Chapter 290 - FaMo Met His Substitute
After the fifteen-minute drive, Tristan and Zhen-Zhen reached their home. He asked Zhen-Zhen to go inside first.
Tristan would pick FaMo's substitute out of his cage. He left FaMo's substitute to the guardhouse a while ago before fetching Zhen-Zhen from the Mall.
Clueless of the true intent of Tristan for letting her enter the house first, Zhen-Zhen followed his request. She also wanted to know what FaMo was doing right now.
Upon entering the house, Zhen-Zhen could feel FaMo's aura around the house. He was cultivating his power inside her room right now.
Zhen-Zhen went to her room in a hurry. She felt very excited as she could feel that FaMo was slowly regaining his power back.
She saw him in the middle of her bed in a cross-sitting position. His hands were placed and rested on his knees with his eyes closed. He looked like doing yoga with this kind of pose.
His body was surrounded by orange lights. FaMo was not wearing upper clothes so Zhen-Zhen could see his body covered by beads of sweat.
She moved closer to the bed. She tried to check his wound on his back. She was glad to see that his wound dried up already. But the mark was still visible.
"FaMo," Zhen-Zhen called him out.
He automatically opened his eyes the moment he heard her voice.
"Zhen-Zhen, you are here. I think the concealing technique that we used is very effective. I didn't sense your aura. It is completely hidden." FaMo informed Zhen-Zhen.
"So even if you accidentally encounter the guardian warrior in this world, they will not know that you are the demon god's daughter," he added.
Zhen-Zhen smiled at FaMo. She sat down beside him.
"FaMo, I am starting to control my power as well. It's difficult sometimes but I will try my best."
FaMo gently patted Zhen-Zhen's head. "I could see you are doing better. Don't worry, Zhen-Zhen. You will master it soon. We will continue your training once you recover completely."
"I know you exhaust too much magical power after that incident in Mt. Calypso. You also transferred lots of your energy to me when you tried to heal my wound. Thank you, Zhen-Zhen. And sorry for being a burden to you." FaMo glanced at her with a grateful look on his face.
Zhen-Zhen caressed his face while shaking her head.
"No, FaMo… you are not a burden to me. You protected me and Tristan. You are our savior. I should be the one thanking you."
FaMo was touched by Zhen-Zhen's words.
"By the way, how's your power? Can you now transform to your original form? Can you shift into cat form? Can you fuse with my body again?" Zhen-Zhen threw him lots of questions.
"Hmmm, based on my current condition right now, I think I can fuse with your body once I turn myself into a fire… but transforming back to my cat form and dragon form requires a lot more magical power. I can do it after a week." FaMo said, feeling a little bit sad.
He didn't want to admit but he also missed being a cute fluffy cat. When he was in a cat form, he could sleep together with Tristan and Zhen-Zhen.
Zhen-Zhen would always pet him, hugging and squeezing him in her arms whenever she liked it. He already missed those moments.
He was also afraid that if he stayed longer in his human form then he would be used to it. He was worried that he might like acting human in this world and might forget his true self.
After all, he was still the mighty black dragon, Zhen-Zhen's protector.
Zhen-Zhen could somehow feel his worries. So she tried to talk to him and cheer him up.
"FaMo, you don't have to worry too much. Whatever form you will use from now on, always remember that you are FaMo, my protector."
"Honestly, I am amazed every time I will see you in your dragon form. It reminds me that you are part of my father's power. It gives me a sense of security. I feel like Fa-Fa and Mo-Mo are always here, guiding me."
"When you are in your cat form, I am so happy because I can hug you whenever I like. Your cuteness always brightens my day. Through this, I can be with you and see you every day, unlike in your dragon form. We need to hide it from the people here."
FaMo nodded because he understood Zhen-Zhen.
She paused for a moment, eyeing FaMo in his human form.
"I love seeing you in this human form. Fa-Fa, I missed him so much. But because of you, I can touch Fa-Fa's face like this and hug him like this." Zhen-Zhen touched FaMo's face and hugged him
"I'm so glad to see you communicating with Tristan and other people which you can't do if you are in your cat form. So I would suggest that from now on you can use both cat and the human form."
"Do you like it? What do you think?" Zhen-Zhen asked FaMo.
FaMo bobbed his head frantically. "I like this idea, Zhen-Zhen!"
"So make sure to recover your power. I miss my cute fluffy cat FaMo."
"Yes, I will do my best, Zhen-Zhen."
FaMo and Zhen-Zhen just finished their conversation when they heard a knocking sound outside her door. It was Tristan. Zhen-Zhen told him to enter.
"Wifey, come to the living room. There's something I wanna show you. It's my surprise for you." Tristan said to Zhen-Zhen excitedly.
Zhen-Zhen and FaMo exchanged glances with each other, oblivious of the surprise waiting for them in the living room.
Tristan asked Zhen-Zhen and FaMo to come with him to the living room.
Upon arriving there, Tristan showed them FaMo's substitute that was sitting leisurely on the sofa.
"Zhen-Zhen, Surprise! FaMo is back!!!" After saying that, Tristan turned to FaMo. "Father-in-Law, meet FaMo, Zhen-Zhen's favorite pet."
Meow! Meow! Meow!
FaMo: "..."
Zhen-Zhen: "..."
The two of them stayed rooted on their spot as they watched FaMo's substitute. They didn't know how they would react to this surprise. They were indeed surprised to see this cat.