Chapter 42: The Tarsan Giant Cub Loses Hair
Although the death of the old master Flynn happened too suddenly, most people accepted it well. After all, the old man was over two hundred years old, and even with the most advanced medical care today, there is no way to stop aging.
After finishing the chat with his aunt, Zelphis immediately sent a message to Mingnuo, telling him that he didn't have to attend the funeral.
Ming Nuo lay on the bed and recovered: [Then will you go? ]
Zelphis: [Go, we need to make an appearance on behalf of the royal family.]
As for whether to stay for just a second and leave immediately, or to truly mourn the old man, Mingnuo guessed that his brother would most likely choose the former. Of course, if it were him, he would make the same choice.
Upon learning that Mingnuo wouldn't be attending the funeral, Sedwick said, "It's best not to go. Their family is very complicated, and the members are all a mess. If you go, you'll be like a meat bun falling into a doghouse."
Ming Nuo couldn't help but think of his experience as a meat bun yesterday. He straightened up, sat cross-legged on the bed, and said with his chin in his hand, "You know them quite well."
Field poked his head out. "We all know exactly what kind of person that old guy is."
Lin Yu nodded in agreement: "My father and your father are good friends. When he went to play with your father, he was scolded by the old patriarch. He is a very mean and cruel old man."
Even Sedwick could pick out a few disgusting things that the old master had done in the past and tell Mingnuo about them.
Therefore, regarding the death of the old patriarch, they had only one thought in their minds: the empire finally had one less scourge.
But Mingnuo was able to not attend the funeral, but Eli, as the adopted son of the Flynn family, was not entitled to refuse. Before leaving, he came to say goodbye to Mingnuo.
As long as the old man died, Eli could leave the Flynn family. He no longer had to stay in that depressing and dull manor, always on guard against the old man sending him to someone else's bed.
Eli left with a huge smile on his face.
Ming Nuo smiled with mixed feelings. How could this not be considered as the old man's unique "one whale falls, all things come to life"?
"Woo... woo!" Cotton scratched at the balcony door, anxious to get in. He had been there all night! He was very angry because the door was not opened for him in the morning.
Sedwick pushed open the balcony door, but Cotton didn't even look at him. He ran towards Mingnuo, whimpering, and fell at his feet in grievance.
Ming Nuo got out of bed and touched Cotton's big head. The next second, he frowned and patted its head intermittently.
Was it his imagination? It seemed as if the cotton had grown a little bigger overnight.
Lin Yu walked past them and suddenly stopped. He fiddled with Cotton's chest hair in surprise and asked, "Baby Cotton, why do you have a bald spot?"
The snow-white hair in this patch has become visibly thinner, and the pink skin is faintly visible.
"How could this happen? Is it sick?" Ming Nuo panicked and checked Cotton everywhere. He found that many parts of its body showed obvious signs of baldness, but he could not find any fallen hair.
Seeing that Cotton was still chewing something, Sedwick accurately blocked his mouth, pried it open, and saw the remaining hair in his mouth. He said, "He must have swallowed it all."
"...Do I need to use hair remover cream on it?" Ming Nuo's heart tightened. He knew that many cats would lick and comb their own hair, but they would not lick themselves bald.
Sedwick thought for a moment and said, "I'll take it to the professor after class and ask for his opinion."
Ming Nuo nodded and sighed, "It's not like you haven't been given food. Do you really have to eat your own fur?"
Cotton was not aware of Mingnuo's worry at all. After breaking free from Sedwick's restraints, he ran to eat canned food. It seemed that his appetite was not affected.
Because he was always thinking about Cotton, Mingnuo couldn't help but be distracted for a few seconds during class. This class was a public class and several classes were mixed together.
Mingnuo sat with Sedwick as usual, his chin resting on one hand. The teacher was on the podium explaining the dangers of the Tassan beasts. "They have a lifespan of hundreds of years and reproduce very quickly. They have the ability to travel through wormholes and can reach different galaxies at will."
Ming Nuo secretly opened his intelligent brain. Basically, all the high-ranking officials of the empire attended the funeral of the old patriarch Flynn, but most of them just came to mourn and presented a bouquet of white flowers. Without staying for any longer, they turned around and walked away.
Zelphis only appeared briefly, as if he felt it would be unlucky to stay even a second longer.
In addition, Mingnuo also saw Eli, Teacher Zhining, Aunt Lin... Without exception, they all came and left.
Mingnuo didn't pay much attention to the funeral, but looked up and listened carefully to the teacher's lecture.
"Adult Tasangs are extremely xenophobic, and therefore, when they arrive on a new planet, they will kill the native inhabitants, making them extremely dangerous. Their shells are strong and resistant to any thermal weapons. If a Tasang overruns, it will cause a devastating blow to the entire galaxy."
The teacher turned on the holographic projection, and a giant beast with a pitch-black body and covered with sharp scales slowly appeared in the classroom. Its dark green vertical pupils scanned the surroundings, and its powerful tail swayed gently.
The shock of facing the Tasang monster plunged the entire classroom into deathly silence. Ming Nuo also stared blankly at the monster's dark green vertical pupils. These eyes gave him a sense of familiarity.
Judging from his size, Ming Nuo was not even as big as one of the other's claws. He looked up for a long time and his neck felt sore. He rubbed his neck and lowered his head.
Suddenly he noticed an unignorable gaze on him. Ming Nuo turned his head and saw a young man with a cold face sitting diagonally behind him, looking at him coldly.
This man glared at him yesterday.
Ming Nuo was very vengeful. He pursed his lips and looked back at her with the same unfriendly look. Their eyes met in the air, and there was a crackling sound, as if flames exploded. Neither of them was willing to give in first.
Sedwick noticed Mingnuo's abnormality, lowered his eyes and stared at his profile, which became more round due to anger, for a while, then followed his gaze and frowned when he saw the man, "Do you know him?"
"I don't know him." Mingnuo continued to stare at the other person and answered Sedwick, "But when I met him yesterday, he glared at me for no reason!"
Very unreasonable, Mingnuo added in his heart.
"It's not without reason." Sedwick couldn't help but pinch Mingnuo's cheek. When the latter was about to glare at him, he quickly explained, "His name is Saroyan, the youngest son of Emperor Sechuan."
Ming Nuo had thought this man's identity must be unusual, but he never expected him to be the prince of the Saichuan Empire. He quickly asked, "Then why is he in our school? He has monitors on his neck and wrists."
Sedwick: "You didn't pay any attention to Xu Yao's follow-up?"
"I didn't have time to pay attention to all that. The exam was only a year away, and I had to study the moment I opened my eyes." Ming Nuo nudged Sedwick. "Go on, tell me."
Sedwick glanced at his teacher, and seeing he wasn't paying attention, he said to Mingnuo, "After the Saichuan Empire surrendered, they threw him on the battlefield as compensation for hurting you. But we don't want him, and neither does his father, so we had no choice but to bring him back and keep him under our supervision."
Ming Nuo opened his mouth, wondering what was going on in Emperor Saichuan's mind. Was this something a normal person could do? It was fine if he just gave his son to the enemy as compensation, but why did he force a sale?
"Is this why he glared at me?" Ming Nuo felt very wronged. "Shouldn't he glare at his father? It wasn't me who threw him onto the battlefield."
Sedwick was silent for a moment. "Maybe he really thought it was you who did it."
There are so many fools, and Saroyan is very likely one of this huge group.
Ming Nuo was not one to suffer a loss. He glanced at Saroyan, snorted, and muttered, "Then he is really a fool, a fool."
Since he was an idiot, Ming Nuo decided not to argue with him. Anyway, this idiot could only glare at people, so he just had to ignore him. Ming Nuo turned his head and continued listening.
The class quickly drew to a close. The teacher, a Tasang enthusiast himself, shared a lot of trivia about the creatures. "Currently, research on Tasangs isn't very deep, but the only thing we can confirm is that the Tasang stones obtained from them are extremely valuable to these beasts."
"The exact effect of Tasang Stone on the Tasang Beast remains unknown, but the only certainty is that excessive theft of Tasang Stone will cause the Tasang Beast to riot."
Hearing this, Ming Nuo looked at the small bell on his wrist and gently plucked it. The Tasang stone bell made a tiny sound. No wonder he had never seen Tasang stone on the market.
This piece was snatched by Brother Garland at an auction.
When the bell rang for the end of get out of class, Mingnuo quickly packed up his things and rushed back to the dormitory to take Mianhua to see a doctor. Sedwick accompanied him, and when the two of them were leaving the classroom, they happened to bump into Saroyan again.
Saroyan still said nothing, trying to kill Minno with his eyes, while also looking at him again. This little Perseus who caused the war between the two countries looked docile and harmless, like a lamb without any aggressiveness.
When he met this little Perseus yesterday, he smiled at him politely.
But Saroyan warned himself in his heart that these were all appearances. There was absolutely no good person in the Perseus Empire. These were all disguises to confuse them.
As expected, the seemingly soft-tempered little Perseus would glare at him fiercely, which showed that his previous friendliness was all fake.
Extremely hypocritical.
When Sedwick saw Saroyan staring at Mingnuo with a bad look, he felt extremely annoyed and the urge to beat him up reached its peak. He took a step forward, stood between the two of them, and faced Saroyan directly.
Sedwick said in a cold tone, "It was your father who lost you. He's the one you should blame."
Saroyan clenched his hands and sneered, "If you hadn't pressed me so hard, how could my father have abandoned me?"
Sedwick was speechless. He pushed him away and dragged Mingnuo out of the classroom, telling him, "He's severely mentally retarded and there's no hope of recovery. Don't waste your breath talking to him."
Ming Nuo: “…”
He was originally very angry, but after hearing what Sedwick said, he suddenly wanted to laugh. He couldn't help but look back at Saroyan's face. Seeing that his face was almost distorted with anger, Mingnuo was very happy and deliberately made a face at him.
Of course, Saroyan would not be stupid enough to openly conflict with Mingno, the young prince of Perseus, in the Perseus Empire, otherwise Emperor Perseus would easily crush him to death.
Looking at Mingnuo's leaving back, Saroyan repeatedly told himself in his heart that Uncle Mingjue would come to save him. He was so loyal to the royal family that he would definitely not sit idly by and watch him die.
He will surely be able to leave this hell soon.
On the other side, Mingnuo and Sedwick brought Cotton to Professor Irina's office. Along the way, Cotton seemed particularly irritable. When someone approached, it would make a threatening growl in its throat.
Mingnuo tried to soothe it, but with little effect.
They made an appointment with Professor Irina in advance. When they arrived at the office, Professor Irina was waiting for them while reading a book. She was the first to see Cotton and exclaimed in surprise.
"Is this the cotton you were talking about, Your Highness?" Irina put down her book and slowly walked towards the cotton plant, observing its appearance with a frown. "...Just looking at its appearance, I'm not sure what species it is. Can I take a drop of blood?"
Cotton arched its back cautiously, its fur standing on end, and it looked like it would rush up and bite the professor at any moment. Sedwick grabbed the flesh on the back of its neck to prevent it from biting.
Cotton has always been very docile, and I don’t know what happened today.
Ming Nuo tried to calm Cotton down and nodded to the professor. "Okay, but he's very unhappy right now. Can I take his blood? I'm worried he might hurt you."
Irina nodded and brought him a blood collection tube.
Ming Nuo held Mianhua's front paws and soothed him softly, "Be good, Mianhua, don't move. I will be gentle."
The needle pierced the skin and the red blood flowed into the small bottle. During this time, Cotton just tilted his head blankly and looked at Mingnuo, as if he didn't understand his actions.
Mingnuo handed the blood bottle to Professor Irina.
A few minutes later, Professor Irina presented the test results and looked at Mingnuo and the others solemnly. "We haven't found any species that match cotton in the gene bank. It's very likely a new variety that hasn't been discovered yet."
Ming Nuo had anticipated this and turned to ask about Cotton's baldness, asking with concern, "Professor, is there something wrong with his body? Or is the food we feed him unhealthy?"
Professor Irina shook her head. "Cotton's body data shows that he's healthy and currently has no problems. As for the shedding...it's probably shedding season. Don't worry too much."
"Because the cotton is a new variety, could you bring it to me from time to time?" Professor Elena asked. "I'd like to learn more about it."
Mingnuo agreed without hesitation.
After Mingnuo and Sedwick took Cotton out of the office, Professor Irina was still looking at Cotton's X-ray, carefully observing its bones, limbs and torso.
Combined with its physical data, Irina inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity. She suddenly stood up and took out a photo, which showed the remains of a huge creature.
Elena looked at the two pictures in shock and muttered to herself, "No way..."
No one has ever seen a cub of the Tasang beast, and there is no way to know what they look like. Could it be that the pet next to the little prince is really a cub of the Tasang beast?
But in front of the little prince, this pet behaved docilely, which was inconsistent with the bloodthirsty nature of the Tasan beast. However, it was quite fierce when dealing with them.
And this pet doesn't have a scaly shell, but a coat of soft white fur. Wait... Professor Irina suddenly remembered the baldness problem that Mingnuo mentioned.
Could it be that it is not shedding hair but changing scales?
Professor Elena felt a chill run down her spine when she thought of this possibility.
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