The beautiful mage was kidnapped by the contracted beast again

After Dahei left, the lake became quiet again.

Since her parents were not around, Miaomiao no longer had to pretend to be fine, and she collapsed on Ajin as if she had no bones in her body.

The first time he suddenly had the idea to convey his magic through singing, he almost got himself seriously injured. Fortunately, his grandfather was not at home, otherwise he would have been taught a lesson.

Speaking of which, he only knew that the mythical beasts loved his magic, but he had no idea what effect it would have on them. He was only just beginning his practice, so this amount would probably only fill the air with his scent. Miaomiao couldn't help but smile at this thought, feeling a bit like a large, human-shaped aromatherapy diffuser.

He took a moment to catch his breath, then raised his head to survey his surroundings. His gaze wandered around, and he quickly noticed an unusually dense concentration of mythical beasts in one direction.

The red rock crane stepped on the spotted deer's back, the black bear stood up straight with its tall body beside them, and there were more mythical beasts stacked around them like building blocks. It was obvious at a glance that these guys' strange actions were to hide something tightly.

Miaomiao: "..."

Suspicious, too suspicious.

Although the fantasy beasts are somewhat intelligent, they are not as good as six-year-old Miaomiao in some aspects of thinking.

He slowly propped himself up with his arms, and with a suspicious look he carefully and slowly scanned the group of people trying to hide their true intentions, not intending to miss any gaps between their limbs. If he hadn't been completely powerless, he would have wanted to walk over and see what they were hiding.

The phantom beasts seemed to sense its gaze, their figures stiffened, and then gathered even tighter. Miaomiao looked for a long time, but only found that there seemed to be a faint light appearing in the center of the encirclement, and the surrounding air was vibrating violently.

If the main road is blocked, then take a smaller path.

"Ajin." Miaomiao lowered her head and asked the big tiger under her in a soft voice, with her palms pressed against its sensitive ears, ready to hold it at any time, "Do you know what they are hiding?"

The golden-eyed tiger's tail, which was lazily wagging, suddenly stopped.

Of course it knows.

Wasn't it the gray wolf that casually started breaking through on the spot after the kid sang a song?

Oh, the gray wolf refers to its external mimicry. That creature itself is likely a descendant of the three-headed demon wolf from Hell, with three unattractive heads and dark purple skin. Its skin is covered in dense, tumorous black bumps, and its back is lined with sharp bone spurs. While it's powerful and fits the mythical beast's tendency to prioritize strength over appearance, it's clearly not something a six-year-old would appreciate.

The ancestors of the gray wolf probably never imagined that their descendants would one day have to worry about their appearance scaring people. After all, for a mythical beast, the more ferocious its appearance, the more intimidating it is to its enemies. Only low-level or young mythical beasts, seeking the affection of their mothers, would deliberately appear fragile and cute.

The gray wolf had unexpectedly achieved a breakthrough and could no longer maintain its ordinary animal mimicry. The surrounding mythical beasts clearly knew this, so they made a big show of hiding the wolf. Of course, Jin knew everyone actually wanted to kill it outright, but the risk of being discovered by the children kept them from doing so.

"Ajin?" The tiger under his command tensed its muscles, but remained silent. Miaomiao looked at it in confusion, knowing that Ajin could understand him.

Miaomiao's hand still rested on its head. Its small hand exuded a faint warmth, and even more distinctly, a delicate, pleasant fragrance. It was as if a few matching flowers had been selected from among thousands, their juices blended together with the perfect formula. Just the touch of it to the beast's nose made it feel joyful.

Ah Jin looked up, gave him a deep look, and then shook his head resolutely.

It cannot be exposed.

Even though he knew that with Miaomiao's personality, she would probably not be afraid after discovering the truth, Ajin didn't want to gamble on any possibility.

This kind of life is good now.

Miaomiao didn't expect that Ajin would rather let him rub her sensitive tiger ears casually than pass on the message. She pounded the thick tiger back twice in anger and lay down unhappily.

Ajin lay on his side without moving. With the child's strength, beating the tiger felt like massaging.

Miaomiao felt bored, and seeing the phantom beasts made him angry again, so he simply ignored them. His gaze fell on the bushes by the lake, a place he rarely noticed, where few phantom beasts lingered, like the fixed scenery background in a painting. It existed, yet it was always ignored.

Suddenly, his eyes focused and he noticed that among the lush and layered shadows of the trees, there seemed to be a faint hint of strange white with a rounded arc.

"What is this?" Miaomiao's curiosity was immediately aroused.

He tried to climb down from the tiger, but the moment he moved, the tiger's tail wrapped around his waist, locking him in place and preventing him from moving.

Miaomiao was not very happy. She hugged the tiger's big head with both hands and said, "It's fine if you don't tell me what they are hiding, but now you even prevent me from going to the side to take a look. Ah Jin, if you keep doing this, I will be angry."

Ah Jin let out a muffled cry, his golden eyes filled with disapproval. "Has your overdrawn magic power recovered yet? Just running around like that?" That kid is way too bold.

Miaomiao knew his worries were justified, but he was still angry, and an angry child wasn't about to reason with an older tiger. He said, "I'm going."

"You all have things hidden from me, I want to make new friends."

Ah Jin didn't like to hear this.

"Roar," it growled. "It's just an egg, what kind of friend is it?"

It’s a pity that Miaomiao couldn’t understand tiger language. He guessed what the phantom beasts meant by the slightest details when they spoke. He just thought that Ajin was still worried, so he continued to grab its ears and whispered a few times.

The big tiger felt Miaomiao's determination to go and see him, but he was really afraid that he would ignore him after getting angry. He was so annoyed that he had no choice but to do what this little ancestor wanted.

Reluctantly, it slowly rose from the ground. With each movement, its previously languid muscles hardened and tensed, imbued with a sense of strength that Miaomiao envied. Its thick tiger tail coiled, gripping the child's waist like a steel whip to steady him. Without seeming to exert much strength, it simply pushed its hind legs lightly against the ground, and in the blink of an eye, it had covered dozens of meters, reaching the bushes from the water's edge.

Ajin's movements were so smooth, as if he had simulated the scene of kidnapping a child countless times.

"Wow." The swift wind slid through his hair, and the smooth and stimulating feeling made Miaomiao laugh out loud. After laughing, he turned his attention back to the bushes.

Ah Jin had figured out his intentions thoroughly and didn't try to be polite. Since he had brought someone here, he should just send them directly to their destination. Miao Miao just raised her eyes and saw something white less than a meter away.

At such a close distance, he finally saw what the white object was. It turned out to be an "egg!"

Miaomiao's eyes widened in shock. It's not like he had never seen eggs before, but this egg was really, really huge!

He stretched out his hands and measured the egg's length and width. It felt taller than himself standing on the ground. Even compared to some adult mythical beasts, its size was comparable.

"How can there be such a big egg? Whose is this?"

The cubs are so huge, won’t they block out the sky when they grow up?

Ajin carried Miaomiao, pushed aside the bushes with his claws, and walked around the egg twice. A rare look of confusion appeared on the tiger's face.

He didn't notice it because he was far away, but the egg had a very strong ethnic scent, but Ajin couldn't tell which race it belonged to.

Moreover, the other party was clearly just a cub that hadn't even completed the first step of breaking out of its shell, but the aura on its body already made it feel a bit of a superior threat.

It makes Tiger unhappy.

The way it stared at the egg was dangerous. If it were allowed to grow, it might become the new overlord of this forest.

A potential pup of an unknown species, a mythical beast with no parents to protect it, should be killed immediately. Furthermore, it's been stuck at the peak of the tenth level for decades. If it can eat this egg, it should be able to successfully overcome that obstacle, right?

His thoughts raced, and his outward appearance took on an aggressive tone. A murderous glint flickered in his sharp golden eyes, his front half crouched slightly, muscles tensed like springs poised to burst at any moment, his tiger tail swaying gently behind him, adjusting his balance.

It has made all preparations and is about to pounce on the hunt.

The top of his head was pinched hard on his ears.

"Ah?" Ajin's whole body trembled, and his front legs, which were about to pounce, suddenly fell to the ground and came to an abrupt stop. His voice was a little distorted in panic.

It shook its head in disbelief, but the little hands that were holding its ears were clenched tightly.

Ajin growled helplessly. You can't touch a tiger's butt, and you can't touch a tiger's ears either. Not even after getting its tacit consent and making preparations.

If you pinch its ears when it is about to hunt, anyone who does this except Miaomiao will be torn to pieces by it as a conditioned reflex.

But Miaomiao was very persistent this time. One hand continued to hold Ajin's ear as if pressing a switch, and the other hand touched its forehead, patting it soothingly: "Ajin, you can't eat it."

Miaomiao is young but not stupid. When she sensed the change in Ajin's posture, she knew what the big tiger wanted to do.

"Roar." Jin was very anxious. Why?

Miaomiao looked at it with an incredible look: "I came here to make friends with it."

Who would stuff their friends into their stomach as soon as they meet?

Ah Jin was stunned for a moment, then fell silent: "..."

After feeling the strange scent of the egg, they were so nervous that they forgot the original intention of coming here for a moment.

"And there are other reasons." Miaomiao counted them one by one on her fingers. "Don't they say that bigger animals are more powerful? Look at this egg, it's only an egg, but it's this big. It will definitely be very powerful when it grows up. If I protect it now, it's like saving its life. When it grows up, it can protect me."

The white egg, which had been silent and motionless like a dead egg, suddenly trembled, as if responding to what Miaomiao said.

Ajin: "..."

It narrowed its eyes dangerously. Sure enough, this egg had already possessed intelligence since its infancy.

"Roar." It's just an egg that hasn't hatched yet. It will take a long time for it to grow into a beast that can protect you. It's better to find other adult animals.

It’s better to find one like this, Ajin added in his mind.

Miaomiao blinked: "But it may still have parents and tribesmen. If I eat it, they will come to seek revenge later. That would be very troublesome."

“…” Ajin couldn’t refute this.

The lifespan of fantasy beasts is extremely long, much longer than that of humans. High-level fantasy beasts are all immortal. It is now over 900 years old and still in its prime. If nothing unexpected happens, it will have no problem living for two or three thousand years.

Perhaps to limit their long lifespans, phantasmagoric beasts have a difficult time giving birth. It's not uncommon for them to only give birth once every several decades. A small number of phantasmagoric beasts even sacrifice their own offspring. Most groups are very protective of their precious young, and if they are poached by humans or captured and eaten by other phantasmagoric beasts, they often engage in a frenzy of relentless fighting.

Ajin was alone and didn't care about being hunted. After all, he was so powerful that few could defeat him. But Miaomiao...

The big tiger turned around and looked at the child on his back, who was beautiful but as fragile as a handful of fresh snow.

I have to admit that Miaomiao was right not to harm other people's cubs at will.

Even if he was not the one who actually did it, the fact that he had been here and left his presence behind would still make him be tracked down by the angry cub parents.

"Roar." Okay.

Ajin made a concession.

Anyway, this white egg is still a baby. It will take at least a few hundred years for it to grow to the point where it can threaten it.

During this period, it has plenty of opportunities to find a time and place that will not involve Miaomiao and eat the other party.

"You are such a good tiger."

Seeing Ajin's aggressive stance subsided, Miaomiao smiled faintly. As if rewarding him, he reached out and hugged the tiger's head. The soothing natural fragrance, thanks to the large body contact, permeated the tiger and filled Ajin with warmth.

"Roar." Ajin knew that the sin of hiding it from the child before was offset now. He felt relieved, but still pretended to be reluctant on the surface, saying that he let the egg go purely because he was obedient this time, and Miaomiao must spend more time with it to compensate it.

"Okay, okay, I'll stay with you longer."

The meaning in Ajin's eyes was too obvious. Miaomiao always felt that he would not be surprised if these fantasy beasts turned into human form one day.

He smiled, hugged its head and kissed it several times, which made the tiger dazed and distracted, and it looked like it didn't care about the white egg beside it at all. Then he took the opportunity to turn over and land on the ground, slowly approaching the white egg that had escaped the disaster.

Just as he had estimated before, Baidan was much taller than him, probably reaching the height of his grandfather's neck.

As she got closer, she could even hear the distinct sound of a heartbeat coming from within the eggshell. The life within the giant egg seemed incredibly vibrant, its unusually healthy heartbeat thumping like the thumping of a drum, unabashedly and unconcealed.

Miaomiao tentatively placed his hand on the eggshell. His soft palm felt a cool, slightly rough texture, like stroking a unique stone. He keenly observed that the eggshell was covered in numerous, extremely fine red lines. These lines were numerous, yet difficult to detect. Only under the light could one see the crystal-like, transparent reflections.

What a strange egg. I don't know why it's here.

Miaomiao glanced around but couldn't see its parents. Perhaps they had concealed their presence, something many mythical beasts in the forest could do. Since Ajin hadn't reacted with alarm, it seemed they weren't hostile to her approaching their cubs.

He felt a warm push from behind, and when he turned around, he saw Ajin butting him with his big head, and the furry tiger's face was full of displeasure at his behavior of touching his balls.

What's there to touch? No more touching! Are hard balls as cute as big cats?

The big tiger only promised not to kill the egg, but did not agree to let the egg be his friend.

It crouched low, wanting Miaomiao to come up. Miaomiao didn't want to make Ajin angry, so he took two steps in its direction. Suddenly, he heard the sound of a branch being crushed behind him, and then a cool, rough texture touched his arm.

It turned out to be Big White Egg who followed.

Miaomiao was stunned: "?" The egg can move?

He thought it was his illusion, so he took another step away and turned back.

Then I saw the egg rolling around as well.

Miaomiao: “???”

Are all your mythical beast eggs this lively?

"Roar!" Ajin took a step forward with a stern look on his face, standing between Miaomiao and the white egg. He raised his sharp claws, threatening to rip open the white egg if it didn't know what was good for it.

Baidan seemed to feel no threat at all, and even wanted to bypass the big tiger and run to Miaomiao.

The expression on Ajinhu's face suddenly became very gloomy.

At the same time, the cries of Dahei also drifted on the wind. The hoarse, smoky-voiced bird calls were stretched out in waves, like a ghostly messenger coming to take away a soul.

"Miaomiao, Miaomiao, where are you? I brought you some bread."

It followed the scent left by Miaomiao in the air and flapped its wings to fly to the edge of the bushes.

Seeing the scene before its eyes, its voice suddenly became sharp: "Huh? Miaomiao, what is this dirty egg next to you?"

Miaomiao: "..."

Miaomiao: “…………………………………………………………………………”

He was surrounded by two beasts and an egg, and felt the suffocation that shouldn't have happened to him at such a young age.