"Uh..."

"I had no idea about these things."

Jiang Guiju didn't understand what Li Pu meant, but she gave a brief introduction to the story behind the tower eagle.

It is said that the previous gatekeeper also came from Xidu University.

He was a student here since his university days.

After graduating, he chose to stay and teach, educating generations.

However, as he grew older, he gradually found it increasingly difficult to keep up with teaching.

Coincidentally, the position at the east gate was vacant at that time, so he switched to become the gatekeeper at the east gate.

For the elderly gentleman who was old in age yet deeply attached to the school, watching students come and go every day was a form of enjoyment.

As for the duty of guarding the east gate against magical beast invasions, it fell to his summoned beasts.

Among them, the tower eagle was the most responsible and well-suited for the task of vigilance.

Later, as the old gatekeeper's health declined further and he could no longer manage even the basic duties of a gatekeeper, he had to retire.

After enjoying a few years of complete peace, he passed away.

With the summoner gone, the tower eagle found itself uncertain of where to go, so it returned to the east gate.

After all, standing guard had already become a habit.

People speculate that it also wanted to express its longing for the old gentleman in this way.

Over the years, the tower eagle stood firm day and night, guarding through wind and rain.

It faithfully fulfilled its duty at the east gate and did an excellent job.

Several times, it detected the approach of magical beast hordes in advance, preventing potential dangers in time.

As for the current gatekeeper of the east gate, until now, the position is still listed as "acting gatekeeper."

This is to commemorate the old gentleman and show respect to the tower eagle.

This story moved Li Pu somewhat.

He hadn't realized that there was such a story behind this tower eagle.

You have to know that the emotions between a summoner and a summoned beast are sometimes made into films; he had also watched some.

But none were as moving as Jiang Guiju's plain narration, because it was a vivid, real story right in front of him.

"Actually, eagle-type summoned beasts have always been the type summoners are more afraid of summoning."

"Because they are less controllable, difficult to tame, and often do things contrary to what the summoner expects."

"But what most people don't know is that although eagle-type summoned beasts are hard to tame, once emotional bonds are formed with the summoner, they become exceptionally loyal partners, the kind of unwavering loyalty until death."

The senior's words somewhat stirred Li Pu's heart.

Because it sounded quite wonderful, he wondered if his third summoned beast should be an eagle-type.

However, moved as he was, the thought of pulling out some feathers from the eagle wasn't swayed.

He should be cautious with the process, as such a summoned beast indeed deserved respect.

As they conversed, they kept moving forward.

So before they knew it, they had already walked to the side of the tower eagle.

[Caocao!]

The straw man looked up, exclaiming in awe.

It was the largest creature it had seen so far.

Fascinated, it reached out to touch it.

[Cry~]

The tower eagle didn't seem to mind this behavior, just turned its head to study the little green fellow with a kangaroo leather hat, then looked back into the distance.

Seeing this, Li Pu's heart stirred.

"Go ahead and touch it, it's okay."

Jiang Guiju, beside him, seemed to have read his mind.

"Don't think all eagles are fierce creatures. In fact, tower eagles are very gentle by nature."

"It's usually as gentle as an elephant and is known as the elephant among eagles."

Hearing this, Li Pu felt relieved to extend his hand.

Just as with the tower eagle's size, its feathers were also quite large.

Just one feather was almost enough to cover the entire straw man.

When Li Pu touched it, he found it much harder than he had imagined.

He had thought bird feathers would be all soft, but the tower eagle's feathers were as hard as iron.

In the next moment, relevant information was transmitted into his mind.

"Wow," he gasped softly.

Li Pu: "Senior, what rank is the tower eagle?"

"I heard it's B-rank, over fifth evolution."

"I'm not sure exactly, my watch can't measure to that level."

Jiang Guiju shook her head.

The watches provided to students by the school were not of very high quality, their testing limit being no more than third evolution up to fourth.

[Grass?]

The straw man, hearing this, raised the watch given by a small tree person(?).

[Beep!]

It shot a laser, which returned the information.

[5th Evolution, B, LV80]

The result was just as Jiang Guiju had heard—it was a B-rank, fifth evolution, and even at a full LV80.

"Uh..."

However, what Jiang Guiju cared more about wasn't this data: "Where did you get that watch?"

"The model is clearly the same as mine, but why is its performance so much higher?"

[Caocao!]

The straw man simply shrugged, spreading its hands with an annoyingly smug look.

All it did was accept gifts indiscriminately, not bothering about the source of the gifts.

"..."

Perhaps only Li Pu knew that this might have been the headmaster's way of taking care of the small tree person.

It's just that the headmaster probably didn't expect that it ended up being the straw man benefitting from it.

Exactly, it was the straw man.

This business of snatching the tree person's watch had absolutely nothing to do with him, not in the slightest.

[Caw caw~]

By this time, their ongoing conversation, especially as the topic involved it, finally made the tower eagle unable to resist.

Turning its head back down, it let out a few cries.

"Senior, is it saying something?"

Li Pu looked at Jiang Guiju.

"Who am I supposed to ask if you ask me? I didn't take a bird language course."

Jiang Guiju shrugged.

[Caocao cao!]

The straw man: This elder here says if you're really that bored, just scratch its itch for it!

They happened to have a multilingual translator there, fluent in plant language, insect language, turtle language, bird language, and more.

"Now that you mention it, I remember."

After hearing Li Pu's interpretation, Jiang Guiju snapped her fingers: "I don't know what the tower eagle likes to eat, but I heard another of its hobbies is that it enjoys being scratched."

"What an odd, oh no, a noble hobby!"

Halfway through realizing the tower eagle was staring at him, Li Pu quickly corrected himself.

However, speaking of a full LV80 magical beast...

Plus, considering those incredibly hard feathers, even a full punch from him would probably just feel like a tickle, right?

"Eh?"

Yet as he thought about this, an idea suddenly sparked in Li Pu's mind.

Isn't scratching it with his fists just his expertise?

If you don't believe it, go ask some big rice bag, it would definitely remember vividly.

The effect must be fabulous!

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