Beast Taming? Nah, Dragon Herding is Way Better! - Chapter 58

Chapter 58: Atavism
“You’re now a part of the academy, kid, be sure to grow even stronger and not show anything that can ruin the reputation of this place outside” the white-haired horned beauty said as she moves closer towards this young man who she takes quite the interest in, reaching out her hands as if waiting for him to do so as well.

“The name is Aria, Aria Frostborn, you’ll be seeing me every now and then in the academy so I guess there’s no need to tell you some sort of cheesy farewell from an elder right?” she added as she reaches out her hands once again, making the emperor-like young man understand just what is it that she wants from doing so.

As he finally understands that this mysterious beauty is asking him for a handshake, Diluc finally reaches out his hand as well, the two beings who are the most talented people of all the entire Flammenherz Kingdom having met and introduced themselves for the first time, a start of a relation that will spiral into that of a massive proportion, a story reserved for a little bit later than now.

“Diluc Leonhart, nothing so significant about my identity so there’s nothing much I can add to that” the young man who is also the Ruler of the Draconic Realm introduced with a cheeky smile on his face, his words causing the beauty in front of him to start giggling and eventually exploding into a full-blown laughter, her voice, elegant and more than just demure, and sound really enchanting as well, seemingly a great compliment to her petite appearance now albeit still creating a bit of a weird effect that will definitely throw anyone who doesn’t know her off guard.

Looking at this lady who is just rampaging because of his insensitive remarks previously, Diluc opted not to ask her any more question about her identity as he fears that he might have a slip of tongue if not poke another one of her sensitive spots, something that might just make her the angry little lady she is.

‘I shouldn’t tell her about that really…’ he thought to himself as he saw in her the image of a particular beast usually just in an open field, more specifically, a Blood Fiend Rabbit, a small creature that often just roams around showing off their adorable appearances, then transforms into menaces of any society the moment that they take in the smell of blood.

‘Yeah, I definitely shouldn’t’ he repeats to himself as he shakes the overlapping image of those creatures and this lady in his mind, deciding to bury it in the deepest recesses of his mind hopefully never to be found again just in case it induces another one of this lady’s explosive tantrums.

After a few more moments of the two of them having physical contact with each other via their hands, Diluc snaps out of his daze earlier than this lady did, with her expressions making her seem like she’s still preoccupied by something in her mind, something that allows her not to notice the surprise from the young man’s face as he saw the floating gray screen appearing just at the right corner of his vision.

[You successfully made a contact long enough for the scan to proceed. The individual’s scan is complete, now displaying their information on the screen]

Seeing this, Diluc then navigated himself to look at the system screen, his eyes widening a bit as he finally come to know just what sort of existence this lady is, causing him to heave a sigh of relief that he manages to survive from this little tantrum of hers.

[Aria Frostborn]

[Race: Half Human, Half Dragon (Ice)]

[Age: 25]

[Cultivations]

[Magic: Bright Blue Core (Combat power at Light Indigo Core)]

[Body Tempering: Peak Marrow Activation (Combat power at Meridian Awakening)]

[Elemental Affinity: Ice, Water]

[Skills: Draconic Blessing (One-time use), Draconic Scale, Absolute Regeneration, Life Breathing, Frost Palace Descend, Absolute Zero, Dragon Roar, Dragon Claw, Specific Mana Manipulation (Ice)]

[Overall Combat Power: 3-stars]

Now seeing everything including her skills, seemingly possessing all the basic draconic skills despite her half draconic progeny, making him wonder whether this case applies to all half-blood who possesses draconic blood as well.

[Not all who possesses draconic blood can use the exclusive skills of the True Dragon Race, however, those that do possesses it have a definite chance of atavism should they decided to undergo a specific trial unique to the True Dragon Race and succeed in completing this trial]

‘Atavism?’ hearing a new word to him, the curious Diluc couldn’t help but ask, prompting another window to pop up and onto his eyes, this being the definition of atavism based on the knowledge of the Dragon Herding System.

[Atavism’s loose and general definition is the return into something ancestral, in this case, atavism means the return of the entirety of the blood of the one who is experiencing it into one of its ancestries, the trial mentioned previously invoking the draconic blood of the one experiencing atavism and magnifying it to be the only bloodline in their body]

‘I see… that means an increase to the talent of the one experiencing it as well, right?’ he asks, this conclusion with the knowledge of there’s hardly anyone who can reach the level of talents the draconic race has, not to mention a race that can surpass their talents, meaning that should an individual lose part of their bloodline and completely have it replaced with the draconic bloodline in them, then there can only be good results and improvements coming out of it.

[Aside from extreme special circumstances, that is indeed the case]

‘I want to know of that special circumstance, but for later please’ seeing the answer of the system, the curiosity in him couldn’t help but start awakening once again, however, seeing that the lady shaking his hands is already well awake and back to herself once again, Diluc opted not to hurry in knowing this as this is not really an important information for him right now.

While this exchange between him and the Dragon Herding System sounds quite long, it had only taken a few seconds of time, the very same amount of time it takes for the white-haired youthful beauty, Aria, to return to her senses.

Coming into the awareness that she had suddenly blanked out the moment the two of them initiated the physical contact, the horned beauty couldn’t help but feel embarrassed as never in her life did she experienced something like that just from a handshake, causing her to scream in awkwardness in her mind all while still professionally keeping her composure on the outside, showing the experienced principal she is.

“Anyway, just like I said kid, congratulations, you can head out of this dimension towards this gate right here” the youthful beauty said with a professional, and somehow proud smile on her face the moment she claps, a spatial gate appearing fight beside her, something that seemingly leads to a different part of the academy ground rather than where he enters.

Taking steps towards this gate, Diluc then braves himself to enter as there’s really nothing he can do if this lady, his supposed examiner points him to enter this spatial gate, the only thing in his mind something along the line of hoping that this beauty isn’t someone who holds her grudge for the things he said to her.

After seeing that the young man already steps into the spatial gate connected to the admittance area of the academy, the white-haired beauty smiles as she disappears from this spatial domain as well through what appears to be a different means, her body appearing once again at the very same office where she is used to doing her work all alone.

“Have you met him, Miss Aria” having the horned beauty surprised as she is now just sitting on the soft chair right at the opposite side of the office table, a familiar face to said beauty, one with cat-like beast kin feature, asks with a smile of interest in her face, something that she only shows to two people, her twin sister, and this friend and superior of hers.

“Aeonia… I told you that…” seeing the face of her long-time friend and subordinate, the youthful beauty couldn’t help but point out once again, a helpless smile appearing on her beautiful face as she speaks, only for her words to be interrupted as the beast kin lady starts explaining herself.

“I know that, Aria, just let me be will you? I’m too used to calling you like that now that I feel awkward when calling just your name” the beast kin lady, Aeonia, said with a similarly helpless smile on her face that causes not only the friend she is talking to, but also she herself to start giggling, the two of them laughing for quite a while before she white-haired beauty starts telling what happened in the final trial to her.