Clumsy Beast, Keep Your Paws Off novel Chapter 829

Chapter 829: Chapter 829: The Heart of the Mountain

The little snake spirit glided through the dark cave, his translucent green body illuminating the dusty floor.

Yue Yue slithered closely behind him, her small white tail dragging.

Although he had already shown her the hollow rock where he slept, the dry stone ledge where he ate, and the empty caverns where he had spent countless years alone, she still could not understand how anyone could live in such a place for so long.

There was nothing here. No warm sunlight. No soft bed. No mother. No father. No family and no friends. Only endless, suffocating darkness.

Yue Yue quietly looked around, her heart heavy with longing for home.

Suddenly, the little spirit froze in mid-air. He turned his translucent head and looked down at her, his ghostly eyes wide with a strange, sudden realisation as if a long-buried memory had violently burst to the surface.

"Wait..." he whispered, his wings fluttering frantically.

Yue Yue blinked her gemstone blue eyes. "What?"

The spirit stared at the tiny snake cub in front of him, his face twisting in shock. Then, he suddenly slapped his phantom forehead with his tail.

"I remember something!"

"What?" Yue Yue asked, tilting her small head.

"I have a son!" the spirit gasped, his chiming voice echoing through the tunnel.

Yue Yue’s eyes widened. "A son?"

"Yes!" The spirit became wildly excited, hovering higher and zipping around in glowing circles. "I have a son! A real son!"

He looked around the empty, shadowy cavern as if he expected a young snake to suddenly emerge from the dark. "My son..."

A radiant, hopeful smile slowly spread across his ghostly face. "He must be waiting for me outside, right?"

But just as quickly as it had appeared, his joyful expression froze.

The light in his eyes dimmed. He couldn’t remember the child’s face. He couldn’t remember his name. He couldn’t even remember how old his son had been when they were separated.

Only the overwhelming feeling remained...a deep love, telling him that somewhere beyond this mountain, someone had once waited for him to come home.

Driven by a sudden wave of frantic emotion, the spirit swooped straight down towards Yue Yue! His ghostly face zoomed so close to hers that Yue Yue nearly screamed in fright.

"Can you find my son for me?!" he begged, his glowing wings trembling.

Yue Yue’s little body stiffened into a rigid line. "Y-You scared me!"

The spirit didn’t seem to hear her. His ghostly wings reached out, hovering against her small form in excitement. "I want to meet him! I want to know if he is still waiting for me! Can you find him? Please!"

Yue Yue stared at him, bewildered. Then, she slowly shook her head. "How can I find him? I don’t know anyone outside."

The spirit’s excited expression slowly collapsed, his form slumping in defeat. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

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