Steve looked at the girl that was flying around him happily. "So, little sister, what is your name?"
The girl stopped and looked at Steve. "It's Celine!"
"Okay, Celine," said Steve. "Now, can you go back into this pearl?" Steve held up the World Pearl that was in his right hand.
"Enn?" the girl tilted her head, looking at Steve with a questioning look.
"Ah, great, now what am I supposed to do?" Steve said. Suddenly, Celine dived at Steve and went inside his body.
"What the...?" said Steve, shocked. He then checked his body and realized that Celine had actually entered his spirit sea. She was flying around in his spirit sea happily and did not seem to be having any problems.
"So, Icy, is this World Pearl useless now?" asked Steve.
"No, master. It can actually be a good toy for the world spirit," said Icy. "You just need to give it to her and it will become her toy after some time."
"If you say so," said Steve. He sighed and then put the ball into his spirit sea and made sure that Celine got it. Another person to take care of. At least she's cute beyond compare.
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The next morning, Classroom 6-A...
Mr. Blackwood asked for the students' attention. "Okay, everyone, I don't know why, but the school has decided to stop the competition. Now, before all of you groan and complain, I can tell you that the school has something else in store for you. Now, you get to fight actual monsters in the simulators. They will become stronger each time you beat them. This will ultimately help you to train your monsters and make them stronger."
Steve, who was in the back listening to Mr. Blackwood, was surprised. That guy from the Monster Tamers' Association was pretty efficient. It's only been like a day and that guy had already implemented his training idea. As he listened to Mr. Blakcwood explaining the rules, he felt... bored? He didn't know why, but for some reason, he just wasn't as interested in school compared to when he first came to this world. Maybe it was because the school was too boring? The more that Steve thought about it, the more that he thought that that was the case. Yep, it's the school's fault. The school is the total reason why it's made him feel bored and tired of school.
Hmmm. Should he dip school? Steve considered it for a bit and thought that it was not befitting of a good, disciplined, normal student. Yeah, he should probably just stay at school and go along with whatever activities the school has, and just go along with everyone and be a good student.
Actually...
"Mr. Blackwood, I have to leave," said Steve. He stood up and left the classroom.
Mr. Blackwood looked at him, nodded, opened a laptop, and deducted 5 school credits from Steve. He then closed the laptop and continued speaking, as if everything was normal. The students all continued to listen to Mr. Blackwood and class just went on as if it was just another ordinary school day.
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Somewhere inside the monster territory...
Steve was laying down on the grass, with Icy, sitting next to him. "So boring," said Steve. He looked at Icy. Icy, any suggestions on anything fun to do?"
"Hey!" someone yelled out in the distance.
Steve sat up and he and Icy turned to look in the direction of the sound. They could see a group of people running towards them.
After a few seconds, the people were right next to them. One of the men stepped forward and spoke for the group. "Hello, I am Bryan, a member of the Safety's Department, responsible for the safety of monster tamers and making sure that they aren't too far inside the monster territory compared to their stage. I need to make sure that you two are strong enough to be out here."
Steve looked at him and shook his head. He didn't want to bother with this guy who just came out of nowhere. He grabbed Icy's hand and disappeared from the spot, leaving the group of people in a daze.
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Somewhere else in the monster territory...
"Icy, do you have any suggestions for fun things to do?" asked Steve.
"Master, maybe you could take care of Celine?" asked Icy.
"Oh?" asked Steve. "Could you explain what you mean?"
"Master, Celine is very cute, and I think that you are bored because you are too strong. But it's a different story with a younger sibling. You can take care of Celine and play with her and have fun while being with her," said Icy.
"So, you're saying I should become a doting elder brother?" asked Steve. He looked at Celine who was currently playing with the World Pearl with a joyful and cute expression inside his spirit sea. Nope, not gonna happen. Not at all. No way that's going to happen... Screw it, forget all of that, she's too cute. "Okay, sounds reasonable."
Steve summoned out Celine from his spirit sea. Celine looked at him curiously and had question marks written over her face. "Brother?"
"Celine, do you want to play?" asked Steve.
"Yes!" said Celine.
"Where do you want to go play?" asked Steve.
Celine pointed at a monster in the distance. "I want to ride that thing!"
Steve turned around and looked at the monster. It was a Thousand Snowy Albatross, a flying bird-like monster. He replied to Celine with "Sure," and he went and beat up the monster and forced it to submit. He then healed the monster and got rid of all of its injuries. He took it back to Celine and she floated to the top of the monster. The Thousand Snowy Albatross took off and flew at a fast speed. Steve and Icy flew right beside the Thousand Snowy Albatross.
"Celine, how does it feel?" asked Steve.
"Brother, it's amazing! It's so fast! The wind is blowing against my face!" answered Celine happily.
Steve smiled. Celine really was cute. Yep, as long as she's happy, it's all fine. The only thing that's actually important is that she's cute and happy. Steve then looked at the Thousand Snowy Albatross. Steve thought about getting a few more bird-like monsters so Celine could enjoy riding on them. Maybe he should catch a few small ones to let them play with Celine.
Steve then looked at Celine again, who was laughing happily and waving her hands in the air.
Icy, who was flying on the other side of the Thousand Snowy Albatross, across from Steve, smiled faintly.