Allergic To Furry Things But Can Pet Them Mentally – CH20

Chapter 20

After saying that, Tang Rong did not know what else he could add.

It had been hard enough just surviving on the garbage planet, so naturally he had never had any hobbies or talents. Unlike the other children in class, who could sing or dance, the only thing he could really introduce was his love for little snow leopards.

Seeing this, Teacher Tangyuan gently guided him. “Then can Rongrong introduce snow leopards to us? I’m sure a lot of the children don’t know much about that animal.”

Tang Rong nodded. Now that he had a topic, he continued, “Little snow leopards have long tails, almost as long as their bodies. They’re especially cute.”

Shen Muhan suddenly felt the base of his tailbone itch. If he could grow out a fluffy long tail right now, it would definitely be wagging like crazy.

“Little snow leopards look a lot like kittens, and they sound a lot like kittens too. Miaowu~ miaowu~ Just like this.”

Tang Rong very seriously mimicked the sounds of a little snow leopard a few times. It was unbearably cute, enough to melt anyone’s heart.

Shen Muhan’s heart itched terribly too. If he were in snow leopard form right now, he would absolutely have howled a few times on the spot.

“But snow leopards are way more amazing than little cats. They’re super, super amazing big kitties.”

The little snow leopard soul inside Shen Muhan proudly lifted its chin.

A strong one needs no proof.

All these things Tang Rong knew about snow leopards had been told to him by Grandma long ago.

The garbage planet was cold all year round, with many snowy mountains. Grandma had said that Grandpa used to work as a hunter when he was alive, going into the mountains to catch simple prey to feed the family. There were some snow leopards in the mountains too. Once, Grandpa had found an injured snow leopard cub, bandaged its wounds, brought it home to nurse it back to health, and then released it. Hunters lived off the mountains, but they had their own principles too—they did not kill young animals.

Recently, after returning to the capital planet, Tang Rong had gotten his own optical brain. He had searched up many interesting things on it, and what he liked watching most was Animal World. Unlike cartoons, Animal World recorded all kinds of real animals from reality, including his favorite snow leopards.

The images on the optical brain were even more vivid and lively than Grandma’s descriptions.

If he could, Tang Rong actually really wanted to see a snow leopard in person, and even… keep a little snow leopard, to fill the empty place left behind by the snow leopard doll he had lost.

But he was allergic to fluffy creatures. Raising a pet was impossible, so he could only think about it secretly in his heart and did not dare say it out loud.

“Teacher, I’m done.” Tang Rong steadied himself, then lifted his little head to look at Teacher Tangyuan beside him.

Smiling, Tangyuan rubbed his head and praised him. “Rongrong explained it so well. Teacher learned a lot of new things from Rongrong too and got to know a brand-new little animal. Thank you, Rongrong.”

Praised, Tang Rong happily returned to his seat.

Only the last two children still had not introduced themselves.

One was Bai Tu, sitting to Tang Rong’s left. The other was Shen Muhan, sitting to Tang Rong’s right.

Teacher Tangyuan’s gaze fell over again.

Tang Rong, who had just sat down, suddenly spoke up and asked on behalf of the two little friends beside him, “Teacher, can they introduce themselves from their seats?”

Bai Tu was too timid. If he had to go up to the podium, he might start tearing up again. As for Shen Muhan, his legs seemed to have some issues. He did not walk very steadily and could easily fall.

Tangyuan froze for a moment, then nodded quickly. “Of course.”

Although introducing themselves from the podium was better for helping children practice their abilities, it was not something that absolutely had to happen on the first day of school. Take Bai Tu, who was especially timid—if she made him go up right now, he probably would not even be able to say a single word. That would just be too hard on him. Everything had to be done slowly; there was no rushing these things.

As for Shen Muhan, although he was not stage-frightened, he also had no real interest in going up to the podium to introduce himself. Being able to complete the task from his seat was just fine too.

After getting the teacher’s approval, Shen Muhan stood up and said briefly, “My name is Shen Muhan, and like Rongrong, I also like snow leopards.”

Once he finished speaking, he sat back down. He had no interest in introducing anything else.

In this class, the only child he cared about at all was the little friend who liked little snow leopards.

If he could, he really wanted to tell Tang Rong that his own spirit form was a snow leopard. But his situation could not be casually revealed to others.

The fact that he was the only SSS-grade spiritual power holder in the entire star system, as well as the information that his spirit form was a little snow leopard, were both top-secret. To the outside world, the only thing said was that the little crown prince had poor health, was weak from birth, and had been raised in Eden Garden to recover.

His talent far surpassed everyone else’s, but his body could not bear such powerful spiritual force. He was almost unable to maintain human form, and even in beast spirit form, he would occasionally lose control.

This was a flaw brought on by “atavistic reversion.”

The stronger one was, the more severe the flaw became.

What was even worse was that as he grew older, his spiritual power kept getting stronger. Although his human body was also growing at the same time, it still could not keep up with the speed of that spiritual growth. The amount of time he could stay in human form was actually getting shorter and shorter.

He had already forgotten the last time he had returned to human form in real life.

His father and mother worried that as he grew up, he would become less and less able to return to human form at all, and with such powerful and hard-to-control spiritual power, would eventually become a beast that had lost all reason.

For the sake of humanity, even if such a child were the empire’s crown prince, public opinion would still push him into laboratories and research institutes. He would be watched and recorded by countless cameras, perhaps even experimented on.

Even emperors and empresses were still flesh-and-blood parents. They had no way of accepting their child being treated like that.

So, in order to protect him, they chose to hide the truth.

As for what the future might bring, no one could say. But at least for now, they hoped he could grow up like an ordinary child.

Maybe in another few years, or ten years, things might improve.

And if they did not improve, they still had the means to buy a remote planet and let their out-of-control child live there, where he would not hurt anyone.

Seeing that the fierce-looking little boy had already finished introducing himself, Bai Tu could not keep avoiding it any longer. He could only gather up his courage and stammer out, “M-my name is Bai Tu…”

Those four words had already exhausted all of his courage. He could not say anything else.

Seeing this, Tangyuan hurriedly wrapped things up. “Alright, all the children have bravely introduced themselves now, and everyone understands each other a little better. Today is the first day of school, so Teacher isn’t planning to assign any tasks. The main focus will be ‘making friends’ and ‘free play.’ Next, Teacher is taking everyone somewhere else—we’re all going out to the yard to play together.”

The yard outside the classroom was not small. It had all kinds of entertainment facilities suitable for children, plus many beautiful flowers and plants decorating the space, and the sunlight was just right.

Not long after, all the little radish-heads in the classroom were led outside into the yard by the teacher for free exploration and play.

Tang Rong once again took the initiative to help Shen Muhan up, becoming his personal little crutch because he was worried Shen Muhan might accidentally fall again.

And Shen Muhan, very naturally, continued to enjoy Tang Rong’s care and closeness.

Bai Tu followed along beside them. Seeing that Tang Rong’s two hands were both occupied supporting Shen Muhan and that there was no way for Tang Rong to hold his hand, he could only pitifully hug his carrot more tightly and stay quiet.

When Tang Rong saw a swing in the yard, he helped Shen Muhan over to it. Since Shen Muhan’s legs were not very convenient, sitting there would be easier on him. Besides, swings were fun too.

The swings had been set up according to the number of children, six in total. Each one was small and could only fit a single child.

Under the swings was soft grass, and there were all kinds of plants around them. Some were blooming with flowers in various colors and looked very pretty.

Soon, three of the swings were taken.

Tang Rong sat in the middle. He adjusted his swing a little higher, setting it to just the right height so that when he sat on it and pointed his toes, they could barely touch the ground. He enjoyed the brief joy of lifting off the ground.

His slightly long hair was lifted by the wind and then fell again, making a faint rustling sound beside his ears, like the wind whispering secrets to him.

After swinging for a while, Tang Rong instinctively looked at the two little friends beside him.

Bai Tu was nervously wrapping his arms around the swing ropes and clutching his carrot doll tightly. He did not dare raise the swing higher, nor did he dare lift both feet off the ground to really swing. He only rocked a little.

Shen Muhan, meanwhile, had bent down and was fiddling with something on the ground. From Tang Rong’s angle, he could not see clearly what it was.

Before Tang Rong could ask, a shadow suddenly fell over him, blocking part of the sunlight.

It was the pair of twin girls from before.

They had come with a clear goal in mind—for Tang Rong.

Hearing the movement, Shen Muhan picked up the pale blue flower he had finally selected and was preparing to give to Tang Rong—his mother had said that one should give flowers to girls, and his father sent flowers to his mother every week to make her happy. Carefully protecting the flower in his palm, he straightened up and looked at the newcomers in confusion.

The older sister, Luo Yue, spoke first. “Rongrong, do you want to join us?”

Tang Rong blankly parted his lips and let out a soft “Ah?” He did not understand what “join” meant here.

The younger sister, Luo Xing, added more explanation. “Join our sisters’ group.”

Tang Rong blinked, even more confused.

The system could not help bursting into laughter inside his head: [Hahahahahaha, Host, I think they’ve mistaken you for a girl.]

To be fair, the voice of a four-year-old child was naturally hard to distinguish as male or female. On top of that, its host had very pretty features and shoulder-length hair, and his self-introduction earlier had not mentioned gender at all. It really was easy for people to misunderstand.

Finally understanding because of the system’s reminder, Tang Rong hurriedly explained, “But… I’m a boy.”

Shen Muhan, still holding the flower: “?”

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