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    ‘An orphanage huh?’

    Roland awkwardly went into his house while thinking about the conversation that he had with Bernir. With nothing much to talk about, the conversation shifted to Elodia. Bernir had seen her going around the city with some young children not more than five years old.

    At first, Bernir thought that maybe the woman was the mother but soon he discovered the truth. Some of the shopkeepers spoke up about how she was a hard worker. How she tends to an orphanage with some other young adults.

    ‘Did I make a mistake?’

    It also came out during the conversation that Armand was apparently also from the said orphanage. Bernir had heard this fact during Armand’s drunken stupor. He had complained that it would be hard to feed the kids while also paying off the house mortgage.

    Roland was now second-guessing his decision of kicking the man to the curb. Though he wasn’t sure about the costs of that house, he felt that if Armand managed his money right he should be able to pay for something like that. He didn’t know how many mouths they were feeding or if they were duped into paying too much for the large building. It was apparently somewhere in the city in a more costly part.

    ‘Well… that woman didn’t seem that mad though…’

    He recalled Elodia’s reaction, she even apologized for her older brother.

    ‘If they work through it, they should be fine…’

    “Woof!”

    “Ah, I’m coming, wait a moment.”

    His thought process was interrupted by a muffled bark. He headed downstairs into his workshop where Agni was sitting in. The small wolf puppy was left here as he couldn’t bring him over to the guild. This was the only place he could leave him while being sure that he wouldn’t destroy it.

    The inside of the house was not a possibility as he felt that Agni would trash it. Then escape and track him to the adventurer’s guild. The possibility of the little puppy being then slain was high, people could take him for a regular monster. Some others could also try to capture him instead, then sell him on the black market as he was a rare breed.

    “I see that I’ll have to air this place out…”

    Roland opened the slab of metal that was his door and was hit in the face by a strong smell. It was clear that his puppy had relieved himself here, luckily for him he had placed Agni in a large cage which he could just carry outside and wash.

    “Woof!”

    Agni ran about three circles around his master before bolting through the opening outside. The small guy was smart to understand Roland’s facial expression as he looked at Agni’s ‘present’ that he left behind inside of his cage.

    “Ugh…”

    While holding his breath he carried the metal cage outside. Thanks to his enhanced strength this wasn’t anything difficult.

    “Hah, maybe we should have taken him with us boss.”

    Bernir laughed from the side while Roland doused the cage with one of his water pressure wands.

    “Ever since he started eating mana stones the smell has been…”

    Roland commented while using some flames on the metal cage to disinfect it.

    “Does the mana make it extra fragrant?”

    Bernir asked while peeking out of his log workshop. He was busy grinding away at some tools, soon it would be time to get that tier 2 class. Roland had already given him a class change stone which would be coming out of his paycheck later.

    “Now that you mention it…“

    Roland brought up Agni’s status screen while his wolf pup was running around the backyard. He zoomed in on the page with the skills and was pleasantly surprised.

    ‘Mana Stone Eater did reach level 9.’

    After seeing the skill finally reach the cap he quickly went for the evolution options. After using the costly mana stones on his pet he hoped that he would get another evolution that was even rarer than the Gemstone Wolf.

     

    Adolescent Volcanic Wolf

    [ Fire/Earth/Beast ]

    A common canine type monster found in volcanic regions. Their noticeable feature is their growing mane covered in volcanic rocks.

    Adolescent Ruby Wolf

    [ Fire/Earth/Beast ]

    An uncommon canine type monster found in volcanic regions. Their noticeable feature is their growing mane covered in rubies.

    Adolescent Gemstone Wolf

    [ Fire/Earth/Beast ]

    A rare canine type monster found in deep dungeons. Their noticeable feature is their growing mane adorned with various gemstones.

    Hellhound Puppy

    [ Fire/Fiend/Beast ]

    An uncommon canine fiend type of monster. This type of monster is regularly seen accompanied by demonic beings.

    Adolescent Ash Wolf

    [ Earth/Beast ]

    A common canine type wolf found in dungeons. They are characterized by having a white ashy fur pattern.

    Adolescent Mystical Ruby Wolf

    [ Fire/Earth/Beast ]

    A rare variant of the Ruby Wolf monster, it is known for its high affinity for fire magic and high intelligence.

    “Oh, A rare variant of an uncommon Ruby Wolf breed…”

    There actually was another option that popped up. He now had an option to pick between two rare variants, a Gemstone Wolf or a Mystical Ruby Wolf.

    “Hm… what do you think boy?”

    Agni had stopped running around and was now sniffing Roland’s leg. Due to him being in the city for so long he had all kinds of scents stuck to him that this puppy could smell.

    “Arf?”

    The small wolf tilted his head to the side and then gave out a cute sneeze before walking away to dig up some holes.

    “I figured…”

    At this point in time, Roland had enough time to go through some monster tamer books that the city had to offer. He had managed to get a more thorough explanation of this Gemstone Wolf variant.

    It was a solid pick from what he could ascertain. This wolf was quite tanky, its fur slowly changed into hardened gemstones which could take some punishment. On the other hand, the Ruby variants were mostly known for their high speed and fire type skills. Both types would grow into large wolves that could rival horses after a while but the Gemstone Wolf would be bulkier.

    Now with the new variant out there, Roland felt like he knew what to get. What he needed was someone that was fast and not to tank hits for him. He was already a tank and a caster in one, there was no reason for him to have Agni fill that role.


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    What he needed him for was to discover monsters as a tracker and scout type. Then with the added magic affinity, the Mystical Ruby Wolf could even give him some backline support. He was also trying to create golems, so he had not that much use for more tanky party members.

    “Well, Agni… I’m not sure how this will feel… so brace yourself…”

    At this moment the red puppy was wiggling his ruby-tipped tail while his head was underground. There was not much around to damage with the wind turbines being a bit to the side.

    “I guess here goes nothing…”

    Roland focused on the evolution option, it was akin to imagining a button press. The moment he did the status window went blank for a moment before a prompt sprung up.

    – Evolution in progress –

    He had thought that he had already gotten used to this game-like interface but sometimes he was taken back by its functions. Roland glanced from the status window to where Agni’s butt was sticking out. A noticeable change was taking place as the puppy’s body began to glow.

    The small posterior of the puppy began to expand and some of its fur began to shed. It started falling to the ground while another coat of fluff shifted in its place. The hind legs extended and small ruby crystals started to emerge above the paw area.

    “Oh? Is Agni evolving? Why didn’t you call me over boss!”

    Bernir noticed the shine from the backyard, he had been busy crafting so his attention was elsewhere.

    “You looked busy.”

    Roland didn’t wish to interrupt a blacksmith during their work as he was also one. All sorts of things could go wrong if a person was interrupted so he just went through with the evolution.

    “It’s going faster than I expected…”

    Within a minute the red glow subsided and Roland was looking at an enlarged backside of Agni. The rest of the body was still stuck underground as he had chosen to go through with this while the puppy was digging a tunnel.

    “He did get bigger… should I go pull him out?”

    Bernir asked while looking at Agni struggling to free himself from the small hole. After a few moments though the pooch managed to free himself. Agni started sneezing a bit then quickly shaking as if he was trying to dry himself after taking a dip in the river.

    Roland could now take a good look at his teenage puppy. The first thing that was characteristic was the assortment of gems on his legs. They went all the way up to his knees. His fur looked more robust and was also longer.

    His mane looked a lot bushier and he had a ruby sticking out of his forehead. His ruby-tipped tail got longer and the tip was quite a bit more pointy. The size of this adolescent wolf was close to a large dog, his head almost reached up to Roland’s waist.

    “Awoooo…”

    Agni gave out a howl after cleaning himself and trotted over to where Roland was. He then circled around his master a couple of times before looking up to him.

    “Showing off your new form?”

    Roland smiled a bit and placed his hand on top of Agni’s head, after ruffling up his fur he gave the forehead gem a little poke. It was quite smooth and in a circular shape. It was quite small at about two centimeters in diameter which was less than an inch. While petting his puppy he brought up his status screen to see what had changed.

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