Cub Raising Association

Chapter 51: They need a mother and father?

The sparkling and translucent pendant put on by the youth gently rested against the mermaid cub's skin. Its cool touch made the cub nestled in Xie Tao's embrace like it very much.

The feeling was like touching the sea and the mermaid race had a natural love for water.

Xie Tao stood in front of the two graves for a while. Because of what he had just said, the mermaid cub he was holding was now looking at the two pictures embedded on the gravestones in front of him.

The stones couldn't speak or move, there were only silent photographs embedded on them.

Looking at those photographs, the mermaid cub nestled in Xie Tao's arms instinctively hugged and snuggled into the youth's embrace.

Although he did not know what those standing stones were, the little mermaid instinctively wanted to express his dependence on the youth who held him and at the same time seek security from him.

"Gale, be good."

In response to the cub's dependence, Xie Tao hugged the little mermaid closer.

To Xie Tao's surprise, he saw the Knox lower his head a bit. He did not know if it was intentional or not, but the small horn on the left got closer to the mermaid cub's hand.

Xie Tao watched as the mermaid cub nestled in his arms reached out and grabbed the Knox's horn. After the cub had successfully grasped it, Xie Tao touched the cub's head again and soon the cub's tail fin was back to gently swaying back and forth.

As he was coaxing the cub, Xie Tao glanced over at the Knox whose horn was being gripped by the cub. He was actually quite amazed. The Knox had let the little mermaid grab his horn. To some extent, it could also be considered as coaxing the cub....

All the planned trips on Hailumite had been completed and the starship tickets had been booked. That evening Xie Tao boarded the ship together with the cubs.

Several days later, they arrived at Gaia. The first thing Xie Tao did when he returned to Yunbao Branch was to take out the small bottle he had filled with holy spring water and sit down on the carpet-covered floor in the living room.

The cubs who had just received basic combat training from Zarad were now sitting in rows around Xie Tao. He had temporarily stopped several cubs from trying to climb onto him and gently asked them with a warm voice to be good and sit down first.

The water in the transparent bottle was sea-blue. Xie Tao began from the left and one by one smeared the holy water on the cubs' fluffy foreheads.

Not all foreheads were fluffy, such as the Moye cub. When Xie Tao reached out his finger towards him, the cub hummed and shook his pointy tail behind him.

While Xie Tao marked the other cubs heads, the huge Muka cub waited a bit away, at the very edge of the group. When it was his turn, because of the cub's height and position, Xie Tao stood up.

Vertical scarlet pupils stared at the close by youth. The Muka cub had a dreadful appearance which could easily be frightening. If it was a normal person, they would most likely not dare to move when faced with those fierce and cold eyes.

Although he was still just a barley one year old cub, this Muka cub was much taller than the average adult humanoid and his huge body made this scary Muka cub seem even more aggressive.

However, Xie Tao calmly stood in front of the Muka cub, raised his hand and patted the cub's sharp forearm. He then extended a forefinger wetted with holy water towards the cub.

The vertical scarlet pupils originally focused on the youth's face, turned to the youth's outstretched finger. The Muka cub seemed to be thinking for several seconds, then he at last lowered his head. The cold and hard head gently touched the youth's fingertip that had been dipped in the holy water.