The First Legendary Beast Master novel Chapter 711

Karl leapt up from the ground level to stand on the catwalk and inspect the new arrivals, who all waved happily at him.

"I thought that there were ten of you coming?" He asked.

"Security rejected five of us because of family political connections." One of the girls, a tomboy with a crew cut, replied.

Or perhaps that was a very effeminate boy?

Karl checked the system interface for the truth.

{Name} Marissa (Prefers Mark)

Well, that was easy enough. He should start just keeping the name overlays up over everyone. Oh, yes, that made his life so much easier.

"So, Mark. You’re saying that they picked the five of you because nobody would miss you if you were stuck here for an indeterminate amount of time?"

The Acolytes looked panicked for a moment, then shook their head. "No, the other five had high-ranking Ministers for parents. The Royal Security team was concerned that they might pass information back to their families that could be leveraged in Parliament."

One of the other girls, Janet the system said her name was, held out a tome as a peace offering.

"We rescued the books they brought. All the Acolytes sent back had a few with them. We were supposed to give them to you as a goodwill gesture." She explained.

Other than Mark, everyone was short, dark skinned and had long black hair. Mark’s was just cut differently, and Karl was beginning to wonder if the Head Librarian had chosen this group as a form of petty vengeance, knowing that Karl would find it nearly impossible to tell them all apart.

Then he noticed something else, a twitch under the robes of the short-haired Acolyte. Mark definitely had a tail.

Karl tried not to make a show of scenting the air, and found that they didn’t have a scent at all. They were definitely disguised.

But Soul Sight showed pure and clear energy, no signs of the corruption that came with being a fake or terrible person.

[Do you want me to dispel them?] Cara asked.

[No, I think I know what happened. They’re using a Human Transformation spell to make beastkin Clerics look like humans. The Librarian must be trolling the Royals with her choice of Acolytes.]

Remi giggled in her space. [I bet they annoyed her about something, so she sent them all demihumans. Aren’t the Royals supposed to be like, ’rah, rah go humans’?]

Karl laughed to himself at the description. He already knew it was just a front, as so many of the ranking members of the nation were dragons, but officially, Remi was right. The Royal Family promoted the Golden Dragon Nation as a human nation.

That was about ninety-five percent true. But that last five percent had a unique knack for ending up in the same spot as Karl. Or perhaps it was the other way around.

Karl took the book from Janet before the hesitation grew awkwardly long, and admired the cover. [Introduction to Inscription] was the first book they had offered, and Remi was ready to come out and steal it from him if he didn’t turn it over quickly.

"Thank you, Janet. That will be very useful in the future."

One after another, they handed him books. They were all crafting based, but Karl noticed that Janet had another one out, likely the book that one of the others was supposed to present to him as their welcoming gift.

He returned to the start of the group and picked up the book from her hands.