Yu Yuan's words stunned Simon and Dawnlight.
But what happened next shocked them even more.
"Okay!" An awkward, halting voice sounded in everyone's minds.
What their ears heard, though, was a quack.
How was that possible?
Dawnlight stared at One-eyed Duck, her mouth slightly open. Simon immediately picked up Little Jenny, his eyes full of wariness.
Humans were instinctively wary of intelligent beings, especially those of other species.
Yu Yuan did not move. He seemed to have expected this all along.
The curiosity in his eyes only deepened.
"Hmm..." He thought for a moment.
"What should I call you?"
"Call me?" One-eyed Duck tilted his head, plainly considering the question.
A few seconds later, he shook his head.
"Don't... have one."
"No name?" Yu Yuan frowned slightly.
A name or title was essential for an intelligent being. It was how individuals were distinguished from one another.
Names could be called one of the defining features of a civilization.
Yet this duck said he had no name. That was strange.
"What do others of your kind call you?"
This time, One-eyed Duck answered quickly.
"My kind? I don't have any..." He looked at Little Jenny.
"I just want to stay with him."
Yu Yuan scratched his head.
No others of his kind, and he only wanted to stay with Little Jenny. A possibility came to mind.
"Do you remember anything from before, or do your memories only begin here with us?"
One-eyed Duck fell into thought.
"I seem to have some memories, but I seem to have forgotten them."
"So you only remember what's happened since you came here..."
One-eyed Duck's situation prompted Yu Yuan to inspect Duckov's Nest again.
He found nothing new. Its effects and attributes remained unchanged.
In the end, he could only ask Simon to keep a