The old dean was stunned for a moment before saying tactfully, "Indeed, it is the healthiest one here... but this child has a stubborn personality and may not be easy to get along with."

Although he had tried to persuade this Kaka beast to seize the opportunity to be adopted before, the old dean still stated the objective facts in front of the adopter.

Everyone should have their own choice, even orphans in the orphanage.

The cub in the corner let out another threatening low growl on cue, its beautiful sapphire beast eyes filled with ferocity, perfectly matching the "difficult to get along with" description from the old dean's mouth.

The gray-eyed beastman was about to reach out to touch it, but facing the cub's resistant attitude, he finally just smiled and withdrew his hand halfway.

"I actually quite like it. Healthy children always put one at ease." He tilted his head slightly and said to the old dean, his gray eyes looking very gentle. "Even if it's a bit fierce, it's still better than being sick all year round, don't you think?"

Guessing that the other party was still dwelling on that sickly son who had died young, the old dean said understandingly, "That's true... Would you like to go visit other places?"

"Of course," the adult Kaka beast said as he walked, "What is its name?"

"Its nickname is Viji, the full name hasn't been chosen yet... How long do you plan to stay here?"

"My starship will stay here for about a week, let me play more with the children. These things can't be rushed, you have to be patient with children."

"You've put a lot of thought into it..."

While visiting other parts of the orphanage, this adopter who appeared noble and gentle still kept inquiring about Viji's information, making it clear that he had an extremely strong interest in Viji.

Therefore, in less than half an hour, the entire orphanage knew that this new foster parent might adopt Viji.

So, after the adopter went to visit elsewhere, Su Duan, who hurriedly picked up Viji from the playroom, was very worried.

Letting Viji be adopted like this was absolutely impossible - so he had to find a way to stop it from happening, to make that adopter change his mind, otherwise they might have to prepare to leave the orphanage.

Su Duan: "System, can you help me check that gentleman's information?"

Because he never thought the other party would be so persistent when Viji showed obvious signs of rejection, Su Duan was not prepared in advance and could only ask the system to help him check the information now.

Perhaps a way to make that beastman gentleman change his mind could be found from the information.

However, the information found by the system directly dispelled Su Duan's idea of trying a little harder, making him decide to immediately take Viji and run away.

The identity of this adopter was very problematic -

He was not a Kaka beast at all, but a fierce Spinosaurus!

Spinosauruses were a type of large carnivorous dinosaur. In ancient Earth times, they were even more ferocious than Tyrannosaurus rex. They were one of the few beastmen races that could contend with the Luota, so their level of danger went without saying.

Although the race was fake, the early death of that Kaka beast son mentioned by the other party was real.

But first of all, that Kaka beast cub was not the biological child of this Spinosaurus, but one he adopted from another orphanage, and the cause of its death was not illness, but being torn apart by the adult Spinosaurus's sharp teeth!

In fact, not only that Kaka beast, three or four other cubs had suffered the same fate before.

Although the imperial law strictly protected cubs, because of the Spinosaurus's noble status and great power, and he always used a fake identity to adopt cubs on remote and backward small planets, no one had discovered what he had done until now.

...That Spinosaurus probably had some kind of perverted fetish for killing cubs, so it was not hard to imagine his true purpose in coming to the orphanage this time.

Moreover, according to the system's video playback analysis, the Spinosaurus's facial expressions indicated that he most likely recognized that Viji was not a real Kaka beast.

— After all, as beastman races at the top of the empire, the Spinosaurus race and Luota race had much more contact with each other than other races, so it was understandable that he could recognize Viji.

Based on the Spinosaurus's character of cruelly killing four or five cubs in a row, Su Duan did not dare to hope that he would kindly send Viji back to the royal family after discovering a Luota cub.

After determining that the situation was very urgent, Su Duan took ten minutes to pack his things into the space button, and like last time, had the system help him block the surveillance and route, taking Viji out the back door of the orphanage.

It was morning now, and the orphanage staff were busy entertaining that adopter. It would be at least noon at mealtime before someone discovered that he and the cub in his arms were gone.

Viji seemed to sense his anxious and nervous mood, obediently nestling in his arms the whole time without making any noise, only occasionally licking Su Duan's cold fingertips with the tip of its tongue, wanting to convey some warmth to him.

For some reason, since they met, this little prey's face had become paler and paler, and its body had become colder and colder. Even if it worked hard to warm the little prey with its body heat, it would quickly cool down again.

Due to its limited cognition, the Luota cub did not yet understand that this was a sequela caused by long-term anemia. It simply felt that its prey being cold made it anxious, and even though it knew it was not much use, it still could not help but press its body tightly against the little prey.

The system helped call a car, and the slightly panting Su Duan did not look closely before getting in with Viji in his arms.

The hovercraft slowly started up.

"...What a coincidence, last time we met it was winter, and now it's still winter." The beastman's somewhat low voice suddenly sounded from the driver's seat.

Following the voice, Su Duan looked up and was also stunned for a moment. Coincidentally, the beastman driver sitting in the driver's seat was the same one who had given him and Viji a round trip two years ago.

It seemed that this driver had a good memory.

So Su Duan pursed his lips and politely greeted this beastman driver, "Hello, we meet again."

"Are you going to the transport port again this time?"

"Mm."

"There are no starships going to the capital planet today."

"We're not going to the capital planet..." First take any starship leaving here as soon as possible, then figure out a way to transfer to the capital planet.

Spinosauruses are cunning beastmen. Realizing they had disappeared, the Spinosaurus would likely catch up, so he couldn't linger on the road with Viji for too long. He had to seek the royal family's protection in the capital star as soon as possible.

The driver said, "Alright."

Seeing that his passenger still didn't want to talk much, the driver didn't ask further.

Although it was just an ordinary ride, and nearly two years had passed, for some reason, he had an especially deep impression of this child and the cub he was holding. He recognized them at first glance when meeting them again.

Over the two years, the changes in his two passengers were very obvious.

The Kaka beast cub that the youth carefully held in his arms had grown a lot, becoming beautiful and lively, clearly having received good care. But the youth holding it had become much thinner and paler, his black hair losing its luster, revealing a frailty that could be glimpsed at a glance.

The completely opposite changes in these two gave the driver a strange sense of dissonance.

It was as if... the cub had grown by consuming the youth's nourishment.

"Are you feeling unwell?" After a long silence, the driver couldn't help asking.

Su Duan placed his hand on the cub, letting Viji press on his wrist with its body, its two front paws hugging and licking his fingers. Hearing this, he said softly, "I'm alright."

The fact was, he was not alright at all.

Although he looked like he could still function normally, his body had weakened internally to an unimaginable degree. Just a slight external force could likely cause him to collapse very quickly.

Actually, as long as Su Duan ate the "pill" he had prepared for Viji initially, his physical condition could be restored to a healthy state. But now Viji's healing value had only increased to 20, and was increasing more and more slowly. Who knew how much longer he would need to feed it with his blood.

One pill cost 200 experience points. With his remaining experience, he could buy at most seven more pills.

Although it sounded like a lot, considering various unexpected situations, Su Duan still felt a great sense of urgency. So he didn't dare to eat the first pill so quickly, planning to use it only when he absolutely had to.

Although the driver was concerned, these issues were too private after all, so he didn't probe further.

For a while, the only sounds in the hovercraft were the faint noises of the cub licking Su Duan's wrist, and the "purring" sounds it made when its comfortable spots were touched.

Two hours later, the hovercraft stopped on time in front of the transport port. This time, Su Duan didn't look back. Holding the cub in his arms, he walked into the transport port, crunching through the thick snow. At the ticket office, he used the identity the system had forged for him to buy a ticket for the starship departing the soonest.

This starship was headed for Planet Firo, where they could transfer to a starship going to the capital star.

......

Besides Su Duan, those equally nervous about someone wanting to adopt Viji were Xu Wei and his companions at the orphanage.