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41. I Really Have Money


Edgar halted and put on some clothes; his entire body felt like burning.   
 
He actually let the sub-beastman see his, his . . . .
 
Well, okay, after the beastmen changed into their beast forms, many of them were "naked", and it was very easy to see their equipment. But the snake beastmen’s equipment was usually hidden in their bodies. Edgar had never let the sub-beastman see it, and even his mother had never seen it!
 
What's more, the little sub-beastman also touched it. Touched it!
 
Edgar felt that place become rock hard. Even if he changed into his human form, a certain place still felt hot and not quite right.
 
His train of thought started to drift away, and he suddenly thought of one thing . . . . The little sub-beastman said that his equipment was cute?
 
It was said that many Felidae beastmen in their beast forms received lots of attention from the sub-beastmen because of their balls. There was actually an outspoken sub-beastman who organized an alliance that specialized in exchanging tips and tricks for playing with eggs. But the snake beastmen . . . no one had ever said that their equipment was cute, and some sub-beastmen even avoided them out of dislike of their beast forms.
 
After all, snake beastmen had two, which was different from ordinary people.
 
Since the little sub-beastman said they were cute, did it mean that the little sub-beastman would not avoid him out of dislike of his current appearance?
 
Edgar's line of thought floated far away. Meanwhile, Shu Shu was finally reacting to what he had touched.
 
When he saw a snake in the wild, he ran away. He had never paid attention to a snake's reproductive organs. When he saw two snakes coupled together, he thought they were fighting. In any case, he later watched the Animal World.
 
He heard that snakes had two . . . *cough cough*.
 
Shu Shu was really embarrassed having actually touched his disciple’s vital parts. He glanced at Edgar apologetically: "I'm sorry, I . . ."

"Never mind." Edgar quickly interrupted Shu Shu’s speech and then said: "I’ll take you to eat first."
 
Shu Shu also felt that the situation would be very awkward if he apologized, so he just walked behind Edgar silently.
 
In fact, they were all men. Taking a quick look and giving it a touch were nothing, right? Moreover, it happened while Edgar was in his beast form . . . . When he had been a hamster, a woman had grabbed him to look at his balls.
 
Thinking this way, Shu Shu was more relaxed. But watching Edgar, who was walking in front of him, he always thought that this man's back was particularly stiff. Anyway, it might be that he was wrong. Edgar was a soldier, so his body was usually rigid like this.
 
Taking a nut out of his food pouch, Shu Shu started to nibble on it slowly. He felt that the biggest advantage of his cultivation was that he didn't have to worry about getting a stomach ache because of bad food. Other hamsters couldn't eat this and couldn’t eat that, and if they ate a little too much bread or insects, they would suffer from excessive internal heat. He, however, totally didn't need to worry about it.
 
“Crunch crunch”, “crunch crunch” . . . . Hearing the sound of the sub-beastman gnawing at some food behind him, Edgar, who originally felt uncomfortable from head to foot, slowly returned to normal at last.
 
The sub-beastman did not feel uncomfortable, why should he fell uncomfortable? However, the matter of pursuing the sub-beastman demanded immediate action.
 
After all, the sub-beastman had seen him.
 
"Shu Shu, you’re in the capital star, so you need an identity. I plan to set you up as my mother's relative. What do you think?" Edgar asked while they were eating breakfast.
 
"Okay." Shu Shu nodded and was a little excited. He would finally have an ID card? When he was on Earth, in order to be able to have an official identity and not become an unregistered resident after passing through the heavenly tribulation, he had specially learned by heart some fake ID card numbers. He didn’t expect that he now didn’t need a fake ID card to be able to have an ID, and a real one to boot.
 
"That's settled then. Your full name is Shu Shu, and your age?" Edgar asked again and conveniently mentioned: "In the Beastman Empire, sub-beastmen become adults at the age of 18."
 
"I . . ." Shu Shu really wanted to say that he was of the same age as Edgar, but then he remembered that his face did not look like a 30-year-old. He could only feel wronged and said, "I’m eighteen."
 
Edgar thought carefully, "I’ll have someone assist you with the identity chip, and I’ll give it to you tomorrow."
 
"Alright." Shu Shu nodded.
 
"After we eat, I’ll take you to buy some things." Edgar said again.
 
Edgar had contacted his staff in the capital star last night. In the light of the original situation, it was best if he sent out a formal statement after he arrived at the capital star. Or he could meet with the reporters to clarify all the previous matters. However, what happened yesterday made the netizens automatically wash him clean. Now he didn't need to do another superfluous thing and also had a few days of free time.

He had said so many good things about the capital star to Shu Shu, so naturally, he had to bring Shu Shu to look around in the next few days.
 
The little sub-beastman was still wearing the cheap clothes bought in Gass planet. Edgar should buy him some clothes . . . . When Calvin pursued a sub-beastman, it seemed that he would bring them to buy clothes every time?
 
Shu Shu’s eyes lit up, and his eating speed went faster.
 
After eating, Edgar took Shu Shu aboard an aircraft, and they flew to the capital star's busiest business district.
 
Meanwhile, Chris and Ian finished eating breakfast and asked about their son's whereabouts.
 
Beastmen generally did not like the existence of other beastmen in their own territory, and sub-beastmen also did not like having other sub-beastmen near their own beastmen. Therefore, even though they were emperor and empress, there were no servant at their side. Of course, there were still some assistants, guards, gardeners, chefs, and so on, but they lived far away. In general, only the robots stayed close to the emperor and the empress.
 
Chris and Ian were currently asking the robot.
 
"His Imperial Highness Edgar took an aircraft and left the Imperial Palace two minutes ago. The chosen destination of the aircraft was the business district." Robot 001 answered.
 
"This guy, just as he grew a little bit bigger, he was already unwilling to accompany me to the business district to go shopping. But now he actually went to accompany others!" Empress Ian said, laughing.
 
Beastmen's desire for monopoly was very strong; they would drive their sons out of their home early on. Chris, who had also done so, immediately stated, "I can accompany you."

"All right." Ian replied.
 
Chris’ expression was stiff; he still had a lot of works to do . . . . But since he had already promised, he naturally had to risk his life to accompany the sub-beastman.
 
Flying an aircraft, the emperor and the empress also went to the business district.
 
Edgar rarely came to the business district. After all, he didn't buy clothes, wasn’t a foodie, and also didn't want to buy anything else . . . . But he had been brought there when he had been a child. He remembered that every time his mother came to the business district, he went straight to a few stores. Those stores were the ones with very good security.
 
Edgar initially planned to go directly to those stores, but in the end . . . .
 
"Jeress once took me to go shopping when I was on Gass planet, and it was very fun. Unfortunately, I had no money . . . . Is there a lot of delicious food here? How about we buy and taste each and every food from one end of street to the other?" Shu Shu said.


Edgar: "..." As if the place he originally planned to go did not sell snacks at all?
 
Taking a look at Shu Shu's appearance, Edgar immediately realized that he might not be considerate enough. Shu Shu didn't know much about dining etiquette; if Edgar insisted on taking him to places that were too high-end, Shu Shu might not get used to it.
 
But if Edgar went to places where ordinary people visited, his identity . . . .
 
Opening the space button, Edgar took out a bottle and started to spray the content onto his face.
 
Edgar used his hand to smear the liquid inside the bottle that was evenly sprayed on his face, and his skin color turned a shade darker. He took another bottle and sprayed the content on his hair, and his black hair became brown.
 
After doing all these things, Edgar still changed his hairstyle and put on a pair of sunglasses.
 
"You put on makeup just to go out? But I think you looked better before." Shu Shu commented.

"I didn’t put on makeup; it’s only to make others unable to recognize me." Edgar said. Then he stopped the aircraft that had been circling overhead the business district for a lap or two at the business district’s largest stopping point—the aircraft he flew out this time had no special signs, so he didn't have to worry about being discovered by others.
 
People from the capital star came to the business district to do their shopping. Basically, they all would stop their vehicles at this stopping point, which made the outside of this stopping point very, very lively to the extent of being practically overcrowded.
 
Shu Shu had never been to such a lively place. For a moment, he could only gape at it.
 
Edgar was inattentive, and there were already several people coming between him and Shu Shu. He was silent for a moment and then squeezed Shu Shu to his side, holding Shu Shu's hand.
 
"Why are we suddenly holding hands?" Shu Shu was not used to it. Two big men holding hands was really weird.
 
"Lots of people here. You can get lost." Edgar said. "And other people are also holding hands."
 
Shu Shu looked around and indeed discovered that many people were holding hands. Some of them were also carrying children and pets. For example, there were two men in front of him who not only were walking together hand in hand, but also pulling an animal on a tether. There was a small baby hanging on the tall one’s chest while a small leopard was following behind.
 
The people in this place actually made a leopard as a house pet, ah . . . . After Shu Shu took a few more peeps, he suddenly recalled one thing.
 
The people in this place were all beastmen, so that leopard . . . most probably wasn’t a pet but a child . . . .
 
He was just thinking so when he saw a puppy on another tall man’s shoulder suddenly turn into a baby and take a tumble. Fortunately, before falling to the ground, he was easily fished back up by the tall man. The tall man did not hold the baby. He purposely wrapped the baby in a blanket and then, carrying the baby under his armpit, continued to walk ahead.
 
The people here were really incredible! Shu Shu started to look around in high spirits. Then he discovered that those who were like himself—sub-beastmen who showed some beast aspects on their bodies—seemed to be particularly taken care of.
 
For example, a cat-eared little sub-beastman who looked like a five or six years old was still being held, while those beastmen who could become beasts had to walk behind their parents even though they were still very small . . . . Right when Shu Shu was thinking like this, he suddenly saw a sub-beastman with big belly passing by.
 
Right, sub-beastmen had to give birth to children! Really, there’s nothing to envy there!
 
Shu Shu no longer looked at people but began to pay attention to various kinds of foods in the surrounding shops.
 
Those foods smelled so good and looked so tasty . . . .
 
"I have a card here. Anything you want to eat, you go buy it yourself." Edgar handed out his own card without the slightest hesitation.
 
Shu Shu had been a little restrained when spending the borrowed money before, but now that he was spending Edgar's money, he was not restrained at all and started to swipe the card incessantly.
 
He wanted roasted meat, roasted wings, and also roasted intestines. He wanted nuts, candies, and also fruits. He wanted cakes, drinks, and ice cream too.
 
Edgar took a quick look at the communication device on his hand. Without much effort, more than ten transactions had already been exchanged. Alas, the amount of each transaction was very small and only added up to more than a thousand credits.
 
He remembered that his former sub-beastman classmates at the Imperial College had to pay so much money just for a pre-dinner dessert. His little sub-beastman only spent this little bit of money and already stroked his belly from eating nonstop, and he seemed to be hiding a lot of food in his food pouches as well.
 
And not only that, Edgar also ate a lot of those foods.
 
"This roasted bird is very delicious; you try it too." Shu Shu bought another whole roasted bird, but he was already unable to eat any more. He tore a bird leg to taste the flavor and then gave the rest to Edgar.
 
During the whole journey, Edgar had already been stuffed with lots of food by Shu Shu, but he still hated to refuse Shu Shu, so he took the proffered bird and started to chew it.
 
His attention was all on the little sub-beastman to the point that he didn’t even realize that he had actually chewed the bones when eating the bird.
 
"Hey, do you see that beastman wearing sunglasses? Doesn’t he look like His Imperial Highness Edgar?" A sub-beastman suddenly spoke to his sub-beastman companions at his side.
 
"The outline is a little similar, but His Imperial Highness definitely won’t be like this." The man’s companion looked over and happened to see Edgar chew the whole bird without spitting out any of the bones. Overall, he thought it was quite an appalling sight.
 
"From the start, I only said that he’s a little alike." The man who spoke first took a few more quick looks at Edgar and then regretfully left.
 
Shu Shu was also very regretful at this time: "I can't eat any more."
 
"Stop eating if you can’t eat any more. We’ll come again next time. We go buy clothes now?" Edgar said.
 
"Okay." Shu Shu nodded and licked his lips. "The food in the capital star is indeed more delicious than in Gass planet. Things here are very expensive, though. You can buy a strand of roasted meat for two credits in Gass planet, but you need six credits here."
 
Shu Shu was a little resentful of it, so to speak.
 
Edgar who had handed out a card that had several hundred million credits in it and could still overdraw more: ". . ."
 
Although Shu Shu did not plan to continue buying food, but he still got a box of popcorn to eat. At the same time, he was constantly looking at the surrounding shops.
 
As for Edgar, he was sending a message to Calvin: "Do you have time? I want to ask you about something."

"Asking about yesterday’s matters? Every beastman who suddenly became beast is especially clean. That is, they all ate some things from a mobile stall. It’s very likely that they became beasts because they’d consumed some bad things . . . . I still haven’t investigated who the man behind the scenes is.” Calvin quickly replied.
 
"I’m not asking about this. I want to ask the brand of clothes worn by sub-beastmen." Edgar messaged back.
 
"Edgar, do you want to buy clothes for Uncle Ian? These days, Uncle Ian is really worried about you. You should buy something for him. Sub-beastmen of his age and status like to go to Khamun Studio to look for Mr. Khamun’s custom-made clothes. Otherwise, just buy the clothes from XXX, XX, and XXXX.” Calvin quickly sent another message.
 
"I want to buy clothes for a young sub-beastman." Edgar said.
 
"A young sub-beastman?! Edgar, do you have a boyfriend?" Calvin nearly leapt to his feet.
 
"Well, I’m chasing after him." Edgar answered.
 
"Take him to the center of the business district. Just go straight to the Imperial Plaza over there and let him get whatever he wants!" Calvin replied. The Imperial Plaza was the Imperial family’s property. Every luxury good and brand name of the Beastman Empire made its home in there. The security measures were better than the first class ones. Moreover, Edgar, as the crown prince, could pay all the bills . . . .
 
Getting whatever he wanted from that place was something he dreamed of day and night! It was a pity that the Imperial family had no sub-beastman. Otherwise, he would’ve already gone and lived with his wife's family.
 
The Imperial Plaza was one of the places that Edgar wanted to go before. He remembered that there were several restaurants in the building that were pretty good to have a meal at . . . . Edgar was just planning to take Shu Shu there when he was suddenly dragged into a shop.
 
“The clothes here look very nice.” Shu Shu saw some clothes displayed in the shop’s display window, so he pulled Edgar to enter the shop.
 
Edgar looked around the shop and found that it was quite big. It sold beastman clothes, sub-beastman clothes, and also children clothes. There was a sign on the side wall informing that there was also a second floor, which seemed to sell shoes. Next to the stairs from the first floor to the second floor, there were some backpacks hanging from the hooks.

Although he had just asked Calvin for a place suitable to take a sub-beastman to buy clothes, but buying clothes was in fact secondary. The sub-beastman’s happiness was the most important . . . . Seeing Shu Shu  look at the clothes in high spirits, Edgar silently kept pace with him while trying to pay attention to the brand of this shop in passing.
 
This brand was not among the few brands that Calvin had mentioned, but there were quite a lot of clothes that could be bought. In addition, they looked a bit familiar, so they should be pretty good.
 
Edgar felt reassured. However, he did not realize that sometimes, it was these inexpensive brand names that made people feel familiar. The shop he was in now was very famous for its inexpensive brand name in the Beastman Empire. Many people in the capital star would come here to buy clothes.
 
Of course, although it was an inexpensive brand name, but it was still a brand name in the end. There were special design styles and various specialty stores, and the quality of clothes was also good, so the price was not particularly cheap.
 
Anyway, this not-cheap-at-all was from the perspective of ordinary people. The clothes in this shop were generally several hundred credits per piece, and the most expensive ones were one or two thousand credits. With a discount, many clothes could still be bought for one or two hundred credits . . . which was really very cheap. When speaking about custom-made clothes, one of them was no less than several ten thousand or hundred thousand credits. As for the formal attire of the Imperial family, it might probably cost millions of credits.
 
Shu Shu saw a sub-beastman whose build was almost the same as his choose a suit-style little jacket. Close-fitting, the jacket made the whole person look very masculine while still showing a slender waist. Shu Shu immediately got one of the same model and put it on his body.
 
As a daemon, although he had no abdominal muscles, but his figure was still perfect. When he wore the clothes, he looked extremely good.
 
"Ed . . ." Shu Shu wanted to call Edgar but suddenly remembered that Edgar seemed to be hiding his identity. He immediately changed the way he called Edgar: "Disciple, do you think I look good wearing these clothes?"

"Look good." Edgar said. The sub-beastman used to wear casual clothes before, so Edgar couldn't see his figure. Now that the sub-beastman wore such clothes . . . he looked very irresistible.
 
Shu Shu smiled and took another glance at that sub-beastman who also came to buy clothes. After he realized that the pants worn by the other party were also slim-fit and seemed to match well with these clothes, he promptly went to find a pair of pants just like the other party’s and then went into the dressing room to change pants.
 
After putting on a whole set of clothes, he looked even more wonderful! Shu Shu ecstatically admired his own appearance in the mirror.
 
Looking at Shu Shu, Edgar recalled the movie they had watched on the spaceship and what had happened this morning. Obviously, his body temperature was always quite low because he was a snake beastman, but now he felt his body getting hotter and hotter.
 
At this moment, Shu Shu was still paying attention to that sub-beastman who also came to buy clothes. That sub-beastman already took off the suit and changed into a beige windbreaker. Not only that, but he also changed the inner clothes and pants.
 
There were several pieces of the same style of clothes in this shop. Shu Shu observed the sub-beastman and looked for the clothes identical to what the sub-beastman was wearing, and then he went into the dressing room to change into a set of clothes just like the other party’s.
 
He had never bought clothes before and, in addition, had no aesthetics at all, so he could only follow other people.
 
"What about this set? How do they look?" Shu Shu changed clothes and came in front of Edgar.
 
Even more irresistible . . . . Edgar suddenly had a little regret; he should not take the little sub-beastman to buy clothes. After dressing up, the little sub-beastman was more and more good-looking. What’s to be done if he was stared at by others?
 
Although the little sub-beastman had decided to stay in the capital star in the future, but, looking at the current situation, Edgar would definitely be very busy later on and not necessarily be able to accompany the little sub-beastman all the time . . . .
 
However, it was wrong to lie . . . . Edgar nodded,"Look good."
 
"Hahaha, I look good wearing anything!" Shu Shu was somewhat proud of himself and once again went to observe the sub-beastman who had been imitated twice by himself.
 
That sub-beastman sent a quick glare to Shu Shu and then carried another set of clothes into the dressing room.
 
Being suddenly glared at, Shu Shu failed to understand the reason why, but he thought that that sub-beastman was very capable in dressing up. Shu Shu completely didn’t know what clothes he should buy, so in the end, he just chose the same model.
 
Once Shu Shu came out in those clothes, he saw that the sub-beastman was already outside and wearing the same clothes.
 
Seeing Shu Shu, the sub-beastman’s complexion was very unsightly. He stared at Shu Shu for a while and finally walked toward Shu Shu, "Hey! Can’t you stop imitating the clothes I wear?!"

This sub-beastman was called Frank, and his family financial situation was average. He always wore inexpensive clothes, but his eyes were good, and he could always match up to other people distinctively.
 
But today, someone had actually been learning to match up to him. Frank felt heartbroken! He didn't want other people to wear the same outfit as him at all! Especially when he bumped into said people inside and outside.

"Eh?" Shu Shu was a little embarrassed. "I haven’t learned how to buy clothes, so I want to learn from you. Is it no good?"
 
Shu Shu looked young and also had a good manner. Frank actually wasn’t that angry. "Of course it’s no good. How embarrassing it is to wear the same outfit as somebody else! Moreover, a piece of clothing fits everyone differently. My attire’s pretty good, but in fact, it’s not necessarily suitable for you.”

“But I don’t know what’s suitable for me to wear . . . . Can you teach me?” Shu Shu asked again.
 
Shu Shu's eyes were full of sincerity. Nevertheless, Frank turned his head and frowned. "How could you casually look for someone on the street to help you match clothes? Where’s your mother?"

"Mother? She already died." Shu Shu said. He had already forgotten what the hamster elder who gave birth to him looked like.
 
Frank was still a bit angry before, but seeing Shu Shu like this now, he actually had some sympathy for Shu Shu. "Forget about it, I’ll help you match a few sets . . . . You’re wearing sneakers now; it’s no good to match clothes with them. I’ll help you pick two pairs of shoes first." He glanced at Edgar again as he spoke.

This little sub-beastman before his eyes was brought to buy clothes by that beastman. Looking at that beastman’s appearance, that beastman was most likely pursuing this sub-beastman. Since it was like this, it was alright for him to help this sub-beastman pick a few good clothes and let the beastman pay for them.
 
Frank pulled Shu Shu and turned over the brandless, very ugly clothes that Shu Shu had been wearing ever since he came to Gass planet. Then, in one breath, he picked five full sets of clothes for Shu Shu. Shu Shu became even more good-looking with each set of clothes.
 
Edgar: I really want to hide the little sub-beastman away and not let others see him!
 
"Alright, let's pay." Frank said. He himself also picked two sets and planned to go to the checkout counter together with Shu Shu.
 
“So many clothes; aren’t they a little too many?” Shu Shu was a bit mixed-up. He had a really great time trying on clothes, but he felt like he was buying a little too many.

He had seen the marked price of the clothes. For example, the shirt mentioned above was 499 credits, which was not cheap, ah . . . . The nightwear he bought for Edgar before was only 29 credits.
 
"It’s not many at all. Didn't you say that you didn't have any clothes?" Frank said. He had chatted with Shu Shu and already known that this person had just come to the capital star. Because Shu Shu had no clothes to wear, the beastman called "Disciple" took him out to buy clothes.
 
"But they’re very expensive . . ." Shu Shu said again. The five sets of clothes were very complete; there were baselayers, coats, pants, and also shoes. Frank even helped him pick some socks.
 
Frank turned towards Edgar, frowning.
 
Edgar had been waiting silently for quite a long time. If it were not for Frank being a sub-beastman, he thought he would surely go up and tear into people because the little sub-beastman had been chatting with others, and very happily, too.
 
As for now . . . .
 
Picking up the clothes at Shu Shu’s side, Edgar put them on the checkout counter: "All bought."
 
"Hello! A total of 10,425 credits." The sub-beastman behind the checkout counter said.
 
"More than ten thousand?" Shu Shu flinched. How much barbecue that could buy, ah!
 
Although the clothes were very nice, but they only affected how a person looked. He felt that his own fur was still the most comfortable. In this case, how was it necessary to spend over ten thousand to buy clothes?
 
"It’s too much. Let's buy a few less items." Shu Shu took hold of the bag. Although he wanted to make Edgar keep him, but he also felt embarrassed to spend too much . . . . He already ate so much!
 
Frank stood on the side and felt a little embarrassed as well. Thinking that it was the beastman who paid for the clothes anyway, when he chose for Shu Shu, he only considered whether the clothes looked nice or not and didn’t consider the price . . . . It indeed seemed a little too much to spend more than ten thousand to buy clothes at one go.
 
But there was nothing to be done about it. Who let this sub-beastman to not even have an underwear before? And apparently, he also only had a pair of shoes!
 
"It’s all right. They don’t cost much money. You can even go back and buy everything in this shop; it’s no problem at all." Edgar said.

"It’s really too much!" Shu Shu still hated to use so much money to buy clothes that were of little use.
 
"How about . . . leaving out two pairs of shoes and two shirts?" Frank interjected.
 
"No need, I have plenty of money." Edgar stated in quite an imposing manner. After saying so, his heart was rather stuffy. Obviously, other sub-beastman would spend over ten thousand to buy a single headscarf! Why should Shu Shu cut down on his purchase?
 
"Hehe, if you have plenty of money, why do you pretend to be an overbearing president in this kind of shop?" A pretty sub-beastman came in from the outside and gave Frank a scornful look. "Frank, you’re poor, but I didn’t expect that your friends are even poorer.”
 
Edgar: I really have money!
 


Author’s note:
Shu Shu: Edgar brings me to XXXX，picking up so many clothes and shoes. When I look in the mirror, I don’t recognize who the boy in the mirror is.
Edgar: . . . .
Calvin: You both wake up! I’m at the Imperial Plaza, and I’ve been looking for you for more than half a day. How can you be here? Why would you be here and even turn your back on those expensive clothes? Why?


TL's notes:
1. Those XXX, XX, and XXXX are really written like that
2. 上门 (shàng mén) = to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family. Calvin wants to marry into the Imperial family so he can buy whatever he wants ^^
3. Before, I translated 母父 (mǔ fù) = mother/origin/female father as birth father. But now I've changed it to mother, because it's weird if Edgar calls birth father in dialogues.

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