Chapter 6: NOVA
Early in the morning,
Alan felt a slight heaviness on his chest. Slowly waking up, he was a little bit startled to find out a small black snake sleeping on his chest.
Taking a careful look, the small snake was barely the size of his hand with lustrous scales that seemed to reflect light itself.
The little one was sleeping right now, but feeling the movement of Alan, it slowly woke up.
Opening its red eyes to look at Alan
Alan: "It's good to see you, my first partner. My name is Alan, and I will be your master from now on."
The little snake responded with a hiss, rubbing its tiny head on Allen's cheek.
Looking at her black color that resembled the dark space and its being a spatial monster, Alan thought about naming it Nova.
Alan: "From now on your name will be Nova. It's good to meet you, Nova."
Looking at Nova, a string of data appeared in his field of vision.
Name: [Nova]
Species: [dark spatial snake]
Stage: [zero]
Potential: [⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐]
Description: [a newborn noble snake species with a high bloodline, extremely adept at manipulating space and can be considered a space master, very powerful with a very high potential, extremely prideful and intelligent]
Growth condition: [Providing it with the shreds of space crystal and the lumeria fruit will accelerate its growth and keep it at an optimal condition.]
Evolution's path: [6]
Indeed the little one is a diamond in the rough; Alan still couldn't believe himself for finding such a wonderful companion inside the d-section of the hatchery, otherwise called the dumping ground.
Holding Nova in his hand Alan opened the door to his room and went to the living room only to find that little Lily was sitting on the couch watching some cartoon; only then did he remember that today is a holiday.
Looking at Little Lily, absorbed in watching her cartoons Alan thought mischievously about a wonderful way to introduce his new family, little Nova, to little Lily.
Using the link between him and Nova He tried to convey a simple order, ordering Nova to approach Lily on the couch.
Nova proved to be highly intelligent. Although just born, she did as she was commanded, slithering down the ground and heading toward the couch.
Lily, who was completely absorbed in watching the TV, felt something touching her tiny leg only to look down and scream.
Lily: "Ahhhhhh, a snake!"
Ariana, who was in her room, heard Lily screaming. In a hurry, she came running to the living room.
Seeing the situation getting out of control, Alan scrambled to tell Lily that it's okay.
Alan: "Hey Lily, stop crying, please. I'm so sorry. The little snake is called Nova. She is my contracted beast. She's our new family.
Nova was clearly shaken by Lily screaming, so she coiled around Alan's neck.
Only when Lily heard Allen talking did she understand; meanwhile, Ariana seemed to understand what had happened.
Ariana: "Alan, please grow up. Did you do it on purpose?"
Alan could only smile and apologize.
After appeasing the little lady by promising to buy her snacks.
Alan introduced Nova to his mother and sister.
Looking at the little snake, Ariana knew that her son had become a respected beast tamer, and she was happy for him from the bottom of her heart.
Meanwhile, Lily was fighting her fear, trying to take a closer look at Nova.
Alan: "Nova, why don't you greet them?"
Nova understood her master's order, and she simply bowed her head slightly to express her greetings while hissing with her tongue.
Seeing The friendly behavior of Nova Lily was not afraid anymore and even started patting it on the head.
Ariana was surprised by how intelligent this little snake is, as intelligence reflects a higher potential for a beast.
Offering to make breakfast as an apology Alan left Nova with Lily and headed toward the kitchen and started preparing the breakfast.
After a while, everyone sat down around the table and started eating.
Ariana: "Alan, you need to take good care of Nova, and I know that new beast tamers have many expenses."
As she said this, she presented a card to Alan and said
"Inside this card there is a 50,000 federation dollar that I have saved up for you. You can use it as your starter fund, and don't worry about me; I can still work, and we are fine. You don't need to burden yourself yet with anything else; just focus on your future."
With a smile on her face, she handed the card to Alan.
Alan hesitated, but after much thinking, he knew that he needed this money to buy feed for Nova, although he already had a plan in his mind on how to make money; still, the starter fund is important, so he thanked his mother, and he renewed his vow to make their life better in the near future.
After a hearty breakfast, Allen heads back to his room with Nova lying on his shoulder.
He opened the old terminal PC and started surfing the ethernet to look for information about the best type of feed for snake species with a spatial ability; according to his Eye of Ra spatial crystal shreds and the illuminaria fruit, they are the best food for its growth condition right now.
He noticed that his talent, that the eye of Ra, kept changing and growing, especially after he spent the 3 days after the Awakening ceremony meditating and absorbing Ena using the basic meditation technique that the school provided.
One of the changes is the potential, and if he focused on any relevant information, it could be reflected in his eyes, such as the growth conditions.
After surfing for a while, his morals took a serious hit as the price for a spatial shred starts from 100,000 Federation dollars, and the Luminaria fruit is even more expensive at $250,000.
He definitely could not afford it, but still there were other cheaper alternatives that he could buy. For example, he could feed it crystal core shreds of stage 1 and 2 beasts; for stage 1, they usually cost a few hundred, and for stage 2, the cost would be about $1,500 federation dollars.
He planned a simple diet for Nova to grow past the newborn stage.
The rest will depend on his sanctuary; after all, the sanctuary is the sacred place for beasts as their growth accelerates inside.
Then he needed to find a job, something that would pay good money.
After ordering 10 stage 1 cores and five stage 2 cores with a few fruits for Nova, he has almost gone through all the money inside the card.
Although he knew that being a beast tamer is a money-burning occupation, he still could not help but feel slight pain in his heart as this money was his mother's hard-earned money.
So he immediately started surfing the Ethernet to look for viable jobs that he can take with a very good pay.
After surfing for a while on the internet, Alan came to the conclusion that becoming an evolution master will be much harder than he had initially thought, as other than knowledge, a person needs a history of performance; usually people will start by becoming an appraisal Clerk's
By becoming one, they can effectively enhance their own knowledge while leaving a record and getting a recommendation letter from an evolution master to take the exam to become an evolution master apprentice and even become an appraisal clerk; it is also required to take an exam to become a federation-certified appraisal clerk.
Looking at all this information, Alan knew that he first had to become an appraiser and pass the exam as soon as possible.
Fortunately, anyone can take this exam inside the Evolutions Master Association. Other than the fee of $5,000 Federation dollars, there was nothing preventing him from taking it.
So he immediately made an online booking for the exam after the confirmation, and paying the fees, the time of the exam was set at 5:00 p.m. this evening.
After finishing his research, he looked at his shoulder only to find that little Nova is fast asleep.
He was surprised that she didn't ask for food, but after a look around the room, he was suddenly surprised, as he hadn't paid attention earlier that there were no eggshells at all, so he came to the conclusion that Nova ate the eggshells, and that's why she was not hungry.
After putting Nova on the bed, he headed to the bathroom to freshen up and get ready to head to the Evolution Masters Association and the Beastmasters Association.
He needs to register as a base tamer; after that, he needs to take the exam to become an appraisal clerk at the Evolution Master Association.
After making his plans, he was ready to head out. He put Nova inside his sanctuary while she was fast asleep, saying his goodbyes to his mother and sister. He went out of the apartment.