In Vigter's imagination, this engagement night should have been spent like this:

After publicly marking his little prey in front of everyone, he would happily carry his little prey back to the room and carefully mark him inside and out.

Of course, it would be best if the little prey was willing to let him mark him all night.

However, the reality presented before him was like this:

Four ugly dumpling cubs were sitting in front of him, trying to get close to his little prey. Not only could he not throw them away, but he also had to rub and cuddle with them!

Vigter: "..."

The adult Luota, who just felt like he had touched the pinnacle of Luota life, was once again hit in the face with a bucket of cold water by the cruelty of life.

If it was about fighting with these ugly dumplings in front of him, he would definitely be very good at it, but it was really hard to imagine being friendly and cuddling with them—

After staring at the solemn Emperor for a few seconds, Vigter reflexively turned his head to look at the only one he had sort of cuddled with.

His little prey was looking at him softly with gleaming black eyes like glaze. Seeing him turn his head, the corners of his eyes curved slightly.

Why did it seem like everyone except him was accepting the cuddling thing quite well?

Vigter couldn't help but doubt Luota life for a moment.

Just as he was hesitating about what to do, the Emperor, who was holding a cub in his arms, suddenly said calmly, "If you don't have experience in this area, I can lead you through it once first."

Lead through it once...?

Before Vigter could cautiously analyze the deeper meaning in this sentence, the slightly older fellow Luota who was a bit taller than him put down the cub in his arms and turned into an adult Luota form about one person tall in just a few seconds.

— In order to avoid the terrible event of stepping on the little glutinous rice balls, the Emperor did not reveal his full size beast form in the nursing room, but only turned into a height equal to Su Duan.

The adult Luota that appeared in front of Su Duan and Vigter had the same fur color as his hair color in human form, a light golden color that was almost pure white, and the golden color could only be seen more clearly at the ends of the fur when backlit.

It wasn't particularly dazzling, and even had a bit of a cold edge, not soft, but strangely made people unable to look away.

Two deep emerald beast pupils were embedded in the round beast face, like some kind of precious gem, and also like deep lake water, showing a rich sense of layering as the angle changed.

Very beautiful.

This thought flashed uncontrollably in Su Duan's mind as it was the first time he saw the Emperor's beast form.

The light golden, thick tail swished up from behind, brushing past Vigter's nose.

This was a probing action.

Under the deliberate stimulation of the fellow Luota who had turned back into beast form, due to the dominance in his nature, Vigter couldn't help but also turn into a one-person-tall beast form, blocking his little prey behind him, and very grudgingly also swished his tail to provocatively brush the other party's nose.

However, the nearly pure white older Luota showed calmness towards this, with no fluctuations in his dark eyes. After moving his ear tips that were very small compared to his body, he slowly brought his head towards the junior in front of him.

Because the older fellow's movements were slow, and he exposed his throat area when extending his head, which fully indicated friendliness, Vigt's spirit couldn't tense up. He didn't immediately grab his little prey and run away, but hesitated in place, waiting for the other party's next move.

— Then the other party used a suddenly quickened speed to rub his neck fur with his own neck.

The strange feeling he had never experienced before was transmitted from the place of contact with his fellow, making his entire Luota uncomfortable.

With a "chirp", the adult Luota was startled, his fur puffing up all over. He stuck out his butt, swished his tail, and retreated several steps back in succession.

— Of course, deliberately avoiding Su Duan's direction.

The older Luota with light golden fur also quickly chased after him, swishing his tail.

And with much richer combat experience than the black-furred fellow, he constantly sneak attacked the other party.

The entire nursing room quickly turned into a battlefield for the two adult Luotas.

Although the black-furred adult Luota felt very nervous about the other party's frequent sneak attacks, for some reason, he never simply dodged. He would just retreat a step whenever he was touched, like a sensitive mimosa if you ignored the body size.

Faced with the two big guys going back and forth, Su Duan and the group of cubs consciously shrank into the corner.

Without the fierce black-furred fellow, the four glutinous rice ball cubs excitedly climbed up Su Duan's pant leg into his arms.

In order to avoid attracting the attention of that black-furred fellow, they all restrained themselves from making excited chirping sounds, each one appearing extremely well-behaved.

Luota cubs don't grow quickly at a normal rate during their childhood, so although half a year had passed, these four rice balls hadn't grown much. They were all just a little bigger than palm-sized, so Su Duan could still hold all four at once without issue.

The four Luota cubs crowded very harmoniously in Su Duan's not-so-broad embrace. While rubbing Su Duan's arms and chest with their little heads and bodies, they also rubbed against each other. Their tiny ear tips that were almost drowned in fur trembled as they rubbed.

...There was indeed some resemblance to the other two adult Luotas lying next to each other in this nursing room.

The black-furred Luota had given up struggling at some point and was pressed to the ground by the slightly older elder's paw. He was slowly rubbed on one side of his body by the white fur, and the stiffness could be clearly seen from the swishing arc of his tail.

After who knows how long, the stiff tail gradually softened, and it would also inadvertently rub against the body when the other party rubbed over.

From Su Duan's perspective, it looked like two glutinous rice balls with sesame and peanut fillings melting together.

After watching for a while, Su Duan lowered his head to look at the nest of little rice balls in his arms, and felt that he really wanted to eat a late-night snack, preferably made of glutinous rice balls.

Especially the sesame and peanut filled ones.

Holding the little rice balls, Su Duan asked, "System, are you still recording?"

The system said, "Yes, host!"

Early on when the two turned back into beast form, Su Duan had the rare acuity to have the system start recording.

He planned to save this video together with the one he got last time from Mr. Aiberta showing Viji being carried around in his mouth, along with the little notebook recording Viji's childhood embarrassing moments.

Perhaps he could give it to him on a special day as a gift, which would surely be very meaningful.

After watching the two big dango for a while and petting the little dango in his arms, Su Duan suddenly thought of something and asked in his mind, "System, do I look a bit... green right now?"

He suddenly realized that his partner was getting "close" with someone else. According to humans, this situation might be called being given a green hat?

The system, still dutifully helping to record the video: "..."

After a few seconds of lag, the system said, "Host, you are also holding four in your arms right now."

"..." Su Duan blinked and looked down at the four Luota cubs squeezed together in his arms, their soft fur on their bellies exposed and their pink little paws raised. He concluded with relief, "Then Viji is also green."

System: "..." This might be some kind of pleasure that couldn't be understood.

Out of a vague curiosity about the host's mental state, after the system fell silent, it input the scene that was difficult to describe in words into the database as concisely and accurately as possible, searching for matching entries.

Ten seconds later, the database quickly provided the most fitting entry - cuckold fetish.

Cuckold fetish, a strange psychological state where seeing one's partner engage in transgressive behavior with others not only does not cause anger, but even leads to excitement.

The system couldn't help but ponder.

......

This bizarre drama of "future husband and wife giving each other green hats on the night of their engagement" finally came to an abrupt end when the black-furred Luota found that his little prey's embrace had been completely occupied by four ugly dumplings.

Hearing the faint sounds made by the ugly dumplings when they reached the pinnacle of comfort, the black-furred Luota, who had originally been rubbed into a limp state on the ground, suddenly realized something. He leapt up from the ground in a whoosh, squeezed past the older members of his race beside him, and darted to the front of his little prey in a few steps, looking down at the ugly dumplings who had lost their senses from rubbing against his little prey with his ice-blue eyes.

They were even raising their feet! So young and already knew how to be frisky!

Just as the black-furred Luota angrily lowered his head, ready to pick these ugly dumplings out of his little prey's arms, His Majesty the Emperor, who had changed back to human form at some point, had already walked to Su Duan's side. With practiced ease, he grabbed two cubs with each hand and lifted the already dazed cubs from Su Duan's arms into his own.

"Happy engagement."

Before Vigter could raise his head, His Majesty the Emperor, who had skillfully retrieved the cubs, had already freed one hand. As he spoke, he gently rubbed the furry forehead.

The gentle and soothing force unique to elders landed on the fur, and the emerald eyes of the older member of the race shimmered with their usual profound light.

"Consider it-"

With a "chirp", the black-furred Luota stiffened for a moment when he was touched. He seemed to recall the strange things he had done under the inducement of this elder. Frightened, he picked up his little prey and, before the other party could finish speaking, he darted out of the cub care room in a panic.

"...an engagement gift."

Seeing the embarrassed grown cub fleeing in the distance, His Majesty the Emperor petted the little cubs in his arms who had rubbed into a soft puddle in that Planter's embrace. He revealed a hint of a helpless smile and softly said the remaining half of the sentence.

......

Outside, Su Duan, who was unexpectedly picked up by his partner, was stunned for a moment before saying, "...System, you can stop recording. The footage after leaving the care room, just... just don't keep it."

System: "Okay, host. The video has been edited and saved. The host can view and extract it at any time."

Su Duan, whose hands and feet couldn't touch the ground: "Thank you."

The adult Luota carried him all the way back to the bedroom. Fortunately, there were no servants walking in the corridor at this hour, so no one saw their strange appearance.

After reaching the bedroom, the adult Luota transformed back into human form.

The clothed kind.

Some powerful beastmen have the ability to construct clothing while transforming into human form, and the Luota are undoubtedly one of them. When Vigter had just come of age, he was not proficient in this, but later, after being taught a few times by His Majesty the Emperor, he quickly learned it.

His expression was very odd, seeming very irritated and a little shy. When his ice-blue eyes looked at Su Duan, there was also a hint of caution.

Su Duan blinked thoughtfully.

Rubbing fur is a very common way for Luota to bond with their own kind. The little dumplings were very skilled at it, and they were very open and straightforward, not at all awkward.

Compared to these frank little cubs, the adult Vigter showed a noticeable awkwardness in this matter.

He clearly wanted to be close in his heart - based on his understanding of the other party, Su Duan could sense it - but when it came to actions, not only did he not dare to take the initiative, but he would also be frightened and run away with him in his mouth when his own kind took the initiative, like just now.

Still too little contact with his own kind -

The lack of companionship from his own kind during the cub stage had indeed had some impact on Viji's personality.

Su Duan suddenly felt a little guilty. He originally had the opportunity to send him back to the royal family to live with his own kind when he was just born, but because of his selfish desire to not be separated, he stayed with him on that remote small planet.

Depriving him of the opportunity to interact with his own kind.

Taking the initiative to put his arm around his partner's neck and making him lower his head until their noses touched, Su Duan asked softly, "Is Mr. Aiberta's fur soft?"

The adult Luota seemed to not have expected him to ask this question. He blinked and met his partner's clear, black eyes. The unease in his ice-blue eyes faded a little. After more than ten seconds, he answered in an even softer voice, "...Soft."

And warm.