Nox's POV:
So, after that little incident with the animal cruelty school, I had to figure out a way to tame a monster without it immediately freaking out the moment it looked at me.
Normally, I could just sneak up on it and throttle it into submission, but this isn't out in mother nature's backyard, it's an open arena with nowhere to hide. They require me to be visible through the entire assessment, so I can't just turn myself invisible.
"Wait! No! I think I can!"
…
The day of the practical exam, I walked out on stage, and unlike a couple of days ago, all the cages surrounding the platform remained silent. Not a single screaming monkey pulling at the bars, no bird screeching and flailing its wings, and not a single cat or dog clawing or biting at the cage.
"Aplicant Su-nam X-on! We will now begin the practical test!" The guy up on the spectator's seat said, using my fresh old alias.
"You are required to subdue a rare grade magical beast by sundown! The beast in question will be a 'Yellow Shock Tiger'! Please be mindful of its electric fur and claws as we will take no responsibility should you get injured or worse!"
"Okey Dokey! Now release the kitty!" I said, forgetting to keep my mouth shut to not startle the animals.
Fortunately, my voice alone wasn't enough to start another riot.
*Roar*
The reason why neither the animals in the cages surrounding the arena nor the fluffy tiger walking around the place weren't freaking out like last time was because I was using spirit magic to mess with their vision a bit. Normally, the invisibility enchantments and spells I use to hide myself would bend all the light around me, hiding me from the visible light spectrum completely. However, that wasn't going to work here, since it seemed like they needed to see me tame the poop machines to make sure I wasn't cheating.
So, regular invisibility wasn't going to cut it, but fortunately I happened to possess spirit magic. With it, I could specifically target the light being reflected towards the animals, making me invisible to just the animals. Of course, it's a pain in the ass to manage since there are so many of them surrounding the arena, but it's nothing I can't handle.
Now I just need to sneak up on the kitty and put it in a headlock so it can't escape. Once I choke it into unconsciousness, I'll just use black magic to invade its dreams and brainwash it into becoming my slave for the day and kick it awake. It's an almost bulletproof plan, the only possible flaw would be if that nerd in glasses up there manages to recognize my black magic from a distance, but as long as I am being careful, even a master of the dark arts would struggle to detect me.
Now to enact my perfect plan.
*BOOM*
*NEIGH*
But just as I was about to ace this test, a certain playboy dressed like the gaudiest knight I've ever seen came crashing down from the sky on a legendary flying horse, causing another animal riot that ruined my exam.
"My fair Noxy!"
"What the hell man! I was in the middle of somethi-!"
*Swoosh*
While I was complaining about my furry peddling permit getting delayed once more, the douchebag undid my color shifting enchantments before grabbing my hand and kissing my fingers. Never before have I ever been more disturbed than at this very moment.
"Well, that hand is ruined!" I said as I sliced off my hand and burned it before making a new one.
I was stretching out my new fingers as the douche suddenly grabbed me, threw me on to his horse-shaped turkey and flew off into the sky. Smashing my hopes and dreams of graduating from furry school, as I watched the sun set from the playboy's lap.
"You better have a good reason for this, or I won't stop at raising your place to the ground! I'll be sinking it straight into the ocean with the rest of the perverts!"
"Is it not beautiful my love! See how the sun shines upon you-!"
*BOOM*
*NEIGH*
Astounded at his talent to creep me out, I blew up the horse.
"That was a Pegasus you just killed you-! I mean! It is of little importance compared to your safety!" He said, quickly returning to his creepy act as he pinned me against his chest so I couldn't run away.
"Not so fun when it's your horse exploding is it?" I said, recalling how pissed he got way back when I got upset over my borrowed horse going kaboom.
"Even if it's a priceless legendary beast! It pales in comparison to the-!"
"My brother put you up to this didn't he?"
"Whatever do you mean my love? I have always been-!"
"No, you haven't! And I know what this is, so just stop or I'm actually going to vomit all over you!"
"I-!"
*bleurgh*
The mouth area of my mask opened up as I hurled out the contents of my modified stomach on to his fancy new armor.
"I didn't even say anything!"
"Sorry, I was predicting what you were going to say!"
"Hm? What did you eat? It's burning through my chest plate!"
I don't really eat anymore since I can just use spirit magic and aura to directly create and inject the nutrients into my veins. Hence, the stuff I vomited out was just the highly acidic substance I have been saving up for a surprise acid attack.
"I'm allergic to pretentious knights, princes and heroes on a white stallion so knock it off before I poison you again!"
"Hmph! Your brother assured me this was the thing women from the magic continent are into!"
"Every girl with flowers for brains maybe! To someone who actually knows how those slobs think, it's the creepiest thing ever! And you just checked nearly every box of the things I hate about *bleurgh*"
"Could you stop vomiting on me? Or at least try not to hit my face with it!"
"Either way, he is the only person I could think of to have taught you how to become even grosser than you already are!"
"Gross?"
"Hey, you mind letting me go? You smell of stomach acid! Take a bath or something!"
"Pft! HAHAHAHAHA!"
"Hey, I was serious about the smell! Let me go!" I said while trying to wriggle out of this smelly guy's grip.
"I had forgotten how unique my Noxy is! Of course, your taste would be out of the norm as well!"
"Are you calling me a freak?"
"Yes, I am! You are my special little freak!" He said, making fun of my height as he rubbed his forehead against my mask.
"Just so you know! I just hit my growth spurt so laugh while you can, for soon I'll be the one looking down on you!" I said, wishing that my subconscious would just hurry up and let me stay at my preferred height, which was slightly higher than this playboy's.
"Hm? So, your body is finally maturing! Come to think of it! Your birthday is next month!"
"Yeah, so what? Are you planning on handing me a poisoned birthday cake? Cause your fanatic already got one from me earlier this year!"
"Hmph! Like I would ever do such a thing to my woman! No, I just want to know how you want to celebrate it?"
"Well, you can go suck a-! Wait, what?" I asked, as I was expecting him to suddenly make some creepy remarks about me or my son before trying to kidnap me to who knows where.
"I want to know how you wish to celebrate your birthday! Anything is fine, just say the word and this great lord will make it so!"
"You're starting to creep me out again! Since, when did you give a shit what I want?" I asked, as I noticed the playboy going a bit off script.
"Well, when my woman suddenly gave me the scolding of a lifetime, I learned to listen when she speaks!"
"Woman? Aren't you gay? Or is that just the kind of thing you make my son do when my daughter-in-law's not around?"
"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that!"
"Or maybe you're bi and have some secret lover stashed away somewhere in that playboy palace of yours! Either way, I don't think they would approve of you going around half-naked and hugging minors! So, if you will excuse me, I have a license I have to forge!" I said, as I liquified every bone in my body to escape the playboy's bearhug.
*Slam*
I plummeted to the ground in a goopy mess as I turned myself invisible to avoid detection. I could spot the playboy freaking out above me as I snuck away, to enact my plan B.
I didn't want to do this since it's going to be an even bigger pain in the ass than before if I get caught, but with the playboy on my heel in addition to my persona just being outed in the middle of a test, I have no choice but to forge a fake permit. That way, I can quickly exchange my eggs for cash and hightail it out of here.