Chapter 78 - 78 - Sylvia's Master

The snake was equally shocked to see Ren.

Master! You're alive!

The snake cried excitedly and rushed to Ren. Ren rubbed the snake's head and allowed it to wrap itself around his arm.

Fang and the other boy watched him with open mouths.

"CEO Ren, how did you manage to tame the snake so quickly?" the boy asked excitedly.

"Maybe I was a snake charmer in my last life," Ren said with a wink. He looked at the snake sternly. "Why were you trying to bite my Fang?" he demanded.

The snake actually bowed it's head, ashamed.

The other two boys returned with two teachers, and stopped in shock when they saw Ren.

"CEO Ren? Why are you here?" a teacher asked in a daze.

"I felt Fang was in danger and couldn't sleep, so I thought I'd just drive over to take a look," Ren said lightly.

"True love," murmured one of Fang's roommates.

Fang flushed and moved closer to Ren.

The snake hissed menacingly at him.

Ren flicked the snake's head. "Don't be rude to Fang," he scolded. He turned to the teachers. "If you don't mind, I'll take this snake with me. I trust there aren't any others?" he asked.

"Sure, go ahead," a teacher said. "Thank you for your help in capturing the snake."

"He didn't capture it, the snake threw itself into his arms," the boy who'd stayed with Fang murmured.

"Teachers, can I go home with Ren?" Fang asked politely.

The teachers exchanged a glance and nodded.

A few minutes later, Fang was at the wheel of Ren's car, driving home.

"Sylvia...how did you get here?" Ren asked the snake. "And how did you get so small?"

Master...the snake simply sobbed like a child that had somehow found its lost parent.

Ren's eyes brimmed as he stroked the snake affectionately.

The three furballs in the back seat growled in a threatening manner, clearly unhappy with their Daddy being affectionate to someone else.

"Who's this?" Fang asked, unable to hold in his curiosity any longer.

"This is Sylvia," Ren said. "She's my familiar...in the other world. I'm not sure how she got here."

He patted the snake again. "Sylvia, this is Fang, my partner, and that's Snow, Smoke and Shadow, our children."

The snake pouted. Master never called me your child...and you take these furry creatures to be your children? She complained pitifully.

Ren shook his head helplessly and looked at Fang.

"Well, you can be our fourth child if you want, Sylvia," Fang said. "How did you get here, though? And why did you say that I'd stolen Ren's magic?"

"It was probably the reflection magic," Ren said guiltily.

The snake was horrified. Master performed reflection magic for this human?! Master, show me your foot right now! I bit this human earlier!

"It's all right, I've removed the poison," Ren said lightly. "But Sylvia, if you want to be my child, shouldn't you call me Daddy and Fang as Papa like your brothers and sister?" he teased.

Yes, Daddy! The snake said happily.

Ren patted her head, feeling quite sentimental. "How long have you been here? How did you enter this world?" he asked.

I felt your magic disappear from our world and latched on to it. Sylvia told him. I ended up in this world with very little of my magic left, so I could only search for you slowly. When I woke up, I was in a coastal place with mountains, but there was no sign of you. Since my magic was weak, I could only do a weak finding spell, and it pointed me towards the west. I travelled for many days and through many terrains until I finally found a trace of your magic a few days ago at a camel farm, and I followed it and found this human...Papa.

"You've been searching for him for a long time," Fang murmured sympathetically. If Sylvia had arrived with Ren...Fang felt very sorry for her, but glad that she had found Ren. All his anger and irritation from today's incident disappeared. Besides, now that she'd called him Papa, he'd treat her well, just like the furballs.

"You've worked hard," Ren said, feeding Sylvia a strand of his magic. His heart ached. Sylvia had been a pampered familiar in his original world, living a life of luxury and having to worry about nothing except strengthening her magic...but now, she had been living in the rough for many days in an unfamiliar world, searching desperately for him. Ren had never imagined that his familiar could transmigrate with him.

Sylvia burst into tears again and clung to Ren.

Then, suddenly, with a flash of magic, there was a human baby in Ren's arms.

Fang nearly lost control of the car. Thankfully, it was the middle of the night and there was no traffic on the roads

Ren, on the other hand, was delighted. "You retained your ability to transform?" he asked happily, pinching the baby's chubby cheeks. "You got a lot younger, though!"

Fang looked at the baby and realised, to his shock, that she looked very similar to himself instead of Ren!

"Why does she look like me?" Fang asked.

Ren laughed. "She's our baby, so she'll look like one of us, wouldn't she? You're prettier, so she chose you, I suppose!" he replied cheerfully.

Fang stared. "Will our little furballs also be able to transform into human babies...?" he asked. He was really curious about this. The two pups had Ren's eyes and the kitten had his own purple eyes, so if they could have human forms, would the pups take after Ren and the kitten after him? Or would they choose to look partly like both of them?

"Perhaps, in a few years, if they want to," Ren said. "Sylvia can teach them in case they're interested."

*I want to!

Me too!

Me three*!

The three furballs spoke up immediately.

"I'll teach them," Sylvia said, but her human form was only a few months old, so what came out was garbled baby talk. She quickly turned back to her snake form and repeated her words.

Everyone laughed.