86. Mysterious Dream Fairy Tale (9)

How can we obtain eternal love from humankind?

When the kitten hurriedly finished its breakfast and ran back into the bedroom, it thought its prey would run away and disappear, but to its surprise, the familiar piggy bank was still obediently staying in the same place.

It paused for a moment, then, urged by its mother, hurriedly grabbed the piggy bank and stuffed it into its schoolbag to hide it.

Qin Fu'an watched the kitten's every move from beginning to end, and found that when it became a human child, the piggy bank was not as steady and silent as it was in the fairy tale city.

Malice is everywhere, yet it seems to be honestly and earnestly playing the role of a human being.

Perhaps, such dreams have existed in the fairytale city for a very long time, appearing every single day.

He was roughly and hastily stuffed into a schoolbag, and as the zipper spun, the light in front of Qin Fu'an quickly went out.

Immediately afterwards, he felt as if his schoolbag had been lifted up out of thin air, arced around, and then slammed heavily onto the child's back, bouncing up and down a couple of times, followed by the sound of hurried running footsteps.

As the kitten ran around, the schoolbag and Qin Fu'an, along with the other books and stationery inside, swayed up and down and side to side.

"Little cat, remember to greet your teacher and classmates when you get to the classroom, listen attentively in class, and remember to drink water after class, okay?"

The woman's voice was gentle yet stern. Qin Fu'an heard the kitten's obedient reply, but felt a rare sense of bewilderment about what would happen next.

Although he knew very well that he would probably not escape the cat's various retaliations, Qin Fu'an was still very curious. The night in Fairy Tale City was the daytime in the human world of the dream. So, would it continue until the night in the human world before he woke up from the dream?

If that's the case, then this day will surely be exceptionally colorful.

The little lucky cat piggy bank was squatting in the dark backpack. The smiling expression that originally belonged to the lucky cat was pulled flat by Qin Fu'an, and his dark green eyes were cold and indifferent without the slightest smile.

Qin Fu'an still needed to find a way to escape the kitten's control; he didn't want to miss the opportunity to find Xie Yunhuai.

I couldn't find Xie Yunhuai in the fairytale city; perhaps I can only meet him in this dream.

Just as I was thinking this, my schoolbag was suddenly slammed heavily onto the table.

Caught off guard, Qin Fu'an was shaken and knocked around inside, feeling dizzy and disoriented. After struggling to regain his balance, he saw a bright opening appear in the dark space above his head, created by a zipper.

A terrifyingly smiling cat face appeared above.

Following that was the hand of a human cub, which reached into the backpack and grabbed Qin Fu'an, pulling him out.

Qin Fu'an was placed neatly on the upper right corner of the desk by the kitten.

This is a place where people come and go, and any careless little movement could easily knock Qin Fu'an down and make him fall to the ground.

At first, the viewers in the live chat didn't know what had happened, nor did they realize that Qin Fu'an was the lucky cat. It was only when Qin Fu'an moved a couple of times, was grabbed and threatened by the cat-faced boy, and when the viewers' perspective was fixed on the piggy bank, that they belatedly realized that their streamer had suddenly turned into a lucky cat piggy bank.

After that, Qin Fu'an didn't chat or communicate with them. He just stared blankly at the sky outside the window. They were also very good at doing things on their own on the screen. They didn't need Qin Fu'an, the host, to guide the conversation or anything.

But now, seeing Qin Fu'an being placed in this place by a kitten, even the usually indifferent viewers couldn't help but explode.

[Although I understand the kitten's desire for revenge against human children, I don't condone its behavior! How is this any different from the little boy I once knew?!]

[Perhaps this is what the little boy once did to it?]

[But now it's not the little boy who's become a piggy bank, it's the streamer! Isn't this like crying over the wrong grave and killing the wrong person?!]

[Uh... well, what can you expect when streamers are players? I went around and most of the streamers were here. That's just how dungeons are, nothing you can do about it.]

[This instance is cursed! The streamer went through all that trouble to save these toys, only to be retaliated against in various ways. I can't help but feel angry for him, even if he's not. Isn't this repaying kindness with ingratitude?!]

Amidst the heated debate in the comments section, Qin Fu'an stared at the kitten whose expression and smile were full of malice. He scoffed at the childish naivety of these toys in his heart and didn't try to move to a safer place. He just stayed quietly in this corner, taking advantage of the gap to observe the tutoring classroom and the toy creatures inside.

Because the entire classroom, at a glance, is filled with human children who possess the characteristics of toys.

Besides the kitten with a smiling cat face, there are also children whose bodies are elongated and who look like Barbie dolls, children whose hands are turned into gun barrels, and children with airplane propellers on their heads...

As the children gradually arrived for class, Qin Fu'an spotted two familiar faces among them.

One was a child with red eyes, rabbit ears, and a three-lobed mouth; the other was a child lying lazily on the desk, yawning and feeling sleepy, whose hands had turned into familiar leaf blades, which he used to support his head, trying hard not to fall asleep.

A rabbit doll that I treated, and the sunflower doctor next door.

Qin Fu'an stared at the little sunflower that had turned into a human for a couple of seconds, then frowned slightly.

It's strange, but I can always get a strange sense of familiarity from the other person.

But what else could he be familiar with besides seeing the kids play Plants vs. Zombies?

Just then, a teacher walked in from outside the classroom with light steps.

Qin Fu'an looked up, his pupils shrinking slightly.

This teacher... had a head that looked just as familiar to him.

Fairy Tale Coins circulate in Fairy Tale City.

With the enlarged fairy tale coin placed on the podium, Qin Fu'an could clearly see what was depicted on it.

It was a flower.

The flower was drawn in the middle of a child's flower with its adorable, crooked strokes, resembling a doodle or a simple line drawing of a smiling face.

The moment he saw it clearly, Qin Fu'an suddenly looked up at the child who was dozing off on the table on the other side.

If I remember correctly... the face of this sunflower looks extremely similar to the painting on the fairy tale coin?

"Clap clap!" The crisp sound of the pointer striking the desk silenced the entire classroom.

Before the other person noticed and looked over, Qin Fu'an took the opportunity to withdraw his probing gaze and also looked towards the podium.

The kitten sat upright, its paws folded and placed obediently on the desk. It looked up at the teacher with its fair face and wide, eerie green eyes, its expression earnest and hopeful.

It wasn't quite the predicament Qin Fu'an had imagined.

It and the other toys seemed to be there for a real tutoring session, each one more obedient and attentive than the last, their eyes sparkling brightly.

So Qin Fu'an calmed down and prepared to listen to what invaluable knowledge this fairy tale coin teacher would tell these toy children.

In the silence of the classroom, the teacher, who was in charge of the lesson, spoke in a gentle and slow voice, as if reading a storybook, and began to tell the content of the lesson in a calm and unhurried manner.

"...How can one gain lasting love from humanity?"

"The clever little fox keychain, the clumsy little pig pillow, and many other toys all looked worried and pondered."

"As long as I remain this soft and warm, will humans be able to hold me forever and never want to leave?" In the classroom, the real pig pillow stood up, hugging its original self, and answered while tightly hugging the painful-looking pillow in its arms with its soft pig paws.

The fairy tale coin teacher shook her head and sighed softly as she replied, "No, even if you remain warm and soft, humans will always have more pillows that prefer even softer and warmer ones. Not just pig pillows, but also dog pillows, cat pillows, whale pillows, and so on..."

The little pig, who had stood up to answer, sat down dejectedly, staring at the pillow in its arms with a look of disappointment, its expression gradually twisting into resentment.

Why can't you just hold me and love me forever?

"Why do you have so many other body pillows?!"

"Why did you forget about me after getting a new body pillow, and then when you accidentally saw me during the move, you complained that I took up too much space and threw me into the dirty, smelly trash can?"

"You were the one who bought me with your money in the first place. Your eyes were so bright and beautiful when you looked at me back then. Why couldn't your love and embrace have been just a little more, just a little longer?"

Tears fell onto the pink pillow, but apart from the pig pillow and the other "toys" in the classroom, none of the pig's classmates were paying attention to its movements anymore.

The little fox pendant, praised by the teacher for being clever, raised its hand high. After being called on, it stood up, clutching a small fox pendant tightly in its hand, its fluffy tail swaying unconsciously behind it.

"Teacher, I know that if I can turn humans into people like me, I can gain their eternal love!" The little fox said this with great certainty.

But the teacher's gaze as he looked at it remained unchanged, showing neither approval nor encouragement.

I simply asked it gently, "So, have you now obtained the lasting love you desired?"

The little fox stood frozen in place, its gaze slowly moving downwards until it landed on the struggling fox pendant.

Its gaze suddenly turned sinister, and its voice became icy cold: "You don't love me? Why don't you love me? We're already the same kind of people, why can't you love me the way I loved you back then?!"

With each question uttered, the fox pendant held tightly in its hand showed increasing pain in its eyes, until finally despair filled its eyes, only to be slowly released by the little fox.

The question-and-answer teaching in the classroom is still ongoing.

Regarding the topic of "how to gain lasting human affection," every student in the classroom actively participated in answering questions.

Qin Fu'an saw the players' pain and struggle, their desire to please and their hatred for these toys, their attempts to escape, and... the ubiquitous competition and sabotage.

Even when imprisoned, humanity never stops fighting among itself, a point that was vividly demonstrated in this class.

Qin Fu'an did not escape either.

The sunflower doll, spoiled by the little sunflower, searched around the classroom and then maliciously threw several sunflower seeds at the nearest boy, successfully drawing the teacher's attention to him and the kitten.

"Little cat, what do you think is the best way to gain lasting love from humans?" the teacher asked gently.

If you listen carefully, you might even hear a hint of amusement in the teacher's tone.

The kitten stood up and hugged Qin Fu'an, who was like a piggy bank. Hearing this, it obediently replied, "Teacher, I think... if I save a lot of money for humans, they will always like me and come to see me several times a day."

This answer elicited laughter from the other toys in the classroom.

Even the teacher shook his head helplessly, his eyes filled with pity as he exposed the truth: "No, little cat, do you know what pigs raised by humans are?"

"To humans, a piggy bank is like a pig. You raise it from a young age, feed it enough food, and wait until it's fat and plump before you can push it out to sell and slaughter it."

"Little cat, the more coins you hide in your belly, the closer you are to being smashed to death. Humans don't like you, they like the money in your belly. You are just a tool for them."

Those concerns, those companionships, those things you couldn't put down—they didn't even amount to a little bit of love.

There are classes in the toy world too. Cats are actually at the bottom, which is why their answers in class are always so bland, eliciting laughter from their classmates that may be well-intentioned or malicious.

Qin Fu'an saw the kitten's dim eyes, and also the little sunflower boy's lips suddenly straightened.

[Author's Note]

What a long chapter! Goodnight, my darlings~

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