Chapter 172 (2/2)

Lil Pea, together with her mother (the pot) were also brought to the basement and placed on Vivian’s low table. The little one peeped out from the pot and curiously looked at the bunch of grown-ups. Upon hearing someone calling her name, she happily swished her tail, making a big splash. She kept waving at Hao Ren.

“Bring her in too?” Nangong Wuyue thought about it and decided to suggest.

Hao Ren looked at the MDT and asked, “Will it be okay?”

“There’s no problem theoretically but, you have to think about it. There may not be mermaids in The Plane of Dreams. And even if there are, they’re not necessarily a common species. If you hold such a mysterious creature in front of the local people, it’ll very easily be surrounded by the people there. Also, Lil Pea is so small. What if you lose her or she gets eaten? If one dies in The Plane of Dreams, one dies in real life.”

Hao Ren looked at everyone awkwardly and asked, “Or can someone stay behind to take care of the kid?”

Everyone looked at each other. Nobody wanted to miss the opportunity to enter The Plane of Dreams. Also, everybody had their own task in this trip: Vivian was a rune expert, Nangong Wuyue was the chaplain and Y’zaks was the essential golden fighter regardless of any situation. He was the fighting power they absolutely could not lack in The Plane of Dreams, where the risks and dangers were unknown. As for Lily… she did not seem to have a unique role but, the girl was a husky. Do you think she would have been able to stay at home obediently? In this case, she was even stickier than a plaster.

In the end, the MDT finally came up with an idea after it pondered for quite some time. “How about we put her in the fridge first?”

Hao Ren glared at the stupid PDA and said, “Can you not be a fool for once?”

“I mean, let her hibernate!” the MDT shouted. “She has the habit of hibernating anyway. Can’t we just throw her into the fridge to let her sleep for a few days?”

Hao Ren paused for a moment and thought that it made sense as well. But when he saw those big, bright eyes staring right at him, he shook his head and said, “No, I feel sorry for her, I can’t do it.”

“You’re expressing a bit of your fatherly consciousness now,” the MDT mumbled. “Then, you carry her in since you don’t find it troublesome. But, you have to find something to keep her. This pot won’t work for sure. It’s too inconvenient. You need to find a container that’s easy to carry and has a lid on. It must have a lid to prevent the little kid from popping out or being seen in the wrong place.”

Hao Ren brainstormed for a while and ran to the kitchen. He took the kettle. “It should be okay to put her inside this.”

“But what if Lil Pea becomes afraid after the lid’s closed?” Nangong Wuyue looked at the big kettle and said, “It’s dark in there and she’s so small.”

Hao Ren then looked at the MDT for more than 10 seconds. The MDT finally could not stand it and floated into the kettle despondently saying, “Fine, I’ll be the trotting horse lamp for the little one… You guys are really demanding! Not only do I have to serve the adults but also the kid!”

Nangong Wuyue filled the kettle with water and put the small mermaid in carefully. Lil Pea was quite afraid of the strange-looking iron kettle in the beginning but, when she saw a glowing, metal discus inside, she was happy. She began to amuse herself by turning the MDT over and over in the water. Nangong Wuyue reminded the little kid not to go out as far as possible via mental connection and explained that the adults had something serious to do. Lil Pea nodded. She was very clever and could now understand these things.

“I want to tell you something by the way,” Nangong Wuyue looked at Hao Ren and spoke after she explained things to Lil Pea. “Now Lil Pea thinks that this pot is her aunt, hang in there…”

“… What the! I’ve given up on how I used to perceive the world, okay? I can calmly face whatever happens now!”

“Oh, Lil Pea asked me why dad has no lid on his head.”