Chapter 61 The Human World (6) Woof woof woof woof woof

“Cerberus…” Xia Ying cupped Cerberus’s face in her hands, “But I already love you so much.”

Cerberus rubbed her palm lightly, looking both happy and a little dissatisfied: "No, what you're talking about isn't the same as what I want."

"Then tell me which one it is?"

Suddenly, a loud "bang" came from the living room. Xia Ying and Cerberus turned their faces at the same time, abruptly breaking away from the gradually becoming romantic atmosphere.

“Something might have happened to Fenrir.” Xia Ying pushed the other person away and walked outside. “I’ll go take a look.”

Cerberus was very unhappy that his precious time alone had been disturbed, but he couldn't change Xia Ying's mind, so he could only reluctantly follow behind her.

Xia Ying entered the living room and found that the bird's nest-shaped wall clock was frozen into a lump of ice, and the mechanical cuckoo that had chimed halfway through the hour seemed to be shivering in the cold.

The ice-attribute magic around Fenrir was still swirling. He stared at the motionless wall clock, his sharp gaze gradually turning into confusion.

“I made a mistake.” He turned to look at Xia Ying. “That voice wasn’t threatening…”

Xia Ying easily deduced the cause and effect of the matter: "Were you startled by the cuckoo clock?"

“Yes,” Fenrir said docilely, “I’m sorry.”

She quickly replied, "Of course it doesn't matter."

Anyone would forgive him in a second if they were looked at by those blue eyes!

"When did you become like this?! Don't you have any shame?!" Cerberus exclaimed, unable to contain himself any longer. "Xia Ying, don't be fooled by him! This bad wolf is just pretending to be stupid and weak!"

Xia Ying looked at him silently: "Ke'er, have you forgotten that you smashed the TV when you first arrived..."

He hesitated for a second, then declared emphatically, "TVs are scary, you know! They can suddenly turn on the light and make sounds!"

"Nonsense, you love TV now." Xia Ying stopped arguing with him childishly and turned to Fenrir, saying, "Want to take a shower first?"

Fenrir nodded, and Xia Ying led him to the bathroom, demonstrating, "To take a shower, just turn on this switch..."

She gently turned the water valve, and hot water suddenly gushed out of the showerhead. Fenrir's body visibly trembled, as if she had been startled.

He wasn't afraid of water. Xia Ying observed his condition and guessed that Fenrir was very sensitive to changes in the external environment, and unexpected changes seemed to make him particularly nervous.

So she suddenly changed her mind: "Fenrir, do you need my help?"

Fenrir looked at her, puzzled.

"What I mean is, you turn into a puppy, and then I'll help you..."

Before he finished speaking, Fenrir had already transformed into his beast form, but this time he wasn't a cute ball of fur, but a tall and agile white wolf.

With a light leap, the white wolf jumped into the bathtub. Xia Ying couldn't help but stroke his snow-white, fluffy fur, then turned on the shower and gently wet his body.

“Fenrir’s fur is softer than Cerberus’s.” Xia Ying poured shower gel into her palm and rubbed her hands in circles on the white wolf’s back, muttering softly, “It’s so strange, how could I have mistaken you for someone else that night?”

However, could it be due to a blood relationship? I feel there are indeed many similarities between Fenrir and Cerberus... This isn't just because they are both canine abyssal creatures, but in other ways as well...

She blurted out without thinking, "For example, in terms of being very vigilant about their environment, Cer and Fenrir are quite similar."

Xia Ying paused, only to realize that the shower gel had foamed excessively from her continuous rubbing, and the white wolf had been completely turned into a bubble snowman.

"Oh dear, I'm so sorry!"

She quickly brushed away the foam covering the wolf's face, revealing its calm blue eyes, as serene as Fenrir's glacial lake.

“That’s because if you don’t stay vigilant, you can’t survive in battle,” Fenrir continued. “The same goes for Cerberus… in the past.”

He said, "The same was true of Cerberus in the past."

“Ker rarely talks to me about his past, but I can guess a little bit about it.” Xia Ying turned the water valve on full blast, continuously filling the bathtub with warm water. “You’ve been living in dangerous places since you were little, haven’t you?”

“Yes,” Fenrir said. “That’s a region deep in the Nibelungen, teeming with brutal enemies. There’s no safe haven there, and the same is true for Cerberus.”

The white wolf lowered his head slightly, seemingly lost in thought or reminiscing: "But Cerberus was always a bit luckier. He adapted to the killing first and left that place first... And now, he has changed again."

The frost surged, and Fenrir transformed back into human form from a wolf, raising his face as if oblivious, casting his gaze blankly into the void.

“But Cerberus has already taken everything from me with his ruthlessness and cruelty, so why should he give it up so easily?”

Frost instantly covered the bathroom walls, and the warm water in the bathtub froze into ice.

The sudden drop in room temperature made Xia Ying shiver involuntarily, and she exhaled white mist as soon as she opened her mouth.

Fenrir seemed to only then remember her existence.

He turned his face slightly, silver hair slipping from his shoulders, and the icy river that had been frozen in his blue eyes quietly shattered, revealing a turbulent and terrifying abyss within.

“I’ve confirmed it, Xia Ying, it was you who changed him.”

Fenrir pulled an ice pick from the cold air and pointed it at Xia Ying's neck.

"If I make you disappear, will Cerberus revert to its original cruel, powerful... yet empty form?"

Xia Ying was almost about to cast a spell or summon a magical artifact, but when she looked into Fenrir's eyes, she slowly relaxed.

“Let me think about it. If I die…” she pondered seriously. “Ker probably wouldn’t be able to accept it in a short time, right? No, he might never be able to accept it. I guess he would go on a killing spree and just let himself die in the carnage.”

The ice pick in Fenrir's hand slowly dropped and then shattered on the ground.

Then, the frost began to fade, the ice melted into water, and Fenrir changed from sharp and hard to damp.

"But does it really have to be Cerberus?" He frantically grasped Xia Ying's hand, like a stray dog ​​whose fur had been soaked by the rain. "Xia Ying, could you..."

He leaned down, and the water droplets sliding down his cheeks resembled tear stains.

Xia Ying felt a cool and soft touch on her lips. Fenrir held her tightly and said almost pleadingly.

"Could you change me too?"

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After a while, Cerberus saw Xia Ying using a hairdryer on the sofa to blow-dry the dog.

The white wolf squinted, letting Xia Ying fiddle with his fur, making it look like a fluffy dandelion.

Cerberus resisted the urge to rush forward, tie the enemy dog ​​to a rocket, and launch it into the sky, saying sourly, "Aren't you adapting too quickly, Fenrir?"

Fenrir calmly responded to his words: "I'm learning to adapt."

adapt?

What to adapt to?

You want to stay at my place for a long time?

Cerberus was furious. Before he could resort to verbal or physical violence, Xia Ying quickly put down the hairdryer, went to Cerberus, and half-carried him towards the bedroom.

"Alright, alright, it's late, let's get ready to rest."

Xia Ying tidied up the living room, quickly turned off the lights, and went to bed.

At the insistence of the native dogs, Fenrir was arranged to rest in the second bedroom, and the victorious Cerberus triumphantly transformed into a dog and crawled into Xia Ying's bed.

Xia Ying had an unusually vivid dream that night.

She first dreamt of returning to her childhood, where she still lived with her mother, but now there was a little dog named Cerberus in the house.

Kernel was always by her side. It was clingy and cute, and it gave Xia Ying all its love. It played and laughed with her, and it would step forward to protect her when she was in danger.

But somehow, the puppy Cerberus grew into a handsome man with black hair and red eyes. They still stayed together, but their once-familiar intimacy seemed to have changed. Finally, one day, Cerberus said to her:

"Xia Ying, your love is different from mine."

The dream ended there, but the next dream followed immediately.

This time, she dreamed that she came to a snow-covered wasteland, where the blue moonlight swayed in the cold wind. She rode a white wolf named Fenrir across a cliff, shook off the pursuit of her enemies, and returned to her den with her prey.

In the safe haven, the white wolf transformed into a silver-haired, blue-eyed man. He gently kissed her fingertips, guiding her to touch his body, and pleaded with her:

"Xia Ying, please leave me with an indelible mark."

The dreams about Cerberus and Fenrir were intertwined and bizarre, and when Xia Ying woke up, it seemed as if their voices still lingered in her ears.

She groggily opened her eyes and found a white wolf nestled in her left arm. The wolf was docile and adorable, gently nuzzling her with its nose and making a coquettish "woof woof" sound.

Good morning, Fenrir...

Xia Ying subconsciously touched it twice, then suddenly stopped.

Wait, wasn't Fenrir resting in the second bedroom? Why is he here?

Xia Ying immediately realized something was wrong, made a "shush" gesture to the white wolf, and stiffly and cautiously turned around.

The large black dog lying on her right was staring at her like a resentful woman, and there were signs that it was about to hold her accountable.

"Wait, Kelp, don't act rashly..."

The loud barking nearly lifted the roof off.

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Author's note: A very stable triangle is...