Chapter 146: Naming the Baby
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
It was the first ti Hao Ren got to witness with his own eyes the wonder of racial differences.
After so ticulous observation, the half-past-six guardian knew it was not part of teething behavior instead, she had mistaken the chopstick for food. The six-inch rmaid had really powerful jaws. She bit the bamboo chopstick in half like she was eating a chocolate bar, leaving the table full of bamboo residue. Hao Ren was shocked. He went to grab the piece of chopstick left in her mouth but thought better of it after seeing a mouthful of saliva.
The piece of chopstick disappeared into her mouth, and the little rmaid’s stomach was bloated. She patted her tummy as she burped out so bamboo breath before she jumped into the tub and darted across the water. She was so agile that it was hard to imagine this little one was just a newborn of a few hours. Lily looked on in amazent. Then she said, “Hmm, looks like she could gnaw on my teething rusk too… Don’t you think so, Landlord?”
Not to say the husky was being over imaginative but, she was the only one who would think of such a thing.
“She eats bamboo?” Vivian had the weirdest expression in the entire universe. “Since I was born, this is my first ti seeing a rmaid eat bamboo. A bamboo-eating fingerling.”
“I think she feeds on roughage.” As a water-bound creature, Nangong Wuyue knew more about rmaids than anyone else. “There are no bamboos in the sea. I bet the oceans in other worlds don’t have it too. But, this little rmaid’s main food is coarse fiber. It thrives in the toughest environnts and survives on its own. No wonder Sister Goddess was so damn sure the egg would hatch—this thing’s really tough.”
“The fact that the egg only hatched when it was boiled really got . Yet, she warned not to cook it. What the heck?” said Hao Ren as his mouth twitched slightly. He was not too surprised that the little fish was tough. Mainly because, he always thought that rmaids in the Otherworld were ferocious and tough. Just judging from her powerful jaws and maneuverability, throwing a few of these eggs into the Pacific Ocean would completely wipe out the other life forms in no ti. Not even fishing boats would survive. Unfortunately, the fingerling was the only one left of her species.
As everyone surrounded the tub to study the little rmaid, a prickly voice was suddenly heard coming from the doorway. “Hey, I’m back! What are you guys doing?”
Lily turned her head and glanced over her shoulder. It was Y’zaks. She waved and called out to him. “Big guy, over here, quickly! Landlord’s egg has hatched! Thanks to !”
At that mont, Hao Ren felt like hauling the husky out of the window. Unfortunately, he was no match for her…
“What the heck are you talking about?” Y’zaks was confused. As he poked his head around, he saw a little fish in the tub, and was astonished. “Nangong, I didn’t know you were pregnant.”
Hao Ren was speechless.
“Ah, I see it now!” Sensing sothing was wrong, the penny dropped, and Y’zaks quickly realized his mistake. He smacked his forehead and said, “Please, excuse my blunder. It’s the egg we brought back. It hatched so quickly!”
Hao Ren glanced at the demon suspiciously. He sensed Y’zaks was up to sothing. It was not a re slip of tongue. His mind was obviously not there. However, the great demon was swift to divert attention.
“What’s the na of this little thing?”
“Oh, it doesn’t have a na!” Vivian clapped her hands. “We can’t keep calling it Baby Fish, right?”
Everyone started to think of a na for the baby fish. It seed like the little rmaid had a promising future. Barely hours since she was born, she had beco the crown jewel of the family. Rollie circled around and owed for like half a day and yet nobody noticed it. It looked like it had lost its place and that was very depressing for Rollie.
Hao Ren teased the little rmaid’s tail with his finger. He had a suggestion. “Let’s call it Baby as a nickna. After all, we don’t have to register her. We could always give her a proper na when she grows up.”
“No, that sounds too conventional.” Nangong Wuyue waved her hands frantically. “Next, please.”
“Considering she’s a rmaid and she’s been sticking to our landlord since he brought her back, shall we na her Hao Fishy?”
Lily was elated. “Yeah, I agree…”
“Next, please!” Hao Ren had a big headache. “Can’t you guys be more serious?”
Then Lily had another idea. “Okay, since it was I who did the incubating, let’s na it Dog Egg…”
Everyone cried, “Next!”
“I think the na should be gorgeous and distinguished,” Y’zaks broke his silence with his coarse voice. “We need to take her identity into consideration: she’s the only rmaid left whom the goddess placed in our custody. Her guardian, that’s you, Landlord, is the right-hand man of God; in the language of my world, you’re kind of a pontiff character whom even the king will bow to. So, this rmaid deserves a princess na…”
Hao Ren was even more confused now. “What do you suggest then?”
“Elizabeth Francois Velasquez Furier—hey, wait a second, I’m not done—”
Hao Ren shoved Y’zaks away (it felt like pushing away a mountain). “You’re not as good as !”
The great demon sounded like an unimaginative na-generator and a la bookworm.
Everybody was at it again, and nobody seed to be able to co up with sothing sensible. At last Vivian spoke with a low voice with her arms crossed, “The big guy’s right. The little rmaid deserves a good na. But, his suggestion was a little bit too wordy. Hey, we can shorten it and call her Elizabeth. What do you say?”
Not that the na was bad, but Hao Ren felt that it was too common and lacked ingenuity. Before Hao Ren could say anything, the hamr fell as Vivian spoke again, “If there are no objections, then it’ll be decided as such. The earliest rmaid legend originated from the west, and I think this na suits the little one quite nicely. What do you think, Landlord?”
To Hao Ren, this fingerling, who was just under half a foot was anything but elegant. He looked at his mad tenants and could not help himself. He nodded, thinking that least Elizabeth was a proper na. If things were left to the husky, it was not impossible that Dog Egg would have very well beco the chosen na.
“I’d like to give her a nickna,” Nangong Wuyue raised her hand. “Elizabeth sounds too formal. She shall be called Lil Pea because she’s small like a pea.”
Without waiting for the others to spill their thoughts, the little rmaid started to slap its tail in the tub happily. Although she could have been happy for other reasons, everyone felt the sa. Hao Ren clapped his hands and said, “That’s it. She agreed. She’s Lil Pea from now on!”
The little rmaid finally got her nas: Elizabeth, and Lil Pea as a nickna.
Hao Ren had a hunch that the na would one day beco legend—just look at the contrast…
After half a day of hoo-ha, Lily was starving. Everyone dispersed back to where they were supposed to be; Vivian went into the kitchen and started cooking while Y’zaks as well as Nangong Wuyue started to unpack. Just when Hao Ren was about to leave, there was trouble: the little rmaid wanted to tag along wherever he went.
As everyone had left and Hao Ren was about to do the sa, Lil Pea, the little rmaid began to beat her tail against the water and scream like crazy. She scrambled out of the water, onto the tea table and then onto the floor. After that, she jumped towards Hao Ren. Hao Ren was shocked seeing all that.
Lil Pea cald down once she clung onto Hao Ren’s leg. However, Hao Ren was almost in tears: the little fish was looking up to him like he was her mum, and he needed to do sothing about it real quick!
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