Raising The Zombie King

Small, became smaller. . . Xiao Xiao became smaller.

“Eh– eh?!”

Lin Yuzu was dumbfounded.

The tiny little zombie king didn’t seem to fully comprehend the current situation and tilted her head to look at Lin Yuzu who was so shocked that she stiffened and tried to stand up from her pile of clothes.

Her arms and legs were entangled in the clothing that had become so big that she swayed a little, falling forward into the spread quilt.

“Ah. . .” She softly exclaimed in a soft whisper. Her round little face looked up with eyes moist and lips pressed. Her tone sounded rather aggrieved as she called out, “Yuzu. . .”

. . . So. . . Cute!

She’s the cutest in the whole universe!

No, no. . .
Lin Yuzu was nearly overwhelmed by how cute Xiao Xiao is right now, but the most important thing should be to figure out how this happened. . .

The first thing Lin Yuzu thought of was the raccoon that could change its size. . . does it have anything to do with that?

She helped the fallen Xiao Xiao up. . . so soft. Her body was entirely of a child’s and her chubby arms felt soft like cotton candies when touched.

Lin Yuzu couldn’t help but confirm once more, “Xiao Xiao?”

In terms of her performance just now, she isn’t quite sure if the current Xiao Xiao is the usual Xiao Xiao. . . she feels like even her mentality regressed.

But, fortunately, Xiao Xiao stood firmly while holding her arm and said in a childish immature voice, “After eating raccoon fruit, I became like this.”

Very good. She’s emotionally calm and speaks clearly and straightforward. Although she appears to have become smaller, she should still be an adult on the inside.

Lin Yuzu breathed a sigh of relief and raised a question, “But they just look like ordinary fruits and I also ate them. Why didn’t I become smaller?”

She definitely ate no less than Xiao Xiao.

Xiao Xiao responded, “Because of your ability.”

. . . Indeed, it was very likely, after all, her ability can even make her immune to the zombie virus.

“Then. . . what now?” Lin Yuzu was at loss for this situation. She looked at the blinking eyes of the small Xiao Xiao. . . cute, no, “Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?”

Suddenly turning from an adult to a child, even if Lin Yuzu lacks any medical knowledge, she knows there would be some sort of burden on the body.

“It’s okay.” Xiao Xiao shook her head and touched Lin yuzu’s face with her fleshy little hand, revealing a small smile, “No abnormality right now. Looking at the raccoon’s appearance, I should, naturally, recover. Don’t worry.”

How can I not worry about it. . . Although you look very cute.
Lin Yuzu then responded, “Let’s go look for the raccoon. . . Maybe there’s a way to recover early.”

Xiao Xiao then cupped her face with both hands, “It’s okay. Today, go to sleep first. Yuzu tired, right?”

“But. . .”

Xiao Xiao stood on tiptoe and hung on to her with her arms wrapped around Lin Yuzu’s neck.

“Okay, okay. . .” Lin Yuzu was defeated by the cute attack, “Don’t force yourself, okay? If you don’t feel well, talk to me right away.”

“En.”

Xiao Xiao has always been more reliable, if she herself said it was fine, it should be fine, right?

Lin Yuzu thought so. On the first night of their camping, she fell asleep with her mind filled with anxiety due to Xiao Xiao’s regression.

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Lin Yuzu looked so haggard when she woke up the next day.

Sure enough, people can’t get away with anything!

“Yuzu?” Xiao Xiao, who wasn’t fully awake, rubbed her eyes with her small hands, yawned, and opened her arms, “Hug. . .”

Lin Yuzu, “. . .”

The situation was, in every sense, quite bad.

She mechanically picked up Xiao Xiao. Aside from her appearance, Xiao Xiao, who had returned to five-years-old last night, smiled sweetly and kissed her on the cheek.

“Good morning~” Xiao Xiao’s ice-blue round eyes twinkled, “Good morning kiss.”

“. . .”

“Well~” Xiao Xiao stared at her.

“. . .”

“Hmm. . .”

Ah, her lips pressed and her eyes became moist, there’s water. . . She wants to cry?! What’s wrong with this kid?!
Lin Yuzu was shocked.

“Don’t cry, don’t cry, don’t cry. . . Okay, okay, I’ll kiss.” Lin Yuzu hurriedly kissed her on the forehead, “Good morning. . . Xiao Xiao.”

“Mmm~” Xiao Xiao immediately broke into a smile.

Alas. . .
Lin Yuzu conceded defeat, “Let’s get dressed first, okay?”

Although she said that, she didn’t have clothes for children to change. She could only make do with having Xiao Xiao wear ill-fitting clothes. The long clothes were piled on the ground and she didn’t have shoes, making walking inconvenient.

Xiao Xiao herself didn’t mind it much because she doesn’t walk by herself. The little zombie king is a hundred times more clingy than her adult form and almost everything she does is dependent on Lin Yuzu.

They no longer have time to be able to camp leisurely.

Lin Yuzu let Xiao Xiao sit on her lap and brush her teeth by hand. Contrary to Xiao Xiao’s excited attitude, Lin Yuzu was quite distressed.

Looking at Xiao Xiao being a child is too cute. . . but it’s absolutely impossible to keep this up!

Lin Yuzu discussed with the little zombie king who was lying on her lap and playing with her hair, “Xiao Xiao can sense the approximate location of the raccoon, right? Should we go find it?”

For some reason, Xiao Xiao acted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on and asked vigilantly, “Why look for it?”

. . . She completely forgot about herself.

Lin Yuzu coaxed her, “After finding it, we’ll ask it if there’s any way to make people bigger.”

She didn’t know how Xiao Xiao normally communicates with the mutant creatures but seeing as how she teaches Xiao Hong and Zhaocai, this level shouldn’t be a problem, right?

“Yuzu, want to be bigger?”

“Yes. . .”
It’s to change you back.

Xiao Xiao puffed her cheeks, making her originally round face look puffier, “Okay. . . then kiss.”

All right, kiss.

Young Xiao Xiao wants a kiss for everything and Lin Yuzu has gotten used to it so she pecked her cheeks.

Xiao Xiao slimily kissed her back, leaving a trace of saliva
. . . ugh.
Lin Yuzu wiped her face while Xiao Xiao shyly smiled and cuddled her soft little face against Lin Yuzu’s neck.

The little zombie king promised to show the way and Lin Yuzu dismantled the camping equipment and carried it.

When they arrived, she and Xiao Xiao shared the burden, but now that Xiao Xiao had become smaller and had to hold Lin Yuzu’s hands, her part was handed over to the innocent Zhaocai.

It was really good to bring him. Lin Yuzu, who was oppressing the cat, didn’t have the slightest guilty conscience.

However, she didn’t know if this raccoon is able to run or Xiao Xiao’s navigation not being accurate, but Lin Yuzu still failed to find it despite wandering around in the forest all morning.

Lin Yuzu was a little depressed. Aren’t raccoons nocturnal creatures? Shouldn’t it be sleeping in its nest right now?

Although she has good physical strength and isn’t tired yet, it’s still too hot running around like such in this weather. . .

Lin Yuzu washed her face at the pond.

Xiao Xiao sat next to her, one hand pulling her clothes with the other reaching into the water playing, only to gasp as she raised her hand.

She waved the round object and showed it to Lin Yuzu, “Yuzu, snail!”

“Wow, Xiao Xiao is so good.”

The praised Xiao Xiao smiled with squinted eyes and leaned into Lin Yuzu’s arms.

Lin Yuzu looked at the snail in her hand, “. . .Xiao Xiao, are you hungry?”

“Hmm?”

“Lin Yuzu displayed her superb skills in handling the snail, but unfortunately, it takes two to three days for the snail to be processed so it can’t be eaten today.

She hung the loaded snail on its back dejectedly as she looked at Zhaocai, thinking about another aquatic animal.

When she was handling the snail just now, she also noticed that there were crayfishes in the pond.

Lin Yuzu stared at the water surface that had regained its calm. Just when one swam by, she immediately noticed it and quickly caught it with her hands.

I knew it!

The green crayfish in her hand panicked as it opened its teeth and claws. Lin Yuzu accidentally got caught by its pincers and hissed. When she was about to throw it into the bucket, her body suddenly shook. . . and stopped.

Lin Yuzu froze for a moment.

It’s impossible to be pinched to death. . . When she was at loss, Xiao Xiao rushed over and pulled her hand, looking up with tears in her eyes, “Painful?”

Xiao Xiao became a little crybaby when she regressed and Lin Yuzu helplessly answered, “It’s okay, it’s not very painful.”

“. . .” Xiao Xiao lowered her curly eyelashes and the melancholy look on her little face broke Lin Yuzu’s heart.

She then kissed Lin Yuzu’s injured finger, “Liar. . . Yuzu, be pampered. I will protect you/”

Even though she’s still the original Xiao Xiao, it’s surprising to hear it from a child. . .

Lin Yuzu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, but still felt a little warm and fuzzy, “So Xiao Xiao will help me?”

“Mmm, I’m awesome.”

“Yes, yes, Xiao Xiao is the best.” Lin Yuzu couldn’t help but feel love and kissed her on the cheek.
“. . . Thank you for helping me.”

A happy smile blossomed in Xiao Xiao’s face.

In the end, they had fried lobster for lunch and while eating, Lin Yuzu suddenly remembered, “Since Xiao Xiao is so powerful, can you help me call the raccoon over?”

I’m so stupid, the zombie king should have the ability to herd mutated creatures.

Xiao Xiao, who was eating, painstakingly beckoned and tried to connect with the raccoon, “Hmm. . . right now, not possible.”

. . . In other words, it was possible before.

So what was the purpose of this heavy-duty hike this whole morning. . .
Lin Yuzu smiled bitterly and ruffled her head vigorously under Xiao Xiao’s puzzled gaze.

 

Xiao Xiao blinked blankly for a while before puffing her cheeks and rushed over to mess Lin Yuzu’s hair as well.

The morning wasn’t wasted and the good news was that the raccoon finally stopped at one place.

Lin Yuzu followed Xiao Xiao and walked ahead. The trees gradually became sparse and the wind that whistled through the forest brought a fresh and distant floral fragrance.

This fragrance. . . is very familiar. I would often smell this in the past. . . what is it?

The closer they got, the stronger the floral scent became, but it doesn’t make people greasy. The refreshing and soothing aroma soothed Lin Yuzu’s nerves and it seems to take away even the summer’s dryness.

Lin Yuzu thought and her mind gradually became unclear. She wanted to sleep in this fragrance. . . but was pinched by Xiao Xiao and she suddenly woke up.

Xiao Xiao reminded her, “Mutant plant.”

. . . so close, but I was so relaxed that I was taken advantage of.
Lin Yuzu cheered up and walked forward. Her eyes suddenly widened upon seeing lush large bushed by the river blooming with pure white flowers.

The oversized raccoon was lying in the middle of the clearing, sleeping soundly.

Lin Yuzu poked it but it didn’t wake up. Probably because of the fragrance of the flowers that it was charmed.

Lin Yuzu had no choice but to sit down against the fluffy fur while Xiao Xiao sat in her arms.

The protruding branches of the bushes hung in front of her eyes as the delicate white petals quivered in the wind. Lin Yuzu remembered that when she was younger, it seems to have been a popular flower to use during confessions.

Lin yuzu plucked off the half-opened flower on the branch and pinned it to Xiao Xiao’s temples.

The hair falling from her ears is whiter than the petals and her ice-blue eyes looking at her were clear and bright, reflecting Lin Yuzu’s smile.

Lin Yuzu asked, “This is jasmine, right?”

Xiao Xiao seriously answered, “Based on the flower, it’s Gardenia.”

Lin Yuzu rejected her science, “Just think of it as Jasmine! There isn’t much difference and it’s all mutated anyway so it doesn’t really matter what it was before.”

Xiao Xiao scowled, “Not Jasmine either.”

This kind of place has become smaller and hasn’t changed. Lin Yuzu thought for a while and said, “I’m going to name it Jasmine now, so it’s Jasmine.”

Xiao Xiao froze and then sighed like an old person and looked at her with a tolerant gaze as if saying, ‘If that’s what you want.’

Lin Yuzu smiled and kissed her, “Thank you, Miss Xiao Xiao.”

Xiao Xiao immediately kissed her back and happily forgot about it.

The raccoon didn’t wake up and had the tendency to sleep until the end of time, but ‘Jasmine’ has been controlled by Xiao Xiao and it no longer emits the sleeping fragrance, so Lin Yuzu simply set up the tent here once more.

The second day of their camping trip had good weather with clear skies, suitable for stargazing at night.

Lin Yuzu put out the fire after cooking and laid on the raccoon fur with Xiao Xiao lying on top of her. Zhaocai originally also wanted to squeeze over but was too hot. . . and was pushed away by Lin Yuzu.

Xiao Xiao pointed at her, “Altair, there. . . this, Vega star.”

“Hmm. . .”

Lin Yuzu’s stargazing skills didn’t improve. She recognized the river of stars in the sky for a long time, but couldn’t identify two different ones from the multitude of dots of light.

Her eyes were sore. . . Lin Yuzu closed her eyes and when she opened them,. not only distant stars were flashing in front of her eyes but also glowing green dots of light.

“Ah. . . fireflies.”

Lin Yuzu gathered the fluttering green lights as they fell in her palm and didn’t move but flickered.

There’s more than one green spot of light.

Xiao Xiao pulled Lin Yuzu and the two of them sat up together and the tiny lights in the bushes lit up for the first time.

In the night, crystal clear green lights flickered in the air. It was just faint light compared to the bright milky way that’s lightyears away, but when it was all connected and enveloped people, it was as if heaven and earth were upside down and they were floating in the starry sky at the moment.

Xiao Xiao then said softly, “Like Yuzu’s eyes.”

Oops. . .
If the original Xiao Xiao said this sentence, Lin Yuzu would definitely blush, but now, she simply smiled and tightly hugged Xiao Xiao, “Then your eyes are the stars in the sky.”

Xiao Xiao buried her face into her shoulder.

Under the river of stars, the streams of fireflies intertwined. The atmosphere of this moment should have some background music, so Lin Yuzu took out her harmonica.

Xiao Xiao immediately pressed her hand, “No.”

Lin Yuz argued, “Don’t underestimate me! I also know one or two songs that I can play well.”

Xiao Xiao looked at her suspiciously.

In Her childhood, she almost doubled the lethality of such a gaze and Lin Yuzu swore, “It’s true.”

Okay. . .
Xiao Xiao let go of her hand for now.

Lin Yuzu placed the harmonica to her lips. Crisp and gentle notes flowed out and echoed in the forest.

It actually wasn’t bad. Xiao Xiao leaned on Lin Yuzu and listened quietly for a while. It was a tune she hadn’t heard before.

When the last note fell, Lin Yuzu put down the harmonica, “This piece is called ‘Morning Star’. . . it’s a piece composed privately by someone I know. I practiced it for a long time.”

“It sounds good.” Xiao Xiao said in a serious tone, “Need to practice others too.”

“Yeah. . .”

When they were talking, Xiao Xiao suddenly let out a small yawn. Maybe because her body clock slowly adapts to that of a child. The usual Xiao Xiao would still be energetic.

“Going to sleep?”

“Hmm. . .” Xiao Xiao blinked with a sleepy look and requested, “Listen to bedtime stories.”

Bedtime story. . .

Lin Yuzu recalled her storage of fairy tales and eliminated the ones not suitable for children, “Then let me tell you the story of Peter Pan.”

Xiao Xiao pouted, “Want to hear, Yuzu’s story.”

“My story? I don’t have anything to tell. . .” Lin yuzu felt a little embarrassed.

in retrospect, her life consists of ups and downs, but those ups and downs aren’t suitable for bedtime stories. The parts that she found beautiful were accumulated from her trivial daily routine that wasn’t worth mentioning.

“Want to hear. . .”

“Okay, okay, little princess.” Lin Yuzu recalled. She honestly couldn’t remember anything specific, “Then I’ll tell you what I used to play with the other children, okay?”

“Other children?”

“They belong to other people’s houses, you’re my only one.”

Xiao Xiao laid back with satisfaction and Lin Yuzu continued, “When I went to take care of them the first day. . .” She picked out a few interesting things to tell as stories.

When Xiao Xiao heard the fifth one, she tugged on Lin Yuzu’s sleeve, “Yuzu’s sister, what person is she?”

“Eh?”

“Yuzu, keep mentioning her.”

“That often. . .” Lin Yuzu was slightly surprised. Thinking back on it, it seems that she indeed kept mentioning her. She couldn’t help but sigh softly, “She’s umm. . . She’s a respectable person.”

In such chaotic times, she walked ahead alone in front of everyone, leading and shielding them until the very end. . .

“. . . And very kind to her family.”

Lin Yuzu still remembered when she was first received into Linshan Base. It was after she committed her first murder and was almost on the verge of collapse. She was the one who rescued her.

Later on, when the Venus Project was launched, the procedures were proposed by overzealous factions that were hardly human. Even though Lin Yuzu herself volunteered, it was also her who stood up and called the project off.

‘Although I agree that desperate times call for desperate means, but not now. Just because we’re in this situation, it’s all the more important to act with principle! Some bottom lines cannot be lost.’

‘And you, Lin Yuzu, it’s not your burden to carry our future! If you don’t want it, just say no, does anyone else dare to force my sister?’

“. . .”

Lin Yuzu didn’t know what kind of expression she made, but Xiao Xiao’s warmly gazed at her and touched her face, “It’s okay, Yuzu still has me.”

“Yeah. . . I know, we’ve already pinky swore.” Lin Yuzu placed a gentle kiss on her forehead, “Well, goodnight kiss. Let’s sleep, okay?”

Xiao Xiao nodded obediently and also gave her a kiss on her forehead before closing her eyes.

She fell into a deep sleep and Lin Yuzu carried her back to the tent. The two then slept together while leaning on each other.

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The wandering fireflies eventually dispersed or fell while the sky was full of stars.

Xiao Xiao opened her eyes.

The memories of that day returned. She stretched her body a little, propped up her upper body with her elbows, and stared at the sleeping person next to her.

It wasn’t the first time that she looked at her this way, but this time was particularly incredible. A strange feeling. . . reminds Xiao Xiao of the first time she saw her from afar.

So slender and petite. . . must get close to her and protect her. But why. . .

Xiao Xiao’s fingertips stroked her eyebrows.

The long snow-colored hair fell on the pillow and tangled with the black hair. She leaned down as if a dragonfly was spotting across the lake.

. . . Good night.

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