Evil Dragon Chapter 71: Extra 2-4 Very cute

Chapter 71: Extra 2-4 Very cute

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Aika

 

Seeing Rennes, who had always been bullying himself in various ways, also had such an “outcome,” Lin Nuo was suddenly in a great mood. Even the tasteless “boiled fish in clear water” on the plate could be happily eaten by Lin Nuo. Not only that, he could also eat and chat happily with Rennes: “By the way, besides boiled fish, I also really like hot pot, you know?”

“When I turn back into a human, let me take you to eat hot pot, okay? It’s the place Martin and I used to go, extremely spicy and satisfying.”

When it came to “spicy” and “satisfying,” Lin Nuo specifically looked at Rennes’ expression and found that although he pursed his lips and said nothing, the lines of his jaw became noticeably tighter.

“Ah, Southeast Asian cuisine is also good—do you like Tom Yum soup? It’s made with a lot of chili rings…”

Rennes still didn’t say anything, just raised his cup and took another big sip of ice water.

Lin Nuo smiled, his eyes narrowing, and finished the meal happily. He even felt that this guy with a wicked sense of humor, this guy who liked to tease others, suddenly revealed such a miserable appearance, and also… love?

Lin Nuo’s heart was also somewhat puzzled: Didn’t Rennes know that he couldn’t eat spicy food at all? Isn’t he good at cooking, and quite good at it? Generally, people who can cook should know what they can and cannot eat, right? 

Just as Lin Nuo was about to ask, Rennes placed a pad with a video call request next to him. Rennes glanced at it. “It’s Mr. Lin.”

“Grandpa?” Lin Nuo immediately bounced up and rushed to the pad, saying, “Me, me, I want to talk to Grandpa!”

Rennes raised an eyebrow slightly and pressed the answer button, then stood up, took the bowls and plates to the kitchen, leaving Lin Nuo to talk to his grandpa without any worries. After the video call, Lin Nuo couldn’t help but feel a bit lost: Uh… does the old man trust me so much to leave me here? Don’t you care about when I can return to my human form?

At this moment, Rennes had already come out of the kitchen. He rolled down his sleeves to his elbows and pressed Lin Nuo’s forehead with his fingers. “What’s wrong?”

Lin Nuo hung his head and asked somewhat gloomily, “What should I do to turn back into a human?”

How long do I have to maintain this appearance?

Rennes sat on the dining chair, casually lifted Lin Nuo from the table, and placed him on his lap. He leisurely stroked him along the fur. “Don’t be anxious.”

Lin Nuo lay on Rennes’ lap, feeling comfortable being stroked.

Enjoying the comfort and chatting, Lin Nuo said, “What am I doing? Am I treating myself like a pet? Just lying on someone’s lap and letting them pat me?”

Rennes’ fingers, slightly cool, pressed gently on Lin Nuo’s small wings. “What’s wrong?”

Lin Nuo bit his paw absent-mindedly. “How can I turn back into a human? How long do I have to stay like this?”

Rennes, using his cool fingers, gently brushed over Lin Nuo’s small red wings. He shaped his mouth and said, “When your body has enough spiritual energy, mastered the basic skills of survival in dragon form, and has enough ‘desire to turn back into a human,’ your body will gradually be able to switch between human and dragon forms.”

Lin Nuo, without awareness, bit his claws, asking, “Basic skills of survival in dragon form?”

What is that? Flying? Breathing fire? Controlling the wind and rain?

Rennes lightly patted Lin Nuo’s back. “You’re tired. Take a nap first. In the afternoon, I’ll take you somewhere.”

Lin Nuo hummed twice, “I’m not sleepy… hmm… huh…”

He quickly closed his eyes and made a wonderful snoring sound.

Seeing that the little guy finally fell asleep, Rennes leaned back a bit, took the water cup on the table, and took a sip of ice water.

Although it was really spicy, this spicy meal was not eaten in vain. This little guy probably didn’t even notice that his attitude towards himself had become much more natural after seeing him inexplicably “defeated,” with much less hidden hostility.

Only by letting him see that he could also be so “embarrassed,” especially in these unexpected small things, would he gradually let go of his guard and feel that this person also had a vulnerable side.

Rennes’ cool fingers gently brushed over Lin Nuo’s bright red small wings. With a mouth shape, he said, “Quickly change, quickly… change back into a human…”

**

Lin Nuo didn’t expect that Rennes would take him to a place in the afternoon—school. Lin Nuo’s round eyes widened. “School? Why school?!”

Rennes calmly answered him, “Don’t you have two classes in the afternoon? I’ll take you to class.”

Lin Nuo almost choked on a breath. “Class? You want to take me—looking like this—to class?”

At this point, Rennes had changed into a loose-fitting outfit with pockets on the sleeves, and he was wearing jeans, looking like a senior student. He patted his arm pocket. “You can stay in here. No one will see.”

Lin Nuo turned up his nose. “I’m not going.”

He already skipped classes before, and now he couldn’t even draw or doodle. Moreover, Lin Nuo didn’t want to be treated like a pocket pet by this guy and be carried around.

“Not going…” Rennes fell silent for a moment and said, “Fine.”

Huh? Is he in such a good mood today? Lin Nuo was pleasantly surprised for a few seconds, then realized: Uh, could there be another trick later?

As expected, Rennes opened the textbooks Lin Nuo brought and said, “If you don’t go to class, I’ll teach you. Let me see, today… probability theory?”

As he spoke, he pinched Lin Nuo, as if he was about to place him on the open textbook.

“Ah ah ah, let go of me, I’ll go to class, I’ll go to class! Is it not enough for you to carry me like this?” This is a joke. Letting this person teach him alone? He might use examples like: I’m going to throw you on the ground now, guess the probability of landing on your face? So absolutely not! Thus, Lin Nuo was once again carried by Rennes in his pocket and went out.

As yesterday, Rennes was driving himself. When they were about to reach the campus, Lin Nuo couldn’t help asking, “By the way, how did you get into the school? Our school shouldn’t be open for visits, only teachers and students from our school can enter.”

Rennes smiled and answered calmly, “Well, I’m neither a teacher nor a student.”

“But I am one of your school directors.”

“School directors should also have the privilege to come and go freely in the school.”

Lin Nuo: … Alright.

Lin Nuo curled up in the pocket, quietly nibbling on his own small claws. When they entered the school gate, Rennes indeed took out a specially made ID card and entered the school unimpeded.

After parking the car, Rennes patted Lin Nuo and said, “From now on, you need to be vigilant around you, but try not to stick your head out too much. I’ve covered you with my own aura. As long as you don’t make too big movements or loud noises, no one will notice you.”

Lin Nuo made a soft “chirp.” Then, following Rennes’ instructions, he started looking around— Wait! Is this the familiar school I know? No, it is the school, the library, the main road to the teaching building, everything is correct. But, the people on this road… Why do some of them have huge horns on their heads? And there are people with long tails dragging out from under long skirts? Ah, isn’t that Professor of Investment Theory? He, he, he, he has wings?!

Lin Nuo bit his claws with all his might to avoid making a sound. Moreover… whether it was an illusion or not, several people, upon seeing Rennes, slightly stopped, then lowered their gaze as if bowing to Rennes. This action was extremely subtle, and if one didn’t look carefully, they wouldn’t notice at all.

What… what’s going on? At this moment, he heard Rennes’ voice transmitted from a tiny earpiece built into the pocket, “In fact, magical creatures are not uncommon in this world. The vast majority of magical creatures have already interbred with humans and completely live as humans, coexisting peacefully with humans. Previously, you couldn’t transform at all, and you couldn’t perceive the existence of other magical creatures. Now, you can slowly see the truth around you.”

Lin Nuo trembled a bit and whispered, “I didn’t see so many magical creatures on the road before.”

Rennes said, “Do you wonder why I am one of the school directors?”

Lin Nuo exclaimed, “Could it be…”

Rennes, “Yes. Since the establishment of this school, there have been many magical creature students. This school is also helping them integrate better into human society.”

Lin Nuo suddenly remembered something, “Wait, Martin and the others…”

Just as he mentioned Martin, a loud voice rang out, “Wait!”

Rennes stopped, and seeing the chubby Martin panting, standing in front of him with hands on hips, Lin Nuo wasn’t surprised. But what surprised him was Martin’s appearance— This, this is clearly a giant pigeon!

Martin didn’t notice Lin Nuo’s presence and directly said to Rennes, “I heard that the young master is living at your place?!”

Facing this unceremonious question, Rennes responded indifferently, “Yes.”

Martin took a few steps forward, raised his head, and tried to grab Rennes’ collar with his wings—but Rennes easily dodged, avoiding the attempt.

“I’m telling you, if anything happens to the young master, I’ll… I’ll…” Martin kept saying “I’ll” for a long time, but he couldn’t come up with a reasonable threat. Rennes chuckled lightly and said, “Rest assured, how could I let my ‘fiancé’ have any accidents.”

After saying this, Rennes swept past Martin and entered the teaching building. Left behind, both Martin and Lin Nuo cursed silently in their hearts: Ah! Shameless!

*

Afternoon classes were still as dull as Lin Nuo listened to the lectures with a foggy mind. Surprisingly, Rennes actually opened his laptop, elegantly maneuvering his fingers over the keyboard, taking notes while listening. Watching Rennes’ focused side profile, Lin Nuo felt a bit bored and somewhat depressed.

After class, Rennes didn’t hurry to the parking lot but instead packed up his books and strolled back along the tree-lined path. The afternoon sun was pleasant, filtering through the leaves and gently casting a warm light on everyone. Occasionally, a few leaves would fall, landing on the swiftly passing people or magical creatures.

As they walked, Lin Nuo couldn’t help but speak up, “Do you know, my only interest is drawing. I’m not a very smart person—oh, no, dragon. Well, I don’t even know what I am now. I really don’t know if learning these things will benefit me in any way. Why can’t I just do what I like without any reservations?”

Rennes lightly tapped Lin Nuo with his finger and said in a deep voice, “In concrete terms, I think there isn’t. You won’t suddenly become smarter because you’ve studied probability theory. Nor will you become more rational because you’ve learned Bayes’ theorem. But… Lin Nuo, the essence of being human lies in the fact that people can do things they don’t like for the sake of others. Uncivilized magical creatures only know how to survive according to their instincts. They are carefree and unrestrained but lack self-discipline, easily falling into corruption and becoming dark magical creatures. Learning restraint, learning patience, and learning to suppress oneself for a more important goal is perhaps the most crucial step in becoming a human.”

Rennes’ voice, like a cello, was steady and melodic, even carrying a soothing and magical power that comforted the hearts of both humans and dragons. As a result, even though Lin Nuo didn’t fully understand, the inexplicable restlessness and frustration in his heart seemed to have faded away a bit. He still scratched his head and mumbled, “It’s too profound. It’s too hard to understand. Why are you so… wise? Could it be… could it be based on your personal experiences?”

Rennes faintly smiled, “Ah, based on personal experiences. I once… did things I didn’t like for many years, all for a goal.”

Lin Nuo perked up, “Oh? And then? Did you achieve that goal?”

Rennes gently said, “Not yet.”

His voice carried a hint of bitterness this time.

Lin Nuo became more curious, “Huh? The heir of the Clement family also has unachievable goals?”

This time, Rennes didn’t provide an answer.

So, what is the goal exactly? Lin Nuo wondered, but… He would blush from eating spicy food, diligently take notes during class, seem to have unclear goals, and feel a bit lost due to those unclear goals… In this way, Rennes, it seems, is really… quite adorable? Ah, I can’t believe I’m thinking this way! I’m definitely not being swayed by his appearance, voice, and beautiful body! I’m not!

 

 

 

 

 

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