Chapter 112 The cat is illiterate, Nasita, you can't stand it...
"Elheisen! You—"
Are you out of your mind?!
Sino was shocked. Although the analysis suggested that the tyrant might not be as cruel as rumored, that was still no reason for him to touch the man's ear!
Tinari: "How rude of me..."
Look! Even ordinary people can't accept it, let alone those in power... It's over!
Sino's pupils contracted in fear. In his vision, the young king's figure only paused for a very slight moment. The next second, the gray trench coat fiercely whipped up afterimages—bang!
When the gaze refocused, Alhesen had been slammed to the hard study floor by an irresistible force. Mainkuhn had one knee on Alhesen's waist and abdomen, his claws like iron pincers, firmly gripping the scholar's fragile throat.
Do you want to die?
A chilling sense of oppression instantly spread.
"Elhesen!"
Tina exclaimed in alarm, "Explain quickly!"
"..."
Elhesen lay on his back, his breathing slightly rapid due to the pressure, but his face remained expressionless. His green-red eyes gazed probingly at the inhuman tyrant above him, as if he were not the one being choked.
The claws were sharp, as sharp as knives, but they did not actually cut into the skin. The force was within a controlled range and did not cause any substantial damage.
Then there's no need to worry about it.
He ignored the threat at his neck, his mind racing:
The descriptions of the transformed cat are strange.
In Teyvat, the line between life and death is clear: once a creature dies, it is dead and should not have the chance to rise again.
The transformed cat is a yokai that should not exist.
The corpse naturally left no offspring.
The logic is flawed, and the cause is unclear.
The young eagle, pinned to the ground, raised its hand and, with an almost completely rational indifference, touched Mainkuen's warm cheek, which wasn't covered by the scarf.
"Ancient books have omissions and are subjective in their records; they can only be used as a reference and cannot be taken as gospel."
"Hey! You're still touching me!"
Sino felt a chill run down his spine: "I can't beat him. You'll be begging for mercy later!"
He had already witnessed the scene of Elhesen being lifted up and beaten, after all, no one would be spared such an offensive act.
"..."
However, a scene that puzzled him greatly unfolded.
The tyrant did not fly into a rage, nor did he slap the offender twice. He maintained his suppressive posture, scrutinizing Elhesen's face with his cold, golden vertical pupils.
A poker face, expressionless, unmoving, and as stubborn as a rock.
A long few seconds passed, long enough for Seno's heart to pound uneasily, until he finally heard the tyrant speak.
"Tsk."
He clicked his tongue in utter disdain, as if he were appraising a worthless item.
"Good trees that don't bear fruit are a waste of effort to kill or scare. Get away from me if you don't want to die."
Having said that, under the dumbfounded gazes of Seno and Tina, Mainkun actually released his grip. He jumped off Elhesen with great decisiveness, as if throwing away a piece of useless scrap. Before leaving, he lightly kicked Elhesen's shin with the tip of his shoe, as if in return for touching his ear.
...Wait, we're just letting it go like that?? What about the violence? The blood? The screams?
"It seems that some of the ancient texts are still correct."
Al-Hysen calmly sat up and casually brushed the dust off his legs.
"...???"
Seno couldn't comprehend the scene before him. He looked at Elhesen, who was casually tidying his appearance, and then at the tyrant who had already turned his back and was lost in thought.
No, am I the only one who feels this development is strange? Wait, could it be...?
"Could it be that this guy is finally thinking of curbing his tyrannical image and starting to treat the residents kindly and benevolently from today onwards?"
"That's a very nice wish."
Nasida smiled helplessly beside her.
"I really hope it's true."
"Isn't that right? Sorry, this guy is acting so strangely, he's really confusing me."
"What do you mean by 'muddled'... There was such a loud noise just now, Tina, did something fall...?"
Just as Seno was pondering, a drowsy voice suddenly came, which then abruptly turned into a surprised one.
"Hey! Isn't this little Seno? He's grown so tall since I last saw him!"
It was Bashuna; he had finally woken up.
"dad!"
Tina glanced at Mainkuhn, suddenly remembered the declaration of 'silencing', and hurriedly waved frantically at her father.
"Don't come in."
"What?"
It was late, and people are always a little rebellious. Bashuna went straight into the study and immediately saw the cat scratching at his chair.
“Hey, Tinari, didn’t I tell you not to be afraid of him?”
He became arrogant the moment he saw Mainkun, after all, the fact that the tyrant had been so frightened by him that he had knocked him unconscious gave him a great sense of superiority.
"He's just scary-looking."
His desire to show off in front of his son was so strong that it even overwhelmed his reason. The big fox, Bashu, swaggered forward and grabbed Mainkuen's head to rub it.
"Actually, he's all bark and no bite, all bluster and no substance. He's a coward!"
Mainkuhn: "..."
Bashuna rubbed it a couple of times and suddenly felt something was wrong.
Why aren't you running yet?
Mainkuen looked up and gave him a half-smile with his vertical pupils.
"Oh."
I can't bear to part with the small one, the medium one is made of wood, and I can't scare the big one?
*
"Aaaaaah—Son, save me!!"
Bashuna was chased by the cat and ran wildly around the house, frantically calling for help in every direction.
"Ugh! I told you to run faster!"
What could Tinaly do? He could only look at Seno with drooping ears:
"Starting today, let's treat residents kindly and be good to others?"
Then he mimicked the helpless tone of the Grass God.
"A beautiful wish, I really hope it comes true."
Sino: "...Why is that?"
He looked in bewilderment at Elhesen, who was unharmed beside him, and then at Bashuna, who was being forcibly pulled out from under the desk by his tail.
"That's completely discriminatory treatment."
Seno muttered to himself, his crimson eyes filled with confusion.
This discrimination is too obvious and outrageous. There must be a reason, right?
Suddenly, he whirled around, his sharp gaze fixed on the seemingly indifferent Alheisen beside him, and cautiously spoke in a voice tinged with the surprise of discovering a shocking secret:
"Hey, Elheisen... Could it be that the new king... favors you?!"
Elhesen: "Hmm...hmm?"
"??"
In the distance, Mainkuen's hand slipped, and he accidentally plucked a tuft of green hair.
Child, how could you come to such an absurd conclusion?
"Aww—"
Bashu cried out in pain, and Mainkun immediately seized the opportunity, grabbing the fox ears and lifting his head like a rabbit, asking:
"coward?"
Bashuna dared not be arrogant anymore:
"No, no, no, you're a coward! A coward! Bold yet meticulous, incredibly audacious!"
"...Dad, didn't you say he runs away when he's scared?"
Although Tina was anxious, she couldn't resist her thirst for knowledge.
"Are you lying to me?"
"!"
Parents would never dare admit to that, so Bashuna quickly tried to explain:
"No, son! That night I—"
"Um?"
Mainkun rubbed his head with his paw.
"—Actually, I was scared away that night! Not the king! Not the king! Son, I'm sorry!"
"Okay, I'll remember your answer."
Mainkuhn was extremely satisfied with the answer, but still felt a little uneasy, so he chose to threaten again:
"Let me hear any more strange messages."
The fingernails, dripping with murderous intent, scraped across the scholar's artery; the threatening voice was cold and clear.
"Watch your life."
"I know, I'll shut up, I'll shut up forever!"
Bashuna was clearly frightened.
Mainkuhn was very pleased.
[Now no one should be able to ruin my terrifying image, right?]
He didn't see several people behind him frantically exchanging glances.
Tinari wagged its tail wildly: Did you hear that?!
El-Hysen frowned slightly.
Sino: I heard that. Your dad is really amazing. He actually managed to scare the king away.
Tinari: Hehe!
Naxi Da: Uh... sigh.
Thinking he had saved face, Mainkuhn completely relaxed and began to recall the cause and effect.
Why did you come into my room?
There must be a reason why you scared me so badly.
"I didn't!"
Speaking of this, Bashu felt utterly wronged and quickly began to tearfully recount his accusations:
"It's Apd! That bastard! He drugged me when I wasn't looking and then dumped me in your room like trash!"
"Is he just bored? What good does he get out of doing this?"
Mainkun didn't believe it and stroked Bashu's trembling tail with his paw.
"Tell me the truth."
"I swear to God! Everything I said is true!"
Bashuna trembled. "Although I can't figure out what got into him, I'm definitely being framed!"
"!"
Naxi Da suddenly realized something.
Bashu was a pitiful straight man, while the new king was still an innocent teenager; neither of them clearly had that kind of understanding.
“.
She could only silently take out the flattering cards she had found and secretly hidden, unsure how to comment on this chaotic situation.
"Give."
Unable to offer a judgment, Nasita could only sigh as she handed the card to Mainkuen, one of the victims, and struggle to maintain the last vestiges of divine tenderness and responsibility.
"Hit...hit lightly."
"?"
Mainkuhn picked up the card with his fingernail and looked at it for a long time.
"?"
Nasita looked up at him, puzzled.
"Aren't you going to go out and fight? I thought you would rush out immediately."
"??"
Mainkuhn seemed more confused than she was, his eyes filled with the bewilderment of a young animal.
"Hitting someone? Hitting whom? Apd?"
"??"
Narcida finally sensed something was wrong. Looking at the cat's bewildered vertical pupils, she discovered a fact in disbelief.
"You...didn't understand?"
"It's because his writing is too difficult to understand."
Mainkuhn pointed to the words on the page and showed them to Nasita.
“I’ve never seen the character ‘耆’ in the sentence after ‘形单景只’ before. And this line, ‘以尉辛劳，得沐天光’, if it’s hard work, why does he have to come to my bedroom to sunbathe? Who is ‘伏乞’? Who is ‘万望’? I don’t even recognize the character ‘虔’. Why can’t he speak plainly? Tsk, in that case, he really deserves a beating.”
Naxi Da: "..."
"Hello."
The cat crouched down and nudged the dazed grass god with a bewildered expression.
"Why are you so petrified?"
"Stop, wait!"
She grabbed the cat's shoulder in disbelief and asked in terror:
"There were always typos in your previous announcements..."
"Is there?"
Mainkuhn twitched his ear innocently.
Nasita's vision went black as a violent sense of absurdity overwhelmed her.
"I...I used to think it was some kind of human provocation, after all, typos are really unpleasant to look at..."
The result is that I really can't write it! ???
"This won't do! How can the king of the Kingdom of Wisdom be..."
"illiteracy."
Al-Hysen calmly made a note of it.
"No, you can't say that, it's too harsh!! It should be 'those who need education'!"
Nasita couldn't accept the reality. She jumped up abruptly, clutching Mainkuen's scarf tightly, and commanded in a broken yet tragic manner:
"Vana Smarana Sapna!"
"Go to school!"
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