Chapter 6: For Crying Out Loud, You’re A Werewolf!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lily had already transford into her werewolf form before scurrying behind the sofa.
Kneeling behind the sofa, Lily cautiously peeked out revealing half of her head. Her long, silver hair was cascading to the ground whilst her silver-white ears constantly twitched, seemingly being very much aware of her surroundings. She also seed prepared for battle. Hao Ren felt that this mysterious being with half a strand of noodle and so vegetables in its mouth did not resemble anything majestic at all. Moreover, what Lily did next further convinced Hao Ren. She grabbed a pair of chopsticks while trembling and pointed to the black and white cat at his feet, and with a quavering voice,she cried, “Cat… Cat!”
“ow?” The black and white cat tilted its head, curious about the uninvited guest present in its ho. This made Lily tremble. Being a cat, it completely disregarded Lily monts later, not bothering to even spare a glance towards her. Witnessing this, Hao Ren was dumbstruck. After so careful thought, he looked at Lily as if she was confronted by a mortal enemy and unbelievingly asked, “You… are afraid of cats?”
“I… I’m not afraid of cats!” said Lily obstinately, as if she was a proud pitbull. “I was just being apprehensive!”
“It’s the sa thing!” said Hao Ren, who was unable to comprehend why a werewolf would be afraid of a cat. Without caring that the other party was a werewolf, moreover a newly acquainted one, he shouted, “For crying out loud! You are a werewolf!”
“I am a werewolf!” Lily finally was conscious that her actions were sowhat embarrassing. Also, irritated by Hao Ren’s gaze and speech, she put up a brave front and ca out from behind the sofa. Pretending to go back to the side of the dining table, Lily tiptoed around the living room wall to the other end of the living room. “Are you sure that this cat is safe?”
“What’s not safe about this cat?” saying this, Hao Ren conveniently scooped up the black and white cat. “I’ve never t a cat that’s so ta. Do you agree with , Rollie1?
Imdiately, the black and white cat owed softly, looking very ta. Upon seeing this, Hao Ren happily took the cat’s feeding bowl, filled it to the brim, and placed it next to the dining table (This was the cat’s usual feeding place). At the sa ti, Hao Ren pointed to Lily to introduce the cat to her and said, “This is Lily, and she’s a werewolf… Erm, this might not be of any importance to you, but in any case, just know that she is a guest in our ho. From now on, your food will depend on how much rent she can provide, so be nice to the one that pays for your food okay?”
As if it understood human language, the black and white cat raised its head and nodded at Lily, indicating its approval, before it continued eating.
At this, Lily only felt that the cat was harmless. She carefully trotted back to the dining table, with the bowl of noodles in her hands, choosing a safe spot which was furthest away from the cat. Suddenly, as if she recalled sothing, she enquired, “What did you call the cat just now?”
“Rollie”, Hao Ren looked down to his only ‘family mber’. “His na is Rollie.”
Lily’s silver hair and wolf ears slowly retracted as she cald down. In all honesty, Hao Ren was still feeling quite guilty. With a look of amazent on Lily’s face, she asked, “Why does it have such a weird na?”
“This cat ca to my house last year,” Hao Ren answered with a chuckle, elaborating on the background of his cat. “I had no idea what breed it was. This is a remote place, with many wild cats and dogs and to have one or two entering your house unnoticed is pretty common. But sohow, this cat did not leave after it ca, I’ve tried driving it out away a few tis but to no avail…”
“So you na it ‘Rollie’? Hoping that it will roll2 away?” Lily asked with glaring eyes.
“No, it likes to jump onto the bed when I’m watching TV and I used to shout ‘roll off’ to shoo it away. It was effective at first, but as ti passed by, whenever I shout ‘roll off’ it’ll co towards instead. This cat thinks that its na is ‘roll off’, so its na is really Rollie now.
After hearing this, Lily ate her food silently and monts later said, “Feels like this is a weird place.”
Hao Ren rolled his eyes, thinking: There’s nothing in this house that’s weirder than you. This werewolf had her common sense turned upside down!
It was already nine in the evening after they finished their al. It was Rollie’s ti of the day to be active. It ran to the first floor to patrol its territory. On the other hand, Hao Ren left his cutleries in the kitchen sink, letting them soak overnight so that he can wash them the following day. After that, he lit a cigarette, sat in the living room, and stared blankly into space, continuing to sort out the day’s events in his mind and sighed as he felt that he had great difficulty in accepting what had happened.
Also full of energy, the werewolf was running up and down the stairs, trying to familiarize with her new ho. Lily sniffed around every new place she passed, as if trying to morize all the scents.
Although Lily was in her human form now, Hao Ren could’t help but imagine that she still had pointy ears and a swishy tail. In normal circumstances, Hao Ren would have shared what was in his mind when a guest was being too comfortable in his ho. However, with Lily, he had nothing left to say.
He thought to himself, “It is normal for wolves to mark their territories. Now, I just hope that this particular wolf is aware that this is not her ho and that she’s just a tenant.” Considering Lily’s current actions, this would not be a problem.
Anyway, no matter what the circumstances were, Hao Ren was sure that he was not a worthy opponent for the werewolf.
Was it a mistake to invite a non-human with such high fighting capacity into his ho in such a manner?
After regaining his composure, Hao Ren couldn’t help but think it through. But after much consideration, he felt that he made the right choice and in fact… looked forward to seeing how things would develop in the future.
This was actually him asking for trouble as a normal person should learn to avoid danger, and not approach a mysterious being that was capable of taking his life, out of curiosity. However, Hao Ren was tired of his mundane daily life.
He loved reading novels, watching television as well as reading different weird sci-fi stories. This was the monotonous and empty state of life that every single adolescent who did not have to worry about money would choose to live in. Hao Ren was not that childish and was still not that sick of his aningless life. His first reaction when faced with random pop-ups online would be to close them. But this did not seem to dampen Hao Ren’s curiosity when faced with “new excitents”. This was due to the psychology of seeking novelty. Once the psychology of seeking novelty is satisfied, so would have stepped back, whilst so…
Would have reacted the sa way as Hao Ren.
No matter what, he needed to be aware of the weird but dangerous bat. Although unclear on why he was a target for the bat, Hao Ren accepted this fact. He was not the kind who ran away from reality but would keenly search for ways to increase his chances of survival. For example, taking in a werewolf who seemingly possessed such high fighting capabilities yet was still quite friendly and negotiable.
“Landlord! Here is your rent!” Lily was scurrying around the house (there were outcries whenever she bumped into Rollie during this frenzy) and finally ca to her senses about her current form. She happily trotted to the house to get her purse, calculated her rent and stuffed it into Hao Ren’s hands saying, “According to the advertisent you put up, this is 3 months’ rent in advance, how much is the additional cost for food?”
Apart from being negotiable, this was a werewolf who willingly paid her rent. No one could ever find this scenario in a book.
“Food will be free!” Hao Ren realized Lily frowned as soon as she slled the cigarette smoke (such keen sense of sll!) and he consciously put out his cigarette. “An extra mouth to feed will not cost much. Plus, don’t keep calling landlord, I have a na. Just call Hao Ren.”
“OK, landlord.”
“Call Hao Ren…”
“Yes landlord.”
“… forget about it. I’m going to bed, so make yourself at ho. Do not simply enter the rooms that are locked, but other rooms should be fine.” Hao Ren sighed and went into his room. As Lily was about to leave, a new topic ca to her mind. “Oh landlord, you wouldn’t attack in the middle of the night right? It’s just you and in this house and it’s my first ti renting a room from a bachelor…”
Upon hearing this, Hao Ren nearly fell to the ground. He angrily turned around, stared at the werewolf and said, “For my own personal safety, I would never ever attack you at night. So there’s nothing for you to worry about!”
Translator Notes
1 Rollie (滚, Gǔn) The aning of this word is ‘roll’. However, the author uses 滚 as a short for 滚开, which ans to buzz off. Since the aning of the RAW would be lost in translation, I decided to explain the reason for the choice of na and how that scenario actually flowed smoothly in the original RAW.
2 Similarly, the roll away here ant to buzz off. I had it translated as roll away to retain the reason for Hao Ren naming his cat Rollie.
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