From the other side of the screen came a calm, reliable voice, still smiling warmly, even gently knocking on his mecha’s hatch. Approving and giving affirmation, after countless times of despair— “We’ve always admired that.” Little Chu Zao said cheerily, watching the branch monster, half-blown apart by Chao Huangmu, panic and try to escape. He… Continue reading Cub 115: How Are They Just Like the Holy Cas People?

When exactly did it happen? Clearly there was such a great distance—how did this person in front of them appear before them in just an instant? As a Crown Clan member of the mythic immortal race, they were seemingly born to fight. Even the less combative individuals in their clan could, once grown, easily handle… Continue reading Cub 114: As If Waiting for This Sentence—for a Very, Very Long Time

The equally stunned Feeney hesitated in confusion—so that’s why everything had gone so smoothly today? So he’d just walked right into this?! Feeney looked at the two bedraggled young people nearby, especially his own dusty little cub. Throwing a tantrum, he was still exactly like when he was little. Feeney instinctively began, “Sorry abou—” But… Continue reading Cub 113: Please Don’t Use Weapons Against My Family’s Cub

“He was definitely about to blow his top just now, hahaha—” Not far away, Feeney was hiding in a corner, live-broadcasting to Anya, who wasn’t far behind. “He’s got such a heavy idol burden now. He’s clearly still a cub, but I said early on, you see, being handsome is a lifelong thing!” Anya tutted… Continue reading Cub 112: Cub, Lost

The little cub lay in Amos’s arms, still a bit skeptical. “So Zao Zao—needs to improve again?” Yes, you need to improve again. Amos breathed a sigh of relief. He held the little one and walked further inside. “What are you doing?” “We’re talking about the new National Day coming up, Zao Zao’s going to… Continue reading Cub 111: The Fear of Being Dominated by the Future King of the Holy Cas Empire

A light rain fell over Holy Cas Imperial Star, the sky overcast, the time passing and the temperature gradually dropping. The weather seemed dim throughout Holy Cas, much like the mood of the empire. Home at last. Little Chu Zao lay at the window for a long while. Even as the warship landed, he kept… Continue reading Cub 110: Baba, Are They Doing Something Shameful?

Little Chu Zao, holding up his little crown, blinked at him. Bathed in the crown’s light, Chao Huangmu’s whole figure was revealed as he huddled in the corner, then slumped back down to the floor. The teenage boy was drenched in sweat, his military coat discarded with only a training vest left. The black vest… Continue reading Cub 109: Zao Zao Really Knows How to Handle People

In the boundless, pitch-black cosmos, that was not a minor variation composed by instruments. Just a scattering of faint, star-like gleams. —Remember them here, then bring them home. See. Cousin. Isn’t this exactly what you’ve always wondered about, friend, family—what, in the end, is the relationship between the long-lived and the short-lived? In a moment,… Continue reading Cub 108: The Millennium-Old Holy Cas Behind Us

Everything around them became very quiet. Especially at this moment, as they stood there. Illumination machines surrounded them, emitting a faint mechanical wing-beat. Occasionally, there came a slight sizzle of mechanical malfunction. Those beams of light stretched from their bodies, slowly reaching out into the distance, extending into the pitch-black cosmos, illuminating the place where… Continue reading Cub 107: Remember Them, and Then, Someday, Bring Them Back

The little cub vaguely felt he’d seen a similar psychic thread before, when Grandma left, just before he cried himself to sleep. That psychic thread disappeared too quickly, and its color was so faint he could barely notice it—the little one hadn’t been able to track the source. But he soon spotted Ayala’s psychic thread.… Continue reading Cub 106: The Barrier Born of Flesh and Bone Upon the Ruined Wreckage