A Guide to - 29

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29. Feeling Jealous and Thundercloud


Jeress was a very patient man; Shu Shu and he chatted pretty well. Relying on the daemon’s powerful memory, Shu Shu spoke more and more smoothly and soon caught up with . . . a two-year-old little beastman.   
 
Although a two-year-old little beastman was not likely to have a wide vocabulary, and although there were still many words that Shu Shu didn’t understand, but he believed that everything would quickly change. He had never spoken any language before, but just by listening to people talking, when he turned into a human form, he began as a clever daemon who could immediately speak. Was there any possibility that he could not learn the language of this place?
 
Shu Shu was full of confidence in himself.   

When Jones came to find Edgar, he saw that Shu Shu and Jeress had moved up to chatting, and the content of the chat . . . . He estimated it was about the same to that of kindergarten children?
 
"Good morning!" Jones issued the greeting with a smile and observed the little sub-beastman carefully. The little sub-beastman was in a good spirit, so it could be assumed that he had had a pretty good rest last night. He also adapted well to the completely-new environment, which was actually very rare.
 
In fact, in the little sub-beastman’s current situation, he should not live alone. The right thing to do was trying to find another sub-beastman to accompany him or having him live in a family with sub-beastman. It had been Edgar who proposed that he and the little sub-beastman should just live alone, and Jones had not refused.   

Not only Jones trusted Edgar's self-control, he also reckoned that they could only get along like that for several days, so there was no need to separate them now.
 
"Good morning." Shu Shu greeted back and smiled at the leopard spirit who had suffered the same mishap as him when becoming a human. Although this world made him feel out of place, but he was not overly scared. The society on the earth had legal systems and institutions, and this place had to be even more developed than the earth. It should be unlikely that they would kill people like scything grass, right? Yeah, it would certainly not happen. If they had really been bad people, they would have already taken him prisoner!   

"Do you want to go out and have a stroll? You may have Jeress accompany you going out." Jones said and then said it again a few more times using easily understood words: "Do you want to go for a walk? Do you want to go shopping? Jeress will take you there."

Going out to shop? Shu Shu’s eyes lit up, and he nodded vigorously: “I want to!” After he nodded, he remembered something: “Money. I have no money.” He had already asked Jeress to explain about “money”. After all, it was a very important thing that could buy food.   

"This is for you. Jeress will teach you how to use it." Jones took out a card and gave it to Shu Shu. 

Shu Shu looked at the card, and his eyes were as bright as the full moon. However, he also felt that he should not take other people’s money casually. In the end, he patted his own chest and said, “Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I will give it back to you.”   

Jones could not stop the corner of his mouth from twitching. He knew that this child probably wanted to say that he would return the money later, but he didn't know how to say "later".  As a primitive, remote planet, Gass Planet was basically self-sufficient. It didn't cost much money here, and Jones also didn't lack money, so he immediately said: "No need."   

"I will." Shu Shu said. Following this, he spoke to his disciple in Chinese: "Disciple, you must work hard in the future. Earn some money to pay me back, you know?" He went out because he wanted to shop for his disciple, but of course, the disciple also had to contribute and pay him back.   

The little sub-beastman was willing to spend his own money, but he was not willing to spend other people’s? Edgar was perfectly satisfied.   

"Move. Let's go shopping." Shu Shu spoke in local language and beckoned to the huge snake.   

"Hold on, he can't go." Jones put a stop to it. Seeing Shu Shu's puzzled face, he explained the reason: "It’s inconvenient."   

The huge snake still hadn’t cultivated into a human, so it was indeed inconvenient and might even scare people . . . . Shu Shu accepted this reason, however, thinking that the huge snake could not go, he suddenly didn’t want to go as well.   

"There are many interesting things there." Jeress tried to persuade Shu Shu. He really, really wanted to shop together with the little sub-beastman.   

"Yes, ah, there are also many beautiful clothes there." Jones added. The little sub-beastman had been wearing animal skin on his arrival. Although he had changed his clothes now, the change of clothes was actually the most ordinary style of loungewear Jones had brought. Today the little sub-beastman could definitely go and pick some nice clothes to buy and wear at home.   

"There are also lots and lots of delicious things!" Jeress said again.
 
Shu Shu didn't care much about clothes, but hearing that there were lots of delicious things, he couldn't resist anymore. Swallowing his saliva, he firmly stated: "Go! I will go!"
 
"Big Snake, wait for me to come back. I’ll bring you some delicious things!" Before leaving, Shu Shu once again spoke to the huge snake in Chinese.   

Seeing Shu Shu and Jeress leave together, Edgar’s mood was extraordinarily bad, but he also knew that Jones wanted to have a talk with him and had to sent Shu Shu away for that. Needless to say, Edgar had not stopped him. 

Jones indeed had something to say to Edgar, and he also planned to give Edgar a physical examination at the same time. Yesterday, he had suddenly become aware that Edgar had become a fallen beast, and he had been so unsettled that he overlooked the opportunity. He naturally had to make up for it now.
 
"I’ve promised you that I wouldn’t push the little sub-beastman to get a physical examination. Nevertheless, I must give you a physical examination." Jones, seeing Edgar unwilling to cooperate, coaxed him. 

Edgar hesitated, but he still nodded in the end. However, he couldn't help but think of the little sub-beastman. The little sub-beastman was obviously very unfamiliar with everything here, yet he could dress himself and could also use every kind of electrical appliances after taking a look at them . . . . Could it be that he had lived on a solitary planet in a remote location before? In this case, why didn't he know the difference between a beastman and a sub-beastman?   

When Edgar was being examined by Jones, Shu Shu was shopping.   

Formerly, he had merely been a very, very small little hamster. Naturally, it had been impossible to go shopping. Now was his first time seeing such a lively street, and he was simply excited to the max.   

Selling clothes, selling foods, selling toys . . . . Shu Shu saw a whole group of shops, and the more he saw, the more excited he was.   

There were many things that he especially wanted to buy, but the money in his possession was actually not his. If he spent it excessively, he might not be able to afford it in the future. In that case, he could only restrain himself!   

He had had an owner who couldn't control herself from buying all kinds of things. Every month, she squandered all her monthly salary. Once, at the end of the month, she couldn't even afford to eat instant noodles, so she had no other choice but to take those oats, millets, and corn kernels that were originally for him to eat and use them to make some porridge for herself. It was totally unbearable!   

In no way would he fall into this plight!   

However, the barbecue next door smelled really good, ah . . . . In the end, Shu Shu still handed out the card he held and asked for ten skewers of barbecue.

"I’ll treat you, all right?" Jeress was a little anxious. He was taking a sub-beastman shopping, and he actually let the sub-beastman buy his own snacks. He would be despised and condemned by the other beastmen!   

"No need, no need." Shu Shu shook his head. It was better to be indebted to only one person, making it easy to pay up in the future . . . . As he spoke, he bit down a big mouthful of barbecue.   

This barbecue was really much more delicious than the ones made by himself. He had to let the huge snake taste it . . . . Shu Shu put some barbecue into his food pouches, leaving no trace.
 
His food pouches were a very magical space. He could put lots and lots of food in there. The food put inside wouldn’t go bad or even get tainted with other smells. They were practically as handy as the magical space in certain novels. The only drawback was that . . . the entrance of this space was his mouth.

Therefore, although there was space, but he could only put food into it, and only small-sized food, either. Other things . . . he wanted to stuff some clothes into it, but they could not go in.   

Shu Shu cheerfully gnawed on the barbecue; some he ate, and some he put into the food pouches. In a short time, ten skewers of barbecue were gone.
 
It just so happened that there was someone selling fruits on the side, so he again asked for a plate of fruits and continued to follow the previous pattern.
 
He ate and ate until he was very full, and he also put so many things into his food pouches. Then Shu Shu remembered his real mission—he wanted to buy some daily necessities for the huge snake.   

Together with Jeress, Shu Shu went into a family supermarket and strolled around.
 
In the small house where he lived, only the master bedroom had a set of bed sheet and quilt. Since the other rooms had none, he had to buy a few sets. There was only one set of toothbrush and washcloth, so he also had to buy more. There was only a pair of house shoes, so he had to buy one more pair . . . . Considering the huge snake’s imminent transformation into a human, it would need some clothes. But because Shu Shu did not know the size, he only bought a thick nightwear in the end.
 
He could not read or write the local language, so when he bought the nightwear, he just chose a big and thick one that only used two straps to fasten, making it especially convenient to put on or take off. He thought even if it turned out that it was too big for his disciple to wear, it could still be used as a quilt or a cover. However, he did not know that what he bought was actually the style of nightwear worn by the beastmen.   

Jeress didn't understand why the little sub-beastman bought these things, but they were not expensive and were also commonly used household items. He didn't say much and just helped packing them up. Then he delivered the little sub-beastman along with all kinds of things he had bought back to the place where the little sub-beastman lived.
 
"Thank you." Shu Shu watched Jeress help him move everything in,  feeling grateful from the bottom of his heart.   

"Don't mention it, I haven’t done anything." Jeress promptly said. As a matter of fact, for a beastman who still didn't have a partner, accompanying a single sub-beastman shopping was a pleasant task.   

"Come again tomorrow and let’s eat together!" Shu Shu said again.   

"Alright, I’ll come again tomorrow!" Jeress' eyes immediately shone.
 
Edgar had asked Jones to help checking the area where his scales had fallen off. However, nothing had come to light from the examination. Initially, he was still at a loss thinking about what the hell the problem was with his missing scales, but when he saw this scene, he did not have time to care about the problem with his scales anymore. 

The little sub-beastman actually invited Jeress to come round for a meal!   

He didn't want anyone else eat the food made personally by the little sub-beastman, but he . . . what did he have to do to stop it?   

Edgar's mood became low, and when he saw the things bought by the little sub-beastman, he felt like being struck by lightning.
 
The various kinds of things in the house that Jones had prepared for them were very complete. Although only one person used them, but they were already enough for the little sub-beastman to use for a while. Why did he suddenly buy so many things?   

Who did he buy these things for?   

Watching the little sub-beastman arrange the second bedroom upstairs and then put the nightwear worn by the beastmen into the wardrobe of the second bedroom, Edgar was a little stupefied.
 
Would the little sub-beastman respond to Jeress’ courting? Although Edgar considered Jeress inferior, but on this remote planet, he was already good enough. The little sub-beastman also liked his beast type and would agree that his type was definitely very normal.   

If only Edgar had realized it earlier, he would not have allowed the little sub-beastman and that guy go shopping together!   

But what use was him not allowing it? He was a fallen beast, and he would never be able to accompany the little sub-beastman. The little sub-beastman would definitely find a beastman to live together, and that man would never be him.   

He didn't want to be a beast; he wanted to become a human. Unfortunately, he was already a beast.
 
The unwillingness in Edgar’s heart got more and more intense, and the spiritual power in his body automatically circulated faster and faster.   

There was a faint feeling of what was going to happen and so forth in his heart, and the area on his body where the scales had fallen off got more and more itchy, but in the end, he didn’t know what would happen. Finally, feeling jittery, he tapped his tail three times. He wanted to make the little sub-beastman prepare his meal instead of carrying on arranging the second bedroom. 

"Are you hungry?" Shu Shu saw Edgar use his tail to tap the floor three times and immediately ran towards the kitchen, lest he was too slow and made the huge snake grow an appetite for him. 

But to prepare a meal that fast was impossible . . . . Shu Shu suddenly remembered that inside his food pouches, there were some delicious foods he had brought back for the huge snake. He at last breathed a sigh of relief and then took out all the foods that he had put into his food pouches: "I brought back  lots of delicious food for you!"   

Later on, when the little sub-beastman had a partner, he would only do this kind of thing for his partner, right? Edgar, eyeing the food, had no appetite at all.
 
"You hurry up and eat! Fill your stomach and don't be hungry!" Shu Shu impatiently pushed the food forward. Seeing the huge snake staring at him and not moving its mouth, he once again said: "You can rest assured that these are taken out of my food pouches. I guarantee that they’re clean and won't even have my saliva."
 
Edgar actually didn’t mind eating the little sub-beastman’s saliva, but he felt extremely violent as long as he thought that, in the future, someone might get the little sub-beastman’s attention just like him.   

The spiritual power in his body became more and more violent. Inexplicably, he also felt that there was something in the sky that began to oppress him.
 
At this time, Shu Shu also felt something was wrong. He looked at the sky with puzzlement across his whole face, a little doubtful: "Why does it seem like something is going to happen?"
 
Right at this moment, the sky exploded with a loud burst, and the thundercloud began to gather in the sky. 

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A Guide to - 28

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28. It’s Time to Advance the Cultivation

 
Gass planet was vast, but sparsely populated, so they had construction robots that helped building houses. The people generally lived in detached villas, and naturally, Jones also prepared a villa for Edgar and Shu Shu.

On the ground floor of the two-story small building, there were a living room, a kitchen, a dining room, and a guest bedroom. Upstairs, there were two bedrooms and a study plus a quite large terrace. At this moment, Shu Shu was bringing Edgar to the terrace: "Come, let’s start cultivating!"   

Edgar began to cultivate. He had just cultivated for a while when he felt the area where he had lost the scales before started to itch again.

What exactly was going on?
 
Cultivating was advantageous to him. He was very sure about this point. It was just . . . why would he feel itchy? Why had his scales fallen off as a result of cultivating?
 
Edgar couldn't concentrate on cultivating because of his physical condition. In the end, he barely opened his eyes when he saw that the little sub-beastman was staring at him.   

Shu Shu originally wanted to cultivate together with the huge snake, but he was now stuck on a level where he could not go up or go down. Not to mention that the spiritual power within his body was only a little. He basically couldn't cultivate, so he simply stared at the disciple beside him, watching it continuously. 　　 
Discovering that the disciple was not cultivating, he urged it repeatedly: "Cultivate, ah. Hurry up and cultivate!"   

Edgar looked at the little sub-beastman and, enduring the continuing itch, started to cultivate again. He and the little sub-beastman did not spend much time interacting, so he didn't want to refuse the little sub-beastman’s request.
 
Shu Shu saw how the huge snake worked hard and nodded with satisfaction. When the huge snake became a human, they would be able to stay together forever!   

Thinking about those things, Shu Shu became a little sleepy. He said a few more words and had the huge snake work hard cultivating. Nevertheless, he himself went to the bedroom and slept.   

A human bed was really so comfortable to sleep on, so soft. It was truly many times better than the bed he had made himself . . . .
　　
Edgar cultivated for one night and felt that his strength had recovered some more, even if his body still itched. The stream of so-called energy within his body became even more abundant, looking like it was going to overflow.   

This energy had initially been gas-like, and now it became watery. It would probably become solid afterwards, right? It was a pity that he did not know whether this thing also had other uses apart from healing. 

Later, when he lived alone in the forest, he might actually try to study the usefulness of this thing to pass the time.   

After Edgar circulated the spiritual power within his body once, he saw the little sub-beastman dazedly come out of the room with eyes closed, inhaling through the nose and walking over to his side.     

Edgar stayed stock-still in the same place, wanting to see if the little sub-beastman would run into his arms . . . . Well, he had no arms now, so the little sub-beastman would only walk to his side and get close to him. 　

However, things obviously would not be so wonderful. The little sub-beastman barely walked a few steps before waking up. He looked around in alarm, paused, and then ran back to his room.   

After a while, the properly-dressed little sub-beastman ran out again and arrived in from of him: "Let me take a look at your cultivation!"   

Edgar obediently let the little sub-beastman check his condition. He moved his body in passing to block the area with the missing scales.   

Shu Shu quickly checked out Edgar's condition and discovered that Edgar was one step closer to advancement. Face showing a pleasantly surprised expression, he praised: "Big Snake, you’re really great!"   

Edgar suddenly thought that a little itching was nothing. However, as this thought rose, he at once felt a little ridiculous . . . . Truly, he still didn't expect that one day his brain would get dizzy and confused because of a beauty.
 
This little sub-beastman actually couldn’t be considered beautiful. At most, he could be called cute. If it was in the past, Edgar reckoned that he simply wouldn’t take note of someone like the little sub-beastman. However, they had met at the most appropriate time . . . .   

Edgar found that he somewhat wanted to rub against the little sub-beastman. In addition to this, he also wanted to touch the little sub-beastman’s chubby little face.   

Taking back and putting away his own tail that repeatedly wanted to escape to the little sub-beastman’s side, Edgar gritted his teeth and tapped his tail down three times—this was the "secret signal" that he and the little sub-beastman had agreed on; as long as he tapped down three times, it indicated that he was hungry. 

At the moment, he either needed to try diverting his own attention or just eat something, OK!   

"I’ll make you something to eat right away!" Shu Shu hurriedly went to the kitchen and began to cook at lightning speed. Worried that cooking with the oven was too slow, he used a meat slicer to cut the meat real thin and then boiled the thin slices ​​thoroughly. After taking them out and rinsing them with cold water, he quickly put them on a plate for the huge snake to eat.
 
Edgar was happily watching Shu Shu bustle around. The little sub-beastman still cared a lot about him!   

At this time, Shu Shu actually wished his movements could be faster and faster, only then would he be alright. He was not afraid of everything else, but he was afraid of his hungry disciple. If the hungry disciple suddenly thought that its master was quite delicious, what could he do about it?   

Actually, Shu Shu did know that the huge snake would not suddenly run over and eat him, but he just couldn't control himself from thinking irrationally . . . . Wait until the huge snake became a human, and then everything would be good! 

Shu Shu made a pile of food to feed the huge snake’s stomach to the full. Following this, he also ate a few mouthfuls, and then he should supervise and urge his disciple to continue cultivating.   

Shu Shu kept thinking about the fact that the huge snake would become a human, and then he realized . . . . The daily necessities in this house  seemed to be only for him alone? The huge snake would become a human for real, and it did not even have some proper clothes, did it? How about he went out  and bought some? But he did not have any money, what’s to be done then?
 
Shu Shu was at a loss for a while and then abruptly realized that he was thinking too much. The huge snake still had not become a human yet, who knew what size of clothes it was going to wear? Maybe when the moment came, it would transform into a little baby!   

Looking at the huge snake, the ancient Shu Shu who was showing a strange smile ultimately decided to continue to study hard. First, he had to learn speaking the local language. 

However, Shu Shu had not studied for long before someone came. It was Jeress who had brought him out of the forest: "Hello, Susu!" 

"Hello!" Shu Shu showed a big smile toward the other man. He had a good impression of this lion spirit. Keeping his mind on practicing the spoken language, he asked: "What’s your name?" 

"My name is Jeress!" Jeress was smiling and using the simplest language to communicate with the sub-beastman in front of him.
 
Edgar silently stared at the two men, feeling depressed.

"Good disciple, you continue to cultivate, ah!" Shu Shu saw Edgar standing still beside him and urged the huge snake. 

Edgar was even more depressed. He focused on glaring coldly at the two men in front of him.   

Jeress only felt that his body was getting colder and colder. Taking a quick look at the glaring snake next to him, he suddenly had some guilty conscience. 

In front of the beastman father’s face, he flirted with the sub-beastman son.  This action absolutely deserved a beating. 

But the little sub-beastman was really cute! Even if he undoubtedly didn’t have a chance to pursue this little sub-beastman, he was still eager to talk to him . . . .   

Jeress stayed strong.   

Shu Shu was unaware of everything. After practicing the spoken language for a while, he was very firm in rushing the huge snake to cultivate. 



TL's note:
Sad to say that once-a-week update will start sooner than I've expected. Instead of chapter 33, it'll start on chapter 29. So, see you next Wednesday!

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A Guide to - 27

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27. Getting Help to Settle Down

 
Shu Shu was watching those instructional videos that children watched, and the more he saw, the more he felt that something was wrong.
 
He had always thought that he had still been on the earth. The second he had been found, he had still thought that he had run into a group of monsters who lived together on the earth. But now it seemed that he had been wrong, ah!

In the end, he was momentarily unable to say where the wrongness was, but somehow, everything now was totally different from what he had imagined.   

Shu Shu was just thinking about it when he suddenly saw the "little daemon" in the video being carried by his parents onto a spaceship.   

On the screen, the cartoon child Cocoa danced along to the background sound of “Cocoa travels on a spaceship; Cocoa is going to travel on a spaceship; Cocoa goes on a trip; Cocoa is going to go on a trip”, looking incomparably lively. Shu Shu, however, was already stupefied.   

Spaceship! There was actually a spaceship here! This video talked about all kinds of general knowledge in life, and a spaceship actually showed up in the video!   
 
Here . . . was not the earth?

When he had been trapped in the forest before, because he had once lived in the forest for a long, long time, although he had been afraid, but he hadn’t felt that he had been incongruous with everything around him. Now though . . . .   

Shu Shu had the faint sensation of being abandoned by the whole world. 

This place . . . was not the earth he had lived in.   

Although the spiritual power on the earth was sparse, and the environmental pollution was grave, and he had not seen any other daemon except for him, but the earth after all was his native place. He had lived there for so many years, but here . . . Where was this place after all? Those men, were they really daemons?   
In panic, Shu Shu whole person couldn't help but start to stiffen and then tremble slightly.   

Edgar had been paying attention to Shu Shu’s condition. When he discovered this situation, he immediately came to Shu Shu, observing Shu Shu anxiously.   

A familiar scent suddenly appeared; Shu Shu subconsciously stretched his arms out and hugged Edgar's head while asking: "Big Snake, where the heck is this, ah?" His eyes were hot, and then his tears flowed out.   

Edgar was somewhat dazed when the little sub-beastman suddenly got so close to him. Then, feeling the warm tears falling onto his body, he became relentlessly distressed. However, he did not even have hands to help wiping those tears. 

"What to do, ah . . ." Shu Shu once again asked. He had to say that everything here was so unfamiliar to him, and it was only the huge snake that he was quite familiar with . . . . Wait a minute, snake?   

Shu Shu abruptly reacted. Apparently he was . . . hugging a snake head?   

The scales under his hands were cold and smooth, and the enormous snake mouth was next to him . . . .   

Before, this situation would definitely make Shu Shu scared to "death" or immediately rigid, but now he already had a certain immunity. As a result, he, at any rate, didn't react in the ways mentioned above. He ultimately just pushed the huge snake away and then cried out in fear and jumped onto the sofa.   

It seemed like . . . this kind of reaction was even more hurtful? Shu Shu saw that the huge snake remained motionless even when being pushed away by him. On the whole, he felt very embarrassed: "I'm sorry, I’m sorry . . ." He also didn't want to do such things, but he could not do anything about his instinctive reaction . . . . 

Edgar actually had long been used to it. The little sub-beastman was not that courageous and was also afraid of snake. Indeed, this kind of thing was quite normal, and in fact, it was nothing to find fault with.   

After all, the little sub-beastman had been trying his best to overcome his fear to approach Edgar.   

Although Edgar thought so, but his heart was still incomparably bitter.   

"Big Snake, ah, when you become a human, I definitely won’t be afraid of you." Shu Shu gazed at the huge snake and smiled fawningly.

He only had the huge snake now. The huge snake did not have any malice and would even protect him. He really didn't want to be so afraid of it and kill his future prospects, but he couldn't help it . . . .   

He had to make the huge snake cultivate successfully into a human as soon as possible! When the huge snake succeeded in cultivating into a human, he would have nothing to be afraid of!   

"You . . . don't move. Let me take a look at your cultivation progress." Shu Shu said while using a finger to touch the huge snake’s body very carefully. Then he sent off a sliver of spiritual power within his body.   

Using spiritual power to check other people's internal condition was actually very rude. A normal person absolutely wouldn’t let other people's spiritual power enter their body. However, Shu Shu did not know about this issue, and Edgar also didn’t guard against Shu Shu. As a result, Shu Shu’s spiritual power flew free with no obstruction within Edgar's body. Soon, it checked Edgar’s condition all the way through.   

Quite a lot of spiritual power, ah! Moreover . . . it seemed like it was going to transform? 

It loosely meant that the huge snake’s lightning tribulation could arrive tomorrow!   

Shu Shu’s previously gloomy mood was swept clean, and he excitedly patted the huge snake’s head and praised it: “Disciple, you’re really awesome! You’re going to transform, and you’re several hundred times faster than your master!” No, it seemed to be more than several hundred times. He had cultivated for hundreds of years, while this snake had only cultivated for less than one hundred days!   

Anyway, this was a good thing. When the huge snake became a human, he would have a companion. Even if he could not make a living to live here, at worst, he would just return to the mountain together with his disciple.   

When the moment came, making his disciple go hunting while he himself preparing a meal at home was also fine.   

Of course, if it was possible, he still hoped that he could stay here. After all, there were so many amazing high-tech products here . . . . Thinking about it, Shu Shu pulled the huge snake closer and continued to watch the children instructional video: "We both have to study hard and strive for self-improvement, so we can find a job in the future. We also have to find a good job, only then would we be all right. You can eat too much."   

Edgar: "..." All beastmen could eat, ah!   

Edgar accompanied the little sub-beastman to watch all kinds of videos that he had never watched in his childhood, and his mood slowly became tranquil. At the same time, he was also a bit puzzled. The little sub-beastman had said several times that Edgar would be able to become a sub-beastman in the future. What was the meaning of these words?   

The meaning of "human" should surely be sub-beastman, right? Every time the little sub-beastman said “human”, he pointed at himself.

Shu Shu's learning ability was very fast. When Jones returned after arranging a few things, Shu Shu could already speak some simple sentences to him: "Hello! Hello! My name is Shu Shu."   

Jones smiled at Shu Shu. He had already learned some things about this little sub-beastman from Edgar. According to Edgar’s version of events, this little sub-beastman was his savior, but he did not understand anything at all.   

After becoming aware of this detail, Jones originally wanted to give this little sub-beastman an examination and then compare the result with the gene bank to check if there was a possibility that he was a missing sub-beastman or not. In the end, he was rejected by Edgar.
 
There should be some secrets in this little sub-beastman’s body. However, he appeared to be very simple. Even if there were some secrets, by no means those secrets were ill-intentioned.
 
Glancing at the little sub-beastman who put all his thoughts on his face, Jones immediately felt a little relaxed: "Hello, Susu! My name is Jones (Qióng sī)."
 
Dying poor (qióng sǐ)? Shu Shu laughed up his sleeve and smiled furtively, but then he quickly put away his smile.
 
Was my name very strange? Jones was a bit puzzled. Afterwards, he helped Shu Shu setting up a residence—by now, both Shu Shu and Edgar were his responsibilities to be taken care of.
 
A little sub-beastman had suddenly appeared in the forest. Although this matter was strange, it actually did not need Jones the doctor. But this time, taking Edgar into consideration, he nevertheless took on the responsibility to handle this matter. He also found a good reason for his involvement—he definitely could not deliver the cute little sub-beastman to that group of uncouth fellows in the barracks to be taken care of.
 
As for Edgar, this fallen beast . . . . He said he wanted to help this fallen beast examine his physical condition, and everyone else immediately understood.
 
"You two stay here for the time being, OK? Just tell me if you need anything. Also, your identity chip, I will bring it to you tomorrow." Jones said to Shu Shu. Knowing that Shu Shu might not understand, he also made some gestures, letting Shu Shu stay at ease.   

Although the house prepared by Jones was very different than those on the earth, but many of its areas were similar. Jones in front demonstrated how to use various kinds of domestic electric appliances. Shu Shu more or less mastered them; he could even operate all the kitchen stuffs.

"They prepared a lot of food!" Shu Shu found that there was a big freezer in the kitchen, and after seeing a lot of meat frozen inside, his eyes were bright. 

Edgar finally ate some roast meat today. Of course, Shu Shu used the oven to roast it. He had never used an oven, so he didn’t dare to roast the meat for too long. The first time, he only roasted it for two minutes. After two minutes, he took the roast meat out to inspect it. He discovered that it was still not roasted. He put it back and roasted it for another five minutes. After five minutes, it was still not roasted enough. He put it in again to roast for ten minutes . . . .
 
Roasted like this, of course the roast meat would not taste good. But, whether it was Edgar or Shu Shu, both of them were very satisfied with the meal. After eating, Shu Shu immediately said: "Let's hurry up and cultivate, OK!"
   


TL’s note:
Jones = Qióng sī
琼 (qióng) = jasper; fine jade; beautiful; exquisite
斯 (sī) = (phonetic); this
           
穷 (qióng) = poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely
死 (sǐ) = to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; damned; extremely

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26. Watching Children Instructional Video

 
During the journey, Edgar had mulled over what would follow after the little sub-beastman arrived at the beastman colony. For example, how to resolve his and the little sub-beastman’s ID problem, how to contact his own parents, and also how to find the undiscovered traitor. He had thought of everything, but there had been no perfect answer. Until he saw Jones. Only then did he sigh in relief.
 
Jones was a friend of his birth father.

His birth father had been born on a remote planet, his family financial situation average, and Jones had once been his classmate.   

Jones had been born in a wretched family, worse than his birth father’s. Jones’ family had been poor since he had been a child, so he had had no money to study in the university, but he had never given up on his study. He had joined the army at the age of eighteen and become a nurse. Later on, he had followed after a military doctor and studied medicine intensively under him. He had also been recommended several times by the army to study in some well-known hospitals. Twenty years ago, he had already been a famous trauma surgeon. He had also published a research paper on a quick suturing method for the beast type, and was an expert at performing surgery on the beastman who became a beast type after getting injured. In the Beastman Empire, he was one of the very best great masters in the field of medicine.   

Edgar regarded the very young-looking sub-beastman in front of him. His birth father and Dr. Jones had a very good relationship. When Dr. Jones had returned to the capital star a few years ago, he had met with this man. Upon his birth father’s request, he had even revealed his beast type and let the man collect material on him . . . .
 
One heard that Dr. Jones had been living on a remote planet in order to be able to study all kinds of beastman medical cases better. Apparently it was true.   

"Your Imperial Highness the Crown Prince?" Jones asked again. Many sub-beastmen were not good at identifying a beastman's beast type, but he was different. He had mixed in the army for thirty years and seen and known the beast types of countless beastmen. He had already had his own methods for identifying them, and he absolutely wouldn’t make a mistake. Not to mention that the crown prince had once been in his hands, being "studied" carefully.   

Although he had not shown anything on the surface, but in fact, his heart had long been as turbulent as a stormy sea—the crown prince had become a fallen beast!   

Half a year ago, he had received the news that Edgar had been missing and, reportedly, had also suffered serious injuries. Therefore, whenever he heard that a serpentine fallen beast had showed up, he would specially go out to take a look. He had not expected that this time it was really Edgar. 

Jones couldn’t stop his hands from trembling slightly. His shocked look made Shu Shu a bit puzzled. After discovering that the man’s sight was fixed on the huge snake’s body, he couldn't help but said in a small voice: "Is there a problem with Big Snake?" The huge snake cultivated so quickly, could it be that it had come from an ancient race? Maybe it had a mythical animal bloodline and what not? How could it made this leopard spirit so surprised? His disciple was really exceptional.   

Edgar didn't know Shu Shu's train of thought. He waved his tail toward Jones and then used his tail tip to point at Shu Shu. His move was done behind Shu Shu’s body, so Shu Shu totally didn’t see it, and fortunately, he was looking at Jones curiously now. 

Jones finally calmed down. He glanced at Shu Shu, and a smile showed up on his face: "You don't seem to understand much about this world. I’ll show you some popular children science videos." He pulled Shu Shu to the sofa on the side and pressed a button. Across the sofa, a screen appeared, and a children instructional video began to play.

Vaguely, Shu Shu had already realized that everything here was very different than he had thought. To say the least, this place was completely different than the earth he knew. He was watching the children instructional video now, and he watched it very seriously while starting to follow the video to learn the local language. 

Although he was lacking in strength, but, unlike the huge snake, he could already form the daemon core. It allowed him to have a highly retentive memory, so his learning ability was particularly fast.   

The little sub-beastman was engrossed in the children instructional video, but he would turn his head to look at Edgar from time to time. Taking note of this detail, Jones did not bring Edgar to another room and gave Edgar a tablet instead.   

Shu Shu had been paying attention to Edgar all along. When he saw this scene, he thought this little daemon spirit, Jones, had also prepared a toy or a learning tool for the huge snake. He actually did not take it seriously, but the corner of his eyes nevertheless didn’t leave the huge snake’s body.   

The huge snake had already developed intelligence. It could learn many human things like he had done long ago. He hoped it could learn more quickly, so that the two of them could help each other in the future.   

That’s right, he had to study hard and strive for self-improvement. No matter what, he could not fall behind his own disciple.   

While Shu Shu was seriously learning from the children educational video, Edgar quickly tapped on the tablet in front of him and communicated with Jones who stood beside him and also held a tablet. 

If they were in the capital star, they actually could use the more convenient network helmets, but Gass planet was a remote planet and essentially wasn’t connected to the star network. The general network inside the planet did not even cover the whole planet. Naturally, they could only use this ordinary tablet.   

Anyway, it was enough for them to communicate.   

Edgar used his body to block Shu Shu's line of sight while his tail tip kept moving on the tablet. Not long after, he finished typing out his past experiences. Since his parents had let Jones record his physical data, Jones was surely trustworthy. Moreover, his current physical condition was obvious, and he also had nothing to hide.   

Jones read the words in front of him, his complexion very unsightly. The members of the Imperial family were always sparse; Edgar was the only child of the current emperor and his imperial consort. And now, Edgar had become a fallen beast and was being framed by someone. How big of a blow was it for them?   

Furthermore, in whose hands Edgar had gone down after all? Was it possible that these people were actually targeting the emperor and his imperial consort?   

Jones’ expression was a little grave. In the end, he could only write on the tablet: “I will inform His Majesty and the Imperial Consort of your news.” He had used the courteous you to call Edgar before, but now that he was less anxious, he did not use it anymore.   

"Don't let others know." Edgar tapped out the sentence on the tablet. After tapping it out, his mood was exceptionally complicated.   

Of course he wanted to return to human society, but he had already become a beast. If he did go back, he would only become an inconvenience. He might as well let other people think that he was dead.   

Jones took a quick look at the huge snake in front of him. At first, he wanted to say something, but in the end, he just gave a bitter smile.   

He had studied the fallen beasts for so many years and always hoped that he could make the fallen beasts become the beastmen again, but he had gained nothing.   

Legend had it that when the gods saw the sub-beastmen live in hardships, they had the beasts become the beastmen to protect the sub-beastmen properly, and the beast core was the key for them to become humans. Without the beast core . . . they were just beasts.   

A fallen beast could no longer become a human. This matter had long been known by all people in the Beastman Empire. And so, how could a beast exist in human society?   

Coming outside with the communication device, Jones took a deep breath and couldn't help but frown slightly. 

Gass planet was too far away from the capital star. Although the military information channel could be directly connected with the capital star, but wanting to open that kind of channel required passing layer upon layer of checkpoints. It was very unlikely to genuinely depend on this channel to transmit information. He was afraid that Edgar’s affairs would spread everywhere in the end.   

Jones eventually used his own communication device to transmit the confidential information. By sending the information through the information hub, it might reach the capital star in a few days.

Although the speed was a bit slow, but in any case, the information would not be known by other people . . . . Edgar had already been missing for half a year, just a few more days would not make a difference.   

Done with this matter, Jones returned to the previous room just to see that the huge snake was accompanying the little sub-beastman nearby, watching TV together with the little sub-beastman. The two people looked very harmonious.   

No, these were not two people. Rather, these were a human and a beast. 

 

TL’s note:
您 (nín) = you (courteous)
你 (nǐ) = you (informal)

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A Guide to - 25

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25. Leopard Spirit Jones

 
The Imperial family scandal broke out in just a short period of time. The violated sub-beastman’s tearful complaints on the star network were spread everywhere. In the army, the Crown Prince had been arrogant and condescending; the videos and evidence of him bullying and humiliating the new recruit were also put online by someone. In addition, more people came out with information that the Crown Prince had toyed with numerous sub-beastmen and framed his highly talented classmate. There were even many parties who personally came forward to testify against Edgar.
 
Among them were the sub-beastmen who had been toyed with, the new recruit who had been bullied and humiliated, and also the classmate who had been framed. These people’s names and testimonies were authentic. For a time, the crown prince who had been worshipped unexpectedly became a lowlife who was detested by everyone.
  　
"I didn't expect that His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince is actually this kind of person. It truly makes people very disappointed!"
 
"Previous poster, you still call him His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince? A man like him absolutely doesn’t deserve to be a crown prince."   

"His perfect image was deliberately constructed by the Imperial family, right? "
 
"If he’s really an eight-star warrior, how could he lost his beast core just because he got besieged by a few wild animals? His strength is most likely fabricated, right? "   

……

On the star network, all kinds of comments criticizing Edgar were breeding like flies. There were also some people who wanted to defend him, but their arguments seemed pale and weak in the presence of absolute evidence.   

More importantly, the Imperial family all along hadn’t come out to give an explanation.
 
"His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince isn’t this kind of person. Don’t get deceived by those people!"   

"I used to be His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince’s classmate. He’s indeed very remarkable. He didn't need to frame other people at all."   

"His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince definitely won’t become a fallen beast . . ."   

……

"The people who say that Edgar is a good person, are you blind and can't see that evidence?"   

"If he really didn't do these things, come forward with evidence, ah! Get the original story to confront those people!
 
"That violent fallen beast and Edgar’s beast type are exactly the same, if it’s not him, who is it then? "   

……

In the Imperial palace of the Beastman Empire, the emperor and the imperial consort were looking at the online comments, and both their expressions were very ugly. 

Edgar had gone missing while exploring a new planet. They had been looking for him and still haven't found him yet. Then this kind of news suddenly broke out online.   

If Edgar was here, they could make Edgar appear personally to explain that it had nothing to do with him. But, the crux was that Edgar was not here now and even had already been missing for half a year.   

Edgar couldn't stand up for himself, and if they came out and explained, no one would believe it, let alone the people behind the scene who seemed to have been prepared since long ago. Even more, the evidence simply made people difficult to explain.   

For example, the video of Edgar bullying the new recruit. That was actually true, but the soldier had been punished because he had made a mistake and the mistake was not like the sort mentioned above, which was merely because the new recruit had not been respectful enough towards Edgar. Besides, Edgar had only hit him once. However, such truth, even if the Imperial family said it, the common people who were incited would not believe it.   

What was more . . .   

"This snake type fallen beast, is it Edgar after all?" The imperial consort had been repeatedly playing the online video of the violent snake type fallen beast, his complexion dignified.   

The number of snake type beastmen were, nevertheless, countless. Even though the beastmen of the Imperial family were astonishingly gifted, but their looks were quite ordinary. There were many beastmen who looked like them, and the beastman in the video looked exactly the same as Edgar.   

So much so that . . . maybe he was Edgar.   

When Edgar had been carrying out his mission, someone had plotted against him. The core components of the man and the mech had all disappeared, only some mech fragments had been left behind on the battlefield. The tremendous energy fluctuation on the scene had probably been the result of him self-detonating his beast core . . . . From the beginning, they had firmly believed that he had not died. They felt that he was still alive. In this case, wasn’t it possible that he had self-detonated his beast core and then got controlled by someone?   

Was it possible that the snake type fallen beast was really Edgar?   

"Only watching the video, I can’t tell if it’s Edgar or not, but he won't do this kind of thing." The emperor of the Beastman Empire was in the prime of life. He had still been high-spirited half a year ago, but now, he was unexpectedly showing his old age.   

His outstanding son suddenly had had an accident. This matter had hit him deeper than he had imagined.   

"Edgar won’t do this kind of thing, but what if he’s controlled by someone? What if he’s drugged?" the imperial consort said eagerly. 

The two men looked at each other in dismay, silent at last.   

If it was really their child, what were they going to do?   

When the Imperial family scandal in the capital star got more and more intense, the helicopter carrying Shu Shu and Edgar finally arrived at the beastman colony of Gass planet.   

The beastman colony was located in the northern hemisphere of Gass planet, while the forest that had been their home was located in the southern hemisphere. The distance between both sides was far away, and there was also a strait separating the two. It was quite a marvel that Jeress and the other men had actually run off to such a distant place to go hunting.   

From the inside of the helicopter, Shu Shu had seen all kinds of high-rise buildings, as well as various kinds of high-tech products. He had even seen someone standing on top of some flying object high up in the sky . . . .   

When did the science and technology on Earth develop so much? Shu Shu faintly felt that something was wrong, but it was too late to think deeply about it. Glancing to left and right, he started to look like a simple person who was overwhelmed by new experiences and luxurious surroundings, constantly gasping in surprise. 

Gasp of surprise aside, he started to feel a bit afraid.   

Feeling uneasy, Shu Shu pulled the animal skins on his body tighter. He always felt that he looked out of place compared to everything here. Inexplicably, Jeress and the other men also made him feel strange. In the end, he actually couldn’t help but move closer to Edgar’s side.

"Big Snake, this place is really big, ah!" Shu Shu’s face was full of emotions.   

Edgar was silent; he could not speak now, and also . . . from his perspective, this place was not big. Indeed, when it came to places, the capital star was a hundredfold bigger and a hundredfold more beautiful than here. 

"I feel a little afraid." Shu Shu said again, his voice very low. It was only Edgar who heard and understood Shu Shu’s words.   

Extending his own tail, Edgar patted Shu Shu's shoulder.   

Shu Shu was pacified and then recalled that it was a snake tail patting him . . . . It seemed that he was even more afraid now, ah! 

Shu Shu looked at the huge snake that was stationed very close to him, all the hair on his body standing on end. At this moment, he heard a very gentle voice: "Are you the little sub-beastman whom they picked up in the forest?"

Shu Shu could not understand what the man said, but that man’s appearance made Shu Shu feel very, very secure—that man was just like him, half-man half-animal!   

The man seemed to be about thirty years old. He didn’t look like Jeress and the rest who were muscle-bound from head to toe—on the contrary, he was rather thin. Looking at the cultured and refined man with a gentle smile hanging on his face made people who saw him can’t help but have a deep, good impression of him.   

Without doubt, Shu Shu liked those two round ears on top of the man’s human ears . . . . Those were leopard ears, right? Was this man in front of him a leopard spirit?   

"You’re also just like me. Did your cultivation go wrong?" Shu Shu asked.   

The young man with leopard ears did not understand Shu Shu’s words, but he already knew some things about Shu Shu from the inside information sent by Jeress. No wonder he had been smiling gently at Shu Shu all this time: "Hello, my name is Jones. I’m a doctor. I’ll take you to do a checkup, OK?"   

Jones beckoned to Shu Shu, and Shu Shu followed after him for a few steps before looking back towards the huge snake.   

Edgar glanced at Jones, tail tapping the floor a few times.   

"He can also go with us." Jones said to Shu Shu.   

"Dr. Jones, don’t! This is a fallen beast!" Jeress immediately said. Although Dr. Jones was quite powerful, but he was also a mere sub-beastman. What if he got hurt by the fallen beast?   

"Do you think that I can't even handle a fallen beast?" Dr. Jones was all smiles toward Jeress.   

"Of . . . of course not . . ." Jeress stammered, unexpectedly showing some fear on his face.   

Apparently, this leopard spirit was quite powerful, ah! Shu Shu looked at the man admiringly while encouraging himself. He believed that he would surely become very powerful as well. Even if he could not become very powerful, his disciple would definitely become very powerful!   

"Let's go." Dr. Jones turned his body around and walked ahead.   

Shu Shu, a little nervous, followed closely behind.   

"Jeress’ group found a little sub-beastman in the forest!"   

"He looks really cute, ah! So small and exquisite!" 

"I want to talk with the little sub-beastman!"   

……

A group of beastmen crowded in not far away, whispering. They stared at Shu Shu and drooled. At last, someone could not help but stand up and walk toward Shu Shu.   

Naturally, it was a particularly tall beastman. He wore a skintight combat uniform, revealing all his muscles. When he walked, his imposing manner was even more striking.   

It was the first time Shu Shu saw such a tall man. He gaped at him and got scared in the end. Making eye contact with the other man’s hungry gaze, he couldn’t help but shrank a little and went to hide behind the "leopard spirit"—this daemon looked so fierce and also liked him, didn’t he?   

Then, Shu Shu saw a scene that shocked him.   

The "leopard spirit" pressed a switch on his hand, and a needle flew toward the muscled male. The muscled man's eyes went straight, and then he crashed onto the ground and turned into an elephant, slumbering and snoring.   

What an awesome hidden weapon! What an awesome leopard spirit!   

While Shu Shu was busy admiring the sub-beastman Jones, whom he believed was a leopard spirit, Jones himself was smiling and sweeping his eyes over the restless beastmen surrounding them: "This sub-beastman is still young, you’d better not have any thoughts that you shouldn’t have."   

The surrounding beastmen thought of Dr. Jones’ earlier trick and immediately quivered. They no longer dared to think too much. Jeress, who originally wanted to catch up, also halted his step with a bitter face.   

Jones brought Edgar and the little sub-beastman directly to his infirmary, and his expression suddenly became solemn: "Your Imperial Highness the Crown Prince, how could you appear here? Also . . . how could you become a fallen beast?"

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24. Departure and Scandal


Jeress had already decided early on to take the little sub-beastman away. At any rate, the sub-beastman should not be living in a dangerous forest. But before that, he needed to find out about the little sub-beastman’s circumstances. He also needed to find out about the circumstances of this fallen beast being at the little sub-beastman’s side. 
 
Why would they live in the forest? 

The little sub-beastman and he were obstructed by the language barrier. Jeress had wanted to communicate with the fallen beast at the little sub-beastman’s side . . . . The fallen beast had apparently thought the same, so they had showed up together here. 

Reading the words the fallen beast had written down, Jeress sighed with relief. The fallen beast knew that he had to to leave. No matter what, a sub-beastman could not continue to keep a fallen beast at his side.
 
"How could this sub-beastman is living in the forest? Why can’t he understand the common language? Could it be that he has been living in the wild since childhood?" Jeress asked. The little sub-beastman could not understand the common language, neither could he understand all the other dialects. He didn’t even understand the difference between a beastman and a sub-beastman, which was simply wrong. 

Edgar glanced at Jeress and used his tail to write the answer on the ground: “He has been living in the wild since childhood, so he doesn’t understand anything.” Edgar knew that the little sub-beastman had not been living here since childhood. On the contrary, both of them had been sent over from other places. But that kind of explanation was no good. It was better off to say that the little sub-beastman had grown up here all along.

Furthermore . . . the little sub-beastman wanted to follow after these men and leave the forest for a trip. Apart from protecting the little guy, he also planned to contact his own parents so they would collect and take care of the little sub-beastman. Then they could help him look for his close relatives. Since it was like this, Edgar naturally wouldn’t explain too much about the little sub-beastman’s affairs  to the beastman before his eyes. 

“Living in the forest since childhood? Is he like Karl the wolfman?” Jeress was a bit surprised. “Karl the Wolfman” was a bestseller book in the Beastman Empire, telling a story about a beastman couple who travelled with their newly-born little beastman and had an accident. The beastman couple died, while the little beastman was adopted by a pack of wolves, and thanks to his formidable strength, he also became the king of the wolf pack. Later, he ran into a beastman expedition, and only then did he realize that he was actually not a wolf but a beastman . . . . 

Edgar certainly knew about this book. After thinking for a moment, he nodded briefly.
 
Jeress, however, thought about the situation even more. It was quite difficult for the little sub-beastman to survive in the forest. Him living so well now was definitely not the same as Karl the Wolfman who had relied on his own strength . . . .

"Could it be that you’re the little sub-beastman’s father? Since you’ve been taking care of him all along?” Jeress regarded the fallen beast in front of him with admiration. Sure enough, as a father, he was really strong. This fallen beast could remain clear-headed in order to protect his own child, right? Of course, it probably had something to do with the strength of the fallen beast too . . . . Being able to make Jeress feel afraid by sheer pressure, the strength of this fallen beast was deep and unmeasurable. Before turning into a fallen beast, he definitely had been a beastman warrior with formidable strength!
 
Father? Edgar, making eye contact with Jeress’ reverent gaze, was rooted to the spot. 

"Rest assured, I’ll certainly protect your child properly and won’t ever let him suffer any harm." Jeress was conspicuously rather excited to offer his guarantee. 
Edgar didn't think so, and his tail whipped past Jeress. 

Jeress instinctively avoided it and somewhat had a guilty conscience. A beastman father had never had a good opinion on the young beastman who coveted his own sub-beastman child. That sort of guarantee he had just made was really like asking for a beating . . . . How about he left and hide so the man could stop beating him and take some time to cool his temper?
 
Although he had just met the little sub-beastman, and his feelings for the little sub-beastman could not be called love yet, but he really liked the little sub-beastman and intended to pursue him . . . .
 
Jeress stood still and decided not to dodge anymore. However, the fallen beast unexpectedly didn’t continue to beat him. Instead, he calmly lied on his stomach in the snow, not moving a muscle.
 
The next day, Shu Shu took his snake disciple along to follow after the group of “daemons”, leaving the cave where he had lived in for half a year. 

Before he left, he secretly stuffed his mouth with all the food that he could put into his food pouches. The rest of things that he did not want to stuff into his mouth were taken out and given as a present to Jeress and the other men.
 
Shu Shu had eaten the food from these people, and it was always important to  behave properly by reciprocating. 

Jeress and the other men took a sack of sweet potatoes given by the little sub-beastman and were very touched—the little sub-beastman gave them a present! 
"Hurry up and let’s go, OK!" Wrapping all the animal skins he owned around his body, Shu Shu stated happily while shivering in the cold.

Jeers nodded and then used a communication device to contact the military station.
 
No more than ten minutes, a helicopter came overhead the forest and landed in front of them.
 
Shu Shu saw the helicopter and stared blankly at it. So actually, it was that simple if he wanted to leave? !

"Our military communication device can send signals even in the forest." Jeress explained. This planet did not have many garrisons, and the signal did not cover the entire planet. This side of the virgin forest didn’t even have any people patrolling it. Probably because of this that the little sub-beastman had not been able to ask for help to leave this forest from the beginning.
 
In fact, they did not have the right to make a military helicopter come to pick up a person. However, it was different when there was a sub-beastman in the forest. According to the rescue regulations, when a sub-beastman met with danger during a non-war situation, the military had to do their utmost to rescue him.
 
As for why they hadn't contacted the outside yesterday . . . . They had been giving the little sub-beastman a chance to pack his luggage . . . . Well, they had also wanted to try getting closer to the little sub-beastman.
   
The helicopter carried all of Jeress' group of people away. Edgar’s identity as a fallen beast was initially questioned, but considering that there were many beastmen around, there was no need to worry that the fallen beast would get crazy and hurt the sub-beastman. Edgar, nevertheless, was the little sub-beastman’s close relative, so they still took him along with them in the end.

The helicopter rose through the air, and while a group of people went to the beastman settlement, in the capital star of the Beastman Empire, a major event had just happened. Or it was perhaps more accurate to say that a scandal had broken out.
 
The Beastman Empire nowadays was a constitutional monarchy. The monarch’s power was not that great, but even so, people still focused their attention upon the Imperial family. Currently, the only unmarried member of the Imperial family was Prince Edgar, who was also the dream lover of innumerable sub-beastmen and the idol of countless beastmen.
 
Without doubt, his rank was already eight-star beastman, and he had also accomplished quite many feats. How could people not worship a young man like this?
 
But now, he had become an existence who was despised by people.
　　 
When Crown Prince Edgar had been clearing up the dangerous animals on a newly-discovered planet, he had shaken off his bodyguards in arrogance. As a result, he had gotten surrounded, and eventually, his beast core had been destroyed, turning him into a fallen beast.
 
That wasn’t all. After he had become a fallen beast, not only had the Imperial family concealed his situation, but they had also secretly kept him in the Capital Star. And so, just yesterday, he had violated a sub-beastman, and the harmed sub-beastman had almost died!
　　 
The Prince had only just turned into a fallen beast, so he was still rational, but he had actually gone to hurt a sub-beastman! The Imperial family even tried to cover up this matter and persecute the sub-beastman’s close relatives!

If it weren’t for the escaping sub-beastman, perhaps nobody would know about this matter!
　　 
When the news and all kinds of photos and videos associated with it were spread online, so many of the masses felt very angry. Further, the miserable appearance of the damaged sub-beastman made them thoroughly disappointed with Edgar. They also wished that the Imperial family could give them a statement. 

Of course, the main culprit, Edgar, had to be punished too! 



Author’s note:

Edgar: I’m being falsely accused, ah! Obviously I have been living contentedly in the forest raising a hamster T_T

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