Always Ending Up as an Animal Cub

The moment he heard the system's words, Yu Tong caught a flash of information in his mind.
Last night, when he ran to the door to attract Sister Love's attention, he saw a rat hole on the wall behind the metal cabinet.
The door of the dormitory has never been opened, and nothing has come in from the outside.

So the one staring at him must have run out of the hole.
The system was still whispering: [Strange, why do I feel like there seems to be someone hiding under the bed? ]
Yu Tong looked down suddenly.

In the darkness of bed No. 11, a dark shadow could be vaguely seen, looking up at the bed.
Its body was too slender, like a dry branch.
This is definitely not the size of a human or a mouse.

Thinking that the teddy bear was still in the dormitory yesterday, and Lily took her little bear warrior away before going out today, Yu Tong had an ominous premonition in his heart.
The rule of going to the canteen on time at 6 o'clock is probably not only aimed at orphans, but also at all living things in the dormitory.
Lily has been with the little bear warrior for a long time and knows this unspoken rule.

Chen Xi just met the little chicken warrior, he has no experience and didn't expect this.
Yu Tong stared at the shadow while moving out.
Chen Xi was not in the dormitory, and no one could use the props to control the chicken to fly.

The props of the eagle catching chickens have just been used up and are still in the cooling period.
Now all he can use are the mask that can transform into the little bear warrior and the small shoulder bag where he can hide.
Just when Yu Tong was about to move back to the upper bunk, the shadow under the bed suddenly moved.

A rustling sound came from under the bed. As the thing crawled out of the crack in the wall, Yu Tong finally saw its appearance clearly.
It was a big insect, it was pitch black, covered with legs, and looked a bit like a big centipede.
What's more special is that it has the head of a five or six-year-old boy.
In Yu Tong's mind, a hundred ways to cook centipedes flashed through, and such a big centipede would be enough for him and Brother Chen to eat for many meals.

[Monster——]
The system's horrified scream interrupted Yu Tong's thoughts.
Seeing that the human-faced centipede was about to pounce, Yu Tong jumped to the upper bunk with all his strength, and ran to the next bunk with two chicken legs.

There was a creaking sound behind him. Yu Tong turned his head and saw that the centipede had climbed onto Chen Xi's bed, and the human head on top was bleeding.
Yu Tong was stunned.
No one hit it, how could it suddenly get injured?

The strange creaking sound continued, and small pieces of meat gradually fell from the monster's face.
At the gap in the human face, Yu Tong saw the traces of teeth gnawing.
He turned around and ran without hesitation.

The naive system was still asking stupidly: [Why is the monster's head bleeding? Is it injured? I think the little bear warrior should be very powerful. Why don't you use the props to turn into a little bear warrior and kill it while it is sick? ]
'It is not injured. What we see is not its face, but the human head it has held in its mouth and has not had time to eat. I guess some child did not leave the dormitory in time, and it was eaten by it and only a head was left. '
[? ? ? Fuck! ]

The monster, which is as long as an adult's thigh, finished eating the human head in its mouth and crawled towards the running chicken.
Yu Tong ran to the bed closest to the dormitory door and was about to jump down.
The door that had been closed was suddenly opened by someone.

The little villain Chen Xi came back and leaned over with his schoolbag on his back and whispered: "Gold Coin? Gold Coin, you are..."
Chen Xi's voice stopped abruptly.
Seeing the huge centipede running around on the bed, he subconsciously took a step back, but his head was still looking for his chicken.

Yu Tong jumped hard on the bed twice.
Chen Xi's eyes lit up, he jumped up and grabbed the chicken, turned around and ran outside.
There was a thump in the dormitory, and the big centipede jumped down from the upper bunk and rushed to the door in the blink of an eye.

At the moment when the monster's tentacles were about to wrap around his ankles, Chen Xi took the lead to close the door.
The door panel shook violently, and there was a sharp scratching sound coming from inside the door.
Chen Xi clenched the little yellow chicken in his hand and gasped heavily.

After running to the cafeteria, he noticed that Lily brought out the little bear doll.
The teddy bear was about the same size as a pillow, and it was very difficult for the little girl to carry it, so she usually put it in the dormitory.
Chen Xi quickly realized that the situation today was different from usual.

The person who punishes the late child is probably not a nun, but a monster hidden in the dormitory building.
Even if the little yellow chicken is a powerful monster, he was born only a few days ago.
Yesterday, his wings were frozen when the monster touched him. If he can't escape from the dormitory today, he might be eaten alive by the monster.

After finally getting through the roll call, Chen Xi grabbed a piece of bread and stuffed it into his mouth, asked Xiao Mushroom to bring him a breakfast, and hurried back to the dormitory.
Fortunately, he arrived in time, and the little chicken had not been eaten by the monster.
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Chen Xi spread his hands and looked down. The little chicken tilted its head and sat obediently in his palm.
The eyes of the man and the chicken collided, and the little yellow chicken seemed to smile, and a slightly excited man's voice came out of his mouth.
"I knew Chenxi would come to save me. I'm so happy!"

He raised his wings and hugged Chenxi's thumb in dependence. "I know you're just being stubborn. You must like me in your heart."
Chenxi turned his head away and stuffed the chicken into his pocket.
The monster was still banging on the door. The banging sound was getting louder and louder. There were faint cracks on the old wooden door.

Chenxi covered the chicken with one hand and held the dagger with the other hand, and ran out of the dormitory building.
Yu Tong lay in the pocket of the little villain, being a salted fish comfortably.
Watching the deviation value increase from 15 points to 17 points, the system proudly put his hands on his waist, [See! I said that the little villain must have feelings for you, otherwise why would he risk his life to come to save you. ]

'Because selling me can be exchanged for a lot of food. And at present, Chenxi and Xiao Mushroom have not broken up. I was discovered by the two of them together, and it is a common property. ’
‘If I die or get lost because of Chen Xi’s mistake, he will lose his only friend, Little Mushroom. ’
The system still thinks he is too pessimistic, pointing to the tip of the deviation value increase, telling him that the world is not that bad, and the villain is not that bad.

Yu Tong looks the same as before, and doesn’t listen to it at all.
‘The deviation value increases because Chen Xi has never saved anyone, and has never received thanks from others for it. This is the first time he has gained a sense of accomplishment from saving lives and felt the joy of helping others. ’
The system murmured in a low voice: [I think he still likes you a little bit. A relationship built on lies cannot be strong. You have to exchange your heart with his heart. ]

[Look, after you exchange your heart with me, our relationship has improved a lot. Wait! What did you say before about protecting me? You were actually coaxing me? ]
‘We have such a good relationship, how could I lie to you? ’
While the system and Yu Tong were talking, Chen Xi had already run out of the dormitory building.

The big centipede was not as powerful as the ice cone monster last night. It could only {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} rely on the hole in the wall to move between the houses.
This reminded Yu Tong of the bed and metal cabinet in the dormitory that were deliberately not placed close to the wall.
It seems that the adults all know that there are monsters in the orphanage. The gap between the wall and the furniture is prepared for the big centipede.

After making sure that there was no one around, Yu Tong poked his head out of his pocket, "Chen Xi, are you injured?"
Chen Xi just took a breath, "It's okay."
The little yellow chicken hugged the hand in his pocket again and said sweetly: "I'm really happy that you can come to save me."

Chen Xi hummed and retracted his fingers very coldly.
The system didn't understand what the two were doing. Yu Tong told it that he was deepening the guilt in the heart of the villain Chen Ge.
'He is too young and his conscience is still alive. He saved me for profit, but I gave him my heart. The more I thank him, the more guilty he feels. '

[... Is this how to exchange true heart for true heart? 】
‘What else? I told him directly that I knew you had other intentions in saving me, and I am willing to repay your life-saving grace with my body? ’
The system was silent.

It watched the host coax the 10-year-old boy with a soft and obedient voice, and soon the child felt guilty to the point of red eyes.
After taking this opportunity to reversely brush up a wave of goodwill, Yu Tong began to try to ask about the centipede monster.
Chen Xi saw the centipede for the first time, and he didn’t know much about this monster. As for the other monsters in the orphanage, he had never seen any of them.

Yu Tong had expected this answer.
The children who saw the monsters were probably all dead.
He also asked Chen Xi if there were any rules or strange stories in this orphanage.

A trace of confusion flashed across the face of the little villain, "What is that?"
"Someone will give a lot of rules. Once a person does something forbidden by the rules or fails to complete the required things, his life will be in danger."
"It sounds similar to the situation here."

"Then do you know what the rules of the orphanage are?"
Chen Xi shook his head, "I don't know, the rules change every day. Every once in a while, new rules will suddenly be added."
"For example, before stealing eggs, at most you will be scolded, but starting from yesterday, stealing eggs will be severely punished?"

"It's not starting from yesterday, it's only yesterday that you can't steal eggs. Every night the nuns will remind you. "The sister told us the schedule for the next morning. We must follow the requirements and arrive at the designated location within the specified time."
Yu Tong was stunned, "Aren't the waking and eating times fixed every day?"
"No, and the sleeping time is not fixed either. When we eat in the cafeteria, the nuns will tell us what we can and cannot do today. Where we can and cannot go."

Chen Xi paused, and a little sadness appeared on his tender little face. "I left the cafeteria just after the roll call. Today's rules can only be heard from others. My brother is too young, and I'm worried that he will pass it on incorrectly."
Yu Tong heard his subtext.
After what happened this morning, although the villain still has hope for Little Mushroom, he has already vaguely realized that Little Mushroom may not want him as a brother.

That's why he didn't wake him up in the morning and let him fend for himself.
Chen Xi doesn't have many friends. He is afraid that Little Mushroom will deliberately say less and say the wrong rules for today.
The system didn't expect this, and was folding its hands in agreement, [Yes, children have limited understanding and repetition abilities, and are indeed prone to misrepresenting the nuns' rules. The little villain is really thoughtful. ]

Yu Tong sighed, ignored the innocent starling, and began to hint to Chen Xi that he could try to contact Lily.
When Lily was mentioned, Chen Xi frowned in disgust, "No one likes her. She appeared in the orphanage because she killed her adoptive parents with her own hands. Her biological mother is a witch, a madman who likes to use living people to study evil magic."
"Lily has mental problems and often talks to herself. From time to time, she points to a child and says that there is a demon hidden in that person. Then a few days later, the child will die tragically. Everyone in the orphanage, including the nuns, regards Lily as an ominous sign."

Yu Tong asked suspiciously: "Why were you sent to the orphanage?"
Chen Xi didn't say anything.
Yu Tong changed the subject again, "Do you also think Lily is ominous?"

"No, I hate her for other reasons."
"What?"
"I had a chance to leave the orphanage in the past, but she informed the nuns and caught me back. She said that the little bear warrior told her that I would die outside. She didn't let me run outside to protect me."

The boy pulled down his collar, revealing his slender neck.
A mocking smile appeared on his still tender face, "Won't I die if I stay in the orphanage? It's better to escape, at least I can see the outside world."
Looking at the clear fingerprints on the boy's neck, Yu Tong suddenly became very irritable.

The injury was new. This morning, Chen Xi went to the cafeteria and was strangled by the nun.
Yu Tong didn't want to see Brother Chen being bullied like this, but there was no way to change his situation overnight.
Feeling the despair and helplessness conveyed by the telepathic props, Yu Tong took a deep breath and cheered up again.

He crawled into the boy's palm and comforted him softly: "Chenxi, don't be afraid, we will definitely find a chance to leave this orphanage. Don't worry, you won't die here."
A slightly dull child's voice came from above, "Why."
Yu Tong raised the little chicken claw and made a pinky promise with him, "Because I will protect you, and you will protect me. I am small and can fly. You are strong and can open the dormitory door. The two of us complement each other and can definitely overcome difficulties together."
Listening to the energetic male voice, Chenxi felt that the little chicken was probably a very cheerful and lively personality, completely different from him.

One is a human and the other is a chicken. One is positive and optimistic, and the other has dark thoughts.
Chenxi thinks they are not suitable.
Sooner or later, the little chicken will forget what he just said, and there is no possibility for the two of them to become friends.

Including this morning, the little chicken has helped him three times in total.
He just helped the little chicken once, and if he returns the favor twice... the chicken favor, he and the little chicken will be even. You can sell the chicken for gold coins without any burden.
Chen Xi just thought of this, and the chicken suddenly added hesitantly: "Oh, by the way, there is also Little Mushroom. Little Mushroom is also our friend. The three of us can help each other."

Chen Xi pursed her lips, "No Little Mushroom."
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"Why?"

The boy stopped talking again, walked forward with a stern face.
The system asked stupidly: [What are you talking about? ]
Yu Tong no longer pretended to be a lively little sun, his soul went into space, and he smoked with the little light ball.

'I am alienating Chen Xi and Little Mushroom, stimulating the possessiveness of the little villain, and making him treat me as his only chicken. '
[But Chen Xi only has that one friend. 】
‘Little Mushroom doesn’t consider him a friend. You wait and see. It won’t be long before Little Mushroom sells him out. ’

Yu Tong blew out a smoke ring and sneered: ‘It doesn’t seem quite accurate to say that I alienated them. I’m just trying to reduce Chenxi’s favorability towards Little Mushroom, so that he won’t be too sad when Little Mushroom and him have a falling out. ’
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When Chenxi returned to the cafeteria, there were no children here. Only a few nuns were left cleaning.

Classes didn’t start until nine o’clock today, and there were still more than two hours before nine o’clock.
Chenxi ran to the place where Little Mushroom had sat, wanting to see if his brother had left him a message. But the tables and chairs were clean and there was nothing.
It wasn’t like this before. In the past, Little Mushroom would tell him where he went.

Chenxi was the only one left in the cafeteria. The orphanage had different arrangements every day, and he didn’t know where to go.
He stood there for a long time, and suddenly felt his finger pecked by a chicken.
Although no one was talking, Chen Xi felt that the chicken was telling him not to be afraid. Even if he was in danger, he would cover him with his wings, just like last night.

Several orphans from other dormitories passed by the canteen door together.
Chen Xi took a deep breath and trotted over, quickly selected one of the girls, and approached her to chat.
The baby fat on the little girl's face was obvious, and her clothes were still clean. She must have just entered the orphanage not long ago.

This kind of child is relatively innocent and simple, and it is much easier to communicate with than children who have been in the orphanage for a long time.
Chen Xi is beautiful and sweet, and she fooled the little girl around. The girl quickly told everything she knew.
From her mouth, Chen Xi asked about the orphanage's requirements for today.

Go to the canteen at six o'clock, and go to the big room on the third floor on the east side for class at nine o'clock.
Free activities before nine o'clock, but you can't go to the classroom early, you can't go back to the dormitory, and you can't go to the yard behind the orphanage where livestock and crops are raised.
You must remain safe throughout the class.

Quiet, do not look around, do not look out the window or door.
Only when the priest who teaches the class says, "Okay, get out of class is over", can everyone leave the classroom through the back door. Led by the nuns, go to the second floor of the cafeteria for lunch.
Today's lunch is provided by a noble lord, and the lord's family is allergic to coriander and milk. So these two things will not appear in the food provided.

If you find coriander in your food, find the nearest nun and ask her to help get rid of the coriander. If you find milk on your seat, pour it out before leaving the cafeteria.
Lunch will end at 12:30, and the lunch break is between 1 and 3 o'clock. Go to bed on time for a nap.
Chen Xi listened carefully and wrote down every word the girl said, "What should we do after nap?"

The girl tilted her head, "I don't know either. The nuns said they would notify us when they checked the dormitory during lunch break. Oh, by the way, I heard the nuns talking about something tonight... the most beautiful pet competition? Preparations start at 6 pm and last until 4 pm the next day. The competition will end when the most beautiful pet is selected."
"Several nuns are preparing to bring their pets to participate, but the competition will affect their normal shifts, so they are busy looking for someone to take their shift tonight. But it's hard to find a substitute, everyone wants to watch the competition."
The little girl didn't notice Chen Xi's weird expression. She was holding a book with envy on her face.

"I also want to keep a pet, but the kids in my dormitory told me that children can't keep small animals. If the nuns find out, they will strangle the pets to death."
Chen Xi thanked him, but the hand hidden in his pocket silently pinched the little yellow chicken's mouth.
Yu Tong:...

Yu Tong was very relieved that the little villain cared about him so much, but his chicken beak was about to fall off.
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You can't go back to the dormitory before taking a nap. Chen Xi wandered around the orphanage until half past eight, and finally found Xiao Mushroom reading a book near the confession room.

The boy's eyes were red and swollen, as if he had just cried. His clothes were tattered, and there were patches of purple marks on his exposed skin.
Like Chen Ge in Yu Tong's memory, although Chen Xi was full of ulcers, he would easily soften his heart when facing people he cared about.
Looking at the bloodstains on the back of Xiao Mushroom's hand, the question on the little villain's lips was not spoken.

He scratched a relatively clean piece of cloth from his close-fitting clothes. He sat next to Xiao Mushroom and bandaged his wound silently.
Xiao Mushroom leaned on Chen Xi's arms and cried. He refused to say what he had encountered. He just kept saying that he was so sad and his body hurt.
Yu Tong was used to hearing the crying of children, and his heart was not much moved. He narrowed his eyes and tried to hear what happened to Little Mushroom from his messy words.

Little Mushroom should have been called away and beaten by several nuns when he was washing up this morning. After breakfast, he was taken to the confessional by Sister Love.
He just came out of there, and the marks on his body were all made by Sister Love.
The system saw that he was covered in bruises and was so angry that it jumped up and down, [Damn, I knew that Sister Love was a stupid pedophile! ]

'No, I have experience. The marks left by that kind of thing are different from those on his body. He just beat him up. '
[...Oh my God, you have experience? ! ! ]
'Visual experience, not personal experience. '

[That's also terrifying! ! ! ]
While chatting with each other, Little Mushroom had come out of his sadness.
Chen Xi wiped the tears from his face and asked him what the rules were today.

Little Mushroom counted on his fingers and recalled: "You must stay quiet during class and not look around. You can leave the classroom only when you hear the priest say 'Okay, get out of class is over'."
"Are there any requirements for the order of leaving?"
"No, you can leave in any way."

Chen Xi's eyes darkened and motioned him to continue.
"Today's lunch was provided by a kind person, but none of them likes to drink milk. If you find milk in your dishes, you must tell the nun closest to you."
"Only milk can't be drunk, right?"

Little Mushroom thought about it carefully and nodded affirmatively, "I like to drink milk so much. I didn't drink it yesterday, and I can't drink it today. What a pity."
Chen Xi lowered his eyes and looked at him quietly for a long time, and said softly: "Yes, what a pity."
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Chen Xi didn't ask Little Mushroom why he didn't wake him up in the morning.
Little Mushroom didn't ask him if his fever had subsided, but was concerned about their little chicken gold coin.
Hearing that the gold coin was fine and was now in Chenxi's pocket, Little Mushroom smiled happily.

At 9 o'clock, all the orphans sat in the classroom on time.
A middle-aged priest in a black robe, holding a heavy book, walked to the platform to give a lecture.
Yu Tong originally thought that the priest would focus on the gods they believed in, telling the stories of gods and religious history.

But the course content had nothing to do with gods.
The priest knocked on the blackboard and called the boy closest to the door, "Say your name."
The boy lowered his head, "Apple Candy."

"Why did you go to the orphanage."
"Because my parents killed someone, I am their child, and I deserve to be punished."
"Then how are you going to atone for your sins?"

The boy's expression was numb. He flopped and knelt on the ground, slapping himself and shouting: "I was wrong! I was wrong! I was wrong!"
The system was shocked.
[What is this for? It was his parents who killed people, not him. The murderer's child deserves to be beaten? ]

Yu Tong frowned, realizing that something was wrong. 'I remember one of the rules today is that you must remain silent during class. '
[But the priest asked him to answer the question. ]
'Last night, when Sister Ai was in the dormitory and told the children not to eat candy, another nun was behind her, holding various candies for demonstration. Indicated which ones can be eaten and which ones cannot be eaten. '

'If there are special circumstances in class where you can speak out, the nuns will give examples. So no matter what happens in this class, you must not speak out. '
The system was stagnant for a few seconds, [But these children are only twelve or thirteen years old at most. They are not adults. How can they understand so much? Pulling a group of children to play a game of rules and strange talks, isn't this just to torture them to death? ]
Yu Tong didn't answer, and he didn't know what the meaning of the orphanage was.

The priest looked at the boy's self-torture expressionlessly, and raised his hand to signal him to return to the chair.
The order of questions was to swing the long snake, and the children sitting behind the boy were called one by one.
"My name is Little Soft Candy, my parents are thieves. As a thief's child, I should stay in the orphanage to atone for my sins."

The six-year-old girl stammered and stood there, not knowing what to do. The nun closest to her came forward and slapped her hands hard with a wooden board.
The little girl screamed in pain, but she couldn't get away. The nun didn't let her go until her hands were beaten to pieces.
Sitting in the back was a ten-year-old boy, his mother was a mistress. As a mistress's child, he had to accept punishment.

The boy behind him, his father lost everything in the casino, and his mother was forced to hang himself.
In this world, suicide is considered an act of disrespecting God and is against the law.
The boy's father is a gambler and his mother is disrespectful to God, so he has to suffer two punishments.

The children's cries and screams echoed in the classroom.
Yu Tong felt cold in his heart.
This was not a punishment at all, but a play of torture and killing.

Soon, all the children in the first row on the left were punished.
The first orphan sitting in the second row was the little girl Lily.
She held a pillow-sized teddy bear and raised her head proudly, "My mother is a witch, and my father is an orc shaman. I was sent to the orphanage because I am the child of a shaman and a wizard, and I am the most special girl!"

The nun took a match and burned Lily's hair. Lily covered her head and sat on the ground crying.
Yu Tong began to get nervous.
Sitting behind Lily was the young villain Chen Xi.

There were too many people around, and there were rules to constrain him, so Yu Tong couldn't speak.
He could only flap Chen Xi's fingertips back and forth with his wings, trying to tell him not to answer the priest's questions.
After Lily's punishment was over, Chen Xi stood up.

The priest's voice rang out again in the silent classroom.
"What's your name?"