CH extra 1

extra 1: regarding the lack of physiology classes

1. SOLDIER

“Little soldier, come here.” Lu Meng crooked a finger at the soldier.

Face reddening, the soldier hurried over, “General.”

“You’re an Alpha too, yes?”

The soldier nodded yes, although many people have told him he didn’t behave like one.

“Then do you know, under what circumstances do our glands swell?”

The soldier was completely flushed now.

“During… During a rut…” His voice was as small as a mosquito.

Lu Meng was suddenly enlightened.

So their bodies had acknowledged each other as partners, had known their feelings for one another even before their hearts caught up.

“Oh, right… The others are always saying I tease soldiers, do you know why?”

The soldier stammered: “Because they say you like Alphas.”

“That’s right.” Lu Meng was very frank, “I like Li Ze, and I’ve marked him, so the rest of you better not come too close to him.”

Caught off guard by the sudden revelation of truth, the soldier was dazed.

“Also… the other time, you said we were fighting. We weren’t fighting, we were… proving our individual capabilities to each other.” Lu Meng thought this expression rather suitable.

The sight of the soldier’s reddened cheeks amused Lu Meng, “Little soldier, you haven’t told me your name yet.”

“Reporting to the General, my name is Shi Bing[1].”

“I meant your name.”

“I— I… I’m called Shi Bing!” Shi Bing panicked.

Lu Meng: “……” He was now abruptly aware of why the others said he liked teasing his subordinates[2].

2. SCENT

“Private.” Shi Bing regretted provoking these two troublemakers back then, but it was too late for regret at this point. Now, the other has come to stop him.

“General!”

“Don’t be nervous, I’ve heard about what happened from Lu Meng. He doesn’t have any other intentions towards you, so there’s no need to worry.”

“I… I know.”

“It’s good that you know. Oh, right — can Alphas detect the pheromones of other Alphas?” Recently, the doctor was using Li Ze as a research subject, so he had absorbed quite a bit of new knowledge. Due to this, he realized that he had never picked up on the pheromones of other Alphas before.

Shi Bing shook his head, “Of course not, General. Alphas and Alphas, um, how should I say this… Like poles repel.”

Li Ze: “…So, I’m gay?”

Shi Bing didn’t dare to nod, merely shrinking back.

“Well then, how do you know so much?”

Shi Bing was rather puzzled, “Reporting to the General, these subjects were taught in physiology classes during elementary school.”

Li Ze: “……” Physiology class, what the hell was that?

3. MERPEOPLE

“Are you a fish?” Little Lu Meng touched his tail curiously.

The Mer-king huffed, then shook him off his tail, “I’m the king of the Merpeople.”

“What are Merpeople?”

Speechless, the Mer-king paused for a while before explaining, “Just, fish people.”

“Aren’t they just fish then!” Little Lu Meng was very excited.

The Mer-king: “……” This was why he hated humans the most!

He then attempted to dupe little Lu Meng, “The Mer-king is very powerful!”

“More powerful than the Marshal?”

“Of course.” The Mer-king huffed.

“Then can you help me to block off those terrible scents?”

And so, little Lu Meng fell asleep after a song. The Marshal who had recently stepped down from his post, arrived sometime later and looked at this scene, not knowing if he should laugh or cry. Once he sent the boy back to shore, he saw a teary-eyed black-haired boy rushing over to save little Lu Meng.

From then on, little Lu Meng became utterly enamoured with the ocean, while Li Ze, because of that incident, loathed it when Lu Meng went near deeper waters.

4. QUEEN

The former Marshal was a foodie. At that time, he wasn’t a marshal yet, but the highest in command of the southeast encampment.

When he was close to land, he enjoyed specialties of the land. When close to the sea, he indulged in seafood. Thus, he decided to unearth the delicacies of the deep sea.

Until one day, he caught a fish.

“I’m not a fish!”

“Do you know how you’re supposed to be eaten?”

The little merman bared his teeth at the Marshal in an instant, his attitude fierce.

The Marshal had always been very patient when it came to good food, “If you’re not a fish, then what are you?”

“I’m a Merperson!”

“See, if we were to only consider half of that, you’re just fish.”

The little merman: “……” Was… Was that how it worked?

……

The Marshal kept the little merman in a bathtub and drew water in from the deep sea.

Every day, he fed him bowls and bowls of seafood.

“Why do you treat me so well?” The little merman licked his fingers.

The Marshal gave him a faint smile, “You’ll taste better if I fatten you up.”

The little merman: “……” Humans were despicable, but human Alphas were the most despicable!

……

The Marshal happened to be an older Alpha as well, and a brave Omega went as far as visiting his residence to court him.

The Marshal was very troubled, he couldn’t possibly tell an Omega that they did not look delicious, right?

“He’s my Alpha.”

At the sight of a good-looking youth walking out from the Marshal’s bathroom, the Omega burst into tears.

“I’ve really… misjudged you… you’ve actually abducted an underage Omega!”

The Marshal watched the lady Omega rush out the door, not knowing if he should laugh or cry. He pulled at the arms locked around his waist, “Why did you suddenly transform? Have you regained your strength?”

What answered him was the little merman going unconscious in his arms.

The Marshal sighed and carried the little merman back to the bathtub. How stubborn, he didn’t have enough strength and yet wanted to show off.

……

The little merman pestered the Marshal to take a bath with him, he worded his argument very righteously, “When you keep cats and dogs as pets, you have to bathe them. So why should keeping a Merperson be any different? How irresponsible.”

The irresponsible Marshal gave it some thought, “Then I’ll give you a bath.”

“No.” The little merman was displeased, “Since you’re keeping me as a pet, I’m also keeping you as a pet. I should give you a bath, too.”

If he ever had the opportunity to visit the Mer-kingdom, the Marshal would very much like to know how the Merpeople developed their logical thinking.

It was inevitable that accidents would happen when they took a bath together, such as how the Marshal was lifted out of the bathtub by a flick of the little merman’s tail. The little merman even felt wronged, “What’s that awful smell?”

The Marshal didn’t speak, simply petting at the little merman’s hair as he looked at him with a nameless emotion in his gaze.

Suddenly panicked, the little merman tugged at the Marshal, “Actually, it’s not that bad, I… I can put up with it.”

Not caring if the other liked the scent of pheromones or not, the Marshal parted his lips. After the kiss, the Marshal wrapped him up in a hug, “I’ve flipped through all the recipe books, but I couldn’t find any information on how to eat a Merperson.”

The little merman whipped his head up to look at him.

Very gently, the Marshal spoke again, deemphasizing: “I’ll send you back.”

……

Laying in the tub that was empty of the merman, the Marshal let out a sigh. Was this the other’s way of holding a grudge? There was a deep green scale hanging in front of the Marshal’s chest; This was dropped by the little merman, then picked up by him and threaded onto a string. Recalling the look of anger on the little merman’s face, the Marshal felt the tip of his tongue throb with subtle pain, as if he could still taste the merman’s blood.

But the ocean was the little merman’s true home, this he had known since the very moment he had caught the little merman. It was not an accident, there was unrest within the Mer-kingdom, but the little merman thought that he had concealed it very well. Yet the Marshal had been in contact with the Merpeople for so many years, so how could he not know that for Merfolk, only the royal family had deep green scales? Additionally, only the Mer-king could have deep green scales with flecks of gold.

It’s not that he couldn’t guess the reason why a little prince of the Merfolk would rather stay in his bathtub. Before the little merman had mentioned taking a bath, his subordinate had paid a visit. The Marshal gave out orders through mental communication as he looked at the little merman, cold indifference written on his face while his words carried finality. He knew it was time to let his little merman go home.

The Marshal looked at the official document that had been long awaiting his signature, and finally signed it.

……

“Marshal.” The housekeeper hesitated.

“What’s the matter?” The Marshal had just concluded negotiations with the Empire and his head hurt. The Merfolk of the Deep Sea were starting to become restless as well.

And he didn’t know if his little merman…

“The door to the bathroom won’t open.”

“What?”

The housekeeper’s legs were trembling. The Marshal narrowed his eyes, it was truly baffling. This sort of assassination attempt was really something else.

He cautiously opened the bathroom door. The housekeeper was filled with admiration when he saw the door that would not budge for him, swing open easily under the Marshal’s hand. The Marshal’s strength was truly too impressive.

The Marshal stared blankly at the person inside the bathtub.

The little merman who had now become the Mer-king, swung his tail of deep-green, gold-flecked scales, then licked at his fingers, “I’m already all grown up, have you finally figured out how to eat Merpeople?”

……

“Why can I understand your language?”

The Mer-king was making battle arrangements and giving out commands in front of the Marshal, and huffed when he heard this, “Since you’ve drunk our blood, you’re now my person.”

The Marshal recalled how, many years ago, the little merman bit at the tip of his tongue and their blood had mixed.

The Mer-army[3]: “……” QAQ Our king is swindling others again, that’s obviously marriage!!!

……

The Mer-king hooked at the faded deep green scale that the Marshal had hung in front of his chest, “This isn’t pretty, the ones I have now are better.” He eagerly swung his tail.

The Marshal chuckled. Plucking his scale would hurt so much, how could he bear to do that?

The Mer-army: “……” QAQ King, aren’t you afraid of your tail going bald? After reaching maturity, the scales no longer regenerate!!!

……

Smiling widely, the two people signed the eternal peace agreement between the Alliance and the Mer-kingdom of the Deep Sea.

“When you step down from duty, come with me and be my queen.”

The Marshal placed a kiss to the Mer-king’s earlobe.

The pale earlobe immediately flushed red, “Once you… you become my queen, I’ll treat you to eat Merpeople every day.”

“How?” The Marshal’s hand slid ambiguously downwards.

Embarrassed, the Mer-king buried his head into the Marshal’s arms and refused to show his face, breathing in the pleasant scent of pheromones on the other’s body. Fighting for this throne was worth it after all.

The Mer-army: “……” QAQ So it turns out that the love story full of ups and downs between the King and Queen, that had been circulating around the kingdom, was made up by the king to deceive others!!!

……

Everything was well, except for one small problem…

“You said you sent that boy’s gland into hypnosis?” The Marshal was exasperated, “That is something very important to an Alpha.”

The Mer-king knew that he was in the wrong and blinked his sapphire-like eyes, “What if he also ends up falling for a Merperson in the future?” It’s important to know that human pheromones caused Merpeople to feel repulsed, only the Mer-king had the privilege of avoiding such a predicament.

“You’re so…”

The Mer-king huffed; Of course he wasn’t that ignorant. If that boy ever met someone he sincerely adored, then he would be able to pick up the scent of that person’s pheromones.

T/N: This update took a little longer because I decided to translate the entire chapter instead of breaking it up into its parts. One more extra to go!

[1] 士兵 (shì bīng) means soldier, but in this case, it is Literally the soldier’s name. A SOLDIER NAMED SOLDIER. Talk about being born for the job.

[2] Now that we know the soldier’s name is Shi Bing, if we look back, the others were actually saying Lu Meng likes to tease Shi Bing (which can also mean, he likes to tease soldiers). Shi Bing = soldier/s.

[3]虾兵蟹将: literal translation is shrimp soldiers and crab generals, which is super cute sdkjfs. It’s a term for referring to the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea (usually in mythology). For simplicity’s sake, I’ll use Mer-army since it fits this context better.