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49. Being Truthful and the Banquet
Ever since there was one more bead in his stomach, Shu Shu always felt uncomfortable from head to toe, and he also felt a little guilty when facing Edgar.
Having a guilty conscience plus thinking about the people in the cla.s.s who were smitten with Edgar and had been vilifying him all day long made Shu Shu quite depressed. All he wanted was to hide from Edgar.
It’s just that when he returned home after attending school for a whole day, he actually missed Edgar. Moreover, there were only he and Edgar at home. After hiding from Edgar, he was obviously left alone. Wouldn’t he get bored?
Shu Shu got caught up in a quandary.
Edgar naturally found out about Shu Shu’s tangled emotions, but because he himself was also a little slow and not overly expressive, he did not know what he should say to Shu Shu.
When eating dinner today, Edgar saw that Shu Shu looked uneasy. He recalled that it had been several days since Shu Shu last played the snake-killing game . . . . No, it’s trying-to-overcome-the-fear game. Edgar finally thought of a subject and asked, "Do you want to play the game?"
Shu Shu thought of those snakes and, trembling all over, quickly replied, "Don’t want!"
"Why not?" Edgar asked in puzzlement. Hadn’t Shu Shu been very determined to make himself become unafraid of snake?
"I’ve told you before. Snakes were really horrible, and I don"t want to see them at all . . . . So, I’ll just continue being afraid of snakes, okay!" Shu Shu declared. Now that he had pa.s.sed through the inner demon tribulation, he did not want to see those snakes any more!
Not only that, but after recalling the scenes he had seen during the inner demon tribulation, he seemed to be even more afraid of snake . . . . This was truly a sad fact.
Edgar also felt very sad. He had been a snake for so many years; how did he, of all people, end up falling for a partner who was afraid of snake?
"Do you want to play other games then?" Edgar asked again.
Shu Shu shook his head. Being engrossed in games was bad; he thought he was quite good for not wanting to play games all day long.
“How about I take you out for a stroll?” Edgar said. “Is there anything you want?”
"I don"t lack anything . . ." Seeing Edgar keep being concerned about him, Shu Shu felt more and more guilty and more and more embarra.s.sed. Finally, he couldn"t help but said loudly, "Edgar! I’m sorry! I made a mistake! I lost the red bead you gave me!”
Edgar was shocked, and his face changed. He quickly asked, “Where did you lost it?” If his beast bead was picked up and ingested by another sub-beastman, that sub-beastman would be his legitimate wife . . . . Although sub-beastmen generally wouldn’t eat a beast bead of unidentified origin, but there was always an accident, wasn’t it?
"I didn"t lose it somewhere. When I took it out of my food pouch, I accidentally swallowed it down into my stomach. Then it became gray right away." Shu Shu directly confessed. After he was done speaking, he felt much more relaxed.
"So it’s like that. Never mind. If you ate it, it’ll indeed become gray," Edgar said. A beastman’s beast bead would be damaged after being ingested by another beastman, which was pretty normal. "It’s already useless. You just throw it away, okay."
"Oh, okay." Shu Shu breathed a sigh of relief. Edgar was really great; he actually didn’t investigate the situation at all!
Since the bead was useless, Shu Shu didn"t need to worry. As for having it stay in his stomach indefinitely . . . . He didn"t feel any discomfort anyway, so if the bead wanted to stay, then just stay!
When the bead was willing to come out, then he would return it to Edgar.
Shu Shu finally loosened up. Edgar nevertheless remembered what 006 had said earlier, that when Shu Shu went to the toilet a few days ago, he stared at his excrement and watched it for quite a long time.
Edgar reckoned that his beast bead was already expelled . . . . He felt a slight sense of loss, but he didn"t feel too distressed. His attention was quickly put on Shu Shu again.
Shu Shu was truly honest. Having done something wrong, he did not know how to lie to the other party.
Shu Shu solved the big trouble in his heart, and the whole person became cheerful. Edgar, on the other hand, began to un.o.btrusively enhance Shu Shu’s favorable impression of him.
It was at this time that the banquet in the Imperial palace was going to commence.
Synthia kept saying that it was all right as long as Shu Shu took him in, but it was impossible for Shu Shu to pick him up. Therefore, Shu Shu still gave him an invitation card that allowed him to bring along a partner to attend the banquet.
Holding the invitation card, Synthia was extremely excited. But after that, he kept muttering miserably for half of the day because he had no partner whom he could take along with him.
Shu Shu had a deep understanding of Synthia"s sensitive nerves, but he did not feel like paying attention to Synthia. He went to find Jones and gave him an invitation card.
"Thank you." Jones accepted the invitation. He had never attended such a banquet, and the empress didn’t send him an invitation either. But now . . . going to the Imperial palace to take a look was not a bad idea.
"I’ve asked the empress. There’ll be a lot of delicious food there, so we can eat to our heart"s content." Shu Shu told Jones.
Were there any people who came to the imperial banquet in order to eat? Jones somewhat didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
However, Shu Shu was exactly the person who went there to have a feast. He really looked forward to the banquet because both the empress and Edgar had said that there was a lot of food at the banquet.
On the day of the banquet, Shu Shu purposely ate a little less at noon, but it was not in order for him to look better while wearing a formal attire. Rather, it was so that he could eat more at night.
Khamun Studio had already delivered the banquet attire one day in advance. Shu Shu put it on after he had eaten lunch, and when he saw himself in the mirror, he couldn’t stop admiring himself.
The formal attire that Edgar gave him was a simple one. Khamun Studio then made some alterations according to Shu Shu’s characteristics. Now the attire was especially suitable for him.
Although it was the weekend, but there were many more things to do in the military department recently. Edgar went to work and didn"t come back until the afternoon. When he came back, he saw Shu Shu in the middle of showing off in front of the mirror, and his mood inexplicably became better.
"This mirror can also show you the whole body image." Edgar said. Walking over, he pressed the surface of the mirror, and a three-dimensional small figurine promptly appeared on top of the mirror.
The small figurine was Shu Shu. It repeated Shu Shu’s previous movements in front of the mirror, turning left and right and showing a big smile towards Shu Shu—Shu Shu had smiled just like this towards the mirror.
This three-dimensional small figurine looked so cute! Shu Shu couldn"t stop himself from reaching out and touching it. Unfortunately, it was just a virtual image, and his stretched fingers pa.s.sed through the small figurine’s body.
But he still thought it was such a novel thing and considered this small figurine as a toy.
Edgar silently pressed the save b.u.t.ton and asked, "What do you think of the clothes?"
"Very good, ah! Exceptional!" Shu Shu was extremely satisfied with the clothes.
"Go with me then." Edgar extended his hand towards Shu Shu.
"Go where? Is the banquet about to begin now?" Shu Shu was a bit puzzled.
"No, you must have your face and hair done." Edgar said.
Have my face and hair done? A look of inquisitiveness appeared on Shu Shu’s face, followed by eagerness to give it a try. He had grown this old and yet never tried putting on makeup! As for a man putting on makeup was not right . . . . His owners certainly thought that men should also take care of themselves properly!
In the interstellar era, having your face and hair done was a simple work. As a daemon, Shu Shu"s skin was flawless and didn"t require too much polishing, so the stylist focused on the hair.
"This hair is really good. This is the first time I saw such a good hair. Every one of them has no flaws . . . . Such a good hair, and you don’t even take care of it properly. You truly waste natural resources recklessly!" The stylist looked at Shu Shu with a face full of accusations.
Was this necessary? Shu Shu was rather speechless. He thought his hair was already like this, ah . . . . Moreover, this stylist obviously only changed his hairstyle a little bit . . . .
Shu Shu looked perplexed. However, after the stylist stopped his hand, Shu Shu discovered that his whole person really looked much more vibrant, and his attractiveness index was promoted to another level all at once.
Truly good-looking; he even wanted to like himself!
Shu Shu stared at himself in the mirror, and the longer he stared, the more pleased he was with himself. But after seeing Edgar, he found that he seemed to be defeated straightaway.
Just like Shu Shu, Edgar had never spruced himself up. But now, after a makeover and changing into a military uniform-style attire . . . . Shu Shu somewhat couldn"t take his eyes off Edgar.
This was clearly the model he had wanted to become, ah! So handsome! No wonder those sub-beastmen all liked Edgar!
Edgar soon discovered that Shu Shu was looking at him with an admiring gaze and subconsciously stuck out his own chest.
The banquet started at 7 pm, but at 6 o"clock, some people already came to the Imperial palace one after another.
These people were all minor n.o.bility, or simply people who had no n.o.ble status—in the Beastman Empire nowadays, n.o.bility was just a symbol of the bloodline, and the Empire had long since made no allowance for the n.o.bility, so the n.o.bility was actually not as respectable as one imagined.
Some people already arrived, and the food was already on the table, but it was still not Shu Shu’s turn to go on stage. He was the focus of this banquet; for his special introduction, of course he had to wait until everyone had entered the venue.
Sitting in the upstairs lounge of the banquet hall, Shu Shu was extremely bored.
“Would you like to take a look at the situation in the banquet hall?” Ian, seeing Shu Shu’s bored look, asked with a smile.
"Yeah!" Shu Shu nodded.
After Ian turned on a power switch on the side, the situation in the banquet hall downstairs was entirely displayed in front of them. If they wished, they could even hear some of what those people said.
"That’s Baron d.i.c.kenson and his family. The family has a hereditary baronial t.i.tle. They also have a big hospital in the capital star . . ." Ian pointed to several people and introduced them to Shu Shu. After giving some introductions, he suddenly realized that Shu Shu was absent-minded, all his attention was unexpectedly on the food.
Seeing this scene, Ian felt a little funny and stopped talking, no longer carrying on with the introduction. Anyway, for now, it didn"t matter even if Shu Shu did not recognize those people.
Shu Shu realized that Ian had suddenly stopped talking, so he turned his head towards Ian and said, "Uncle Ian, you continue speaking, okay. I’m listening."
"Can you remember?" Ian was a little curious.
"I can." Shu Shu nodded and thoroughly pointed out all the people Ian had just introduced. He was a daemon at the Golden Core stage; it was very easy for him to remember what he had heard!
Ian gave Shu Shu an astonished glance. He knew that Shu Shu was very clever, but he really didn"t expect that Shu Shu was actually a genius. He only spoke one time, yet Shu Shu remembered everything.
Smiling, Ian continued the introduction.
Shu Shu knew that his behavior a moment ago was possibly a little discourteous, so he didn"t look around absent-mindedly now. Instead, he conscientiously followed Ian and started to recognize people. However, acknowledging that he felt he was too idle, he couldn’t help but take out some food and sneak it into his mouth, and then he quietly began to eat.
Seeing Shu Shu"s appearance, Ian didn"t know why he suddenly felt his mood improving and that he was a little hungry.
Even before seeing each other, his impression of Shu Shu was already very good because this sub-beastman had saved his son. After meeting face to face, he liked this sub-beastman even more . . . . He always wanted to give birth to a sub-beastman. He imagined that if he really had a sub-beastman child, would the child be like this?
A few days ago, after knowing that Edgar had actually lost his beast bead, Ian felt even more partial to Shu Shu. Now, seeing Shu Shu stealthily eating, not only did he not reprimand him, he even had people sent some food up.
For a long time now, Shu Shu could drop his integrity in order to eat a mouthful . . . . Gazing at Ian, his two eyes shone like the full moon, and the smile on his face was particularly big. "Uncle, you’re so nice!"
It was really easy to provide for this child. And he was so delightful, too! Ian smiled and said, "Shu Shu, you’re the cutest."
While the two of them were praising each other, Edgar"s face actually turned black. Shu Shu was a beastman, ah! A beastman!