Chapter 449 (1/2)

Hao Ren looked at the sculpture of himself for a long time, and did not know how to react. After some thoughts however, he found it to be pretty normal. Nonetheless, for a guy who had never been a public figure, the statue was a little too much. Vimm, who was standing next to him, felt nothing wrong about it as he cheerily asked, “What do you think? Are you happy with the sulpture? Mother thought that it was only proper for this statue to be placed in the center of the city square…”

Lily finally came to her senses as she lunged forward. “Landlord, you’re finally being paraded through the streets!”

Just when Hao Ren thought of giving the husky a slap in the face, he heard Vimm laughing and saying to Lily, “Your sculptures are at the city gate in the Western District; you will find your human form as well as your beast form there. The guardian of the Aerymian elves, the beast who cleared the road ahead—there’s a statue of every one of you.”

Hao Ren patted Lily on the shoulder and teased her back. “Look, you’re being hung on the city gate.”

Lily thought about it for a moment, and felt good. “Oh, so that I can ward off evil spirits, I guess…”

“Is all this really necessary?” Hao Ren looked at Vimm as the magnificent sculpture felt strange to him. As a guy from the streets in his twenties, he was of course flattered. But deep down in his heart, he felt more embarrassed than ever—it was like helping an old lady cross the road and finding your heroic mugshot printed on dollar notes the next day; it was especially surreal, particularly unscrupulous, certainly unbelievable, and mostly undeserving.

“What seems to be the matter?” Vimm asked as he nodded matter-of-factly. “The whole idea is, as the entire race is being reborn, it is necessary to leave behind something to commemorate the event, lest our children and grandchildren forget whom this place belongs to.”

Hao Ren folded his arms across his chest, feeling justified. He then turned his head and looked at his sculpture with a brilliant smile on his face—his demeanor resembled a bumpkin more than the reactions of the two elves, who first boarded the spaceship earlier. However, the born-inspector—as recognized by Raven 12345—was just as naive. He quickly recovered his composure and heartily accepted the honor. It was already written all across his face; declining would only make him appear hypocritical.

Despite that, after glancing at the sculpture, Hao Ren felt an unexplainable weirdness. Lily scratched her chin as she walked around the sculpture in circles before she coming back and pulling on Hao Ren’s sleeve. “Landlord, why do I have the feeling that your statue looks like a dummy in a shooting range.”

“…”

Why was the husky’s mind always so sharp at moments like this? Had she been faking her dumbness all this while?

The two elven aides had absolutely no idea what they were talking about. They appeared to be cautiously vigilant in the unfamiliar environment and they slowly drifted into silent mode. After sometime, they finally caught Vimm’s attention. “Landlord, who are they?” asked Vimm.

“My aides from another world. They’re also my special envoy,” Hao Ren so introduced. “This is Yrse, a white elf, and this is Aylu, a dark elf. They come from another world. If you refer to God’s creation workbook, you’ll find that they are also your distant relatives. I have something to discuss with your mother and the both of them must be present.”

Vimm was a down-to-earth person. He reached out to shake their hands with enthusiasm when being introduced—an etiquette he had learned from Hao Ren. “Welcome to Aerym, miss. I am Prince Regent of the Aerymian elves, and the current archon of this planet.”

Yrse reached out his hand awkwardly, looking embarrassed. “I am a male, by the way…”

Vimm was a little surprised. “Oh, I am so sorry. It seems there are some physical differences between elves of different worlds, gentlemen?”

Aylu’s face instantly turned green.

Hao Ren almost laughed out loud. “This is a girl… Oh well, forget it. It’s not that important anyway. Let’s go.”

Aylu looked down at her breasts and found nothing, so she just remained silent.