The Abyss World, the Kemono Girl Encyclopedia Project!

Lingdang didn't say much, crossing her arms as if lost in thought. She nodded and said:

"Hmm, that works too. It won't take up much space for two people. How about this, I'll come back early tomorrow morning. Be prepared then. For two people... I'll charge you three hundred silver."

They do offer rides to passengers along the way, but these merchants generally only offer one-way tickets. If you want to go back, you have to rely on your own abilities. After all, these merchants only give rides along the way. If they had to make a special trip back, they would lose too much money, and they wouldn't do such a losing business.

A total of three thousand silver coins were spent. Two thousand were used to buy a piece of information, three hundred silver coins were used to buy a ride, and seven hundred silver coins were left. Zhuohua gave all of these to Wang Yan as some travel expenses for the two of them.

Wang Yan didn't have anything particularly important to pack. Anyway, with the system's warehouse, he could just take whatever he needed from there.

That evening, Wang Yan also began to carve several straight wooden strips to use as chopsticks, giving each person a pair and starting to teach them how to use chopsticks. However, chopsticks are not so easy to learn. Everyone picked up chopsticks as if they were taming their own limbs, which was quite comical.

Squeak pouted, wanting to put down her chopsticks, and said somewhat irritably, "What the hell! This thing is so hard to use, it's so much easier to just scoop it out with a spoon!"

Wang Yan smiled faintly, then demonstrated for Zhizhi, easily picking the meat out of the pot, putting it in a bowl, and eating it with rice.

"If you use them like this, and you get used to them, chopsticks are a very, very convenient utensil, and you can eat more in one meal."

Wang Yan knew how to catch Zhizhi at her weak point. After hearing this, the little mouse mother didn't say anything more and continued to lick her lips and tame the chopsticks, which made people smile.

Taming chopsticks was still a bit difficult, so Wang Yanming didn't let them eat with chopsticks all the time. Later, he had them use spoons instead. Today's session was just practice.

As the family sat around the table for dinner, Wang Yan sensed that Bai Guo had something to say. Every time she looked up, Bai Guo would quickly lower her head, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

Wang Yan didn't bother to ask further, but after the meal, he asked Bai Guo, "Bai Guo, is there anything you want to say? You can tell me."

Upon hearing Wang Yan's question, Bai Guo's expression tightened, and her voice became hesitant.

"Um... ah, I, I do have something... I'd like to shamelessly ask you for a favor, sir."

Tell me about it.

Wang Yan spoke calmly, expressionless, looking at the ginkgo in front of him.

Bai Guo waved towards the little biscuit, then quickly pulled her down to kneel towards Wang Yan, heads bowed.

"Master, I heard during the day that you are going to Anju City with the merchants tomorrow. Um... I would like to request that you take this child with you, is that alright?"

Wang Yan was a little puzzled and asked her, "What's wrong?"

Bai Guo lowered her head even further and said:

"Anju City... This child has a distant uncle who is serving in the Crimson Rose Knights. I'd like you to take her with you so she can join her uncle and become a Crimson Rose Knight herself. That way, when she's released, she'll have a skill to serve you, sir..."

"The Crimson Rose Knights?"

Wang Yan repeated it, and then Zhuo Hua beside him explained, "The Iron Mountain Kingdom is the largest rat kingdom in the middle and lower levels. Under the Royal Fang Clan, there are three major knightly orders, and the Red Rose is one of them."

After listening to Zhuohua's explanation, Wang Yan understood a lot. He recalled the gilded pocket watch that Baiguo had given him before (although he had already sold it to obtain information). It seemed to be a reward for meritorious service in the Knights. It could be said that Baiguo's family seemed to have a tradition of joining the army. Wang Yan didn't have much of an opinion on this. Since she wanted to send the child there, he would send him there on the way.

"No problem, one more person is one more person, it won't be too much trouble. You all go to bed early tonight and prepare the child properly. We'll leave early tomorrow morning when the merchants arrive."

After a good night's sleep, the family got up early the next morning, before dawn. Bai Guo, bent over, looked at the little mouse before her, her heart filled with mixed emotions. A mother's heart is always with her child, no matter how far away—this is a timeless truth. She stroked the little biscuit's hair again and again, hoping he would look presentable in the city. But no matter how she tried to spruce him up, his inherent rusticity couldn't be hidden.

"Mom, I promise I'll listen to my uncle, learn a skill, and then come back to repay Grandpa!"

A few tears welled up in Little Biscuit's eyes. She straightened up and spoke stiffly, putting on a brave front.

"When you get there, listen more and talk less. Do whatever your uncle tells you to do. Don't stand out. Learn well and work hard. Your master has treated our family well. Remember how good he has been to our family, understand?"

"Um!!"

.......

Wang Yan watched this scene without disturbing them. Sometimes he was actually quite envious of Xiao Binggan. Home is where her mother is. No matter how down on her luck she was, she was still a child with a home.

At least not like myself.

With a loud whale cry, the enormous whale broke through the clouds and came again. Little Cake finally couldn't hold back her tears and burst into sobs, clinging to Little Cookie's neck and crying with snot running down her face:

"Sister, you must come back safely!!"

Parting is always accompanied by tears. Wang Yan picked up the back of Xiao Biscuit's collar and boarded the Yun Whale with Yingluo. As they walked onto the deck, they were met with a pair of round sunglasses.

"Oh, another customer has joined us, but this customer seems a bit young~"

Wang Yan shrugged, put down the little mouse who was still wiping away tears, and said to her:

"I understand, how much more do you want?"

Unexpectedly, Xiao Lingdang was very enthusiastic. She took two steps forward, grabbed Wang Yan's hand, and winked at him.

"Hey, business is something we should talk about inside. Come with me, let's take our time."

"Excuse me." Yingluo pulled the two apart expressionlessly, her tone somewhat stiff.

"The money is with me, so I should be the one negotiating the price."

Seeing this, Little Bell couldn't help but curl her lip and say disdainfully:

"The little girl is quite possessive of her food."

She glanced at the mouse, then waved her hand dismissively: "Never mind, I won't charge you extra for such a small thing, lest Zhuohua accuse me of being heartless when we get back. Sigh, honest businessmen like me are rare in the entire Qiangyuan."

Lingdang grabbed a specially made spoon and blew it hard, sending sharp sound waves across the entire deck.

"Good fortune, let's set off!"