Chapter 122
Extra: Demon World Kindergarten 1
Ever since A-Ran’s kindergarten’s first enrollment descended into chaos due to countless adult demons trying to sneak in, “Demon World” had been painstakingly fixing bugs.
It was determined to block all these old demons trying to trick A-Ran into hugging them by pretending to be young.
And this bug-fixing project even unexpectedly received strong financial and manpower support from a certain big lion.
Although “Demon World,” while running away with the magic stones, always felt that this was related to Shao Mian’s selfish motives.
“What does this have to do with selfish motives? Not only do you have to verify their identities, but you should also control the number of cubs in the first batch of enrollment to within five. Besides…”
Shao Mian started to naturally make demands after giving the money, and “Demon World,” this small blue light ball, flickered, wanting to spit out the magic stones it had just received for the first time.
[But…]
“Do you want Lin Ran to get sick from exhaustion?”
Before “Demon World” could shake its head and refuse, it was grabbed by a golden paw and asked with a slightly “disappointed and questioning” tone.
“Demon World,” instantly stumped: ?
Why would A-Ran get sick from exhaustion?
“Don’t you see how tiring it is for humans to work during the day? And at night, he still has to go to the Demon World and take care of these little ones. If you let in more than ten at once, just bathing them one by one would take him until dawn.”
Shao Mian patiently guided “Demon World” to reflect.
This did make “Demon World” waver a little.
Working in the human world was indeed very tiring. A-Ran was recently working at a human company to help it solve some program design problems, which was very hard work.
If he had to take care of a bunch of fluffy creatures at night, wouldn’t his hands get sore?
“And most importantly, how big of a bed would it take to fit more than ten demon cubs? Look at the incubation baskets you prepared, they’re all empty.”
Of course, what finally made a certain big lion reveal his fangs was the matter of sleeping at night.
There wasn’t a single fluffy creature taken in by Lin Ran who wasn’t held and put to bed at night.
After all, these little guys, after being bathed, were all fragrant and soft, an irresistible temptation for Lin Ran.
This made Shao Mian very uncomfortable.
Especially after one night, when he was leaning over and kissing him a few times, he was almost caught red-handed by Little Feather, who flew in through the door crack with a toothbrush, and everything started to go wrong.
The phrase “bad influence on cubs” had become a certain lion’s nightmare since then.
“Demon World” didn’t know about Shao Mian’s inner complaints and simply felt that this seemed to make some sense.
There were clearly many beds prepared in the kindergarten, but the little guys didn’t want to sleep alone at night and preferred to go to A-Ran’s side.
And A-Ran was never good at rejecting little cubs’ requests, so wouldn’t this make it difficult for him to sleep well at night?
What if he wasn’t energetic enough for work the next day?
Then he could note this down in his small bug notebook and see how to fix it.
“What are you doing, Yuanbao?”
Lin Ran, just after dealing with an urgent message from the company and closing his laptop, found Shao Mian staring at his phone, his tail wagging, with the “Demon World” screen displayed.
Based on Lin Ran’s understanding, usually when Yuanbao’s tail wagged like this, he was either doing something bad or planning to do something bad.
Noticing that Lin Ran had finally finished working, Shao Mian instantly threw his phone away and coughed: “As a sponsor, I’m acting as the official consultant expert for the new version update of ‘Demon World.'”
Lin Ran couldn’t help but laugh.
He felt that this guy definitely wasn’t up to any good.
And “Demon World” was often swayed by his unreasonable logic.
“What are you laughing about?”
Shao Mian stared at Lin Ran without blinking, always feeling that whenever he saw Lin Ran’s smiling eyes, his heart would swell.
He couldn’t help but want to get closer.
“I’m laughing at you for bragging again.”
Lin Ran smiled and let a certain big lion lead him to the sofa, reaching out and rubbing Shao Mian’s cheek.
The next second, Shao Mian shamelessly held his wrist and rubbed against him, his tail wagging excitedly.
Lin Ran’s ears instantly felt a little hot. Although he should be used to this kind of thing by now, he still felt nervous every time they kissed.
He had already subconsciously closed his eyes the moment they got close, his long eyelashes trembling.
And Lin Ran always felt that Yuanbao was a bit too enthusiastic about this kind of thing, was it common for adult demons to be like this?
Shao Mian simply felt that those eyelashes and the tip of his nose were incredibly alluring.
His mind was filled with the word “like.”
Shao Mian had never liked doing this kind of thing before and even scoffed at it.
Until it happened to him, and Shao Mian suddenly felt that it would be amazing if he could be glued to Lin Ran 24/7, doing this kind of thing.
But a few seconds later, there was a knock on the balcony!
“Ee ee!!”
Outside the window, Little Feather, covered in colorful petals, and Dark Cloud and Pear Blossom were excitedly trying to give the good things they brought back today to A-Ran.
Today, the kindergarten held a courage test, and all the children dressed up as various little monsters.
The bravest one who lasted until the end could receive a certificate and a prize from the principal!
Little Feather had been thinking about it for a long time and asked Pear Blossom and Dark Cloud to help him, secretly hiding them in his small backpack and sneaking into the kindergarten.
Compared to Little Feather, who was forced to go to kindergarten by Shao Mian, Pear Blossom and Dark Cloud had long wanted to go, so they naturally agreed immediately.
And during the courage test, this little hellhound appeared in the kindergarten at night, following behind Little Feather, with cool black and purple lightning special effects, undoubtedly scaring all the children into tears.
Even the teachers and the principal couldn’t figure out how Little Feather had managed to dress up his little dog with two heads.
Undoubtedly, Little Feather won the courage test and received his first certificate, he was incredibly happy.
“Ee ee!”
Little Feather solemnly declared that half of this certificate also belonged to Pear Blossom and Dark Cloud, and A-Ran would definitely be proud of them.
Pear Blossom was also very happy, he didn’t expect kindergarten to be so fun.
Only Dark Cloud was a little silent and hesitant, feeling that this wasn’t really a great achievement.
Compared to this strange certificate, it seemed that a certificate for getting a perfect score on homework was a bit more convincing, but Little Feather clearly didn’t think so.
When the window was opened, Lin Ran immediately caught the two fluffy creatures, the faint blush on his ears not yet faded.
Shao Mian, standing behind him, was grinding his teeth, his expression extremely gloomy and dangerous as he looked at these little demons.
“Ee~” “Chibi, Chibi!”
The two fluffy creatures, completely unaware of the danger, couldn’t wait to hand the certificate to A-Ran. Lin Ran took it, opened it, saw the award, and was instantly surprised.
“Wow, this really is a certificate. Shouldn’t we find a place to put it up?”
Just like how Grandma would put up his certificates when he was young.
Lin Ran held the certificate in one hand and the prize Little Feather won – a complete set of children’s stationery – in the other.
“First place in the courage test?”
Shao Mian walked over, glanced at the content of the certificate, and sneered.
“Ee?”
Little Feather pouted, hearing the strange meaning in the big demon’s laughter.
Little Feather also instinctively felt that Shao Mian’s mood wasn’t very good at this moment, and even his wings felt a little tingly being stared at.
Dark Cloud sniffed the air a few times and found a strong scent of the big lion guardian on A-Ran.
If they lived together, it was inevitable that they would have each other’s scent, just like how his fur also had A-Ran’s scent, but this felt a bit different.
The cub was puzzled by this for the first time.
Lin Ran didn’t notice the strange atmosphere here, but was looking for something to hang the certificate or put it away properly.
However, what surprised Little Feather and the others was that A-Ran actually found a big box full of all kinds of certificates.
“Chibi?”
Even Pear Blossom reached out his little paw and pressed down a certificate that had curled up.
He found that the names on these certificates were all A-Ran!
Eh, eh, eh, A-Ran actually had so many certificates? And each one looked much more impressive than the Courage Test Champion certificate.
This gave the little demons a sense of awe.
Shao Mian, seeing this, also bent down and picked up a few, inexplicably proud.
He felt smug, as expected of his beloved.
Okay, although they weren’t actually his.
He should have had Morson also organize some best employee awards, so he could give Lin Ran a few more certificates, it seemed quite good to hang them up.
“Okay, look, put it in a transparent file folder so it won’t be easily damaged.”
Lin Ran found some extra file folders and carefully put Little Feather’s first certificate inside. When he held it up and showed it to everyone, he found that everyone was looking at his certificate thoughtfully.
As if they had discovered a gold mine.
“Uh, these are all certificates from when I was in school. Now that I’m working, they’re not really anything special, they’re not even mentioned on my resume.”
Lin Ran felt a little embarrassed and casually organized the certificates.
Little Feather just happened to see the two words “National” on one of the National Scholarship certificates.
Learning to read in kindergarten recently had been somewhat effective, and Little Feather was also very smart, just that his attitude was very perfunctory, so after reading these two words, his eyes widened again.
He had won first place in the kindergarten’s Courage Test, so the kindergarten gave him a small certificate.
Then what did A-Ran’s big certificate mean?
It meant that A-Ran was the first place among all humans!
“Chibi?”
Pear Blossom, seeing Little Feather’s strange reaction, called out curiously and was pulled to a small corner by Little Feather, who explained for a long time.
So after Lin Ran hung Little Feather’s certificate on the living room wall, he found that Little Feather, Pear Blossom, Dark Cloud, and the others seemed to have deeply misunderstood something, the little guys all looking at him with an unusual sense of awe.
Lin Ran: ?
Lin Ran looked at Shao Mian beside him, wanting to ask if Yuanbao knew what was going on.
Shao Mian, who had been secretly eavesdropping on the cubs’ conversation, curled his lips and silently let Little Feather continue misunderstanding.
This seemed quite good, at least it would put some pressure on him, so he wouldn’t slack off in kindergarten all day long.
Where was there such a peaceful life in the Demon World in the past? Young demons were directly thrown into the forest, okay?
“But we’re going to the Demon World tonight, the kindergarten is about to officially open for enrollment, we have to do the final preparations.”
Although Lin Ran hesitated before logging into “Demon World,” he spent some gold coins to copy a data version of Little Feather’s certificate into the game and hung it in the now three-story hut in the Demon World.
“Cheep…?”
So, as soon as Sootball logged in, he saw Little Feather’s small certificate hanging there. After pondering for a while, he suddenly logged out and then logged back in, but this time with a stack of certificates in his mouth.
In Oni and Yorke’s opinion, it wasn’t difficult for their Nemo to get these certificates.
After all, they had generously sponsored the school when he enrolled, so the school naturally wouldn’t ignore Nemo’s existence when organizing various activities.
And although Nemo didn’t like to talk much and was a bit aloof at school, he never failed his exams.
So he had actually accumulated quite a few certificates over time, but Sootball had never realized that these red pieces of paper could earn him A-Ran’s praise!
If one certificate could earn him one praise, could A-Ran keep praising him until he fell asleep today?
Thinking of that scene, Sootball puffed up his chest with a little anticipation.
“Ee…”
Little Feather stared blankly at the many certificates Sootball brought, before he could react that he had also been drawn into this competition, Snowball tilted his head, unwilling to be outdone.
After all, when it came to honors, he wouldn’t lose.
This time, after logging back in a few seconds later, Snowball directly pushed a few shiny and heavy trophies towards A-Ran with his paws!
These were the trophies and honors he had received from film festivals and award ceremonies, they weren’t any worse than others’, right?
He also wanted A-Ran’s praise!
“Mew~”
His voice was proud and happy as he squatted on the ground, wagging his tail expectantly, waiting for A-Ran’s praise.
Now even Sootball fell silent, comparing them in his mind and finding that Snowball’s trophies did look a bit more impressive.
Except for Lin Ran, who held the unexpected certificates and trophies, stunned for a while, then confirmed that his fluffy creatures were all truly excellent.
What did this mean? It meant that his babies were all well-rounded good fluffy creatures!
“But looking at these, how about we create an exhibition hall and hang everyone’s certificates and trophies there? This way, when other children come to the kindergarten, they can see everyone’s honors.”
Lin Ran hugged the fluffy creatures and made the suggestion with a smile. “Demon World” had already released an upgrade quest, saying that a Kindergarten Honor Hall would be added to the left of the hut the next day.
“Ee…”
Little Feather was truly disheartened, the little guy dejectedly flapped his wings and went to brush his teeth and wash his face with the others.
His little head was full of the thought that he was the most backward.
Would A-Ran think he was a little fool?
Although Dark Cloud, who had been silent the whole time, kept looking at Little Feather with envious eyes.
After all, Little Feather could already go to kindergarten, and his temporary backwardness was only because he had never been serious.
And because of his special existence with Pear Blossom, sharing one body, and the fact that his core had been taken away before, he still couldn’t stably transform into human form to go to kindergarten.
The kindergarten was about to officially open, and there would be more and more little cubs around A-Ran, perhaps he would become the most inconspicuous one…
Just thinking about this made his little dog tail droop.
“What’s wrong, baby? Why are you suddenly sad?”
Lin Ran, noticing the little guy’s unusual mood, subconsciously squatted down. Although Dark Cloud tried to hide his emotions so as not to worry A-Ran, Pear Blossom clearly wasn’t so good at controlling his emotions.
Just one glance, and Lin Ran had already guessed the reason for the little guy’s sadness.
“Soon, baby, we’ll be able to go to kindergarten soon. And our Pear Blossom and Dark Cloud will also have many, many certificates, I promise.”
“Yuanbao, you agree, right?”
After finishing, Lin Ran looked at Shao Mian, wanting him to encourage the little cub together.
“Mm, indeed.”
Shao Mian, who nodded in agreement, suddenly felt that it would be quite good to have this Abyssal Two-Headed Dog cub go to kindergarten soon.
It would definitely create a sense of crisis for that little Feather Clan demon who always clung to Lin Ran after kindergarten.
With several times more homework at night, he wouldn’t have time to cling to him and sleep, right? [Big lion sneering]
“Three days later, we should be able to try copying a new body in three days.”
Shao Mian checked the backend progress and confirmed that the things he had people looking for had been found.
“…Chibi?”
Pear Blossom and Dark Cloud, listening to the guardians’ conversation, slowly raised their little heads.
As long as A-Ran didn’t forget them, it was fine.
They didn’t really care if those wishes could come true.
However, just as the Demon World Kindergarten was about to officially open, it welcomed its first backdoor enrollee the night before.
This backdoor enrollment was literally a backdoor enrollment.
Because Bai Bai, who hadn’t been seen for a long time, actually carried a fluffy cub in his mouth and ran in through the back door.
Lin Ran, who had just finished bathing the fluffy creatures, was caught off guard when he found a black and white sesame ball in the kindergarten’s back garden, whining “Mm~ mm~”
Bai Bai, this young giant panda, was already very beautiful, his gentle and naive eyes making anyone who saw him feel good and want to pet him.
If there was anything that could defeat a giant panda, it was definitely a baby giant panda.
And Bai Bai had brought one to A-Ran as if presenting a treasure!
The little guy couldn’t even walk steadily. After being put down by his brother Bai Bai, his soft limbs went their separate ways, and he almost fell flat on his back.
He collapsed on the lawn like a small black and white cake, and Bai Bai poked his little butt with his paw, a bit exasperated.
Quickly go and cling to A-Ran! Otherwise, how long would it take for him to be enrolled at this rate?
[Ding——Triggered special demon cub enrollment event!]
[Specific rare species with maxed Affection Level have a certain probability of being sent to the kindergarten by adult demons, this is the latest updated content!]
“Demon World,” seeing that A-Ran was indeed attracted, also became happy, feeling that it was understanding A-Ran more and more.
As for Shao Mian, who had only been happy for a few seconds, he had a bad premonition looking at this whining black and white ball.
He had asked “Demon World” to strictly control the number of enrolled cubs, so this guy was starting to make breakthroughs in quality!?
