One of the two strong men led Rocky into the Magical Beast House and guided him to a room on the second floor. Every inch of the room felt luxurious due to all its ornate decor. Behind the expensive square table sat a man who was furrowing his thin brows and squinting his already small eyes. He looked shrewd in every sense of the word and was engrossed in what seemed to be an account book.
When the man raised his head and saw them, he immediately locked onto Rocky's filthy clothes that made him look like a beggar. A frown formed on his face and he asked, "Who's that?"
"Steward Willie, he's..." Rocky didn't hear the rest as the man beside him went closer to Willie Wu and spoke to him in a low voice.
"Oh, it's Miss Juey again. She takes cats and dogs in, and now a person too. What's more, we even need to find a job for him. Our Magical Beast House isn't charity hall." Willie clicked his tongue and his tone alone was all Rocky needed to know that he held no respect for Juey. He glanced at Rocky again and his thin brows furrowed in disapproval. "It just so happened that a servant working in the beast farm just quit. You may take over the job," he instructed. He turned back to the man and said something in his ear.
Afterwards, the man led Rocky out of the room, back down to the first floor, and out to the Magical Beast House's backyard. It was surprisingly big, a vast area with plenty of houses. People in uniforms came and went, greeting each other with smiles just like a big family.
They walked westward for a while and passed by a few rows of connected bungalows, all neatly separated from each other.
The man led Rocky into one of the bungalows and said to him, "You can live here from now on. Stay here and wait for me." After his instruction, he left without a glance back.
Rocky watched him go before entering the bungalow and checking his new home. The room was small but had a huge bed piled with several quilts.
'I have to leave. There's no point in staying here, ' Rocky thought to himself. His original plan was just to sell things and leave without a trace.
Right when Rocky was about to turn and leave, the man appeared with a set of clothes in hand which he tossed to Rocky. "Follow me."
Even though Rocky wanted to just knock him out and leave, he was in the heart of the Magical Beast House and he didn't want to cause any trouble, so he followed after him to the beast farm with a tired sigh.
The moment he reached the beast farm, Rocky felt thankful that he hadn't left. Many beast stables for spirit-manipulated beasts greeted his eyes, the scale of which was equal to the Super Beast Farm and the beast farm of the headquarters. The most important thing was that most of the spirit-manipulated beasts here were ones he'd never seen before.
Any idea of leaving was quickly kicked to the curb; it wouldn't do for him to leave until he collected all the samples from the spirit-manipulated beasts here to help with his research. Moreover, he didn't actually know what was happening in the Holy Dragon Empire. According to Woods, his betrayal had spread all over the country already. Since he was now a traitor, it would be troublesome for him to return to the Holy Dragon Empire so quickly. Because of that, it would be better to stay in the Super Beast Farm, he decided.
'Did Woods let go of Sabina and the others?' Rocky thought to himself.
"Starting tomorrow, your job is to clean up all the beast stables. Every one of them should be cleaned and have no smell. It is a taboo to laze around on the job in the Magical Beast House. If you get caught by Steward Willie, you'd have to pack up your stuff and leave. Understand? Remember to change into the clothes I gave you. Don't scare our guests by looking like a beggar..." The man rebuked Rocky and then turned around to leave.
It was already dusk so there was nobody else in the beast farm. Rocky quickly found a place and changed into the clothes that the man gave him—a long gray and blue robe and a pair of black pants. Once he was changed, he turned from the Commander in Chief of the Crimson Dragon Army to a servant in a beast house. He couldn't help but sigh at his current situation.
Afterwards, Rocky fetched a bucket of water and washed his face as well as his messy hair until he finally didn't look like a beggar anymore. However, the stubble on his face made him look a little old, but his obvious bad mood aged him even more.
'I should find a place first to feed the Dark Heaven Insects and Dark Heaven Cubs. They should be starving by now.' With that thought in mind, Rocky was about to leave the beast farm.
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