Time flew by and in a few hours, Xiao Ling will be one month old.
Long Shun and Long Hao's punishments were lifted. Their mother, Madam Long did not have the heart to put them through any more humiliation, as long as they could come to their senses about their wrongdoings, it was more than enough for her.
'Every action has its consequence.'
That's what she often tells them, urging them not to make poor decisions, and that the future can be stable or dangerous, depending on each decision they make.
Jin, has grown up a bit... A few more catties. Due to so many snacks he has been consuming, enjoying life, but forgetting his principal task. To be by Xiao Ling's side.
And because of that, today, he received a scare from his father.
"Boy, son... Do you want to kill me from anxiety?"
Communication between father and son of the same race is a normal thing. Soul links connect them.
"Father?" the rodent's panic made him shudder, and the fatness of his body moved like a bag full of water.
"Son... (Sigh), you know, the Oracle said that your mission is not to eat..." his father's helplessness stiffened his back.
"No... I'm not eating!" Refuting the Oracle's claims. He knows his father can't see him.
"Son... I really wanted one of your older siblings, who are more mature, to accomplish the task, but back then only you were available, so we had no choice but to send you instead, however that doesn't mean that because it was you. You're going to stop accomplishing your mission."
Hearing his father's voice with a sound of disappointment and resignation, Jin remained silent and lowered his little head. His whiskers and little ears fell down, leaving him silent.
His father, Tao, could imagine how his son would feel to be told all those things, but it's not like he wants to compare his sons, in fact, the Oracle said that the only one who could fulfill the task well is the youngest one, so he clenched his teeth and accepted it.
But the Oracle told him that there would be times when he should step in and guide his youngest child, even if it pained him to compare him to his older children.
"If you grow too big, she won't be able to carry you when she learns to walk, you must behave like a normal pet, that's all."
His father's firmness left him, startled. The little (fat) rodent tilted his head sideways, asking himself. 'Carry me? She can do that when I walk?' At the thought of that, and the thought of how she would caress him and how comfortable it would be to be in a lady's arms. His cheeks flushed lightly.
Thinking about this, he changed his mind about his eating habits. 'I must exercise to be fit by the time she carries me, so I won't be so heavy.'
The guinea pig's new determination grew quickly in his heart, not doubting for a second what he must do from now on.
"Father, I understand, don't worry..." but at this stage, he felt a little hesitant...
Sighing a sigh of relief in his heart, Tao found his son wanted to keep talking, so he encouraged him to continue.
"Is something wrong?" with the warmth of a father to his son, Tao spoke patiently.
"Father... She... Chibi Master... She..."
Not understanding why his son stammered, he waited patiently.
"Hmm?"
"She knows I can talk, and she got more excited, it was an accident, she has quite intellect and the thoughts she has are quite mature, so she doesn't look like an ordinary baby... And realizing that I can talk and communicate with her mentally she got excited, and she started talking certain incoherent things, but what I mean is that her intelligence is just like an adult's, except for her sweet and melodious voice."
Jin spoke so fast that he took his father by surprise.
Tao, who listened to what his son said in disarray, was quick to catch what he was really saying.
"She knows you can talk, but she didn't get scared. It excited her the fact that you could do it and that you could hear her thoughts and the knowledge she displays is that of an adult..."
Tao took those words to his heart and repeated them repeatedly, not paying much attention to his youngest son, who was nodding like a chicken pecking at the ground.
Those who passed by Jin saw him like that. Some got frightened, some found it funny, and some thought he was sick from all the snacks he was eating.
Tao and his son are lost in their own thoughts, the reason Jin longs to be held by Xiao Ling is only that the sweet and melodious baby voice makes him feel refreshed, let alone when she grows up, he knows that she will be a beauty who can bring countries or continents to her feet.
But Tao thinks otherwise.
'If she has the intelligence from birth, that means the beast didn't choose an ordinary person, worse yet, the lady of the Oracle's prophecy who can free Master, is not an ordinary person either, she will grow up to be a very extraordinary individual, I just hope no one tries to woo her behind the Master's back.'
Thinking about this, Tao felt panic in his heart.
"Younger son... You must take care of her that no, being a boy or a man other than her immediate family approaches her, we must take care of her, she does not fall in love with anyone, she can only be Master's, remember that!"
"Father, she gave me a name, Jin, now my name is Jin, so don't worry, I will guard her against the clutches of the wolves called human men, I know she will grow up to be a beauty, her parents gave her good genes, and I must have a good position so that she will not cast me aside and pay more attention to me than those who become suitors..."
Tao sighed with relief to think that her son has a good relationship with her, and to think that since she already gave him a name, he has a good place in her heart.
But she doesn't know that Jin will not only chase away the suitors; but that the demons at home called Lord Long, Long Shun and Long Hao will be more vigilant than Jin.