99. Pretending to be a Beastman

  "Your Imperial Highness, the little prince's beast form grows very slowly, which is abnormal. He . . ." Dean looked at the little prince with great distress. It was fine if you were very small when you were born but later developed quickly because then you still had a chance to catch up with other beastmen. If the little prince’s body could grow very, very tall, even if he was a hamster, he could easily bite down snakes and crush tigers.

  Unfortunately . . . the child's body weight that should have increased the fastest during infancy actually didn’t increase one bit!

  According to the results of his tests, the little prince . . . might not be able to grow tall in this life.

  Dean continued to speak with a somewhat ugly expression, "Although auxin can make the beast form grow bigger, it'll have a bad effect on the human form. The little prince's human form development is normal, so you mustn't use it rashly . . . ."

  The little hamster was held in the hollow of Edgar’s hand. Because he was afraid of hurting the little hamster, his movements were a bit stiff, and even the whole person was very tense—his child was really too small, making him feel like he would crush the child as long as he exerted a little bit of force.

  Such a scene was seen by Dean as Edgar being unable to accept the result, which made him even more worried.

  Fortunately, Edgar reacted quickly, saying to Dean, "It doesn't matter if he’s like this. Beastmen nowadays don't need to show their beast forms even in the battlefield. The size of the beast form alone can’t be used to judge one’s success while fighting. This is my child, and I believe he mustn’t be weaker than others in any respects."

  Edgar spoke very confidently. After speaking, he glanced at the little hamster in his arms warily. The little hamster in the hollow of his hand was feeling bored and annoyed, and now he began to crawl along his arm. Oh, great, his arm was all stiff now, and he did not dare to move at all. If he moved, he was afraid that the little hamster on his arm would be unbalanced and then fall.

  However, despite this, Edgar still stated with particular confidence, "My own child, I’ll naturally protect him for a lifetime."

  Dean was very moved. Meanwhile, the little snake on the side, seeing Edgar's appearance, looked pensive.

  Every time he crawled on his mother’s body, his mother would be particularly stiff. From the beginning, he had not understood what exactly this was all about. He did not expect to see that his father would be likewise stiff after his younger brother crawled on his body . . . .

  So, they were actually unable to get along with the child whose beast form was different from them?

  The snake climbed up from Edgar's leg and waggled his tail at the little hamster.

  They had been playing together for many days and already had a set of communication methods of their own. When the little hamster saw the little snake’s movement, he promptly climbed down from Edgar’s body and started chasing his older brother.

  After the little hamster climbed down, Edgar at once breathed a sigh of relief and said to Dean, "Xiao Bei’s my child, and his body’s very special. You must never spread this matter. As for how he’s going to live . . . he’ll be the treasure of all of us.”
Dean saw the little hamster chase the little snake everywhere and even climb onto the little snake’s back and strut around, and he finally nodded, relieved. Even if the little prince had genetic mutation, as long as his parents and close relatives loved him dearly, he would definitely be able to live well.

  After Edgar had an in depth conversation with Dean, he brought the two children back and then told Shu Shu, who did not go with the children for their checkups, the result of the checkup.

  Shu Shu did not in the least care about whether the little hamster would grow big in the future. Hamsters were originally small; it was already amazing that he could grow up to the size of a fist. Wasn’t it very normal that his son could only grow this big in the future?

  As for being not powerful enough to fight . . . why on earth would you fight without rhyme or reason?

  Why did he cultivate so hard to become a human? Wasn’t it because humans would not frequently fight each other or cannibalize their fellows?

  Now that the Beastman Empire had entered the interstellar era, science and technology were the primary productive forces. And sub-beastmen, who were unable to change into beast forms, didn’t a lot of them earn more than the beastmen?

  His son should study hard every day and then test into a good university and find a good job. This was the normal life, ah!

  For Shu Shu, who had long yearned for human society, his requirements for his children were the same as ordinary humans’. "If he can be as outstanding as Myer, why should you worry?"

  "I think so too." Edgar said. "But there’s still a problem. That is, Xiao Bei has no beast bead. Maybe he’s the same as you, able to accept another man’s beast bead to form a womb. In this case, when we talk to outsiders, should we just say that he’s a sub-beastman?"

  Both Shu Shu and Xiao Bei could turn into beast forms, but strangely, they were born without a beast bead, which made them more like sub-beastmen. This made him wonder how to judge his son’s gender.

  Say that he was a beastman? He was actually not. Say he was a sub-beastman? He clearly could turn into a beast form.

  Hearing Edgar's question, Shu Shu was also confused. "But if we say that Xiao Bei’s a sub-beastman, what’s to be done if he likes a sub-beastman in the future?"

  "It's okay. Nowadays, gay love isn’t a big deal in the Beastman Empire." Edgar said directly. Although it was not accepted as the mainstream, but as his son, did he still need to worry about this?

  "That’s to say, if Xiao Bei’s a beastman and likes a beastman in the end, he also doesn’t need to worry that he’ll be criticized?" Shu Shu asked curiously.

  "Of course." Edgar nodded.

  Getting Edgar’s affirmative answer, Shu Shu made a decision on the spot. "In this case, it’s better to tell people that Xiao Bei’s a beastman." He had already seen that although his son’s figure looked very weak, he actually had abundant spiritual power and great strength. In the future, it would be no problem at all for him to beat the hell out of a group of beastmen. Therefore, it was better to let him be a beastman, so that when he looked for a job in the future, he would have a wider choice.

  In the Beastman Empire, sub-beastmen were not allowed to do some dangerous jobs in addition to being unable to do those jobs, but they were good at research and art. However, if there were beastmen who did well in those fields, no one would block their paths.

  By comparison, being a beastman was more free.

  Since Shu Shu had made a decision, Edgar certainly wouldn't oppose it, and he also brought up this matter to Chris and Ian.

  As a result, when the imperial family made an announcement, besides mentioning that the crown prince couple was helping the fallen beasts to restore their beast cores on Fallen Beast Planet, they also mentioned another thing—the crown prince couple had another child, a cute little beastman who came out of the shell on Fallen Beast Planet!

  ". . ." After the people on the star network saw this announcement, they went silent together.

  Damn it, what the hell was going on? How long had the crown prince and the crown princess been married, ah? And the crown princess’ second child had actually broken the shell?

  How the hell did the crown princess give birth, ah?

  "Mouse type sub-beastmen are indeed easier to conceive, and the pregnancy period is also shorter, but it’s also not to this degree, ah . . ."

  "What’s going on with the crown prince? How can he make his partner pregnant again so quickly?! So enviable!"

  "I'm so envious and jealous of his achievement! I've been married for ten years and still haven’t had any children!"

  "Ask the crown princess how to quickly conceive and give birth. If conceiving an egg only takes a month and won’t delay my work, I’ll also go and conceive one. "……

  The star network was noisy. For a while, such news as the fallen beasts on Fallen Beast Planet were currently recovering fast or the Crown Prince Edgar had restored his beast core and was no longer a fallen beast lost their heat and were unable to surpass the news about the crown prince couple’s second child having come out of the shell.

  The imperial family, which had always had only one child per generation, actually had two children this time. The netizens all wondered whether there would be a fight for the throne in the future, and they felt so excited when thinking about it!

  Countless people on the star network were waiting to see the photos of the little prince. As for the little snake, who had only been a little prince for a few days, he was promoted to a big prince.

  It was a pity that the imperial family kept the little prince well-hidden. Except for a side-face photo of a human-shaped baby, they did not send out any more photos of him. Contrariwise, some photos of the big prince would be sent out from time to time.

  "The imperial family intends to let the big prince inherit the throne? As for the little prince, I guess they want to let him live happily, so they hide all his information."

  "They’re only a few months apart, and the little prince won’t get the throne because he’s born late? I feel sorry for him."

  "Fallen Beast Planet’s really too far away, ah! If they live in the capital star, someone must be able to take a photo of the little prince. Now though . . . ."

  "The big prince’s so cute! I really want to see whether the little prince’s also this cute or not, ah! ”
. . . . . .

  The netizens were extremely depressed because they felt that the information exchange with Fallen Beast Planet was too slow. Therefore, many people proposed to set up more information websites to bring Fallen Beast Planet into the scope of the star network . . . .

  Of course, such a proposal was quickly rejected without the slightest hesitation.

  Fallen Beast Planet was a more remote place than Gass Planet. The amount of money required to connect the star network to that place probably couldn’t be counted. Even if the Empire was currently not short of money, it would not do such a foolish thing either.

  Besides, Fallen Beast Planet had become a private planet now.

  Emperor Chris bought Fallen Beast Planet after receiving some information from Edgar.

  The reason Chris gave for doing this was that Fallen Beast Planet held lots of important memories. Given that the imperial family always had endless money, the Empire had no doubt about this reason at all. Because Fallen Beast Planet had no permanent residents or government, the handover was particularly easy, and the matter was settled very quickly.

  The imperial family was really a little foolish, ah . . . . The Empire had checked the entire Fallen Beast Planet back and forth hundreds of times in the early days, and there were absolutely no natural resources there. Yet the imperial family still spent a lot of money to buy this kind of planet. The question was, did they have no brains?

  Anyway, it was not surprising that the imperial family did this . . . . The crown prince originally met the crown princess on Gass Planet. Afterwards, the imperial family began to actively build the planet, and the money spent on it was not less than the cost of buying Fallen Beast Planet . . . . Say, if the crown prince and the crown princess, or maybe the two little princes, went to those remote planets that had been regarded as of little value by the Empire, would the imperial family develop or buy those planets to lighten the burden on the Empire?

  Chris did not know what others thought, but he was actually very pleased after buying the Fallen Beast Planet.

  Edgar had already said that there were many precious natural resources as well as spirit stones on the Fallen Beast Planet. It was indeed a good place!

  "Chris, Xiao Bei is really so cute!" Ian, seeing Chris return from the outside after dealing with work, stated again.

  "Yeah." Chris replied. His little grandson was really very cute; if he had the opportunity, he really wanted to take his little grandson to go play everywhere.

  "He's so small that I can take him in my pocket . . . . Chris, I want to go to Fallen Beast Planet to see him!" Ian said. He had two grandchildren, but he could not see them. This really made him feel very sad.

  "We can't go now, but rest assured that two children will definitely come to our hands." Chris suddenly said.

  Ian looked at Chris with doubt but only saw Chris' inscrutable expression.

  Edgar and Shu Shu did not know that Chris and his wife had already thought of the two children. They were still living on the Fallen Beast Planet, and Shu Shu was watching the circus . . . no, watching the fallen beasts training. Fallen beasts who trained on the drill ground were getting less and less. At the same time, there were more beastmen who would turn into various animals training in another newly built base.

  At the beginning of training these fallen beasts, Reynolds only wanted to let them vent their excess energy, but after a while, he thought of something deeper.

  These fallen beasts had received Edgar’s great favor and been treated well. They could absolutely become the crown prince’s most loyal subordinates.

  Now was a time of peace. The imperial family did not need to keep too many troops, but it was also a pretty good idea to have so many loyal people work for the imperial family, wasn’t it?

  With this in mind, Reynolds spent more and more energy on these people, and Edgar also began to train them personally.

  Time passed so quickly just like that.