Liu Jiao was sent as the clan’s “gift”.
Snow Wolf King had just recently ascended the throne, and every tribe in the Northern Kingdom offered various kinds of lavish gifts as tribute to express their loyalty.
The Snow Leopard Clan possessed meager wealth and a small number of members. They were also worried about what to present, but had somehow managed to gather bits of a passable gift list. The Snow Leopard Patriarch, Liu Ming, took his party to Snow City Capital to present gifts.
Liu Ming and others finally arrived outside the gate of the Wolf Palace, carrying only a trunk of gifts. If they were to backtrack, they could see truckloads and mountainous heaps of gifts other families had sent as if reclaiming land. Their snow leopards, comparably, were too shabby and they were too embarrassed to give it away.
The internal affairs official was a smiling red fox. He glanced at Liu Ming’s gift and retained his smile, not revealing any dislike or disgust. He said, “Your intentions will be realized by the king.”
Liu Ming then said to the red fox, “Isn’t our gift…too trifling?”
“It’s all about the heart, it’s all about the heart. Size doesn’t matter,” The red fox replied modestly.
Liu Ming turned his head to look at the tribute sent by the rich tribes, his heart uneasy.
Contrary to the others, Liu Jiao was pretty untroubled1. All he knew was that he could play after sending the gifts over.
All the Snow Leopard Clan reside in the mountain village, and Liu Jiao grew up there until adulthood, so it was his first time visiting a large city such as Snow City. Daemons and monsters dominated the mountain village where Liu Jiao was living, and it was only when they arrived at Snow City that they found so many common human inhabitants. As he walked through the crowd with his big tail swaying, everyone twisted their heads to the limit to be able to see him.
Liu Jiao wasn’t afraid of the gaze of onlookers, but he discovered that there were a sea of people scattered everywhere in Snow City, and even the shopping mall was very crowded. His long, big tail appeared to be quite cumbersome.
As he was strolling around the mall, his tail accidentally brushed a girl, who then shrieked out of fear. He immediately apologized to her, “I’m sorry!”
Due to that, Liu Jiao embraced his tail tightly, lest he hit other people again. When the girl saw him like this, she squealed once again.
“Is something wrong?” asked Liu Jiao.
The girl covered her mouth. “You look so cute holding your tail like that…”
A little while after, the girl asked again, “Are you a cat daemon2?” The girl surveyed him. She then shook her head and chirped, “That’s not right ah, a cat’s tail isn’t thick like this.”
Liu Jiao let out a shy smile and said, “I’m a snow leopard, our tails are comparatively thick.”
The girl asked prudently, “Can I touch it once?”
Liu Jiao nodded. “You can.”
The girl stroked Liu Jiao’s big tail with an excessively intoxicated expression on her face that Liu Jiao felt as if she was doing something immoral. Afterwards, the girl suggested taking a picture with Liu Jiao.
Liu Jiao thought: Are the human inhabitants of Snow City so welcoming and hospitable?
Liu Jiao wasn’t accustomed to taking pics with strangers. His smile was too unnatural, so he simply stopped making an expression and bit his tail. Much better, yeah!
The girl took photos and posted them to her SNS. The photos of a beautiful snow leopard daemon biting its tail were quickly praised and forwarded countless times.
Engrossed in surfing the internet, the Wolf Palace’s Princess, an internet-addicted teen, also saw it and showed it to the Wolf King. “Ge, don’t you think this snow leopard boy is very cute?”
The Snow Wolf King shot a glance, and nodded. “It is quite cute.”
“It is quite cute”. It was just four simple words, but because the assessment came from the Snow Wolf King, it immediately flew all over the Wolf Palace as if it had wings. It spreaded from the Wolf Palace to the outside; from the words “It is quite cute”, it became “can love”, and then “can make love”ーー The third advanced version was what reached Liu Ming’s ears. Liu Ming thoughtfully considered it and brought Liu Jiao into the Wolf Palace on the pilgrimage day to sound it out.
On the day of the pilgrimage, the Patriarch of all the tribes came and gathered to witness the Majesty’s face. The Snow Wolf King donned a white robe, the same color as snow, and stood above the lengthy stone steps. Liu Jiao curiously tiptoed and looked up, but he couldn’t see clearly. He just felt that the Snow Wolf King resembled the pile of snow at the tip of a high mountain. From a distance, he seemed beautiful, noble and inaccessible.
Liu Jiao couldn’t distinctly see the Snow Wolf King, just as the Snow Wolf King couldn’t see all the people beneath him.
In his eyes, it was all a stretch of crowd. But there was always a young man who would stand on tiptoe, and crane his neck just to catch sight of him, that caught his attention. The young man’s eyes were bright and clear.
The Snow Wolf King, without knowing, took a couple of glances at him. At that exact moment, the red fox said, “That one is the ‘it is very cute’ snow leopard boy.”
“That’s him?” The Snow Wolf King paused and narrowed his eyes into a focus, so that he could use the daemon’s ability to look into the far distance, in hopes to see better. Finally, he saw Liu Jiao’s face vividly, then he said, “It really is cute.”
The Snow Wolf King just officially assumed his position, but the red fox was an old man in the palace, and has served two generations of daemon kings. The old fox[en_notes] both literally and figuratively ; a cunning person [/efn_notes] was also anxious to establish the image of a “loyal dog” before the new monarch, and was worried that there wasn’t any place to curry favor with. He thought that since the Snow Wolf King praised the boy “cute” twice, it’s meaning must definitely be “can X love”.3
After the meeting adjourned, the red fox hurriedly dropped hints to Liu Ming. Originally, Liu Ming was worried that the gifts he had given weren’t enough. Now he thought that if Liu Jiao could be a match of the Snow Wolf King’s heart, he wouldn’t need to worry. So he readily agreed.
Hence, once the matters were settled, the red fox conveyed to the Snow Wolf King, “The Snow Leopard’s Patriarch left a very special gift to give to our king.”
The Snow Wolf King was lying on his side as he read on his couch. Noting the spiel, without raising his head, he said, “Then thank him, and put it away for now.”
The red fox approached the Snow Wolf King’s side and whispered, “He sent the beautiful snow leopard, who is in the bedroom’s side hall at this moment.”
When the Snow Wolf King heard it, his face suddenly changed color. “What? Why?”
The red fox was surprised to see the Snow Wolf King was so surprised himself. The fox habitually shifted the blame to others and hurriedly said, “It was Patriarch Liu Ming. He… he felt that his gift wasn’t enough to express his loyalty to the king, so he planned to send a beauty…”
The Snow Wolf King placed the book on the side of the couch5
“That being the case,” The Snow Wolf King heaved a sigh and said, “I will lay down my life for my country once bah.”
With that, the Snow Wolf King adjusted the sides of his garment and walked to the side hall where the snow leopard beauty was located.
Liu Jiao, who was in the side hall of the palace bedroom, was trembling…
As Liu Jiao was an unrestrained man from the big mountains, he was quite honest as he spoke candidly before the Snow Wolf King. “I’m afraid you’ll fuck my asshole.”
The Snow Wolf King was apologetic as he spoke, “Then you will have to forgive me, for this king is precisely here for that reason.”
When Liu Jiao heard what he said, he trembled even more as if he was a rice being sifted.
The Snow Wolf King sat down by the bedside and wanted to reach out to help Liu Jiao, but Liu Jiao subconsciously retracted.
Liu Jiao resumed, “A-Am I being very rude?”
“Tolerable.” The Snow Wolf King replied, “Compared with you not saluting when you see the king…”
Liu Jiao blushed and jumped out of bed to salute. “Long live our king.”
Snow Wolf King said, “You needn’t be polite.”
Liu Jiao straightened up his body, gazed at the Snow Wolf King, and was unconsciously surprised by his beauty: The Snow Wolf King is so attractive. What more beauty do you need ah?
The Snow Wolf King continued, “May I know your name?”
Liu Jiao acknowledged, “My name is Liu Jiao. Liu from poplar and willow6, Jiao from hot pepper.7”
“Oh, what do acquaintances call you?” The Snow Wolf King asked.
Liu Jiao answered, “Er Shazi.8”
The Snow Wolf King was bewildered and lipped, “Then, who is Da Shazi?9”
Liu Jiao, who was panic-stricken, explained, “This… This isn’t by rank10.”
“Oh, is that so?” The Snow Wolf King situated himself at the edge of the bed, and prodded, “What is it then?”
Liu Jiao took great effort to explain, “It’s like you’re the ‘Great King’, but there’s no ‘second king’, ah.”
“It appears to be that way… It’s quite intriguing.” The Snow Wolf King casually asked, “So, how did you get into my bedroom?”
Liu Jiao blushed and said, “It… it’s a long story.”
The Snow Wolf King said, “I have time, you can speak slowly.” With this, the Snow Wolf King then proffered, “Sit down and talk, bah.”
Liu Jiao cast a glance at the interior of the room. Seeing that the Snow Wolf King was already sitting on the bed, he asked, “Where do I sit? Sit on a chair?”
“No, sit here.” The Snow Wolf King patted his own thigh.
Liu Jiao’s face reddened. “Th-This isn’t appropriate, bah.”
“Indeed.” The Snow Wolf King mused for a moment and said, “If it is convenient, strip off your clothes first, bah.”
Liu Jiao was sent as the clan’s “gift”.
Snow Wolf King had just recently ascended the throne, and every tribe in the Northern Kingdom offered various kinds of lavish gifts as tribute to express their loyalty.
The Snow Leopard Clan possessed meager wealth and a small number of members. They were also worried about what to present, but had somehow managed to gather bits of a passable gift list. The Snow Leopard Patriarch, Liu Ming, took his party to Snow City Capital to present gifts.
Liu Ming and others finally arrived outside the gate of the Wolf Palace, carrying only a trunk of gifts. If they were to backtrack, they could see truckloads and mountainous heaps of gifts other families had sent as if reclaiming land. Their snow leopards, comparably, were too shabby and they were too embarrassed to give it away.
The internal affairs official was a smiling red fox. He glanced at Liu Ming’s gift and retained his smile, not revealing any dislike or disgust. He said, “Your intentions will be realized by the king.”
Liu Ming then said to the red fox, “Isn’t our gift…too trifling?”
“It’s all about the heart, it’s all about the heart. Size doesn’t matter,” The red fox replied modestly.
Liu Ming turned his head to look at the tribute sent by the rich tribes, his heart uneasy.
Contrary to the others, Liu Jiao was pretty untroubled1. All he knew was that he could play after sending the gifts over.
All the Snow Leopard Clan reside in the mountain village, and Liu Jiao grew up there until adulthood, so it was his first time visiting a large city such as Snow City. Daemons and monsters dominated the mountain village where Liu Jiao was living, and it was only when they arrived at Snow City that they found so many common human inhabitants. As he walked through the crowd with his big tail swaying, everyone twisted their heads to the limit to be able to see him.
Liu Jiao wasn’t afraid of the gaze of onlookers, but he discovered that there were a sea of people scattered everywhere in Snow City, and even the shopping mall was very crowded. His long, big tail appeared to be quite cumbersome.
As he was strolling around the mall, his tail accidentally brushed a girl, who then shrieked out of fear. He immediately apologized to her, “I’m sorry!”
Due to that, Liu Jiao embraced his tail tightly, lest he hit other people again. When the girl saw him like this, she squealed once again.
“Is something wrong?” asked Liu Jiao.
The girl covered her mouth. “You look so cute holding your tail like that…”
A little while after, the girl asked again, “Are you a cat daemon2?” The girl surveyed him. She then shook her head and chirped, “That’s not right ah, a cat’s tail isn’t thick like this.”
Liu Jiao let out a shy smile and said, “I’m a snow leopard, our tails are comparatively thick.”
The girl asked prudently, “Can I touch it once?”
Liu Jiao nodded. “You can.”
The girl stroked Liu Jiao’s big tail with an excessively intoxicated expression on her face that Liu Jiao felt as if she was doing something immoral. Afterwards, the girl suggested taking a picture with Liu Jiao.
Liu Jiao thought: Are the human inhabitants of Snow City so welcoming and hospitable?
Liu Jiao wasn’t accustomed to taking pics with strangers. His smile was too unnatural, so he simply stopped making an expression and bit his tail. Much better, yeah!
The girl took photos and posted them to her SNS. The photos of a beautiful snow leopard daemon biting its tail were quickly praised and forwarded countless times.
Engrossed in surfing the internet, the Wolf Palace’s Princess, an internet-addicted teen, also saw it and showed it to the Wolf King. “Ge, don’t you think this snow leopard boy is very cute?”
The Snow Wolf King shot a glance, and nodded. “It is quite cute.”
“It is quite cute”. It was just four simple words, but because the assessment came from the Snow Wolf King, it immediately flew all over the Wolf Palace as if it had wings. It spreaded from the Wolf Palace to the outside; from the words “It is quite cute”, it became “can love”, and then “can make love”ーー The third advanced version was what reached Liu Ming’s ears. Liu Ming thoughtfully considered it and brought Liu Jiao into the Wolf Palace on the pilgrimage day to sound it out.
On the day of the pilgrimage, the Patriarch of all the tribes came and gathered to witness the Majesty’s face. The Snow Wolf King donned a white robe, the same color as snow, and stood above the lengthy stone steps. Liu Jiao curiously tiptoed and looked up, but he couldn’t see clearly. He just felt that the Snow Wolf King resembled the pile of snow at the tip of a high mountain. From a distance, he seemed beautiful, noble and inaccessible.
Liu Jiao couldn’t distinctly see the Snow Wolf King, just as the Snow Wolf King couldn’t see all the people beneath him.
In his eyes, it was all a stretch of crowd. But there was always a young man who would stand on tiptoe, and crane his neck just to catch sight of him, that caught his attention. The young man’s eyes were bright and clear.
The Snow Wolf King, without knowing, took a couple of glances at him. At that exact moment, the red fox said, “That one is the ‘it is very cute’ snow leopard boy.”
“That’s him?” The Snow Wolf King paused and narrowed his eyes into a focus, so that he could use the daemon’s ability to look into the far distance, in hopes to see better. Finally, he saw Liu Jiao’s face vividly, then he said, “It really is cute.”
The Snow Wolf King just officially assumed his position, but the red fox was an old man in the palace, and has served two generations of daemon kings. The old fox[en_notes] both literally and figuratively ; a cunning person [/efn_notes] was also anxious to establish the image of a “loyal dog” before the new monarch, and was worried that there wasn’t any place to curry favor with. He thought that since the Snow Wolf King praised the boy “cute” twice, it’s meaning must definitely be “can X love”.3
After the meeting adjourned, the red fox hurriedly dropped hints to Liu Ming. Originally, Liu Ming was worried that the gifts he had given weren’t enough. Now he thought that if Liu Jiao could be a match of the Snow Wolf King’s heart, he wouldn’t need to worry. So he readily agreed.
Hence, once the matters were settled, the red fox conveyed to the Snow Wolf King, “The Snow Leopard’s Patriarch left a very special gift to give to our king.”
The Snow Wolf King was lying on his side as he read on his couch. Noting the spiel, without raising his head, he said, “Then thank him, and put it away for now.”
The red fox approached the Snow Wolf King’s side and whispered, “He sent the beautiful snow leopard, who is in the bedroom’s side hall at this moment.”
When the Snow Wolf King heard it, his face suddenly changed color. “What? Why?”
The red fox was surprised to see the Snow Wolf King was so surprised himself. The fox habitually shifted the blame to others and hurriedly said, “It was Patriarch Liu Ming. He… he felt that his gift wasn’t enough to express his loyalty to the king, so he planned to send a beauty…”
The Snow Wolf King placed the book on the side of the couch5
“That being the case,” The Snow Wolf King heaved a sigh and said, “I will lay down my life for my country once bah.”
With that, the Snow Wolf King adjusted the sides of his garment and walked to the side hall where the snow leopard beauty was located.
Liu Jiao, who was in the side hall of the palace bedroom, was trembling…
As Liu Jiao was an unrestrained man from the big mountains, he was quite honest as he spoke candidly before the Snow Wolf King. “I’m afraid you’ll fuck my asshole.”
The Snow Wolf King was apologetic as he spoke, “Then you will have to forgive me, for this king is precisely here for that reason.”
When Liu Jiao heard what he said, he trembled even more as if he was a rice being sifted.
The Snow Wolf King sat down by the bedside and wanted to reach out to help Liu Jiao, but Liu Jiao subconsciously retracted.
Liu Jiao resumed, “A-Am I being very rude?”
“Tolerable.” The Snow Wolf King replied, “Compared with you not saluting when you see the king…”
Liu Jiao blushed and jumped out of bed to salute. “Long live our king.”
Snow Wolf King said, “You needn’t be polite.”
Liu Jiao straightened up his body, gazed at the Snow Wolf King, and was unconsciously surprised by his beauty: The Snow Wolf King is so attractive. What more beauty do you need ah?
The Snow Wolf King continued, “May I know your name?”
Liu Jiao acknowledged, “My name is Liu Jiao. Liu from poplar and willow6, Jiao from hot pepper.7”
“Oh, what do acquaintances call you?” The Snow Wolf King asked.
Liu Jiao answered, “Er Shazi.8”
The Snow Wolf King was bewildered and lipped, “Then, who is Da Shazi?9”
Liu Jiao, who was panic-stricken, explained, “This… This isn’t by rank10.”
“Oh, is that so?” The Snow Wolf King situated himself at the edge of the bed, and prodded, “What is it then?”
Liu Jiao took great effort to explain, “It’s like you’re the ‘Great King’, but there’s no ‘second king’, ah.”
“It appears to be that way… It’s quite intriguing.” The Snow Wolf King casually asked, “So, how did you get into my bedroom?”
Liu Jiao blushed and said, “It… it’s a long story.”
The Snow Wolf King said, “I have time, you can speak slowly.” With this, the Snow Wolf King then proffered, “Sit down and talk, bah.”
Liu Jiao cast a glance at the interior of the room. Seeing that the Snow Wolf King was already sitting on the bed, he asked, “Where do I sit? Sit on a chair?”
“No, sit here.” The Snow Wolf King patted his own thigh.
Liu Jiao’s face reddened. “Th-This isn’t appropriate, bah.”
“Indeed.” The Snow Wolf King mused for a moment and said, “If it is convenient, strip off your clothes first, bah.”
