A Guide to - 14

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14. Stepping on the Snake in the Middle of the Night   


The huge snake unexpectedly didn't eat the frogs! Shu Shu stared at Edgar with a puzzled look. After much deliberation, he ultimately concluded that the huge snake was not able to catch the frogs.
 
Indeed, suffering so many heavy injuries, he supposed that the huge snake could not move anymore. Right, he had not gotten the chance to ask the huge snake a question before. Did the huge snake could only use his tail to point something out?

Shu Shu glanced at the huge snake with a sympathetic look. Grabbing a frog and breaking its legs, he then threw it near the huge snake's mouth: "Snake, eat the frog."

Edgar merely eyed the slimy frog struggling beside his head. Then he moved his head far away from it.
 
Edgar's movement made Shu Shu jump in fear again. He drew back a few steps to lean against the cave’s wall and realized that the huge snake was just trying to stay away from the frog. Having not been attacked by the snake, he  breathed a sigh of relief.

However, getting frightened by his own disciple was really humiliating . . . . Shu Shu pretended that he was just occupied with something on the side of the cave. He grabbed a frog next to his feet and began to speak to calm himself down: “You don’t eat frog, ah . . . . And for what reason is it that you don’t eat frog?"

"Being picky about food is not good. You‘re being so troublesome to keep, you know!"

"Anyway, I can't catch other prey. It’s good enough that I can catch frogs. What else do you want to eat, ah?!

"If you don't eat, I'll starve you to death."
 
. . . .

Shu Shu relied on the fact that the huge snake couldn't understand his words to educate the huge snake sincerely and earnestly. Of course, considering that he was afraid of the snake, he didn't dare to look at the snake while educating it.

In the meantime, he had grabbed all the frogs that had escaped to his side, and now he was running to the cave mouth to kill them.
 
Shu Shu did not feel like going to the lakeside. After killing the frogs, he just buried their heads and viscera in the mire nearby. Then he brought back the frog meat to the cave and put it inside the wooden basin he had made with his own hands to wash.
 
The frogs here were all larger than the frogs that Shu Shu had seen before. Each one was the size of the palm of the hand and had a lot of meat, too. After Shu Shu was done washing the frog meat, he could not help but feel ravenous to the point of wanting to gnaw it raw. Of course, he certainly wouldn’t do such thing.
 
But, how was he going to cook these frogs? That's the problem . . . .
 
After pondering for a while, Shu Shu took out the slab he had used to make dried meat.
 
He had always used this slab to make dried meat, so the upper layer had become oily. Shu Shu placed the supported slab in the middle of the fire and put the frogs on it one by one. Then he adjusted the fire under the slab. 

"Slab frog, it’s the first time you see it, right? I'm the one who make it, so it must be very tasty!" Shu Shu once again said to the huge snake. He really liked to talk, but there had only been him alone before, so he had just hummed and sung a song. Now there was this disciple of his, he started to jabber on and on: "The most delicious frog on earth will be made by me!"

"The frog meat is very tender; it’ll get burnt if it’s roasted for a little bit too long. It's no good to continue like this . . . . Adding some water should be fine, right? Don’t you need to add some water when pan-frying fried dumplings?” Shu Shu kept harping on. Using a small ladle, he poured a little water on top of each frog and flipped them over with a pair of chopsticks.

Among the rising steam, it was actually true that the frogs were cooked. But of course, it was just that and nothing more. Forget about calling it the most delicious under heaven, it was even not qualified to be called delicious.
 
"I can't finish eating them, ah. How about making dried frog? The frog's meat is very tender; it’ll probably shrink a lot when made into dried frog, right?" Shu Shu looked at the pile of frogs in front of him and fretted a bit. He suddenly heard some movements. Only to find that the huge snake was close by and gazing at him impatiently. Even more, the snake was rapping the ground with its tail.

It was really an impatient gaze, not a vicious one!
 
That gaze, it was the same as when he had asked his owner for food. Of course, his action had been more lavish than the snake’s at that time. He had still been able to join his two paws together and bow with his hands held in front! He was absolutely a hundred times more adorable than the huge snake!
 
“You want to eat?” Shu Shu asked. After asking the snake, he thought that he was a bit silly. The snake should still not understand the words “you want”.

In the end . . . the huge snake unexpectedly nodded its head briefly.
 
Did this snake understand? Or, did it understand "eat"? Shu Shu was a bit curious, but he quickly let go of it nonetheless—it was good that his disciple was very smart, ah!
 
Shu Shu had caught a total of eight frogs. He kept two, and the remaining six were all wrapped in leaves and placed not far from the huge snake.
 
In fact, they were beasts; even if they ate food that has been thrown onto the ground, it would not harm them. However, Shu Shu was a hamster spirit who loved cleanliness. Therefore, every time he gave food to the kind person or to the huge snake, he always wrapped it with leaves. He believed that inevitably there would be a day when he could be the same as human. Fine, as soon as he was free, he would make a few wooden bowls, OK!

Speaking of food, the six frogs were no more than a light snack for Edgar. However, this time he was especially satisfied with the meal. Watching the nearby little sub-beastman putting the chestnuts into the dying bonfire to roast, his heart felt comfortably warm.
 
When the beastmen had not yet developed science and technology— particularly when they had been in primitive society—it was said that in some areas, the beastmen and the sub-beastmen had lived in the caves. At that time, when the beastman had gone out to hunt, the sub-beastman had stayed in the cave, preparing food for the beastman. The two men lived together intimately . . . .
 
It was a pity that these frogs were not caught by him . . . . Edgar suddenly woke up to reality. He . . .  it seemed like he had eaten the food that the little sub-beastman had brought back with much toil?

Clearly, he should be the one who kept the little sub-beastman. How could he let the little sub-beastman keep him!
 
"I didn't expect that the snake nowadays doesn't like to eat raw food and likes to eat cooked food instead. This is a good habit. Big snake, you must keep living, and I will catch some more frogs for you to eat tomorrow." Shu Shu Shu did not know Edgar’s way of thinking. At this moment, he was prattling on while tidying his cave up, putting everything in its place. He also dug for a while, expanding the cave a bit. 

The home that originally seemed to be very big to him, after the addition of one snake, now seemed to be too small . . . .

The sky soon became dark, which of course had little effect on Shu Shu. After all, the cave was always very dark. Moreover . . . compared to the daytime, he actually preferred the evening.
 
Before he was put in this situation, Shu Shu at this hour would rather go out to absorb the sun and moon’s brilliance to advance his cultivation. However, today he was very tired and chose to not do it. Instead, he got into his bedroom and went to bed early.
 
Of course, before going to bed, he also didn’t forget to infuse all his spiritual power into the huge snake's body.
 
Burying himself in the pile of grass, Shu Shu at first thought that he would not be able to sleep. After all, there was a snake outside . . . . He also thought that if he couldn't sleep this time, he definitely should refrain from digging another hole and just cultivate properly instead . . . .
 
In the end . . . the thought has just reached that point when Shu Shu fell asleep.
 
Edgar nest was in the outer side of the big cave, and he also fell asleep very quickly . . . .
 
On the edge of falling asleep, Edgar suddenly sensed someone coming near him, and even stepping on his body . . . . Who was suddenly approaching him? Edgar instinctively wanted to grab that person; his snake body involuntarily rolled up. Only to find that it was the sleepy, closed-eyed little sub-beastman whom he had seized. At this moment, the little sub-beastman opened his eyes.
 
In the darkness, the two men looked at each other in dismay. In the end, the little sub-beastman who got up to go to the toilet in the middle of the night shrieked and ran back into his hole.
 
Edgar tapped the floor with his tail, somewhat depressed. It should be unlikely that the little sub-beastman was still afraid of him, right? By the way, just now the little sub-beastman seemed to be naked again . . . .
 
Shu Shu actually wasn’t afraid of the huge snake anymore. He even found that he seemed to have stopped getting frightened by the huge snake to a degree—the snake had already coiled around him, but it had not eaten him. It had certainly been reluctant to swallow him down to its stomach.

But he was still getting scared in the end, ah! It's really, really awful to step on a snake in his own hole at night!

When the disciple actually scared the master, it was terribly wrong! Shu Shu thought it was necessary to give the huge snake some lessons!
 
As for what lessons they were . . . .
 
He was still shivering now, and he did not dare to go through the cave mouth to pee outside. It's better to urinate in the huge snake's cave . . . .

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A Guide to - 13

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13. Snake-keeping Hamster 


Shu Shu wanted to teach and produce a good disciple. Therefore, when instructing the huge snake, he was especially diligent. All words had to be repeated ten times.
 
Beyond everything, Edgar had once been a person. He had learned several foreign languages, ​​and his memory was even pretty good. From the start, it was unnecessary for Shu Shu to instruct him this much. However, he was happy to listen to Shu Shu speaking; he also didn't resent or feel bothered by it. Coiling his body, he watched Shu Shu speak.
 
Shu Shu went through all the things in his cave to teach the huge snake. Reading them aloud until his mouth and tongue were dry, he finally stopped. Then he pondered if he should go out to take a look at the situation outside. It would be best to bring some food back. Also, there was that huge snake’s cave . . . .
 
The huge snake seemed to be hiding a few things in that hole. He would help the snake to move them properly!
 
To begin with, he should do this kind of thing together with the huge snake. But the huge snake was still suffering from its injuries at the moment; it definitely shouldn’t move around . . . . In that case, let this master help the disciple to pick them up!
 
Thinking this way, Shu Shu stood in front of the huge snake and then jumped about and waved wildly. He also walked back and forth while his mouth kept repeating, “Move, move, move . . .”
 
Done with it, he stopped and stayed put, motionless. Then he went on with saying repeatedly: "No move, no move, no move . . ."

After that he jumped up again: "Move, move, move." Next he was still and motionless again: "No move, no move, no move."

In this way back and forth several times, Shu Shu finally got a little tired from jumping up and down. Only then he faced the huge snake and said: "Snake, move."
 
Edgar had already understood Shu Shu’s explanation. Hearing Shu Shu speaking those words, he immediately shook his tail and moved.
 
Upon seeing this, Shu Shu was exultant. He had taught it for so long, and he had been worried that the huge snake actually didn’t understand anything at all. Now it seemed that the huge snake in fact understood, ah! Well done!
 
"Snake, no move!" Shu Shu once again said.

Edgar heard it and promptly stopped moving.
 
Upon seeing this, Shu Shu was not satisfied yet, so he tested it with something else: “Water.”

The huge snake used its tail to point at the water on the side.
 
"Chestnut."
 
The huge snake pointed at the chestnut on Shu Shu’s hand.
 
"Fire."
 
The huge snake pointed at the bonfire.
 
Shu Shu saw that the huge snake had not made any mistake. He was extremely happy and then said: "Shu Shu."

The huge snake pointed at Shu Shu.

"Really smart!" Shu Shu smiled wide. He wanted to do something to praise the huge snake, but he was still afraid of the snake and didn’t dare to come near it. Thinking about it, he eventually took out a long piece of dried meat from his food pouch. Then he wrapped it with some leaves and threw it toward the huge snake: "Your reward!"

Edgar silently took the dried meat and nibbled on it.
 
When Edgar finished eating the dried meat, Shu Shu at once said, "Snake, no move. Snake, no move."

Edgar obediently did not move.
 
When Shu Shu saw this, he slowly and cautiously approached Edgar. Then he infused his spiritual power into Edgar's biggest wound and kept talking to divert his own attention: "After I go out, you must stay here. Don't run around all over the place, you know? If you run around all over the place and got eaten by people, I won’t have a disciple anymore!"
 
Edgar could not wholly understand Shu Shu's words, but he felt a warm stream coming from Shu Shu's palm and entering his body, making him feel very, very comfortable.
 
Glancing surreptitiously at the little sub-beastman, Edgar was both happy and anxious.
 
He was happy because the little sub-beastman still persevered with treating his wounds even if the little sub-beastman was quite afraid of him. And he was anxious because . . . the little sub-beastman seemed to know nothing about lying low? 

The little sub-beastman could store so much food in his mouth; it could be considered as having a fantastic innate skill. Now he unexpectedly had the ability to treat a person’s injury, too . . . . Didn’t he know the importance of lying low?
 
Right when Edgar was thinking about it, he found that the little sub-beastman had already stopped, looking very exhausted . . . . Well, although the little sub-beastman could help treat a person’s injury, but the result was not that good. As a matter of fact, no need to be anxious about being remembered by people.
 
Shu Shu absolutely did not know that the disciple he had accepted was not an ignorant snake spirit that has just recently developed intelligence, but a beastman instead. Naturally, Shu Shu did not hide his means from his disciple. After he gave all his spiritual power to the huge snake, he once again said those two words: "no move", before going into his bedroom.
 
Edgar lay down on the floor and really didn’t move.
 
Passing through the tunnel he had dug from inside the bedroom, Shu Shu soon arrived at Edgar's cave.
 
The cave was still so dirty and messy. The grass skirt and the other things— found from the inside of that hole—that had been abandoned by him were all still in the original place. It was obvious that the huge snake had not returned here . . . . Shu Shu bent down and picked up those things. He found that besides his own grass skirt, all the other things were some metal products, just like the lighter that the huge snake had given him.
 
He reckoned that the huge snake had picked up a few things left behind by humans and then kept them hidden as treasured objects. However, these things were indeed very useful . . . .

Shu Shu's food pouches could contain so many things. He himself could not feel anything when putting things into the pouches, but it was done through his mouth . . . . Shu Shu had already set his mind to only put food there. Now he also didn’t put these things in his mouth. Instead, he wrapped them with the grass skirt and carried the bundle on his back.
 
After completing all his tasks, Shu Shu made his way through the entrance of the huge snake’s cave dwelling to go out. It was at this time he discovered that the cave where the huge snake lived was actually not that far from his own cave. It was just that the exterior of the cave was hidden by a forest. Even more, the growing plants were thorny, so he had never come over to check the area.
 
Leaving the cave, Shu Shu strolled nearby and occasionally used his nose to sniff around, trying to find some edible things.
 
In the end . . . he really caught several fat frogs and then picked some unknown but edible fruits.
 
The frogs were bundled up and carried in his hand, while all the fruits were stored in his food pouches. Carrying the huge snake’s hoards wrapped in the grass skirt on his back, Shu Shu returned to his own cave. Afterwards, he saw that the huge snake was really still lying down there; it had not moved at all.
 
This huge snake was truly obedient! Shu Shu was somewhat proud of himself. Then he stood far away and threw the grass skirt bundle on his hand to the snake. "This is your stuff; I brought it back for you."

When Edgar saw the grass skirt, his expression was a bit stiff. Looking at the little sub-beastman nonchalantly tossing the grass skirt—which contained the microchip he had removed from the mech and several kinds of thing that might come in useful—to him, he figured out that the little sub-beastman completely didn’t know about the matter between a beastman and a sub-beastman. The little sub-beastman also did not know that he had had an ulterior motive when hoarding the grass skirt . . . .
 
The little sub-beastman was so pure, and it actually made him feel a bit dirty.
 
"These are for you to eat. Snake, eat." Shu Shu took the frogs out: "Frog, frog, frog . . . . Snake, eat frog."

The snakes he had met before liked to eat rats and mice, and they also liked to eat frogs. The huge snake should also like them?
 
Shu Shu taught the huge snake to say frog several times. Then he released the frogs on his hands and let them jump around in the cave, waiting for Edgar to eat them—in any case, the cave mouth was sealed off, so these frogs couldn’t escape.
 
Edgar watched the frogs hopping around in panic and turned his head, unimpressed.

He had eaten raw food in order to survive, but how could he still do this in front of the little sub-beastman he liked?

Once a snake ate its fill, even if it felt hungry for a year, it would be alright. Anyway, since he was not hungry, he might as well not eat.



TL's note:
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Anyway, starting from the next chapter, update will be twice a week on Wednesday and Sunday Saturday. Barring any mishap, I'll maintain this schedule until ch. 32 (where Edgar finally turns back into a man). After that, update will be once a week since chapter size is double and even triple of the initial chapters.

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A Guide to - 12

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12. Teaching the Huge Snake to Speak


Didn't know if it was a figment of Shu Shu's imagination or not, but after he infused his spiritual power into the huge snake's wounds, he largely felt that the huge snake's wounds seemed to be much better.

Spiritual power had effect on wounds? Shu Shu's face showed a pleasantly surprised expression. As a result . . . he was thinking of infusing a little bit more spiritual power into the huge snake, only to find that his sparse spiritual power had already been used up.
 
Shu Shu bitterly looked at his hands; he was extremely depressed. When he had been a hamster, he had had so much spiritual power. He had even been able to use a spell to play with the wind and so on to make himself feel nice and cool. Now it went as far as to become like this . . . .
 
Shu Shu sighed heavily. Then he sat down and began to cultivate.

He now had very little spiritual power, but he would recover a little bit of it after cultivating for a while. As soon as he recovered, he would again infused his spiritual power into the huge snake's body.     

So, after repeating the move several times, the wounds on the huge snake’s body immediately looked much better. Shu Shu felt that this was not cultivating; it was just helping the snake treat its wounds, and it was very boring. Thinking about it, he went into his self-dig “cellar” to find a thumb thick twig. After that, while he was infusing his spiritual power into the huge snake, he was also chewing.
 
When Shu Shu had gone out to find food, he had sniffed out this type of twig. At that time, he had gotten a whiff of this smell, and he felt that it had smelled extremely good. He had been unable to stop himself from taking a bite of the tender twig. Subsequently, he had discovered that this tender twig had indeed spurted out a sweet-tasting juice, and the taste had been very good.
 
After discovering this detail, Shu Shu had took home quite a lot of twigs. Some he had eaten directly, and some he had dried in the sun and then stored, keeping them for the sake of his molars in the future. Although he was a human now, but his teeth were still very good. There was no need to worry about idle chewing at all!

The sun-dried twigs’ flavor was by far not as good as the tender twigs, but after being chewed for a long time, they still carried a bit of sweetness. Being able to grind his teeth, Shu Shu chewed on happily. Afterwards, he chewed while he was treating the huge snake’s wounds nonstop and even while he was cultivating. His mouth moved unconsciously without stopping, and not long after, there was already a pile of chewed wood scraps around him.     

When Edgar opened his eyes, he happened to see Shu Shu “eating” a wooden stick.
 
He was somewhat bewildered and couldn't understand what the heck was going on with himself now. After a good while, he finally managed to get clear-headed. Immediately his mind came up with the length of time—the little sub-beastman was so hungry he ate wood?
 
Edgar came to this realization and felt extremely sorry for the little sub-beastman.
 
Sub-beastman’s body was totally couldn’t be compared to beastman’s. Therefore, from ancient times to the present time, the sub-beastmen had always been in the state of being protected by the beastmen. Even if today’s science and technology could already make many sub-beastmen not inferior to the beastmen, but the beastmen still continued the custom from ancient times to this day—protecting and taking care of the sub-beastmen, especially their own sub-beastman.
 
This was an innate tendency engraved in the beastmen’s bones. Even if Edgar had become a mere beast now, he still had that kind of innate tendency.
 
Of course, if there was a sub-beastman he was not familiar with before his eyes, he, under the circumstances, at most could only help him to the best of his ability. But now sitting beside him was a little sub-beastman whom he liked from the bottom of his heart.

In the midst of taking care of the little sub-beastman for several days, Edgar had finally understood one thing clearly; that was, he liked this little sub-beastman.
 
When Edgar had realized this point, at first he didn't understand why he could like this little sub-beastman, but then he carefully thought about it.  Afterwards, he felt that it was quite normal.
 
There was nothing about this little sub-beastman that he did not like.

The little sub-beastman was cute-looking, hard-working, not squeamish, easy to provide for, and pure-minded . . . .

Even the little sub-beastman’s appearance when he was afraid looked very good . . . . Unfortunately, the one the little sub-beastman was afraid of was him.
 
However, the little sub-beastman could not be blamed for this. Edgar’s appearance now was that of a scary huge snake; who might possibly not feel afraid of him? The little sub-beastman was only afraid of him, but he did not loathe him or turned his back on him. He was even willing to go against his fear to take care of him. So far, the little sub-beastman was great.
 
Edgar was just thinking about it when his eyes met with the little sub-beastman’s.
 
The little sub-beastman’s eyes were opened wide, and fear quickly arose on those eyes. However, in an unusually rare moment, he didn’t fled from him. The little sub-beastman just stared at him with wide eyes and said a bunch of words he couldn't understand until the little sub-beastman ran out of breath.
 
No, he wasn’t entirely unable to make sense of what he was hearing. Among the words spoken by the little sub-beastman, there was a particular word—“snake”. Make no mistake, the little sub-beastman was talking about him.
 
Edgar worried about scaring the little sub-beastman. Originally, he had thought that as soon as he woke up, he would leave immediately. Now that the little sub-beastman was speaking to him in a silvery, mellifluous voice, he was reluctant to leave.
     
The little sub-beastman was obviously very scared; he was tightly wound and tense from head to foot. Edgar had better not move randomly at this time, lest he scared the little sub-beastman again. Moreover, he was wounded quite heavily; he really couldn’t move anymore . . . . Giving himself an excuse, Edgar stayed and then stared at Shu Shu, watching him unblinkingly.
 
“Big . . . great . . . big snake, look at you . . . since you have saved my life, I'll accept you as my disciple and help you cultivate to become a human!” Shu Shu said. When he began to speak, he couldn’t restrain himself from shuddering; his speech came out in stammer. Slowly, he began to speak fluently: "You can rest assured that my red bead is very powerful. You certainly can cultivate to become a human!" 

After Shu Shu spoke, he also patted his own little chest.
 
Done with patting his own chest, Shu Shu found that the snake was staring at him, and there was no reaction at all.

The snake's eyes made Shu Shu a bit scared, but the huge snake was still motionless, at last allowing him to control his shivering legs without turning round and running away. Then he remembered one thing—the huge snake was a snake; even if it had developed intelligence, it maybe hadn’t learned human language yet. If that was the case . . . Didn’t it mean that the snake actually didn’t understand his words?

The reason why the huge snake was staring at him so indifferently was because it totally didn’t understand anything he had said?

Abruptly he came to realize that the snake in front of him was actually an illiterate snake that didn’t understand anything at all. Shu Shu's fear towards the snake lessened.
 
Humph, to think that this huge snake was very powerful, while in reality it couldn’t even understand human language! It was certainly more inferior than him!
 
Shu Shu once again was proud of himself, and the feeling of fear in his heart also dissipated a good deal. Pointing at the huge snake, he said, "Snake."
 
Then he pointed a finger at himself: "Shu Shu."
 
"Snake." "Shu Shu." "Snake." "Shu Shu." . . . .
 
Shu Shu very patiently repeated his action. As a hamster spirit who had muddled along the whole day, just eating and waiting to die without any accomplishment, he had plenty of patience.
 
Edgar: ". . ." I had learned it already. Anyway . . . the little sub-beastman was called Shu Shu? The name sounded really nice.
 
Shu Shu repeated his action ten times and felt a bit hungry. He opened his mouth and spat out a chestnut. Then he pointed at the chestnut and said, "Chestnut!"

"Chestnut. Chestnut. Chestnut." . . . Shu Shu repeated this word over and over again. Holding the chestnut, he peeled the shell off and took a bite and then said: “Shu Shu, eats, chestnut.”

He took another bite and said the words one more time without a pause: “Shu Shu eats chestnut.”
 
Edgar silently regarded the little sub-beastman in front of him.
 
The little sub-beastman was teaching him to speak?
 
Edgar was quite clear that the little sub-beastman truly didn’t know that he was a beastman. Most likely, he thought Edgar was a beast. And so, exactly because it was like this that he didn’t understand the current situation even more. He totally didn’t understand why this little sub-beastman would teach a beast to speak.
 
Could it be that this little sub-beastman thought that as long as he taught the beast many times then the beast could learn to speak? How simple was he?
 
Although in his mind he thought that the little sub-beastman was too simple, but at this moment, if he could make an expression, Edgar felt that he surely would not be able to stop himself from laughing.

The little sub-beastman has accepted him? Otherwise . . . why should he teach him to speak?
 
Shu Shu taught the huge snake while eating some chestnuts and a fruit. He also gnawed two of those twigs.
 
At this time, Edgar finally realized that the little sub-beastman gnawing at twigs was not because he was hungry, rather because the twigs were sweet.
 
So long as the sub-beastmen of Capital Star wished, ordering the very popular soft cakes was no trouble at all. But his family’s little sub-beastman could only gnaw at twigs . . . . The pain in Edgar's heart felt endless. He also felt quite ashamed and uneasy. 

He had thought that when he had a sub-beastman he liked, he had to make his sub-beastman the happiest sub-beastman. But now, the sub-beastman he liked couldn't even eat sugar . . . .
 
Shu Shu ate until he was full. It was only then he remembered that Edgar hadn't eaten yet.

For more than a month, Edgar had been giving him meat off and on. Shu Shu had made a lot of dried meat. Now he was worried that Edgar would be hungry. He took a piece of dried meat directly from his food pouch and then, advancing towards the huge snake in front of him, handed it over: “Eat. Snake eats meat. Snake, eats, meat.”

Shu Shu put a lot of food in the cellar, but he also put a lot of food in his food pouches. It was convenient for when he was hungry; he could eat at any time.
 
When he took the dried meat from his food pouch for Edgar, Shu Shu totally didn't think much about it. Edgar looked at the piece of dried meat, but he somewhat didn't dare to lower his mouth. This dried meat came out from the little sub-beastman’s mouth; if he ate it, was it an indirect kiss with the little sub-beastman?
 
Edgar was staring at that piece of meat, the emotion showing in his eyes was really too fervent. Shu Shu subconsciously flung out the dried meat and withdrew his hand, lest the snake bit his hand when eating the dried meat. Or it might take a fancy to his hand instead—he absolutely tasted much better than dried meat!
 
Edgar had lost the chance to be fed by the person he liked. He could only moved forward and ate the dried meat in silence.
 
However, him behaving like this, it actually made the little sub-beastman feel very relieved—this huge snake was willing to eat dried meat; it certainly would not eat him, ah!

Shu Shu’s face showed a smiling expression. After that, from a distance and on edge, he pointed at the wooden bucket he used to store water: "Wooden bucket, water." 

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A Guide to - 11

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11. Making the Huge Snake Cultivate


Edgar had been tired for several days. To begin with, he was in half-conscious state, just about to fall asleep. Then at that very moment, his tail was tossed aside, and he immediately woke up.
   
The little sub-beastman had been unconscious for three days. During those three days, he had been keeping watch at the little sub-beastman’s side for fear that the little sub-beastman would have some troubles. Now that the little sub-beastman was awake, he was happier than anyone.
 
Edgar was happy to be happy, but he also understood that it was time for him to leave.
   
These three days, the little sub-beastman had been dreaming all the time.  Dreaming the whole day, he kept repeating the words “don’t eat me” and so on. Although he did not understand what the words meant, but previously when the little sub-beastman had seen him, the little sub-beastman had also shouted these words.

The little sub-beastman trembled in his sleep; sometimes his body was also stiff. All because the little sub-beastman was afraid, and the object of the little sub-beastman’s fear was himself. Yes, it was himself.
 
After realizing this, Edgar's heart inevitably felt pained. If it were not for the little sub-beastman needing to be taken care of, and also because his tail had been grabbed over and over again, preventing him from leaving, he felt that he certainly wouldn’t have the face to stay here.
 
Now that the little sub-beastman was awake, he should leave.... Withdrawing his tail, Edgar slithered out of the little sub-beastman’s cave.

Shu Shu completely didn’t notice the huge snake leaving. He was a bit slow at this moment. After he had shrunk in fear, his brain had suddenly and finally received some information from the red bead.
 
After the red bead had been eaten by him, it had settled within his body. It would often transmit some information to him; for example, the method to start cultivating, or some assortments of matters to take note of when cultivating. But ever since Shu Shu had arrived in this world, there had been no activity at all from the red bead. Only now Shu Shu was provided with some information. Shu Shu finally knew why he had had a nightmare and why he had changed into his current appearance of half-man half-mouse.
 
As it turned out, he simply hadn't passed the tribulation to become a human.

Daemon spirits who wanted to transform their appearance into human had to pass the tribulation. Even more, they had to pass two tribulations.
 
These two tribulations, one was lightning tribulation, and Shu Shu had been scorched black by the lightning strike; he had barely passed. And he had almost failed the other tribulation, so he had been forcibly stopped by the red bead. Until now, he had not passed yet. That tribulation was internal demon tribulation.

As a daemon spirit, although Shu Shu was quite useless, but he didn’t go so far as to get tired to the point of having a fever and losing consciousness. Normally, he would recover after sleeping for two days. So the reason why he had had fever nightmares was actually because the red bead had helped him to simulate some scenarios. It wanted to make him train himself more so he could pass the internal demon tribulation.... That’s right, his internal demon tribulation was related to feelings. Love, ah? He never had any relationship, ah! Repaying a kindness, taking revenge, and so on, it did not matter to him. His internal demon was fear.
 
Wanting to pass the demon tribulation meant he had to be chased by a snake? It was too depressing, right? When Shu Shu thought of this, he could not help but want to cry—wanting to become a human, why it was so difficult, ah!
 
Having fully and clearly understand the ins and outs of the matter, Shu Shu was finally clear-headed. Then he realized that the huge snake was gone.

The huge snake was not here. Shu Shu first breathed a sigh of relief. Then his heart seized up—he seemed to have seen... the huge snake’s wounds had all rotted?

Couldn’t the huge snake look for medicinal herbs? How could it let its wounds to worsen to that point?
       
Shu Shu frowned. After sleeping for a long time, his body was already much better, so he nimbly crawled out of the bedroom to the living room. Then he abruptly discovered that the situation did not seem right.
 
The fruits he had picked before had actually dried up!
 
He... had he been unconscious for several days? Just think about it, if he had not been unconscious for several days but had only slept for a day, the huge snake's wounds would not have rotted.
 
So, the huge snake had taken care of him for several days?
 
Shu Shu was suddenly unable to stand still.
 
He was instinctively afraid of the huge snake, but he was also very grateful to the huge snake. When he had not known that the kind person was actually the huge snake, he had even liked and felt very close to the kind person. He had felt that he wouldn’t mind at all letting the kind person be his owner.
 
The huge snake had been seriously hurt before, and now its wounds were also serious. Wouldn’t it meet with an accident?
 
Shu Shu could not help but worry. Unfortunately, he did not know where to look for the huge snake.
 
Pushing on his cheeks to spit out the chestnuts inside his food pouches, Shu Shu couldn't help but sigh while gnawing at the chestnuts. If only the huge snake were not a snake! If it were not a snake but a person, he would certainly like the person very much....
 
Not a snake but a human?
 
Shu Shu thought of this and suddenly thought of one thing, that was, the huge snake could actually cultivate into a human!
 
He had been a hamster in the past, but now he had cultivated into a human. The huge snake could definitely do it, too!
 
With such a thought, Shu Shu immediately felt that everything has become clear at once.
 
Wait until the huge snake became a human and then he did not have to fear the person! At that time, he could let the person stay in the living room! He could also let the person be his owner.... No, no, he was already a human now and he certainly shouldn’t look for an owner.
 
The more Shu Shu thought about it, the happier he was. He began to ponder how to teach the huge snake to cultivate.
 
The huge snake was very clever; it could do so many things. Most likely it had already developed intelligence, so cultivating should be very fast. Surely it would not be as difficult as when he had tried to communicate with his fellow hamsters. The huge snake was quite fond of his current appearance of half-human half-mouse. No doubt it also wanted to become a human....     

The more Shu Shu pondered, the more he felt that his plan had no drawback. Once he began to teach the huge snake cultivation, he became the huge snake’s master, and the huge snake had to obey him in all things!

Shu Shu once again felt very proud of himself. Right at this moment, the huge snake suddenly appeared at the cave mouth.
 
The instant the snake's enormous head got into the cave, Shu Shu reflexively shrieked. He immediately jumped up and went directly into the bedroom.
 
Observing Shu Shu's antics, Edgar once again laughed bitterly in his heart. It was absurd to feel deeply hurt.
 
After he had left, at first he had planned to leave and never come back here, but he had suddenly remembered about the tiger skin.
 
The weather was getting colder every day now, and the little sub-beastman was afraid of the cold. Later on, he would certainly be unable to endure it.... Edgar was worried that the little sub-beastman would freeze. Thinking about it, he had gone to the lake in the end. After being soaked for three days, when he fished the tiger skin up, there already wasn’t any particle of flesh on it.
 
The tiger skin still could not be used at the moment. It needed to go through a few more processes…. Edgar was very worried about the little sub-beastman. He thought about it and eventually came to find the little sub-beastman. 

The little sub-beastman had been unconscious before; maybe he was still staying inside his sleeping hole now. At that time, so long as he quietly treated the tiger skin outside....
 
Edgar planned well enough, but after he arrived at the cave where the little sub-beastman lived, he found that the little sub-beastman was already up and got scared again by him in the end.
 
As beastmen, they should strive to protect and treat the sub-beastmen well. But he had obviously "scared" the sub-beastman over and over again....

The little sub-beastman had gone back into the cave. Upon seeing this, Edgar, holding the tiger skin with his mouth, came to the bonfire for the ashes next to it.

On the past few days, the little sub-beastman had kept complaining loudly about the cold, so he had lit a fire in the cave, ultimately getting a lot of ash. And so now, these ashes just came in handy.
 
The tiger skin was placed in the ashes. Edgar used his tail to stir the ashes, smearing every inch of the tiger skin with ash.
 
There was no special bottled chemical to treat fur in the forest, so he could only used some simple soda ash to treat the fur.... Edgar had already thought of this, so a few days before, he had looked for alkaline plants to light a fire with. The plant ash naturally contained soda.
 
The tiger skin was coated with plant ash; then he once again used his tail to rub in the ash. Rubbing and rubbing, Edgar's tail gradually lost its strength. In addition, he suddenly felt a little dizzy. 

After his body had gotten seriously injured, even though he had already gotten medicated and slept for a night, but he had only recovered a little. Very soon after, he had gotten busy rushing about. Furthermore, these three days, he had kept watch over the little sub-beastman day and night, not sleeping for a bit. Now he naturally could not endure any longer.
 
Swaying, Edgar suddenly collapsed into the plant ash.
 
Although Shu Shu was hiding in the bedroom, but today his condition was pretty good, to say the least.... He dared to take the initiative to come out and see the huge snake.
 
When he had been unconscious, not only had the huge snake not eaten him, but it had also taken care of him. It made him increasingly feel that the huge snake would not harm him.
 
When he first saw the huge snake rubbing the tiger skin with plant ash, Shu Shu was a little baffled, but he quickly guessed that the huge snake was treating the tiger skin.
 
As it turned out, animal’s skin could be treated like this, ah. If he had known earlier, he would not have thrown away the rabbit skin and the like from before!
 
The huge snake… no, his future disciple was really smart. Not only his future disciple could hunt and pick medicinal herbs, his future disciple also understood how to treat fur. In the future, having such a person at his side, he would definitely be able to live very comfortably.

Unfortunately, his future disciple was still a snake now....
 
Shu Shu sighed. Watching the huge snake attentively, he was planning to learn how to treat fur, when he saw the huge snake suddenly passing out.
 
"Big snake! Hey! What's wrong with you!" Shu Shu called out a few times, but the huge snake was still unconscious and had no reaction.

Although Shu Shu was still scared, but he in the end could not sit still. He jumped out of his bedroom and approached the huge snake, only to find that the huge snake’s condition was worse than he had imagined.   

Indeed, when it came to this, the huge snake now looked worse than when it had just finished fighting with the giant tiger. Not only the wounds on its body did not heal, but they also festered and rotted.

Such small wounds on his feet were even covered with medicine, but such big wounds on the huge snake’s body surprisingly weren’t given medical care at all.... Moreover, even being injured like this, it still went into the water to fish up the tiger skin, making the wounds wet!
 
Shu Shu was both angry and worried. He moved closer to the huge snake and started to inspect its wounds.
 
Being so close to the huge snake, Shu Shu was filled with dread. But he had once helped treating the huge snake, thus he could accustomed himself to it.
 
So many wounds, didn’t the huge snake know pain? Why didn’t you think about taking care of yourself? Shu Shu’s heart was very troubled. Thinking about it, he turned round and went out to pick some medicinal herbs.

Having picked some medicinal herbs before, Shu Shu was now considered to be familiar with them. He quickly returned with a good deal of medicinal herbs. Afterwards, he clinically used his claws to scrape off the rotting flesh on the huge snake's wounds.
 
The huge snake twitched and trembled. Shu Shu unconsciously wanted to flee, but in the end he still managed to restrain himself.
 
"This is my disciple, this is my disciple...." Muttering incessantly to himself, Shu Shu once again helped applying the medicine to the huge snake. He also infused his negligible, practically-useless spiritual power into the huge snake's wounds.



TL's note:
心魔劫 (xīn mó jié) = heart devil calamity = internal demon tribulation
心魔 could also be translated as demon, as in "a source or agent of evil, harm, distress, or ruin", not the literal evil spirit or devil.
I chose to use heart's devil because demon is too ambiguous, moreover since I use daemon for Shu Shu. 

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10. The Little Sub-beastman Has a Fever


Having a fever, the little sub-beastman’s ears were drooping, his face was red, and he looked very weak. It made Edgar feel sorry for him.

After feeling sorry for the little sub-beastman, Edgar’s heart started to race, once again worrying.

Sub-beastman’s body was mostly not good. If they fell sick in the city, they would certainly be fine after getting excellent medical treatment. But here was the wild!

The little sub-beastman was burning up with fever now. At this time, if he couldn’t think of a method to bring his temperature down, then it might be possible that.... Edgar simply didn’t dare to continue thinking about it. And regretting about it was pointless.

He shouldn't have followed after the little sub-beastman back to his cave. No, after he had saved the little sub-beastman yesterday, he should have left right away instead of letting the little sub-beastman bustle around serving him....

The cave the little sub-beastman used for sleeping was very small. It was inconvenient for Edgar to enter or exit, so he just stuck his head in. He stared at the little sub-beastman and watched him for a while. He saw the little sub-beastman sobbing softly in his drowsiness. The tears kept falling and falling. He had an urge to lick the tears on the other person's face.

But when he opened his mouth, what came out was a forked tongue.

He was already a beast, not a beastman....

Edgar used his chin to touch the little sub-beastman burning forehead, a bitter laugh in his heart. He had been in contact with the little sub-beastman for so many times. Every single time the little sub-beastman would get scared of him to the point of leaving things behind and running away. It was only because the little sub-beastman was unconscious now that he could get close to him....

But he would rather not have the opportunity to get close to the little sub-beastman than see him get sick.

Edgar went around the little sub-beastman's living room and found a wooden bucket. There was also a wooden ladle in the bucket. He bit the wooden ladle, wanting to get some water for the little sub-beastman to drink. However, as soon as he moved towards the sub-beastman’s side, the water was spilled.

No matter what, even with the wounds on his tail, Edgar used his tail to carry the bucket to the little sub-beastman’s bedside. Then he again used his tail to hold the wooden ladle and very carefully place the ladle filled with water on the little sub-beastman’s lips.

The little sub-beastman remained unconscious, but the wooden ladle made it to his lips. Nevertheless, he subconsciously licked it up and drank a lot of water.

Edgar fed a lot of water to the little sub-beastman. Feeling that it was good enough, he then used his tail to lightly mash a fruit brought back by the little sub-beastman into his room. After that, he spread the mush on the little sub-beastman’s forehead.

This kind of fruit had very high moisture content, and it also had some cooling effect. He could only do these things now.

After taking a profound glance at the little sub-beastman, Edgar turned his body and quickly slithered out. Although his mech was already broken, leaving only some scraps that wouldn’t let him send out any information, but he had once seen a familiar plane flying over the sky. He knew that there were people who lived on this small planet.

He could go and try to find the people who lived on this planet and let them bring the little sub-beastman to the hospital.

Edgar moved quickly, and he didn't notice that the wounds on his body had split open again. After travelling for two hours, he had left his territory.

Here, he smelled the scent of the other beasts. As expected, there was the smell of a giant tiger, but it did not belong to that giant tiger from before.

Edgar stopped moving.

Originally, the giant tiger had been his neighbor. They had always been non-aggressive and lived together in harmony. Yesterday the tiger had suddenly ran to his territory and even wanted to harm the little sub-beastman....

All along, he hadn’t understood why the tiger had gone to his territory. But now, after getting a sniff of the smell here, he actually came to understand.

Ferocious beasts all had their own territory. This territory had originally belonged to the tiger he had killed, but now it already belonged to another tiger.

If he wanted to pass through here, most likely he had to fight first. At that time, even if he had won, he must still have passed through the second, the third, and even the fourth ferocious beast’s territory.

Edgar calmed down.

He had long thought that he would send the little sub-beastman to the people in this area. The reason why he had not done it yet was completely because he knew that the forest was very dangerous.

After his beast core had been shattered, his remaining basic strength had only been 10% of his former strength. And now....

Looking at the deep wounds with exposed bone on his body, Edgar rushed back without the slightest hesitation.

Yesterday’s battle had reduced more than 50% of his strength. Going out to look for people naturally meant courting death. And if he had died, leaving the little sub-beastman by himself here would only have endangered him more....

Edgar’s return speed was faster than his departure’s speed, but unfortunately, his increasingly heavy body affected his speed in the end. When he returned to the little sub-beastman cave, the little sub-beastman was still unconscious.

Seeing this situation, Edgar did not know if he should feel upset or if he should feel that he deserved to feel unwell—he could barely move now.

Advancing forward to examine the little sub-beastman’s condition and discovering that the little sub-beastman’s temperature was still very high, Edgar somewhat felt helpless in the face of this crisis.

He knew some basic medicinal herbs, but they were all for treating injuries and could not be used to reduce fever.... Edgar mashed a fruit like he had done before and changed the fruit mush on the little sub-beastman’s forehead. Then he once again used his tail to hold the wooden ladle and fed some water to the little sub-beastman.

Shu Shu’s body felt very hot and achy all over. At this moment, water entered his throat and helped to bring some relief. However, he was still very hot.

There seemed to be something ice-cold around him. Shu Shu grasped it tightly and held it in his arms. Rubbing up and down against it, he felt a cool and refreshing sensation. At the same time, he started to have a nightmare.

In the dream, he became a tiny hamster again, and behind him was a snake chasing after him.

The snake chased after him so persistently until he exhausted all his strength to run. He circulated the magical power throughout his whole body, but the snake was still chasing after him and was getting closer and closer....

He was outstripped by the snake in the end. The snake opened its big mouth, ready to swallow him down.... Against reason, while he could still run in the past, but now at this very moment, he unexpectedly couldn’t move at all.

The snake's mouth was so big that it soon engulfed his head.... He was eaten!

Shu Shu cried up in fear. The next second, he returned to the beginning of his nightmare.

He was still a hamster and behind him was still a snake, and the snake was still hotly pursuing him.

The escape route that was chosen last time was ultimately confirmed as to have no way to escape. Shu Shu changed the route this time. He ran and ran, ran and ran, squeezed into a small hole, got into a pile of grass, crossed over a small hill, ran for a very long, long time, but still couldn't escape....

He was eaten again, swallowed alive into the snake's stomach and digested by the snake's gastric fluid.

When he came back to himself again, he was at the very beginning once more—still in that area, still with that snake.

Shu Shu was somewhat distracted, but when the snake chasing after him come up to his rear, he unconsciously started to run once more.

Of course, he... still could not escape.

Quite soon, it was back to the beginning....

Shu Shu didn't know how many times he had repeated this scenario. Later, when he was totally worn out and fed up with it, he even thought that he might as well not run away, just lie down immediately and let the snake eat him.

However, he still couldn't help but reflexively run ahead while the snake on his back still chased after him.

Obviously he shouldn't look back, but this time Shu Shu looked back. He even vacantly and foolishly thought—every time it was this snake, could it not be replaced by another snake?

After this thought arose, Shu Shu suddenly discovered that the snake chasing after him was sure enough replaced with a snake he was very familiar with—the huge snake.

Shu Shu looked at the huge snake, and the entire time, he felt that there was something wrong.... Wait a minute! He had fallen into an inexplicable and mysterious place, and his appearance had even turned into a half-man half-mouse. How could he suddenly changed back into a small hamster and even got hunted continuously?

Thinking this way, Shu Shu suddenly became clear-headed. Then he found himself sniffing at the smell he was familiar with as well as the smell of rotting flesh.

The smell he was familiar with emanated from the snake's tail he was hugging, and the smell of rot also emanated from said tail—the huge snake's wounds were all rotting!

Why was this snake so thoughtless? Shu Shu frowned and the next second, he thought of a crucial point—the snake, ah! He was hugging the snake's tail!

Immediately flinging the tail away from his bosom, Shu Shu quickly retreated. The experience of being eaten by the snake over and over again in his dream made him extremely frightened. His whole person shivered with fear.

However, he unexpectedly didn’t get scared to the point of fainting like in the past....

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9. The Skimpy Grass Skirt


The huge snake that had taken possession of his "living room" was sleeping, thus there was no snake in this cave. He totally didn’t need to be afraid.

Shu Shu dug around the cave mouth to make it wider. Looking down, he immediately pouted in disappointment.

This place was indeed... terrible.

Shu Shu’s cave had been dug up little by little. He had lived in the wild as a hamster for a few hundred years, and it had given him ample experience in digging a hole. Naturally, his digging skill was very good. Even if it was after the rain, his cave wouldn’t be damp. But this place….

This place should be a small crack that originally existed on this small mountain, and the snake had been using it for its nest. Beneath this kind of small crack that had been existing for years, there would certainly be water seepage. Or maybe because of the seepage, the crack had been eroded by water. Naturally, it was very damp here.

The damp environment would produce bacteria, and it would also nourish so many organisms.... The smell here was not so good. There were mosses growing on the cave’s walls; centipedes and some small bugs were crawling up and down on the other sides.... The snake could actually live in this kind of place?

Shu Shu crawled out of the cave mouth. Swaying on his feet, his claws were already stiff from digging the whole night. He looked around with disgust across his whole face.

He suddenly felt a little sympathy for the huge snake. Although the snake was very strong, but he could only live in a place like this. It still couldn’t compare with him!

The small crack where the huge snake lived was much smaller than Shu Shu's living room; he had to bend his waist to walk inside it. He had just walked a few steps when he saw some snake scales.

Seeing the snake’s scales, Shu Shu once again felt his scalp go numb. Recalling that the huge snake was not here, he breathed in relief.

Talk about snake—for small rodents that lived in the wild, snake was absolutely the scariest animal. Small rodents’ fear of snake was inherently engraved in their bones.... In contrast, Shu Shu was actually not so afraid of cat. Firstly, he actually hadn’t met any cat during those years in the wild; it had been owls that had eyed him instead. Secondly..., his successive owners had also kept a cat or two inside the house. Those cats had only eaten cat food at all times. Although they had been interested in him and had always come round to swat his cage, but he reckoned that they had just wanted to toy with him instead of wanting to eat him.

He definitely wasn’t that afraid of cat, but he also didn’t liked it in the least. What had happened during the day yesterday annoyed him even more because, in comparison with a cat, a tiger particularly looked like a cat.

He decided to hate tigers from now on.

Feeling aggrieved, Shu Shu ruthlessly stepped on the scales left by the huge snake. As a result, he hurt his feet.... Shu Shu lifted one of his feet and found a long cut caused by the scales on his sole.

Human’s body was indeed very weak. If he had known before, he would not have run around on the sharp stone floor and had his feet cut open by the stone.

Shu Shu had a mind to lick his own feet, but when he saw the dirty floor, he couldn't bring himself to do it. He could only give up this plan. At this moment, he suddenly discovered a pretty stone that was incompatible with the environment here.

This kind of glossy stone obviously could only be found by the brook that flowed into the small lake. To be able to appear here, it was definitely the snake that had specifically obtained it. And the snake had managed to bring back a block of stone like this.... Shu Shu observed the stone’s position, and right away he knew that this stone had been brought mostly to be used as a cover.

Shu Shu removed that block of stone, and sure enough, he saw a small hole behind the stone. The hole was not big, and it looked taken care of, very clean. It seemed that there’s something put inside.

Did the huge snake hide some food here? Or did he hide some treasures?

Shu Shu gazed inward, just a glimpse, and he suddenly felt that there’s something wrong.

Laid out inside the small hole, was it the first grass skirt he had woven?

Before changing into a human, he had never woven a grass skirt. At that time, in order to weave the grass skirt properly, he had genuinely spent a lot of efforts. He had repeatedly torn apart and re-weaved the skirt correctly. In the end, he had eventually produced a grass skirt that had met his approval. Unfortunately, the first time he had met the huge snake, the skirt had been lost.

He had painstakingly weaved the grass skirt; the huge snake had picked it up but then hadn’t even returned it to him. In addition, it was used to pad out the small hole!

Shu Shu took out his grass skirt and had no time at all to take care of those odds and ends that were placed on top of the grass skirt. He had always felt a bit ashamed and uneasy toward the huge snake before. Now he felt that he finally got something on the huge snake. Instead of feeling guilty, he was feeling immensely proud of himself.

Edgar had just arrived at his cave mouth and happened to see the little sub-beastman with the grass skirt he had brought back. The little sub-beastman looked proud of himself, while the whole snake was stiff.

He himself didn't even know why at that time he had brought the grass skirt back. It hadn’t meant anything, just bringing something home, that’s all. Unexpectedly, he was caught by the little sub-beastman in the end!

Edgar stared blankly at the little sub-beastman. For a moment, he simply didn't know what he should do. At the same time, he extremely regretted running back here.

Today he had woken up inside Shu Shu's cave at dawn. Unfortunately, he hadn’t caught sight of the little sub-beastman. Then he had realized that his body had felt much better after a night of rest.

Last night was definitely a night when he had slept the most comfortably these days. It was important to know that although his body was a snake, but it was not a water snake. In fact, he didn’t like damp, gloomy, and cold environment at all.... So he had planned to return to his cave, take his stuffs, and bring them to the little sub-beastman’s place. Afterwards, he would live in the little sub-beastman’s place.

In the end.... The little sub-beastman whom he had not seen before was actually in his cave. Even more, he had rummaged through the little hole he used to store things!

What would the little sub-beastman think of him?

Having grown this old, it was the first time Edgar had an urge to dig a hole on the floor and hide inside it.

Of course, he didn’t have hands and feet now, so there was nothing he could do.... In the end, Edgar could only continue staring at Shu Shu’s rigid body.

Shu Shu was being stared at by Edgar. The previous feel of being proud of himself had already disappeared thoroughly, and his mind was getting chaotic.... This snake was so scary, ah!

"I didn't do it deliberately.... I really didn't do it deliberately.... I'm sorry...." Shu Shu unconsciously started to apologize. He saw that the huge snake was still staring at him with its icy cold eyes even after he had apologized. He was practically crying, and his body unconsciously shivered.

Throwing away the grass skirt on his hand at lightning speed, Shu Shu suddenly leaped and then fled into the hole he had dug out.
 
Edgar was totally having a guilty conscience. He couldn't bear to remain silent after watching the whole act.

The little sub-beastman’s action of leaving things behind and running away made him want to laugh, but he very quickly sobered up, and the laugh didn’t come out. To compare, when the little sub-beastman saw him, the little guy got so scared to the point of running away. Whereas he even wished for the little sub-beastman to have the power to point at his nose and reprimand him and scold him....

His appearance now was that of a snake, though. The little sub-beastman was no doubt afraid of him; it was impossible that the little guy had the courage to point at his nose and scold him.

Thinking of this, Edgar immediately lost his spirit.

The little sub-beastman had already bore a hole; Edgar stared towards a certain cave for a while and suddenly felt that he had done something undue.
 
He obviously knew that the little sub-beastman was very afraid of him, but he had still gone to the little sub-beastman’s home, to the extent that the little sub-beastman had gotten so scared that he had dug such a long tunnel that very night to fled from him....

Edgar tried to find a place to rest his coiled body. The body that had clearly improved before seemed to get worse than yesterday.... At this moment, he suddenly smelled blood.

There was the smell of the little sub-beastman’s blood in his cave. Was the little sub-beastman wounded?

Edgar immediately began to worry. He turned round and left the cave to look for some medicinal herbs. Then he would go to the little sub-beastman’s cave.

Meanwhile, Shu Shu had already run back to his bedroom. He had been frightened since yesterday morning, and later he had also been busy for the whole afternoon. Pushing himself to the limit for a long time, now his spirit was weary and his strength was exhausted. In the end, not only he had not been able to rest in the evening, but he had also spent the whole night digging a hole….

Earlier, he had been unable to endure, so he had pushed himself to keep going in spite of difficulties. Now he was nesting in his nest that was made of soft hays, he promptly felt exhausted from head to foot. He was so tired he couldn’t move and didn’t even want to move.

His hands ached so much, and so did his feet. If he had known earlier that changing into a human meant he would get this kind of body, he would not have changed into a human....

Shu Shu felt that his eyes were a little hot; it seemed that tears were flowing out of them. He was also in a daze, but he actually couldn’t open his eyes at all. He could not even lift his hands to wipe the tears on his face.

It's so cold, ah.... Hasn’t this second-rate owner prepared a warm cotton nest for him? Shu Shu's whole person was curled up into a ball. He didn’t realize that he had somewhat fallen ill.

Edgar brought back the medicinal herbs, but he didn't see the little sub-beastman, so he waited for quite a while in Shu Shu’s living room. He was about to leave when he suddenly heard the sound of the little sub-beastman moaning.

His heart skipping, Edgar took into consideration that he might scare the little sub-beastman if he went to him, but if he didn’t go, he would get very anxious. He quickly used his tail to pry open the stone blocking the doorway of the small hole where the little sub-beastman lived. That was when he discovered that the the little sub-beastman had a fever, and his fever was so high he was in a stupor.

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A Guide to - 8

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8. Following Him Home


Although the giant tiger’s remains were only skin and bones, but the bones still had some meat, so they were still a bit too heavy for Shu Shu. He dragged the tiger by its tail as he walked a long way, and he couldn't help but pant.

Seeing that he had already walked a long way, he reckoned that the huge snake over there would not be affected by the tiger skin anymore. He hurriedly threw the tiger skin into a corner and happily went to the river bank.

Edgar was following closely behind, and seeing this scene, he could not help but feel a bit dumbfounded.

The little sub-beastman knew how hard it was to collect weeds, so how could he throw away such a thick and warm tiger skin? He guessed the little sub-beastman did not know how to treat the tiger skin. As a matter of fact, it was not surprising if he didn’t know....

Although his body was full of wounds now, but Edgar had liked to fight since childhood and often gotten injured. As a result, he felt that everything at the moment was still tolerable. At most, he was only unable to move freely because some of his scales were missing and because he had eaten too much, that’s all.

Picking up the tiger skin—discarded by the little sub-beastman—with his mouth, Edgar once again smelled the scent of the little sub-beastman and followed him closely.

Shu Shu walked all the way and finally arrived at the only place nearby with a water source. It was a small lake that was formed due to the convergence of a few brooks. He did not dare to do as he wished and go into the water. Once he had followed his owner and watched The Animal World together. The experience made him quite afraid of lake and such because alligators would suddenly spring out of the water. He just scooped out some water from the lake and washed his hands and feet.

The lake water was ice-cold; Shu Shu kept trembling while he was washing up. Done washing, he kept hopping around beside the puddle, hoping to warm himself up.

He cherished the memory of his former life more and more. All along, there had been people who had raised him. Not to mention about having no worry about food and clothing, he had also had fur to protect him against the cold, and his owner had specially prepared a warm little nest for him. He totally had not need to go hungry or freeze. Although his scope of activities had only been inside the cage—which had been a bit small—but he really had not minded.

Moreover… he had been able to open the cage’s door, so he had often left the cage to go for a walk when the owner had not been at home or had been sleeping.

Thinking of the past, Shu Shu could not help but sigh. At this moment, he heard the sound of a snake slithering behind him and also smelled the familiar scent.

The kind person! Huge snake! Snake!

Instantly rigid from his body’s general conditioned reflex, Shu Shu turned his head and saw the huge snake that previously looked as if he had been dying holding the tiger skin with his mouth and coming over to him.

The huge snake's wounds still looked alarming, and the medicinal herbs he had chewed were still smeared on the top, but it looked like its wounds did not matter one bit; it just slithered around like usual. It swung its head and tossed the heavy tiger skin into the small lake.

This strength, it was comparable to his for the most part.... Shu Shu had been a little ignorant.

After tossing the tiger skin into the lake, Edgar turned his head toward the little sub-beastman and saw him suddenly jump up and then run away without looking back.

How many times had his family’s little beastie run away from him today? Edgar wanted to calculate it but suddenly found that he couldn’t do it.

This little sub-beastman had run back and forth, wasn’t he tired?

Edgar glanced at the tiger skin that had finally gotten soaked in the lake. Then he turned his body and slithered in the direction of the fleeing little sub-beastman.

Animal fur would harden and stink without treatment. There was simply no way to use it then. The little sub-beastman was most likely unable to deal with it…. Anyway, the little sub-beastman could not deal with it, but he actually could.

The first step in handling a fur was to scrape clean every particle of fat and flesh from the fur. Then it needed to be soaked in water for several days. He planned to do these things at the same time.

When he had woken up in this place, it had been in this lake. Now, all the dangerous living creatures in the lake had already been eaten by him, leaving only some small fishes and shrimps. Those small fishes and shrimps could gobble up every particle of flesh on the tiger skin, but they could not damage the tiger skin. By chance, he thus could employ them to remove the fat from the tiger skin.

Shu Shu did not know Edgar's way of thinking. At this moment, he had the nerve to feel that he had been taken in by the snake’s deceit.

He had thought that the huge snake had suffered serious injuries. What good did worrying do when the result was this? The huge snake absolutely had not feel a thing. It had still been able to follow him while holding the heavy tiger skin with its mouth!

Shu Shu clenched his teeth in indignation. After seeing his own cave, he promptly went in and, at the same time, throw his plan to change the huge snake’s medicine tomorrow far, far away.

The huge snake was very vigorous; it was unnecessary for him to go and change its medicine!

After suffering such heavy injuries, it actually still ran around all over the place!

Going out to collect some weeds but not bringing back anything in the end, Shu Shu’s mood was not so good, and his belly was even growling in hunger.

It was already very late now. He did not go to the cellar he had dug out himself to look for food. Instead, he just squeezed into his sleeping nest and pushed on his cheeks with his hands. From the inside of his food pouches, he took out some chestnuts and dried meat to eat.

Baked dried meat without any moisture content was very hard; it just so happened that he had molars. Shu Shy slowly ate, gnawing on the dried meat for a while and then spitting out a few chestnut to nibble. Later, he even spat out some egg-sized fruits and gnawed on them.

"Crunch, crunch, crunch…." Gnawing on the food, Shu Shu was joyful and his mood also became better and better. Right at this time, he suddenly heard the sound of activities from the outside.
 
It seemed that... someone had opened the “door” at the cave mouth?

Shu Shu stopped gnawing the fruit, climbed out of his bed in the "bedroom" and went out to check his "living room."

As a hamster, he had a very good night vision, and plus he could smell the scent....

A familiar scent lingering on the tip of his nose, Shu Shu finally saw the huge monster in his living room—a huge snake.

When the snake had not appeared before, he had dared to complain about it. He rationally knew that the snake would not eat him; it had even been quite friendly to him. Therefore, he didn’t feel afraid of living in the same territory with the snake. But seeing it now, Shu Shu once again felt his scalp go numb, his limbs weaken, and his heartbeat speed up.

This was an instinct he couldn't control.

Lying on his stomach at the doorway to his "bedroom," Shu Shu was rigid from head to toe and unable to make any single movement. He could only look on helplessly as the huge snake settled down in his spacious living room. In the darkness, the huge snake’s eyes that were looking at him seemed like they’re glowing.

Shu Shu's hair on his body and the fur on his ears were all upright. His whole body was shivering with cold, and his mind was blank.... Fortunately, the huge snake did not make any other movement after coiling its body and lying down. After a long time, he slowly recovered his body.

Slowly crawling back in, he then blocked the cave mouth with a stone that he had placed in the bedroom. Shu Shu couldn't help but walk in circles in the narrow cave.

He liked to bore holes, and he also liked to dig out small holes. This hole was really small; he could barely sit up straight. There was also nothing at all inside the hole that he could count on to make him a bit relaxed....

If there was a running wheel, he could now run for four hours without stopping!

Shu Shu sat upright amid the weeds for a while and eventually piled up all the weeds at the cave mouth. Then he came to the other side of the cave and extended his claws to dig!

Digging and digging, digging and digging, digging and digging.

Shu Shu did not eat or sleep and began to brandish his claws to dig a hole. There wasn’t much of this mountain to dig out, and his spirit would not rest until he could bore through the mountain.

Soil was swirling in the air and, once in a while, stone was dug up. Shu Shu’s claws hurt so much, but he still did not give up and continue to dig a hole, burying himself in work.

After seeing the huge snake, he could not control himself from being afraid of his living room. Knowing that the snake was next to him made him even more afraid. Now that he was being occupied by work, he could finally stop thinking about it.

The more he dug, the deeper the hole was. Behind his body, the soil piled up and became an obstacle. It afforded him a sense of security, and he even began to feel proud of himself.

Humph, someone had taken possession of his cave? He could dig another at any time!

All along, there had been scattered and fragmented sound of activity from the cave where the little sub-beastman lived in, but Edgar did not have any vigor left to care about it.

The little sub-beastman’s cave was quite spacious and very warm. After he lay down in the living room, he couldn't help but feel exhausted. He wanted to have a good night's sleep.... Smelling the little sub-beastman’s scent, Edgar soon fell asleep. And he slept for an abnormally long time. In a wink, it’s already early morning.

On the other side, Shu Shu who had worked hard for a whole night—digging and digging—felt his claws descend into an empty space ahead!

He had dug to the end!

He could leave that scary snake!

But... .

Looking at the very small air vent that appeared in front of him, Shu Shu once again felt tangled up.

Digging to the end, what then? Could it be that he was going to run away?

Not to mention that he did not even know where he could run to, his food was in the cave, and he couldn’t bear to give it up. Furthermore, the huge snake.... Though he had felt that the huge snake had deceived him, but in fact he clearly knew that the huge snake really suffered serious injuries….

After he ran away, would the snake meet any danger?

Shu Shu couldn’t help being tangled up, but his hands were still digging, unwittingly digging through the wall in front of him.

He smelled the familiar scent again. Shu Shu's expression was suddenly wooden. When he had dug the tunnel, he had gone round a curve because he wanted to dig out an exit sideways to the dirt slope. And now…, could it be that he had dug and dug and dug back into his own hole?

No, it shouldn't be like this.... Shu Shu sniffed and sniffed, only to find that there was only the scent of the huge snake and none of his.

So…, it's not his cave, but the huge snake’s cave?

Shu Shu was instantly curious about everything; he started to squint forward.




Author’s note:

Shu Shu: I will know so many of snake’s secrets!
Edgar: Little sub-beastman is very enthusiastic. To go as far as to dig and connect our house throughout the night.

Living together officially begins.

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A Guide to - 7

Unedited chapter.


7. Treating the Natural Enemy’s Wounds


Shu Shu's hands were trembling so hard. In his current state, it was odd if he could accurately throw the medicinal herbs onto the huge snake’s body!

With a discouraging “plop”, the wad of medicinal herbs fell on the ground beside the huge snake, very far away from the wound.
 
Shu Shu jumped in fright from the sound and unconsciously retreated a few steps before calming down, just to find that the huge snake did not move at all.

This huge snake would not come to a sticky end, right? Shu Shu observed the snake worriedly. Seeing the various wounds on the snake’s body, his eyes felt hot.
 
He had thought before that this area had been very safe. It’s very likely that it had something to do with that kind person. Otherwise, how could there weren’t any large animals at the river bank where it had always been the place where all kinds of animals gathered together?

It must have been the kind person who had helped him. He had been very happy when he had thought about it. But he had not expected that the kind person was in fact the snake in front of him. This snake… it wouldn’t actually die, right?

Wiping his eyes with his hand, Shu Shu once again took out some medicinal herbs, put them in his mouth, and chewed them.

The medicinal herbs tasted very bitter. Shu Shu’s brows puckered while chewing, but this time he chewed the herbs for a while before spitting them out onto his hand. After he finished chewing, he did not dare to throw the herbs again. Rather, he summoned up his courage to cautiously move forward and slowly approach the huge snake.

The familiar scent was even more intense, and Shu Shu was finally not as afraid as before. He squatted down and put the medicinal herbs on the wound on the snake's tail, gently smearing them.

While smearing the medicinal herbs, not being careful, Shu Shu's hand met the satiny scales of the snake.

Shu Shu instantly jumped up and fled. He ran for a few meters before he came to a halt. Then, frightened and still in doubt, he went back. Feeling that he’s biting off more than he could chew, he stared at the huge snake. He was trying to be brave, but his legs felt weak.

He was really, really afraid of snakes…. They’re so horrible!

Shu Shu couldn’t help but remember the first time he had met with the huge snake and the feel of dread that had swept over him. At that time, he had been really frightened. Unexpectedly, he had not borne in mind the smell of the huge snake. If he had known earlier….

If he had known earlier, well, it was neither here nor there….

The huge snake lay there motionless; its body was cold. There was a wound on its abdomen, and it was still bleeding out.... Shu Shu was silent for a while and then slowly moved forward. This time he applied the medicinal herbs on the wound on the snake’s abdomen.

When he was applying the herbs, the huge snake's abdomen moved up and down slightly.... Shu Shu cried out in fear and, not surprisingly, fell back several steps once more. He gradually loosen up before he dared to step forward again and continue with medicating the huge snake.
   
Edgar lay on his stomach on the ground and felt the hand that was treating him kept trembling. He remained silent for some time.

In his lifetime, this was the longest time someone took to administer medicine to him. The little guy was just repeating the motion over and over again. Anyway…, he actually wasn’t angry at all; instead, he thought it was funny.

The little sub-beastman was afraid that he would die. He did not expect that the little guy would still insist on giving him medicine.

It’s just... this little sub-beastman was jumpy, so he didn’t dare to move. At the same time, his whole body that was coiled around the loathsome tiger actually felt extremely uncomfortable.

Fortunately, at this moment, the little sub-beastman finally stopped rubbing the medicine and ran away again, further this time.

Edgar breathed a sigh of relief. Without letting the medicinal herbs that had been applied carefully fall from his wound, he released the tiger that had been constricted to death by himself. Moving his body, he chose a comfortable position to lie down.

The little sub-beastman would surely return, right? Edgar really looked forward to it.

Shu Shu did not want to return at all.

He had provided the medicinal herbs for the snake, but actually, it’s the snake that had found them for his use. Originally, the kind person had given him a lot of medicinal herbs. He hadn’t finished them all, so he had planted the excess at the doorway. It was a good thing that the medicinal herbs had been growing well, so he could finally harvest them.

Of course, now that they had been used up by him, it was still not enough.... Shu Shu could only look for them again.

It was not difficult to find the medicinal herbs. Shu Shu soon found some, but... he did not want to go back.

So much that as long as he thought of having to approach the huge snake, he promptly went soft at the knees.

But if he did not go back, what would he do if the snake met with a mishap? Shu Shu took a moment to build up his mental strength. In the end, with his still trembling body, he walked over to the place where the huge snake and the giant tiger had fought.

Just as he drew near, Shu Shu saw that the huge snake’s position and location had changed.

The huge snake had moved? Shu Shu could not help but think of fleeing again. Fortunately, he managed to hold back. Eventually, he slowly walked and arrived next to the huge snake. Then, trembling, he set out to apply the medicine on the areas on the huge snake’s body that hadn't been medicated yet.

After completing his task, Shu Shu was in a hurry... to flee again.

Although he knew that he should save this huge snake, Shu Shu still could not help but think of fleeing.

But after he fled, he also couldn't help but worry that the huge snake couldn't move. Lying down there, what if it met and got eaten by a passing beast?

Shu Shu had thought that it had been quite safe here, but now he knew better. It was actually not safe at all, and there were even terrifying giant creatures.

There were still the dead tiger and the smell of blood. If other animals smelled it…. Moreover, he couldn’t let the huge snake go hungry.... He was at a loss for a while. Then Shu Shu gritted his teeth and, with a bitter face, returned once again.
Bypassing the prone, motionless huge snake, Shu Shu extended his claws, planning to deal with the tiger and the surrounding bloodstain. Conveniently, he could give the tiger's meat to the huge snake to eat.

The snakes in the wild did not eat dead animals. Of course, it didn’t count if they’ve just killed the preys themselves. If it were not for this, at that time when Shu Shu had seen the huge snake for the the first time, he would not have instantaneously “died”.

To think that he had once relied on playing dead to escape from the snake’s mouth.

Anyway, this huge snake and ordinary snakes ought to be different.

Since this snake was clearly a kind individual and knew to give him preys and medicinal herbs, it was absolutely very clever. He reckoned that it had been just like him; it was not an ordinary snake but a snake spirit!

Since it was a snake spirit, this snake could definitely communicate. He supposed it was not like those ordinary snakes that only ate live animals.... After all, this snake had eaten all the cooked food from him.

If the huge snake ate the tiger, surely it would not feel like eating him.... Shu Shu was deep in thought. He wanted to drag the giant tiger away from the huge snake—just a little further—before dealing with it. Unfortunately..., he could not move it.

Taking a glance at the huge snake and finding that it was still motionless, Shu Shu did not delay. He planned to skin the tiger right here.

Shu Shu stepped on the tiger's body with one foot. He grasped the tiger's skin with both hands and gave his all to tear it. He did not tear even a tiny bit of the tiger's skin. Instead, he wasn’t careful enough and got thrown down. He landed with his butt, flat on his back,  and his claws also hurt.

Looking at his claws, Shu Shu couldn't help but curl his lip, "This tiger's skin is so thick!"

After getting ruthlessly thrown and tumbled over, Shu Shu could only give up his initial plan. Moving on to a hole on the tiger’s body that had been torn open by the huge snake, he took out the tiger’s meat.

In general, the tiger’s meat was not like its skin, so difficult to break.... Shu Shu concentrated on scooping out the meat from the tiger’s belly.

Edgar opened his eyes and watched the little sub-beastman carefully, thinking that him tripping and falling was especially cute. Sub-beastmen could not transform into a beast, but they still had some beast characteristics on their body. Among the few, there were some who could sprout claws. However, sub-beastmen’s claws were often just ornaments. It’s no problem to use them to scratch the beastman who transformed into a man, but it's absolutely impossible to use them to tear open the skin of a giant creature like this one. This little sub-beastman really didn’t understand anything at all.

The little sub-beastman was clawing out the meat from the giant tiger’s body one chunk at a time, and his butt sticked out. The view under the grass skirt was fairly discernible, and Edgar suddenly felt that he was a bit feverish.

He had not liked those sub-beastmen; he especially had not liked their weak appearance and timid manner. But now... he didn't know why he actually thought that this cowardly, inept little sub-beastman was pretty cute.

But unfortunately…. Thinking of his present circumstances, Edgar felt like he was being doused by a bucket of iced water, cooling his body from head to tail.

He had already turned into a beast.

However, if he had not suffered serious injuries this time, when he had encountered the frequently-nude sub-beastman in front of him, he would have thought that this sub-beastman was malicious and had some other intentions, OK?

Edgar took a deep breath, not knowing whether he should remind the little sub-beastman or not—it was very easy to expose yourself when you’re only wearing a grass skirt.

Shu Shu spent quite a lot of effort to scoop out all the meat chunks from the tiger's body; his claws already felt numb.

He placed the tiger's meat and liver on a large leaf—piled high—and his face showed a satisfied expression. He pulled some grass within his reach and used it to wipe clean the bloodstain on his hands. Shu Shu was thinking of taking a rest, but when he turned his head to check on the huge snake, it was watching him attentively; its eyes were icy cold—extremely frightening.

Shu Shu’s heartbeat sped up. He did not know how many times he had broken into a run right away.

After running a few steps, his heartbeat slowed down. He turned his head to face the huge snake and said, "You! Don't eat me. Tiger meat is very delicious, really!"

"Hurry up and eat, OK? Eat your fill so your wounds can heal more quickly."

"Uhm... my body is full of hair, eating me will just cause you indigestion."
 
Edgar was still lying there motionless, looking like he had no strength. Shu Shu spoke for a while, and then he walked past the snake with a shudder. After pushing the leaf piled with the tiger meat toward the snake, he immediately fled again.

Edgar was indeed quite hungry. He was wounded; he should eat more food to heal the wounds.

After taking a quick look at Shu Shu, Edgar lowered his head and opened his mouth to bite and swallow a piece of meat.

Shu Shu saw this scene, and he was so moved that he practically felt like shedding some tears. It ate the tiger meat! It would certainly be too full to eat him!

Edgar ate up the meat that Shu Shu had prepared for him. Just like Shu Shu had thought, the snake's belly swelled up.

Shu Shu knew that after the snake was full, it would not hunt again. Moreover, he reckoned that the snake was already unable to move freely now. It instantly made him sigh with relief.

He buried the tiger’s intestines far away and used his claws to turn over the soil on the bloodstained area so the smell of blood wouldn’t be too strong. He also used the lighter to burn one kind of pungent grass he had collected a few days ago to conceal the smell in the air. Then he sprinkled the huge snake’s excrement evenly on the surrounding area….

Completing all these tasks, Shu Shu’s waist was so worn out he couldn’t stand up straight, but he finally managed to put this area in order. At this time, the sky was already dark.

After going out in the early morning, he hadn’t eaten anything. Shu Shu was very hungry, but he was really not in the mood to eat anything.

He got back the grass that he had previously collected for lining up his nest and threw a few bunches towards the huge snake’s body from a distance, covering the whole snake. Shu Shu was finally satisfied.

Pulling the remains—bones and skin—of the giant tiger by its tail, Shu Shu planned to throw out the giant tiger and conveniently look for an area where he could wash himself.... Of course, when he was doing this, he did not forget to wrap the giant tiger’s excrement with some leaves and take it along with him, so those beasts would not dare to approach him—the tiger’s intestines were cut apart by him; he literally did not lack excrement at the moment.

Seeing Shu Shu dragging the tiger's carcass away, Edgar, who was fully covered with weeds, got up and wiggled out from the underbrush. He followed Shu Shu closely at a slow pace.

The little sub-beastman was obviously very afraid of him, but he could not abandon the little guy. In this case, was it possible that, slowly, the little sub-beastman would not fear him?

Since he had been exposed, he might as well follow the little sub-beastman closely and stay on his side in an open and aboveboard way....

He was definitely more useful than that stinky tiger’s dung.

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