Chapter 206 In the house of Kavi, God, Man, and King...
"Oh...you got all excited for nothing. It's rare to see him take the initiative to reach out to someone."
The audience watched helplessly as Mainkuhn's velvety ears began to tremble and his vertical pupils gradually became moist.
All that youthful arrogance vanished as Kavi opened the door.
"Waaah—"
"?"
Mainkuhn's crying was sudden and inexplicable, startling the dog, who then stared intently at Kave.
"..." Kavi looked down at the dog and said, "If I said I didn't make him cry, would you believe me?"
...
"hiss."
Under that intense gaze, Kavi couldn't help but fall into his old habit and start to be harsh on himself.
"But he probably wouldn't have cried without me. No, wait, I didn't go to him on purpose. But objectively speaking, I really did make him cry..."
"wer!!!!"
"Don't poke at my new clothes!!"
"Isn't this too much of a dilemma?!" Paimon exclaimed in shock. "This is going to be exhausting!"
"Haha, but I can finally relax."
Mainkuhn's sworn brother couldn't help but smile with relief.
"Why do you say that, Duke Leosley?"
"Because someone who gets hung up on these details must be a kind and good person."
He was absolutely right. After recovering from the initial panic, Kavi immediately displayed an extremely rare level of patience and tolerance.
He first casually rolled a sturdy toy and stuffed it into the dog's mouth to stop it from barking, then opened the door and let Nasita lead the trembling cat in.
"What are you afraid of? I won't hurt you."
Kavi said only this one sentence, as if stating a simple fact. Then, he no longer focused too much attention on the King of Wrath, but simply gestured for them to sit at the table and wait.
"Juice or coffee?" he asked, as if he were speaking to any other customer.
"Water is fine!"
The little grass god answered with great joy.
"That saves me a lot of trouble."
"Why……? "
This unusual attitude startled Mainkuhn, who stopped crying but still glanced anxiously out the window.
"I want to give up, I want to leave..."
"Come on, come on, don't just stand there."
But the little grass god pleaded with him, shaking his arm and looking at him with pleading eyes.
"This is my first time visiting a citizen's home, please keep me company."
Mainkuhn: "...Ugh."
This was the first time Mainkun had ever visited someone's home in human form.
"What...what do I need to do? As long as I don't leave my scent or hair in their house, it should be fine, right..."
"What are human etiquette again? I... I don't know. Shake hands? No..."
But Kavi didn't intend to shake hands with him. Instead, he knelt down on the ground and clapped his hands to call the dog, who was playing with a toy.
"Hey! Come here, let me see your big ears!"
"wer!"
"Wait, don't rush!... Ouch, you really don't know your own strength!"
'...'
Mainkuhn saw Kavi being tackled to the ground, but a happy smile appeared on his face.
The room was well-lit, or rather, too well-lit; the sunlight almost blended into the blonde hair, swaying in the fresh scent of grass.
"Look, their relationship has improved."
Nasita swung her feet beside him, radiating a joyful aura.
There was no harm, discrimination, hatred, insults, or even stressful attention or saddening glances.
'...'
"Safety. "
"My goodness, you're a bit too energetic."
Kavi struggled to hold down the dog in his arms, which was thrashing about like a big carp. "I have to say, it's no wonder it's the King of Li's pet. Hmm? It's a bit thin, but it's still quite a fighter."
"Woof!"
"No……"
A loud bark nearly drowned out the faint human voice, and Kavi turned his head uncertainly toward the boy with droopy ears.
Did you just speak?
'...'
The cat mask covering half of Mainkun's face made it impossible to see if Mainkun's lips were moving. After staring for a while and seeing that Mainkun didn't react, Kavi turned his head back in confusion.
"Hallucinations? Looks like I can't stay up late tonight."
"no…"
"pet…"
...
They spoke! They really spoke!
Mainkun clearly heard Kavi's heart skip a beat, but just as he tensed up to answer the questions, he only heard Kavi casually remark, "So it's not a pet. Then... is it being fostered by a friend?"
"...Does such a thing really exist in Sumeru?"
Mainkun relaxed his back and gave his short tail a slight twitch.
"No, these are the people he's helping."
Naxi Da responded naturally.
"How should I express this...one-on-one end-of-life care?"
"Oh, so it's end-of-life care... What the heck is end-of-life care?!" Unable to contain himself any longer, Kavi grabbed the brown-backed, white-bellied puppy by the armpit and stared at its excited face.
"Is he going to die? He's perfectly energetic!"
"Number 44 is a rescued experimental dog..."
Nasita briefly explained the dog's origins, and then looked gently at Mainkuen beside her.
Am I right?
Like guiding a young child, Nasita tried little by little to reconcile Mainkuhn with her stiff tongue.
"Is it right or wrong? I shouldn't have missed anything, right?"
"..."
"no…"
Sweat dripped down Mainkuhn's forehead as he forced himself to speak more clearly.
"No, number forty-four."
"……ah."
After a moment's hesitation, Kavi immediately understood what he meant.
"You mean you want to rename it, right? Well, it would be really inappropriate to keep it as a name or a code name!"
"Woof?"
What name should we choose?
Nasita held her water glass and secretly glanced at Mainkuen's face out of the corner of her eye.
"This is a child rescued by the Wrathful King, so his name should be powerful and dignified, with a touch of cuteness. Let me think..."
"Domineering? Majestic? Cute?"
Mainkuhn pondered for a few seconds before instinctively uttering his first thought.
"Navilette".
Mainkun was not one to be easily spoken to, so Kavi instinctively stroked the dog and praised, "Oh, Vilette, what a good name, what a good name! From now on you will be called... Wait?! What?! No way!"
Navelette, who was outside of memory, slightly opened her mouth: "Huh?"
"What are you yelling for?!" Funina screamed.
"Ah—" Cold sweat began to slowly seep from the audience's backs. "That judge, at least his intentions were good. Listen to this, domineering, dignified, cute... How did those words get mixed in?! Where's the cuteness?"
To be honest, Villette wasn't angry about the unexpected choice, just a little taken aback.
"So that's how Mainkun sees me? I never expected that..."
Furna was a little afraid that Vilette would be angry, so she asked with a flicker in her eyes, "Um, do you need me to lift the ban on naming pets Furna and keep you company?"
"No!!!"
But their worries were clearly unfounded, because the next instant, a dark-skinned, white-haired child rushed in through the window, and Seno pointed at Mainkuhn and shouted to stop him.
"Are you trying to cause a diplomatic incident? No personal vendettas allowed!!"
"Meow!!"
The bowed back and puffed-out fur took off in an instant, startling the overly sensitive Mainkun so much that he was sent spiraling up to the ceiling!
Kavi exclaimed, "That's a high-difficulty move! Wait, what are you doing here, Seno?!"
"The dogs were barking too loudly, and some people complained about disturbing the peace. I came over to check and found you guys making fun of other countries' leaders!"
"Wait, he probably didn't mean that! Don't worry, I won't let him name me that!... Come down quickly! Vana Smarana Sapna!"
"Meow—"
"wer!!"
"Miao! The King of Li said this dog is called Miao! Seno, stop jumping!"
"It's a pity, it seems Ms. Funina won't have to make any sacrifices."
Leosley laughed at the chaotic scene. "Sigh, I won't be able to have my fluffy 'Furina' and 'Navilette' with me anymore."
Navelette tried to soothe his disappointment, "There are two that aren't fluffy though... I'm serious, I'm not kidding."
"Did I... misunderstand?"
Seno looked at the cat, who was clinging tightly to Nasita, with a complicated expression.
"I'm still more used to your cold look when you knocked me to the ground... No, I mean I'm sorry, King Li."
"..."
The carefully crafted warm atmosphere had been completely ruined; Mainkuhn's eyes kept glancing out the window, his desire to escape was impossible to conceal.
There are just too many people!
"!"
Nasita realized he wanted to escape and immediately sent out distress signals to her people.
The child is scared! Sick! Need treatment!
"I'll do my best!" Kavi returned a firm look.
It's hard to imagine that the gods and humans of Sumeru collaborated so many times to comfort the frightened cat. They gradually became familiar with each other after being maliciously isolated and helping each other time and time again.
"Your Majesty, have you forgotten something?"
"Huh?"
"Didn't you come here for this?"
Kavi lifted the dog that was barking wildly at Seno, pinched its muzzle, and shook it toward Maine.
"Didn't you come here to fulfill its desire to play with its own kind?"
"..." Mainkuhn struggled to look away from the window.
So what kind of dog is this?
Although he felt a little guilty, Seno refused to compromise on the name, saying, "Miao, it's a bit too noisy!"
"An experimental dog that can still live for six months."
Kavi gave a brief explanation, then looked sincerely at the uneasy cat-eared boy:
"You came to me because you must have encountered a problem with Mimi that you can't solve on your own and need my help."
That's definitely true...
Mainkun shuddered and hunched his shoulders.
"But after calming down and thinking about it, you probably wouldn't agree, because I badly changed your research topic to building a school in the desert..."
"Am I going to have to inject him with the drug and then force him to do it again? I really don't want to..."
“I would be happy to, Your Majesty. As long as you can tell me what you want me to do for you, I will definitely help you.”
"?!" Confusion welled up in his mind, and even fear was hard to suppress. Mainkun suddenly looked up at Kavi.
"Surprised? You think I shouldn't help? Your Majesty, this is inappropriate. What kind of image do you really have in your heart?"
To his surprise, the scholars of the "Mysterious Theory" school seemed even more perplexed than he was.
“I do not deny that when you arrived you were covered in blood and mud, with no glory on your face or hands, and countless people cursed and insulted you, but let’s take stock of the policies you have implemented since taking office.”
There was no flattery or fear in Kavi's tone, only a quiet statement of facts.
"A unified examination, a banned academic clique, and a focus on people's livelihood—for the first time in a thousand years, the desert and the rainforest are showing signs of unification. King Li, have you not even noticed the magnitude of the changes you have brought to Sumeru?"
'...'
Mainkuhn looked at his serious face, but his mind was filled with thoughts of the past.
That was his first day in Sumeru. The blond boy stared at him angrily, his eyes filled with reproach and incomprehension.
It has been drastically changed now, to the point that it is unrecognizable.
"This change is not good."
Mainkun pressed his ears down, his heart pounding.
Love and kindness can neither make me stronger, nor can they bring salvation.
"Let me help too."
Little Sino, who had been listening for a long time, suddenly stepped forward. "Helping Mimi and her kind build healthy friendships, right? I have quite a bit of experience dealing with being isolated."
"Wait, what brings you here to help?"
The silent, bewildered gaze turned to Seno.
"I've bullied you way more often than he has!"
"One thing at a time, my desire to help Mimi has nothing to do with you."
Little Sino miraculously understood what he meant, and explained with a cold face while linking arms.
“You said before that this is a laboratory dog, right?”
Kavi nodded. "Yeah, I really don't know where Elheisen got it from..."
“Alright, then my will is even clearer, Meow Meow. Its suffering comes from humans, for the progress of humans, for the benefit of humans, and for a better tomorrow for humans.”
He turned around and looked solemnly into the lab dog's bewildered and moist eyes, which were a blank, devoid of any glimmer of wisdom or trace of hatred.
"In that case, as a fellow human being and as the beneficiary, I have a responsibility to ensure that this little victim lives a happy and carefree life!"
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