The mascot of the wishing shop is a cat.

After ten minutes of persuasion from the system, Lin Xiyue finally lowered her guard and walked back to the "egg" she had left there.

Swaying~ Swaying~

Before Lin Xiyue approached, the "egg" remained completely still. However, once she was within about a hundred meters of it, the "egg" began to sway slightly, as if trying to attract Lin Xiyue's attention.

!! !! (／。＼)

Oh no, he's so cute!

No, no, he's from another race. I must stay firm in my resolve and be careful!

Lin Xiyue stood there for a while, doing some mental work, before looking at the "egg" again.

Swaying and swaying—swaying and swaying—

Perhaps noticing that Lin Xiyue hadn't moved, he started swaying even faster.

Lin Xiyue steadied herself and quickened her pace.

After squatting down, I watched as the "egg" gently touched Lin Xiyue's outstretched hand and then rubbed against it in a very vivid way.

! ! ! !

"System!! He's rubbing against me!!! Does he want to eat me?!"

Lin Xiyue subconsciously had a bad thought. Hmm... it's normal to have this thought, after all, he's just a cracked egg right now.

As Lin Xiyue touched it, a fair and slender hand emerged from the cracked egg and grabbed Lin Xiyue's hand that was resting on the edge of the eggshell.

"Aa ...

At that instant of contact, Lin Xiyue screamed.

"＜{=．．．(ga~ga~ga~)"

“gu——”

"Hiss hiss hiss—"

"..."

In the still of the night, a large group of animals that had been resting in the woods were startled in an instant.

[Calm down! Calm down! Sister, please calm down! You're shaking him to death!!!]

The system screamed wildly inside Lin Xiyue's mind.

Because, after being grabbed, Lin Xiyue suddenly stood up and frantically shook her hands, trying to throw him off. But he was held very tightly, so the small boy was like a tattered sack, bobbing up and down with Lin Xiyue's hand.

"Huh? Oh?! Ohhhhhh!"

Hearing that she was going to die, Lin Xiyue calmed down a bit and stopped what she was doing.

At this moment, the child who had been forcibly dragged out by Lin Xiyue had fainted, his eyes filled with mosquito coil-like circles.

"Huh?! This?! I'm not really dead, am I?! System! What do I do? o(╥﹏╥)o"

Lin Xiyue touched the grass and found it to be fairly soft, so she put the child on the grass and made him a small pillow out of the grass.

[Don't worry, you're not dead, just unconscious. Even though you're in the form of a child now, the alien race was probably born with better physical abilities than you. (ー△ー；)]

"Oh, that's good. ヽ(′～｀；)"

Lin Xiyue ignored the system's mockery of her poor physique, thinking it was hilarious. How could a homebody have a good physique?

I climbed twenty-seven floors and was exhausted, but a seventy-seven-year-old grandma killed a wild boar all by herself.

The differences between people are just that great! You need to understand yourself.

Lin Xiyue just gives up, admitting she's no good. ┐(￣ヘ￣)┌

That said, Lin Xiyue finally had time to observe the child's appearance more closely.

The child looked to be about seven or eight years old. He had an androgynous face with chubby cheeks and long, jet-black hair. Because he was currently unconscious, his eyes were not visible.

However, Lin Xiyue looked at his thin but fair hands, which were completely free of calluses. Furthermore, he had just hatched from the egg and was wearing a magnificent and uniquely styled blue-black outfit. Therefore, he must be the royal cub the system had mentioned.

"System, speaking of which, is he a boy or a girl? He's so beautiful!"

Since the child was already dizzy, Lin Xiyue started chatting with the system.

[Aren't you afraid now?]

"I'm not afraid anymore. This kid is good-looking, so I'm not afraid anymore! I'm a sucker for good looks! ┐(′?｀)┌"

Okay. Also, he's a guy. (￣∠￣)?

"Wow, how are you sure he's a man? Could it be?! Look..."

[No! I haven't seen it, I only look at the skeleton! (((;???;)))]

Lin Xiyue was interrupted by the hurried system before she could finish speaking.

"Oh~~ I was talking about the skeleton too. What's the rush? (＜ゝw?)☆"

The way Lin Xiyue spoke made the system that heard her wish it could grow legs and carve out a three-bedroom apartment.

"You can also look at the hands."

A somewhat cold voice rang out.

? ! ! !

"Ah, you, you're awake."

Lin Xiyue looked down and saw that the child had woken up. He had his big, dark green eyes wide open and was responding to Lin Xiyue's words.

"Yes, I'm awake. Thank you for waking me up."

The child thanked Lin Xiyue earnestly.

"Oh, no, it's okay."

Lin Xiyue blushed, and she began to worry whether he knew when she had wanted to abandon him before.

"My name is Meros. May I ask you a question?"

The child is clearly well-educated. Although etiquette varies from planet to planet, he is remarkably polite.

"Oh, your name is Meros... W-what?! You said your name is Meros?!?"

Lin Xiyue was completely stunned. How could he call him Molos?

Or is it that among the alien races, Meros is a very common name, just like shouting "Zhang Wei" on the street and a dozen people turn around to look at you?

"Yes, my name is Meros. And you? How should I address you?"

This Meros clearly didn't understand what was wrong with his name.

"Um, my name is Lin Xiyue, nice to meet you."

After all, we've only just met. Although the timing and format of our meeting weren't ideal, I still want to say a few words.

"Hello. Can I ask you a question?"

Meros asked the question again.

"Yes, you can ask."

Lin Xiyue nodded in agreement.

Anyway, we can ask about the name Meros when there are more people around; there's no rush right now.

Lin Xiyue comforted herself in this way.

"You...you're human, aren't you?"

The child asked the question hesitantly, and judging from his expression, he clearly had more to say.

"(⊙o⊙)...Yes, yes. Is it obvious?"

Lin Xiyue was somewhat shocked. The system clearly said that nothing would happen!

"Hmm...it's not very obvious, but I have people I know well who can tell."

Meros thought about it for a moment, perhaps considering whether to tell the truth, but in the end he did.

"Huh?! Why?!"

Lin Xiyue truly couldn't understand. Putting aside other people's issues, even if someone could see it, shouldn't everyone be able to see it, or at least none of them? At the very least, there should be some level of understanding involved. How could it be someone connected to him who could see it?!

……