The Record of Unusual Creatures - Chapter 771

Chapter 771: Be a Good Spacecraft

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

 

After Hao Ren left Tannagost, he did not return home directly, instead he teleported to Kuiper Station. He docked his spacecraft in his own special port and watched the staff in the port bustle around busily for registration as well as facilities preparation through the screen of external monitors. A translucent shadow stood beside him, looking at the screen with a curiously. “Is this my home port?” she asked.

This translucent shadow was Nolan. She spent one week at the Crapple Research Station to adapt to her new ‘body’ and learned a lot about the daily operations of Petrachelys. Although she was not familiar with the work, she was now basically a qualified operation assistant.

The mastery of such a complex knowledge in just one week should be attributed to Nolan’s present life form: her ability to learn was now no longer tied to the limitation of human’s body. Data terminal already unbolted the performance shackles of this AI girl. With the help of the mainframe of the spacecraft, Nolan was fast at mastering new knowledge. In the past week, she spent only a fraction of her time learning new knowledge and put more time and energy into adapting herself to new life.

“You’re basically docked here when I don’t have any mission,” Hao Ren said while pointing to the port outside, “still remember the procedure you’ve learned? Don’t forget to send the identification code and receive the boot signal. You are the official spacecraft of Xi Ling Empire. If you don’t follow the procedure, it can cause a lot of trouble.”

“Got it, you’ve said it several times,” Nolan said and put her hands on her hips, then looked at the starry sky at the other end of the port, “but it would be boring to stay here…”

“You want to go out?” Hao Ren raised his eyebrows and asked. After one week of getting along, Nolan was not as cold and detached as she was when they first met, and some of her thoughts were easily guessed. “Okay, how about this. You can move freely within the Galaxy. Don’t go too far— so I can call you back whenever I have a new mission. There’s a map of the Galaxy’s power distribution and a civilizations list in your navigation star chart. Don’t disturb their order… Well, doesn’t matter, there’s a security agreement anyway. ”

Nolan blinked and said, “Within the Galaxy… and you said don’t go ‘too far’?!”

She did not expect Hao Ren to be so generous: she thought it would be nice if she could stroll about one hundred and eighty light-years around.

Before Hao Ren said anything, the data terminal on the console muttered, “For your current performance, it’s just a walk. Most parts of the universe are empty. Even if you press the accelerator hard, you probably won’t bump into anything. ”

“Oh. I haven’t experienced real space yet. I just ran a few times around the gravitational circle of the star when I was at the Crapple Research Station… I’m suddenly looking forward to it!”

The data terminal smiled and said, “Hey, you have to get used to it as soon as possible. You have to get used to the feeling of being a spacecraft. When I became a human for the first time, I also experienced a lot of things. The worldview is a wonderful thing…”

“Stop talking nonsense.” Hao Ren pulled the data terminal out of the console slot and waved goodbye to Nolan. “I’ll go back to earth first. If you have any questions here, just contact me.”

When everyone had left, Nolan was left alone on the deserted bridge. But it was just her holographic image standing here. Nolan could not feel anything from her own senses. Her real senses came from the spacecraft. The hundreds of-meter-long metal beast was docked at the port of Kuiper station. Nolan tried to concentrate, and once again felt the peculiar experience that this unfamiliar body brought her. She could feel the vast space that she was in, she could feel the humans and the robots walking around not far away, she could sense the energy turbulence in the nearby port facility, and she could even sense that in another port dozens of kilometers away, another spacecraft was leaving.

Nolan was trying to perceive all this as much as she could, imagining her body immersed in the wave of information in the real world. She ‘opened her eyes’ and used countless external monitors on the spacecraft to see the scene in front of her, confirming the place over and over again.

This was the real world. No reincarnation, no virtual world, no script. The whole universe was really moving around her. Everything was so real and reliable, and there was no need to worry that they would suddenly disappear. Nolan, the girl who had gone through ten thousand years of rebirth, finally realized the thing she had hoped for in her dreams countlessly: waking up from a dream and facing reality.

However, she had lost the ability to touch the real world. All she could feel was the precise, icy numbers: 0.96g, 27℃, 96.35kpa. These numbers came from the countless sensors of Petrachelys. Each sensor was more precise and complex than a biological nerve. She browsed through the data and felt no temperature or weight. Her judgment on them was just either ‘normal’ or ‘abnormal’.

“I have to adapt to life as a spacecraft,” Nolan said and sighed, or more precisely, the holographic projection ‘sighed’. She focused on the stars in the distance and thought to herself, “Let’s go and see the stars.”

The Petrachelys sent out a signal of departure. After the automated response system of Kuiper station responded, it drifted briskly to the starry sky outside the port. In the distance, several busy port staff looked curiously at the spacecraft, wondering why it had to leave so soon. At this moment, they heard Nolan’s voice. “I’m going for a walk. Please prepare some polishing wax and wax my lower belt armor when I come back.”

Nolan decided to be a good spacecraft start from today, starting with self-maintenance.

The port staff were looking at each other. A young employee pressed his hat and asked, “The inspector’s spacecraft never spoke before, did it?”

“Don’t ask any unnecessary question,” a senior staff said, looking serious, “all the things in the Xi Ling Empire have their own personalities. Get the polishing equipment ready!”

Two days after returning to Earth from the Plane of Dreams, Hao Ren had returned to normal life, so did his tenants. Most of them had gone through big storms, no matter how much trouble they had gone through, they would always be able to go on with their life when they back home. But still, the event of Zorm left a deep impression on everyone, and they were talking about it for two days.

There was a Zorm, and will there be more planets like Zorm that were protected by the guardians?

Hao Ren was fiddling with the data terminal on the table who was showing the holographic projection Raven 12345. He reported his experience in the Plane of Dreams, and now the communication between them was about to end.

“Preserving the diversity of civilizations is also the daily work of the inspectors,” Raven 12345 said with a smile on her face, seemed to be in a good mood, “and the more civilization we preserved, the easier it is to find the clues of the Goddess of Creation.”

“Next I plan to expand the searching scale in the plane of dreams. Maybe there are other guardians who keep their sanity survived. I want to bring them together and, if possible, rebuild the Guardian Corps of the Star of Creation.” Hao Ren was talking about his grand ideas. Although these ideas did not seem to be possible at the moment, he was full of confidence. “The Guardians who keep their sanity have accepted the order of the Goddess of Creation. Whether they complain or not, they will help to stop those crazy Firstborns and the brain monsters. So if we can rebuild the Guardian Corps, it should be able to make the Plane of Dreams safer.”

“Well… And probably there will be guardians who know something about the Wall of Reality,” Raven 12345 nodded and said, “you take care of it. You have proven your ability. You’re such a genius!”

“Well, thanks for the compliment. Anything else?”

“Yes—next time don’t let your daughter jump in front of the camera. It makes me dizzy.”

Hao Ren looked down and saw that Lil Pea was jumping on the table. The little girl looked up at the Raven 12345’s face floating in the air, and then focused on the data terminal: She was waiting for them to end the conversation so she could keep pushing the data terminal all over the house.

Hao Ren waved goodbye to Raven 12345 and then ended the communication. At the same moment, data terminal yelled at them, “I have something to talk to you two…”

And then it was taken away by Lil Pea before it could finish the sentence.

Hao Ren was watching Lil Pea fiddling with her big toy happily and then leaned back in his chair.

“Rebuild the Guardian Corps… Is it a little too early to think about it?”

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Chapter 772: The Visitors

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

 

Hao Ren could not get the Plane of Dreams out of his mind. Nonetheless, trying to find the surviving guardians who could be hidden anywhere would not happen overnight. Hao Ren knew this too. He had given instructions to the drone fleet to speed up the expansion, so all he could do now was wait patiently for the message at home.

In the blink of an eye, it was already mid-October. The weather in the northern city was getting cooler, and the leaves were piling up more and more under the trees outside the window. Hao Ren was holding a cup of hot tea leaning against the window and looking at the scenery outside while Lil Pea was lying next to his hand. Watching the leaves falling from the trees, the little mermaid gave a deep sigh from time to time, and Hao Ren wondered what she was thinking.

“Maybe she thinks it’s a pity.” Vivian was sitting opposite Hao Ren and reading a magazine. She looked up, smiled and said, “Probably in her mind, those fallen leaves were like snacks falling from the sky, but they all fell into the mud pit.”

Hao Ren was a little surprised. He pushed Lil Pea’s head lightly with his finger and then asked, “Does she eat leaves?”

“Never tried. Wanna try?”

Hao Ren thought for a moment and then raised his voice to call Lily who was basking in the doorway. “Lily! Go and pick some leaves and come back!”

Soon, Lily ran back with some beautiful autumn leaves in her hand. Lily was holding the leaves like a treasure and said, “Eh landlord you want to take up an elegant hobby? You want to make a herbarium of autumn leaves, right? Hold on, I’ll get the tools. I’m good at making…”

Hao Ren was not listening to Lily. He gave Lil Pea two pieces of leaves and watched her eat the leaves. He then turned to Lily and asked, “What did you say?”

Lily gaped at them both, suddenly got exasperated and yelled, “You’ve wasted the beautiful autumn leaves I picked!”

“Why does it sound weird when a husky say something like this…” Hao Ren just realized what Lily just said, and at the same time, Lil Pea spit out all the leaves she had just eaten while slapping the windowsill with her tail and said, “Not yummy! Not yummy!”

“She doesn’t eat this,” Hao Ren muttered while touching his chin, “Next time I try to feed her some grasses, or roots, she’s too picky now.”

Lil Pea kept blinking while listening to Hao Ren, and the jumped happily. Lily saw this and said, “Sigh. Luckily I knew what’s going on. If someone else heard what you just said, you’ll be accused of child abuse.”

Lily did not continue to bask in the sun at the door. She transformed back to werewolf form, stretched her body and wagged her tail to the couch to find the remote control. Hao Ren turned to look at Lily’s back, suddenly sighed and said, “It’s getting cold.”

Vivian looked up from the magazine and asked, “And…?”

“Lily is going to start shedding again…”

“Oh,” Vivian responded. A few seconds later, however, her roar resounded through the house. “Doggie! Don’t sit on the sofa when you’re shedding, or keep your tail before sitting on the sofa!”

Hao Ren saw a shadow flashed in front of him. Vivian had turned into a group of small bats, jumping over to stop Lily from destroying the sofa. Then came Lily’s loud cries and the noises of fighting. Hao Ren did not have to turn his head to know what was happening. But he also knew that Vivian’s efforts would eventually be wasted. Anyone who had ever had a dog knew the destructive power when a dog was shedding. Anyway, in the next month, the whole family could only spend their life surrounded by dog hairs…

However, it was not the first time that Hao Ren experienced this and was kind of used to it. He just had to finish his hot tea before it was chilled by the cold air released by Vivian. He then put Lil Pea into his pocket and ready to rush out the door. “I go out for a walk. You two go on.”

Lily was surrounded by bats, stretching her neck and shouting, “Landlord… You can’t run… Help… Help…”

She was hit by a small head before she finished her words. She was very angry and yelled, “That’s going too far! You thought I’m just a little cat?!”

Rollie immediately came out from under the tea table and asked, “Time to eat?”

Hao Ren could not stand it and quickly reached for the door. As he opened the door, a little bat fell by his side. The little bat struggled to fly up with a wallet in its mouth. “You forgot to bring your wallet. Buy some eggplants and a bottle of soy sauce when you come back,” shouted Vivian.

Hao Ren gaped at the little bat. Vivian quickly threw the wallet to the little bat when the little bat was smashed by Lily and let it bring the wallet to Hao Ren. The famous old vampire actually used her talent on this kind of inexplicable things.

When those above behaved unworthily, those below would do the same.

Hao Ren hurriedly opened the door and ran out. He let out a long sigh when he came to the street, and felt the world finally quiet down.

Although he had been living with these crazy creatures for nearly two years, and they got along well, still he had to say that: he could not stay in the house when they were fighting. And it was not the first time that he had to run away from home when the bat and the husky were fighting. Anyway, Hao Ren knew that nothing serious would happen.

At the very beginning, Hao Ren would always worry that they would tear down the house during the fight, and he tried to stop them but it never worked. But now, he did not know whether to be happy or sad: he was already used to it. He knew that the two would patch up and the worst he had to face when he got home was just a house full of dog’s hairs and ice…

So he brought Lil Pea along when he left the house. The temperature would drop so low when Vivian was fighting that even if she was not frozen, she would fall into hibernation.

This was not the first time that Lil Pea went out with Hao Ren. She was smarter now. She knew that she could not show herself in public as she liked, so she would quietly observe the world through the miniature camera on Hao Ren’s pocket. Hao Ren could also feel it whenever Lil Pea was moving in the special pocket. As he walked along the road, he observed whether there were any new species of withered barks or twigs on the ground. He would pick up the suitable one and slipped it into his collar. The fish baby was always hungry and waiting for food. This had become Hao Ren’s habit when he was going out with Lil Pea.

On the other side of the road, a mother and her son noticed this scene. Hao Ren heard them whispering, “Mom, there’s an uncle over there feeding his clothes a twig!””Don’t look— you’re going to be like this when you grow up if you don’t study hard.”

Hao Ren, “…”

Yes, he was used to it, too.

When Hao Ren went out for a stroll, an unexpected visitor suddenly visited the town.

A black luxury sedan was driving in a slightly deserted street in the southern suburbs. The potholes on the road and the water left by the autumn rain two days ago made the expensive car looked a little awkward. The car circled the old streets of the southern suburbs. The driver, a blond, blue-eyed foreigner, enquired about Hao Ren’s home from the local people and then headed straight for the house.

However, the streets are too old and the winding roads made it harder to find the right location. The car did not find Hao Ren’s house but accidentally parked in front of Nangong couple’s small restaurant.

The passersby and those who had just come out of the small restaurant could not help but look at the car. This kind of luxury car was very rare in the southern suburbs. The door opened and a tall Caucasian who came out of the driver’s seat was even more eye-catching. It was a young gentleman who looked calm and polite, blond, tall and dressed in expensive suits. It would be more appropriate for him to appear on a television than to appear here.

But he was just a chauffeur.

The blond chauffeur did not care about the passersby around him. He went straight to the back of the car and opened the door, bowed respectfully to the people inside, and said softly, “Madam, I am lost and dizzy… Can we eat something first?”

“Bastard, there’s only one road here and you have been driving for two hours and now you told me you’re lost! Is that thing on your neck just to make you look taller?!”

The voice of the woman in the car sounded dignified—no matter what the content was.

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Chapter 773: Rare Visitors

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

 

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As mind-boggling as the conversation between the blonde driver and the “master” was, everyone did not seem to understood what they were talking about, because they were speaking in pure Greek. The only comprehensible word was “Baidu”, but that did not mean a thing though.

The blonde driver appeared calm as if he had been numb to his master’s reprimand, or maybe he was simply sadomasochistic. Either way, he took a step back to make way for his master. “My head notwithstanding, I’m still taller than you,” he said.

“I can’t believe I have brought such a jerk.”

The young woman in the car croaked, and finally bent over and climbed out. She had waist-length long hair, fair complexion, and beautiful, sharp facial features of the Eurasian. Wearing a black dress of the finest fabrics, she was obviously very wealthy.

Following that, the door on the other side swung open. Another young woman climbed out. This one had high nose and distinctive European facial features. She was even more attractive than the ‘master’ was. She was seductive, with almost perfect body wearing a gown-like black corset. A laced petal was on the chest, which was originally a symbol of gaudiness, but somehow it just looked so right on this peculiar woman.

She was so seductive that she seemed like a medieval noble woman straight out of a movie, her every gesture had a distinctive but unpretentious noble aura; she was simply irresistible.

Expensive car was a rare scene in Southern Suburb. The moment it rolled into the town, it instantly turned heads. But the spotlight shifted quickly when the seductive woman emerged, all eyes were fixated on her. Somehow, people were more wondering where these strangers came from. Were they here for a movie set? Their attires seemed so much out of place in this little town.

“Kassandra,” said the long, straight-haired ‘master’, turning to look at the seductive woman who was walking up to her reverently. “How did you manage to steal the limelight away from me every time?”

The woman named Kassandra folded her hands across her tummy, her body bowed slight as a sign of respect and said, “Because my boobs are bigger than yours.”

The ‘master’ smacked herself on the forehead. “Having you here is a real kick in the pants,” she mumbled to herself.

The blonde driver said, “Master, it was Hesperides; she kicked you out of the door when you were adamant to pass through the sixth shadowy crack.”

The ‘master’ became furious. She shouted, “Turcan!”

Just as she was about to lash out, someone suddenly came out of a nearby restaurant. It was Nangong Wudi coming to check out outside when he heard the ruckus. He saw a car parked in front of the restaurant, and three persons with out-of-this-world appearances standing next to the car. He did not know model the car was because he was not interested at all. But he did recognise the girl with black, straight hair. “Vivian, you’re here! Are the two of them your friends?”

The unexpected visitors were none other than Hessiana and her two sidekicks—Turcan, the higher vampire, and Kassandra from the sanctuary in Athens.

Hessiana was lifting her leg about to boot Turcan out of the way. She froze when she heard the name ‘Vivian’. Her two sidekicks turned and looked at Nangong Wudi. “You know Vivian Ancestor?” Turcan asked in surprise with his half-baked Chinese accent.

Nangong Wudi did a double take. Then he noticed this ‘Vivian’ was different. Though they looked almost identical at first glance, the real Vivian could never afford such expensive clothes.

The deep-rooted image of the poor vampire was so unmistakable, but Wudi did not notice Hessiana was actually a size smaller than Vivian was.

Hessiana was just as suspicious as Nangong Wudi was. They began to size up each other. Hessiana spotted something hidden under the cloak of Nangong Wudi; it was a silver-plated buckling belt—a signature of demon hunters!

A demon hunter she had never met!

Hessiana tensed. She did not even notice the friendly tone of Nangong Wudi’s voice when he mentioned Vivian. Turcan and Kassandra were no slowpokes; they were senior Blood Clans with real skills though at times they were a little hilarious. The three vampires swiftly formed an indistinct formation of a triangle covering each other’s back. Their move seemed so casual but it allowed them to launch attack or flee easily. The temperature in the air suddenly plunged. The cold air was carrying a spiritual power that imperceptible to ordinary humans but powerful enough to disturb their minds. The onlookers felt the inexplicable uneasiness and left the scene.

Nangong Wudi had wanted to ask the Vivian-lookalike girl, but he too sensed a magical power in the air. His demon hunter’s instinct told him that he should draw out his rune cards and sacred silver daggers.

So a battle was imminent.

A voice suddenly came from the other side of the road. “Hey! What’s going on there?”

Nangong Wudi and Hessiana looked into the direction of the sound and were gobsmacked to see Hao Ren trotting over.

Hao Ren was just as confused. He was taking Lil Pea out for a stroll, while on their way home he suddenly remembered Vivian had asked him to buy some food and soy sauce. For convenience’s sake, since he had come to this part of the town, he decided to head to Nangong’s restaurant to get what Vivian wanted. As he came before a junction just around the restaurant, he felt a familiar chill and followed it. Then he found Nangong Wudi was in a standoff with the three who seemed to be non-humans.

When looking from behind, he found the three looked rather familiar. When Hessiana turned her head around, he thought it was Vivian but stopped short of calling out her name. He quickly recognised her; she was not Vivian, the poor vampire could never afford such an expensive outfit, he thought.

Whoever that girl was, the first thought came to his mind was Vivian, the poor vampire.

“Hessiana?” Hao Ren looked at the rare visitor in surprise. “What led you here?” He looked at the two beside her. “They are…”

Hao Ren looked at the blonde and the seductive woman. The two had the perfect look and unique temperament of the higher Blood Clan; they could survive in anywhere by just showing their looks like flashing credit card, as long as the place there were in had a normal perception of aesthetics. Theoretically, they were recognisable easily. But it was a pity that when Hao Ren was in the Athens sanctuary, the sheer number of handsome Blood Clans had confused his perception. Hao Ren felt they look familiar but not managed to identify them at first glance.

“Turcan,” the blonde man said as he bowed graciously. “This is Kassandra. I would like to send you regards on behalf of the Hessiana family.”

Hessiana immediately glared at Turcan. “Shut up! I haven’t spoken yet, stop being be la-di-da!”

The ‘mini Vivian’ had a deep-rooted dislike about Hao Ren, like the disapproval of a rebellious teenager towards her stepfather. Hao Ren did not know why Hessiana behaved in the way she was behaving, he could only returned a forced smile.

“This is Hessiana, Vivian’s… mini version,” Hao Ren said, pointing to the Vivian-lookalike who had an opposite temperament. “We met at the Athens sanctuary. She was the patriarch of a family.”

Then he pointed to Nangong Wudi. “This is father of Nangong Wuyue.”

Hessiana said in surprise. “Oh, she finally found them?”

Yeah,” Hao Ren replied, sounding effortlessly. “It wasn’t easy though. All the way from the otherworld.”

“Oh, come on,” said Hessiana, rolling her eyes. “Sound like it was you who accomplished all that.”

Hao Ren just smiled and said nothing, thinking what her expression would be like if he brought her for a tour on his spaceship—as long as he did not reveal the information about the Space Administration and the Macro World. But judging from Hessiana’s clinginess to Vivian, she might eventually find out the truth that her ‘mother’ was a frequent traveller to the otherworlds.

The standoff was just a small misunderstanding. When Nangong Wudi knew they were friends, he was all smile and invited them into his restaurant. Hessiana was very friendly with everyone except Hao Ren.

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Chapter 774: Hessiana Brings News

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

 

Nangong Wudi invited Hessiana and her two sidekicks into the restaurant before he left a piece of rune card on the door. It was a repellent rune card. Under the repellent magic, the remaining few patrons in the restaurant quickly paid and left. Hao Ren looked at the leaving diners. “Is your shop an elderly community centre?” he asked.

“I can’t help it. This town has a large elderly population.” Nangong Wudi laughed. “That’s okay; I run the restaurant just to pass the time anyway.” Then he said to the visitors, “Do you want anything to eat?”

Turcan and Kassandra replied in unison, “Is there blood type A?”

Nangong Wudi froze for a second before he replied, “I’m sorry we don’t have it.”

“Then I’d like two baskets of steamed pork bun with leeks,” Turcan said.

“I’d like a bowl of vegetarian fried cakes, extra bean sprouts, please,” Kassandra also said.

Hao Ren was stupefied looking at the two higher Blood Clans. When in Rome, do as the Romans do, and they really did when they came to Southern Suburb. But this was expected of the vampires that Hessiana brought; they were versatile.

Nangong Wudi’s face twitched slightly, and turned to shout the orders into the kitchen. Then he turned to Hessiana and asked, “What about you?”

Hessiana lowered her head, studied the menu carefully for a long while, and then threw it the table and said, “Garlic stir-fried meat!”

Hao Ren gestured to Nangong Wudi. “Don’t be surprised, she was of Vivian’s bloodline, garlic to her is nothing, she has the nerves of steel. But before that, let first call them out of the kitchen to say hello. Hessiana has been our comrade-in-arms after all.”

Hessiana slid Hao Ren a sideways glance. Apparently she could not care less about this ‘comrade-in-arms’ bullsh*t. Nangong Wudi turned and went into the kitchen, and before long, he came back out with Ayesha and the Nangong siblings who came by today to help. Everyone except Nangong Wuyue almost mistook Hessiana as Vivian. Nangong Wuyue recognised Hessiana instantly as she went up and placed her arm around Hessiana. “Long time no see, how’s thing in Athens?”

“Everything is fine,” Hessiana said, laughing while her eyes scanning Nangong Wudi and Ayesha. “Congratulations, you finally found your parents. There’s nothing like home with family,” she said to Nangong Wuyue.

“Thanks to Mr. Landlord.” Nangong Sanba wiped the oil off his hand on the apron, and then patted on Hao Ren’s shoulder. “He even went as far as other planet to help us find my parents.”

Hao Ren quickly flinched to avoid Nangong Sanba’s greasy hand. “Wash your hands! What are you doing in the kitchen with all the apron and sleeve on? Learn to cook from your mother?”

Nangong Sanba laughed heartily as he drew out a pair of silver dagger from under the apron. “Chopping stuff! I found that I’m better at doing this than exorcising. It’s the first time my daggers see blood though.”

Nangong Wuyue buried her face in her hand. “Oh, come on, Sanba, save it! Don’t you feel ashamed of yourself?”

Nangong Sanba had opened a completely new world for himself ever since he helped in his parents’ restaurant, he had modified his pair of silver dagger into chopping tools. Though it did not sound very kind, Hao Ren really felt that Nangong Sanba’s decision was a great contribution to the worlds of chef and the demon hunters.

“Then what about you?” Hao Ren could not help looking at Nangong Wuyue. He was suddenly curious in the daily life of Nangong siblings.

“Me? What else a siren could do? I wash dishes and vegetables,” Wuyue said as she swung her body; a clinking sound came from inside her stomach. Hao Ren’s eyes almost popped out. “Wait a minute! What’s in your stomach?”

Leisurely, Wuyue took out a plate that was as clean as it could get from her belly. “Yeah, this is how I do it. And, it’s fast. ”

Everyone was shocked, except the Nangongs. Hao Ren’s sharp vision had noticed under the semi-transparent belly skin of Nangong Wuyue, some pointed objects that looked like bowls and chopsticks were floating around inside. There was new thing to learn every day, he thought. “I thought you meant water sphere or running water? But inside your body?”

Wuyue nodded matter-of-coursely. “Why not? Siren is amorphous but it takes considerable more energy to make water sphere outside the body. So I’d just do mundane job like washing the dishes in my stomach. Yeah, mom taught me that.”

“Well, that’s the illogic of God’s creation, what an eye-opener. Oh wait, are you saying that you usually do that at home too?”

He suddenly realised Nangong Wuyue was the house-chore in-chief back home, just as Vivian was for the air conditioning, Lily was for supplying a dog-hair scarf, and Y’zaks was the emergency backup when the house running out of gas; everyone had a role to play in the family. Hao Ren had almost taken thing for granted as he had been enjoying the convenience without asking how. Mind you, he had never set foot in the kitchen since a year ago.

Nangong Wuyue just nodded matter-of-coursely. “So you know what, Mr. Landlord, that’s the reason why you have to wash your own socks. It’s disgusting,” she reminded.

“I didn’t ask you to do that!”

Hessiana looked on as the two talked. She eventually could not hold back laughing. “Wow, you guys are really interesting! I didn’t know siren and demon hunter could live together. And, this is how funny your family look like every day?”

Hessiana’s voice had Hao Ren’s attention again. He sized up the three vampires. “What brings you here?” he asked.

Hessiana’s arms akimbo. “Why should I tell you?”

Before her voice trailed off, Turcan blurted, “We have found some clues about the magic book…”

“Turcan!” Hessiana snapped. “Can you not be a busybody?”

Turcan quickly shut up and nodded apologetically at Hao Ren. Despite being chided like a child, Turcan still maintained his composure like a rich, blond spoilt lad. It seemed Blood Clan had a special characteristic, they were snobbish, it did not matter if they were just squatting in the wet market eating baked bread, they always appeared as if they were having pancake in Vienna. And, yet at the same time, they never felt a bit out of place.

The biggest difference between the Hessiana vampire family and other vampires was that they were really good at eating baked bread in the wet market.

That was all because they all had the same eccentric patriarch.

“So you are saying that you have already found out who wrote the magic book?” Hao Ren asked with an eager look. “Have you already found other similar magic books or items?”

Hessiana’s arms still akimbo. “Why should I—”

Not waiting for her master to finish, Kassandra nodded to Hao Ren and said in a soft and graceful voice, “No other magical items, but found the source of the magic book and some—”

“Kassandra! You also want to join in the fun?” Hessiana glared at her.

Kassandra bowed slightly in an apologetic manner. “Master, I know you didn’t want to appear compromising with Mr. Hao Ren, so just let me do this.”

Hessiana was a little startled and looked embarrassed too. “I know. You don’t have to say the obvious…”

But Kassandra continued. “And, since I have bigger breasts, let me say it.”

Everyone’s jaw dropped to the ground.

Hao Ren looked at Hessiana with a strange look. “Where did you get your two funny assistants?”

Hessiana grabbed and laid her head on the table. “Please don’t ask, they are enough annoying and it’s not that you don’t already know that. Where is your house? I have been searching for your house.”

“Just on the other street,” Hao Ren pointed to a direction then frowned. “By the way, does Vivian know you are coming?”

Hessiana looked away. “She doesn’t know I’m coming. I want to give her a surprise.”

Hao Ren smiled wryly. “You’re actually afraid that she’ll run away.”

“None of your business!”

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Chapter 775: The Way This Duo Gets Along Is Simply Hopeless

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

 

In fact, Hao Ren knew Hessiana was sneaking over. Had Vivian known that Hessiana was giving her a surprise visit, she would have gotten Hao Ren to send her to Mars two weeks in advance as part of her escape plan. Looking at the strange expression on Hessiana’s face, Hao Ren could not help but say, “I don’t mean to be judgmental, but there seems to be a problem with the way you get along with Vivian. Have you ever thought about it: how she can be so friendly with everyone, yet avoid you?”

Hessiana glanced at him resentfully. “I don’t need you to lecture me on this.”

Hao Ren spread out his hand. “I’m not lecturing you, just a friendly reminder. And to be honest, I do would like to see you get along well with Vivian. After all, your relationship with her is special, right?”

Hessiana slid him a suspicious glance. “Really?”

“Yeah,” Hao Ren nodded very seriously. “And also I don’t get it why you like to pick on me.”

Hessiana swung her hair back and said, “I can’t help it when a stranger man stays so close to her while I never get a chance.”

Hao Ren forced a smile. “You’re simply jealous.”

Turcan and Kassandra looked on silently as the duo bickered. Turcan then whispered into Kassandra’s ear. “There’s a Chinese saying: the rain wets the bloom as the bride weds the groom; I guess that’s how master feels right now.”

Kassandra nodded repeatedly. “You’ve got a point there but I guess Master could hear you, she is glaring at you right now.”

“Turcan!” Hessiana snapped. Her scream was ear shattering. Those within two metres radius of her had their ears ringing in pain, and glasses on the table shattered. Hao Ren quickly pointed at the broken glasses. “Well, you break, you pay. Two-fifteen each.”

Hessiana banged the table, pointed at the broken glass on the table, and glared at Turcan. “Eat it!”

Turcan finally lost his blond rich kid composure, his face green. “Eat glass… again?”

Nangong was bringing out the food from the kitchen. She curiously asked, “Where are the glasses?”

Hessiana put on a stone face, placed ten yuan on the table, and pointed at Turcan. “This hick has never seen glasses, he wants to buy four from your souvenir.”

Turcan laid his head on the table and nodded slowly. “What Master says… is right.”

Nangong Wuyue was dumbfounded.

“Why wasting time here?” Hessiana was jabbing the food with chopsticks. She suddenly looked at Hao Ren in suspicion. “Can’t I just go to your house and see Ma’am Vivian? Or do you have something to hide?”

“Am I?” Hao Ren turned to look at the sky outside; he was calculating in his mind the time Vivian and Lily took to finish cleaning up the house. “They were still busy when I left the house. Probably they still are. Let’s try the food first before we head home.”

Everyone started gobbling. Except Turcan, Hessiana and Kassandra were all thumbs-up for the food. Turcan could not really taste what he ate because his stomach felt sick after the glass meal. Hao Ren was taking the three visitors to surprise Vivian. He saw the expensive ride of Hessiana and felt a little emotional. “You seem to do well recently.”

“Yeah. I am the patriarch of a family, and most surviving otherworldling families were wealth,” Hessiana said as she pointed her nose skyward. “I have been asking Vivian to come to stay with me as I can afford it. But she seemed not too willing.”

“She is afraid of jinxing you. You should appreciate that, she did care about you,” Hao Ren said, pursing his lips. He knew that had he not had the divine support from above, he would not afford to keep the jinx in the house. “I’m surprised you could get out from the Athens sanctuary. Did you bump into any demon hunters? Anyone tailing you?”

Hessiana shot him a sideways look. “Who do you think I am? Or do you actually think we people in the sanctuary are rats in the gutters? Just get yourself into the car!”

This was the first time Hao Ren rode in a luxury car. He ran a little calculation in his mind and figured that if he had the money to buy the car, he could probably afford to buy any property, including the landmark old shopping mall in the town. He was in the front passenger seat, eyes curiously darting around the interior, as if those little creature comfort accessories besides him interested him. But in his mind, he began to find fault: the seat was too narrow, it lacked mind-activated control panel on the armrest, no holographic projection in front of the seat, the cabin was not big enough, and most importantly, there was no place for to snug a brick on the dashboard. Overall, it was not so use-friendly.

He was obviously comparing the car to the captain seat on board the Petrachelys

Hessiana did not notice what Hao Ren was doing. All she thought of was Vivian. Her heart racing in anticipation of seeing Vivian.

Hao Ren’s house was just a block away from the restaurant. As the car pulled up in front of his house, Hao Ren pointed to the old building and said, “This is it.”

Hessiana flung the door open and looked up at the mottled exterior of the two-story building and nearby old houses. She suddenly let out a sigh as if she was thinking of something. “Vivian lives here?”

Hao Ren came to the front door, and listened. But he heard no sound inside. He then beckoned Hessiana. “Come here, Vivian should be very happy to see you.”

Hessiana mumbled, “You don’t need to comfort me, I know she won’t.”

Hao Ren smiled as he took out his key to open the door. But before he could turn the knob, the door suddenly swung open. Vivian was standing right there, saying, “What take you so—”

Hessiana emerged from behind Hao Ren and waved at Vivian. “I am here to see you!”

Vivian froze for a while before she slammed the door shut.

Then, the door opened again. Vivian was still there with her stunned look.

Before she tried to shut the door again, Hao Ren stopped her. “Oh, come on, you’ve opened the right door. The girl has come all the way from the Athens sanctuary. She has found the clue of the origin of the magic book and come here to claim her reward and… you.”

Hessiana could wait no more. She shoved Hao Ren to aside, lunged forward, opened her arms wide ready to embrace Vivian. “I miss you so much!” she said.

Vivian burst into a swarm of bats in the blink of an eye. The bats dispersed into various corners of the house, hiding. This was exactly the same reaction Vivian had when she first met Hessiana in the Athens sanctuary.

Hessiana tripped and almost fell face down. She quickly staggered to her feet and chase after the last little bats in the air. “Don’t run, please don’t run! I miss you! Let me hug you for a while…”

Hao Ren looked on, feeling headache. Probably that was how their relationship going to be and nothing could be done about it.

Hao Ren invited Turcan and Kassandra into the house. Vivian had disappeared but he knew she was in somewhere in some inconspicuous corner, watching nervously. He glanced at Hessiana. He pleaded Vivian helplessly. “Come out, Vivian, stop hiding. It’s not like you don’t know Hessiana, she won’t stop until you come out.”

A large swarm of bats suddenly came out from all over the house and gathered back into Vivian. Vivian’s arms akimbo and looked at Hessiana albeit reluctantly. “Stop at where you are! And, be calm. Or else I’ll run again!”

The delinquent child had really jittered Vivian.