Cub Raising Association

Chapter 60: Homeplanet

If you haven't heard, I will be implementing some changes starting this chapter in order to make the translation more true to the original. I will be using Xie Luan instead of Xie Tao and nox instead of knox. I made a longer post about it on my board a while ago in case you want to know more about it.

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Just as Xie Luan had heard, the overall development of this planet could not compare to that of other planets. The buildings here were not as prosperous and beautiful as at Gaia or the few other planets he had been to.

There were no towering buildings looming above, giving off a feeling of science and technology, all Xie Luan could see was merely a very ordinary town.

Although it was not prosperous, Xie Luan gently tugged at the sharp forearm of the muka cub next to him and took the cub over to the half sand covered ground with sparse vegetation. There he slowly said to the muka cub, "This is Nick's homeplanet."

Homeplanet.

He did not fully understand the meaning of this word. The muka cub tilted his head at Xie Luan in confusion, but he still responded with a low hiss.

Xie Luan pattered the sharp forearm under his palm. Aware that the cub might not have understood, he patiently and softly explained, "'Homeplanet' means that this is the place Nick was born."

The "to be born" in this sentence was not referring to the time the cub hatched, but when the muka cub had come into this world as an egg at the beginning.

The place he was born, the muka cub understood this.

Using his scarlet eyes, the muka cub took in this planet that seemingly gave off a feeling of familiarity but at the same time was very unfamiliar to him. At last he put his eyes back on Xie Luan and lowered his head, snuggling into his arms.

Although his appearance seemed dangerous and terrifying, the way this muka cub controlled his strength as he snuggled into the youth's embrace undoubtedly showed the dependence he had towards the youth. The way he behaved was just like how any cub would towards their parent.

Xie Luan hugged this large cub back. Once finished, Xie Luan nodded his head to the young man standing to the side, signaling for him to lead the way.

[T/N: Talk about a third wheel, I completely forgot that he was there with them, sorry Duke..]

The place they were going was not the town in front of them, but rather the suburbs a bit away. Currently, they were trying to find a hovering car station.

There were still some normal transportation facilities on this planet. Even though the overall development was lower than that of other planets, Saina was after all not an uninhabited planet.

Sitting in a standard four people hovering car, Xie Luan pulled up the little hood over the head of the nox who was resting in his arms. This time, Xie Luan's action was not to conceal the identity of this nox, but to shelter the other from the sand carried by the wind.

The vegetation was spares and sand was flying around, the environment in this part of the planet was a little... bad.

Used to a planet with a good environment, Xie Luan, who had just arrived at Saina, found it hard to adapt to the current environment. But it was only like this at first, he soon came to terms with the environment of this planet.

After pulling up the hood, Xie Luan felt a distinct moist feeling on the fingertip of his outstretched finger. The nox in his embrace extended his tongue and gently licked his finger once more.