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When Jun Lu woke up, it was already early the next morning.
The storm had stopped some time ago, and the sky was full of light.
The moment he woke up, the cradle seemed to have sensed it and the originally dark and lightless interior gradually lit up with a warm yellow light.
Enough to see things, but not blinding.
Jun Lu was bewildered for a moment before the memories came back and he quickly regained awareness.
He had actually slept for so long?
For him, who had been on the run for a long time, sleeping was an impossible task, but his fully refreshed state reminded him that this was the truth.
Jun Lu did not go out immediately, but first extended his spiritual power.
The people outside could not peek inside the cradle, nor could they destroy it from the outside; he was safe inside, but he couldn’t rule out the possibility of people waiting outside to ambush him.
After a night of rain, the prairie was filled with moisture. It was completely wet everywhere and fog appeared just by being shone on by sunlight. Only the circle of land under the umbrella was dry and clean.
Jun Lu first “saw” Arashi.
The silver wind wolf was lying under the umbrella, looking up and on guard, not knowing how long it had been on the lookout.
He obviously sent it to that unknown space ……
It should be his master.
Arashi was a pet that his master helped him to contract. That space was probably created by his master, therefore his master naturally has a way to let it out.
Jun Lu’s heart skipped a beat.
He saw a short-haired woman leaning against the stone. She was dirty, as if she had rolled in the mud. Her eyes were closed and she was sleeping, covered with a brand new blanket.
He frowned slightly and spread his spiritual energy.
On the grass, the long-tongued monitor’s body was still lying there. After a whole night of rain, the body was a little pale and swollen. There were also car marks on the ground, as well as the traces left by the battle.
Jun Lu thought about it, withdrew his spiritual energy, and slowly turned into a human form.
The inside of the cradle was not as small as it looked on the outside. Even when he became human, the space inside was still very spacious.
The small hand picked up the pacifier next to it, hesitated for a moment, but still stuffed it into his mouth. While sucking, he lifted the light veil above the cradle and jumped out.
Hearing the commotion, Arashi immediately looked over.
Seeing the little boy sucking on the pacifier and landing on the ground with a cool face, the white wolf’s big tail wagged happily.
“Master, you’re awake!”
Jun Lu nodded his head and looked at the cradle next to him.
Spiritual power covered it, and the cradle then silently sank into the shadows on the ground, disappearing as silently as if it had never existed.
Only then did he withdraw his gaze and look at the short-haired woman leaning against the stone.
Arashi said, “It was the Grand Master who saved her.”
Grand Master?
Jun Lu froze for a moment and quickly realized that he was talking about his “demon” master.
In fact, looking at the blanket on the woman, it was easy to guess, but ……
Why did the master save her?
What was so special about her?
Laura’s eyelashes trembled slightly.
She had actually been awake for a while, but her body was still very weak, so she leaned against the stone and closed her eyes. Waiting until there was the sound of light footsteps near her, before she listened attentively.
Then she heard a young man’s voice.
He said that it was the Grand Master that had saved her.
Laura remembered how the two giant monitors that had chased her last night suddenly rolled around in the mud.
Then she felt a stare on her.
The stare was so strong that Laura couldn’t continue pretending.
She could only timidly open her eyes.
What caught her eye was a little boy of about three or four years old. It was the first time Laura had seen such a good-looking child.
He was dressed exquisitely and beautifully, his body clean without a speck of dirt. If she had met him in a human city, she would have thought that this was the spoiled little son of some noble family.
Yet this was in the wilderness.
He also had a magical umbrella. In such a dangerous place, he even slept in a cradle with a talking silver wolf guarding his side.
Most importantly, there was still the “Grand Master” who had never shown up.
That should be this little boy’s parent ba?
Laura was a little distracted.
When she looked up, she saw the boy’s eyes narrowed slightly, looking her up and down, his blood-red pupils flashing with scrutiny and unkindness.
Laura’s heart jumped.
“Hel…..Hello….” She took the initiative to speak up.
Instead, the boy ignored her. With a soft hum, he sucked on his pacifier and walked out toward the grass.
Laura did not dare to make a sound. She could feel the little boy’s dislike for her. Although she did not understand why, with the current situation, she better not anger him.
Jun Lu did not pay attention to the human woman.
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If you looked closely, you would find a layer of black shadows that have been attached to the soles of his shoes.
Rather than walking on the grass, he was walking in his own shadow.
This was something he had just worked out: another use of shadow stalking.
Instead of sinking himself completely into the shadow world, he just controlled a very small layer at the sole of his shoe and stepped on top of the shadow.
This way, he could train at any time and improve his skill proficiency all the while ensuring that his clothes stay neat and tidy——
These were the clothes given to him by his master, how could he let the mud and water stain them?
Jun Lu took a closer look at the signs of the fight and recreated the scene in his mind.
The two giant monitors were killed by sharp blades cutting through their bellies and piercing their hearts. With residual energy of human martial arts still lingering on them, it seemed like the human woman did it.
So why exactly did the master save her? This martial arts aura, there was nothing really special about this ah.
The little boy pursed his lips, his handsome little face cold and icy, akin to frost.
The morning light was getting brighter and brighter, illuminating something on the ground. It shone with a flicker.
Jun Lu looked over and rolled the thing over with his shadow tentacles and found it to be a dagger.
What he lacked most now was an offensive skill. Before comprehending the new skill, this dagger would be a good substitute, but unfortunately, it was not particularly sharp.
If it was before, he would not have placed such a weapon in his eyes, but now he’s not in a position to be picky.
Looking at the mud stain on the dagger, Jun Lu frowned, a trace of disgust flashed under his eyes.
He grabbed it with his shadow tentacles, then stuck out another tentacle, rolled up a giant monitor, and dragged it back to the umbrella.
Looking at the dry and clean ground, Jun Lu raised his head to look at the umbrella above his head. Although he knew that his master had many strange and bizarre props, seeing this umbrella, he couldn’t help but feel a little emotional.
Laura saw the little boy come to her side and could not help but brace her weak body, giving the little boy a pale smile.
She had just been observing him.
At first, she was just attracted by his movements, but since it was far away, it’s not like she could see the details. Then, she saw something black like a living thing poking from under his feet. Even though she had lived through a lot of experiences, she was still a bit shocked.
Afterwards, an adult giant monitor was dragged back just like that with black tentacles by a three to four year old boy. It gave her an inexplicable shock.
She also found out that after walking back from the muddy grass, the little boy’s cute brown round-toed shoes did not have a single stain.
Still completely unstained, clean as new.
Laura was filled with awe and dared not neglect him when she saw him coming towards her.
Only to see the little boy put the lizard down, then the black tentacle started to approach her, which caused her to freeze in fright. Not daring to move.
However, the tentacle’s target was not her, but ——the blanket covering her body.
The tentacle pulled the blanket over, then wrapped it around the dagger that she had dropped and gently wiped it up.
Finally, when the dagger was polished to a shine, the tentacle only rolled the blanket and flung it back onto her lap.
In fact, she had just rolled in the mud last night and her body’s dirty. The blanket was also dirtied. Though Laura did not mind much.
It was just that…..
This little boy seemed to really not like her. From the beginning to the end, he didn’t take a single look at her.
Laura also dared not provoke him.
In such a dangerous wilderness, she, who was left behind by her companions, could only cling to this life-saving straw.
Jun Lu used his spiritual power to sweep this human woman. Seeing that she was still sensible, he no longer bothered to care about her. Either way, the master must have a reason for doing what he had done.
He looked at Arashi at the side.
“Eat ba.”
His voice was a bit slurred because he was sucking on his pacifier, but Arashi still understood what he meant.
It looked at the corpse of the giant monitor.
The magical beasts hunted yesterday were thrown away after digging up the magic crystals. Now for its breakfast, there was only this long-tongued giant monitor.
Arashi walked over and sniffed at the giant lizard’s abdomen.
After soaking in the rain, the lizard was a little swollen, but it was still fresh. Just as Arashi was about to eat it, he heard a woman’s voice ring out.
“Wait a minute.”
Arashi could not help but stop, turned his head and looked at the human woman.
Jun Lu also looked over. A pair of blood-red pupils, frosty cold, giving a sense of unapproachable detachment.
Laura freaked out a little, but forced herself to calm down and said, “Why don’t …… I take care of it for you guys? The long-tongued giant monitor has some parts that are poisonous.”
“Although the toxicity is not strong, it will cause a short period of nerve paralysis. It will feel very unpleasant ……”
Jun Lu paused.
He knew about the long-tongued monitor, but the monitor’s death was a bit tragic that he could not recognize it.
Arashi heard Laura’s words and turned his head to look at Jun Lu.
Jun Lu pursed his lips. Considering that he needed Arashi to help fight later, his combat power must be guaranteed. He turned his head away and acquiesced to Laura’s volunteer.
Laura hurriedly supported her body.
She was a martial artist and her physical quality was not weak. It was just that after being exposed to rain and wind all night, it made her a little weak. Fortunately, she didn’t get a fever. Otherwise, she could only wait to die under such conditions.
Laura was very sensible and didn’t look for Jun Lu to ask for her dagger back. Instead, she drew another one from her waist; this one was smaller, but sharper.
She skinned and deboned the lizard and cut off a piece of fatty flesh with three strokes.
Without a plate, she placed it on a stone first. The stone surface looked clean after it had been washed by the rain.
Arashi squatted to one side to watch and couldn’t help but salivate.
It was still in the evolutionary stage. With huge daily consumption of energy, yesterday’s food had basically been digested cleanly, so at this moment it was extremely hungry.
But it simply crouched in place in a very disciplined manner, and didn’t rush forward immediately.
Evolution has significantly improved its intelligence. Although it had not received education and training, it instinctively knew what kind of behaviour should be maintained at the moment.
Laura nimbly handled the giant monitor.
She wandered in the wilderness all year round and was very skilled at these basic survival skills. She could even let herself be distracted a little by observing the little boy out of the corner of her eye.
The little boy was three or four years old. If one ignored his blood red eyes, he actually looked very adorable. Especially since he was still sucking on the pacifier and sitting quietly on the stone, looking extremely meng. It totally brought out the maternal instincts in others.
But Laura knew very well that this little boy was not as harmless as he looked.
Jun Lu slightly tilted his head, eyes coolly looking over.
Laura hurriedly averted her gaze and concentrated on finishing the giant monitor meat. Then prepared to pick up some dead branches to make a fire.
“Making a fire?” Arashi cocked his head.
Laura’s heart trembled when she heard Arashi speak. It was the first time she faced a talking magical beast directly.
“Yes Arashi-daren, it will be more delicious when the meat is roasted.”
Arashi thought for a moment and said, “You step back a little.”
Laura wasn’t sure why, but still obediently took a few steps back. Then she watched as Arashi approached the stone, lowered its head slightly, and pointed the long pointed horn on its forehead at the giant monitor meat on the stone.
“Zi La La——Zi La La——”
Suddenly, a burst of lightning leapt out of the sharp horn and landed on the giant monitor meat.
This burst of lightning was not very violent. It wouldn’t shatter the stone, but it ran between the meat pieces. In a moment, from within the sizzling noises, the smell of cooked meat wafted out.
Laura looked at this scene, eyes staring widely.
You could actually grill meat like this!
Jun Lu’s eyes were also attracted by the commotion. But his attention was not on the meat, instead, it was on Arashi’s ability to control lightning.
A big opening was naturally powerful, but the subtle control reflected their own understanding of power, something that required a lot of talent.
Arashi indeed did not have bad qualifications. it was no wonder it was noticed by the master and had the both of them form a contract.
But ……what about this human woman?
Why did the master save her?
The little boy pursed his lips and watched as the woman found clean large blades of grass and held the pieces of meat up to him.
“Little …… little gongzi, do you want to give it a taste?”
Laura also did not know how to address the boy; calling him mister would be inappropriate, calling him young master, although respectful she was not his servant. In the end, she could only learn from the film and television dramas that she had seen, and literally called him gongzi.
Jun Lu stared at her coldly, then ……
A milk bottle appeared in front of him with a boing.
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“Victory！”
Listening to the system’s female voice shout out the victory slogan, Yu Xingqiao sighed in relief.
It was hard to stop when playing games. He had played from morning till afternoon while taking a few breaks in between, and as soon as he returned to the game they’d be shouting at him to continue playing.
Yu Xingqiao had no friends in reality, so he cherished the few friends he met online and could not bear to refuse their invitations.
“Let’s have another round, we’ll finish this fight quickly.” In the voice channel, the captain who initially invited Yu Xingqiao into the team said.
Yu Xingqiao looked at the time and said with difficulty, “I’ll stop playing, you guys can continue ……”
“Isn’t there ten minutes left?”
“That’s right, ten minutes is enough to play a game. If the game has not ended, you can AFK and we brothers will bring you to fly!”
Yu Xingqiao’s heart warmed up and couldn’t help but laugh.
“Forget it, you guys play, I’m going to feed milk.”
Four confused man meme appeared on the screen.
After Yu Xingqiao finished speaking, afraid of them persuading him to stay, he hurriedly disappeared. Completely unaware of the misunderstanding he had caused.
After closing the game, he opened up the “Miracle Cub” app.
Counting the time, the game should be in the morning. With the cradle and Arashi guarding, the cub should not have an issue ba?
Sure enough, as soon as he entered the game, the phone screen gradually brightened up.
The sky was already bright, clear, cloudless, and blue like it had been washed by water. Just by looking at the scene, his mood brightened up a lot.
Looking back at the game, the cub had woken up and had also turned into his human form.
He was currently sitting on the highest piece of rock.
Under the blue sky and white clouds, the little boy was wearing a white shirt and suspenders shorts with his pair of small feet drooping down from the stone, his pink tender cheeks slightly bulging.
The little doll was sucking on a pacifier, yet he still put on a cool iceberg face.
Yu Xingqiao’s heart was simply going to melt. He was just about to rua the cub’s little head when he heard a strange sound from the speaker.
He adjusted the camera warily.
Only to see the female NPC that he had saved earlier at a patch of grass on the side. She was currently crouching on the floor, cooking the giant monitor, while Arashi was watching from the side.
The cradle he gave the cub to sleep in yesterday was nowhere to be seen.
Yu Xingqiao blinked and opened the cub’s log to look at it.
It turned out that the cradle was put away in the shadow cage by the cub, and the giant monitor was the breakfast that he dragged back to Arashi, with Laura volunteering to help take care of it.
The two side quests, [Avoid the Rain] and [Road to Justice] were also completed, earning a total of 200 gold coins, two draws, a short knife, and +0.1% progress on the main quest.
Ah, the main quest has finally moved!
It’s really not easy.
Yu Xingqiao lamented, and then began to brew milk powder.
“Little …… little gongzi, do you want to give it a taste?”
When Yu Xingqiao finished preparing the milk powder and closed the cooking interface, he saw Laura carrying the meat slices and presented it to the cub, asking if the cub would want to eat it.
The cub is so small, can he eat meat?
Suddenly, the appearance of the long-tongued monitor appeared in front of his eyes. Yu Xingqiao could not help but shudder.
No way!
That lizard is so ugly, there must be a lot of bacteria on its body, the cub will get sick if he eats it.
Yu Xingqiao hurriedly moved the milk bottle to the cubs and clicked use.
And so the hot milk bottle with the smell of milk appeared in front of Jun Lu.
Jun Lu: “……”
A crack appeared in the expression of the little boy who originally had an iceberg face.
Although he tried his best to maintain his composure, Laura, who was standing in front of him and had been carefully observing him, could still see the change in his emotions.
What’s more, there was a touch of scarlet that was creeping up to his little jade white ears.
Laura looked at him, then looked at the milk bottle that appeared out of nowhere, it felt like her heart was thumping a little faster.
It must be the “great master” who saved her!
For this existence, Laura’s heart was full of gratitude and awe. If they had not lent a hand to rescue her, she would have been dragged back to the cave last night by the two giant monitors to become their reserve food.
Now …… was that “great master” back?
“Then …… I’ll eat this myself.”
Laura said meekly to the air, then put away the meat and hid to the side to eat by herself.
Jun Lu watched her walk away, speechless.
In fact, he did not mind tasting a little bit of meat …… why couldn’t she insist on it?
Looking at the milk bottle, Jun Lu sighed helplessly and reached out his small hand to hold the bottle of milk.
The warm milk bottle against the palm of his hand gave a warm feeling.
A softness that even he did not notice was quietly born in his heart, and then quietly hidden.
Jun Lu looked up at Arashi and then at Laura, and after a moment’s hesitation, he jumped off the rock and freed the cradle from its shadow cage.
He pulled at the side of the cradle to climb in, only to feel his entire body float up, followed by a gentle force——
He was tucked into the cradle.
Jun Lu pursed his lips tightly. Knowing that it was his master who was helping him, he could feel his face heating up.
The little boy’s pinkish face had actually fully turned red.
The moment he was covered by the light veil, he immediately changed back to his little black ball appearance—— he did not trust Laura, so he did not intend to show his infant form in front of her.
He pretended that nothing had just happened, removed the pacifier and took the milk bottle.
As he sucked, he thought about what he wanted to do today.
Well, the first priority was to heal and recover strength.
As for Saer’s side ……
Although unwilling, Jun Lu was very rational. Right now, he was definitely not Saer’s opponent. Fighting recklessly would only waste opportunities. Hiding one’s capacity and biding one’s time was the right way.
He still had to try to seize the time to do so.
Suddenly, there was a light caress on his head, interrupting his thoughts.
Yu Xingqiao saw the little guy hiding in the cradle, so he knew he got shy. He smiled wryly and helped him out, then manipulated the camera and also followed into the interior of the cradle.
He watched him turn back into a little black ball and genuinely began to eat neinei.
Compared to before, the cub’s eating speed was much slower. No longer gurgling, like someone was rushing him from behind and eating in a hurry.
Yu Xingqiao slightly curved his lips, eyes full of smiles.
It seems that the cradle was still very useful. Although the shape does not fit in with the surroundings, at least there was a place where the cub could eat in peace.
He put his hands on his cheeks and quietly watched the cub sucking on the bottle.
It’s just too cute!
The teenager couldn’t help but reach out and rub the top of the cub’s head, thinking to himself ——
He must let his brother help him customize a small pillow that looks like the little black ball, hehe, it’d definitely be good to rua.
Meanwhile, Jun Lu’s heart gave birth to something strange.
He thought, at least his master’s attention was on his side, and not focusing on that human woman.
Translated by Tofu
Edited and Proofread by Noitratoxin and Lilium
Raw word count: 5887
English word count: 4070
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Aww so cute reminds me kinda of the one story with a dragon taking care of a leopard cub ❤❤
Thank you for the chapter
Reference please!
Number One Lazy Merchant of the Beast World
Ah, good one. Cat paws Selling much meng.
Id like ro ask if this was deleted from the site or am i supposed to read it froma different site? Id like to try to read it
https://rainbow-reads.com/nolmbw-toc/
I remember that one! It was so cute 😩
uuuugh cute, meng, kawaii!!
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Looks like our little cub is starting to feel jealous and possessive? ｡◕‿◕｡
Thanks for the chapter!!!
JL is drinking vinegar xDD
I think Laura have an important role to help JL take his revenge (?) coz that Saer is human. Thanks for the chapter! 😘
The loose human woman who will perhaps become one of the most powerful human for just plot reasons. Haha
Drink bottle, curl up in cradle, get pats. Jun Lu selling meng to master! Hahahaha! Thanks for the chapter 🤣
“Don’t worry. She’s just a new servant that I found for you.” 😉. Thank you
Mm, vinegar
Thank you for new chapter
AHHHH This is so cute . So cute. So cute 🥰🥰🥰
Thank you for the chapter!! Theyre so cute
thanks for the chapter ♡
»From the beginning to the end, he did take a single look at her.« he didn’t take (? not sure xD)
JL you want his attention only for yourself >3
Thx for the ch ٩( >ヮ<)۶
thanks for the catch
Awww ⁄(⁄ ⁄•⁄-⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄ that was so cute Lil Jun Lu is jealous
(´∩｡• ᵕ •｡∩`) so cute (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ take my love UwU
please! so much meng! I am dying.
thanks for the chapter <3
Thank you for the chapter! 💕
…heheheh, is that the smell of Vinegar??? :OOO
Watch me nei?.. watch me neinei.. watch me nei.. nei.. watch me neinei… 🥰😘😂🤣
Tysm for the ch ♥
Keke our lit baby is soon ganna experience jealousy
hahaha i wonder how he’ll feel when he learns that this master is just a sickly poor teenager