Chapter 423 (1/2)

As the soft glow of ‘Amur’ faded away, Cadeceus would be greeted with only a few minutes of dark night in the day. Everything was dormant in the dark, watching the last ray of light leaving the sky of the gas giant, then greeted with the glorious sunrise.

Cadeceus had only 16 hours a day. It was not the one having the shortest daylight time in all planes, but it was the one having a large population but the shortest day. So when people just came here, it would take them a while to adapt to the routine here. Hao Ren was still lying on the bed in the inn, burying himself in sleep. On the cupboard next to him, a tiny mermaid was already awakened by the sun. Lil Pea climbed out of the basin and greeted the data terminal next to her, “Good morning!”

Data terminal was watching Lil Pea all night to prevent the little kid running around after waking up. And when it heard Lil Pea’s greeting, it got angry at once and said, “You little brat, don’t learn from your father!”

Lil Pea did not understand what the brat meant. She thought it was a compliment, so she laughed and accepted the compliment, and then looked at the lively market outside, staring blankly at it. After a while, the little kid felt bored and started humming a little tune that Nangong Wuyue taught her.

The little kid’s singing was completely disorganized, without any lyrics–Her teacher also could not remember the lyrics. It was good enough for her to be able to remember the melody.

Hao Ren heard a soft but very beautiful tune when he was half asleep. At first, he thought it was Wuyue humming downstairs, but opened his eyes to see it was his own fish girl humming by the window. Lil Pea was leaning against the window. Her little hands were holding the simple wooden panes, humming a ballad only she could understand with a tranquil expression on her face. The sun shone on the little kid’s tail and circles of golden red radiance were shining brightly on her tail.

A little mermaid was singing to the sky in the morning sun. Hao Ren could not help holding his breath. He found that Lil Pea really belonged to the mermaid race. Even though she was so young, there was some kind of aura in her voice, and it made him feel that a faint halo could appear around her. Hao Ren did not want to disturb this short tranquil scene, he pretended to sleep and squinted at the little girl. Lil Pea was unaware of this, and still humming some tunes she knew. She hummed for a while, took a break and gnawed at the window frame, then continued humming.

Hao Ren felt that he had to wake up now… That’s not his window!

“Dad!” Lil Pea noticed that Hao Ren got up and immediately jumped on him and slapped his face with her tail and said, “Food!”

Hao Ren looked at the broken window frame and thought that Lil Pea was growing now, and later he still had to explain this to the hotel boss… Wondering if there were mice in this world…

When they all met downstairs, Hao Ren found that Lily and Nangong Wuyue were still yawning. Apparently, the short night rest was not enough for them. However, the other three still looked energetic: Vivian was a vampire and could control her biological clock. Y’zaks and Lanina were not your ordinary creatures either. It was hard to tell if their main purpose of sleeping at night was to rest or out of boredom…

“Yawn… Landlord, I want to get more sleep…” Lily was the one who was the most badly affected by the biological clock. Now she was basically talking to Hao Ren with her eyes closed, relying on her nose to smell and locating the rest of them. She sniffed around and found a place at Hao Ren’s feet, curled up her body like a puppy and said, “Two more hours of sleep… Just put the food in my mouth as soon as the meal is ready. I’ll eat while dreaming.”

Vivian dragged Lily up and said, “This moron… Once she was lack of sleep, her intelligence fell back to the old self again!”

“Let’s go for a walk, Cadeceus’s sunshine is very uplifting.” Y’zaks loud voice suddenly woke them up. He stood in the doorway pointing out and said, “I have already checked out. Let’s take a look at the inner city today.”

Lily narrowed her eyes, looked at Y’zaks and the next second she fully awoke immediately and said, “Your face is such a pick-me-up!”

Everybody, “…”

“She had no idea what she’s doing now…” Vivian mumbled, “Is that her brain also linked up with the biological clock?”