"What? Kylen, you need to think carefully! The Talent Awakening Potion rewarded by the Abyssal Rift Simulation Field can be as high as Grade A quality!"
"I've already made up my mind. I need to use it right now."
"All right, I'll send someone to deliver it to you."
While waiting, Kylen continued reading Avelia's journal.
There weren't many entries, and the content was scattered.
The last page was about him.
"Today I met a special man. His blood is so fragrant and charming. Meeting him might be a gift from fate. He's gentle and considerate, and I'm very satisfied with him. If Mother were still alive, I really want her to meet him. I believe he's the one I'm destined for!"
"I've become his contracted creature. Mother said humans, especially men, are all unfaithful.
How will he see me? Will he like me? I really don't understand what men are thinking. But… he must have been happy when we were intimate, right?"
"He said he'd cook for me. He looks very skilled, so it should be delicious! I wonder if he likes sweet food? I'm so looking forward to it!"
Kylen's eyes suddenly blurred.
Is the love of a Vampiric Slime more pure than I imagined?
"Ding! Your package has been delivered!"
The doorbell rang, and Kylen stood up immediately.
He hoped this choice would really work.
Just how unbearable must that bitterness be?
Kylen had chosen the Grade D Talent Awakening Potion · Taste Resonance.
"Taste—synchronize!"
"Ugh!" It was as if the bitterest taste in the world filled his mouth in an instant. Kylen retched violently, his entire stomach rejecting it fiercely!
Avelia huddled up on the bed.
Just now… that bitterness was really a hundred times worse than eating coptis raw.
Why didn't that little one ever ask about my taste preferences? Didn't he say he was most afraid of losing me? Does he… actually not care about me that much?
She pouted for a while and only sat up when the bitterness in her mouth gradually faded.
Actually, I can't blame him entirely after all, he didn't know.
Avelia comforted herself, then prepared to find Kylen to talk things through properly.
Suddenly, Kylen pushed open the door.
"Avelia."
Avelia turned her head away, but couldn't help wanting to glance back at him.
Kylen walked up to her with a tray in his hands. He clasped his hands together and said sincerely:
"I'm sorry. I was too careless! I'm such a bad lover. Please forgive me this time!"
The corners of Avelia's lips lifted slightly, breaking into a smile like ice melting at the first touch of spring.
"I… I'm not angry with you. It's just that it was really too bitter…"
Kylen said, "I made a new one. You must be starving. Come and try it!"
Avelia smiled, picked up her utensils, and spooned a bite into her mouth.
"I thought we agreed to add sugar… Salty? No… It's not bitter. This is… is this what salt tastes like? This…"
She looked at Kylen in confusion.
Kylen smiled and explained, "I asked Dean Seraphina to help check, and found there's a rare Talent Awakening Potion called Taste Resonance. Coincidentally, the reward from our entrance test lets us choose any potion."
"I tried your sense of taste, and only then did I know how unbearable that bitterness really is… I'm sorry for being so self-righteous!
From now on, any taste I can feel, Avelia will feel too. There's more to this world than sweet and bitter. I want to accompany you to taste all flavors: sour, sweet, spicy, salty."
Tears glistened in Avelia's eyes. She pretended to be annoyed, though there was no real anger in her voice.
"What a waste. You actually chose such a useless Talent Awakening Potion."
"How could it be a waste? Avelia is my salvation. As long as it makes you happy, it's never a waste."
A faint blush appeared on Avelia's cheeks, something that rarely happened. She could clearly hear the sound of her own heartbeat.
Avelia tossed Kylen the golden ring issued by the Contractor's Association.
"There's something I prepared for you inside."
After saying that, Avelia lowered her head and ate the food in big bites.
Spaghetti, grilled steak, vegetable salad, French soup…
These flavors she had never experienced before.
This touch of warmth she had never felt before!
"Mmm, it's so delicious!"
"Tomorrow morning, I want to drink salty soup!"
"No problem~"
"I also want to eat salty pie!"
"Huh? Wait, shouldn't pie be sweet?"
"Ah! You just said you'd accompany me to taste all flavors!"
"All right, all right, I'll listen to you. Let me see what Avelia bought for me… Wait, what do these deer antlers and lamb kidneys mean?"
"Because this Queen still wants to savor the most delicious you~"
[Avelia's attitude towards you has changed]
[Will Follow Through Life and Death → Till Death Do Us Part]
[Vampiric Slimes are easy to please, because their wishes are always so simple, aren't they?]
The next day, Kylen had heavy dark circles under his eyes, and his legs trembled slightly.
He regretted it, he really should have chosen a potion that enhances physical strength!
It wasn't just because he had to replenish blood for Avelia; it was also the tiredness from moving all day.
Students above Grade A were all assigned standalone villas, and Avelia's house was exceptionally spacious, covering an area of over 2,000 square meters.
No wonder S-Rank students were allowed to form contract teams.
How could you manage without hiring a few servants first?
Besides, after Kylen's spiritual power breakthrough, he could contract a second creature.But he didn't have a clear idea yet.
With Avelia by his side, he really couldn't look at creatures that were too weak.He might as well go to class and listen to the professors' suggestions.
When it came to the knowledge of Contractors, Kylen had almost zero theoretical knowledge; he relied entirely on intuition and luck.
In addition to the credit system, Saint Laurent Contract Academy also implemented a mentor responsibility system.
There was one public class every morning, and the rest of the time was for personalized guidance from mentors.
Mentors were also divided into three grades: Silver Emblem Mentor, Golden Emblem Mentor, and Star Emblem Mentor.
Naturally, Kylen's mentor was Dean Seraphina, a well-deserved Star Emblem Mentor.
The public class on Monday was also taught by her.
After arriving at the classroom with Avelia, the entire room fell silent instantly.
Everyone turned their eyes to this rising star who had caused a sensation in the entrance test.
"Is that Kylen?"
"Yes, and the one next to him is Senior Avelia."
"So the things online are true… Heh, so it's really like that~"
Kylen found it strange.
Why did everyone seem to know him so well?
Kylen found a random seat and sat down.
When he browsed the Star Net before class, he couldn't help frowning.
The internet was full of topics about him!
A once-in-a-millennium Contractor genius?
Come on, the Contractor profession hasn't even existed for a hundred years yet!
The secret to winning over the genius school beauty, some flowers' language means patience and wealth?
We're not that weird!
"This elbow strike, kids, don't learn this, it's too violent!"
Why did the video of me teaching William a lesson also spread?
Wait, I can put up with all the above, but why is my dad giving media interviews?
And he even became a special lecturer for a cooking academy?
The key point is, Dad, you endorsed the wrong one!
That's a cooking academy, not an educational institution!
When he saw the photo of himself photoshopped with a chef's hat, Kylen couldn't hold back anymore.
I used to just watch the drama online, now I've become the center of attention?
The discussions gradually died down when Seraphina walked into the classroom.The Otherworldly Creatures Department had enrolled 800 students this year.
Among them, Class 1, where Kylen was, was the elite class, with 76 students in total.Besides Kylen, there was another S-Rank student; all the rest were A-Rank.
Seraphina said, "Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Otherworldly Creatures Department again. From today onwards, I am your dean. You can come to me with any problems."
"Now, let's explain the question everyone cares about most: How should Contractors and their contracted creatures cultivate? What do spiritual power and realms represent?"
"Elara, you come from that long-established Contractor family; you should know something about this. Would you like to share with everyone?"
Elara, the other S-Rank student in the Otherworldly Creatures Department, had been admitted through special recruitment and didn't take the entrance test.
She wore her hair in a neat high ponytail and a chiffon polka-dot dress, exuding the elegance of a noble lady from a prominent family.
Even Kylen couldn't help glancing at her a few more times.
Kylen's performance the day before was there for all to see, and Seraphina also intended to let Elara show her talents.
After all, the responsibility of the first-year students in the Otherworldly Creatures Department would soon fall on these two S-Rank students.
Elara nodded gently.
"For Contractors in the first four realms…"