Allergic To Furry Things But Can Pet Them Mentally – CH61

Chapter 61

At the sound of the door opening, the woman’s voice paused, and its owner turned to look toward the doorway.

Tang Rong was in the butler’s arms, held high enough that he could clearly take in the entire room.

The one who had spoken just now was an especially beautiful older sister. Her red hair fell in loose, glamorous waves, and she wore a fishtail dress with a pair of thin high heels. Her makeup was vivid and stunning.

Behind her, inside a cage bound with chains, was a huge black beast lying low and motionless.

A faint scent of blood hung in the air. Clearly, this beast was injured.

Besides the two of them, there was also a familiar old man sitting in a wheelchair—it was Grandpa Tang Yinsheng.

“Little Rong,” Grandpa was the first to speak.

Tang Rong instinctively gripped tighter at the clothes over butler Uncle’s chest, but did not answer.

A wild thought suddenly sprang into his mind.

Subconsciously, he turned to the system for help: [System… where is Eldest Brother?]

The system let out a soft sigh. At this point, there was no choice but to answer honestly: [Host, that black beast is your eldest brother.]

Tang Rong’s pupils trembled violently. He stared at the black shape in the cage in disbelief.

At that very moment, the beast also heard the movement from their side. It lifted its head and looked straight at him. The chains on its body gave off a string of harsh sounds with the motion, making it obvious just how many restraints had been bound onto it in the darkness.

As it moved, the bloody scent in the air grew even stronger.

Lin Fei, who had been speaking earlier, subconsciously parted her lips as if to say something. But remembering that Tang Rong was here, she ultimately said nothing.

She had known Tang Yao since childhood and was almost like a daughter of the Tang family herself. She understood far too well how he must be feeling at this moment.

On the way here, Tang Rong had seen many similar beasts. They had all looked as though they had gone out of control, and just looking at them had made his scalp go numb.

And yet now, although what met his eyes was a pair of sharp, terrifying beast eyes—frightening enough at a glance to chill someone to the bone, far more terrifying than all the ones he had seen on the way—Tang Rong could not sense even the slightest trace of danger.

The beast stared fixedly at him. It did not look at him the way one looked at prey or a target to attack. If anything, it was more like… the fervent gaze of a little puppy.

Tang Rong met its gaze for a few seconds, then looked away and turned to the wheelchair-bound Grandpa. At last, he responded to the earlier call.

“Grandpa.”

Seeing this, the butler carried him over to the old master, bent down, and set him on the floor.

Tang Rong did not resist leaving his arms.

The instant his feet touched the ground, Tang Rong threw himself into Grandpa’s embrace.

An unfamiliar place, a dangerous beast, doubts in his heart—back when he had still been on the garbage planet, Tang Rong would have tried hard to face all of it on his own. But now he was no longer alone. He had family now, and he could seek shelter from them.

Tang Yinsheng immediately lifted him onto his lap.

His body itself didn’t have any hidden illness, and his legs could still walk normally. It was just that because his spiritual power had been extracted, his body had been left severely weakened, so he had to avoid fatigue as much as possible. Otherwise, many problems would arise from overburdening himself.

Tang Rong was light as a feather. Sitting on his lap was no problem at all.

Then Tang Yinsheng’s gaze shifted toward the three little ones still stacked together at the side.

It was time to give little Rong an explanation.

Feeling their father’s silent urging, the little lion slowly carried his son and daughter over to them on his back.

There had once been the ancient practice of carrying thorn branches on one’s back to beg forgiveness. Now there was him—carrying cubs on his back to beg forgiveness.

A few seconds later, an optical screen appeared out of thin air at the right side of the little lion’s body. A line of text showed on it:

[Little Rong, I’m Dad.]

Tang Rong happened to know every one of those characters, but even so, he still read them over and over again in disbelief, doubting both his eyes and his mind.

Then another optical screen appeared beside the little nine-tailed fox:

[I’m Third Brother.]

The little bird’s optical screen hovered above its head in tiny text:

[I’m Second Sister.]

Tang Rong also happened to know all the characters in those lines too, and he was even more shocked.

Grandpa slowly added, “Little Rong, the one in the cage is your eldest brother.”

The butler struck while the iron was hot and explained, “Little Rong knows what spiritual power is, but you didn’t know that once spiritual power becomes strong enough, it can condense into a spirit form. People who have spirit forms can freely switch between human form and spirit form.”

“The juvenile state of a spirit form is those fluffy little animals Little Rong first saw—including… the three right in front of you.”

“And one like your eldest brother is called a battle form. Under normal circumstances, spirit forms can switch between states freely. But Eldest Brother was born with a defect, and he was also injured, so he lost his reason and can’t change back.”

“I’m very sorry for hiding this from you for so long.”

Although the butler himself had never personally deceived Tang Rong by taking on a spirit form, he had been the core figure helping the entire Tang family keep up the lie. He too ought to apologize to the little cub in front of him.

“The reason we chose to hide it was because your family’s spiritual power truly does have an inborn flaw. It fluctuates easily. In daily life, they have to wear bite guards and chains, and after only a few days they may become ‘beasts’ like your eldest brother. You’re too young, and we were afraid we would scare you.”

“And the reason we’ve suddenly decided to tell you now is because your checkup earlier showed that you have an especially, especially powerful healing ability. It can ease your family’s condition, which means they won’t lose control and turn into beasts and scare you anymore.”

“Little Rong is like an amazing little doctor. If the family lives together with little Rong, they won’t get sick anymore.”

“Even though the concealment came from good intentions, we really did deceive you. As long as we can earn your forgiveness, we’re willing to do anything.”

Curled in Grandpa’s arms, Tang Rong slowly tried to digest that enormous flood of information.

Seeing that, no one else said anything further. They simply waited quietly and patiently for his response.

Tang Rong looked at the three little ones piled together in front of him, then looked at the beast in the cage, who was still staring at him.

Just a few days ago, Little Han-brother had asked him about lying. His answer then had been that he especially, especially hated being lied to.

And yet now, he couldn’t summon any anger at all.

Whether as fluffy creatures or in human form, his family had all treated him so, so well. With family this good, even if they did something that ought to make him angry, he simply couldn’t be angry at them.

And yet his heart still felt clogged and uncomfortable.

Being lied to did not feel good. He had even foolishly prepared separate little gifts for the fluffy creatures and for his family, when in fact they were the same people all along.

A feeling of grievance gradually spread through his whole body, something like having been toyed with, and the little cub’s eyes slowly reddened and filled with watery light.

Everyone panicked at once, including the beast in the cage.

Although it hadn’t taken part in hiding the truth from the little cub, this was still its first time meeting its younger brother. It had already been excited to begin with, and now, seeing with its own eyes that its little brother had been wronged to the point of reddened eyes, it grew even more anxious.

A sudden commotion rang out from inside the cage. Because of the pain, the beast couldn’t stop itself from letting out a low growl, and the smell of blood in the room became even stronger.

Lin Fei could no longer hold back. She kicked the cage once with the tip of her high heel and snapped, “Tang Yao, are you trying to die?”

Then she called over a healer and a doctor to re-bandage the wound.

It was a pretty serious injury—a gash deep enough to reveal bone, stretching from his neck all the way to his abdomen. Thanks to his restless movements, it had torn open again.

Fortunately, because Lin Fei and the little cub had arrived, he wasn’t as out of control as he had been at first.

Even though Lin Fei still spoke harshly in a situation like this, Tang Yao was exactly the sort of person who responded to that. He liked hearing her scold him. If Lin Fei ever turned gentle and tender and birdlike, he’d just get goosebumps all over instead.

Every time his spiritual power spiraled out of control, a few sharp words from Lin Fei could drag back a sliver of his reason.

Tang Rong’s emotions were interrupted by this sudden turn of events. He blinked and looked worriedly toward the cage.

He had already accepted the fact that the one in the cage was his eldest brother.

Was Eldest Brother hurt that badly?

He had never smelled such a strong scent of blood before.

Would Eldest Brother… die?

Without realizing it, Tang Rong bit down harder on his lower lip.

Seeing this, the system offered a suggestion: [Host, didn’t they say you have an amazing healing ability? Do you want to try touching Eldest Brother? Maybe it would help his recovery.]

It said this partly to help the Tang family. As a system, it had already silently contributed far, far too much.

With that little prompt from the system, Tang Rong also remembered that whole matter. Although he still felt doubtful about his own ability, he desperately wanted to ease his eldest brother’s pain and hoped he could get better soon.

The little cub suddenly climbed down from Grandpa’s lap and carefully walked toward the cage on his short little legs.

Everyone’s eyes followed him tensely, but not one person interrupted.

[What should I do?] Tang Rong asked the system in his head.

The system replied: [Hmm, try petting him? He’s wearing a bite guard and chains, so he won’t be able to hurt you. Don’t worry.]

Tang Rong stopped in front of the cage and stretched out a small hand, lightly touching the black fur.

The fur was soft and pleasant to touch.

Because the beast’s body was so large, his little hand could sink all the way into the fur and be completely wrapped in fluff.

Inside the cage, healers and doctors in protective clothing were treating the black wolf’s wounds. His head had been moved toward the other side, so he couldn’t see the little cub. The little cub’s touch against his fur was so light, light as a feather drifting down—but he felt it unmistakably.

[Ding~ Points +30]

So many points!

Tang Rong also gradually realized why he wasn’t allergic to some “little animals”—it was because they weren’t real animals at all, but fluffy spirit forms.

The system had definitely discovered that long ago, but hadn’t told him.

System: [……] Guilty.

The system softly tried to defend itself with a few words, only to be suddenly interrupted by Tang Rong.

“Whose spirit form is the little snow leopard?”

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