◇ Chapter 63 Labor Pains
...really...ugly?
...really ugly?
Imur was like a solidified sculpture, the hair on his tail exploded instantly, and then he froze completely.
He remained in that position with his head down looking at his abdomen. If this were a comic or anime, one would be able to see special effects of petrification and cracking.
“…”
The Grand Duke of Illia is proud of his beauty. Throughout his life till today, countless people have cursed him, using all kinds of nasty words, such as "bitch" and "whore who must die a horrible death", etc. But this is the first time that someone has called him ugly.
The kitten paused for too long, and Bai Yu noticed it. He put the medical equipment into the drawer and asked casually, "Huh? Do you know that I said you are ugly? Do you understand what I say?"
Talking to pets is one of the occupational diseases of veterinarians, and Bai Yu is no exception.
Imur: “!”
He didn't dare let the doctor notice his abnormality, so he raised his tail in front of his body to cover the bald spots on his belly, pretended nothing happened, and jumped off the examination bed.
The doctor shook his head slightly and continued reading.
He was still reading the book "Xoril's Poems", flipping through it over and over again, almost tearing the pages apart.
Imur wandered around the clinic area on the first floor for a while. Seeing that the doctor was reading quietly and ignored him, he jumped upstairs.
Due to the terrible experience on the first day, Imur didn't like the first floor very much. Compared with the cold treatment bed, he preferred the doctor's bedroom on the second floor with sunlight.
Bai Yu sat on the recliner, looking up at the kitten in surprise, and commented: "It runs pretty fast despite its short legs."
“…”
Upon hearing this, Imur almost slipped down the stairs. He finally stood up, rubbed his face with his front paws, and cursed: "Damn doctor!"
If he hadn't been living under someone else's roof, he would have killed the doctor hundreds of times!
*
Towards dusk the doctor finished his reading for the day.
Bai Yu spread the pages of the book on the desk, turned to the marked page, and asked 66: "System, can all these marked contents be recorded and archived?"
66: “Of course.”
The system floated on the pages of the book, and in a moment, the patterns of the entire book were recorded in the database.
Bai Yu stood up, took the ash windbreaker from the hanger, adjusted his badge, put on a wide-brimmed hat, tied a woolen scarf of the same color, and looked at himself in front of the dressing mirror for a moment.
The person in the mirror is gentle and elegant, the most typical image of a doctor in Iberia.
Bai Yu walked out of the door and followed the system's instructions. He lowered his hat, half-covered his eyes, turned at the fork in the road in front of the market, and joined the flow of people leaving the market.
Then, Bai Yu followed the crowd through the bustling main road of Illia, through the sparsely populated streets and alleys, through the overgrown side roads, and finally, he stopped in front of a dilapidated church.
Today is Saturday, the day of gathering mentioned by the beautiful woman.
66 replayed the plot over and over again: "What kind of organization did the original owner belong to?"
Bai Yu said, "He doesn't look like a good person."
The church was in typical Gothic style, with a spire and rose windows, but all the windows were covered with black cloth, as if guarding some secret. Only the door was open, revealing an ominous darkness.
Bai Yu stepped in, and before he could see Cheng She clearly, his eyes were covered by a cloth.
His sight disappeared and the black cloth covered him. Bai Yu paused for a moment, then quickly returned to normal. He stood leisurely with his hands folded, as if he had gone through the same process thousands of times.
Immediately, something pressed against his head. Judging from its shape and size, it should be a gun with a large caliber. At such a close distance, it was enough to make a person's brain explode like a watermelon.
Someone beside him whispered to confirm: "Code name?"
Bai Yu: "Raven."
"address?"
"335 Seacrest Street"
"Profession."
"doctor."
In front of Bai Yu, there were three or four people going through the same interrogation process. They were also asked about their code names, addresses, and occupations. This seemed to be a necessary procedure for entering the church.
Bai Yu answered fluently, and the gunman slowly breathed a sigh of relief: "Sir, may we be like torches."
“…”
May we be like torches. This is obviously not a complete sentence. There should be a second half, which requires Bai Yu to respond.
"Hmm?" The gun on his forehead tightened, and the other party leaned closer and repeated in an ambiguous tone: "Mr. Raven?"
Still silence.
"Okay, sir, I hope you're just kidding me. I'll give you three more counts. Three, two..."
With the trigger at his fingertips, Bai Yu heard the sound of the pistol being loaded.
He smiled: "Sorry, I was distracted just now, light the way and make it smooth."
The other side breathed a sigh of relief.
The gun was lowered.
"I'm sorry sir, the Duke just fell into the water. Ilria has been a bit chaotic lately, so we need to be on our guard."
The other party turned around and handed over a cane. He held one end of the cane and motioned Bai Yu to hold the other end: "Mr. Raven of 335 Xike Street, please follow me. There are new orders to be issued today."
Bai Yu naturally took the cane and walked into the darkness.
66 floated beside Bai Yu, not daring to breathe.
On its screen, the secret message "May we be like torches, lighting the way forward" was clearly displayed.
This sentence is obviously a common code used by the organization. The second half of the sentence is likely to be included in the code of the book that Bai Yu is reading, but it has been encrypted.
66 is the most sophisticated computer in the world, but it is also helpless when it comes to codes without any reference text.
Fortunately, the person who used the secret code sent him the corresponding text directly.
"May we be like torches" is one of the passwords, and the conversations of the previous few people were also recorded by 66. In the face of the system's super computing power, all of Illia's encryption methods were vulnerable and were deciphered in an instant.
“Oh my god.” A huge sweating emoji appeared on 66’s small screen. He wiped his sweat in the air. “I have to complain when I get back. This is a difficult world, but there is no original version. Who arranged this by drawing lots? Do you want to kill us?”
It's just a small NPC role-playing system in a sadistic novel, how come it has a spy survival mode?
——Luckily, it was Bai Yu this time. If it was Xie or Lin who drew the script, the consequences would be disastrous.
Bai Yu did not comment.
He was led to the center of the church, and the guide untied the black cloth for him and asked him to sit on the chair.
Next to him was the beautiful lady who had spoken to him on the street.
The lady was wearing an elaborate long dress with lace trim and holding a feather fan. She looked Bai Yu up and down and said with a smile, "Raven, how are you?"
Bai Yu: "I hope you are well."
The two men exchanged a few polite words, and a man was brought to the empty seat on Bai Yu's right. He had a scar on his face and muscular body, like a brute force man.
Madam greeted, "Hammerhead Shark, how are you?"
Bai Yumo wrote down his code name.
Hammerhead Shark sat down next to Bai Yu. He seemed to be very familiar with the original owner and said casually, "There are good things in the tavern on Sunday. Do you want to come?"
Before Bai Yu could say anything, the lady smiled and said, "Where did you get these pretty boys and girls from? No matter what kind of looks they have, you have to say they are good stuff?"
Hammerhead Shark said, "It came from the Duke's Mansion. I heard it's different from ordinary people. There are some strange things on it. I want to see it."
Madam: "Different from ordinary people? They all have one nose and two eyes, how can they be different? Can they have an extra cat tail?"
Hammerhead Shark: "I don't know either. I just heard about it."
While they were talking, the waiter brought some water and placed it beside them. Madam and Hammerhead Shark both took some to moisten their throats, but 66 said, "Host, don't drink it."
His screen displayed the results of the fluid analysis: a chronically addictive drug.
Bai Yu picked up the water cup, took a sip, and poured it into his sleeves using his windbreaker to cover his mouth. The lining of his windbreaker was waterproof. Then he let his arms hang naturally, and the water rolled down his fingertips to the floor.
Then, pieces of paper were passed down one after another, with the orders for this meeting written on them. Bai Yu took one and saw that there were only two orders.
First: Search for the whereabouts of Grand Duke Imur and conduct a thorough inspection of all clinics to ensure that no one of unknown origin is admitted.
Second: Capture and kill stray cats of unknown origin.
Bai Yu folded the piece of paper and put it in his coat pocket.
Hammerhead Shark was puzzled: "Searching for the Grand Duke is understandable, but what's the point of killing stray cats?"
The lady said, "Maybe the boss was scratched by a cat."
Hammerhead shrugged. "Maybe he needs a cat-fur scarf."
They each put it away, tied the black cloth again, and were led away.
*
The moon was at its zenith, and by the time Bai Yu crossed most of the city and returned to the clinic, it was already midnight.
This world is more dangerous than he thought, but fortunately Bai Yu is not a native and the system has protection measures. Just now, 66 was cursing in the meeting and said that he would complain when he returned. At the same time, he promised that if anyone died because of the ban on the novel, he would replace Bai Yu with another book.
Despite this, Bai Yu did not want to experience death. He planned to let 66 decipher the other marks on the book tomorrow and then make plans.
As for today, the night is dark and it’s time to go to bed.
Bai Yu walked up to the second floor, pushed open the bedroom door, and walked lightly.
At this point, Tuanzi should have fallen asleep.
He was afraid that the light would disturb the sleeping kitten, so he didn't turn on the light. Instead, he sat on the edge of the bed and gently felt around in the quilt to determine the kitten's location.
When you get on the bed later, be sure not to crush the kitten.
But when his fingers touched the dumpling, he couldn't help but pause.
The kitten was not sleeping. He was hiding deep in the quilt, curled up in an abnormal posture, and seemed to be shivering.
This kind of shivering is not caused by cold or fear, but regular muscle twitching, which is pathological.
It was very cold under the quilt. Without the doctor's body temperature, it was difficult for the kitten to warm up the bed. Imur felt the doctor's touch and he couldn't help rubbing against the doctor's palm.
Warm.
Bai Yu paused, then raised his hand and turned on the light.
He gently lifted the quilt and let Tuanzi emerge from the bed.
Imur opened his eyes slightly, glanced at Bai Yu, and quickly buried his eyes again.
——I hope the doctor can go to sleep soon and stop bothering him.
He didn't have the energy to play the good pet game with the doctor today. He had been in pain for almost 4 hours since the evening.
There are always a few days that are very uncomfortable during the mutation period, just like the ladies of Illia always have a few days when they can't cheer up. Imur has gotten used to it.
There is a huge gap between human skeletons and cat skeletons. The frequent changes put pressure on the body, bringing tearing pain, numbness and itching in the bone joints. It is inevitable. In the days when Imur used to live, he would encounter each mutation period, which could be as short as one day or as long as five or six days.
But even if you get used to it, it still hurts.
Imur thought with a smile: "Fortunately, it will soon be over."
Severe pain usually occurs at the end of the mutation period. After enduring this period, it won't be long before he can turn back into a human.
The Duke buried his face in his pillow and thought gloomily, "When I return, I will tear down the doctor's clinic and take him to the Duke's Palace."
But what would he do in the Duke's palace? Imur hadn't thought it through yet. He might put the doctor in jail, and on the day of the jail, the Duke would dress up in his best clothes so that this country bumpkin doctor who had never seen the world could have a good look at him. Then he would look down on him and humiliate him, asking him whether the noble Duke of Illia was beautiful or ugly.
Thanks to my wild and inexplicable imagination, the pain was slightly relieved.
Beside Imur, Bai Yu was observing cautiously.
This world does not have the complete equipment like the pet hospital in his previous life. He cannot perform a comprehensive analysis and diagnosis on the kitten, but judging from Tuanzi's performance, it should be muscle or bone pain.
The kitten's breathing was very light, its body was shaking slightly, its muscles were twitching, its posture was weird, and its big fluffy tail drooped weakly and dragged on the bed.
Bai Yu gently picked up Tuanzi and placed him on his lap.
Imur paused, but did not struggle. He obediently lay on the doctor's legs. His fluffy platinum tail had nowhere to go, so it hung down from the edge of his thigh.
Although it was immoral, the Duke couldn't care less. In this situation, no matter what the doctor did, he couldn't resist.
Imur only hoped that the doctor's treatment a few days ago was not a disguise, and that he would not torture him when he was feeling the most pain.
Bai Yu held him in a sitting position and rubbed him gently, observing the kitten's reaction and trying to find out where he was feeling uncomfortable.
“…”
The skin on the doctor's thighs was burning hot, and together with the quilt, they created a warm space. I stroked him with my fingers tentatively from top to bottom, as if afraid of hurting him, and my fingertips touched the base of his hair, which felt very comfortable.
Imur rubbed against the doctor's arms.
There was no response when pressing gently, so it should not be a bone spur disease. Bai Yu used a little force and pressed on the muscle.
Imur rubbed again.
The doctor's technique was very experienced, as if he was giving the cat a massage or spa. He rubbed his palms, and the combined effect of the heat and massage actually relieved the sore muscles a little.
Bai Yu breathed a sigh of relief. The massage was responding, so it wasn't a bone problem, it must be just the muscles.
He went through all the cases of cats with muscle problems in his mind, but couldn't find a similar one. He just rubbed Tuanzi's ears and asked him, "Are you feeling better?"
Imur flicked his tail.
His furry tail rubbed against the doctor's cheek, interfering with the doctor's massage, so he was grabbed and pressed down.
Imur opened his eyes and looked at his tail, then let the doctor move it aside.
The kitten was so tiny, and its fluffy fur was as soft as cotton. Bai Yu could touch it completely in just a few strokes. He gently kneaded the kitten as if he was kneading a soft puff.
Under the doctor's rhythmic movements, Imur finally felt a little sleepy.
The temperature in the quilt was just right, and although the doctor was reluctant to admit it, his thighs felt very comfortable.
At this time, Imur heard Bai Yu talking to himself.
The doctor seemed to be recalling the case and considering: "...sudden onset, muscle twitching, irregular pain, massage can relieve it, other than that there are no other symptoms... Is it a genetic disease?"
There are many genetic diseases in cats. For example, Scottish Fold cats are a type of cat with serious genetic diseases. As a pet doctor, Bai Yu's first reaction when facing cats with genetic problems is: "Should they be sterilized?"
Imur paused.
Although I don't fully understand this word, it is obviously not a good word.
Then the doctor's hand groped down and placed it on the kitten's butt.
Ymur froze.
Although Tuanzi has just been injured and cannot be sterilized, we can still make plans early.
So the hand continued to grope and stopped on the little bell.
Gently weighed it.
Imur: “!!!”
The Duke was so angry that if he were in human form, his face would have been as red as wine.
He instantly understood what sterilization meant.
Damn doctor, he actually did such a perverted thing to him!
For a moment, Imur even forgot the pain of the mutation period. He was in doubt and jumped up from Bai Yu's thigh. When Bai Yu subconsciously hugged him, he stretched out his claws -
The claws scraped across the flesh, leaving a shallow blood mark.
“…”
Imur fell down along the head of the bed, staring blankly at the doctor's hand.
The doctor's fingers were slender and beautiful with distinct joints. The pale red wounds were embedded in the skin like cracks on jade.
Doctor...is injured?
What did he do?
Imur still remembers his current position, an obedient pet, and an obedient pet should not stretch out its claws towards its owner.
The body that had finally stopped shaking became stiff again.
In an instant, Imur thought of a lot of things. He thought of the doctor's warning to "be good", the cats that had undergone declawing surgery in the hands of the ladies at the tea party, and even the countless dead young men and women in the basement of the Duke's Mansion. In an instant, his teeth began to chatter slightly.
...No, he shouldn't have stretched out his claws to the doctor when he was living under someone else's roof.
Pets that are not obedient enough must either be transformed or killed.
Bai Yu noticed Tuanzi's uneasiness. His lake blue eyes were filled with fear, as if he was trapped in some kind of nightmare. He gently reached out his hand and picked up Tuanzi again.
The wound on his hand didn't hurt. How strong could a kitten's claws be? The wound was shallower than any other scratch Bai Yu had received from a cat in his previous life.
But Imur was afraid.
His body was attached to the warmth of the doctor's hands, but his heart was afraid of his attack, so he tried hard to think of how to get forgiveness.
How can you gain forgiveness as a pet?
Imur seemed to have thought of something.
He stayed obediently in Bai Yu's hands, stuck out his pink tongue and licked the wound in a flattering manner.
Bai Yu paused, and saw Imur tilting his head and looking at him guiltily.
"Meow~"
The author has something to say:
The Grand Duke who has to act cute to make a living
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
