Aiberta never expected to see such a scene when he followed the locator to pick up the cub.

Eight hours ago, he received a strange email. As the Emperor of the Empire, his mailbox uses the highest level of encryption system, so in theory, strange emails shouldn't be able to get through at all.

But that email did appear in his mailbox, with a sensational title: Your cub is about to be eaten by a Spinosaurus, please come to the rescue as soon as possible.

The moment he saw this title, Aiberta thought it was a prank email. Although he does have a bunch of cubs from the clan to raise, he himself is still unmarried... and of course, has no children of his own.

After receiving the email, Aiberta immediately went to the royal nursery and counted each cub to make sure they were all there. He then sent messages to the mature cubs who were studying at school to confirm their safety before feeling slightly relieved.

They were all there.

Nonetheless, His Majesty the Emperor still opened this email that looked very much like phishing. No matter what the other party's purpose was, he wanted to see what this email looked like.

You know, because of the encryption system, he had never received any strange advertisements or phishing emails before.

However, after carefully reading this email, his expression gradually became solemn.

To be honest, the narrative of this email was quite confusing. The other party briefly mentioned the background of living with a Luota cub in an orphanage, then briefly described encountering a Spinosaurus that came to hunt at that orphanage. Finally, they attached the detailed personal information of that Spinosaurus, requesting the royal family to issue an order to increase protection for the orphanage.

And attached was a real-time positioning mark - a small red dot that kept moving.

The email said that they had already escaped from the orphanage and were trying their best to seek refuge in the capital star. If it was convenient for them, they hoped someone could come pick them up.

Perhaps because they were in too much of a hurry, the email didn't even have a signature at the end, which was very informal.

However, after reading it, Aiberta still decided to send his most trusted confidant with the army to check it out, just as the email said.

After all, for the current Luota clan, the preciousness of cubs is difficult to measure with specific quantities.

At first, he was only going to dispatch personnel, but when he had someone roughly check and confirm that the recent movements of that Spinosaurus were indeed as bizarre as described in the email, he decided to go in person and increase the number of troops.

As the second most ferocious race in the universe, the Spinosaurus' destructive power is still quite terrifying. Although not enough to challenge the majesty of adult Luota, it still poses a certain degree of danger to Luota cubs.

If there really was a cub there... they couldn't bear the consequences of losing it like this.

After dispatching the local star domain troops to rush towards the location at the fastest speed, His Majesty the Emperor took his royal guards and hurried towards the cub's position through dense wormhole jumps.

Because the other party was constantly moving, the signal transmission through secondary relay was intermittent, making it difficult for the deployed star domain troops to confirm the target's location. So the royal guards from the capital star even arrived at the scene faster than the star domain troops.

The moment the starship landed on Planet Firo, Aiberta confirmed the authenticity of that email.

There was the scent of a Luota cub passing by, very fresh.

Judging from the lingering scent in the air, the cub's growth was very good, about half an arm in size, not much different from the cub's profile mentioned in the email. Those scents were vivid and healthy, sufficient to indicate that it had been well cared for previously.

The Luota clan has a unique way of distinguishing their own kind. The scent of each cub is impossible to be forged or simulated in the olfactory system of the same species, so this scent... must not be wrong.

There was indeed a precious Luota cub here that somehow had not been discovered by the royal family.

At the same time, the air was mixed with the scent of a Spinosaurus, fierce and greedy, with an ominous bloody smell, signifying the numerous crimes committed by its owner.

A criminal who had quietly killed at least five cubs by relying on his noble status had escaped legal sanctions for nearly ten years...

Who knows what the people in the Inspectorate have been doing these past few years.

However, the thorough investigation of certain departments would have to wait until after returning. The most pressing matter was to find that cub first.

There was no need for the locator anymore. Relying on the keen sense of smell for cubs of the same species, Aiberta commanded the royal guards to accurately rush in one direction. Sure enough, they found a Spinosaurus already half-buried in the snow, its life and death unknown, and a suspected member of the same species.

But...

Where was the small, half-arm-length black cub mentioned in the email?

The black-haired member of the same species in front of his eyes, completely naked and standing in the snow while holding a human, raised his head to reveal beast pupils that seemed to be carved out of ice and snow, filled with the wariness of a newborn beast.

This member of the same species could already transform into human form, clearly not underage, and the aura he exuded was sharp and cold, reminiscent of the bone-chilling cold that seemed to penetrate the bones after the melting of ice and snow, quite different from the previously soft and fluffy cub scent.

No... this scent seemed somewhat familiar.

The scent difference between a Luota beast in its infancy and adulthood is undoubtedly huge, but as long as it's the same cub, the fundamental core will not change.

Aiberta hesitantly walked down from the starship.

After staring at the adult member of the same species who looked like he still didn't understand anything and was full of hostility towards him for half a minute, His Majesty the Emperor confirmed with some disbelief that the core of this adult's scent was indeed the same as the cub's scent he had smelled before.

...It should be that for some unknown reason, that cub suddenly became an adult.

Aiberta: "..."

After staring at the powerful member of the same species whose strength could be felt just by smelling for a while, Vigter, holding his suddenly fainted little prey, felt a growing sense of crisis in his heart. He had just come of age, his mind solely preoccupied with the safety of his little prey. He hadn't had time to process the information that had suddenly popped into his head, so he was wary of everything around him, not trusting anyone.

—Even if this person was of his own kind.

This fellow member of his species had pale golden hair that was almost white, and deep emerald-like eyes. His expression was very gentle, and the gaze he directed at him was not hostile, even bordering on friendly. However, the extremely threatening scent on him and the countless huge, cold starships behind him that were clearly a group still made Vigter restless.

"Don't worry," just as Vigter was almost unable to restrain himself from biting, the older member of his species suddenly spoke gently, "I'm here to take you home... The one in your arms, is he your companion? He may need some treatment."

This cub, who had suddenly grown up for some unknown reason, was clearly very protective of the human in his arms. Aiberta guessed that the human was the one who had sent him the email, and was also the cub's previous caregiver... The relationship between them was obviously very close.

This human might be the breakthrough to break the deadlock.

Sure enough, when he mentioned the human's physical condition, after a moment of extreme tension, a certain emotion of loosening appeared in the black-haired fellow's eyes.

"...There is a treatment device on the starship, we can save him. Will you come with me?"

As Aiberta spoke, he tentatively took two steps forward and extended the inside of his wrist towards the black-haired fellow.

The inside of the wrist has important blood vessels. Once cut, it is difficult to treat. Exposing the wrist to the other party is a gesture of trust and an attempt to get close.

Actually, the most effective way to get close is to change back to the original form and rub against each other, but his intuition told him that this fellow, who was still holding a human in his arms, would not change back to his original form and rub against him.

After staring at his wrist for a few seconds, the black-haired fellow sniffed it a few times, and his expression finally relaxed a little. After hesitating for a while, he lightly nodded.

The snow was still falling, landing on their shoulders. A gust of wind blew, and the scent of the two people in front of him was thrown into Aiberta's nose without reservation.

His Majesty the Emperor suddenly couldn't control the twitching of his nose. He seemed to... smell a strange and enticing scent?

It seemed to be coming from the human.

Strange, do humans smell so delicious?

But before he could identify it carefully, the black-haired fellow in front of him had already moved quickly and skillfully, lowering his head and licking and kissing the human's exposed lips, neck and wrists, licking the blood on the human's body clean. So that faint scent disappeared instantly, replaced by a completely strong and pungent smell belonging to another Luota.

Aiberta: "..."

How to put it, in his experience, he felt that the mating season of the Luota should not come so soon.

However, the condition of this fellow was abnormal in itself, so he couldn't make a conclusion now.