Chapter 31 (2/2)

Considering that the event that made Yunbao branch gain fame was mainly related to these three races, Xie Tao was not surprised by this.

“Tiuh-tiuh, tiuh—”

Having been carried and put down on the soft carpet covering the living floor, the five cubs looked similar to small fluffy baby chicks as they sat together and curiously took in their new environment.

Not counting the three original ones, there were now five more. Xie Tao walked up to the wooden bird rack that was not far away and looked at the three fluffy cubs sitting outside the cabin at the top. Suddenly, this rack looked quite small.

The three cubs were also a little at loss. They really liked this wooden rack a lot, but now that there were five new companions, it would not be enough for all of them…

“Ah Tao, I think we should just buy an indoor tree directly. There is some space over there, in the upper right corner, we can place it there.” Xia Qi paused to think and then said, “We should buy a Bannou tree, they don’t require much care and they have a very nice appearance. They should be suitable for indoor planting.”

Xie Tao did not hesitate and quickly made the purchase according to Xia Qi’s suggestion. The wooden rack would not be removed and soon there was also a big tree with colorful autumn colored leaves growing in the living room.

Additionally, they even made several small nests and added them to the branches. Now that there were many places for the cubs, they did not have to worry about unfairness due to lack of space.

“Tiuh-tiuh.”

The cubs of the three races were obviously very interested in the nests in the tree and after Xie Tao finished, they all, one after another, flapped their small wings and flew up to the tree, choosing their own favorite nest.

Their club now had a fluffball tree…

Looking at the cubs squatting in their respective nests, each one of them appearing exceptionally round and fluffy, people would not help but think this.

In comparison, the last cub out of the six was different, it was a Moye cub.

Xie Tao had before heard that the Moye race was known in the interstellar for their rough and thick skin, and that they had the strongest defense capability out of all the interstellar races.

Having never seen the original form of this race, Xie Tao was stunned for a second when he for the first time saw the cub form of the Moye race.

It looked like… a small turtle.

“He just turned one this month and our cub is still a little unskilled when it comes to balance, so you may need to take extra care of him.” The one speaking was an adult Moye male, a race where men and woman generally had a much larger and sturdy figure than the other races; when in humanoid form, they measured up to at least 2.3 meters tall.

Balance?

Just as he showed some doubt regarding this statement, Xie Tao saw the Moye cub, who had slowly been taking two steps after being put down, suddenly turn over onto his back.

The Moye cub’s four short legs were restlessly kicking in the air for a long time and when he could not turn over, the cub began to hum and whine for his parent.

“That’s it…” The parent standing next to him explained rather helplessly that he did not know why his cub would flip onto his shell when walking and that the cubs of their race would normally not so easily be turned over like that.

In response, Xie Tao approached the Moye cub and squatted down beside him. He then stretched out his hands towards the cub.

Touching the edges of the hard shell of both sides, Xie Tao then moved his one of his hands to gently touch the cub’s belly and with a warm voice said. “Be good.”

Feeling a sense of security from the youth, the Moye cub, who was humming and wildly pedaling his four short legs in the air, gradually stopped moving and his sight shifted to the youth’s face.

Xie Tao turned the Moye cub back over and then patted the cub’s shell.

Seeing the young man’s behavior for himself, the Moye cub’s father felt reassured and decided to let his cub stay at this Cub Raising Branch.

After the parent had checked in and left, Xie Tao picked up the Moye cub from the ground and prepared to take him to the cub house.

As they were walking there, Xie Tao remembered that the Moye people were a water-loving race.

It seemed that now the mermaid cub would finally have a small companion to play with.

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Translator’s note:

Yay, more cubs! A fluffball tree! ＼(^o^)／

We even got a Moye cub!!! It was just so adorable when he was laying on his back, waving his legs in the air, I think I have died of cuteness once again! XD

On a more serious note, I found some fanart a while ago. It is from the original novel and I have some (probably) bad news to break to you— The Muka appears to be more of an insect-like creature… When I first translated it I did wonder if he was more of a beetle-like creature, but as I, like many of you, thought that he was the ML, I became so unsure; I mean, a gigantic beetle ML totally defies the laws of BL….. So I went against my initial instinct and decided to ask someone who had already read it and as they said that he looked more like a dragon, I went with dragon/lizard-like and translated it as scales rather than shell.

When I found out about it, I put the fanart in characters and also put an explanation in the Muka’s “character description”, but I did put off bringing this matter up. It’s quite a big thing and it seems I’m a bit conflict avoiding… But now it has been said.

I can continue translating him as more lizard-like or I can go back and change the text to the more correct translation, but that would mean turning the Muka cub into an insect-like thing, what would you guys prefer?

[x] – “Four legs facing the sky” is an idiom and means laying flat on one’s back.