Ch 7: There’s a Limit to Pampering Females, Right?
Yi Mei’s fertility was low, and her three beast husbands were level three or four in combat strength. They had been bonded for over a year and still hadn’t had any cubs, but they were all open-minded about it.
She changed the subject, “I think Zhile is quite good at pampering people. Now that the weather is warmer, let Zhile fatten you up a bit. When you look healthy and ready to have cubs, other males will surely come knocking…”
Si Shuo couldn’t even imagine herself surrounded by men. “I don’t want to think about that much. Zhile is fine, and I’m fine.”
Yi Mei shook her head and said with a smile, “Don’t say that. Even before Zhile’s combat strength decreased, he wouldn’t have dared to pat his chest and say he could take care of you all by himself.
Accidents happen a lot. Having another male around gives us more security.
Besides, you’re weak. You should get more nourishment from beast marks…”
When a male and a female bond, the male’s beast mark will transfer to the female.
Nourished by the beast mark, the female becomes healthier and more likely to conceive. Moreover, the male can sense the female’s location and safety through the beast mark!
Si Shuo couldn’t help but ask in a low voice, “Yi Mei, you have so many beast husbands. Don’t they fight and compete?”
Yi Mei laughed and nodded, “Of course they fight! When we choose our first beast husband, they’re usually the strongest.
Subsequent beast husbands have to be chosen and tested by the first beast husband. The beast husbands have to adjust to each other and find a way to coexist harmoniously.
We just don’t interfere and let them make a fuss. If you want to favor someone, do it secretly. Otherwise, the one you like will easily be ostracized.
But we’re all family. They won’t go too far. They know their limits!”
Si Shuo blinked, her face flushed. She felt that the heavens were making up for her miserable past life all at once, not caring if she could handle it.
Zhile and the others were very efficient. They chiseled two adjacent caves. The large stones they knocked out were made into two stone beds, a set of stone table and chairs, and many niches were chiseled into the three walls to place items.
In the outer cave, they also built a stove and made two different sizes of stone pots!
After cleaning up, the male with the fire affinity used fire to bake the entire cave, removing the dampness and the various insects hiding in the crevices.
Si Shuo looked at the new home, which had doubled in size, and ran around happily.
She could also be considered to have, thanks to a man, acquired a two-bedroom, one-living room house of about eighty square meters!
Zhile hooked his lips and shook his head. He made the bed and put the clothes and animal hides into the niches in the wall.
By this time, the sun had already set. The hunting beastmen returned, shouting excitedly with a lot of prey. The beastmen in the tribe came out of their caves to welcome their returning males and to receive their share of the meat.
Zhile held Si Shuo and jumped down. He held her hand and walked with the flow of people towards the square, explaining to her:
“Our Lu’ni tribe is based on families. Each family has to send half of its members to participate in hunting and guarding activities.
Like our family, you can participate in gathering as you please. If you want to go, you can go with the females. If you’re tired, you can rest at home.
As your beast husband, I will go hunting one day and patrol the tribe the next.
Hunting is done in cooperation with several people. Half of the prey is handed over to the tribe, and the other half is divided among the hunters according to their contribution…”
Si Shuo looked at his thin lips moving, and she felt a little anxious inside. She had an urge to hug his neck and kiss him!
“These few days, I want to go out hunting every day to save some dried meat for you. When I go on the spring hunt, you won’t be hungry at home,” Zhile said in a low voice. Before, he only had to worry about feeding himself. He had no plans for the future.
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Now he had a fragile and delicate little female. In just over half a day, he already felt like he wanted to give her everything.
He also liked to talk to her about everything, and he loved it even more when she stared at him intently while he spoke.
Si Shuo shook her head. “No, Si Shuo eats, not much. Have wild fruits, dried fish, not hungry!”
Zhile squeezed her hand. “You’re too thin. I want to fatten up our little kitten. It’ll be more comfortable to hold you.”
Si Shuo glared at him, huffed, and turned her head away, not looking at him anymore.
Zhile couldn’t help but chuckle. “I’m a big cat, and you’re a little kitten. It’s true. Are you that easily teased?”
Si Shuo’s lips curled up slightly. If at first he was her goal to avoid the Female Cave and her heat period, now she felt joy in her heart.
Spring was indeed a season for cats to be intoxicated!
The two of them received a piece of meat weighing about twenty catties. Zhile skewered it with a branch, sprinkled some salt on it, and roasted it over the bonfire outside.
Si Shuo sat obediently beside him.
The air was filled with the strong smell of blood. The beastmen surrounded the bonfire, talking and laughing. Children in both forms played around. Everywhere was a scene of peace and warmth.
Zhile turned his head and talked to a few beastmen next to him about tomorrow’s hunt. “This season, the tusked boar cubs are all coming out. I want to catch a few litters before the spring hunt.
Piglets are easy to raise. If we throw them into the stone trench next to us, they can’t escape. They can live for at least seven or eight days by gnawing on some wild grass.
We can slaughter one every other day. Piglet meat is tender, and the females and cubs love to eat it.
When we’re out on the spring hunt, if we always let the females and cubs eat dried meat, their mouths will get blisters and they’ll suffer…”
The Gold Leopard Beastman, Cui Tai, laughed and scolded him, “We thought you really wouldn’t find a female for the rest of your life. Now you know the benefits of having a female?
But, who in the tribe is as particular as you, slaughtering a piglet every other day?
During this time of scarcity, it’s already good to have dried meat to eat.”
The Gray Lion Beastman, Ke Biao, also said in a muffled voice, “Zhile, there’s a limit to pampering females.
Your female only has you as a beast husband. If something happens to you, will she have a good life?
Tusked boar cubs are delicious, but adult tusked boars are very fierce. They always appear in groups. With just the few of us, we can steal three or five piglets to satisfy our cravings, but how can we possibly take down the whole litter?”