Chapter 72
Lin Ran chuckled and quietly stroked Sootball’s cheek.
Don’t they hug every day in the game?
The moment Sootball finally let go, he completely ignored the camera beside him and simply looked up at A-Ran earnestly.
He really wanted the performance to end quickly so he could go find A-Ran.
Actually, this final curtain call was indeed the part Lin Ran had rehearsed the most, because he had originally planned that if the earlier parts went wrong, he could still salvage it at the end.
Now that the official performance had begun, the atmosphere was so good that it was unexpected for Lin Ran.
When he returned to the stage again, everyone noticed that he was holding a seemingly empty hat at some point.
“Wow, Lin-zai didn’t cancel this part? Did he really learn it?”
Zhu Yao and the others in the audience guessed what he was going to perform next as soon as they saw Lin Ran’s action.
But they were still quite shocked, because this act was very difficult and the props involved live doves, which was very difficult for amateur magicians.
“Oh no, is Lin-zai really planning to go all out and help our department win the best program award this year?”
“Then Da Ding will love Lin-zai even more, and Lin-zai will completely become Da Ding’s favorite.”
“I’m getting nervous. The previous effects were already very good, even if he doesn’t perform this last part, it’s fine…”
Everyone in the same major felt nervous at this moment, afraid that something unexpected would happen in the last scene.
The key was that they hadn’t seen Lin Ran prepare any doves at all?
Lin Ran on stage also tapped the brim of his hat with subtle nervousness, trying to ask Little Feather inside if he was ready.
This kind of act of relying on a fluffy creature to perform magic for him was really thrilling.
“Ee!”
The little guy’s familiar, energetic cry rang out, and Lin Ran relaxed a little.
Because this was the secret signal he had agreed upon with Little Feather in advance. Hearing the sound meant that Little Feather was ready!
So when the lights all focused on the center, Lin Ran gently lifted the velvet cloth on the hat, which should have been empty.
However, the next moment, the change that occurred in the hat made even Lin Ran widen his eyes in disbelief, let alone the audience who gasped collectively.
Because an extremely dazzling white light suddenly burst out from inside the hat, like the luxurious special effects when the Little Chef in the old Chinese cartoon lifted the lid of the pot!
Help, what was Little Feather doing?
Caught off guard, facing the expectant gazes of the entire audience, Lin Ran had to continue lifting the velvet cloth on the hat.
The next second, the white light, like a divine miracle descending at nightfall, directly pierced the sky.
A small bird ball wearing an eye mask and a black cape flew out of the hat vividly.
“Oh my god——he actually conjured a little bird!?”
The shocked audience watched as the little bird ball chirped twice, spun in mid-air, and then spread its wings and flew towards Lin Ran.
“Little Feather!?”
Lin Ran subconsciously reached out to catch Little Feather.
[Ding——Cub prematurely awakens one-time exclusive skill form: Wings of Descent!]
[This Feather Clan limited characteristic is: Wings!]
The “Demon World” notification silently lit up on Lin Ran’s phone in his pocket, but unfortunately, Lin Ran on stage couldn’t see the notification at this moment.
So just as everyone was amazed by the awesome lighting effects, the mysterious little bird on the big screen landed in Lin Ran’s palm, and at the same moment, a pair of huge white wings suddenly appeared behind Lin Ran!
“Holy crap, why did the confetti machine suddenly turn on?”
The staff backstage were even more dumbfounded. Everything seemed to be operating automatically and out of control.
The moment the feathers bloomed, countless colorful ribbons mixed with white feathers fluttered down throughout the venue.
When Lin Ran opened his eyes again, a starlight seemed to flash across his eyes.
Zhu Yao and the others couldn’t help but look at Lin-zai, who seemed to be glowing on stage, and were completely unable to describe the shock of this scene with words.
“Oh my god, how much did these props cost? It’s too realistic!”
Although the next second, after Lin Ran regained consciousness from that mysterious state, he looked at the dumbfounded audience and felt a sense of doomsday embarrassment.
This little guy, Little Feather… just how much drama did he add!?
How should he end this now?
Lin Ran felt a calm sense of madness.
And Little Feather, who was holding his head high and waiting for praise, finally sensed something wrong from A-Ran’s daze.
Doesn’t A-Ran like it?
Everyone was cheering!
As for Oni and Yorke in the audience, the first second they sensed the fluctuation of the cub’s magic power, they subconsciously took emergency measures.
If they weren’t mistaken, that Feather Clan cub had directly shared his magic power with Lin Ran?!
So that the young human suddenly grew a pair of wings that belonged to demons in front of everyone!
That Feather Clan cub was too daring. This was completely a state of acting on impulse without having received any rules or guidance.
Although Oni could also understand, the Feather Clan had originally tried to destroy this egg, so how could they arrange for a demon to teach this egg more common sense and rules?
Fortunately, it happened to be on the hour. Amidst the flying ribbons and feathers, the stage lights suddenly went out, and countless fireworks rose, creating a brilliant display of light and shadow.
After everyone couldn’t help but look up to admire the fireworks in the sky, when they looked at the re-lit stage again, they found that the young magician had completely disappeared!
“Wow, is this really magic and not some kind of sorcery!?”
“That scene just now was too shocking. Can ordinary college students do this?”
Amidst the silent admiration, someone started to applaud, and a wave of applause was dedicated to this shocking magic performance.
This was too awesome!?
Everyone believed that this was the effect presented by a professional magic performance team.
As for the several bursts of magic power fluctuations that suddenly erupted at the S University campus evening party, they naturally quickly attracted the attention of the Human Supreme Monitoring Bureau stationed in S City.
Although when Captain Qiu Ying led the team to arrive, they found that no accidents or disasters had occurred at the scene. On the contrary, the atmosphere was very joyful and harmonious!
“Captain, the data shows that several bursts of demonic aura erupted from different demons. The first one seems to have been used to perform some magic for all the humans, the second one disrupted the lighting equipment and information at the scene, and the third one set off fireworks to divert everyone’s attention!”
“In addition, several other demonic auras disappeared too quickly for us to capture, but we can confirm that they didn’t cause any disastrous consequences.”
When the final investigation results came out, everyone in the Supreme Monitoring Bureau, who had been on high alert, fell silent.
Did this really match the image of those vicious demons?
Using demonic aura to perform magic and set off fireworks for ordinary humans?!
“What are these demons up to lately?”
The deputy captain scratched his short hair, his expression becoming more and more curious.
If it was to destroy the world, why set off fireworks and perform magic?
It couldn’t be that the fireworks contained a large amount of PM2.5 that could damage the atmosphere and the environment, right?
The deputy captain beside him almost questioned his life choices.
“There must be some secret we don’t know. Maybe there’s some treasure in S University that these demons covet, which is why so many demons gathered at the same time.”
Qiu Ying pondered.
At this moment, Lin Ran was being led through the air, landing on the top floor of the Morson Building in a daze, looking at the colorful city nightscape in the distance.
Ms. Oni, Mr. Yorke, and Secretary Ser and Shao Mian, who arrived at the last minute, surrounded him!
Shao Mian, sensing the familiar magic power fluctuation of Little Feather in his office and realizing that something had changed, rushed over with Secretary Ser.
But even Shao Mian couldn’t help but purse his lips and remain silent as he looked at the human before him.
Today’s human seemed particularly special?
Not only were his clothes and accessories in a style he had never seen before, but his hair, styled by Class President Guan Qianqian, also looked exceptionally good.
Not to mention the pair of still somewhat immature white wings stretching out behind Lin Ran!
Shao Mian, whose heartbeat subtly quickened, wanted to admit for the first time that those flashy things from the Feather Clan under Anvers seemed really pretty…
“I don’t know what’s going on with these wings. They suddenly grew out. Is it strange?”
Facing the unanimous silence of the demons, Lin Ran subconsciously explained with embarrassment.
“Oh, no, no, it’s quite beautiful! And it’s most likely that the Feather Clan cub shared his magic power with you. Don’t be nervous.”
Ms. Oni always believed that the Luna Clan’s black wings were the ultimate aesthetic, but at this moment, looking at the young human cub who had innocently grown milky white wings, Ms. Oni felt that her deeply hidden maternal love was almost being aroused!
“Can these wings be spread out? Like, try flying. Don’t worry, if you don’t play with them now, they might disappear soon.”
Mr. Yorke even encouraged Lin Ran to try out the wings.
Everyone seemed so calm and collected that they didn’t seem to care about the accident that had just happened at the campus evening party!
“But now doesn’t seem like the time to use wings. Will the situation just now be discovered by people? Is it because I didn’t communicate well with Little Feather…”
Lin Ran felt that he, as a human, was worried about these great demons, which was really strange.
“It’s not a big problem, these things can be explained.”
Ms. Oni, who was always well-versed in such matters, winked at Lin Ran subtly.
“Explain?”
“Of course, no one was hurt in this incident, and it was a magic show. We all know that magic is very magical, right, Yorke?”
In order to comfort the slightly anxious and self-blaming cub, Ms. Oni rarely explained.
“Indeed…”
But just as Mr. Yorke started to speak, Lin Ran felt a familiar sense of exhaustion.
He subconsciously looked at Yuanbao beside him, his eyes widening slightly as if asking for help. He just reached out and held Shao Mian’s hand, and the next second, his clothes, as expected, collapsed.
Only a soft, glutinous white ball was left, flying out of his clothes in a panic and being caught by Shao Mian in an instant, held steadily in his palm.
“…?”
“…!!!”
Now the eyes of the surrounding great demons widened even further.
Damn, wasn’t this a little too cute?
How could there be such a cute cub in this world!
“This absolutely cannot be let Anvers know!”
Oni’s first thought was that this had to be kept a secret!
Otherwise, what if someone tried to snatch the cub from the Luna Clan!?
What if that shameless Anvers also claimed that this was their Feather Clan’s long-lost precious cub!?
“Theoretically, this should be reported to Patriarch Anvers.”
Secretary Ser pursed his lips with difficulty. Including what happened to Little Feather today, Anvers, as the patriarch, had the right to know.
Although Secretary Ser also knew that the Luna Clan had been rampant in the “Demon World” forum for a long time because Lin Ran could transform into a small white fluffy ball.
Now that they discovered that Lin Ran could also transform into a Feather Clan cub, wasn’t this a major blow?
It meant that all the races in the Demon World seemed to have a chance to make A-Ran their own “long-lost precious cub”!?
For the Luna Clan, this was indeed a major disadvantage.
“Cheep?!”
But just then, Sootball, who was holding the transformed Snowball unsteadily and had followed the scent markers left by his parents, saw A-Ran immediately!
Sootball flapped his wings and glanced at his lion guardian, Shao Mian. Seeing that he didn’t stop him, he landed on Shao Mian’s wrist and looked at A-Ran in front of him, under the surprised gazes of Oni and Yorke.
“Cheep? Cheep cheep!”
Although his appearance was different, Sootball would absolutely never mistake A-Ran’s scent and aura!
A-Ran had transformed into a little bird ball again!
“Cheep…”
Lin Ran subconsciously wanted to avoid Sootball’s pounce, because Sootball was so big now, he would definitely be crushed!
“Cheep cheep!”
Fortunately, the next second, Sootball, whose curiosity was burning, was held back by the scruff of his neck by Shao Mian, who frowned and signaled with his eyes for the little guy to be a little more “aware of his weight.”
Sootball immediately drooped a little.
On the other hand, Little Feather, after realizing he had caused trouble, wasn’t so confident for the first time. He kept staring at A-Ran from a few meters away.
Actually, this was the first time Little Feather had seen a cub A-Ran in the same form as him at such a close distance, because no Feather Clan cub had dared to approach him before.
This was also why Little Feather was so different from traditional Feather Clan demons in many ways.
But even so, with the Feather Clan’s instinctive aesthetic sense engraved in their genes, Little Feather subconsciously found that the little bird ball A-Ran was so beautiful…
So beautiful that if he were to land in a Feather Clan community, countless birds would dance to court him!
Little Feather wasn’t even sure if part of the reason he didn’t dare to approach A-Ran was because of his low self-esteem.
Because Little Feather wasn’t good-looking.
Little Feather was always aware of this, even though A-Ran always praised him for being beautiful.
“He’s tired.”
Shao Mian sensed the increasingly faint magic power from Lin Ran, who had transformed back into a ball in his palm. He clearly needed to rest and sleep, so he immediately told the demons present to be quiet.
Perhaps because in his cub form, he always rested in Yuanbao’s mane, this aura could indeed symbolize a sense of security where he wouldn’t be disturbed.
So the moment Lin Ran closed his fluffy feathers, he fell asleep peacefully in Shao Mian’s palm.
After the protagonist fell asleep, Oni and Yorke started to look nervously at Shao Mian, who hadn’t spoken much from the beginning.
After all, not only had he and Yorke witnessed this accident today, but it had also directly alarmed this Demon King!
“You should have also noticed that this human cub is very different from ordinary humans. He has never shown any malice towards demons, and that Feather Clan cub is also well-raised under his care.”
Oni was worried that Shao Mian would have a negative judgment about Lin Ran’s existence.
After all, according to the Abyssal Monitoring Committee’s guidelines, this kind of human who deliberately got too close to demons was always a key monitoring target.
“Cheep cheep?”
Nemo didn’t understand why his parents were so nervous. Instead, he ran out of Shao Mian’s hand and gently rubbed against the sleeping A-Ran.
A-Ran, cute!
He wanted to lick A-Ran’s fur~
“Don’t worry, I will personally communicate with Anvers about this matter.”
Shao Mian looked at Oni and Yorke and said the final solution, quietly holding the small ball in his hand a little tighter.
Sootball immediately pouted, feeling like A-Ran had been snatched away by the big lion.
Seeing this, Oni hesitated to speak, and in the end, of course, didn’t dare to say anything.
Even though she and Yorke really didn’t want Anvers to know about this.
Just thinking about it made her imagine how smug that guy would be.
Truly annoying.
Secretary Ser glanced at his phone and reminded Ms. Oni, “However, there seems to be something more urgent that needs to be dealt with now.”
After all, this video had already gone viral online.
Many students at S University had already filmed that dreamy scene of light and shadow and posted it on various platforms with amazement. Although the video wasn’t as shocking as the live scene, it was still enough to impress the viewers.
[Wow, wow, wow, is this someone else’s school anniversary gala? I would also believe it if you said this was the opening ceremony of some large-scale event! It’s too spectacular!]
[Is this holographic projection technology? Otherwise, the wings that grew out are too gorgeous and realistic——]
[So, let me test you, blogger, what’s the contact information of the protagonist in the video? Haven’t you guys at S University’s confession wall dug it out yet?]
With the explosion of video traffic, the discussion about Lin Ran even briefly trended on social media.
[Hehe, what if I know but don’t want to tell you outsiders? After all, we can’t even compete for him within S University]
[Indeed, just trying to enroll in the same elective course is a fierce competition every time. This semester, the senior also went out for an internship, so we see him even less often]
[Tsk, what do you guys know? Lin-zai practiced every day in the dormitory for today’s performance. Our Lin-zai is super hardworking no matter what he does!]
Lin Ran already had quite a lot of fans on the S University campus and was very popular. Once the trending topic came out, naturally, all kinds of insiders couldn’t help but show off.
[Hey, can we not waste this wave of traffic? Can everyone who passes by come and help vote? Let’s help our Lin-zai win the 50,000 yuan popularity award——!]
There were even some clever people who took the opportunity to canvass for votes.
So with the help of the huge internet traffic, this “Magic Medley,” which initially didn’t even have a proper name, climbed all the way to the top of the popularity rankings!
“Haha, now Lin-zai can’t refuse.”
As soon as he came out, Zhu Yao was the first to be delighted, hugging Luo Xiao beside him and jumping up and down.
Everyone knew about Lin Ran’s family situation, but unlike what Lin Ran imagined, before this, not only did everyone not want to distance themselves from him, but they always wanted to help without making Lin-zai feel embarrassed.
Now, they had collectively voted to make Lin-zai’s beautiful performance win the award. This was the most reasonable prize money!
“To make Lin-zai thank us for our help, we must demand that Lin-zai wear that performance outfit to class for seven days.”
Class President Guan Qianqian was the first to mention the reward she wanted.
“I agree.” “Strongly agree!!”
After all, it was really pleasing to the eye. Looking at beautiful things was good for physical and mental health.
“Tsk, can’t he wear other good-looking clothes? Does it have to be the same one?”
Luo Xiao said this was too weak.
They should let Lin Ran go up and perform whenever there was a program.
“Holy crap, did you guys see the trending topic? The ‘small film’ that Lin-zai made a cameo appearance in during the summer vacation has started its promotion, and it even reposted the trending topic!”
However, a few minutes later, Lu Yi, holding his phone with a dumbfounded expression, reminded everyone to quickly look at their phones!
[Director Ma Sai V: This is a newcomer cameo actor in this year’s new film “Mountain.” His performance in the crew left a deep impression on me. Please give more attention to this talented student from S University, Lin Ran. In addition, the offline premiere promotional event for the new film at S University will be held soon. Young student audiences are welcome to attend. [Grinning face] // Repost: Shocking, this happened at the S University campus evening party! [Video link]]
It turned out that Director Ma Sai’s new film “Mountain” had officially started its promotion!
And the Weibo post on his private account even mentioned Lin Ran’s name.
“No way, is this the ‘small film’ that Lin-zai said he made a cameo appearance in?”
The three roommates were almost dumbfounded.
“I said that An Xun’s status would never have him acting in any small films, okay!”
Although this instantly explained many doubts, such as how Lin-zai knew An Xun.
“But the pressure has suddenly increased. Director Ma Sai praised him so highly, so the film’s reception after its release will be very crucial. Have you guys ever seen Lin-zai act?”
Luo Xiao frowned slightly. He always felt that Director Ma Sai, who was always straightforward, hadn’t thought things through and had somewhat put Lin-zai, an amateur, on a pedestal.
After all, although the trending topic was full of praise, there were also a few negative comments saying that this was self-promotion by an amateur.
“I haven’t really…”
“But it’s just a cameo, it shouldn’t be too exaggerated, right?”
“I don’t know what role Lin-zai played. We have to ask him when he comes back. Did anyone see where Lin-zai went after the performance?”
After Lin-zai’s magic performance ended, he seemed to have really become mysterious.
And at this moment, Lin-zai was still a small bird ball, being placed rather clumsily by Shao Mian into a small nest made of a scarf, solemnly placed on the desk in the office for careful observation.
As if he were some rare treasure.
“Mew…”
Snowball was quite happy to see his scarf being put to good use.
As for Little Feather, who hurried back with his gloves, he saw that A-Ran already had a small nest, so he squatted down dejectedly and didn’t move.
Abyss used his flames to warmly cover A-Ran’s scarf, trying to help A-Ran recover his magic power.
But he chose the slowest but gentlest way to restore magic power, because Abyss also wanted to look at the beautiful A-Ran more!
Only Sootball looked at the scarf Snowball had sent and the gloves Little Feather had brought with a confused expression.
“Cheep cheep?”
He tried to ask Snowball and Little Feather when they had organized this event and why they hadn’t brought him along!?
