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57. The Wedding Night
Held tight in Edgar’s arms and being taken away by Edgar, Shu Shu had some regrets at the beginning. Why did he pretend to be dead and therefore get caught?
However, after regretting for a while, his mood quickly changed to the point that he could not restrain himself from touching the muscles of Edgar's abdomen with his paws.
This man’s muscles looked really good, ah . . . . Touching and stroking, Shu Shu felt a little shy.
The military department usually didn’t allow outsiders to enter, but now that there was no war, the supervision was not so strict. Besides, Edgar was going to watch the new recruit competition today, which did not involve any secrets at all. It was all right even if he directly bring Shu Shu to enter, not to mention that Shu Shu was just a little hamster now.
"Once we arrive, I’ll put you in my pocket. Be obedient, and I’ll take you to see the mech." When the aircraft almost arrived at the gate of the military department, Edgar plucked Shu Shu, who had been messing with him and making him very tickly, from the inside of his clothes.
Sitting in a crouch on Edgar's hand, Shu Shu nodded repeatedly.
Getting off the aircraft, Edgar headed for the doorway of the military department, and the scanner in the doorway started to “beep” loudly at the same time.
"Your Imperial Highness, is there a living animal on your body?" The soldier on duty as the gate-keeper looked at Edgar in surprise. Edgar didn't look like he was carrying something, ah.
"I bring this little guy with me today." Edgar patted his breast pocket. Having heard what was said, Shu Shu immediately stretched his head out from inside the pocket to let the man look him over. Opening his eyes wide, his tiny eyes looked extremely innocent.
The soldier glanced at Shu Shu in amazement and then opened the door. It really made people very amazed that His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince would actually bring his pet to the military department!
Wasn't it only sub-beastmen who liked pets? When beastmen, especially snake beastmen, saw this little guy, they should have felt like devouring it whole, right?
The military department would recruit soldiers every year. Now that the high-tech weapons were more and more powerful, the current recruiting condition of the military department was completely different from that in ancient times.
In ancient times, as long as the beastmen were able-bodied, they could go and be a soldier. But now, if they had not attended a special military school and learned to operate all kinds of weapons, wanting to be a soldier was basically impossible . . . .
It was also because of this that there were countless military schools in the Beastman Empire nowadays. Among these, there were ordinary military schools that genuinely didn’t care about the grades of the cultural subjects, and there were high level military schools that aimed to groom military officers. For example, when the Imperial College graduates joined the military department, they would definitely take up duty as officers.
Today, there was a batch of new recruits who were going to join the military department.
These new recruits were actually recruited two months ago. The military had trained them for the whole two months, and today was the day when these new recruits had a competition. After the competition, they would officially swear an oath to join the military department.
A great many people came to watch the new recruit competition. The eight corps of the Beastman Empire all had people coming. Even four of the corps marshals were coming. The other four did not come because they were not in the capital star.
Every year, some good seedlings could be found among the newly enlisted soldiers, and every corps would fight over these good seedlings.
However, the Imperial Fleet and the eight corps were separate. The independent Imperial Fleet would recruit soldiers on their own and not through the military department. Therefore, today Edgar came purely to watch the lively event, and he brought Shu Shu along to watch the excitement.
The individual mech competition held on the drill ground and the group battle competition held in the virtual network were underway almost simultaneously. The latter would probably make no sense and quite boring for people who did not understand about military matters, so Edgar brought Shu Shu to watch the mech competition.
Even if the new recruits' mechs played very well, Edgar seemed to be quite indifferent to it. On the contrary, Shu Shu popped his little head out of Edgar's breast pocket and were watching in exhilaration.
Sure enough, bringing Shu Shu here was a correct decision. Edgar couldn't help but stroke Shu Shu’s little head with his fingers.
Although he and Shu Shu had known each other for quite a long time and gotten along for more than half a year, but they had been obstructed by the language barrier at first. As a result, they hadn’t had many exchanges and also had never gone on a date . . . .
Today, they could be considered as going on a date together, right?
Head rubbed by Edgar’s hand, Shu Shu immediately turned his head and glared at Edgar resentfully. As a little hamster that was only as big as the palm of the hand, his glare was really meaningless to Edgar.
The corners of Edgar's mouth curled up, and it was right at this moment that Myer, wearing a military uniform, walked toward Edgar.
"Edgar." Myer gave Edgar a quick look and then glanced at the little hamster in Edgar's pocket with eyes full of doubt.
Edgar always liked strong people and strong animals. He truly didn't expect that Edgar would actually smile at a little hamster . . . .
"Myer." Edgar nodded toward Myer.
Myer was the son of a duke as well as a mech master. As soon as he came over, an army orderly brought him a chair. After he sat down, he turned towards Edgar with a complex expression. "I heard that you’re getting married?"
"Yes, that’s right." Edgar nodded.
"It’s really very sudden. I thought you’re the kind of man who dedicates himself to the army wholeheartedly and will only get married when he’s fifty or sixty years old.” Myer said again.
"I used to think so." Edgar replied.
"Didn't you say that you like strong and not sticky sub-beastmen? Why is the final choice completely different from what you’ve said?" Myer said in a joking tone, smiling.
"I didn't know what I liked at that time. Also . . . Shu Shu’s so amazing." Edgar stroked the little hamster who was sending punches and kicks to him from inside his pocket. After getting placated by him, the little hamster finally calmed down.
Myer took a deep breath, his fist clenching and loosening unconsciously.
He was the highest-ranking noble-born sub-beastman in the whole Empire, and he was also outstanding in his own right. He always thought that only Edgar was worthy of himself, and only he was worthy of Edgar. But now Edgar was getting married, and the object was not him.
Myer didn't talk, while Edgar actually had a very rare desire to talk. "Shu Shu’s really great, not the same as the sub-beastmen I’ve seen before . . ." Well, okay, Shu Shu was in fact not a sub-beastman.
Anyway, Shu Shu of that time was not a bit stronger than a sub-beastman, but he certainly managed to survive in the dangerous forest. He obviously regarded Edgar as a beast and was very afraid of him, but he also did not abandon him.
If Edgar asked himself honestly, he felt that should he found himself in Shu Shu's position, he probably wouldn’t go and save a beast that frightened him very, very much.
Remembering that Shu Shu always looked really frightened by him at that time, the expression on Edgar’s face and the one showing in his eyes softened in unison.
Myer give Edgar a glance and then turned his head and started watching the new recruits’ performance below. "He looks very simple and cute. Congratulations, you two."
Edgar nodded. "Thanks."
When Myer was saying "simple and cute" before, he meant it as sarcasm. Now, hearing Edgar reply like that, he was suddenly choked with emotion. He concentrated on watching the competition and no longer paid attention to Edgar.
At this moment, Shu Shu finally put down his guard against Myer. There was not one bit of ambiguity between Myer and Edgar, and Myer even congratulated Edgar. He really shouldn’t have been overly on his guard against Myer.
Edgar brought Shu Shu to watch the new recruit competition. Then he brought Shu Shu to the restaurant on the top floor of the Imperial Plaza and asked for a private room for couples. After checking that the private room was absolutely safe, he ate a tableful of dishes with Shu Shu.
The hamster's mouth was too small, so eating was especially a slow affair. Shu Shu really wanted to turn into a human, but, thinking that he would be momentarily naked after turning into a human . . . .
He simply crawled to the middle of a saucer of dried fruits and then stuffed the whole saucer of dried fruits into his own mouth in grief and indignation.
Seeing Shu Shu on the plate, Edgar suddenly had an urge to scoop Shu Shu up with a spoon . . . . Of course, considering the days ahead, he didn’t do it in the end. Rather, he quietly watched the waiter who wore a baffled expression upon seeing him eat a couple set meal with a pet.
Even so, after returning home, Shu Shu was disinclined to pay attention to him. After acting as a hamster for a whole day, Shu Shu quickly ran away into the study. Then he got into the virtual cabin and began to learn etiquette.
He had already checked the wedding process online, and he knew that the wedding was going to be broadcasted live on the star network. He certainly couldn't lose face!
When Shu Shu was thinking that he couldn't lose face, there were many people on the star network who thought that he would surely lose face. Even the media thought that he would definitely perform very poorly when the moment came.
"I know someone who attended the banquet held in the Imperial palace last time. He said that the crown princess-to-be didn’t have the faintest idea about etiquette. Can he complete the wedding process properly?"
"The current empress made a fool of himself at his own wedding then. Will the crown princess-to-be also be like this? "
“Making a fool of himself is still okay. I heard that he looks ugly too . . . ."
. . . . . .
Shu Shu knew nothing at all about these comments, but Edgar saw them. However, he couldn’t possibly go and forcibly banned such personal comments, so he could only close the star network sullenly.
"The wedding is set on the 20th of next month. Does Shu Shu have any problem with the date?" Ian asked his son a little anxiously. He already made Shu Shu practice the whole process in the virtual cabin, but he was still very anxious.
Before he married Chris, he also practiced for a long time. He didn't expect that he still ended out shameful at the wedding and even took a tumble. In the end, he relied on Jonathan to help him cover it, so he was able to get through the ordeal.
"No problem. When the moment comes, I’ll stay beside him." Edgar said. Having learned a lesson from the mistakes of his predecessors, in no way would he leave Shu Shu behind. Moreover, he was able to keep observing Shu Shu's progress these days. Using the virtual cabin to learn all kinds of movements every day, Shu Shu’s change of temperament was really quite big. However, it also made him feel a little distressed.
Shu Shu was a beastman, yet now he was going to be married off to him as a sub-beastman . . . .
Edgar returned to his own residence with some guilty feeling. But when he saw Shu Shu sit upright and eat half of the food in a formal posture and then fully reveal his true self by cheerfully packing the rest of the food into his food pouches, he nevertheless couldn’t help but start laughing.
Shu Shu learned all the etiquettes without exception and repeated the wedding process several times to ensure that he would not make a single mistake, and he even found the time to learn some of the elementary and middle school courses. Then his wedding day arrived.
It was at this time that Shu Shu found a problem.
At the wedding ceremony, there was a part where the beastman give the beast bead to the sub-beastman. Then this beast bead . . . .
"Edgar, you’re going to give me the beast bead later, so what’s your beast bead?" Shu Shu asked curiously.
Edgar stared blankly. He had already given his beast bead to Shu Shu. Could it be that Shu Shu did not know that it was the beast bead?
"I’ve already given it to you." Edgar said. "The red bead that I gave you last time."
"That’s the beast bead?" Shu Shu went blank. The beast bead was apparently the same thing as the diamond ring on the earth. Edgar gave him the beast bead, and then it was actually eaten by him . . . .
Shu Shu always felt that it was very strange for a man to give birth to a child. He was convinced that he was different from the people here and was absolutely unable to give birth to a child. Consequently, he never went and read the puberty education books. Since he currently didn’t know the true role of the beast bead, he regretted very much the fact that he had eaten the “diamond ring” Edgar gave him.
Shu Shu invited his classmates from the skill class to attend his wedding, and he also invited Jones, but on the wedding day, he simply didn’t have time to talk to them.
The imperial wedding was really very complicated.
The marriage ceremony between a beastman and a sub-beastman was completely different from that on the earth. The dress worn was a bit strange to Shu Shu, but there were marriage vows just like on the earth. As for Edgar giving him the beast bead . . . considering that Edgar could not produced the second beast bead, this part was omitted.
Watching Shu Shu completing the entire wedding process perfectly while holding Edgar's arm, Myer looked a bit pale.
Shu Shu whom he saw at the Imperial banquet last time gave the impression of being unsophisticated and basically could only be his attendant. Present-day Shu Shu, however, had undergone tremendous changes.
The specially arranged style made the crown princess-to-be look very, very pretty. Even if Myer was dressed in splendid clothes today, that person was still not eclipsed by his rays of light. The most important point was that this person’s temperament, behavior, and manners were completely different from before.
After only a few days? How could a person change so much?
So, did this person put on an act at the banquet that day? Did he pretend in that way to make Edgar pity him?
Myer had a feeling of being deceived as he drained the cup of wine in his hand in one gulp.
Meanwhile, a group of people on the star network were shouting that they had been deceived.
"The crown princess is obviously very pretty. Who said that he’s not pretty?"
"His temperament is also very good. He doesn’t look like he came from a remote planet at all!"
"The crown princess looks really cute and appears to be very young. I also want a sub-beastman like him in the future."
. . . . . .
A common-born crown princess would provoke envy but would also made the commoners feel close to him. Looking at the live broadcast screen, more and more people began to give their blessings, and below the live video, flowers and gifts from everyone piled up.
After discovering that the part where the crown prince gave the beast bead away was actually left out, there were many people who start to ridicule him.
"His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince’s really too worried. He hasn’t married yet, and he already gave the beast bead away."
"He learned from His Imperial Majesty. His Imperial Majesty was also like this then. He hasn't married the empress, but he already gave the beast bead to the empress."
"It’s actually not so nice of them to do such things. It makes the wedding not so perfect . . ."
. . . . . .
Some people said so on the Internet, and everyone at the wedding scene was also talking about it.
Calvin felt very funny. "Edgar totally doesn't look like the kind of person who will give the beast bead away in advance to please people. Why can’t he even take out the beast bead now?"
Hearing Calvin’s words, his father, the Duke of Mund, immediately scowled. "You must not talk about the Imperial family recklessly."
"My Lord Duke, now is no longer ancient times. Everyone likes to talk about the Imperial family these days." Calvin laughed. Nowadays, it was all about the freedom of speech, and the Imperial family was already very in touch with the people.
"Maybe Edgar didn’t hand over the beast bead in advance to please people." Jonathan suddenly said.
"Mother, what’re you talking about?" Calvin turned towards Jonathan curiously.
"Nothing." Jonathan smiled. "I only think that this crown princess maybe isn’t as simple as he looks like. He didn't understand any etiquette at all last time, but now he does everything skillfully and easily . . . ."
"Mother, you think too much. Edgar said that Shu Shu has been practicing in the virtual cabin these days!" Calvin said.
Jonathan smiled and didn't talk anymore. Using the virtual cabin to practice was indeed convenient, but the virtual cabin didn't have that kind of slowing-down-the-time effect as some novels said. That was to say, Shu Shu only practiced for a month.
Could one month of time make a person do a 180 degree turn?
After the wedding process was over, the live broadcast was closed, and the guests were taken to a special dining area while Edgar and Shu Shu returned to their residence together.
Edgar moved to live with Shu Shu while his room was being redecorated. Now it had changed a lot. In the middle of the room, there was a very, very large bed.
Shu Shu had been tired for half of the day. Seeing the bed, he immediately threw himself onto it. "I’m gonna die from exhaustion!"
Edgar watched Shu Shu amusedly and then saw Shu Shu suddenly bound up from the bed. "But I’m very happy. I’m married!"
He thought that as a daemon, he would not have a wedding. He did not expect that he actually had a wedding that received worldwide attention in the end, and with a mythical beast as a partner to boot. It’s really great!
"I’m also very happy." Edgar said. "Let's go bathe together?"
"Bathe? Okay." Shu Shu nodded and went into the bathroom. He wore makeup on his face today. Although it was different than the makeup on the earth—it absolutely wouldn't run down, and it couldn't be wiped off by your hands—but he still felt very strange.
Shu Shu went into the bathroom and washed his face. Halfway through, he saw Edgar coming in from the outside, already stripped naked.
Really well-built! Shu Shu sighed with feeling and gazed down at Edgar’s important part.
He had seen Edgar's snake form, and there were two . . . *cough cough* . . . . Edgar's human form probably . . . wouldn't have something outlandish, right?
Edgar's human form did not have two, only one, but it was much bigger than his . . . . This was definitely related to one’s build. Shu Shu felt that if it was calculated according to the proportion, his certainly wouldn’t be much smaller than Edgar’s.
Giving Edgar an envious glance, Shu Shu was suddenly hugged.
After getting pulled into the bath to wash together and then carried to the bed by Edgar, Shu Shu finally remembered that getting married did not only involve a wedding ceremony but also a wedding night.
Taking a look at Edgar, Shu Shu blushed all over and unavoidably had a reaction. He at once called out in excitement, "Come here! Come quickly!"
According to those books his owners had read, man and man together should also felt good . . . .
Imagination was very beautiful, but reality was very cruel.
Shu Shu passionately caressed and stroked Edgar, and their passions were all stirred up. His whole body was soft, and he was a bit dizzy. And then, when Edgar pressed him down and entered him . . . .
A blood-curdling screech suddenly erupted.
Edgar was jolted by the sound of Shu Shu’s blood-curdling screech. Even if the arrow was already on the string, he immediately stopped and did not dare to move again. Shu Shu took advantage of this opportunity to break free and then . . . turned into a little hamster without the slightest hesitation.
On the huge bed, one of the two intertwined people had disappeared and turned into a hamster. The little hamster started to jump around angrily on the bed and eventually bent down and began to inspect a certain part of his body.
This scene looked very adorable, but Edgar’s face was black when he saw it.
Could it be that he was going to spend his wedding night with a hamster?
Shu Shu was going to die. When he was being kissed and touched by Edgar just now, he felt very good, his whole body languid, and he almost let Edgar do whatever he wanted . . . .
At that time, he was still thinking that he only need to lie down, no need to exert himself. It was fine as long as he enjoyed it, and it certainly felt very good. Who would have imagined that the final step not only felt uncomfortable, but actually hurt very, very much as well!
If he had known earlier that it hurt this much, he definitely would not have done it!
"Shu Shu, change back." Edgar said while holding Shu Shu. He had been restraining himself these days, and now he really couldn’t hold back anymore.
Shu Shu rolled up his whole body and ignored Edgar, acting like he did not hear Edgar’s words.
"Tonight’s our wedding night. Are you not looking forward to it?" Edgar said again.
Shu Shu still didn’t speak. He was actually looking forward to it, but that was because he originally didn’t know that it would hurt so much!
Staring at Shu Shu, Edgar suddenly turned into his original form, becoming a thumb-thick four-legged snake.
Don't look at the tiny size of the snake, they could often swallow things thicker than their own body. After a thumb-sized snake opened its mouth, that mouth was very, very big and could completely swallow a tiny hamster.
Shu Shu froze and was scared stupid. Could it be that Edgar was going to eat him because he refused to participate in their wedding night?
Such a thought flashed through his mind, but because he was not frightened to the point of feigning death or becoming rigid from head to toe, he was in fact only a bit afraid. At the same time, he instinctively changed into a human form—after he became bigger, this snake was certainly unable to swallow him!
Shu Shu was feeling quite pleased with himself when he found that the snake had also become a human, who then pressed him down.
"Shu Shu, I was wrong just now. I was too anxious . . . . Let’s take our time, okay?" Edgar kissed Shu Shu’s face and said again, "Just now . . . I’m sorry."
He desperately wanted to make Shu Shu change into a human form and was only going to use his original form to scare Shu Shu. However, seeing Shu Shu’s pale face, he immediately regretted it.
"Taking our time also won’t work. It hurts too much!” Shu Shu stated without the slightest hesitation.
"This time I promise it won’t hurt. If you feel any pain, I’ll definitely stop right away." Edgar said.
Shu Shu looked at Edgar and, unconsciously and inexplicably, nodded.
Edgar breathed a sigh of relief and slowly started to kiss Shu Shu’s body.
Shu Shu feeling painful before had a lot to do with Edgar being too anxious. Once a sub-beastman was aroused, it was very easy to enter him, but Shu Shu was not a sub-beastman . . . .
Discovering that Shu Shu was a little swollen there, Edgar felt endlessly sorry. Using the spiritual power to help him, he started to massage it. Under the effect of the spiritual power, the area on Shu Shu’s body that ached dully just now immediately stopped aching. Shu Shu could not help but start to moan.
Spiritual power was indeed a good thing . . . . Edgar sent all his spiritual power into Shu Shu’s body. He promised Shu Shu that it would not hurt and would not injure him either. After that, he slowly ate his partner up.
Shu Shu was always afraid of being eaten by him, and right now, it could be said that he was really eaten by him.