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37. Robbing the Star Pirate Ship
 

There were not many star pirates in the Beastman Empire.
 
The Empire was strong and prosperous; how could it tolerate savage robbers in its territory?
 
But there were still a number of star pirates. Some of them were criminals; they didn’t want to plead guilty, so they roamed about and robbed the spaceships in the interstellar. Some actually had good identities outside; they secretly robbed others in order to reap without sowing. And there were some who were born as star pirates from the start, living on various undeveloped planets . . . .
 
There were many origins of star pirates, but no matter which kind of star pirate they were, it was impossible for them to grow too big. After all, just a little bigger, and the military might keep watch on them. In the meantime, they didn't dare to behave unscrupulously.
 
If they robbed a spaceship and only snatched its belongings, then the Empire would not necessarily spend huge manpower and physical resources to deal with them. But if they dared to kill people or hurt them, or did other cruel things that led to public outrage, the military would definitely attack their old nest in an instant.
 
For example, Edgar had once annihilated a gang of star pirates who had robbed a good deal of cargo spaceships. They were the descendants of a group of men who had played truant several hundred years ago. At that time, the situation of the Beastman Empire was quite chaotic. There were many private planets that lacked supervision, and these truants suffered severe treatment there. Having reached the end of their patience, they robbed the mineral star’s cargo spaceship and became star pirates. At first, they handled matters with propriety; they only robbed some smuggling spaceships or spaceships coming out of private planets, and on top of that, they didn’t kill anyone. The Empire also didn’t spend much effort to suppress them. As a result, when they replaced their leader a few years ago, they thought they were powerful. Eventually, because they lacked sub-beastmen, they brazenly robbed a cruise spaceship and even killed some beastmen and snatched the sub-beastmen inside.
 
In the end, those sub-beastman were saved from their capture. Through the military emergency communication channel, Edgar, who knew the whole story, had already led the armed force to eliminate the star pirates.
 
Other people on the spaceship had never met star pirates, so they were a little afraid. Edgar was truly not particularly worried though . . . . Star pirates who would take a fancy to this dilapidated ship were definitely not very strong. Although Edgar’s spaceship was a cargo spaceship, but before they set off, they had equipped it with lots of weapons. Furthermore, there were soldiers equipped with mechs on the spaceship. It was not difficult at all if they wanted to repel the other party.
 
But now, Edgar didn't think of repelling the other party.
 
As soon as Edgar arrived at the cockpit, he looked at the scanned picture of the outside.
 
Those star pirates were still a bit far from them. It was only an old spaceship of the sentry series, and the reason why Jones knew that they were star pirates . . . was because the star pirate ship voluntarily sent them a message to let them know.
 
This was also considered to be the star pirates’ customary move. They would send a message to the spaceship they robbed early on and say some threatening words. Once the people in the robbed spaceship got really frightened, they could easily snatch the goods.

"Your Imperial Highness, let us fend off those star pirates!"
 
"Your Imperial Highness, I have a mech, let me go out and fight!"
 
"Your Imperial Highness, let me go out and fight too!"
 
Two hundred soldiers from Gass planet were on the spaceship, and they all looked very eager and excited to fight.
 
They had never run into real battles after being assigned to Gass planet. At most, they had only caught those fairly lethal animals of Gass planet. Now that they knew they actually had an opportunity to kill some star pirates, one could well imagine how excited they were.
 
"Don't go out and engage first, wait for them to come over." Edgar said.
 
"Wait for them to come over and then eliminate them at one stroke?" Jeca couldn't help asking. He was especially excited and couldn't help but feel like turning into his beast form. If it were not for knowing that turning into a beast form when being excited was a display of immaturity, and that he would be teased by all, he surely wouldn’t be able to restrain himself.
 
"Yeah." Edgar nodded faintly.
 
Jeca and the other men were even more excited.
 
Shu Shu simply couldn't understand why they were so excited. It was star pirates, ah! He had never seen any star pirates, but he reckoned they were about the same as the pirates on Earth?
 
He usually read novels and watch movies, and he was quite fond of those with pirate theme. At one time, he even thought that a certain one-eyed pirate was very handsome. But if he really came across some pirates . . . he would definitely be afraid. He didn’t want to run into any pirates at all, and he certainly didn’t want to get robbed by those pirates!
 
Edgar was just going to help Shu Shu settle down when he saw Shu Shu looking very scared and on edge. “Shu Shu, you go back and stay in the room. Rest assured, nothing will happen.”
 
“It’s really nothing?” Shu Shu was still a bit nervous. Although Edgar seemed very powerful, but who knew if there were even more powerful people in this place?
 
"It’s nothing. I’ll go back with you first." Edgar gently said and then turned towards Jones. "Would Dr. Jones like to accompany Shu Shu?"
 
"Very well." Jones nodded. Initially, when he came across the star pirates, he was indeed quite afraid, but he was unafraid now. He even wanted to go outside to see. However, considering the current situation, he nevertheless gave up his plan and decided to stay with Shu Shu.
 
His physical fitness was not comparable to that of the beastman. Although he had some tricks, but was it likely that those star pirates would show their weak points to be shot by his anesthesia needle? He had better not cause trouble for everyone.

Edgar sent Jones and Shu Shu back to Shu Shu’s room and assigned some men to stand guard at the door. To the rest of the soldiers, he ordered: "Once the two spaceships are connected, hide yourself well and wait until the pirates get into the ship to catch them in one fell swoop. Be careful not to let the boatmen get hurt." In fact, let those boatmen confound everyone; it was even more suitable for his next plan. Most of the boatmen were ordinary beastmen, though, so their strength was low, and Edgar naturally wasn’t about to let them take the risks.

"Your Imperial Highness, what about you?" Someone asked.
 
"I have other works that need to be done." Edgar said.
 
Having arranged all the people on the scene, Edgar chose an empty room to turn into a prototype, or shrink to the thumb-sized version which Shu Shu had seen before.
 
Edgar looked at his own tail and once again experienced the wonder of spiritual power.
 
He didn’t know from which lanes or alleys the little sub-beastman got the cultivation method. It actually allowed him to become bigger or smaller at will . . . . If more people learned this cultivation method, and if those fallen beasts could learn it as well . . . .   

It’s certainly too early to think about these things now. He had better have a proper chat with the little sub-beastman once they arrived at the capital star.
 
At the moment . . . he still had a more important work that needed to be done.
 
Thinking about it, Edgar looked at his own claws again and then felt that he was still a little too big.
 
It’s good if he could become a little smaller . . . . Closing his eyes, Edgar began to circulate his spiritual power, and with the circulating spiritual power, he really became smaller in just one cycle. He was only a little bigger than a toothpick now.
 
Edgar was somewhat unaccustomed to this tiny form, but he knew that with his current appearance, it was definitely very difficult for others to notice him, not to say that he could also use spiritual power to cover his whole body and conceal himself.
 
Wrapped in a layer of spiritual power, Edgar came to the doorway of their cargo spaceship. Those star pirates hadn’t arrived yet, but there were already plenty of soldiers lying in wait in the vicinity.
 
At this time, the star pirate ship was approaching.
 
The captain of the star pirate ship was called Kamille, a snake beastman. He was the leader of this group of star pirates, but he was not the one who established it. Rather, he inherited that position from his father.

The old head of the star pirates had absolute control over the spaceship. Before he died, he gave the control of the star pirate ship to his only son, Kamille. Besides Kamille, no one could start the ship, so it was inevitable and also right that Kamille became the new leader of the star pirate ship.
 
And this time was the first time Kamille brought his men out for robbery after inheriting the star pirate ship.
 
He didn't expect that his luck was so good. The first time he came out, he actually saw such an outmoded spaceship. It was a cargo spaceship that no one would care about even if they saw it, so it also didn’t matter if he robbed it!
 
Seeing that the cargo spaceship did not put out any resistance, Kamille felt extremely happy.

"Captain, we had better be more careful, maybe the other party is bluffing." Someone on the side reminded Kamille.
 
"Bluffing? Who are they going to bluff? It's just an old cargo spaceship that can't get any older! Maybe this is the smuggling ship of those remote planets. Even if it’s robbed, no one will dare to say anything!"
 
What Kamille had said was very reasonable. A cargo spaceship like that was unlikely to have the ability to resist . . . . Although there were some of Kamille’s subordinates who faintly felt that something was amiss, but they didn’t say much in the end. Instead, they were all eager to start.

Star pirates didn't have identity cards. They couldn't log on to the star network, and they couldn't go to those flourishing, big planets. In fact, they didn't have a good life; the only thing they had was basically a criminal record. In this lifetime, they could only become star pirates. Even if they wanted to change, they were unable to change . . . .
 
Now that they could rob a cargo spaceship, maybe they would find a lot of novelties inside . . . . They were naturally very excited.
 
After the two spaceships were connected, the fully armed star pirates clamored and burst into the cargo spaceship.
 
Huh? There’s no one?
 
The star pirates stared blankly for a moment, but as a result, they started to get cautious. However, at this time, even if they were being cautious, it’s already too late . . . .
 
The star pirates who got onto the ship first were just a group of small bandits. Their strength was so low that even if they were already on guard, they still got captured by the regular troops who were well-coordinated and equipped with many weapons.
 
Jeress and the rest only spent a little effort to catch all the star pirates who came to their spaceship. After that, they suddenly realized . . . it seemed like they already completed the task that His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince had assigned to them. What should they do next?
 
They were all slightly at a loss. Right at this moment, another message sent by the star pirates aboard arrived.
 
"I surrender, I surrender! Don't kill me!" A man's miserable shriek echoed inside both spaceships at the same time. After a while, it became a crying plea. "I really didn't mean it. I won't rob anyone again in the future. I beg you, please, let me go . . ." 

Who was he calling out for? Jeress and the others were somewhat curious.
 
The man who was crying out sounded like their captain, Kamille . . . . The captured star pirates were rather speechless.
 
Although Kamille’s strength was average, but he was still a four-star beastman. He also had a five-star beastman at his side to protect him. More importantly, he stayed in their spaceship. If someone wanted to go over, they had to pass through layer upon layer of barriers. How could Kamille get caught? How the heck did these people accomplish it?
 
The star pirates felt extremely depressed while Edgar felt that things simply couldn’t go more smoothly that this.
 
When the star pirate ship and the cargo spaceship were connected, he sneaked into the star pirate ship and went directly to the most tightly-protected cockpit. Sure enough, he saw the leader of the star pirate ship. After that, he immediately became bigger and captured the man easily . . . .
 
The star pirates didn’t dare to resist after hearing their leader’s shriek. In fact, under Edgar’s threat, the star pirate leader had discreetly and rightfully used his authority of the star pirate ship to lock up the star pirates who hadn’t gone to the cargo spaceship in their respective cabins, so they also couldn’t resist at all . . . . Jeress and the other men who had tied that first group of star pirates then rushed straight into the star pirate ship and finally saw some star pirates who were beaten unconscious by Edgar. In addition, there was the star pirate leader who was also caught by Edgar.
 
Everything was totally different from what they had imagined. Shouldn’t these star pirates they encountered want to indulge in playing a game? Why did this incident end so fast?
 
Also, how the heck did His Imperial Highness rush straight in and catch the star pirate leader?
 
Jeress and the other men doubted Edgar very much. Of course, following their doubts, they inevitably sighed with emotion—His Imperial Highness was really too amazing!

Edgar naturally didn't know his subordinates’ thoughts. He was now using his tail to push various buttons on this spaceship that belonged to the star pirates.
 
He removed star pirate leader Kamille’s control over the spaceship, completely sealed many areas on the spaceship, and then knocked out the star pirate leader with his tail and once again used his tail to sweep the unconscious man over to Jeress.
 
Seeing that Jeress had grabbed the star pirate, Edgar returned to their cargo spaceship and put on some clothes.
 
The first trip was to the little sub-beastman’s place to tell Shu Shu and Jones that all the star pirates had been caught. Following that, Edgar returned to the star pirate ship along with those two hundred soldiers to catch each and every one of the star pirates and seize all their weapons.
 
Jeca liked to fight and also liked novels or movies and TV series with this aspect. Although he was a soldier, but his most admired idol in the past was actually the star pirate captain in “Star Pirate King”.

In his mind, star pirates should be heroic and unyielding and very formidable, but now . . . . Seeing the star pirates naked except for their underwears, huddled together and even emitting a stinking odor, he felt that all his fantasies about his idol were shattered.
 
"How are star pirates like this?" Jeca couldn't help asking.
 
"How can star pirates not be like this?" Jeress retorted. Star pirates basically drifted about in the interstellar space and occasionally stayed for a time on those undeveloped planets . . . . Even if some star pirates could get along well with people from remote galaxies, the vast majority of star pirates actually lacked quite a lot of things, and frankly, it was also very difficult for them to have a bath.

Speaking of spaceship . . . although the spaceship used by the star pirates was already a hundred years old, but it was still much newer than their several-hundred-year-old cargo spaceship. However, this neglected star pirate ship was very dirty, and Edgar couldn't stand to look at it anymore.
 
"These guys need to have a bath. Once they’re done bathing, bring them back here." Edgar said. He was familiar with this kind of scene, but he didn't imagine that these people or their spaceship would be so dirty . . . . Nevertheless, this spaceship had windows, and he still intended to have the little sub-beastman come and see the starry sky. In this case, it was definitely necessary to give this place a good clean-up.
 
After these star pirates were brought onto the cargo spaceship and bathed by the soldiers, everyone's hands were stuffed with the cleaning rags. Then they were ordered to clean their spaceship in an hour, or else they would be thrown out of the spaceship!
 
Although the soldiers had found several housekeeping robots from the cargo spaceship to help, although there were many star pirates, but wasn’t it too hard to clean up a spaceship in an hour?
 
The star pirates were speechless. They felt suffocated, but they simply didn’t dare to resist and could only work hurriedly.
 
Kamille had been beaten unconscious before, but now he was already awake. Holding a cleaning rag and a bucket, he began the first big cleaning of his life with a sullen face. "Who the hell are these people? Operating a beat-up spaceship to trick us. Aren’t they ashamed?" How was it possible that someone who operated such a shabby cargo spaceship was so powerful he could completely ignore the defenses on their spaceship? From the start, these people had deliberately set them up, right?

"If my eyes aren’t wrong, the leader of these men is the Crown Prince Edgar." A man beside Kamille said.
 
"You . . . what did you say?" Kamille looked at the man in shock.
 
"Haven’t you seen what Edgar looks like? You should be able to see that the man looks just like Edgar, right?" The man turned towards Kamille.
 
"I thought it’s only a little similarity. And what about his beast type? It’s not a snake."

"If a beastman of the Imperial family awakens the bloodline, he will become like that." The man said again while scrubbing the wall briskly.
 
"Why the great crown prince would still make life difficult for me . . ." Kamille was extremely distressed, and then he was hauled up by a soldier and given a whip. The soldier who hauled him up barked angrily: "You hurry up and work! Don't be lazy!"

Feeling aggrieved, Kamille started to work.
 
Seeing Kamille like this, the man who had talked to Kamille before sighed. If he had known earlier that he only needed to capture and threaten Kamille to make him hand over control of the spaceship, he definitely would’ve attacked and taken possession of the spaceship already!
 
Anyway, even if he was the one controlling the spaceship, if he saw this cargo spaceship, he reckoned he would still go and rob it. At that time, it was inevitable that he would also go down to the present position . . . .
 
But, what the hell was with this crown prince? He actually made them wash the spaceship until squeaky clean . . . .
 
After an hour, Edgar gave the spaceship a thorough inspection and also manipulated his spiritual power to produce water to re-wash several windows on the spaceship. Finally satisfied, he then called Shu Shu to come. "If you want to see the starry sky, you can see it from here."

"Excellent!" Shu Shu leaned forward onto the window, looking at everything outside with wonder.
 
He really didn't expect that as a little hamster, he actually had a chance to lift off and fly into space!
 
Shu Shu felt that he was not an ordinary hamster anymore. He was definitely a hamster who had seen the big world now!
 
Well, everyone in this world had seen the big world, so he actually wasn’t that awesome . . . .
 
His disciple was great, though. "Edgar, you’re really amazing! I said I wanted to see the starry sky, and you make it happen. "
 
The corner of Edgar’s mouth hooked up slightly.
 
Jeress and the others were left speechless. They were very curious before. They didn’t understand why His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince would suddenly want to rob this star pirate ship. As it turned out, it was to please the sub-beastman?!
 
His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince was indeed amazing. His means of pleasing the sub-beastman were actually so high-level . . . . They had to learn some, so they didn’t have to worry about not being able to find a sub-beastman in the future!
 
Shu Shu pulled Edgar close to watch the starry sky for a long time. Seeing Shu Shu watch several planets from a distance, Edgar specially told the spaceship operator to approach them, which made Shu Shu clutch Edgar's arm in excitement.
 
Although Shu Shu had already traveled in the spaceship for several days, but only now did Shu Shu vividly feel that he had flown into space and arrived in the universe.
 
At the same time, not far away, another spaceship discovered the situation in this corner and saw two spaceships that were still connected together and slowly moving forward.
 
"Captain, there’re two spaceships in front!"
 
"One of them is Kamille’s. His dad has just died several days ago, and he’s already gone out to rob someone. He even managed to rob a cargo spaceship. His luck’s actually pretty good."

"Captain, Kamille’s guys have no skills. Now they’ve just robbed a cargo spaceship, I think their situation is still chaotic. Are we going to . . ."
 
Not sure whether Edgar’s luck was good or bad, but this spaceship was also a star pirate ship.
 
Currently, the star pirates on this star pirate ship were giving the captain some ideas, one after another. After the captain listened to his jabbering subordinates, he showed a smug expression. "Aren’t we here today for that Kamille guy?"

Kamille’s father was dead, while Kamille himself didn’t have any prestige . . . . This was absolutely the best time to swallow his group of star pirates . . . . It was indeed for the spaceship in Kamille’s hand that the captain brought his subordinates here.
 
In contrast to Kamille, this leader of a group of star pirates did not connect his spaceship as soon as he came up. His spaceship was better than Kamille’s, and his equipped weapons were also above average. After he showed up, he launched a few missiles toward Kamille’s spaceship.
 
The missiles left some marks on Kamille’s spaceship, and the whole spaceship shook. At the same time, the sound of Kamille’s loud surrender was transmitted . . . .
 
"That guy Kamille is a weakling!" The leader of a group of star pirates said disdainfully and let his subordinates go over to receive Kamille’s spaceship.
 
Spaceship connected, his ruthless subordinates rushed forth into Kamille’s spaceship. Then they saw that Kamille and the other pirates wore thin clothes and had already removed their weapons while waiting to surrender at the doorway of the ship’s hold.
 
"Kamille, you did the right thing, ah. You guys must’ve already thought about seeking refuge in us, right?" The star pirate who walked into Kamille’s spaceship laughed heartily. Another man even taunted Kamille: "Haha, Kamille, you clean up nicely just like a sub-beastman. Your spaceship’s also spick and span. Now I know that you’ll make a good wife . . . . Why don’t you become my sub-beastman wife? I’ll definitely treat you well!"

Kamille shook with anger, but after thinking of something, he was not angry anymore and looked at the man with sympathy instead.

Just as expected, after a while, the voice of the leader of this star pirate group was broadcasted.
 
This leader did not shamefully beg for mercy like Kamille had done; he only said: "Men of Blazing Flame star pirate group, quickly put your weapons down. Our spaceship has already been captured by others."

The star pirate who had just taunted Kamille was mystified. They were just about to capture other people’s spaceship, ah. How could their own spaceship suddenly get captured in reverse? He still couldn’t think clearly when a group of regular troops rushed out from nowhere. Some of them even wore mechs!
 
Damn! They fell into an ambush!
 
On the other hand, Edgar, who used all the skills he had practiced on board the cargo spaceship these days, spiritedly beat more star pirates unconscious and captained another star pirate ship.
 
After discovering that this star pirate ship was more advanced than the sentry series, Edgar once again made those star pirates come to clean the spaceship. Besides, on the following journey, he planned to use this spaceship to open up the path while Kamille’s spaceship brought up the rear, and then the cargo spaceship would be towed in the middle to hasten their way to the capital star.
 
In this way, their speed could be much, much faster, and they would be able to reach the capital star in several days.

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A Guide to - 36

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36. Not a Sub-beastman
 

Sure, there were many people coming and going from Gass planet, but those people rode in public spaceships or tourist spaceships, or in some corporations' cargo spaceships. The military naturally took the military spaceship, so Gass planet only had a single cargo spaceship at their disposal.

In fact, this was already quite good. Some of the less remote planets were far more inhabited than Gass planet, but they all didn’t have any spaceships that belonged exclusively to their planet.
 
A spaceship was not a mere aircraft; it was a very expensive one. Even if it was not operated, its annual maintenance would cost a lot of money.
 
"How about taking the military spaceship, Your Imperial Highness?" Justin, who saw Edgar looking at the spaceship with a wooden expression, felt slightly unsure and cautiously asked.
 
"No need. I’ll check this one first." Edgar said. He had lost his beast core because some people had plotted against him. It made him act more cautiously now. Military spaceships were numbered; if he really took one to leave this planet, he was liable to be found by those people. By comparison, this outmoded cargo spaceship was actually not so conspicuous.
 
Speaking of spaceship, its construction cost was expensive. Although this old-fashioned spaceship was already quite rare now, but there were still people who used it. The one used by a gang of star pirates whom he had once flattened was basically this type of spaceship because this model was particularly sturdy and durable.
 
Of course, in the end, whether the spaceship could be used or not, it still had to be checked thoroughly before it could be used.
 
Edgar joined the army after he graduated. To this day, it had been more than ten years already. He could operate nearly all kinds of spaceships and also had a deep understanding of them. It was only natural that he wanted to check this cargo spaceship first. There’s no question about it.

This spaceship was indeed very old, but it was well-maintained and could fully support long-distance interstellar travel. After inspecting it, Edgar said: "This one will do."
 
Seeing Edgar not snubbing the spaceship, Justin sighed with relief and asked Edgar whether he wanted to bring many people with him.
 
"In addition to the crew, I’ll also choose two hundred soldiers to go with me. Dr. Jones goes with me as well. Is that okay?" Edgar said.
 
"No problem." Justin replied, patting his own chest. He truly didn't dare making a decision to allow Edgar to take the military spaceship, but to choose two hundred soldiers to escort the crown prince back to the capital star was no problem.
 
"Many thanks. When I get to the capital star, I’ll definitely propose to develop Gass planet." Edgar said. So to speak, he was penniless now, and yet Justin still helped him with courtesy.

Justin’s face turned red from happiness, and he became even more cordial. He knew that since Edgar had said so, Gass planet would definitely get developed.
 
Even if the prime minister and the parliament did not agree, the Imperial family could effortlessly develop Gass planet by spending their own money!
 
The number of people in the Imperial family had always been sparse, but every one of them was brave and good at fighting. The Imperial family had taken the first initiative to propose a constitutional monarchy, which in turn had allowed them to protect their entire properties. The wealth accumulated over ten thousand years had continuously earned them the title of the richest family in the Empire. Reportedly, just their private planets alone were more than a hundred . . . . Furthermore, included among these were a good deal of energy planets and inhabitable planets.
 
When Justin looked at Edgar, it was practically like looking at a glittering, golden Big Buddha.
 
In the afternoon, Justin was done preparing all the things Edgar wanted. The cargo spaceship could lift off and enter the outer space at any time.
 
"We’ll set off immediately." Edgar said to Shu Shu.
 
"We’ll leave so soon?" Shu Shu was a bit reluctant to leave. He also had a deep concern about the future.
 
"The capital star is a hundred times more beautiful than this place, a melting pot of fine food from the entire Beastman Empire." Edgar watched Shu Shu expressionlessly.
 
"Hurry up and go!" Shu Shu put the last bite of the snack that Justin's secretary had delivered for the second time into his mouth, completely unconcerned.
 
Bringing Shu Shu onto the spaceship, the corner of Edgar's mouth hooked up slightly.
   
The cargo spaceship had a large capacity, but the condition of the living area was not good as each and every one was only a small room. Of course, among those, the captain's bedroom was still quite spacious.
 
Edgar gave the captain's bedroom to Shu Shu, while he himself stayed in the adjacent room.
 
After seeing to their lodgings, Edgar inspected the other areas on the spaceship and found that . . . the huge cargo hold of the cargo spaceship was unexpectedly piled up with food and water.

Taking everything into account, the people on their spaceship were less than three hundred; so much food and water were enough for them to eat for ten years. Even if this place was a bit far from the capital star, and even if the spaceship’s speed was slow, the journey would only take over a month at most.
 
Edgar glanced at the warehouse and then turned towards Justin who was standing beside him.
 
"Our Gass planet’s abundant food products have many varieties. I was only thinking of preparing a little of each for Your Imperial Highness, but in the end, I’ve carelessly prepared so much." Justin smiled embarrassedly.
 
Edgar didn't ask anything again. After inspecting the spaceship, he decided to set off straight away.
 
Justin left the spaceship before it lifted off. After the spaceship disappeared from his line of sight, he immediately turned towards his own secretary: "Why did you prepare so much food?"

"Sir, there’s no harm in preparing more. I discovered that His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince is a hearty eater." The secretary said.
 
"Is it true?" Justin was curious. He had eaten with Edgar before, but he hadn't seen Edgar eating that much, ah.
 
"Of course! Sir, His Imperial Highness had me prepare snacks for the sub-beastman, and I prepared a lot of them. In the end, they’re all gone in a flash. Later, I delivered enough snacks for a sub-beastman to eat for a month, and to my surprise, one day’s effort was gone again!" The secretary continued: "I think it must have been His Imperial Highness who ate them."
 
"So, there’s also such a thing." Justin was a little amazed.
 
"I thought, since His Imperial Highness can eat, I definitely must prepare more food. Moreover, with so much food and water prepared, even if they have an accident . . ." They still could hold on for a little longer while waiting for a rescue.
 
"How very thoughtful of you." Justin said. The spaceship was very old; if something really went wrong midway, those foods could give them a few years of time while they’re waiting for a rescue. Well done!
 
Hadn’t there been something like this before? A cargo spaceship broke down in the interstellar space. The people aboard depended on the cargo to live for several years. When they were finally rescued, a beastman married couple had even given birth to two children . . . .
 
Edgar didn’t know that Justin and his secretary were so thoughtful of them. He thought about Shu Shu who would love to see so much food, so he did not ask someone to take those foods away.
 
Shu Shu indeed loved those foods. After Edgar and the spaceship operating crew determined the space route, he went to look for Shu Shu and did find him in the warehouse. At that time, Shu Shu was eating the snacks he had previously stored in his food pouches while checking the foods.
 
"Edgar, there’s so much food! It’s enough for me to eat for a lifetime! Can I sleep here at night?" When Shu Shu saw Edgar, his eyes lit up.
 
"No way." Edgar refused and saw the little sub-beastman’s ears droop, so he immediately said: "But you can move some food back to your room, and you also can move more later."

"Edgar, you’re the best!" Shu Shu happily threw himself at Edgar and nuzzled him.
 
"I’ll help you move them." Edgar said. He didn't mind the little sub-beastman, not even a little bit. So . . . more nuzzling, please!
 
"No need. Edgar, you’re busy, right? Let Jeress and his men help me move the food." Shu Shu replied. When he got onto the spaceship, he saw Jeress and Jeca.
 
"I’m not busy; they’re the busy ones." Edgar said. When he chose two hundred soldiers, he absolutely didn't want to choose Jeress. As a result, this guy was actually one of the strongest beastmen in Gass planet. Moreover, he could operate a mech and also had his own mech, which in itself was even better than most people in the capital star . . . . In the end, Edgar still took this man along.

Anyway, he was confident that the little sub-beastman surely liked him more.
 
"So they’re very busy, ah. No wonder they haven’t come to talk to me." Shu Shu said and then picked up a small box easily. "Let's do it ourselves then. Hurry up and move them!"

Shu Shu piled up the captain's room with every kind of food. Under the bed and on both sides of the bed were all stuffed full. Perfectly contented, he then began to watch TV, and maybe learn the local language.
 
What Shu Shu was watching were the videos of Edgar’s choice. Therefore, Shu Shu could learn the language of the Beastman Empire while they were on their way to the capital star. At least, Shu Shu would learn simple communication.

After they arrived at the capital star, Edgar might not be able to accompany Shu Shu all the time. If Shu Shu did not learn to speak the language of the Beastman Empire, he would be very lonely.
 
Shu Shu was engrossed in watching TV. Edgar took a quick look at Shu Shu and tried to cultivate beside him.
   
After some time, Edgar found out that while he had been able to cultivate very smoothly on Gass planet, he actually could not do the same here.
 
There seemed to be no spiritual power aboard the spaceship?
 
Edgar thought about it and simply stopped cultivating. Rather, he began to look into how to use the spiritual power. Having experienced the lightning tribulation, he discovered that the role of spiritual power was far more than helping people to heal.
 
But what other roles it had in the end, he didn't have any clues for now.
 
He had awakened the bloodline and possessed the beast core once more, but his previous innate skills to control wind and water were gone. It meant that he had to find the right attack method as soon as possible.
 
Otherwise . . . having a vigorous body that surpassed the body of a nine-star beastman but not having the corresponding strength was meaningless, and it’s also quite pathetic.
 
The two men did their own things in one room until it was time for a meal, which they did together. At night, Edgar went back to his own room to sleep. Although they didn’t talk much, but Edgar felt that a strong feeling of comfort absolutely lingered between them.
 
Edgar liked this kind of life very much, and he liked some of its episodes even more—the next day, he had just had lunch and was observing the concentration of spiritual power held on his hand when he was suddenly knocked over by Shu Shu, or, if truth be told, he conveniently fell backwards under Shu Shu’s single push.
 
"Edgar!" Shu Shu sat on Edgar's body, face full of panic.
   
"What's wrong?" Edgar asked with concern. He didn't have time to enjoy the glorious feeling of the little sub-beastman throwing himself at him.
 
"No woman! There’s no woman here!" Shu Shu exclaimed. He had really suffered a fright. What did he see? He actually saw a man giving birth to a baby, or, to be more precise, a man giving birth to an egg!
 
A baby was actually born from a man; how the heck could that happen?!
 
At one time, Shu Shu had faintly felt that something was wrong, but because there were too many things he had to remember to eat, he didn’t think deeply about it. He thought that they were in the barracks and unlikely to see any women there. In the end, what did he finally see now? He saw that men could give birth to babies, and he also saw that those newborn babies could switch between beast form and human form.

The people here were actually not the monsters he had always thought they were!
 
The people in this place were so lucky! A newborn could transform into a human . . . .
   
Shu Shu’s line of thought inadvertently dissipated, but he quickly gathered his scattered thoughts back: “Men can actually give birth to babies! You here are actually men who can give birth to babies!”

Shu Shu used the language of the earth. While he was speaking, he also went to see Edgar's stomach.
 
Being inspected from head to toe by Shu Shu, Edgar was bewildered, but he slowly explained using the language of the Beastman Empire: "Sub-beastmen can give birth to babies, but beastmen can’t give birth."

"You can't turn into a beast, so you’re a sub-beastman. I can turn into a beast, so I’m a beastman."

"A beastman and a sub-beastman can form a family and give birth to a cute little baby."
 
. . . . . .

Edgar replayed the video of "where babies come from" that Shu Shu had been watching. While it was playing, he gave Shu Shu an explanation.
 
Shu Shu was completely lost and speechless.
 
He was a sub-beastman? He can give birth to babies?
 
It’s simply nonsense!
 
He was obviously a daemon, ah. He could also switch between human form and animal form as long as he conquered his inner demons! If they really wanted to label him, he should be a beastman!
 
Speaking of beastman and sub-beastman, these terms were quite familiar, ah . . . . He’d had an owner who loved to read male/male romance stories, which were called dānměi. Among them, it seemed like there was a genre  called beastman lit?
 
At that time, he had crawled to the front of his owner's computer and seen a little. He had even ridiculed it as unscientific. Now he himself actually encountered said genre . . . .
 
"Shu Shu, I know that you’re not a person from this place, and you must’ve come from somewhere else. However, it’s a fact that you’re a sub-beastman." Edgar said. He did not know what Shu Shu meant when he said "woman", but with Shu Shu’s appearance, he was absolutely a sub-beastman.
 
"I’m not a sub-beastman!" Shu Shu stated without the slightest hesitation: "I’m a beastman!"
   
He was obviously a little sub-beastman, how could he become a beastman? Edgar couldn't help but laugh lightly. He completely didn't take Shu Shu's words seriously.

In the capital star, there were really too many sub-beastmen who wanted to be beastmen. It was said that when playing games, two-thirds of the sub-beastman would select beastman avatars. Oftentimes, these two-thirds of sub-beastmen using beastman avatars could quickly have a good relationship and become in-game lovers with the remaining one-third of sub-beastman to the extent that it was very, very difficult for the beastmen if they wanted to look for an in-game sub-beastman lover.
 
Of course, there were also some lucky beastmen who made friends on the Internet. After meeting face-to-face with said friend, they unexpectedly found out that the other party was actually a sub-beastman.

"Why are you laughing? I’m really a beastman!" Shu Shu emphasized his statement.
 
"Well, you’re a beastman." Edgar curbed the smile on his face while replying to Shu Shu. When his birth father was being deliberately provocative, his father would staunchly say “you’re right, you’re not deliberately provocative” and even cooperate with his birth father to do certain things . . . . He would learn from his father.
 
"I was originally a beastman!" Shu Shu said. "I have a little problem with my body now, so I can't transform. In fact, I can also switch between human form and beast form. I’m a beastman just like you!" He certainly didn't want to be associated with sub-beastmen who could give birth to babies!

Edgar nodded in "acknowledgement".
 
Shu Shu was very pleased that Edgar was able to trust him. He immediately said: "When my body recovers and I can become a beastman, you’ll definitely be the first one to know."

"Alright." Edgar gave a slight nod and totally didn’t take Shu Shu’s words seriously. Shu Shu, however, was already considering that he had to become a beastman as soon as possible to let Edgar see it with his own eyes.
 
After Shu Shu found out once again that this place was completely different from the Earth, he became quite discontented. For now, he didn’t want to watch TV anymore and was just going to guide his disciple, Edgar: “Have you run into any problems while cultivating these days?”

“Yes, I don't know how to use spiritual power." Edgar answered.
   
"You don't know how to use spiritual power? No problem, I’ll teach you!" Shu Shu said and then used the spiritual power in his body to materialize a very small spark: "You see, you can use it this way!" Before, the spiritual power in his body was almost nonexistent, so he could not do anything. But now that he had a little more of it, he could use it to produce a bit of magic.

Seeing Edgar stare at him in amazement, Shu Shu extended a finger and wagged it, producing a burst of cool and refreshing wind: "Look, it can also be used like this!" These two magical tricks—one could warm him in the winter, and one could cool him in the summer—were the best use of spiritual power for Shu Shu!
 
Seeing Shu Shu downplaying his ability to utilize two types of innate skills, Edgar was shocked. At the same time, he also didn’t forget to record the spiritual power fluctuations when Shu Shu used these two types of abilities.
 
So, spiritual power could even be used this way? Edgar felt like he had discovered a new continent.
 
Shu Shu, however, had stopped producing magic at this time. Coughing lightly, he said to Edgar, "That was how to use spiritual power. Did you see it clearly?"

"I saw it clearly." Edgar replied.
 
"You’re really smart! But even if you didn't see it clearly, I’ll only show you one time. I don’t feel like repeating it several times for people to see!" Shu Shu said. He was now lacking in spiritual power and had only enough to show Edgar one time. Otherwise, he was actually quite willing to show off.

Humph! Just wait until he passed through the inner demons tribulation; he would be able to utilize all his spiritual power then. He would definitely give Edgar a proper show and let Edgar know how powerful he was!

Shu Shu was just having such thoughts when he saw a big ball of flame suddenly appear on Edgar’s hand. The ball contained a powerful energy, giving him a feeling of extreme danger. He wished he could turn around and run away already.
 
Shu Shu: ". . . ." This was not fair! This guy was not a mythical animal but a beastman, right? How was he so powerful, ah!
 
Shu Shu looked at Edgar with grief and indignation. Then he saw Edgar briskly produced a wind blade that cut a deep gash on the wall.
 
"I only used a little spiritual power; I didn't expect it to be so powerful . . ." Edgar found himself wrecking the room and looked at Shu Shu apologetically.
 
"Aaaaargh!" Shu Shu pounced on Edgar and bit his arm. In the future, he would just use this man’s arm to grind his teeth!

"Shu Shu, are you okay?" Suddenly hearing a sharp yell coming out of Shu Shu’s room, Jeress brought his men to kick open the door and rush in. As a result, he happened to see that cute sub-beastman pounce on His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince, grabbing the crown prince’s arm and biting it.
 
Edgar turned his head and looked towards the door coldly.
   
Jeress only felt that the temperature around him went down in a flash, and his legs could not help but go soft as well. He believed that if His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince’s looks could kill, he certainly would’ve died without an intact body.
 
He actually disturbed the crown prince and the sub-beastman’s intimate play-fighting . . . .
   
Slamming the door close, Jeress quickly brought his men to leave. After they reached a vacant area, they collectively breathed a sigh of relief.
 
"The pressure coming from His Imperial Highness was so strong that I got weak." Someone said while patting his own chest. At this moment, he actually had the feeling of getting a new lease of life.
 
"I don't know how many stars His Imperial Highness is now."
 
"His Imperial Highness was an eight-star before. Now that he has awaken the bloodline, I guess he’s at least a nine-star?"
 
"His Imperial High is indeed very strong!"
 
Several men lamented Edgar's strength and recalled that scene just now.
 
"That sub-beastman is really powerful."
 
"He actually dared to do domestic violence to His Imperial Highness!"
   
"You’re all so stupid, ah. What power does the sub-beastman have? That’s totally not a domestic violence. That’s called flirting, you know? I also want to have a sub-beastman bite me!"

. . . . . .

Jeress stood on the side and did not speak. He was now rejoicing the fact that His Imperial Highness’ temperament was really good. His Imperial Highness unexpectedly didn’t beat him up!

Edgar was actually quite eager to beat up Jeress, but a beating only hurt for two days, and it might even make the little sub-beastman unhappy. In this case, he had better restrain himself.
 
Compared to beating up people, he was still hoping that the little sub-beastman would bite him for a little longer . . . .
 
Being seen biting people by Jeress and his men, Shu Shu was a little embarrassed, but he soon recovered and even forgot the matter of him getting very jealous because Edgar’s innate skill was too good. Instead, he pulled at Edgar and said: "Edgar, you’re really amazing! Can you do anything else?" Asking so, he also spoke out about several types of magic.

Edgar gave it a try and managed to produce a block of ice. He also managed to produce a thunderbolt glinting between his fingers.
 
Shu Shu prostrated himself in admiration—truly worthy of being a mythical animal beastman, ah!
 
Thinking this way, Shu Shu remembered another thing: "Hey, you haven't let me see what you look like after you passed through the heavenly tribulation. Let me see it now, ah!" He remembered looking at Edgar afterwards; he had been glittering and golden?

"You’ll get scared." Edgar said.
   
"I won't." Shu Shu replied. He now knew that Edgar was not a real snake. How could he still get scared?
 
Well, OK, it was indeed possible that he would get scared . . . . Shu Shu thought about it and finally came up with an idea: "I’m afraid of you naturally because you’re too big. If you become smaller, maybe I won’t be afraid of you?"

"Become smaller? How can I become smaller?" Edgar was a bit puzzled. He had never heard that beastmen could become smaller.
   
"You think about becoming smaller, and then you circulate your spiritual power. You should be able to transform then." Shu Shu said. After having the daemon core, a daemon could become a human. Of course, they could also become smaller.
 
Although Edgar was a beastman, but he used the daemon’s cultivation method. He should be able to do this little thing, right?

What Shu Shu said was really too vague. Edgar only regarded it as Shu Shu making irresponsible remarks.
 
How could the beast form become smaller at will?
   
However, according to his family’s beautiful tradition, even if the sub-beastman was being unreasonable, you had to be accommodating. In order to make the sub-beastman happy, you had better seriously cooperate instead of not taking the sub-beastman seriously . . . .
 
Edgar stood still and circulated his spiritual power. While thinking about changing into a prototype, he also thought about becoming smaller.
 
He concentrated on those thoughts and then felt himself changing.
 
Was he changing into a prototype? This feeling was exactly the same as that before. He didn't know whether the little sub-beastman got scared or not seeing him now . . . .
 
Edgar opened his eyes and looked over. As a result, he saw a very, very big sub-beastman.
 
". . ." He really became smaller? Since he could become smaller, could he also become bigger then?
 
Edgar did not come back to himself until he felt his back being touched by the little sub-beastman.
 
Shu Shu very carefully touched the small, golden, four-legged snake on the floor. "Now that you’ve become small like this, I’m not afraid anymore! You definitely can’t swallow me in one bite, ha ha ha!"

So the little sub-beastman had always been worried that he would eat him? What the heck did the sub-beastman think? Edgar was rather speechless. Following which, he wondered, since he had become so small now, would the little sub-beastman hold him?
 
Shu Shu certainly wouldn’t hold a snake.
   
Even if it had grown legs, just look at its long body, it was clearly a snake, ah . . . . He was getting goosebumps; naturally, he did not reach out and hold it and just said: "Look, you become smaller, don’t you? Like I’ve told you, spiritual power has many uses. In addition to becoming smaller, you also can become bigger. You can even use spiritual power to hide yourself. In short, you can do many, many things."

You could really do many, many things with spiritual power.
   
The outmoded cargo spaceship sailed slowly in the outer space. In the meanwhile, Edgar tested the spiritual power’s functions in the room every day. As expected, the test showed the many usages of spiritual power.
 
With spiritual power enveloping his whole body, the scanning system on the spaceship could not scan him at all. There was no need to explain what this kind of attack method meant!
 
After discovering this detail, the first thing Edgar thought of was the importance of this spiritual power in the war.
   
If he made himself smaller and then stealthily infiltrated the enemy's back with the help of spiritual power . . . . Couldn’t he easily conquer the enemy by catching their leader first?
 
Edgar got even more serious in studying the spiritual power.
   
While Edgar studied the spiritual power, Shu Shu had been learning to speak the local language by watching TV and communicating with Jones. After only ten days of effort, he could already speak a lot of words. Jones even praised him for his intelligence on more than one occasion.
 
Shu Shu was extremely proud of himself. Nevertheless, he was also a bit bored these days.
 
When he first boarded the spaceship, he thought he would be able to see a beautiful starry sky from the inside of the spaceship. The result? This spaceship totally didn’t have any windows to look outside. Although there was a scanning system, but the scan result that appeared on the computer was simply a hideous mess, and it also contained all kinds of data that he couldn't understand at all.
 
"The spaceship on TV is better and even offers a special spaceship tour just to let people watch the starry sky and the various different planets while conveniently having fun on the spaceship. Meanwhile, this spaceship doesn't even have any windows!" Shu Shu couldn't help but complain to Edgar.
 
When this kind of cargo spaceship was built, the design was all about solidity. Moreover, the glass that could be used on the spaceship of this age was exceptionally expensive. Naturally, it was impossible for this spaceship to use it . . . . Edgar already tired of watching the starry sky and had never felt that not being able to do it was a problem. But now, seeing the little sub-beastman want to watch the starry sky, he inexplicably felt that he had let the little sub-beastman down.

"When we arrive at the capital star, I’ll definitely bring you to see."
   
"Okay." Shu Shu nodded, but he still felt quite bored. Recently, Edgar was busy with cultivating and could not accompany him. Shu Shu felt like he was missing something.

Edgar saw the little sub-beastman looking dispirited and downcast and began to ponder which type of spaceship was the most suitable for watching the starry sky. Right at this moment, Jones hurriedly ran over: "Edgar, we saw a star pirate ship!"

"Star pirate ship? What model number?" Edgar asked.
   
"It should be a sentry series from a hundred years ago." Jones said. It was not easy for star pirates to get hold of a spaceship. Therefore, star pirate gangs usually only owned a few spaceships, which were often quite old to boot.
 
Because of this, star pirates did not dare to rob those brand new spaceships and would generally look for a dilapidated spaceship like this one to rob . . . . What should they do now?
 
"Is there a window on the sentry series?" Edgar’s mind stirred.
 


Author’s note:   　　
Edgar, you must believe that the sub-beastman you fall for, he really can become a beastman.

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35. Leaving for the Capital Star

 
Staring blankly at Edgar who just stood there and spoke in such an imposing manner while wearing the cheapest-in-the-entire-supermarket nightwear Shu Shu had bought, Shu Shu’s whole person was somewhat in shock. 

Was this man truly his own disciple? How did his disciple look so ruthless and cool? Clearly, he was more like an overbearing president!
 
"Shu Shu?" Slightly nervous, Edgar turned towards the little sub-beastman. He had never told the little sub-beastman his true identity. Would the little sub-beastman get angry? Would he feel that Edgar had deceived him? Would he stop paying attention to Edgar because he got angry?
 
Edgar suddenly remembered a movie he had once seen.
 
That year, his father was very busy and not even able to go home on his birth father's birthday. His birth father then dragged him out to watch a movie, calling him his little sweetheart and making him his companion to celebrate his birthday in absence of his old sweetheart.
 
That movie really impressed Edgar.
 
The movie told the story of a crown prince of a fictional empire who concealed his identity and went out to work. He liked a common-born, beautiful sub-beastman, and soon they were in love with each other. The first half of the movie was a source of constant laughter and very sweet, but after the crown prince’s identity was known to the sub-beastman, the situation quickly turned around for the worse.
 
The sub-beastman thought that the crown prince had deceived him and thus was unwilling to be in relationship with the crown prince anymore. The crown prince’s various appeals could not make him change his mind.
 
All along, the second half of the movie was about the two of them entangled in a misunderstanding. Afterwards, if it were not for the crown prince getting injured in order to save the sub-beastman, perhaps the sub-beastman would never forgive him.
 
After a certain sentence in the movie, the words "crown prince" and seeing his own birth father’s incessant laugh at this scenario had left a deep psychological shadow in Edgar, who, at that time, was only ten-year-old but had already been conferred the title of Crown Prince. At one time, he was even unwilling to step into the cinema again and also got slightly afraid of the sub-beastmen around him. After he grew up a little, all of this was hidden away in the depth of his mind. But now, he remembered it again.
 
Edgar suddenly detested his outstanding memory.
 
His experience was very similar to that of the crown prince; would he also come across such a situation?

However, he really did not know how he was going to coax the sub-beastman!
 
Edgar stood straight as a ramrod with a blank face, but in his heart, he couldn’t help but start to worry.
 
"Who the heck are you, ah?" Shu Shu asked while staring at Edgar for a long time.
 
"I am . . ." Edgar didn't know how to say the words "crown prince" in Chinese. He also didn't want to be condemned as a cheat by the little sub-beastman in front of so many people. In the end, he sounded the little sub-beastman out by saying: "Let's go back first."
 
The little sub-beastman should be willing to go back with him and would not start yelling at him on the spot, right?
 
"Ah, OK! I’m hungry!" Shu Shu immediately replied. He was very curious about Edgar's identity, but this curiosity was definitely not as big an attraction as food for him. Moreover, seeing Edgar's tangled look, maybe his identity was difficult to explain. In that case, just leave it until they go back home.
 
As a mythical animal, Edgar actually fell to the point where he was thrown away into the forest to fend for himself . . . . According to the numerous TV dramas Shu Shu had watched, his disciple definitely had a very miserable past.
 
Shu Shu glanced at Edgar with sympathy and then touched his own stomach with quite a pitiful expression. "Those delicious foods that I brought back for you before, you haven’t eaten them yet, and you already encountered the heavenly tribulation. It’s really a pity that they’re wasted now.”
 
Edgar also thought it was a pity that he actually didn’t get to eat the things that the little sub-beastman had specially brought back for him because of jealousy . . . . Turning towards Justin, Edgar said: “Your Excellency Justin, do you have a free assistant? I need someone to help me with something."
 
"Of course." Justin hauled out the secretary behind him. "This is my secretary, very capable. I believe he surely can help Your Imperial Highness to handle some things.”

“Many thanks.” Edgar replied and then made the secretary help him with the most important thing, which was buying snacks: “Buy some snacks with various kinds of flavors, and if they’re some kinds of nuts, you can buy more.” Shu Shu seemed to be quite fond of nibbling on nuts, but unfortunately, there were not many nuts that could be eaten in the forest.

"Your Imperial Highness, I will buy them right away." The secretary responded at once and then ran out to buy snacks.
 
Shu Shu understood the word "snacks" and asked Edgar delightedly: "Are you buying them for me? Are you rich?"
 
"Yes, that’s right. I’m rich." Edgar answered.
 
"You’re really great!" The more Shu Shu looked, the more satisfied he was with the disciple in front of him.
 
His disciple had become a human and even had money that could get him all kinds of foods . . . . As a matter of fact, was this the owner, no . . . the disciple he had longed for day and night?
 
As for the other matter . . . Shu Shu had no time to be concerned about anything else now. "When will the purchased food arrive, ah?"
 
"It should be delivered to our home soon." Edgar answered again.
 
"Then let's go back quickly!" Shu Shu instantly replied.
 
As expected, Justin’s secretary was very capable. When Edgar and Shu Shu were sitting in the aircraft to return to their residence, they saw him coming down from another aircraft with several bags of snacks on his hands.
 
Panting towards Edgar and Shu, Mr. Secretary soon came to a halt and showed a formulaic smile. "Your Imperial Highness, the snacks you want have been bought. Since the time was quite short, I could only get a few kinds . . . "
 
"Thanks a lot." Edgar said and took the snacks.
 
"No need, no need." Mr. Secretary quickly replied. After watching the two men enter the house, he continued to collect snacks. He had just asked someone to help him get some commonly eaten snacks. Next, he himself should go find some more special ones . . . .
 
As soon as Shu Shu entered the house, he started to tear at the bag of snacks on Edgar’s hand and take out some things to eat. While eating, he also stuffed some into his food pouches.
 
After eating for a while, Shu Shu then turned towards Edgar: "Right, you said you’d tell me who you are. Who the heck are you, ah?"

Still couldn't dodge past it . . . Edgar was a bit sullen.
 
Although Edgar had learned so many languages ​​on the star system, but the communication between him and Shu Shu was still problematic. Thinking about it, Edgar then directly went online and searched for some videos. He arranged them on the TV one after another, so Shu Shu could watch them individually.
 
These videos comprised a documentary film about the Imperial family, video records of Edgar’s previous activities, and an educational film about the state system for children . . . . Shu Shu was very smart; Edgar believed that so long as Shu Shu watched them, he would certainly become aware of Edgar identity .
 
As for himself . . . .
 
"Shu Shu, I want to go back to the forest and return to our cave to take a look." Edgar said.
 
"Oh." Shu Shu answered with a single sound, a little puzzled. Hadn’t they already taken out all the stuffs in the forest? Still going back to look, what for? Yet Edgar . . . . Right, Edgar could provide a lighter at that time; it was possible that there was also other things in his hands.
 
Waving his hand, Shu Shu expressed to his disciple, you can go on, I’ll continue watching TV and eating snacks—these two things were indeed what he most loved to do!
 
Edgar’s heart was rather stuffy.
 
Edgar was really going to get his own stuff. He had been wearing his own mech when he had plunged to Gass planet. Although the mech was in tatters and due to be scrapped entirely, but its raw material was the best after all and completely recyclable.
 
In order to prevent his identity from being discovered by people, he had not taken the mech out before. The situation was different now, and he definitely had to take the mech away. In addition to this, there were still a lot of things in the cave he and Shu Shu had shared, and he wanted to take them away as well.
 
Sitting in a helicopter and coming to the place where he had lived for half a year, Edgar felt like it all had happened a lifetime ago. He had thought that he would spend the rest of his life here after sending the sub-beastman off. He hadn’t expected that he was also going to leave now . . . .
 
"Have you always been here for the past six months?" Jones looked around, his mood somewhat complicated. He knew about Edgar’s disappearance, but he had not expected Edgar actually lived in the forest here.
 
"Yes, that’s right." Edgar nodded faintly. He got into the cave where he had lived together with Shu Shu and then put the wooden bowl, the wooden chopsticks, the stone Shu Shu had used for cooking, and so on into the space button, leaving nothing.
 
Watching Edgar pack up the stuff in the cave with a blank face, Jones invariably felt very awkward.
 
Done packing up the stuff in Shu Shu’s cave, Edgar conveniently went to the cave where he had lived to take a look at it.
 
The little sub-beastman had not allowed him to return there, so he had not returned. But now that he was going to leave, he suddenly wanted to take a look at that damp cave where he had once lived for quite a long time.
 
In that cave, he had spent his darkest and most painful days. He considered it a memorable place.
 
Edgar alone arrived outside of the cave. He crouched down and was about to go in when he found that . . . the cave was full of the little sub-beastman’s smell.
 
No wonder the little sub-beastman had not let him come back here. No wonder when the little sub-beastman had wanted to go to the toilet in the middle of the night, he had not stepped on him anymore.
 
The corner of Edgar's mouth unconsciously hooked up. Then he went to the lakeside and jumped directly into the water.
 
There were a lot of tiny fishes swimming in the small lake, and a worn mech was lying right at the bottom of the small lake.
 
After fishing up the mech from the lake-bed, Edgar wiped it dry very carefully before stowing it in the space button.

This mech had accompanied him for so many years, and he believed that it would continue accompanying him in the future.
 
Edgar, after taking all the stuffs he wanted to bring along, deliberated for a moment and then went to catch two pheasants . . . . The first prey he had given to the little sub-beastman was a pheasant, and the little sub-beastman also liked to eat pheasant. Using these pheasants to apologize should be good, right?
 
Handsome and tall His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince who tended toward grave and stern appearance got onto the helicopter while carrying two pheasants that kept flapping their wings and coldly ordered: "Return."
 
Jones was momentarily speechless and then said after a while: "You’re just like your emperor father!" Such a mēn sāo! At that time, hadn’t His Imperial Majesty the Emperor frequently sported such a face to attract Ian’s attention?

The helicopter stopped at the gate of Edgar and Shu Shu’s residence.
 
Edgar stepped down from the helicopter and felt slightly uneasy upon seeing the tightly closed door.
 
The helicopter sound was very loud; it was impossible for Shu Shu to not hear it, yet he did not come out . . . . Was Shu Shu angry?
 
Edgar thought of that movie again. Based on the situation in the movie . . . when he came back this time, it’s quite likely that he would be driven away, and then Shu Shu would shout: "Why didn't you tell me that you’re the crown prince? You deceived me, you bastard! Do you think I place a high value on a crown prince?"

Banishing the actor’s lines in the movie out of his mind, Edgar opened the door himself and went inside while carrying the pheasants.
 
Shu Shu was reclining on the sofa and stroking his own stomach. Several bags of snacks next to him were already empty. "You’re back?"
 
"I’m back." Edgar said.
 
"Pheasant! Are we eating fowl today?" Shu Shu’s eyes lit up and then dimmed. "Unfortunately, I ate too much and can’t eat anymore . . ." Not only had he eaten too much, he clearly had eaten to the point of being unable to move.
 
"Then we’ll eat it tomorrow." Edgar said.
 
"Ah, okay." Shu Shu nodded and suddenly thought of something: "Edgar, were you a human before?"
 
Edgar was rather taciturn, so he only nodded.
 
"Since you were a human, why did you go into the forest then?" Shu Shu asked. He had already watched all those videos, and he knew now that Edgar had been a person before, a very capable and very famous person with high status.
 
No wonder other people were extremely respectful toward him. But if he was so powerful, why would he live alone in the forest?
 
This question was not easy to answer; it was also very inconvenient to explain everything from the beginning. Edgar thought about it and then said: "At that time, I was injured and turned into a beast. I couldn’t turn back into a human, so I could only live in the forest."

"Because you couldn't become a human, they didn't want you?" Shu Shu looked at Edgar with sympathy. When he watched the video just now, he saw that Edgar had a father who looked very much like Edgar. So, because Edgar could not become a human, his father then did not want him?
 
It was more or less like that? Edgar nodded.
 
Seeing Edgar nod, Shu Shu sympathized even more with him. His brain instantly supplemented a palace infighting big drama with an illegitimate son plot.
 
Edgar used to be very powerful and could also become a human. Later, he was wounded and turned back into a beast, most likely harmed by some people . . . . His life was so miserable!
 
As Edgar’s master, Shu Shu had to help him ask for justice when there was an opportunity for it in the future! He also wanted to ask Edgar’s father why he would throw out such a good son.
 
As for Edgar not telling him about this matter before, he was a snake at that time and really couldn't speak . . . .
 
From the start, Shu Shu hadn't gotten angry over a little concealment. On the contrary, he immediately thought of something else.
 
For example, Edgar had been a human previously. In this case, he surely did not eat people, nor should he eat hamster. This was the most wonderful thing ever!
 
Again, for example, Edgar had been very powerful before. It was estimated that he was also very powerful now. He certainly had a lot of money, and there was no shortage of money to pay someone back . . . . Shu Shu had owed Jones money, but now he did not need to return the money and could directly have Edgar pay Jones back!
 
Furthermore . . . it’s all thanks to him that Edgar could cultivate into a human. He had helped Edgar in his most miserable time and let him regain everything back. Shouldn’t Edgar be grateful to him?
 
In this case, couldn’t Shu Shu follow this man to cadge a meal from him?
 
The more Shu Shu thought about it, the happier he was. He couldn't help but start smiling.
 
Shu Shu had looked at Edgar with sympathy earlier, but then he suddenly smiled. Edgar failed to understand the reason why.
 
Of course, this was a good thing for him . . . . As expected, the little sub-beastman he liked was different from the one in the movie. It simply couldn’t get any better than this.
 
While Edgar’s heart finally settled, the mood of the emperor and the empress in the capital star was still not pacified until now and remained extremely stirred up.
 
"Edgar is really all right?" Ian asked his partner for the hundredth time.
 
"He's fine." Chris said: "My son naturally won’t meet with a mishap so easily!"

The two of them left the press conference after Edgar closed the communication. After that, they didn't see anyone else—they were worried that they would say the wrong thing because they were too excited.
 
"Edgar is fine. That's really great . . ." Ian tried to wipe his tears, but he soon covered his own face and started to cry.
 
"Rest assured, he’ll be back in no time." Chris said. "I’ve already had some men pick him up." He didn’t go out himself but let his trusted aide send a message to those men to pick Edgar up to prevent anyone from playing dirty tricks.

Ian nodded, a smile showing up on his face. Afterwards, he even had time to go online to read the news.
 
Almost all of the online news had something to do with Edgar. A segment of the video where Edgar had appeared in the live broadcast was everywhere.

Edgar did not become a fallen beast at all. The previous vast majority of the accusations also did not exist. Further, the matter of the Imperial family harboring the fallen beast was a complete nonsense . . . .
 
"His Imperial Highness is so handsome!"
 
"His Imperial Highness still looks so good even in his nightwear!"
 
"I’ve only seen His Imperial Highness in his military uniform. I didn't expect that one day I would actually see His Imperial Highness in his nightwear."
 
"Don't know when His Imperial Highness will return . . ."

"Your Imperial Highness, I was wrong. I actually believed that you really became a fallen beast . . ."

Many people who were watching Edgar's video were smitten with him. All the comments vilifying Edgar before were actually not very visible now.

Things on the Internet always changed very fast.
 
So much that, in the end, everyone was talking and talking to the point of starting to discuss the clothes that Edgar wore.
 
"Which brand is the nightwear worn by His Imperial Highness? Why have I never seen that chest logo?"
 
"I went to Gass planet’s official website and searched it. Indeed, it’s a local brand of Gass Planet, and it seems to be well-known for its low price . . . ."
 
"Is this man really His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince? Why would he wear such cheap clothes? He’s not a fake, isn’t he?"
 
"Previous poster, if he’s a fake, he’ll not wear such cheap clothes while posing as His Imperial Highness. I think him wearing such cheap clothes can further prove that he is the real deal!"
 
"Speaking of cheap clothes, where the heck do I buy these clothes, ah? I can’t find them on the star network?"
 
"Of course you can’t find them on the star network. I think Gass planet won’t export this kind of cheap nightwear."
 
. . . . . .

Not long after.
 
"Everyone! I rummaged through the star network and found a shop selling Gass planet’s local products, including that nightwear! [link]"
 
. . . . . .

Ron was a very ordinary little businessman, opening his own grocery store, and business was so-so.
 
But today, he was eating when the sound of someone placing an order on the star network suddenly went off one after another.
 
How could that be? Was there a virus in his computer? Ron opened the computer in confusion and unexpectedly discovered that one section of goods on his shelves had been raided clean. Furthermore, people were raiding some other sections of goods.
 
The goods that were raided clean were the nightwears—they’re the local products of a remote planet he had travelled to, and he had bought them to gift others—and the rest of the raided goods were also those he got from that planet.
 
No one had ever wanted these things before; how come so many people suddenly rushed to buy them now? Ron was a bit dumbfounded.
 
Right at this moment, he saw his beastman son scampering downstairs. "Dad! Dad! Didn’t you buy some nightwears from Gass planet? Quick, give them to me!"

"The nightwears from Gass planet? All sold out . . ." Ron said.
 
"Dad!" Ron's son looked desperate.
 
"But I still keep a few pieces that I plan to wear myself. Although the price of this nightwear is cheap, but the material is pure and natural! If it’s not for the material used for making the nightwear is cotton, which is everywhere in Gass planet, such cheap price is impossible. In fact, you turned your back on this style before. You said it’s no good and didn’t want to wear it . . ."
 
"Dad, I want to wear it! I especially want to wear it now, so quickly give me the clothes!" Ron's son hurriedly exclaimed. In the end, he said again: "By the way, Dad, if you still have extra nightwears, you can marked them to sell for a super high price! A product similar to that used by the crown prince, ah!"

How did a nightwear become a product similar to that used by the crown prince? Looking at the sold out things in his store, Ron, who didn't pay much attention to gossip, somewhat came back down to earth.
 
Nowadays, many people thought that everything that had happened was Edgar having been framed by some ambitious people. However, there were also some people who thought that even if Edgar had not become a fallen beast, those things he had done before did exist. Certain people even still tirelessly threw mud at him.
 
At the press conference before, a tiger beastman had stood up and righteously said that Edgar, in the Imperial College, had wielded his status to snatch the tiger beastman’s opportunities and frame him as well. This tiger beastman was still online, clamoring for justice.
 
This beastman was called Geo. He had indeed studied at the same school with Edgar, but the incidents of Edgar robbing him of the opportunities and framing him out of jealousy of his innate skill had never happened.
 
As a member of the Imperial family, what opportunity did Edgar want but could not get? Why would he still rob other people’s? As for being jealous of Geo’s innate skill, this was even more laughable. Who did not know that the beastmen of the Imperial family had the most powerful innate skills?
 
Anyway, Geo having been expelled from the Imperial College was nevertheless a fact.
 
Geo’s family was commoners. After he was admitted to the Imperial College, he discovered that there was a very big difference between his life and the life of the Imperial College’s high-born students. In the beginning, this was nothing; there were also many commoners who studied in the Imperial College nowadays. Unfortunately, he couldn’t stand some things like the fact that others could go to an expensive restaurant to eat, but he could only eat at the dining hall.
 
He began to think of any means to demand money from home, and he also abused his own status as a student of the Imperial College. On the outside, he used introducing others to get acquainted with the high-born students in the school as an excuse to swindle money from them. Moreover, he also deceived a sub-beastman to spend money on him.
 
At first, the Imperial College did not notice these things, until the family of the sub-beastman who had been deceived by him came to the school. Only then did they know what he had done.
 
Later, a high-born student who once had a pretty good relationship with him found out that every time Geo invited him to eat, he was actually "pimping", which was even more disgusting.
 
The Imperial College always attached great importance to the moral education of students, so Geo was expelled right away.
 
However, his innate skill was indeed not bad, and his luck was also not bad. After being expelled, in addition to joining a pretty good adventure team, his strength also got a big upgrade.
 
Regarding the fact that he dropped out of the Imperial College, Geo had always told others that it was naturally because he was framed by his classmates who had both power and status. After Edgar’s affairs came out, he even suffered temporary insanity, saying that Edgar had framed him.

Now, it was already impossible for him to stop halfway.
 
On his social account, people who originally comforted him were now questioning him and making him come up with the evidence of Edgar framing him. Seeing this, Geo’s eyes flashed with anger.
 
Gritting his teeth, Geo posted a message on his social network: "Edgar isn’t a fallen beast, but him doing those things to me is true. I’ll wait for his return. At that time, I’ll confront him!"

Originally, before he was expelled, he was actually about to get a chance to compete. In the end, he let a great opportunity slip . . . . As for the matter of him swindling money, the college didn’t have any evidence of it.
 
"Is it necessary for His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince to be jealous of you? I feel that you lack presence, am I right?"
 
"What lack presence? Geo just said the truth!"
 
"Geo surely wouldn’t dare deceiving people at the risk of offending the Imperial family. I think Edgar was jealous of him!"
 
"Geo, I believe you’re telling the truth!"

. . . . . .

Looking at the messages that supported him, Geo breathed a sigh of relief. Thinking about it, he decided to wait for Edgar to come back. Then he would seek Edgar for a duel, thus solving this matter.

Edgar was an eight-star beastman, and he was stronger than Geo. But as a crown prince, this man maybe had never experienced a life-and-death fight, and if he was really going to fight, he was not necessarily the opponent of this adventurer who had adventured all over the place . . . . Even if Geo eventually lost, he could actually say that of course it’s because Edgar was in better condition and had surpassed him during these years.
 
Now that so many people knew Geo, Edgar ultimately wouldn’t be able to manipulate the situation after the duel.
 
The more Geo thought about it, the more he felt that it was a good plan. He finally wrote on his social account again: "When Edgar returns, I will pick him up at the spaceport! I’ll ask him for a duel!"
 
Edgar certainly didn’t know that someone in the capital star was already waiting for his return to ask him for a duel, and he also didn’t know that his emperor father had sent some men to pick him up. At this moment, he was planning to take a spaceship to return to the capital star as quickly as possible.
 
"Your Imperial Highness, except for a military spaceship, Gass planet only has one cargo spaceship." Justin looked at Edgar in deep embarrassment.
 
The military spaceship couldn't be put to use as one wished, and the cargo spaceship . . . .
 
A seemingly cumbersome, pot-bellied cargo spaceship that generally would only appear in nostalgia movies now appeared in front of Edgar.
 
This spaceship was very well-maintained, but . . . could it really be used? Wasn’t this the outdated model of several hundred years ago?

"Although it’s a little old, but last year we still operated this spaceshift to go to Karl planet. We have also serviced it there, ensuring that this spaceship can still be used for another hundred years!" Justin wiped the sweat on his forehead.



TL’s note:
闷骚 (mēn sāo) = (coll.) outwardly cold or retiring but deep and passionate inside

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