.
Worthy of being his teacher. Just awesome.
Einvol seemed to realize something, turned and gave Eddy a big white-eye.
'Brat! Just knows how to watch my fun!'
But though angry, Einvol really didn't want to curse. He had no interest in that. Cursing couldn't make one's mood better.
Instead it would make him seem so powerless. So Einvol didn't like cursing.
But that didn't mean seeing his student with that watching-a-show look, he wouldn't get mad.
"Didn't expect Professor Damien to actually think so highly of this...", Einvol paused, like he swallowed some not-so-nice label.
Expression returned to normal again.
Of course, even that seemingly normal expression, his face was still dark, looking very stern.
"Asher, is it?", Speaking this name, Einvol still felt very unfamiliar.
Like he hadn't really paid attention?
But also a bit of impression.
Like Eddy said before, favorability, he had an impression.
And then...
"Later it seemed also him, who proposed a tacit understanding concept right?"
Eddy nodded.
'That's right.'
Einvol frowned, expression a bit stern, "I remember he was quite famous online for a while?"
Einvol looked at Eddy.
"There was such a thing," Eddy continued nodding.
"Mainly because Professor Asher researched out Ancestral Dragon's new evolution path, let Old Rothschild's Ancestral Dragon successfully evolve into Dragon King."
That matter had quite the heat online at the time.
Just that Professor Einvol was always in the lab, so hadn't really noticed.
Hearing this, Einvol's brows relaxed quite a bit.
Dragon King evolution path.
Even Einvol couldn't say he'd be sure to figure it out.
But exactly because of this...
"Ancestral Dragon's evolution to Dragon King, that evolution path couldn't be verified, right?", Einvol said very certainly.
Eddy hearing this showed a somewhat helpless smile, "Isn't that for sure?"
"Old Rothschild's Ancestral Dragon being able to evolve successfully, maybe had some luck involved, Professor Asher also said so."
"But no matter if luck played a part, since Old Rothschild stood up to say so, then Professor Asher surely provided great help."
Old Rothschild, what kind of person was he?
Elderly. With status. With prestige.
Though single-line passed down, still very solid. Develop another few generations, might become what's called a dragon-type Beast Tamer family.
Among Beast Tamer families today, how many dare call themselves dragon-type Beast Tamer families?
Could count them on one hand.
═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═❀═
patreon.com/AmbitiousTranslator
🥳Joining Patreon keeps me motivated and eager to work diligently, so please consider joining.🥰 You can access upto 20 advance chapter through Patreon.
https://discord.gg/bYAfGyp98y