Chapter 75
Lin Ran, holding Little Feather’s hand, quickly noticed the slightly strange atmosphere between Anvers and the little guy.
Anvers wanted to say something more, but the cub kept staring at him vigilantly, which eventually made Anvers give up.
Perhaps his failure to stop Elder Gu Li’s plan back then was indeed a dereliction of duty as the patriarch.
Most importantly, Little Feather by Lin Ran’s side made Anvers have a certain suspicion for the first time, that perhaps the curse of the cursed egg wasn’t congenital.
But rather, it was the overall environment that made the cub become what he was later.
“Anyway, this is the coordinate. After you activate it in ‘Demon World,’ someone will guide you there.”
So Anvers finally handed Lin Ran a white crystal, within which faintly appeared profound spatial symbols.
“Thank you.”
After receiving the crystal, Lin Ran looked at Anvers again, hesitating whether he could ask about the existence of the Feather of Truth.
“Excuse me, have you heard of the Feather of Truth?”
“Uh, that item is indeed in the clan, but I’ve never carried it with me, because that feather is strange.”
Unexpectedly, when the Feather of Truth was mentioned, Anvers’ expression became a little odd.
“Strange?”
“It is said that the demon holding that feather can only tell the truth.”
Shao Mian, hearing “Feather of Truth,” couldn’t help but laugh. Anvers had suffered a great loss because of it before.
It seemed that it had been kept in storage ever since.
Actually, Shao Mian also looked down on it a little. It was just a feather, could it really be that magical?
“Wouldn’t that be very suitable for playing Truth or Dare?”
Lin Ran couldn’t help but laugh after hearing this, inexplicably wanting to know what had happened to this feather before.
“And this feather, to be precise, belongs to this little guy, it’s one of the relics left by his parents.”
Anvers looked at Shao Mian pleadingly, hoping that he wouldn’t continue talking about his embarrassing past, and changed the subject.
“Relics?”
Did that mean Little Feather’s parents were gone?
Wasn’t that very similar to him…
Lin Ran suddenly quieted down and tightened his grip on Little Feather’s hand.
“Yes, sigh, if you come, you can take those things away. They’re all historical issues, and now many demons have almost forgotten about them.”
Anvers shook his head, feeling that the young human in front of him might be the final key to solving the problem.
Perhaps “Demon World” had arranged for Lin Ran to appear in this world of demons for a reason?
“But I have one last small request.”
Before leaving, Anvers, who had been holding back for a long time, couldn’t help but stare at Shao Mian’s questioning gaze and, after much hesitation, made a request.
“Hmm? Please speak.”
Lin Ran still had a good impression of Anvers, feeling that this patriarch wasn’t the arrogant type.
“Could you transform back into your cub form and let me take a picture to bring back?”
After saying this, Anvers blushed.
“…”
Hearing this request, Lin Ran couldn’t help but blush a little.
What kind of strange request was this!?
But looking at Anvers’ pleading eyes, Lin Ran hesitated for a few dozen seconds before sighing and agreeing to this only request.
So, a few minutes later, Anvers, holding the photo in his hand, waved goodbye contentedly.
“By the way, as a return gift, I’ll give you a gift too.”
Anvers handed Lin Ran a strange golden card.
“If you need to fly in the future, as long as it’s a Feather Airlines service, you can enjoy the highest level of VIP service by showing this card. Of course, you can also bind it to your account online!”
For the Feather Clan, if they wanted to earn some income in the human world, air transport was naturally their specialty.
If they couldn’t complete the orders on time, they would directly arrange for demons disguised as aircraft to fly over overnight!
Lin Ran: ?
Unexpectedly receiving the card, Lin Ran looked at Anvers with a strange expression. So everyone was actually integrating quite well into the human world?
Even he, an ordinary person who rarely flew, had heard of Feather Airlines. So it was also a demon industry?
“Just take it.”
Shao Mian signaled to Lin Ran that there was no need to be polite with Anvers.
“Bye-bye–“
“Goodbye, Mr. Anvers.”
Lin Ran watched Anvers leave and waved goodbye.
He couldn’t help but wonder, if Ossi and Atylanthos also lived in the human world long-term, wouldn’t it be very suitable for them to engage in maritime transport or ocean-related industries?
“Since I’ve transformed back, I should go back to school now?”
Lin Ran turned to look at Shao Mian beside him, and Shao Mian realized that time had passed quickly again.
He felt like he had to leave again in the blink of an eye.
Why did humans always have to go to school?
“Mm.”
“Also, for Little Feather’s kindergarten, I temporarily think the Colette International Kindergarten near the school is quite suitable. It’s also more convenient for picking him up and dropping him off.”
Since Little Feather had no parents, he would be Little Feather’s guardian.
He had saved quite a bit of money from live streaming and the village dividends recently, which should be enough to enroll Little Feather and pay his tuition. Little Feather’s situation wasn’t really suitable for ordinary public kindergartens.
Fortunately, the little guy could transform back into a bird after kindergarten and didn’t need to live in a separate house.
“Okay.”
Shao Mian’s reaction made Lin Ran chuckle. He felt that he wasn’t used to Yuanbao suddenly being so obedient.
Subconsciously wanting to reach out and touch Shao Mian’s head, Lin Ran realized that he couldn’t reach it in human form, Yuanbao was too tall.
Shao Mian noticed Lin Ran’s action and was about to bend down so that Lin Ran could touch the golden hair by his ear.
“Cheep?”
Unexpectedly, Sootball, seeing this scene, flew over and rubbed against A-Ran’s palm first.
Now A-Ran could touch him.
Little Feather also couldn’t help but want to be touched.
“Wait a minute! I can’t hold you all if you fly over together.”
As a result, Lin Ran didn’t have time to pay attention to Yuanbao and hurriedly hugged the two cubs.
A certain big lion who was being neglected had a strange feeling.
He felt that having so many cubs wasn’t a good thing.
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However, although Lin Ran had prepared himself mentally before returning to school, he still didn’t expect his popularity to be this high.
Everyone along the way recognized him!
“And today, An Xun and all the other main actors attended the campus movie promotion event and said that you also made a cameo appearance!!! Not only did it trend again, but the number of pre-orders for the movie premiere directly exploded.”
His roommates excitedly tried to recount the grand occasion to Lin Ran. The largest central auditorium was packed with people, and there were even people from other schools who came to listen.
“By the way, has the 50,000 yuan prize money arrived? If not, I’ll ask the class president to urge them again.”
Luo Xiao signaled Lin Ran to check his phone messages.
“Prize money?”
Lin Ran opened his phone and realized that the school had actually given him a sum of prize money!
“Ta-da, the Best Popularity Award of the school anniversary gala! Da Ding’s counselor assessment this year is guaranteed to be excellent, he’s overjoyed.”
Zhu Yao patted Lin-zai’s shoulder, also very happy.
“Then I’ll treat everyone to a meal.”
Lin Ran then learned that there was such a thing as collective voting. He was touched and felt that he was really lucky.
There were actually so many people who worked hard to vote for him.
“No way! I’ll be angry with whoever uses this prize money to treat us to a meal.”
“That’s right, it’s hard-earned prize money, just keep it, no one is allowed to borrow money.”
Facing Lin Ran’s invitation, everyone refused in unison.
Actually, everyone knew about Lin Ran’s family situation. If anyone dared to be jealous of this money and try to do something, everyone would definitely not let that person off.
Lin Ran, holding his phone and looking at everyone in front of him, naturally understood what they meant, but suddenly felt a sense of fear.
If it weren’t for “Demon World” letting him try so many things he would never have tried before, would he have missed all this pure and beautiful goodwill forever?
“But we only have one request.”
“Hmm?”
“Next gala, will you perform again, Lin Ran? The class president has already taken a group of girls to choose clothes for you, hehehe.”
Lin Ran, who was still touched, suddenly became restless after hearing this.
Help…
After one successful performance, would he really have to perform in all future class activities!?
He couldn’t always have Little Feather cheat and perform magic for him, could he?
After washing up, Lin Ran took a deep breath and collapsed on the bed. When he opened “Demon World,” his mind was still wandering.
“Hoo!”
As soon as he logged in today, Lin Ran unexpectedly found a visitor beside his hut.
It was an owl, carrying a bag and landing in front of Lin Ran.
[System Notification] [Because you haven’t visited the Owl Treehouse for a long time, the owl merchant, Booboo, has come to find you.]
Lin Ran remembered that this seemed to be one of the rewards from the last major update. Would he actually come over on his own initiative?
“Hello? So your name is Booboo?”
Lin Ran half-squatted and tried to touch the owl.
“Hoo~”
The owl immediately rubbed against A-Ran’s hand comfortably and ate a few small fruit snacks that Lin Ran handed him.
“It’s okay if you can’t finish them, you can put them in your little backpack and take them back.”
Just as Lin Ran finished speaking, a new system notification appeared.
[Owl merchant’s Affection Level increased, 20% discount on all items!]
Eh, could it be like this!?
[Open item page?][Yes][No]
Looking at the new panel that appeared, Lin Ran clicked [Yes], and a page of a wooden bookshelf appeared before his eyes.
Upon closer inspection, there were many skill books inside, which could improve the cubs’ corresponding levels after reading. There was a limit of five books per month.
“If I had known earlier, I could have just bought skill books for Little Feather here, wouldn’t that be much simpler?”
Lin Ran instantly realized that this reward was quite practical.
[The kindergarten library needs at least 20 books, please collect more works! Complete side quests to obtain special achievement rewards: Erudite!]
[The speed of learning any skill will be permanently increased by 15%. This achievement also applies to the real world.]
A side quest appeared for the Demon World Kindergarten main quest, and Lin Ran vaguely felt that he seemed to understand the meaning of “Demon World.”
It was to build a kindergarten for cubs in the Demon World.
Wouldn’t that be a fluffy paradise then?
And he could also get rewards at the same time. How could he not be happy?
He had just enough gold coins to buy the monthly limit of five books. Lin Ran didn’t hesitate and chose to buy them all, directly giving one to each of Sootball, Snowball, and Little Feather.
As a result, the fluffy creatures who had just happily stuck to him were unexpectedly assigned the long-lost task of studying!
“If you study well, I’ll give you a special reward. Will you build a snowman with me in winter?”
After Lin Ran said this with a smile, the three fluffs immediately began to study diligently.
Building a snowman was definitely more fun when everyone played together.
And once they started studying, Lin Ran saw a progress bar appear above the cubs’ heads.
For example, Sootball, who was studying “Basic Hunting,” saw his experience points gradually increase from LV5.
However, Little Feather was clearly different, struggling a lot, and his progress bar didn’t move for a long time.
Although he kept reading with his head down along with the other two.
“Do you want to change to another book? Next time, I’ll get you one with more pictures.”
Lin Ran realized that Little Feather was the only one who couldn’t read yet and reached out to comfort the little guy.
“Ee…”
Little Feather, who had been pretending to understand, raised his head from the book and looked at A-Ran aggrievedly with his eyes downcast.
“I’m going to take Little Feather to his clan today. Sootball and Snowball, can you two stay home and watch the house?”
“Cheep!”
Sootball knew that A-Ran was taking Little Feather to find the Feather Clan demons.
Although Snowball was a little reluctant to part with A-Ran, seeing Sootball’s reaction, he guessed that something new must have happened while he was away?
And Lin Ran had set up a reading corner and piled all the newly bought books there, which was quite suitable for the cubs to quietly study for a whole day.
“Don’t run around this time, Sootball. Snowball, you have to stop him.”
Lin Ran was still a little worried when he thought of the little guy’s past record.
“Mew!”
Snowball immediately jumped over and pressed Sootball’s triangular tail with his paw, signaling to A-Ran to rest assured!
Sootball was a little defiant at being doubted by A-Ran, “Cheeped” for a long time, saying that he wouldn’t.
“If you really want to go out and play, you can go to the riverbed. It should be quite safe there.”
The originally dry area had gradually turned into a lush wetland, quite suitable for walking the fluffy creatures.
Lin Ran, preparing to go out, still wanted to hug and kiss Sootball, who was wearing a bib, let alone Snowball, whose big tail was always habitually wrapped around him.
But it was also crucial to go out and get the “Feather of Truth.”
He had already collected three of the five tokens on the quest panel.
Sootball’s Moon Brooch, Snowball’s Snow Crystal Necklace, and the pearl music box from Ossi and Atylanthos.
There was also one that Lin Ran guessed should be Little Feather’s “Feather of Truth,” but he had no clue about the last one.
Lin Ran suspected that these five token slots might not have designated items, because the quest prompt had said that the stronger the race of the collected tokens, the better the effect.
In other words, if he couldn’t collect tokens from the most powerful demon races, he could also choose alternatives?
But the game rating might not be as good.
As for the three tokens he had already collected…
[All are S-rank difficulty tokens.]
The “Demon World” prompt quickly gave Lin Ran the answer.
It seemed that his guess was correct. Sootball’s Luna Clan and Ossi’s Scythe Clan were indeed very famous clans in the Demon World.
As for Snowball, although he belonged to the minority group of mutated demons, Lin Ran recalled his experiences in the instance and was certain that this small group of mutated demons would also become a very important force in the future.
After all, they were on the edge between humans and demons. In fact, Lin Ran often felt that these mutated demons had many advantages that pure humans and pure demons didn’t have.
Although their situation was indeed more complicated.
And Little Feather’s race, the Feather Clan, was obviously not small either.
He hoped this visit would go smoothly?
However, when Lin Ran opened his palm and looked at the spatial coordinate in his hand, preparing to activate it, he noticed Little Feather’s hesitation.
“Are you nervous? Or if you’re really scared, you can stay at home too? I should be fine going alone.”
Lin Ran could sense from the strange atmosphere between Anvers and Little Feather that something must have happened between them.
Otherwise, Little Feather wouldn’t have such an anxious and irritable reaction to Anvers, who should be from the same clan.
“Ee.”
But after hearing that A-Ran was going alone, Little Feather immediately hugged A-Ran and shook his head, indicating no.
He could also go.
He was just worried that A-Ran would be deceived.
“Our Little Feather is so brave, willing to go out with A-Ran, aren’t you?”
Lin Ran smiled and encouraged Little Feather.
Actually, Little Feather knew that it was A-Ran accompanying him, but A-Ran always said that it was him accompanying A-Ran.
Little Feather tried to make A-Ran stop trying to praise him.
“No, because of you guys, my ‘Demon World’ has become so interesting, isn’t that right?”
“If you guys weren’t with me, I might have quit the game long ago.”
Lin Ran looked at Little Feather in front of him, smiled, and reached out for the little guy to hold his hand.
Little Feather looked at A-Ran reaching out to him and suddenly felt that even if it was into the abyss, he was willing to go with A-Ran.
“Ee.”
The moment he held A-Ran’s hand, the spatial coordinate emitted colorful light.
[You have activated the coordinate: Feather Clan Secret Realm!]
As for Anvers, who had been restlessly waiting since daytime, the moment he noticed the coordinate bell vibrating, he flew over impatiently.
They actually came——!
“But is there really no need for a lockdown? What if that cursed egg has some conspiracy? Otherwise, why would he take the initiative to come here? He tried so hard to escape before…”
Elder Gu Li and the other conservatives were very conflicted and full of suspicion.
But Anvers had already flown out and disappeared!
For Lin Ran, the Feather Clan Secret Realm in front of him was indeed a novel “Demon World” map.
Because what came into view were towering ancient trees, and as soon as he took a few steps, countless birds were startled and flew up in flocks.
So beautiful.
Little Feather’s hometown was beautiful, no wonder it could give birth to such a beautiful little guy?
Lin Ran was certain that if it weren’t for the scar on his face, Little Feather’s original features would even be more stunning than Patriarch Anvers.
“Ee…”
Little Feather squatted on A-Ran’s shoulder, looking at the bird demons who were trying to approach but hesitating with hostility.
Most low-level Feather Clan demons couldn’t transform into human form, but they were more intelligent than ordinary birds.
And the pure aura on Lin Ran was very attractive to demons, naturally making them instinctively want to approach.
However, Little Feather was very intimidating. Even in his juvenile form, it was enough to make these low-level demons sense danger.
“Don’t scare them, Little Feather.”
Lin Ran glanced at Little Feather and reached out to touch the little guy.
Little Feather immediately stopped glaring at his surroundings and became slightly vigilant.
“Cheep?”
Seeing this, the bravest little blue bird at the front couldn’t help but fly over.
Lin Ran subconsciously reached out and caught the little guy, feeling that the blue bird’s feathers were as beautiful as sapphires.
“Your feather color is so beautiful.”
Lin Ran touched the little guy’s wings and praised him with a smile.
Flocks of birds immediately landed around them, curiously looking at the visitor.
Now Little Feather couldn’t stop them at all and could only watch helplessly as a group of birds scrambled to fly to A-Ran’s side!
In the end, Little Feather could only look at the little blue bird who had taken the lead, feeling that there was something wrong with him.
“Cheep?”
Unexpectedly, the beautiful little blue bird wasn’t that afraid of Little Feather and, standing in A-Ran’s palm, deliberately glanced at Little Feather.
After Anvers arrived first and landed, what he saw was this dreamlike scene.
The young human was gently raising his hands, catching the falling birds, surrounded by countless birds.
With the warm light filtering through the trees, everything was as beautiful as a fairy tale.
Could “Demon World” also have such a dreamy scene?
After staying here for a long time, Anvers often felt a sense of silent coldness, especially after noticing the dwindling demonic aura, he couldn’t help but suspect that “Demon World” would one day completely fall silent.
So when did all this start to change?
“Pepe?! Why are you there? Come back quickly!”
However, Elder Gu Li, who arrived immediately after, looked at this scene and, after a moment of daze, let out a cry of alarm.
Pepe?
Lin Ran was also startled by the old man’s voice and looked towards him.
The Feather Clan was indeed a rare race in “Demon World” that could maintain a human form with wings.
The Feather Clan demons who arrived with Anvers all had unique wings.
But before Lin Ran could respond, the little blue bird in his hand suddenly transformed into a little girl in a blue dress and hugged his waist tightly.
The little girl’s long auburn hair cascaded down, her eyes were also the color of sapphires, and apart from her overly pale skin, she was incredibly beautiful.
Like a glass doll in a shop window.
Lin Ran subconsciously supported the little girl who pounced on him and looked at Elder Gu Li, whose face had darkened and was on the verge of bristling, in confusion.
“Are you Pepe?”
Could this be the elder’s granddaughter?
And Little Feather, seeing this scene, was also about to bristle.
