Chapter 173: Shrinking

When Anno woke up, he was dumbfounded to see the three familiars in front of him with their heads full of braids.

She suppressed a smile and sat on the edge of the bed, asking them, "How did you get into this mess?"

Obsidian spoke first: "His Highness forbade us to tear it down."

Anno: "Huh?"

Tanvel glanced at Obsidian and said to Anno, "We wanted to play with His Highness, so we haven't taken it down yet."

This statement neither lied to His Highness nor deflected the blame onto himself.

Obsidian realized what was happening and immediately changed his tune: "Yes, it was our own unwillingness to tear it down, not Your Highness!"

Bai Yan sighed silently in his heart. What a silly brother he was. No matter what he said, His Highness would remember it soon enough.

Their Zerg consciousness network allows her to see herself very clearly when she's drunk.

Knowing His Highness's personality, he will definitely feel very embarrassed later.

Sure enough, five minutes later, their prince lay back down, turned his back to them, and huddled under the covers.

Anuo was screaming inwardly under the covers; she was drunk again!

Now, images of herself drunk flashed through her mind: she took a hairband and tied it up with Mao Mao's hair, since Mao Mao was a fool anyway.

But after causing a ruckus with Tanville and the other two, he went on to boast to his parents about his accomplishments...

No! I can't drink so much alcohol anymore!

She'd rather get drunk and act crazy than behave like a three-year-old.

But when he looked at the images of her drunkenness and her interactions with her father and mother in his mind, he couldn't help but smile.

She thought that if she had never been stolen and had stayed with the Zerg, she would have lived like this with her parents and family after hatching.

Perhaps it was some subconscious thought within her that caused her to become Anunu, a person with no memory of her past, when she got drunk.

This is the childhood she wanted.

"Your Highness, are you alright?"

Bai Yan's concerned voice sounded from the bedside, "You don't need to feel embarrassed. We love you no matter what you look like."

Although Bai Yan's words were sincere, Anuo felt even more embarrassed.

"Your Highness, I've made your favorite braised meat, as well as fruit and cheese."

Hearing that there was food, Anuo threw off the covers.

Seeing them squatting by her bedside, their long braids looked so ridiculous that she quickly told them to take them off.

She even complained that they were dismantling too slowly, so she joined in to help them dismantle the structure.

Tanville saw Anno helping Obsidian take off her braids and immediately slowed down his movements.

After Anno finished untangling Obsidian's hair, she smoothed it out. Her hair had been braided for a long time and was now curly. However, Obsidian's hair was already a bit curly, but it looked a little too messy now.

She took her comb and carefully combed his hair. Seeing that Tanville was still untying the knotted hairband, she handed the comb to Obsidian and went over to help Tanville untangle it.

"It looks a bit knotted. Don't move it, I'll untangle it for you."

Tanville's lips curled slightly, and his voice was incredibly gentle: "Okay."

Bai Yan glanced at him sideways, a section of the hair ribbon in her hand already melted from the fire that had started in his hand.

That Tanvel! How could he possibly have a hairband he couldn't untie!

A small hairband, it breaks with a single pull! Or worse, you can just scratch it with your claws!

In this short time, he hadn't taken off more than a few of the hairbands from his head.

He desperately wanted Caesar to come back soon.

Hurry back and subdue that monster Tanvel!

He turned to look at Obsidian, who was holding His Highness's comb with obvious delight, grinning foolishly at him, and in the web of consciousness, he was so excited that he wished he could wag his tail like Mao Mao.

"Brother, His Highness helped me take off my braid and even combed my hair!"

"Your Highness is so kind. Your hands are so soft. It feels so good to touch my head."

He said, "Oh."

After Anno finished untying the last braid of Tanville's hair, she took the comb from Obsidian and carefully combed Tanville's hair.

Obsidian, who had just been excited, immediately turned to Tanville with a dark expression.

Tanville continued to ignore them within the consciousness network, refusing to let them pull him into the small room.

As long as they don't chat privately, the only way for them to argue with him is through open consciousness on the consciousness network.

That way, their prince will be able to hear it too.

They would naturally not let His Highness hear their argument, and they would absolutely not cause His Highness any trouble.

Tanville could easily handle those few.

After fixing their hair, Anuo went to the balcony to look at Mao Mao. Seeing Mao Mao's head full of braids, she found it strangely cute.

With her hair in braids, her face and ears could be shown. Hmm, that's fine too. She decided not to take down Mao Mao's braids.

And Mao Mao seemed quite happy.

When Mao Mao saw her come out, he immediately rushed to the edge of the balcony and put his big head on it.

Anno stroked it, then casually took a piece of ore from the plate next to it and threw it into its mouth to feed it.

Mao Mao smacked its lips twice, and the ore was swallowed by it.

That fist-sized ore was to it the same as a normal person eating a sunflower seed.

Anno rubbed its face: "You're too big, go find some food yourself."

As soon as she said that, Mao Mao tilted her head and blinked her eyes, as if she was thinking about what she said.

A moment later, Anno saw its horns flashing, and then its size rapidly shrank until it became the size of an ordinary large dog.

She was stunned when she saw the furry creature in front of her, which had shrunk so much.

In all the inherited memories she has already digested, Mao Mao cannot shrink in size, right?

Tanvel walked to her side and said with a smile, "Your Highness, this furry creature has undergone some genetic mutation and has also gained some abilities."

Anno came to his senses. This furry creature might not be as strong as its kind, but it could change size, and might have other abilities as well.

The now-shrunken Mao Mao was finally able to enter Anuo's balcony. Excitedly, it jumped onto the balcony and circled around Anuo's feet, rubbing against her legs like a dog.

Anno smiled and petted it a couple of times, then took out some ore from the plate to feed it.

After feeding it a few times, Anno threw the ore out, and Mao Mao chased after it at lightning speed, catching it accurately no matter how far she threw it.

After receiving the ore, it would return to her, carrying the ore in its mouth and asking for a reward. Only after she patted its head would it eat the ore.

This appearance really looks just like a dog.

Anno chuckled and sighed, "You're Mao Mao, not a dog."

Mao Mao didn't know what a dog was, so it let out a few excited growls to indicate that it was Mao Mao.

But given its size, although its voice sounded deep and fierce, to Anno it sounded more like a dog barking.