For a moment, Li Yu thought he was hallucinating.
After waiting and waiting, it didn’t seem like he was turning back into a human.
Not only did he not change, some random System appeared as well. It seemed to be called…… The Cute Pet System?
When Li Yu thought about this name, a bright light suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. Two rows of huge, shiny gold words appeared out of nowhere.
The system voice that gave him the notification just now spontaneously said: “Host, please select either the Main Mission or the Side Mission.”
Li Yu blinked. He somehow unintentionally entered a System.
This System called him ‘host.’ It must be his gold finger. So changing into a fish wasn’t completely in vain. Although he’s still a fish and didn’t manage to change back into a human, he had a gold finger. Perhaps if he followed the System’s suggestions, he could find a way to change back into human again?
He recalled the notification that was announced after he completed the first step of a certain main mission……
Li Yu reflexively tried to touch the row of words saying ‘Main Mission’ like tapping a touch screen. However, this extremely normal action to humans wasn’t exactly easy for a fish, because fish fins were too short and couldn’t reach.
Li Yu waved his fish fins rather frantically, thinking it would be great if he could reach. Suddenly, the ‘main mission’ flashed twice by itself and unfolded to reveal more words.
Li Yu: Got it. This system didn’t require physical touches at all. It only required thoughts and ideas to manipulate it.
Of the several rows of words under the Main Mission bar, other than the top most row being lit up, the rest were all dimmed. They should be corresponding to each of the Main Mission tasks.
Li Yu was in a rush to change back to a human so he roughly skimmed through all of the headings of each task. It was all fish related, not human related.
Other than ‘The Tyrant’s Guppy Pet Fish’ that he’s heard before, there were also ‘The Tyrant Raises Fish to revitalize Bloodlines,’ “A Fish’s Postnatal Care,’ and other such missions, each looking more incomprehensible than the last.
Only ‘The Tyrant’s Guppy Pet Fish’ mission was lit up and could be clicked on to read more details. The other missions were all temporarily unavailable.
Li Yu had no choice so clicked it listlessly. ‘The Tyrant’s Guppy Pet Fish’ mission immediately displayed a description as well as a progression bar.
He first read the description. This description was extremely simple, saying something about becoming the tyrant’s favored pet fish. Although this description was rather broad, it was pretty fitting of the system named ‘Cute Pet System.’
Wait, he seemed to have forgotten something?
‘Tyrant,’ this address, seemed to have appeared in many places. But he still didn’t know who this tyrant was.
The system seemed to have felt his bewilderment. A 3-d frame that was adorned with rose petals popped up. Inside this frame was Jing-wang’s extraordinarily handsome face that infuriated both gods and men.
So Jing-wang was the tyrant.
Li Yu’s mouth split in elation. So because he met Jing-wang, the first step ‘Encountering the Tyrant’ was considered completed?
In any case, this Jing-wang only appeared rather cold and didn’t seem to like speaking. Why’d he be called a ‘tyrant’ by the system?
This time the system didn’t react. The frame still held Jing-wang’s handsome face without any change.
Um… was he supposed to click it to move it along?
Li Yu thought for a moment and used the top of his tail to poke at Jing-wang’s cheek from afar.
This time, the system brought up some more descriptions.
The rose petals danced and formulated a summary of Jing-wang. Jing-wang’s name was Mu Tianchi. He was the 5th son of the Emperor of Chu. A naturally born mute, he can’t speak.
Li Yu: “……”
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Mu Tianchi was a name he couldn’t be any more familiar with. Wasn’t this the male protagonist from the web novel <<The Tyrant and his Little Pampered Wife>> that he stayed up reading all night out of boredom? This was a cold, detached, and malicious man who randomly exterminated whole families just over a bad mood. Yet because he was a naturally born mute, he was also a somewhat pitiful tyrant.
So Li Yu transmigrated into a book with a system!
Don’t even ask why he had transmigrated into a book about a tyrant or why he transmigrated into a fish. Don’t bother asking why he was assigned a Cute Pet System in a novel about tyrants and why all of his missions must be completed as a fish. The only answer he received was–
“Since you already transmigrated, you should just accept your fate. It’s said that raising a pet makes people more compassionate. The purpose of your existence is to change the nature of the tyrant protagonist.” The system slowly stated in a mechanical voice.
Li Yu: “……”
He just knew this system was up to no good!
He didn’t want to do these strange tasks at all! What? If he didn’t do them, was the system going to coerce him?
The System immediately stated: “The Cute Pet System can’t force the host, but if the host doesn’t complete the tasks, then you’ll never be able to return to being a human for the rest of your life.”
Li Yu: What?! I won’t transmigrate back even if I die?
“No.” The system was very resolute: “If you’re unable to change into a human, then you will only have the life expectancy of a fish. In the end, you’ll turn into fish bones and fish dust.”
Li Yu: ……What if I abandon the tasks?
System: “You’ll immediately turn into fish bones and fish dust.”
Li Yu wanted to curse madly. How the heck was this not disguised coercion?
The System emphasized again: “The Cute Pet System can’t force the host……”
Li Yu: Can you not repeat these cruel words again!
Li Yu didn’t want to turn into fish bones and fish dust, but at the same time, he didn’t have any interest in changing a tyrant’s nature or whatever. He only wanted to know what exactly he needed to do to turn back into a human?
System: “When the main mission reaches a certain point, there will be a step to turn back to a human.”
Li Yu: That sounded much better…… alright, isn’t just the main missions. I’ll do them if I have to.
Although pretending to be unconcerned, Li Yu actually understood very well that he can’t take risks with his life. The Cute Pet System said one thing right. He has already transmigrated and gained this gold finger system. Based on the fact that it could appear inside his head, he should believe it.
After he decided to do the missions, Li Yu started to calm down and study his current mission of ‘The Tyrant’s Guppy Pet Fish’ seriously.
This mission was split into several steps. The first step ‘Encountering the Tyrant’ was already completed. The second step ‘Interacting with the Tyrant’ was currently highlighted. Then, there’s nothing after that. Looks like the second step needed to be completed first before the next instructions appeared.
…… This petty system… didn’t even want to give him any detailed instructions. ‘Interact with the Tyrant.’ How exactly should he interact?
Jing-wang was royalty while he was only a fish ingredient from the kitchen. How were the two of them related at all? Li Yu was somewhat frustrated. Don’t tell him he needed to turn himself into fish soup or simmer-fried fish, place himself on a plate, and allow himself to be eaten by Jing-wang?
System: “Use your head, think more carefully.”
Li Yu: “……”
This bastard system. Why did he feel like it was making fun of him!
Li Yu couldn’t figure anything out from that eccentric main mission. Eyes turning as he recalled the side mission, he went to take a look.
The so-called side mission was something that he could do or ignore. Anyone who’s played online games all know that the side mission normally wasn’t too difficult. Yet it can also provide generous rewards. With such a strange main mission, perhaps he can find some clues in the side mission.
Li Yu selected the side mission to take a look and discovered the task names below the side mission bar were all dimmed, indicating that this wasn’t the time to do those yet.
For example, one of the side missions was — ‘Become a Koi Fish.’
This task didn’t look too bad. Since he was temporarily a fish right now, being a koi fish had to be better than being a normal fish ingredient, right?
Even idiots know that koi fish has extremely good fortune. How come he can’t do this kind of task right now?
System: “Side missions all have prerequisites. They can only be advanced when the prerequisites are met.”
Li Yu: What kind of prerequisites does the koi fish mission require?
System: “Completing the main mission — The Tyrant’s Guppy Pet Fish.”
Li Yu: …… Fck!! So he still can’t circumvent becoming a pet fish!!
System: “That’s right.”
Li Yu thought internally, clearly he was a man, yet he had to become another man’s pet fish, not to mention this man had a bad temper and couldn’t even speak. Wasn’t this task too hard?
Who knows what kind of reward he’d get once he completed this mission. If the reward wasn’t that impressive, then wouldn’t he have gotten the short end of the stick?
Li Yu: After completing ‘The Tyrant’s Guppy Pet Fish,’ what kind of rewards do I get– there should be rewards right?
System: “Yes. You completed the first step. The strength of your tail has already been increased. Please use it cautiously. The reward for completing the second step is a dimensional space you can carry anywhere, any time. Other rewards will continue to be updated with the advancement of the mission.”
Li Yu’s eyes lit up. He didn’t really get what’s the use of increasing the strength of a fish’s tail, but a dimensional space, this was a good thing. He can put stuff in it. It was pretty inconvenient to be a fish so it’s best for him to suppress his shame and hurry up with the tasks!
While he thought about this, the System reminded him to exit.
……
Li Yu regained consciousness, opened his fish eyes and discovered he was lying inside a blue and white porcelain jar that was filled with water.
Apparently, when he was conversing with the System, it was all in a space inside his head, unviewable from the outside. Actually, since he was bitten by the big white cat, and then fainted from leaving the water for too long, two hours have passed.
Feeling waves of pain from his still recovering injury, Ji Yu stared at his surroundings in a slight daze.
He remembered before he lost consciousness, he almost broke his tail by hitting it repeatedly on the ground. Yet no one took notice of his cry for help. Right now, he should be still laying on the concrete. So how did he change locations?
Nevertheless, since he was injured, he should focus on recuperating first. Also he needed to figure out where he was and find Jing-wang as quickly as possible to finish the interaction step.
After Li Yu thought everything through clearly, he carefully examined the world inside the jar.
This white and blue porcelain jar was much better than that pitch-black fish basket he transmigrated into. It didn’t have the oil and smoke smell from the kitchen. There was ample light and space. However, the opening of the jar was a bit high for him. When he lifted his head, he could only see an area of the ceiling above him. Although the area was small, he can see that this was a richly decorated room. It was clear that he was in a very wealthy place at the moment.
The water in the jar was very clean. At the moment, he was the only fish in it. Next to his side, there were a few green water plants that swayed gently to the ripple of the water.
Below him was covered by snow white pebbles. Li Yu studied these pebbles. Every grain was round and smooth, the corners rubbed away. When this fish laid on it, he didn’t feel any discomfort. It was a good place to recuperate.
Li Yu planned to rip off a leaf from the water plant. But after waving for a while, he discovered it wasn’t easy to grab the water plant with only his two fins. So don’t even talk about using the fins to rip off any leaves. He couldn’t move it no matter what.
Suddenly, he recalled what the System said, that his tail’s strength had increased. Perhaps, he can try using his tail?
Li Yu swung his tail towards the water plant without much expectations.
Hss! So painful so painful so painful!!
Pulling on his injury, Li Yu grimaced in pain and slightly regretted his impulsive behavior.
After swinging his fish tail, there wasn’t much change. Li Yu thought the System was lying to this fish. Just at this time, a fresh green leaf slowly fell down and landed on top of his head.
Li Yu excitedly gave his tail a glance. Then he used his mouth to grab the broken leaf and pull it down, covering a large portion of his body as he laid on the white pebbled bed.
Recovering from an injury naturally required being covered up by a blanket. Let him rest for a little while and regain his composure. When his body is better, he’ll go find Jing-wang.
Sleeping for some unknown time, Li Yu heard a ‘gezhi’ sound.
Li Yu knew this was the sound of a door opening and that someone entered this room that he was staying in.
The person who entered– was the person who saved him in the end and the person who placed him inside this porcelain jar.
The white and blue porcelain jar had water and water plants. It even had round smooth stones. It was a fish bowl no matter how you looked at it. To be able to create this setup, the person most likely didn’t plan to eat him. Rather, they planned to raise him.
This person…… Who was it?
The sound of calm and unhurried footsteps came closer and closer. Li Yu had a strange sense of anticipation.
He slightly raised his head and waited a little. Not long after, a handsome flawless face appeared above the fish bowl.
Li Yu: !!!
My god, this person– wasn’t this the target of his mission, Jing-wang, Mu Tianchi?
……so, it was Jing-wang who saved him?
Li Yu was surprised and delighted. This really made things quite effortless!
At first, he felt somewhat reluctant to become a pet fish. But facing a mission target who had saved his life, he can tolerate it!
So what should a proper pet fish… do?
Win favor from his owner, make his owner happy!
Covered by the water plant blanket, Li Yu waved his tail and flatteringly blew a small transparent bubble at Jing-wang.
I’m such a cute fish, please don’t chop off my head, okay?
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The author has something to say
A small scene:
Li Yu: Blow(Let’s) bub(Play) bles(Together)
Jing-wang: Come–eat–me.
Li Yu shaking his head: No no, it’s blow(Let’s) bub(Play) bles(Together).
Jing-wang: I’m–very–tasty.
Jing-wang: I knew you were impatiently waiting for me to eat you.
Li Yu: ……
That little extra made me giggle way too hard—
Thanks for the chapter!
That mini-theatre, my God 😂
Thank You for the chapter (๑°꒵°๑)･*♡
Communication is hard for a fish and a man… hahahaha!
lololol
i wanna tell you that before this, i already read this story twice coz i love it so much!
thanks for the chapter!
This Extra… Poor fish hahaha
What a cutie hahaha. I imagined a carp getting a leaf blanket and uwu so cuuuute 🥺
Thank you for the chapter!
Don’t chop the cute fish ≧◡≦
lmao the extra 🤣🤣
Ah!!! The small scene💯
I wonder how the tyrant knows he’s human?? 😂
I really need to know what makes Jing-wang a tyrant… Ah, somehow I think he is just misunderstood ;)) (aren’t all villains?!)
OHHH HE IS MUTE — See, I am sure he is lacking friends because of his inability to speak and the fish can fill the emptiness in his life. 😊 (they can use body language cough cough)
Ahhhh hahah so he can turn into a human again if he fulfills the quests, interesting! That explains how the babies will happen… (kind of)
Already loving this quite a bit. He’s so cute while trying to be the best pet fish.
This reminded me of the cartoon’s I had watch before.. the fish blanketed himself to sleep lol so cute and hilarious 😂
Did the author call me dumber than an idiot?
hehe the extra so cutee ♥️ ty for chap!