Although Ana had a month off from her basic training, she still had a lot of studying to do, the most important of which was learning how to evaluate the beasts.

After she returned to the bamboo grove, Ana saw a dark figure running straight towards her at lighting speed. Before she realised what it was, the big beast jumped right on top of her and licked all over her face.

‘ Ana patted Ananta's head as she muttered to herself.

Ana set Ananta free to play by itself as she lay down on the rock by the pool. She took the Beast Encyclopaedia to read while bathing under the sunlight glimmering through the bamboo leafs.

A beast evaluator was more than just determining the beast's star level. It also required for evaluators to discern all of it's quality like category, ability and it's space and direction for future development.

The one who wrote the Beast Encyclopaedia had created an evaluation method called the ‘Magical Evaluation Skill’. One could use it as a basic for the analysis and evaluation of all kinds of spirit manipulated beasts.

Generally speaking, it was not an easy task to be a beast evaluator.

However for someone like Ana who had a thirst for knowledge, nothing excited her more than the idea of studying beast evaluation as she get to know more about all kinds of spirit manipulated beasts.

Ana spend all her time in the bamboo grove studing apart from her basic three meals a day.

After a rough inspection of it's contents, she finally understood why one could use the Magical Evaluation skill to discern all the qualities of spirit manipulated beasts.

A whole month went by a flash.

In the deep parts of the bamboo grove.

‘ Ana sat on the ground as she tried to use the Magical Evaluation skill on a rabbit.

At that moment, a triangular mark appeared on it's foot and a bright white light shone out of it. The rabbit then reflected a very weak and yellow light the size of a spark, which represented the agility of it's extremities.

Howl! A beast then came in at lighting speed and ran off with the rabbit in it's mouth.

Ana was kind of used to Ananta always taking her subjects to eat them for lunch.

It's appetite had grown exponentially since it's evolution. The food Ana brought from the canteen, including the raw meat directly from the kitchen was no longer enough for it. Finally, she let Ananta go hunting food for itself while bringing her some subjects for her experiments.

Ananta proved to be a born hunter with extraordinary skills. It could climb trees and swim in rivers at a great speed. It also had tremendous strength. The depth of the bamboo grove had already been leveled by it as it's regular playtime for the past month.

It was fortunate that few people would come deep into the thick bamboo forest . Otherwise, they would be shocked to see what had happened there.

After learning the Magical Evaluation skill for about a month, Ana was able to master the first grade of the skill, enough to help her know the quality and star level of most animals. But until now, she was still not able to tell the star level and quality of Ananta, whose power was much stronger.

Besides the Magical Evaluation skill, Ana had also cultivated with the magical saliva for one month. Her strength had reached the fourth grade of mortal stage from the third grade, which was a significant improvement. Now, she didn't need to dilute the magical saliva. Instead, she could drink it directly because her body could absorb it more readily.

The magical saliva and daily exercise helped her in rebuilding her body. She was no more that skinny,weak girl.

Most importantly, Ananta spat four drops of the magical saliva daily rather than three drops. Ana used one drop every day and saved the other three in a bottle. Now, she had three bottles of magical saliva. She had a plan. If she could meet Marcia again, she'd ask for an exchange of the spiritual crystals with the magical saliva.

‘ I need to go back for a while. You better stay here quietly. Don't run all the time. I'll only be away for a short time ’, she told Ananta, who was sitting quietly enjoying her meal.

Ananta, turned back and growled in reply, only for a moment before going on happily with it's meal.

Shortly after, Ana left the bamboo forest, heading straight to her room, where she met Fiona. As Fiona entered the room, she nodded to acknowledge Ana politely. During the month, they hardly spoke to eachother, Ana mostly stayed in the forest. They rarely met.

Meeting in the room today was by coincidence, as Fiona too had come back to take her cloud tiger for a walk.

However, Ana remembered Fiona had agreed to lend her the cloud tiger last time when she helped treat it. She had almost forgotten,‘ she called out.

‘ Fiona turned back.

‘ Ana asked with a bit of hesitation, hoping Fiona was not forgetful.

‘ Yes, I do. But i thought you were kidding at that moment’, if Ana didn't mention it, Fiona had already forgotten it.

‘ Can I borrow it for a few days, please? Don't worry. I won't abuse it. I only need it one hour every night’, Ana added.

Fiona thought for a moment before she agreed to lend out the cloud tiger to Ana for three days.

‘ No problem!’ Ana gestured to show that she agreed with her.

So Fiona left the room with her cloud tiger.

After taking a short nap in her room, Ana went to the kitchen, where she had helped the cooks before.

During the month, whenever she came back, she would gladly help them with chores. So Jerry and other cooks were so fond of her and enjoyed having her around. It also gave her opportunity to get some vegetables for Ananta, who had lately eaten so much raw meat that it got Ana worried .

Just before Ana entered the kitchen, she heard people's excited chit chat, but she didn't pay much attention to what they were saying.

‘

When Ana understood what they were talking about, she looked around and saw a group of people walking towards the dragon field. Bear was at the front of the group, flanked by two trainees that Ana had once taught a lesson. Behind them, a few other young trainees followed.

Every one among them had brought thier war beasts. All had potential of one star,two stars or three stars. Bear's Lion Eagle was the only three star war beasts among them. It was the highest ranking among them all about thirty spirit manipulators in total.

The higher the star level a beast had, the more potential it had. That meant a three star beast here had such a promising future, especially among these newcomers.

As they walked around, Bear and his group didn't take notice of Ana. Ana has changed a lot during the month, so they didn't recognise her at once.

‘ Bear boasted, when he heard them all flowing with praises.

‘ the young trainees envied Bear.

‘ Bear said with a proud expression.

As he expected, all the young candidates grew envious.

a disdainful voice cut in.

Surprised, Bear and his followers lifted thier heads to size up the cynic, a young girl, right in thier eyes, looking at them with a cocky smile.

Bear and his crew thought the party pooper was familiar, but they couldn't quite put a name to the face.

‘ Ana crossed her arms.

‘ Bear gazed at Ana carefully and shouted in surprise,‘

Ana smiled.

A/n: Hello kiddos! It's your lovely, sweet,sexy author! My question today is only for those who had been/is a teacher....

Have you ever had a crush on a student?

( Don't be shy tell us)