Cub Raising Association

Chapter 46: Ar'nas ena

Following the local's directions, they continued a little further down the road. After walking through a spacious alley, Xie Tao easily spotted the Lailou Pond the other had talked about.

Even though he was still a bit away, Xie Tao could already see the circle of people surrounding the stage.

At first glance, the crowd seemed to mostly consist of adults from the mermaid race, some of which were holding cubs in their arms. But there were also tourists mixed in who had come to the planet specially for Nesela Day, presumably in order to experience the festive atmosphere.

Just as the woman had said, the place was already very lively.

The sun had just set over the city, which meant that the preparation for the various festival activities had begun. Xie Tao had been very lucky to come across this by accident.

Lailou Pond was a man-made, water filled area. The big space was covered with environmental simulators, something which Xie Tao was not unfamiliar with. Just like at their club this place was also set to simulate an ocean environment.

However, this venue was much larger than the one at Yunbao Branch. It could be seen that the construction of this public stage venue must have cost a lot of money.

The sea at night was quiet and dark. Originally, there would only have been serene boundless darkness, but many small balls of warm light were scattered across the vast sea, fluttering over the surface. This instantly added a soft feeling to the environment.

From the shore, people could see a reef in the sea. The magnificent colorful reef stretched almost all the way to the surface. It was also there that the light orbs were gathering more.

As it was not far from the coast, they could easily see the entire reef.

It was not easy to find a suitable viewing place in the venue, Xie Tao barely managed to find one before hearing a burst of applause.

Following the sight of the people applauding, Xie Tao saw a mermaid cub sitting on top of the reef.

This was the first cub to sing tonight. As the beginning of the event, the applause from the audience was especially enthusiastic.

For the mermaid cub in Xie Tao's embrace, this was his first time seeing and having so many people from his own race around him. It was also the first time he saw another mermaid cub.

There were two parents standing together with the other mermaid cub. When he saw this, the mermaid cub nestled in the arms of the youth moved his fin and snuggled into the youth's shirt.

"En?" Xie Tao lowered his head and made a gentle inquiring sound towards the mermaid cub in his arms.

But the cub seemed to solely focus on snuggling and hugging him close. Nothing else. After hearing the youth's voice, the cub just rubbed his head against his shirt again.

"Be good." Responding to the cub's dependent actions, Xie Tao softened his voice.

When Xie Tao raised his head again after coaxing the cub, he could vaguely hear singing coming from the direction of the reef.

The sound of the waves became a foil. The singing was not very distinct at first, it took a little while before it slowly became clear.

The cub must not have been prepared in the beginning, or maybe they had gotten a little stage fright. The little mermaid sitting on the reef had seemed to not be able to fully let out their voice, but now that they had calmed down, the singing was clear and reached everyone standing on the coast.

The singing of a cub was inevitable a little soft and immature, but the mermaid race had an innate control of their voice. Even if it was still a cub, the singing already had a certain rendering power and could attract the attention of the audience.