Chapter 132 [2 more]... Quite cute.
He Xile was a little confused and looked back.
Guard 131's face was tense, and he looked as nervous as the fleeing tentacles.
He said softly, "Your Excellency, His Majesty is busy right now and may not be able to see you. Is there something urgent you need? I'd like to ask His Majesty when he's free so you can come visit again."
"...Oh, okay." He Xile nodded and explained, "I have something to ask Your Majesty. I'll send a message to Your Majesty later."
Guard: "Okay."
On the way back to the room, He Xile couldn't help blinking, thinking about what had just happened.
——What exactly is going on?
Did the giant octopus come to discuss something more important with Your Majesty?
But why did the three tentacles hide as if they were mice seeing a cat when they saw him?
It seems like he doesn't want to see He Xile.
But it wasn't like this on a daily basis—the tentacles all loved to cling to him. Sometimes, they even fought over who got to sleep in He Xile's room at night, so there were often wounds on the tentacles...
He Xile thought about it, but couldn't figure it out. Finally, he decided to send a message to His Majesty first.
His Majesty didn't reply, he must be busy.
He Xile didn't care. After returning to his room, he packed up a bit and prepared to go out to class. On the way, He Xile finally received a reply from His Majesty: "I'll pick you up after school and tell you more."
He Xile: "Okay."
Since His Majesty has replied, He Xile no longer thinks about the previous things and concentrates on the class.
Because of the terminal translation, Hai Xinna does not need to take language classes. After all, each race has a different language, and the previous emperors obviously have no intention of unifying the language - for small animals, this is a bit too anti-animal, not to mention that some small animals have different frequencies of calls from other animals.
However, children still need to learn some basic word choice and sentence structure, so there are also Chinese classes. The purpose is to cultivate children's sense of language, make their words more logical, and make it easier for the terminal to recognize the deep meaning and translate.
Classes officially started today. The morning classes were simple Chinese and arithmetic, and the afternoon classes were an art class.
Although He Xile had never studied art systematically before, he had drawn simple sketches. When he made paper-carved lanterns before, the pictures he carved out were also quite good-looking, so it was natural for him to do it this time.
The furry creatures around him seemed to have a much harder time than He Xile - some of them had furry paws that made it difficult for them to hold a pen, so they simply used their paws to draw on the paper.
Seeing this scene, He Xile just thought the children were so cute and couldn't help but smile like a pervert.
——I miss RUA so much!
"Are you finished?"
Yaya, who was sitting next to He Xile, poked her head out and asked, "What's the painting?"
He Xile happily showed his painting: "Look, a giant octopus."
Since coming to Haixinna, He Xile has often interacted with the giant octopus and has already figured out every detail about it, so of course it makes painting much easier.
Yaya was startled, and her head retracted instantly. She looked at He Xile with complicated eyes: "...Yes, I see. You drew a giant octopus, but this..."
He paused before adding, "It's the symbol of the Hexinna royal family."
He Xile looked at the picture in front of him.
A symbol of royalty?
If I'm not mistaken, shouldn't it be the surging sea and waves?
Oh, Yaya, you must be talking about the giant octopus’ genes, right?
He Xile nodded. "Indeed, I have a friend in the palace who looks like a giant octopus. But your Majesty's second characteristic is the black lines on his face? Does he also have octopus genes?"
"Shhh."
Yaya immediately made a gesture to stop him from talking. He put on a stern face and said seriously, "Your Majesty is different."
He Xile blinked.
ah?
What's different, Your Majesty?
Seeing He Xile's confused expression, Yaya clearly didn't know about this. With the intention of sharing some gossip, he immediately approached He Xile and whispered in a mysterious tone, "Because Your Majesty is a freak, he didn't inherit this gene."
He Xile: “…”
He Xile was originally curious, wanting to know what Yaya would say, but upon hearing this, his expression immediately faltered. He looked at Yaya and pursed his lips, "Who said all this?"
Yaya didn't realize that He Xile was angry: "Everyone says so."
"...Your Majesty and I have known each other for a long time. He is a very good Majesty." He Xile's expression was filled with an indescribable complexity. He said, "You haven't been with His Majesty, so you shouldn't judge him like this."
YaYa was stunned.
He blushed as he listened to He Xile's words, and said weakly, "This is generally recognized..."
After saying a few words, he noticed that He Xile's expression had become even worse. Realizing something, he immediately changed his tone and said, "I understand, Lanlan, I'm sorry."
——Come to think of it.
Your Majesty is He Xile's guardian, he shouldn't say this in front of He Xile.
Yaya put himself in his father's shoes and thought that if someone said something bad about his father, he would also be angry.
He Xile shook his head.
YaYa shifted uncomfortably and lowered her head.
He glanced at He Xile, as if he wanted to talk to He Xile but didn't know what to say.
After recovering from the shock, He Xile noticed the occasional glances from the other children around him. He suddenly felt that he shouldn't treat a child this way. Children are like blank slates, and every action taken by adults is a smear on that blank slate. The biggest reason these colors appeared on Yaya's paper was that the adults weren't setting a good example.
As a human being that the children like more, if he expresses bad emotions towards Yaya now, the other children will probably follow suit and isolate Yaya together.
This is not the consequence He Xile wants to see.
And, most importantly—
This is a duck!!!
Look at the other person's pure white feathers, the cautious look in his eyes when he looked at me, and the feet pacing back and forth...
Who could possibly blame such a cute, plump duck? Especially when it looked like it regretted its actions?
He Xile sighed in his heart, and simply took action, holding Ya Ya in his arms and stroking her.
Yaya: “Huh?”
He Xile said in a firm tone: "You will know later that His Majesty is a good man."
Yaya looked at He Xile with some entanglement and whispered, "Actually, I don't hate His Majesty that much. When school was over yesterday, I saw His Majesty picking you up at the school gate. His Majesty is definitely not that bad. It's just about the issue of His Majesty's bloodline... I heard my parents discuss it before. They said that His Majesty didn't inherit royal blood. On the one hand, it might be a genetic mutation. On the other hand, it's because the Queen did some bad things. It is said that she has a lover outside-"
He Xile looked shocked.
This time it was his turn to cover Yaya's mouth: "Don't talk nonsense."
He looked around quickly.
fortunately.
The children were all concentrating on drawing and no one paid much attention to this side.
"Hahaha, it's okay."
YaYa flapped his wings and explained seriously, "So compared to the latter, we are more likely to believe it is a genetic mutation. Isn't it a freak? This is known to everyone. Your Majesty has never intervened in these matters and has simply acquiesced."
He Xile: “…”
He Xile didn't know what to say for a moment.
He felt inexplicably bitter in his heart, thinking that this was not a tacit agreement, but rather that His Majesty was too lazy to care... just like he never cared about the bad things people said about him, even if some of them were said to his face.
——Because Your Majesty has become numb.
"Sir He Xile, Yaya, what are you two talking about? Let me hear it too." He Xile, hugging Yaya, whispered to each other, and their appearance finally caught the teacher's attention. He stood beside the two of them, smiling.
Upon hearing this, He Xile's ears suddenly turned red.
The recent class atmosphere made him a little relaxed. Now he suddenly remembered the classroom discipline when he was in China, and felt a little embarrassed. He quickly put Yaya back to her seat and continued to attend the class well.
"Your painting is very good." The teacher commented.
He Xile's eyes curved, he looked up and said, "Thank you, teacher."
After school.
As soon as the teacher announced that they could go home, the children rushed out of the classroom like young swallows.
He Xile was a little slower in packing up and found that the remaining dozen or so children did not pack up their things, but sat upright in their seats.
Their little faces were tense, and they were obviously nervous.
"It's those mentally disturbed kids."
Xun Shu, the homeroom teacher, had unknowingly stood beside He Xile. She explained, "After Professor Sang Qian learned of this, he contacted the school. We signed an agreement for them to test the mental health of these disturbed children. They say the sample size will be expanded to see if your ability is effective for a wider range of children. I think the professors have already told you about this, right?"
As Xun Shu spoke, she recalled every scene she had seen in her mind - when a child in school was diagnosed with a disorder, the depressing and broken atmosphere among the parents who rushed over, and she couldn't help but feel emotional.
She looked at He Xile beside her, her eyes moist, and said seriously: "Sir, thank you very much."
Xun Shu bowed deeply.
He Xile was startled and quickly helped the man up: "No, it's not me..." He stammered, "This is not my ability, it's a human's. I just took advantage of my status. And I think any human who encountered this situation would make the same choice."
Xun Shu looked at He Xile with gentle eyes.
She had never lived with humans, but she saw the good qualities of humans in Lord He Xile, which made her yearn for it and feel that this might indeed be the case.
But the person they met was not another human being, but Lord He Xile.
It is very wonderful, Mr. He Xile.
She didn't say much, only asking, "Have you packed? His Majesty should be waiting for you outside the school."
He Xile: "Yeah, then I'll leave."
He said goodbye to Xun Shu and others and walked out of the classroom quickly.
As soon as he arrived at the school gate, He Xile saw His Majesty standing alone not far away. He had no guards with him, his brows were furrowed, his eyes were lowered, and he looked a little impatient. The parents around him all stood far away from His Majesty, but almost every child who came out of the school would open their curious eyes wide when passing by. Even if they were hurriedly taken away by their parents and passed by His Majesty, they would always turn around and stare at His Majesty.
It is simply a beautiful landscape.
He Xile looked at this scene and smiled with pursed lips.
...quite cute.
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