At a public talent reveal, Hank is expected to ascend but is declared F-rank, provoking whispers about his family and scorn from peers. An Aethelum admissions officer informs him his guaranteed spot is suspended because the school requires a B-rank minimum. Humiliated, Hank snaps that talent means nothing and insists he has a system. The system immediately unlocks an achievement: the first beast-girl bond grants a god-tier talent called Evolution Path, which can detect and guide beast-girl evolution. He currently has zero contracted beast-girls, leaving him racing to secure one to salvage his future.