Transmigrated into a Beast Tribe

by Usui Takumii

not mine, this is banana tl. Beware bl and mpreg.

4. 31 to 40

Chapter 31 Finding a job to do

Lin Mu rolled on the bed in boredom. There is no entertainment in this world; no internet, no games, no novels. Now it's the rainy season, and he can't go out. For Phil and the rest, they are still alright, as they can spend the time making clothes. But he is really incompetent in making clothes; hence he can choose to give up in the end. Every day, he only ate and sleep, Lin Mu felt that he was too sinful. He was a bit envious of Lal. At least Lal could pull Cohen to go out with him for hunting when he is bored. Although he often snatched people's task to do, he is always joyful.

On the other hand, Sasha is also someone who could entertain himself, so envious. As long as he has food with him, and someone to accompany him, he can comfortably enjoy the day. Come to think about it, the two little ones Casso and Qiuqiu, seems to be mysteriously disappeared every day. Lin Mu sighed boringly in bed, it appeared that he is the only bored person in the whole tribe.

All of a sudden, Lin Mu sat up; startling Sasha. Phil and Lais were much calmer. Facing the situation where Lin Mu will act abnormal every day, only Sasha would cooperatively show a startled expression.

Lin Mu snatched a grape and threw it into his mouth. "I need to find something to do."

As soon as Lin Mu finished his words, other people couldn't help showing black lines on their face1. Because Lin Mu has said this more than once.

For example, the day before yesterday:

He suddenly thought that he should make some gloves. Because during autumn, they will need to go out to find food. They must wear some gloves to protect their hands. However, Lin Mu's needlework was really bad, but he still wants to challenge the difficulty of making all ten fingers. In the end, the only finished product from Lin Mu could barely fit any fingers. Phil and the rest simply couldn't believe the fact that none of the ten fingers was wearable, and also why Lin Mu has this patience to continue. But they do feel that gloves are very convenient, so they added making gloves to their list of things to do. Although the beastmen may not need it, the females would still make one for their own beastman since they are making it. Of course, Lin Mu, whose handiwork is too bad, is also a part of their task. So, in the end, Lin Mu found himself unemployed, nothing to do.

Like the day before yesterday:

Finding out that his work is now getting done by someone else, Lin Mu felt that he should find other stuff to do. So, he brainstormed a bit and thought of the beastman walking around in bare feet. Although he still has a pair of sneakers, he believes that his sneakers' death is not very far away. Now that he is free, he has decided to make himself a pair of shoes. After some considerations, Lin Mu finally decided to make boots; it's simple enough, convenient and warm.

Making boots with shorter length will make it suitable for autumn wear. How convenient, he applauded himself in his heart. Then, he started working on it. For the soles, although Lin Mu wants to sew his own soles like those rural girls in the 1970s and 1980s, but looking at his hands, Lin Mu decided not to trouble himself so much. Hence, he thought to pair some wooden boards with sturdy animal skins. If one feels uncomfortable after wearing it, they can add insoles. With this idea in mind, Lin Mu spent the whole morning making a pair of wooden soles. However, the upper part got him struggling.

Because of Lin Mu, everyone got their ancient version of flip-flops, so right now they are quite interested in watching Lin Mu make shoes. After all, the weather will gradually become cold after the rainy season, and flip-flops won't be suitable then. So, they waited until they saw Lin Mu stopped while holding a needle.

Seeing that, Phil couldn't help asking, "Lin Mu, why aren't you continuing?"

Lin Mu looked at him in embarrassment, "I suddenly remembered that I don't know how to cut the upper part."

A few people looked at him, speechless.

Lais took the unfinished product with a smile. "Tell me more, I'll do it for you."

And so Lin Mu's job is once again gone. Although he finally got the first pair of boots ever made in the beastman era, he didn't have any sense of accomplishment at all.

Next, yesterday:

Robbed of his job in making shoes by Phil again, Lin Mu felt that he couldn't work with them or one of them will take over his tasks. So Lin Mu went to the main hall, decided to clean it. However, the main hall was clean, and everything was cleaned up. These were done by those beastman who were lazing in the main hall. In the end, Lin Mu came to the storeroom in depression, wanting to sort out the stored items.

Watching Lin Mu trying to find something to do, Patrik smiled and shook his head. In his heart, he wished that the rainy season would pass quickly; otherwise, Lin Mu wouldn't know what it would be like.

Lin Mu squatted in the storage room, staring at the neatly placed things, depressed, "Why are you people so hardworking?!"

Lin Mu couldn't understand, he wasn't this active before this. Was it because he transmigrated to another world, and turned into someone who would be uncomfortable if he didn't do anything for a day? He thought of the things he would have done in the previous world if he encountered such a continuous rainy day. Sleep, go online, read novels, learn to cook, just thinking about it, he felt like he has endless things to do. And what can he do in this world? Go to bed? He wakes up every day when the sun is up in the sky, and he is not a sleeping god, he can't sleep forever. As for food, he also wants to make good food, but the materials are really limited. He doesn't even have chillis for hot pot. Thinking of chilli, every time the beastman went out to hunt, Lin Mu would tell them to pick any pointy red vegetable back. They brought back many red and pointy vegetables, but none of them is chilli. Lin Mu couldn't be sure if the chilis have also become mutants, otherwise, why can't anyone find them?

Lin Mu glanced down at the contents of the room in a low mood, then his eyes brightened when he touched the high pile of thatch. "Hehe…" Lin Mu smiled mischievously.

Beside him, Patrik shook his head.

Lin Mu came to the pile of thatch and rubbed his hands. "I was going to move you after the rainy season, but I'm uncomfortable now. Anyway, it will be a hectic day after the rainy season, so it is good to do it now."

The reason why they stored so much thatch and didn't use it as firewood material is because Lin Mu want to use it to make mattresses. He wants to enjoy a warm winter, and naturally, he had to consider the issue of keeping warm. Lin Mu felt that the effects of those animal skins are too limited, and they wouldn't be able to complete Lin Mu's great desire to nest in winter.

Winter nest, one just feel warm when they think about it. Obviously, the current conditions cannot meet the requirements. Lin Mu naturally has to find ways to make it happen. The first thing he thought of was to make his bed thicker. With thatch, they won't waste so much animal skins.

Lin Mu rolled up his sleeves and started moving. Patrik, who had been following him, said he wanted to help but was kicked out. Lin Mu looked at the pile of thatch and crossed his arms across his chest. He laughed and said, "What a joke, I just found something to do, how can I let you rob me of it?"

Lin Mu is not in a hurry, so he can do it slowly. There are some days before the rainy season end anyway, he is in no hurry.

Lal passed by at that moment. He was also bored out of his mind, but he didn't want to go out to hunt today. It didn't feel good to be rained on, and that guy will take advantage of him as well. In fact, if he hates being taken advantage by Cohen, he can totally choose not to go out with Cohen. Although Cohen will be following closely behind, Lal still can run away if he wished to. But he rejected the possibility of him being alone. So, does that means he like being taken advantage of by Cohen? Or really like it? Or… like it?

Their area for activity is not large, Lal was turning around boringly when he saw Lin Mu. Lal wondered why Lin Mu is messing up the pile of grass that has been packed nicely. So he asked, "Lin Mu, what are you doing?"

Lin Mu didn't even give him a look. "Making mattress."

"What is it for?"

"I said mattress, of course, it's for the bed2."

Lal nodded. "What a strange name. Shouldn't it be more appropriate to call it pad bed?"

Lin Mu gave him a 'You're an idiot' look, then returned his attention to check if he has enough black rattan.

Lal didn't mind Lin Mu's look. He smiled next to Lin Mu and asked, "What can I do to help?"

Lin Mu raised his head and smiled softly at him. "Of course, there's something you do. Turn your head now, then go straight. Go out the door, turn right, then go straight a few steps, and then on your right hand side, there is a room with a bed. After you lie down, you close your eyes and then … there is no 'then'."

After hearing that much, Lal finally responded, "You are asking me to go to sleep."

Lin Mu pushed him out and said, "Yeah, that's right. What a great thing to sleep, go and do it quickly."

"I'm not going to bed, I want to help." Lal stood still, and Lin Mu couldn't push him away.

The moment Patrik came out of his room, he saw Lin Mu and Lal pulling at each other. (Patrik, your understanding is a bit off…)3 He has just left the storage for a while, and Lal dropped by to 'make use of every second and every inch'. Patrik felt that he has to talk to Cohen.

The beast's instinct in Lal made him shiver in a cold sweat. He thought to himself, "Who is scheming against me?" He looked around, but he didn't see Cohen ah.

"Why can't you go, why do you always have to help? I don't need it."

Lal leaned at the door frame with both hands. "I need it." Then he looked at Lin Mu pitifully, "I'm too free."

Lin Mu retorted, "You can go hunting."

"I don't want to today." Today happens to be Cohen on duty to hunt, so he(L) can be at ease for a while. But he felt dull being alone.

Lin Mu sighed, and Patrik came over.

"Mu Mu, let him do it if he wants to."

Lal is happy, as expected of his boss, he(P) still thinks for him. But why did he felt that his boss's eyes were cold when he spoke just now? Illusion, it must be an illusion.

Lal is happy, but Lin Mu is not. He was robbed of his job again, from hands-on to coaching. Although his status sounded high, Lin Mu does not feel good. But Patrik has spoken, so it's not good for him to not give Patrik some faces. He is now a tribe leader, after all.

Lin Mu glanced at Lal in dissatisfaction, but it has no lethal effect on Lal.

"Beastman's face is the thickest." Lin Mu thought to himself, his face puffed into a bun, "Come here, I'll tell you what to do."

Lal's comprehension ability is excellent. Although it was a little messy in the beginning, but Lal managed to get the feel quickly. At this moment, Lin Mu changed from being a coach to being unemployed. After Lin Mu got his first mattress, his work was taken over by the idle beastmen, which also signalled that the errand he tried so hard to create is gone.

Now back to the moment of the gang showing black lines on their face.

Phil persuaded, "Lin Mu, I haven't finished the shoes yet." The implication is you don't have to find something to do first, I have no way to help you now.

Lin Mu was choked by Phil's words.

Phil: "Lin Mu, you can actually learn from Sasha."

Sasha hehe-ed and nodded, "Lin Mu, you should learn from me."

Lin Mu, looking at them in doubt, "I just want to make something to eat. You guys confirm letting me learn from Sasha?"

The three said in unison, "Go!"

Lin Mu walked proudly out of the room, but actually, his mouth is 'itchy'4. He browsed through the available ingredients; they have a lot of meat and two fishes left. The fishes are more than twenty pounds each. Since there are fish, Lin Mu is going to use them. Coincidentally saw Matt passing by the main hall, Lin Mu called out for his help. As for the other beastman, they were all in the storeroom, what were they doing? Who knows? Anyway, Lin Mu doesn't know and doesn't care, those beastman who robbed him of his job, and gritted his teeth.

"Matt, please help me fillet the fish." His(LM) knife skills are not good, and beastman is better at it.

Matt didn't say anything, he took the knife to help. Lin Mu went to prepare the sweet and sour sauce and, also some ginger juice. He is preparing to make some different kind of sweet and sour fish fillets.

Matt's mission was completed beautifully, so Lin Mu got him to help make the fire. Lin Mu can cook but hates making fire. He put the fish in a small tub, poured ginger and salt, rubbed it for a while and let it set. When Lin Mu stopped his task, he saw that the pot is already hot, so he filled it with oil. The fragrance from the fillet started wafting within a short while in the pot.

Sasha smelled the scent. "I'll help Lin Mu." Then he hurried out of bed.

The rest are used to Sasha's glutton habits.

Sasha saw Lin Mu busying around, and the scent of fish kept coming out of the pot. He hurried up to help.

"Lin Mu, what are you making? Smells delicious."

Lin Mu gave him a piece of fish. "Sweet and sour fish fillet. But no sauce yet."

Sasha ate it deliciously. "What can I help?"

Lin Mu handed a pair of chopsticks to Sasha's hand. "Flip the fish fillets."

Sasha is happy to help.

Lin Mu went on to deal with the remaining fish. He would not make fish fillets with this fish. He is going to make sweet and sour (whole) fish at noon. After all, they had to let other beastman taste it too.

After pouring the sauce on the fried fish fillet and mixing it with chopsticks, Lin Mu gave some to Matt. Then Lin Mu and Sasha each brought a bowl to Lais's room. As soon as they entered the room, Phil could smell that sweet and sour taste. Sasha kindly picked one and fed it to him. Then he(S) smiled while anticipating Phil's reaction.

Lin Mu is responsible for giving Lais a taste. Both of their eyes brightened after eating.

"Lin Mu, you haven't done this before. What is this? It's delicious!" Phil commented while eating from Sasha's bowl.

"Sweet and sour, the taste is very special." Lais ate from Lin Mu's bowl.

Sasha chewed the fish in his mouth and helped to answer, "This is the sweet and sour fish fillet. Lin Mu said that he will make sweet and sour fish for everyone at noon. Isn't it delicious?"

Phil nodded.

"Lin Mu, if you are bored in the future, you can make this." Sasha sincerely suggested.

Misha5 and Lais nodded in approval.

Lin Mu gave the three6 a bright smile and the smile instantly faded away, "You wish."

They laughed.

The night comes as usual.

Lin Mu was lying comfortably in Patrik's arms. "I wonder when the rainy season will pass."

"Soon." Patrik understands that Lin Mu is feeling stuffy being stuck in the room, but he doesn't dare to take him out.

Lin Mu felt that merely saying it's around 20 days, people should be more specific. Then they will be able to count the days. Right now, it seems to be 11 days already.

"In fact, a longer rainy season is better. We are well-rested, and the animals are also getting fattened up. That way, our winter food will be relatively rich."

Lin Mu nodded. "The vegetable I'm looking for must also be well grown. They are waiting for me to pick them, so they won't be sad about being useless."

"Plants won't get sad."

Lin Mu threatened with narrowed eyes. "They will be sad."

Patrik nodded. "En, they are waiting for you in sadness."

Lin Mu nodded with satisfaction.

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Chapter 32 Sneaking out

A silent night.

Lin Mu's consciousness was awake, but he did not want to open his eyes. He patted the location beside him. There wasn't the slightest hint of warmth, which means the other party had already gotten up. Lin Mu opened his eyes and saw that the room was very dark. Knowing that Lin Mu liked to sleep longer, Patrik did not take out the glowing stone when he left. Sitting up, Lin Mu stretched lazily and yawned deeply. Combining with the temperature difference outside his quilt, Lin Mu is now completely awake.

He slowly took out a small bag made from animal skin from the bedside cabinet and took out the glowing stone inside. Instantly, soft white light filled the room. There were four glowing stones in the bag, each at the size of Lin Mu's fist. During the construction of the house, a small wooden holder was added to the four corners of the room to hold the glowing stones. Lin Mu got out of bed and placed one glowing stone in each holder. Next, he opened the window. It was still dark outside, but Lin Mu found that the rain has gone down a bit.

Lin Mu walked out of his room. He was up relatively early today, so he can still see a few beastman eating their breakfast. Lin Mu only recalled that it's Patrik's turn to hunt today when he couldn't find him anywhere. He didn't hear Lal's voice either, so he(L) should be out hunting out of boredom again. Really don't know if Lal is out hunting or relaxing, Lin Mu enviously thought.

After washing his face, Lin Mu looked at the breakfast prepared by the beastman. Meat broth is a must every day; next, he also found an unknown boiled egg the size of an ostrich egg. They probably left it for him. Because there is still some tiny fire crackling under the soup pot, the temperature of the soup in the pot is just right. Lin Mu scooped a bowl of soup onto his own wooden bowl. He didn't pick any meat but took more vegetables instead. Looking at the green vegetables mainly left in the pot, it seems that beastmen still love to eat meat more. After all, they are still considered a beast, it's their nature.

Peeling the egg into the bowl, Lin Mu lazily leaned on the table to eat. Halfway through the meal, a white figure jumped on the table. Lin Mu glanced at Qiuqiu's chubby body, "So fat, why is your bouncing power so good?"

Qiuqiu licked Lin Mu's face endearingly, then sat on the table and watched Lin Mu eat.

If Qiuqiu is here, naturally Casso will be around as well. Hence, after a while, Casso arrived. It came to a stool closest to Lin Mu and jumped up.

Lin Mu rubbed Casso's body, "Have you all eaten yet?"

Casso nodded, Qiuqiu hesitated before nodding.

Lin Mu looked at Qiuqiu in amusement. He can see its wet eyes looking at him, full of longing, and said, "Don't look at me with your little eyes. You just can't bear to see other people eating."

As he said that, Lin Mu stood up to get another bowl. Lin Mu placed a small bowl in front of Qiuqiu. It contained mostly meat and a little soup. Although Qiuqiu is an omnivorous animal, Lin Mu knew that it still prefers to eat meat. As for Casso, it already mentioned that it had its breakfast, so Lin Mu didn't get it any. Both Lin Mu and Qiuqiu were very satisfied with their breakfast. The two of them did not feel embarrassed by letting other people watch them eating.

Casso didn't mind, it was used to it. Qiuqiu has always eaten without it.

After Lin Mu finished eating and washed the bowls with Qiuqiu, the beastman quickly cleaned the table and put it back by the wall. As for cleaning the living room, there is no need for Lin Mu to help.

Lin Mu carried Qiuqiu in his arms and looked at the sky where the rain was significantly reduced. Suddenly he has an idea in his heart. Holding Qiuqiu, Lin Mu turned around and said, "Casso, keep up." Then, he rushed back to his room. Back in his room, Lin Mu lowered down the door curtain. After putting Qiuqiu on the bed, he rummaged through the piles of animal skin in the corner of a wall.

Casso jumped onto the bed and squatted beside Qiuqiu, watching Lin Mu in confusion.

Zhi zhi zhi… (What is Master doing?)

"I don't know?"

Ji ji ji… (You can't even guess it? So stupid!)

"En En, Qiuqiu is the smartest. So, do you know what Lin Mu is doing?"

Zhi zhi zhi… (Tsk, I don't need to guess at all, Master will tell me.)

Casso: "…"

Lin Mu finally found what he wanted, it was a failed product, but right now it is useful. He smiled and said, "Oh, you two really seem to be having a conversation, what are you talking about?"

Zhi zhi zhi… (Nothing.)

Qiuqiu waved its paws cutely.

Casso was silent.

Lin Mu didn't mind. He sat on the bed, and then whispered to Casso mysteriously, "Casso, let's go out and play together!"

Casso froze, it thinks it might have misheard it.

"Nod if you agree, if you disagree…"

Casso shook its head frantically before Lin Mu finished talking. What a joke. It didn't want to be hated by Uncle Patrik, nor did it want to be beaten to death by its own father!

"Really won't consider?"

Casso's little head shook like a rattle.

Lin Mu picked up Qiuqiu and lowered his voice, "If you don't take me out, I will go with Qiuqiu. You also know that Qiuqiu's combat power is not really combat power. Think about it, if we encountered a beast, we would be kacha kacha shredded to pieces."

Casso frowned. Although it knew that the valley is quite safe, due to the surrounding beasts were almost wiped out by their tribe, but Casso was worried in case there is still some beast left out there. Then thinking about these two, even if they encounter the mega-tooth beast1, they won't have any chance of surviving, let alone other beasts. Casso became worried by the possibility, kacha kacha to pieces? No! If Qiuqiu dies, it(C) will be in despair. And if Lin Mu has any misfortune, its father would kill it first before the tribe leader. Casso doesn't want to see any of this happening.

Lin Mu knew that Casso is hesitating, he did not really want to force Casso, but he really wanted to go out for a stroll. And he is also afraid of encountering any beasts. Even if Casso does not have much combat power, but at the very least, Casso can definitely handle bugs, snakes or whatnots.

Casso looked up at Lin Mu and struggled for the last time.

"Can you not go? It's dangerous outside." Then it said to Qiuqiu, "Qiuqiu, don't go with Lin Mu?"

Lin Mu don't speak beast language so he couldn't understand. Qiuqiu coaxed, "I listen to my Master. Don't worry, it's safe in the valley."

Casso was helpless, it knew that Qiuqiu liked to join in the fun. In the end, it could only compromise and nodded helplessly to Lin Mu to express its agreement.

"Yes!2"

Lin Mu cheered in a low voice, and then whispered, "Qiuqiu, you go out and check the situation to see if the beastmen have all returned to their room."

Qiuqiu disappeared with a swish. Then with another swish, Qiuqiu reappeared in front of Lin Mu and waved its paws to indicate that he could follow behind.

Lin Mu carefully lifted the curtain and looked at the hall. No one was there. Then pretending to be doing nothing, Lin Mu carried Qiuqiu through the hall, glancing at both sides while walking. Finally arriving at the door, Lin Mu heaved a sigh in relief. He was feeling quite nervous. Just when he is about to step out, Sasha came out of his room. When he saw Lin Mu standing in front of the door, he asked, "Lin Mu, why are you standing there?"

Lin Mu was startled, and then said with a forced smile, "Hehehe, I'm enjoying the rain." Then he turned around and looked up, 45 degrees to the sky with a wistful expression, "Look, the rain is a spirit of nature. Their arrival nourishes everything, they bring peace to the world, washing everything and returned them to purity, rain… "

When Lin Mu turned around, he asked, "Where's Sasha?"

Sasha has run away, so Lin Mu quickly took the opportunity to put on his coat. After that, holding Qiuqiu, he said, "Casso, run!" Then he rushed into the curtain of rain.

Running out of the woods in one breath, and arrived at the north road, Lin Mu started laughing, "Finally managed to run out." Looking up and let the drizzle hit his face, Lin Mu felt that it was cooling and comfortable.

"Don't worry, Casso, I just came out to walk around. I won't go up the mountain. Rest assured. Now, let's go."

Qiuqiu jumped down from Lin Mu's arms and walked with Casso.

Lin Mu had put on the boots freshly made for him when he went out. He also wore the coat that was initially made for Patrik, but Lin Mu hid it under the pile of animal skins because the end product was poorly stitched by him. On the other hand, Lin Mu stitched a hat to this coat during production. Although the shape is really uncomfortable, it can still be worn as a raincoat. The road was muddy and uncomfortable. He is now very proud of his foresight. If he has worn his sneakers, it will be too unfortunate.

Qiuqiu ended up resting on Casso's back, and they chatted in chirps. Due to the language barrier, Lin Mu did not join it.

Lin Mu's primary purpose is to come out for fresh air, and the second purpose is to chance upon some unexpected gains. Lin Mu's hand is still empty after a long walk, but it did not affect his mood. After all, he came out to relax. He didn't see much animals appearing until now. "Casso, shall we look outside the valley?"

Casso shook its head. This suggestion is not good at all.

"I will just stand at the entrance of the cave and peek out. I won't leave the cave, how about it?"

Casso keeps shaking its head.

"Casso, you went out before, why can't I?"

"Because you are too weak."

Lin Mu didn't know what Casso said, but from its small scornful eyes, he knew that it was not anything good.

"If you don't take me, I will just go by myself." Lin Mu pointed to a direction. "It seems to be that direction." Then he lifted his legs and walked away.

Casso shook its head helplessly and followed, "Qiuqiu, see, a female is the most troublesome being."

"Master said he is a male."

"And you believe it?"

Qiuqiu bit its finger in silence.

They arrived at the cave, it seems that Lin Mu did remember the direction correctly. Looking at the two little guys with slightly wet fur. The drizzle did not bother them much. Lin Mu thought to himself – Today is a good day to go out.

"Let's go into the cave to hide from the rain." Then, he walked in.

Casso followed suit.

When Lin Mu is walking in the cave, he keeps hearing some rustling sound. He looked back and forth, left and right while walking, but saw nothing. Looking at Casso again, it didn't show any worried expression. Was he being overly suspicious? Thinking that since Casso and Qiuqiu looked normal, Lin Mu went forward with peace of mind.

It didn't take long for Lin Mu to see the exit of the cave. The exit was blocked by a large rock, leaving only a gap enough for females to pass through, and it was well covered by vines. Lin Mu was about to pull away the vines and go out to see when a behemoth fell in front of the cave. Lin Mu could see that it was a hunted animal, so he quickly hid in the cave, sitting motionless against the wall.

Where there's a prey, there will naturally be beastman. Lin Mu knows that Patrik will not hunt near the valley out of fear of being discovered. So this hunter must not be from his own tribe. He must never let them discover this cave! Lin Mu adjusted his breathing to the lightest and sat down with Casso without moving. He was very aware of the beastman's unusual hearing ability. It didn't take long before they hear noises outside.

Outside the cave, one can see two big tigers landing from above. One black and one red. Two tigers turned into their human form upon landing. One tall and one short, the two happily ran to the prey. The tall one said cheerfully to the short one, "That's great, Kesa, you got a firebird. Yin En must be very happy to receive it."

Kesa touched the beautiful feathers of the firebird. The females in their tribe all liked the feathers of firebirds very much. He managed to hunt a firebird, so he finally could hold a ceremony with Yin En.

Kesa carried the firebird and said, "Moore, let's go."

Moore agreed with a smile, then he suddenly pulled Kesa. "I seem to smell a female scent."

Lin Mu's heart tightened.

Kesa laughed when he heard that, "Moore, you must be too crazy about females that you imagined their scent. How can there be females in this rainy season? Who would have the heart to let their female run around in this mountain?"

Moore nodded, "Indeed."

"Let's go."

Sensing that they were gone, Lin Mu exhaled deeply to relieve his tension. There are beastman in this mountain, this is definitely a trouble.

"Casso, let's go."

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Chapter 33 Punishment

Lin Mu picked up the raincoat on the ground and ran while wearing it, "Casso, hurry up. We must hurry back."

As they came out of the cave, they saw that the rain was heavy. Because Lin Mu was running in anxiousness, his foot slipped, and he fell down.

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Lin Mu looked at his palm that was cut by a sharp stone when he fell, then suddenly he was not in a hurry anymore. He calmed down and felt that it's normal for someone to come hunting in the mountains, plus they have already left. The valley they are staying in is actually quite hidden, and it can't be detected from above. They just need to beware of someone intruding inadvertently into the valley. But these can only be discussed with Patrik after he returns.

He stretched out his hand and let the rain wash away the dirt. Casso and Qiuqiu have already run ahead, but they returned to sit beside Lin Mu with concern when they saw Lin Mu fell down. Lin Mu rubbed their heads with his unhurt left hand to say he was fine, and he also refused Qiuqiu's help to lick his wound.

"Hehe, it's alright. Just that my clothes are dirty now." It's not easy to dry clothes in the rainy season. Lin Mu thought about how to dry his clothes when they returned.

It was uncomfortable with his whole body being wet. Lin Mu mumbled, "Really want to take a hot bath. Unfortunately, there is no bathtub nor a place to take a bath. Thinking about it, we are too careless. Should have make space for a room to be used for bathing."

While feeling some regret in his heart, Lin Mu planned to wash himself upon return. Then, he accidentally saw something hidden in the grass. If Lin Mu didn't fall and pressed down on the grass, he probably would never find it.

Lin Mu looked at the familiar plants doubtfully. "This should be garlic. Although it is relatively taller than in Earth, it should be." Lin Mu thought, walking towards those plants. He touched the leaves, and mumbled, "It's like the leaves of garlic seedlings I bought."

Lin Mu held a plant in his left hand and pulled. Qiuqiu saw and quickly found one to start digging. Casso saw that they were busy, so it looked around alertly, worrying that some poisonous thing might come out to hurt Lin Mu.

Due to the rain, Lin Mu managed to pull the plant out easily. Seeing the familiar spherical shape of the root, he happily said to the two little ones, "It is garlic, it's really garlic. Hehe, I have found another condiment material."

Qiuqiu took a whiff and threw the plant on the ground in disgust. It couldn't understand how its master would be this happy because of it.

Lin Mu didn't say anything seeing that Qiuqiu didn't like it. The taste of garlic was very pungent, but he believed that Qiuqiu won't eat any lesser than usual after cooking with it.

"Little guys, help me get some more back home."

Lin Mu has spoken; naturally, Qiuqiu and Casso will help out. Carrying the garlic he found, Lin Mu turned to walk back home happily. However, not long after that, he saw a familiar figure coming in this direction.

That person's dark face was abnormally dark.

When the person approached.

"Patrik." Lin Mu called out guilty.

Patrik sighed inwardly, he didn't know what to do with this person. He wouldn't have come back so early today, just that he found something that might interest Lin Mu. Thinking that that person is really stressed out from being stuck inside these days, he wants to make him happy. He didn't expect to be unable to find Lin Mu when he came back. No one knew where he was! Patrik has never been so furious like he did today. Thinking of the beastmen roaming at the forest these days, Patrik got worried. He knew Lin Mu's temperament, that he usually does everything casually, and didn't know what the danger is. Thinking that he(LM) would be taken away if he encountered another beastman, Patrik was really anxious in his heart. He wanted to go out to find him by following his scent, but there was heavy rain outside, and the smell was already washed away. He irritably wanted to rush out; fortunately, Jason stopped him and told him that Lin Mu should only be in the valley. Casso and Qiuqiu are not here as well, so they should be with him. Patrik immediately sent people out to look in all four directions. He prayed in his heart that nothing will happen to Lin Mu.

He was anxiously looking for 'someone', but that 'someone' he was looking for is happily walking back without care. But it's great that he found him, Patrik was relieved. However, in order to make this person learn some lessons, Patrik deliberately tightened his face. He carefully looked at the person from top to bottom. Lin Mu was just a bit dirty, and there weren't any injuries.

Lin Mu smiled dryly, "Well, I just came out to take a breath. Just a bit, really. Hehe, Casso can testify." AS he said that, he stepped aside to expose Casso to Patrik.

"Lin Mu, where's your loyalty?" Casso condemned him with its eyes.

Lin Mu squinted his eyes to show his guilt.

Casso cursed Lin Mu in its heart, cursing him that Uncle Patrik would never let him step out of the house again anymore. Wuwuwu, Casso felt very wronged. It was obviously forced.

Patrik watched Casso trembling and doesn't dare to look at him, he then shoots an icy gaze at it and successfully frozen it. As if it's not enough, he coldly said, "Casso, go back and find me later."

The Casso that was frozen into ice cubes directly broke into pieces. Casso burst into tears in its heart, "I'm really innocent."

Qiuqiu stepped forward to comfort it when it saw Casso being so pitiful. Lin Mu felt that Casso is pitiful too, plus it was caused by him. He guiltily reached out to comfort Casso, but his hand was caught by Patrik.

Patrik held Lin Mu's wrist, the wound on his pale white palm was distinct. Although the wound doesn't bleed much anymore, but that still made him extremely irritated, "What is this?"

Lin Mu saw that Patrik is really angry, and quickly explained, "It's just a fall, and I accidentally scratched my palm. It's not serious, I…" Seeing Patrik gradually becoming angry, he obediently shut his mouth.

"On the body also?" He asked, looking at the mud on Lin Mu's body that had not been rinsed off.

"Just an accident, I'm alright…" Fell into silence.

Patrik was furious. Not only Lin Mu ran out secretly, but he also hurt himself. However, worry has overcome anger. It was his incompetence that his female got injured. He stepped forward and carried Lin Mu, and casually threw away the things he held in his arms.

"My garlic!" Lin Mu exclaimed.

"Don't move!" Patrik's gaze made Lin Mu nest obediently in his arms.

Lin Mu really didn't like Patrik carrying him with a princess carry. He couldn't understand, he only hurt his hand. Why should Patrik carry him back? His legs are fine ah. But looking at Patrik's tight face, Lin Mu cleverly said nothing.

No need to walk by himself, Lin Mu became idle. He took the opportunity to think about how to escape the disaster later. In fact, he knew that Patrik became angry because he was worried about him. When he(P) came back and didn't see him(LM), he(P) must be worried to death. Come to think about it, Lin Mu felt that he was quite willful. It's dangerous outside, and his little physique couldn't be compared to those humongous beasts, and there are possibilities that other accidents may occur. Think about it today, if he was discovered, it would definitely lead to a battle. The home that they built with much hardship might be going down in flames.

That thought gave Lin Mu a scare. Lin Mu was full of regret in his heart because of his mistakes. He looked at Casso behind him, who did not forget to help him drag the garlic back. It seemed that he also bullied the children. With a low whisper, he said, "Patrik, I was wrong."

Patrik looked down at the man in his arms, who looked like he is regretting his actions.

"I was wrong, I shouldn't let you worry. Also…" Lin Mu looked down, "Casso is innocent, I make it take me out, and it can't stop me. Don't blame Casso."

Patrik saw that Lin Mu knew that he was wrong, but to make him keep the lesson in mind, he remained cold and silent. Lin Mu had not been exposed to the wild beast and poisonous things, and he did not know how dangerous it was. Thinking about what Lin Mu said about his previous world, it seems that he really doesn't have to worry about the existence of those beasts back then. However, it is different here. Perhaps what Lin Mu always sees was that the prey the beastmen brought back, and it got him(LM) thinking that they are so powerful that they do not have to be afraid of those fierce beasts. In fact, there are many beastman who were killed during hunting. This world is not suitable for the survival of weak females, that's why females were so precious. And Lin Mu is his most precious person.

Phil and the rest were anxious when they heard that Lin Mu was gone, and Sasha was feeling quite guilty. He thought about the time when Lin Mu was talking nonsense at the door, he was trying to sneak out then. It would be nice if he stopped him at that time. They were relieved to see Patrik managed to find Lin Mu back. They wanted to go forward and ask, but when they saw their tribe leader's cold expression and Lin Mu being obediently silent, they didn't dare to step forward.

Walking past them while carrying Lin Mu, Patrik said, "Phil, get some herbs to stop bleeding." They have some freshly picked yesterday.

When Phil heard Patrik asking for herbs to stop bleeding, he guessed that Lin Mu is injured. He hoped it wasn't severe, otherwise not sure how long their tribe leader would keep that dark face.

Lin Mu was placed on the bed to handle the wound carefully. He actually thinks it's nothing. After all, the wound has been cleaned with water. But looking at Patrik with his icy face on the side, Lin Mu obediently let Phil help him treat the wound.

After the wound was wrapped, Phil smiled at Lin Mu, "The wound is not serious, and it will be fine soon." Phil said this mainly to Patrik, hoping that their tribe leader would not be so angry. It was terrifying thinking back of how upset he got today. Then Phil gave Lin Mu a 'good luck' look and went out.

Lin Mu watched as Patrik walked to the door without saying a word and pulled the curtain down. He thinks that Patrik is preparing to settle accounts with him. He really wanted to hide in the corner of the bed, but because of the mud on his body, he could only sit obediently on the same place. It was really nerve-wracking to watch as Patrik approaches him step by step. He didn't know how Patrik would settle accounts with him, he wouldn't beat him, won't he?

Patrik: "Undress."

"Ah? What for?" Lin Mu was surprised, Patrik wouldn't think to… Is he trying to use xx1 on him? He doesn't want.

Seeing Lin Mu resist, Patrik helped him pull off his clothes directly.

Lin Mu struggled while needing to take care of his right hand, his resistance was severely weakened, and it didn't take long for him to be entirely n a k e d.

"Patrik, you can't treat me like way. I don't like it." Lin Mu was ashamed and annoyed for himself. He was also annoyed by that pair of eyes scrutinizing him.

Patrik took a closer look, Lin Mu was fine except for a small patch of bruises on his elbow. He was relieved. After that, he realized what the current situation is. In front of him was the much-coveted picture of a beauty lying down2. Lin Mu's fair-skinned skin was faintly red with shame, and his eyes were moist. He might have felt aggrieved, and that brought some moisture to his eyes. His beautiful lips were also temptingly red.

Patrik felt incredibly hot, and blood was rushing down, he really wanted to press that person under him at that very moment. But he knew that Lin Mu would be very angry if he did that. He could bear the regret in his heart and covered Lin Mu with a blanket, before turning around and go out.

Lin Mu blinked, not knowing why. Thinking that he must have thought it wrongly, he couldn't help scoldingly himself, "Lin Mu, your thoughts are so evil."

Patrik walked out of the room and exhaled for a long time. His lover was right in front of him and was tempting as well. The fact that he could still hold on makes him admired his own patience.

Phil and the rest saw Patrik coming out. They have also prepared hot water and ginger soup. Looking at Patrik's expressionless face, several people glanced at each other, not knowing what the current situation is.

Lais felt that there should be nothing wrong. The lack of expression is their tribe leader's characteristic. He has returned to normal, which should mean that the matter was not serious. But whether Lin Mu will be punished by his partner or not, that he doesn't know. However, the fact that beastman generally will not let go of any opportunity to seek benefits can give him the answer.

Lin Mu feels that the current situation is even more awkward than before. Patrik is going to help him take a bath. Although both of them have already done whatever there is, it doesn't mean that he is open-minded enough for that.

"Can I do the cleaning myself?" Lin Mu requested.

"Your hand is injured."

Don't I still have another hand? But he knew that Patrik would absolutely disagree.

"How about I let Phil and the rest help me?" Lin Mu suggested.

Patrik glanced at him. "Didn't you said it before that you are a male? I don't think Lloyd and the rest will agree."

Lin Mu was speechless. Of all times, you decided to recognize my identity as a male now, bastard! Lin Mu struggled for the last time under the blanket.

Patrik pulled the man out, then picked him up and put him on his lap.

In Lin Mu's opinion, this should be a punishment from Patrik. How is this considered taking a bath? Obviously, it is a disguise to take advantage. Can you stop touching me? You, you… where are you putting your hands! Lin Mu was full of tears in his heart.

"Can you stop wandering around there, I think it's already clean." Lin Mu watched as Patrik grabbed his important area in his hand, and he(LM) twisted his body to escape him.

Patrik's voice was low, "Don't move around, or I won't be responsible."

Lin Mu was frightened by the hardness of 'something' under his b u t t, and doesn't dare to move anymore. Patrik is simply too treacherous, he keeps touching his body while rubbing his vulnerable part, sending his senses into the cloud. But he couldn't help but indulge in it. Lin Mu feels that this is one of the problems of being a man, that they cannot control their lower body.

After Patrik gave Lin Mu his release, he carefully wiped him clean with a towel and immediately stuffed him(LM) into the blanket, and he also got into it. He has endured so long that he must seek some benefits for himself. Placing Lin Mu's soft hands on his burning r o d, his hoarse voice seems to be foreshadowing something.

"Help me."

Lin Mu wanted to take his hands back as if he was burned by boiling water, but he was tightly held by Patrik.

"Mu Mu, I give you two options, one is by hand, and the other is…" He touched that 'mysterious area' and slowly traced in circles, "use here."

Lin Mu stiffened from his action and flushed. Clenching his teeth, he lamented why didn't he find out that this guy is actually indecent!

Thinking of the size he just touched, and recalled back of the pain he suffered last time, Lin Mu compromised. He comforted himself in his heart, it doesn't matter, just think it as a wooden rod…

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cover face* . . . . . . Thank you guys for your message. I will try my best. I see many people think that Lin Mu is a bit feminine. I didn't really want to write it like this, not sure how it got there. Trying to let Lin Mu grow and change, thank you everyone for your advice _ .

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Chapter 34 Hotpot

After they calmed down.

Patrik hugged Lin Mu tightly and kissed his soft hair.

"Promise me you won't be so capricious in the future. I know Casso won't dare to take you out so, naturally you are the one who forced him. Mu Mu, you are too insensitive of danger, this world is different from your previous world."

"I will never do that again." Lin Mu promised, "I am also quite scared today. Patrik, I found some beastman hunting in the mountains."

Patrik nodded, "Beastman will also go out to hunt during the rainy season. This mountain is so big; naturally, there will be some coming here."

"Is that alright? Don't you worry that a beastman will find us here?" He asked worriedly, "Let's seal the cave entrance completely. I was almost found out today."

Seeing Patrik frowned when hearing him said that he was almost found out, Lin Mu quickly reassured, "This is really the last time, I promise!"

Perhaps Lin Mu's guarantee has some effect, Patrik's expression returned to normal.

"We don't need to seal the entrance of the cave, that entrance is for you all1 to go out of the valley. Although you can ask the winged beastman to take you out, but females who already have a partner cannot casually sit behind other beastman. Hence, if something bad happens, that entrance will be the way for you to leave."

"What if the entrance was found? If those beastman searched carefully today, they would definitely find the cave entrance."

Patrik pulled the quilt over Lin Mu's shoulder. "I called a lot of venomous snakes to guard in the cave, so there's no need to worry even if someone found it."

"Venomous snakes? Don't tell me that the cave is full of venomous snakes?" Lin Mu thought of the rustling voice he heard, and imagined how the cave is densely covered by venomous snakes in the shadows; he could not help but shivered.

"If other people just want to seek shelter to avoid the rain, wouldn't the snakes hurt them by mistake?" After all, the cave is quite long. If people don't notice the snakes, wouldn't they accidentally come in and die like this? Isn't it just dying for nothing?

"I only allocated the snakes in the second half of the cave. If they crossed the border, those snakes would come out to warn them. If they don't insist on breaking in, the snakes will not attack."

Lin Mu felt that it is reasonable to do so, and also amazed to know that Patrik could summon snakes, "How do you summon them? I mean those snakes, do they listen to you by nature, or you can communicate with them? Like you give them some benefits to get their help?"

"No matter what kind of animals, the strongest wins. I am stronger than them, they will listen to me."

"En, turned out this is about how domineering you are. And here I thought you know how to control snakes. So you can communicate with them?"

Patrik nodded, watching the man's bright eyes being curious about everything, and he rubbed his(LM) hair indulgently.

"Don't rub my hair, my hairstyle already got messed up by you." After pushing Patrik's hand away, Lin Mu then continue to ask, "You can communicate with them, that means they are all smart? Can they understand beastman's language?"

"Only a few snakes can, most of them are uncivilized."

Lin Mu nodded, "I think so too, or else it would felt like there is a lot of 'yaoguai'2 around." Lin Mu thought of something all of a sudden, "Then I can't eat snake meat in the future?"

Patrik looked at him strangely, "Just eat if you want to."

"Well, no matter how you said it, they could be considered having some relation to you. Hehe…"

"I am a beastman, and they are beasts."

Lin Mu smiled, "Let me ask you, is it true that the more poisonous the snake is, the smarter it is?"

Patrik nodded, "The more poisonous the snake, the greater the chance of survival they have. So the older ones are all venomous snakes."

"Then, will they be obedient? Can you get one for me as a pet?"

Patrik looked at Lin Mu, thinking how could he have so many fresh ideas in his mind. But it is feasible, and if a venomous snake is guarding him, this is also another safety layer for Lin Mu.

"I will help you look for one."

"Really! I was actually asking casually. But it would be so cool to be able to find a hundred-year-old viper as my pet. Qiuqiu my pet is about to become someone else's."

Patrik got up, "You get more rest, I will bring your lunch to the room."

"No, I found something good today. Let me make something delicious for you."

Patrik heard what he said and thought of what he brought for Lin Mu today, "I also have something for you, let's go out and see." Then, he stood by the bed and waited.

"That, you go out first, I want to change clothes."

"You can change now, I'll wait." He said, crossing his hands across his chest and looking at him.

Lin Mu was speechless. "Don't think I can't change while you're standing there." As Lin Mu said that, he stretched out a hand to pull at his backpack, and there was a set of clothes for changing inside. He took out his jeans and t-shirts and started to fumble around on the bed, under the quilt. He put on his jeans; the quilt is big enough anyway, so he can stretch himself. After successfully putting on the top and bottom, Lin Mu lifted his chin and went out proudly.

Patrik smiled and shook his head to follow behind him.

Lin Mu went back to his normal state when he left their room. He and Patrik came to the lobby together and asked, "What did you find for me?"

"It's in the storage room, just go and have a look."

The two of them came to the storage room, and so Phil taking out the cookware with the rest of the gang. Lin Mu gave them a reassuring look and then followed Patrik to see what he had prepared for him.

Patrik showed him something in the basket, "This is it."

Lin Mu took it, it seems to be a fruit. It has a long shape with a spiral pattern, and each one is around 14 to 15 centimetres. The colour… the colour is a strange blue.

"What is this? It looks pretty."

Patrik used a stone knife to cut it open, and a strong, sharp smell came out.

"Chili!" Lin Mu couldn't believe it. "You found the chilli, that's great!" Feeling excited, Lin Mu turned to give Patrik a kiss. Then he glanced around; fortunately, no one was there.

Thinking of they found another condiment, Lin Mu was thrilled, but the corner of his mouth couldn't help twitching after staring the chilli for a while. This mutated chilli is sure large. He

bowed his head and smelled it, the smell was pungent and should be loaded with spiciness.

"Since we found the chilli, let's eat hotpot at noon. It has been raining for so many days, and it's so humid everywhere, so eating spicy stuff will make us more comfortable."

Patrik doesn't understand these things, so he simply replied, "I'll listen to you."

Since lunch is decided, they must start the preparation earlier, but the ingredients for hotpot is easier to prepare. He took his garlic and asked Patrik to get some chilli out of the storage room. They came to Phil, and Lin Mu said to them, "Today we will have something different, hotpot. You guys just have to wash the vegetables."

In terms of cooking, the gang has always listened to Lin Mu, so they were filled with expectations when they heard about the change of menu for today's lunch.

Lin Mu got two beastman to help cut the meat into thin slices for the hotpot later. Patrik was pulled to help as well since he had nothing to do. Beastman can eat a lot; hence they have to make more food. Looking at the three large wooden tubs in front of them, Lin Mu estimated it should be fine if the tubs were filled up.

When others are busy, Lin Mu won't be free either. He made some minced garlic and cut some peppers. Because the rest of them have not eaten chilli before, Lin Mu doesn't know if they can withstand it, so he just added just a little for starters. They can add more if they like the taste. Of course, for his own small pot, it must be super spicy.

It is necessary to have a soup base to make hotpot. For this, he is going to use chicken soup. He got some people to hunt some 'chickens'3 back to make soup. After all the ingredients were prepared, it's just the chicken broth left which still need a bit more time. Hence, they grilled some steaks. Lin Mu spread some minced garlic on the steak and wrapped it with a green vegetable similar to lettuce, this way it will lessen the greasiness.

Meat wrapped in lettuce

This way of eating was instantly welcomed by Phil and the females. They all agreed that though the minced garlic tastes bad4, it was delicious when added to the steak. Lin Mu also sneaked a peek at Qiuqiu, as expected, this little guy ate very fiercely.

Lin Mu made three big pots of chicken soup, and after Lin Mu told them the way to eat hotpot, everyone started going at it right away. Lin Mu's small pot was prepared later than theirs, but when they begin to eat, Lin Mu's pot can be used as well. Patrik naturally ate with him, but Lin Mu was worried that Patrik could not bear the level of spiciness; though it seems like a good entertainment to be able to see Patrik jumping up and down from the spiciness, right?

Mhmm, spicy

Lin Mu tasted the soup, only one word to describe it, spicy. He narrowed his eyes in satisfaction, the spiciness was very in line with his requirements. Vegetable cooked faster than meat, so Lin Mu picked up what he wants into his bowl and took a bite. The spiciness was awesome, he really missed this taste. When the meat was cooked, Lin Mu specially observed Patrik's reaction. When he saw his eyes light up, he knew that Patrik liked it. Since there's nothing5 to see, Lin Mu placed his concentration back on eating.

This lunch was going on full swing, and many people sweat while eating. Lin Mu took a look and saw that many beastman love the taste of chilli. Even though some jumped up from the spiciness, they were not willing to stop. This caused water consumption to rise. Fortunately, he had the foresight to prepare boiled water in advanced.

If there are people who liked the taste, there will naturally be some who can't stand it. Sasha ate cheerfully, so there's nothing to worry about, while Phil doesn't dare to eat more, so Lloyd caringly offered him a slice of grilled meat. As for Lais, he has been chewing slowly, but up until now, he has yet to stop eating so he should like the taste. For the young ones, everyone except Qiuqiu can eat spicy food. Lin Mu was Qiuqiu's owner, but he did not go to comfort the depressed Qiuqiu.

'Heh, Casso, let's see how you are going to soothe Qiuqiu's grievances,' Lin Mu evilly thought.

After lunch, the beastman went out hunting in the afternoon. Patrik ordered some people to watch over Lin Mu before he went out. Towards Patrik distrust of him, Lin Mu was not angry. It's not bad to have someone watching over him to prevent him from making mistakes. In fact, he was also worried about his lack of self-control.

After the beastman went out hunting, the females ran to Lin Mu's room. They were satisfied with their lunch, so now it's time for gossip. Lin Mu made Qiuqiu a comfortable nest on his bed and placed it against the wall. He also found a blanket for Casso to lie next to Qiuqiu. After doing all this, he saw three people holding their cups, curiously looking at him.

Sasha: "Lin Mu, how did you managed to get our tribe leader to forgive you? After all, he was quite furious yesterday."

Lin Mu took a sip of water, "Curious?"

The three nodded.

"I'm not going to tell even if you are curious. Pay attention, there are some minors, alright? Are you not afraid of teaching bad things to the kids?" How could Lin Mu be so stupid to reveal himself?

"What minor? Beastman doesn't have minors. Many beastman knew how to pursue female when they were as young as Casso."

Lin Mu looked back at Casso, "So young, it can't be ba?"

Phil smiled, "Because females are scarce, many beastmans started to pursue since childhood. Females will only consider which beastman to be with when they reached adulthood. Therefore, beastman has been pursuing females for almost ten years to get their hand.

Lin Mu was surprised, "Then you guys are not any ordinary existence."

"It's 'us'. You are one as well." They don't believe that Lin Mu is a male.

In the evening

Lin Mu stood in front of the door, watching the hunting team land, and keenly felt that the atmosphere between them was strange. There is no laughter like usual. And Patrik's expression was very unsightly. The beastman behind him seemed to be carrying someone. Is anyone injured? The injured person was carried into the house, and Lin Mu leaned closer to see.

"Who is he?" They didn't know this person.

Phil and the rest also looked at this injured stranger beastman, wondering about his identity.

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Chapter 35 Ominous

From what Lin Mu can see, the beastman was badly injured. There was a long wound on his back, the flesh was exposed, and the most serious was the wound on his stomach. His belly was pierced open, but it was simply bandaged with animal skin. The beastman should have been injured for a long time before he got picked up by Patrik. With such a serious injury, only beings with the strong physique of a beastman could survive from it.

This beastman was first placed in the hall, and Lal's extra bed was contributed to him. Lin Mu doesn't need to start any treatments, as he ultimately handed the responsibility to Phil. Compared to Lin Mu, Phil is more knowledgeable about the usage of those herbs. Even when doing things like wound stitching, Lais is better than Lin Mu, because Lin Mu's needle skill is the worst among them. Lais cooperated well with Phil to treat beastman's wound. They cleaned the wound, applied the medicine and the suture, then wrap the wound with soft animal skin1. Everything they did was quite organized.

Lin Mu only watched from the side left, occasionally pointed out some points, without needing to even demonstrate it. He was so idle that he should help serve tea and wipe sweat, but there were distressed beastman watching over their females to do those things. Lin Mu 's movements can't be faster than Lloyd. So he stood aside to prevent from hindering the beastman earning cookie points. Lin Mu speechlessly looked at Lloyd busying around, and even the cool Jason expressed his concern.

After the beastman's injury was attended to, Patrik let people carry him into the first room on the right-hand side. Although there were already four people living there, it wouldn't feel crowded if an extra bed was added in the room of a hundred plus square feet.

Lin Mu saw that the beastman's bed was arranged, and no one expressed any opposition, so he pulled Patrik back to the room. Sitting properly on the bed, he pulled Patrik to sit beside him.

"Say it ba."

When Lin Mu first saw the injured beastman, he knew something was wrong. According to Patrik's personality, how could he pick up someone back? He knows Patrik too well, if Patrik saw an injured and fainted beastman, he won't save that beastman. After all, both beastman and drifter beastman are enemies to them.

Things are like this:

Patrik and the hunting team went hunting in the valley far away from their area as usual. Today, they were lucky to meet a few Da-da beasts that came out searching for food. Da-da beast is a herbivore with a tall body and a gentle temperament2. It runs very fast and is difficult to catch if it gets into the jungle. Several of them are excellent hunters, and naturally, they will not let their food run away. They quietly waited for their prey to approach, waiting for them to enter their attack range. When it's time to attack, one Da-da beast escaped in panic.

Howth is a golden-winged lion. He saw the escaping Da-da beast and said, "Tribe leader, I will chase it." After, he went after the beast.

Ryan is Howth's older brother. He looked at his younger brother and smiled to Patrik, "Look at this kid."

As soon as they finished speaking, they heard Howth's roar. That's how they convey information.

"Listening to Howth, he seems to have discovered something," Ryan told Patrik, before carrying his prey on his back.

Patrik: "Go check it out."

When they rushed to the place, they saw a beastman lying on the ground and Howth in his human form standing beside him.

When Howth saw them coming, he quickly explained, "He was already like this when I met him, I didn't do anything." No wonder he was so anxious to explain himself, it was because he had deliberately attacked other beastman before, because of jealousy for others; jealous to why can't he live like them.

Patrik glanced at the beastman with a cold gaze. He was in a comatose state, indicating that he was seriously injured, but these have nothing to do with him. Whether this person is a beastman or a drifter beastman, he is likely to be his enemy. Even if he is not an enemy, Patrik has no extra kindness in him to help this beastman. This world is like the law of the jungle; the strong govern the weak.

For Lloyd's case, it was because of Lin Mu's kindness. Patrik will agree to anything no matter what Lin Mu asks him to do, besides Lin Mu was just trying to be kind. Although Lin Mu sometimes seems too simple and has no sense of danger, Patrik is willing to protect him as long as he can. It's beastman's responsibility to make sure his partner have no worries.

Ryan crouched down and looked at the beastman. "He should be from a bear family."

Patrik didn't look again. "Throw one Da-da beast to him, let's go." This is the kindness he can give.

The other beastmen has no opinions, their current life is not easy, they don't want to bring disaster because of good intentions. When they wanted to leave, they suddenly heard the beastman's voice.

"Tribe leader, I'm not ominous. I'm not. I haven't done bad things, you can't do this to me. You can't do this to me…"

Patrik turned back.

Howth: "Couldn't be this one was also expelled from his tribe?"

Ryan looked at him carefully, "Tribe leader, his eyes were closed, and his consciousness was muddled."

If this beastman had just been expelled from his tribe like as Howth said, Ryan really sympathized with this beastman. He had such an experience as well, he would have been able to be partners with his beloved female, but he lost everything overnight; one couldn't imagine such a shock. Fortunately, they were lucky enough to meet their tribe leader Patrik, although they were really dissatisfied with him at first, and now they are living a good life together. He sighed in his heart, if this beastman can survive, he will need a lot of time to accept this matter. Being expelled by his tribe and also being labelled as ominous, he would despair.

Ryan looked at Patrik. He(P) was looking at the injured beastman, not sure what he was thinking. He(R) really wanted the tribe leader to save this beastman but was worried that it would cause trouble, so he could not express his thoughts.

"Take him back," Patrik said and turned away.

The remaining beastman glanced at each other.

Howth: "I'll take him. Brother, help put him on my back." Beastman hates being carried by another beastman, humph humph, I'll make you mad to death, Howth thought unkindly.

Ryan was a little surprised that his brother would be so kind. But thinking about his brother was sometimes mischievous, being kind is actually good. He carefully helped the injured person on Howth's back and instructed, "Howth, walk carefully. He was badly injured."

The big lion nodded impatiently to expressed that he knew, and then hurried off. He was anxious to go back to eat dinner.

After listening.

"So it's like this?" Lin Mu asked.

Patrik nodded, and he lay on the bed with a tired look.

Lin Mu laid next to him, "Was it because he made you think of your own… I mean, you used to be in a tribe, you know what I mean."

Patrik rubbed his hair and smiled and said, "You're right. He reminded me of that time." It was also a bloody scene and trying hard to escape.

Lin Mu laid side by side with Patrik, patting him on the shoulder. He smiled comfortingly and said "Please don't be sad anymore. Isn't it good to see what we have now?"

Patrik was amused by him and hugged him while staring at the roof. "Yes, I'm not sad anymore."

"That's good. Not sure how is that beastman now, he should wake up soon. After all, you beastman has such abnormal resilience."

Patrik turned to pressed Lin Mu under his body and rubbed his face, "Isn't it bad to think of another beastman in front of me?"

Lin Mu pretended to be silly: "Did I, did I? Why didn't I realize it?"

"Pretending to be stupid is useless, you will be punished for doing wrong things."

"Don't want ah……"

The next day, Lin Mu got up as late as usual. But everyone is used to it, and they are used to leaving him breakfast.

While having breakfast, he asked the beastman in the hall about Phil and the gang. Ever since Lin Mu ran out secretly, there will always be one or two beastman staying in the hall. When he heard that Phil and the gang were changing the beastman's bandages, he put down his bowl and hurried to find them. He doesn't know what happened to that beastman and was very interested in his story. After all, he is too free right now.

When Lin Mu hurried over, he saw them bandaging the wound, and it seemed to be almost finished. Lin Mu stepped forward and asked, "How is he doing?"

Lin Mu glanced at the beastman and saw that his face was quite straight and honest, but thinking about Cohen's honest look who turned out to be black-bellied, Lin Mu doesn't dare to label people as straight and honest anymore.

Phil: "He hasn't woken up yet."

Lais picked up the animal skin from his hands and prepared to take it out. "After all, he was injured so badly, so he won't wake up so quickly."

Oh, Sasha? Sasha was just there to 'buy soy sauce'3, just looking around.

Lin Mu saw that the man's expression was much lighter, so the medicine must have a good effect. He told Ryan and his brother, "Please pay attention to his situation. If his forehead gets hot, help to wipe his body with a wrung animal skin wet towel. "

The brothers Howth and Ryan stay in this room. There were also two more people staying in the room; one named Kite and the other called Will, but those two were not here at the moment.

Ryan agreed with a smile. Howth just nodded casually and went to busy with himself.

Lin Mu and Lais went out.

Seeing them leave, Howth looked at the beastman and said to Ryan: "Brother, don't you think it's strange? Our tribe leader didn't intend to save him at first, so why did he decide to save him later on?"

Ryan smiled. "It's no surprise. We have had this experience, haven't we?"

They were initially the best hunters in the family. They were strong and favoured by females. Their life was smooth, but they lost everything overnight. Their tribe, their glory, their beloved female, everything was gone overnight. They simply don't understand why they would grow a piece of leather armour on their body all of a sudden when they woke up? This kind of thing has never appeared in the lion clan. Ryan's former tribe leader panicked and invited the priest. The priest is responsible for worshipping the beast god in the tribe. They are the only people who can communicate with the beast god.

The tribe leader asks the priest for advice from the beast god. It was then their disaster begins. The priest received the word, but the result was – they are ominous beings, betrayers of the beast god. The two of them should have been executed, but their tribe people have good feelings for them, they have never done bad things, and were formerly excellent beastmen in the tribe. So their tribe leader disregarded the priest's objection and only expelled them. This beastman was not as lucky as they are, that's why he was heavily injured.

Ryan got out of bed and looked at the injured beastman. Sensing that he seemed uncomfortable, Ryan took a wet towel and wrung it to wipe his face.

Howth pouted, "Brother, you don't need to take care of him like this."

Ryan smiled and ignored Howth's little temper. He was relieved that Howth's temper is better now. When they were expelled from the tribe, Howth's temper was very violent, like a wild beast. He's much more peaceful now.

Ryan changed to another towel and was about to wipe the man's body when he found the man looking at him in confusion.

Ryan smiled and said, "You woke up."

The author has something to say:

I originally decided to take a break on Friday (because there is still class on Friday night). So I could update more on Saturday and Sunday. When I woke up on Friday morning, I suddenly found that the area behind my ear was swollen, and it hurt. I went to the school hospital, they told me that they could not check it, so I went to the big hospital to check it. I'm worried. . .

The weather was very cold on Saturday. I ran to the doctor and was told that I was a little inflamed. I was prescribed some anti-inflammatory drugs and asked the doctor if I needed an infusion. Doctor said no so I return to school in relief.

It was snowing in the sky, and I was relieved after seeing the doctor. But when I went back to school, I found that I had a cold and a headache, oh that hatred in my heart!

Sunday morning is better, but received the notification that Sunday is the last day to hand in homework. I hurried to do the assignments again and it took a day. So my updates did not keep up. And there are two courses in advance in the past two weeks. Mother-daren has already called to announce her verdict. If I failed the subject, she will blame my novel writing whether it's related or not. Then I will die die die when I return hometown for Chinese New Year. So in the next two weeks, I will turn off the computer and burn the midnight oil. I promise that after the next two weeks, I will try very hard to make up for it.

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Chapter 36 Ba-Ao

"How do you feel?" Ryan helped the man up. He tried his best to make his movements lighter so that he wouldn't accidentally touch the wound.

Ba-Ao looked puzzled at everything he saw. There were a lot of things he couldn't recognize what it is, making him wondered what kind of world he arrived at.

"You…" His voice was hoarse.

Ryan handed him the cup1 on the table, "Drink some water first."

At the side, Howth glared angrily at the Ba-Ao, who was being looked after by his brother. He(B) dared to get his brother to take care of him?!

After drinking some water, Ba-Ao felt much more comfortable. Although his body was still painful, he can bear it.

"Where is this? You…"

Ryan interrupted his question and asked, "Don't worry about that, there is time. You should be hungry now? Would you like to eat something first?"

The moment this question was asked, Ba-Ao suddenly felt that extremely hungry. Ever since he had escaped from his tribe, he had not stopped moving; naturally, he had not eaten anything. Letting other people take care of him makes Ba-Ao a little bit uncomfortable, but he nodded honestly. He is injured now and needs food so he can get better as soon as possible. At the moment, his identity is quite awkward. Although he feels that this person(R) has a very good attitude towards him, it is probably because they do not know his real identity. Hence, Ba-Ao wants to get better as soon as possible and leave. He did not want to fight with the person who saved him, nor did he want to cause trouble to others.

Ryan thought Ba-Ao should be hungry too. After all, he hadn't eaten since he fell asleep.

"Howth, go and serve him a bowl of bone soup. Lin Mu seems to have instructed someone to keep it warm. Also, inform our tribe leader and Lin Mu that he is awake."

Howth pouted, he didn't want to take care of this person, but he didn't want to go against Ryan's intentions. He strode out, reluctantly.

Lin Mu was chatting with some people in the hall when he saw Howth came out. He stood up and asked, "What is it? Is the person awake?"

Howth nodded, "Brother asked me to take a bowl of bone soup."

"En, bone soup is nutritious. I will go to see him with Patrik later."

Howth nodded and walked to the pot warming on top of a small fire. He picked up a bowl and took a glance at the chili. Then he thought about how his brother is taking care of him. Angered, Howth wants to throw in a lot of chilies, "Humph, I'll let you try our tribal specialty food."

Lin Mu said a few words to Lais and was heading to go to see Patrik. Then, he turned just in time to see Howth adding a lot of chili into the wooden bowl, that amount caused Lin Mu to have black lines on his face2. Moving closer, Lin Mu advised, "Howth, injured people can't eat that much chili. Go and get another bowl without chili. Just pour away this bowl, it's too spicy to drink." He couldn't help shaking his head, what a waste of a good bone soup.

Originally thinking to prank someone but failed, Howth felt even more sullen. He changed to another bowl and left. Lin Mu voiced out behind his back, "If you feel unhappy, you can go out hunting to vent. Remember not to waste food next time."

Howth's step paused.

Lin Mu looked at his back and shook his head. "Such a petty guy."

After that, he looked at the soup that was not thrown away. "So blue (remember, the peppers are blue)3." Lin Mu want to try a taste, but immediately regretted it the moment it entered his mouth. "Too spicy." He took a few sips of water, then he grabbed some dried meat and a fruit to nibble for Patrik.

Because Lin Mu wanted a small table that could be placed on the bed, Patrik took advantage of today's rest time and got the wood left from making their bed, staying in their room to make the table. Lin Mu walked into the room and saw that Patrik seriously cutting the board. Thinking that this person immediately went to work when he was just randomly saying something he wanted, Lin Mu felt very warm inside. He stepped forward with a smile and put a piece of dried meat at Patrik's mouth, "This is a reward for you."

The dried meat was not very successful in Lin Mu's opinion, as it felt very dry, but for the beastman with sharp teeth, it was very chewy. They like to eat a few slices whenever they feel like it, and hence it has become something like snacks for them. Lais and the gang also like to eat the dried meat, but for Lin Mu, who has the weakest teeth, this dried meat can be used to grind his teeth, so tiring.

Patrik smiled and opened his mouth. After chewing and swallowing, he said, "Actually, I want another kind of reward better." He gave Lin Mu a deep look after saying that.

Lin Mu looked at that 'you know' gaze and pushed Patrik away, "You are such a perverted snake, why didn't I know that you have this unscrupulous side before?"

Patrik put down the things in his hand and pulled the man into his arms, "Mu Mu, let's go all the way tonight."

Since their first time, Lin Mu has been reluctant to go all the way. It was alright to endure when Patrik has yet to 'eat' him before, but now that he has 'tasted the meat', Patrik finds it very difficult to endure being forced to starve…

Lin Mu held Patrik's face in his hands, pretending to be serious, "Patrik, you can try to think about it. Really, there's no limit to human imagination."

"It's useless, I've tried it. Tonight we…"

Lin Mu interrupted him immediately, "Let's not talk about this, I have something to tell you. Just now, Howth told me that the beastman has awakened, let's go check it out."

It's not that he didn't want to give it to Patrik, just that a beastman's hearing is so sensitive. They could hear it clearly, even the slightest peep, and it is absolutely impossible for Lin Mu to let the entire tribe hear his voice, too shameful.

Patrik heard what Lin Mu said, and his expression became serious, "Let's go and see."

Ba-Ao looked at the two people in front of him. A beastman with an extraordinary aura and a stunning female and the female obviously carried the smell of this beastman. After hearing Ryan respectfully greeting the beastman as Tribe Leader, Ba-Ao understood that the beastman is the tribe leader of this peculiar tribe.

"Thank you for saving me." He knew from Ryan that this beastman was the one who saved him.

Of course, what Ryan said was only a part of it, he did not mention their identity and their tribe. Whether to tell Ba-Ao these things or not depends on their tribe leader's decision. After all, no one wants to invite trouble due to an act of kindness.

Patrik nodded without any expression.

Patrik's attitude made Ba-Ao a little embarrassed. He thought Patrik was so indifferent to him because he knew his identity. Ba-Ao became a bit uneasy, he quickly promised, "Tribe leader Patrik, please rest assured, I will leave as soon as possible."

Lin Mu was kind of surprised. They only exchanged a few words, and this beastman already said he is leaving. Moreover, Patrik nodded and agreed, which made Lin Mu even more puzzled. Why is Patrik letting him leave? The other party is a drifter beastman, so isn't the most appropriate action is to make him stay? Most importantly, this beastman now knows where they live. Lin Mu couldn't understand what Patrik's consideration is, but since Patrik decided it that way, he naturally would not object. After all, he was the one who chooses to save this stranger; naturally, it's up to him to decide whether the stranger could stay or not. Not to mention Patrik is the tribe leader, everyone will listen to him.

However, Lin Mu is willing to express some kindness, "Don't worry, wait until your injuries healed first."

"Thank you." Ba-Ao was very grateful for Lin Mu's kindness.

Lin Mu said to Ryan on the side, "Then I will trouble you to take care of him."

Ryan nodded with a smile. Although Lin Mu has yet to hold the ceremony with Patrik, everyone has already regarded him as their tribe leader's female. Not to mention that Lin Mu is the one who brought them a good life. Lin Mu held a high status in their hearts.

Noticing that Howth is not in the room, Lin Mu asked, "Where's Howth?"

Ryan smiled helplessly, "He said he would be out hunting."

Lin Mu smiled. Howth really went out to hunt, he was really a brother-con, taking his brother as his belongings.

Ryan smiled. He understood his brother's mood. After losing everything, all Howth left was him(R). If he(R) treats other people nicely, Howth would feel like he is losing him(R). At first, it might be because Howth felt insecure, wanting to hold onto him, but now, Howth probably just got used to acting like that.

"Let's go." Patrik got up. Now that they have visited the stranger, they can return to their room. Although the man is still a little weak, it is not a big problem.

"Rest well." Lin Mu said to Ba-Ao and followed Patrik out. When he reached the door, Lin Mu suddenly turned around and said, "Welcome to the drifter beastman tribe." The man would realize it anyway if he stayed here for a long time, might as well let him know right now. Then, he pulled Patrik out with him.

Ba-Ao was dumbfounded. He couldn't give any reaction, "What does he mean?"

Ryan smiled at him, "We are drifter beastman." Towards the end of his words, Ryan nodded and deepened his tone.

Ryan's words made Ba-Ao frown; it was a little bit difficult for him to accept it. After all, he hated drifter beastman very much before, and now, he is also a drifter beastman. At this moment, the tall guy weakly drooped his head.

Ryan knew that Ba-Ao could not accept the fact right away, regardless of their identity or his own identity. But he didn't have any overreaction, so it should be no problem, except that the pain in his heart still needs some time. Ryan hoped that Ba-Ao can get out of the loss soon.

When Casso walked in, it saw Ryan sorting some animal skins, while the other beastman sat on the bed and stared blankly at the roof, not knowing what he was thinking. Casso came to see this beastman because other people said he woke up. It was very curious about this man, and it also heard that this beastman was driven out of his tribe because he is also a drifter beastman. Hence, Casso was curious to see what kind of person he was. But now looking at this man, it felt that other than looking silly, there is nothing special with him, so Casso was a little disappointed. It walked to Ryan's side, "Uncle Ryan, why are you sorting the animal skins?"

"I'm cleaning them while I'm free, I need to find something to do!

Casso nodded, "En, my father also wants to make clothes. Mine's better, I have my own fur, no need to hassle."

Ryan smiled and patted Casso's body.

"A cub?" Ba-Ao's voice can be heard.

He didn't notice it just now, and thinking of Lin Mu just now, he asked, "There are females and cubs in your tribe?" Ba-Ao felt disbelief.

Ryan: "Our tribe is different."

Other drifter beastman has no females and does not raise cubs, but now, these people have their own tribe, their own females, and their own cubs. They are very different, unlike the violent beastman in his impressions, and they still live in such a strange place. When Ba-Ao woke up earlier, he saw a lot of things that he had never seen before. Eating delicious food and living in a bright house, it is incredible that these people are drifter beastmen.

Ryan saw Ba-Ao falling into his own thoughts, and felt that his tribe is quite shocking for others.

"Casso, let's go out and let him stay quietly in the room by himself."

Casso nodded while Qiuqiu glanced at Ba-Ao before walking out in small steps.

At night, Lin Mu laid in bed, talking to Patrik, "I don't understand why you let Ba-Ao leave?"

"He wants to leave, of course, I won't force him to stay."

"But wouldn't he know where we live?"

Patrik put a hand on his pillow, "I know you are worried that Ba-Ao might tell other tribes where we live. You don't have to worry, because unless we endanger their interests, they generally don't take the initiative to attack us. Beastman doesn't like to fight our own kind. Moreover, whenever a beastman tribe has an abnormal beastman, they would usually expel that person from the tribe, and won't hurt them. "

"Then why Ba-Ao?"

Patrik sneered, "He's just an unlucky scapegoat carrying the anger of others. Their tribe should have been attacked by drifter beastman before."

"So his tribe people irrationally put all their resentment on Ba-Ao? He is really a poor fellow."

Didn't hear Patrik's reply, Lin Mu turned his head to see Patrik staring at the roof, not sure what he was thinking.

Lin Mu poked him with a finger, "What are you thinking?"

Patrik recovered and said thoughtfully, "I was thinking about how to eat you."

"Die!"

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Chapter 37 Winter

The adult females gathered in Lin Mu's room. They sat cross-legged on the wooden bed while eating fruits and dried meat placed on a small table. In such misty weather, it was leisurely and comfortable time.

"Lin Mu, your small table is really convenient. I want one too. That way if I don't want to get up from bed, I can eat in the bed."

Lin Mu rolled his eyes, "Sasha, how much lazier can you be?" And then he said with a smile, "But then I also have the same thought, hahaha."

Phil and Lais looked at the two helplessly, "You two are such a pair of lazy people."

"That's the point of life. My ideal of life has always been sleeping in all 4 seasons, what a beautiful lifestyle."

Lin Mu revealed an enjoyed expression to show how much he likes a life like that, that is how one enjoys life.

Supporting his chin on his hand, Phil considered seriously and said, "Although beastman doesn't really like letting his female do anything tiring, but Lin Mu, is it really alright to do nothing? Won't it be boring?"

Lais: "I still think having something to do is better. Like now, I have something to do every day, and I felt quite fulfilled."

Sasha nodded while biting on a fruit. Although he is lazy, he couldn't just sleep all day either.

Sweat appeared on Lin Mu's head, "You all don't discuss this topic so seriously. This is just an exaggeration, no one will sleep all day. It's just a yearning for leisure life from many people who couldn't enjoy one."

Sasha wondered, "But Lin Mu, you are idle right now. Why would you have those yearnings?"

Lin Mu became speechless and said feebly, "Yeah, I'm very idle now. Plus thinking about the incoming days, I can predict that we won't have time to be idle soon. However in the winter, maybe I can have the opportunity to enjoy a winter nesting1."

Hearing Lin Mu said 'winter nesting', they really wanted to ask Lin Mu why he thinks he would be free in winter. The three of them glanced at each other, and meaningfully said, "Ah, winter…"

"What do you mean by that expression? Seemed evil."

Phil: "No, I just thought that our tribe leader will definitely let you rest a lot in bed during winter."

The tone doesn't sound right, so Lin Mu asked, "Hey, what are you not telling me?"

Lais: "We should stop talking about this. Let's talk about this table, don't you all want one? It's really convenient to put it on the bed."

"En, I am going to get Lloyd to make one for me so that it's easier for me to make clothes on the bed."

Lin Mu: "Don't change the subject ah."

The other three people ignored Lin Mu and gathered together to discuss what style they wanted for their small table and what other functions can be added to it. Lin Mu fiercely bit the fruit in his hand and watched them happily discussing on their own.

"Don't think I won't know just because you don't tell me." Seeing that the dried meat in the bowl is finished, Lin Mu got out of bed to get more.

Sasha saw that Lin Mu is gone, he turned to ask, "Why won't you tell Lin Mu that winter is the beastman's mating season?"

"Hehe, won't that's be more interesting?"

"You guys are terrible. But then again, why does beastman enter their mating season in winter? Don't all animals have it during springtime?"

Phil thought about it and said, "This is God's will."

Lais smiled and said to Sasha, "Probably because beastman is idle during winter, it's the best time to have their next generation. So God arranged for them to enter the mating season in winter."

Sasha nodded, "God is always the wisest."

Lin Mu walked out of the room and found Ryan looking for him.

"What happened?"

"Ba-Ao is still the same old condition."

Lin Mu glanced at the figure sitting at the door. Since that day, Ba-Ao will always sit in the doorway and look at the distance. Once he starts doing that, he will sit there for a long time, no one knows what he is thinking.

"His current condition is not good for his injury, and I am worried that he cannot walk out of the pain."

Lin Mu looked at Ba-Ao's figure and whispered, "Can't walk out?"

"If you can't walk out and immerse in the pain, you will become crazy and abandon all beliefs."

Lin Mu frowned, "I'll talk to him."

Lin Mu took a small stool and sat down next to Ba-Ao, patting his shoulder gently.

"What are you thinking?"

Ba-Ao glanced at him, shifting his gaze to the outside of the door.

Lin Mu glanced outside as well and sat down beside him. He didn't know how to comfort this person, but he hoped that this person would be willing to talk. Looking at the rain curtain outside the door, Lin Mu fell into his own thoughts, it seemed that he has not thought of his previous world for a long time.

"I don't understand."

Ba-Ao's voice draws Lin Mu away from his thoughts.

"What?"

"I have never done bad things, I believed in the beast god, and I worked hard for my tribe. Why do they treat me like that? I have not hurt anyone. I grew up in the tribe and lived there for so many years, why would they treat me cruelly like that?"

Lin Mu didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only listen to him saying everything that is on his mind.

"They wanted to burn me to death, but I escaped. My hunting partner, who usually hunted together with me pointed his sharp claws at me. I don't understand what I did wrong and why I lost everything overnight."

Ba-Ao hugged his head, his voice suppressed, "I don't understand."

The beastmen in the hall heard Ba-Ao's words and remembered their old self a long time ago, causing the atmosphere to become depressing. They have more or less similar experiences like him.

Lin Mu: "People will always be irrational when they are sad and has hatred in their heart, I think you wouldn't be able to accept the betrayal of your relatives and friends as well. In fact, Ba-Ao, as long as you are not dead, this world will always have tomorrow. There is nothing time cannot heal. Belief? You have that, I know that even when being called a drifter beastman, you still believed in the beast god. At the same time, don't you have the ability to keep surviving? As for the direction of life, take a look at the beastmen in our tribe. They are also drifter beastman, who had lived in despair all the time, and life and death were not important to them at that time, because they don't think that they have tomorrow. But aren't they living well right now? We have a family, a tribe; perhaps the only thing they lacked is a life partner."

Ba-Ao nodded, during these days he stayed in the house, he could see that these drifter beastmen had a very good life and were very happy.

Lin Mu looked out of the door and said quietly, "I too, have encountered the betrayal of my dearest person. That time, I felt like I have no reason to live on, but when I found out that I was still alive, I didn't think of wanting to die. After all, life is precious. Comparing to a cold death, I still want to live. Those who hurt me were just passers-by in my life. Although it still makes me sad whenever I think of it sometimes, but mostly I think of right now are happy things. So, as long as you live strong and alive, there is nothing that can't come to pass."

Ba-Ao: "You have been hurt by a loved one?"

Lin Mu smiled faintly, "En, but those have passed. I'm doing pretty well now."

"You are an amazing female, I heard that you are the one who gave them this good life; you gave them hope."

Lin Mu smiled, "Actually, I didn't do much. The most important thing is that they didn't give up. Although they may be pessimistic, they didn't choose to give up. They have always hoped to have their own tribe, and now they have it. Ba-Ao, if you want, you can also join our tribe. Our drifter beastman tribe is willing to accept kind drifter beastman. "

"I …" Ba-Ao hesitated.

Although he felt that this tribe is perfect, and everyone seemed happy and satisfied, he still hesitated in his heart. He did think that he is being stupid and couldn't understand why he hesitated, but he really couldn't accept Lin Mu's invitation right away.

Seeing Ba-Ao's hesitation, Lin Mu added, "You don't have to worry about it now. Just consider it first, it doesn't matter what you choose in the end."

"Thank you."

The days passed, and Ba-Ao's injury quickly recovered. Since he had confided to Lin Mu, Ba-Ao stopped sitting in a daze at the door. He started to eat together with the people in the tribe and chatted with Ryan and Howth. Although Howth's attitude was still bad towards him, he did not mind. When Lin Mu watched Howth deliberately pranked Ba-Ao a few times, but the other party still smiled and didn't mind it, Lin Mu felt that a bear's heart is really big. However, because Ba-Ao didn't care about Howth's pranks, Howth had no sense of accomplishment, plus Ryan's scolding, Howth stopped targeting him.

"Lin Mu, Ba-Ao said he is going to hunt with us, do you think it'll be fine?"

Lin Mu knew that Ba-Ao was embarrassed to eat their food without contributing anything. Ba-Ao had already asked to go out hunting together, plus his injury should be alright now.

"Should be fine. As long as he doesn't go challenging fierce beasts, it should be fine. On the other hand, I'm not a doctor, so why would you think of asking me about this?"

Ryan smiled and said, "I'm used to asking you. Also, I don't want to trouble the tribe leader with this kind of trivial thing. You know more so asking you would be better."

Lin Mu scratched his head in embarrassment, "Oh, what I know is really limited actually." Then he thought of Ba-Ao, "I heard that Ba-Ao is from the bear family, so can he fly?"

"Yes, he is from the Winged Bear tribe2."

Lin Mu felt excited from imagining a bear flying in the sky. He threw out a sentence, "I'm going to get Phil and the rest." Then, he waved and hurriedly went away. A bear flying in the sky, of course, he needs to get the others to watch this rare sight.

Lin Mu ran to Lais' room and yelled to the three people, "Follow me to see a flying bear."

Sasha: "Flying bear?"

Phil: "Ba-Ao?"

Lais: "What's wrong?"

Lin Mu stepped forward to pull them, "Why are you asking so many questions? Let's go."

When the four of them came to the door, the hunting team is about to set off. Watching the beastman transforming one by one, it was quite an amazing sight no matter how many times they watched it.

Look at that tiger, look at that lion, and for the centipede, you can't really ignore it.

"Look, that's Ba-Ao." Sasha whispered.

The three followed Sasha's eyes.

A tall brown bear with a pair of brown wings.

"I finally know why the people in his tribe would say that he is a drifter beastman." Lin Mu said suddenly.

The other three looked at Lin Mu doubtfully, they didn't see anything wrong.

Lin Mu lifted his chin to point at that direction, "Look at his tail."

The three of them looked at Ba-Ao's tail. Sasha was still puzzled. "Is there something wrong? Isn't it pretty?"

Phil felt the same, "Yeah, it looked fluffy and nice."

Lais also nodded in agreement.

Staring at the long, fluffy tail, Lin Mu asked, "Don't you think it's weird that a bear has a fox tail? But then again, a bear with wings is actually quite peculiar as well." This world is truly unique.

Sasha: "I haven't seen any other bears, but I still think his tail looks pretty."

Not sure when Locke started standing behind them, he pulled Sasha all of a sudden and said, "I think my tail looks better. Let's go and check it out." Then, Sasha was pulled away.

"I didn't say your tail is bad…" But he was gone.

Lloyd also approached to pull Phil away. "Actually, I have a nice tail too."

Phil nodded with a smile.

Lin Mu didn't know about the heavy resentment from the beastmen behind them. The only four adult females in the tribe went to see the newcomer beastman's beast form, which made them feel so embarrassed about themselves. And so Lin Mu, without knowing it, has hurt many beastman's vulnerable hearts, what a sin.

Lin Mu saw that there's only him and Lais left, and the hunting team beastman also has taken flight, he shook his head. "Some beastman 'monitoring' skill is better than someone. Jason doesn't seem to be coming yet."

"Well, our tribe leader too."

"He(P) wouldn't, aren't I just curious about other people's beast form?" Lin Mu disagreed.

"Lin Mu, beastman uses their beast form to attract females, do you understand?" After he said, Lais ignored Lin Mu's surprise and walked away slowly.

Lin Mu mumbled, "What a strange practice." Then he followed Lais.

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Chapter 38 The end of the season

Lin Mu thought both Sasha and Phil were taken to some 'ideal appearance' re-education. As for Lais, he must have gone back to make clothes. Such a diligent guy, Lais has started to make winter clothes now. Lin Mu thought about why he didn't go to make clothes together with him(L). Lais is quite quiet when he is making clothes, so if he(LM) is going to be sitting in a daze anyway, why not go to Patrik instead? Other than that, he wondered what Patrik was discussing with Jason.

Lin Mu saw Jason coming out from the room, and he greeted Jason with a smile. Jason nodded blankly. Accustomed to Jason's behavior, Lin Mu went into his room and pulled the curtain down.

"Patrik, take out the glowing stones, the room is too dark."

Patrik was sitting by the bed when he saw Lin Mu came in. Hearing what Lin Mu said, he stood up and took the glowing stones out of the bed cabinet. He talked to Lin Mu while putting the stones, "Why did you come back so early? Not staying to play with the females?"

Lin Mu climbed onto the bed and laid comfortably on a pile of animal skins.

"Lloyd and Locke have pulled them away, and Lais went to make clothes again. So I came back."

After Patrik has placed the glowing stones on the wooden brackets by the wall, the room was illuminated in soft and bright lights. He saw Lin Mu lying lazily on the bed, but Lin Mu is still very likable no matter how he looked at him.

As Patrik came nearer, Lin Mu sat up with his chin raised up, and asked, "What are you talking about with Jason in the room? So sneaky."

Patrik sat by the bed and rubbed Lin Mu's hair. "Sneaky? How?"

Lin Mu avoided Patrik's grabby claws and said, "Deliberately avoiding me, not letting me listen, isn't that sneaky? Say it, what were you talking about? Reveal a bit to me?" Lin Mu asked curiously with his head tilted.

Patrik put away the small animal skin bag that was used to store the glowing stones. "Discussing with Jason what to do after the rainy season."

"Really?" Lin Mu looked at him with suspicion, "It shouldn't be that simple? If it's so simple, why don't you let me listen in? Instead, you diverted me away this morning."

"It's that simple. I was about to discuss with you what we have to do after the rainy season. Mu Mu, you think, what should we do after the rainy season? How should we collect food?"

Hearing Patrik talking about serious matters, Lin Mu sat up and crossed his legs, "Hmm, what should we do?"

Patrik saw Lin Mu thinking about something else and stopped asking about Jason. He didn't want to lie to Lin Mu but also wanted to make things better for both of them. Looking at Lin Mu seriously taking care of the tribe and him as well, and thinking about how to make the tribe better, Patrik's heart softened into a puddle. He felt that this was the grace given by the beast god.

Lin Mu thought about what to do after the rainy season ends. Collecting food is the first task. After all, food is the most important thing. There is also the problem of keeping warm in winter.

"Patrik, how long is the winter season?"

Patrik: "Over 150 days."

"More than 5 months ah. Then we have to prepare a lot of food."

"You don't have to worry about food. The beastman in our tribe are all hunting experts. Although there is fewer prey in winter, but rest assured, we can definitely live through winter safely. Moreover, we have a house now, which is much better than before. "

"I heard Misha talked about the winter season. You haven't been able to eat enough in winter before. That's not enough."

Patrik sighed, "Although there is a lot of food in autumn, it can't be preserved. Hunting in winter is not easy, so gathering food will be harder. However, I will not let you suffer, trust me."

Lin Mu smiled softly, "I believe in you, but we can definitely have a comfortable winter this year. You have to believe me too."

Patrik hugged the person in his arms, "I have always believed that Mu Mu is the most amazing person."

Lin Mu chuckled, "I'm not that amazing. I'm actually one of the most useless people back in my place. I stayed at home all day and don't contact people. Although I don't want to admit it, it's actually a way of escape reality."

"Mu Mu is the most talented and useful person in my heart. And even if Mu Mu is useless, it doesn't matter, I can raise Mu Mu to be chubby and fair."

"Tsk, I don't want to be chubby, I'm not a bun(baozi)."

Although Patrik doesn't know what a bun is, he still thinks that a chubby Lin Mu looks cute. "It's better to be fat, you are too thin."

"I think I'm good enough. Back at my place, thin is beauty. If I'm thin, I'm handsome. If I get fatter, I'm going to be called a pig."

"It is the responsibility of each beastman to raise their partner up strong and healthy."

"Strong?" Lin Mu looked at him with a smile.

Patrik nodded, although Lin Mu's smile seemed a little wicked.

"Then, if I am bigger, will you let me 'gong'1 you?" If so, Lin Mu felt that growing up strong is good.

"'Gong' me?" Patrik couldn't understand Lin Mu's words.

"It means, during 'those' times, I will be on top, and you will lie down." On the other hand, Patrik's figure is outstanding.

Patrik understood it now. He looked at Lin Mu with suspicion, as if to say, 'Are you sure you can?'

"What are you looking at? There is nothing wrong with weak gong and strong shou."

Patrik nodded in agreement, "Mu Mu, let's duel."

"Duel? Why do you want to duel with me?" Lin Mu was surprised.

Patrik: "Because Mu Mu, you said that you are a male. When two males become partners, they will duel to decide who is the top. Therefore, if Mu Mu wants to 'gong' me, we will fight a battle for it."

Lin Mu looked at the smile on Patrik's face. That's a smirk, absolutely a smirk. "Humph, I just can't win over you, what's there to be proud of?"

Patrik looked at Lin Mu acting stubbornly and bent down to kiss his forehead happily. "Mu Mu, you can't transform into a beast, so it's confirmed that you will never beat me. Don't think about it anymore." He just wants Lin Mu to stop thinking to 'gong' him. Because his chances of winning in a duel with Lin Mu is not that great, as he is not willing to hurt Lin Mu.

"However, I encourage Mu Mu to become stronger," Patrik added.

Lin Mu ground his teeth in hatred and tickled Patrik, "I said I couldn't beat you, and you get so proud…"

Lin Mu kept tickling Patrik, "Being prideful huh, I'll tickle you to death…"

Patrik swiftly pressed Lin Mu under him. Then he returned the favor back to Lin Mu.

"Hahaha…" Lin Mu twisted and turned from the itchiness, "Itchy, don't tickle me, ha ha ha…"

His loved one wriggling beneath him makes Patrik felt pressured.

Sensing that Patrik's breathing becoming strange, and his skin burning hot, Lin Mu doesn't dare to move anymore. He looked at Patrik with sincere eyes, "Patrik, I'm wrong, let me go."

[S L I G H T L Y – N S F W – B U T – C E N S O R E D – A N Y W A Y]

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An energetic exercise took a lot of Lin Mu's physical strength, which caused Lin Mu to sleep the entire afternoon until the sky becomes dark. But when he saw Patrik beside him the moment he opened his eyes, Lin Mu felt much better; at least he didn't swiftly take a bite out of Patrik. After all, Lin Mu is quite angry from being 'tossed' around by Patrik. Although he also enjoyed it, the aftereffect was too apparent.

Patrik saw Lin Mu woke up, he immediately delivered a gentle smile and then handed over the food he prepared for Lin Mu. After all, Lin Mu went through a physically demanding exercise with him and missed lunch, so he must be hungry.

Lin Mu felt much more comfortable after drinking some hot soup, but 'that place' still felt uncomfortable. Too lazy to get out of bed, Lin Mu thought to himself, 'I knew I shouldn't be soft-hearted.' But he was not angry with Patrik.

"You can go to do your thing, it's almost dinner time, go out to eat."

"It's alright, I'll accompany you for a while." Patrik gently hugged the man in his arms, and the two of them enjoyed the silence shared between lovers.

Lin Mu cuddled in Patrik's arms and thought, although the living condition here was harder, he has someone here who loved him and will accompany him so that he would not feel lonely. With that, Lin Mu is very satisfied.

…

Two days later.

Lin Mu and Lais were chatting in the main hall when all of a sudden, they felt the hall becoming much brighter.

Sasha looked out of the door. "The sun is out! It seems that the rain has stopped!"

Lin Mu also ran out to watch, looking at the sunny sky, "The rain really stopped. That's great, the rainy season has finally passed!"

Lin Mu happily ran back to the room and said excitedly, "The rain has stopped, let's go out and see."

Being pulled out of the room, Patrik shook his head as he watched Lin Mu getting all excited. Before this, he could already guess that the rainy season would be ending in a day or two. Then, he heard their exclamation of excitement coming from outside the room.

When Lin Mu and Patrik came out, they saw other beastmen outside the door as well, and they were thrilled that the rainy season has passed. After all, hunting in the rainy season is not an enjoyable thing. Lin Mu pulled Patrik out of the door, and basked in the sunlight shining on him, "It's so comfortable." Then he pulled at Patrik, "Let's go, Patrik. Take me to the sky."

Patrik saw Lin Mu's joyful expression, instantly transformed to let him up.

Seeing Patrik transformed, Sasha and the rest of the females also asked their beastman to transform and fly2. Other beastman also transformed, eager to move around. Instantly, several giants can be seen flying over the valley at the same time.

Sitting on Patrik while they ascended into the sky, Lin Mu felt like he has gotten one step closer to the sun. "After so many days in the rainy season, I think that even my bones have become humid. It is really comfortable to bask in the sun now."

He touched Patrik's dark leathery, armor-like skin. "Patrik, your skin color is black and is easier to absorb light. Do you feel warm?"

"It's hot but still comfortable."

Lin Mu touched the scales under his hand. "It's said that snakes are cold-blooded animals. But Patrik doesn't seem to be afraid of heat. Moreover, I don't think your temperature is low."

Patrik stayed silent, he knows that Lin Mu is just muttering to himself.

"Haha, Lin Mu. It's comfortable to bask in the sun." Sasha sat on Locke, and they came to fly beside Lin Mu.

"En, it feels like I haven't come out for a long time. From the above, our valley still looked pretty." Phil also came.

Lais: "How about we go around and see?"

Everyone agreed with Lais's words; they were all suffocated by that rainy season previously.

"Looking from this view, this mountain range is huge." Lin Mu said while looking at the rolling hills. When they came here, all he could think of was just rushing to the valley as soon as possible3, and he did not look around carefully. What is the mountain? He learned it in elementary school that the mountain is a treasure trove of nature. When he thought of his next treasure hunt, Lin Mu felt quite excited.

"En, there are animals in the mountains, so we don't have to worry about food." Lais agreed.

Phil: "The mountains are so big, I wonder if there are other tribes around."

"There was a tribe nearby, but the cave where they lived collapsed during the rainy season. So they moved away." Lloyd explained to Phil. He once saw the tribe marching away in the rain.

"Collapsed?!" Sasha exclaimed in surprise, "It's better to build a house like we did."

Lin Mu also sighed, those people didn't have it easy. In fact, if he can, he really wants to teach others how to build a house as well. Not only because of his pity for them, but also because he feared their jealousy towards their unique home. But right now, it is too early to think about it.

Four people, and four beasts, flew in the air. Pleasant laughter could be heard from time to time.

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Chapter 39 I promise you

Now that the rainy season is over, everyone gathered together to discuss what should they do next.

Patrik wouldn't make decisions like a dictator, he decided that he should respect everyone's opinions. Moreover, from the discussion he had with Lin Mu last night, Lin Mu said they should have something called a 'meeting'. Then, after Lin Mu explained what a meeting is and why they need it, Patrik understood that a meeting is when everyone gathered to discuss things. Patrik doesn't understand what Lin Mu means by being people-oriented and maintaining harmony, but since it doesn't change anything whether he understood those terms or not, he stopped struggling with it. This made Lin Mu, who struggled to show his modern thinking, felt quite depressed.

Back to meeting now.

Everyone carried a bench and sat down at the open space in front of the house. They felt that the term 'meeting' their tribe leader mentioned is quite curious.

When Lin Mu and Patrik came out, they saw Lais and the gang sitting together. The gang saw Lin Mu as well, they immediately waved their hands and greeted him. Lin Mu smiled and walked over.

Patrik saw that everyone is seated, so he waved his hands to get the crowd to quiet down.

"The main purpose of our meeting is to decide and arrange what we should do next, now that the rainy season is over." Patrik did not have any stage fright even when everyone is looking at him seriously.

"First of all, let's discuss about building houses."

As soon as Patrik's words were heard, the people started discussing.

"Building houses?"

"Didn't we already have one? Why do we still need to build more?"

"What is our tribe leader thinking…"

Locke voiced out the question everyone was thinking, "Tribe leader, don't we already have a house? Why do we still need to build more?"

Patrik knew that they will have doubts, after all, they are used to living together. "Our current house was built just for the rainy season. Although we don't have many people in our tribe now, it's still not very convenient for everyone to live together. The rooms we have are limited, if someone joins in the future, it will feel very crowded. Our tribe will definitely grow and become stronger, so we still need to build more houses. This valley is quite big, you can build a house wherever you like. Of course, if you don't want to build a new one, you can continue to live in this house. And this house will not be empty, as we can still use the empty rooms to store things."

Everyone nodded, it's just like when Ba-Ao joined their tribe, it lets them see the trouble of not having enough space. Yes, Ba-Ao has decided to join their tribe after spending days with the people of the drifter beastman tribe. He can see that the people in this tribe is kind, and they lived happily. Ba-Ao feels that he will definitely be regretful if he missed this chance. However, after hearing that Ba-Ao will join them, Howth was very unhappy. When Ba-Ao first appeared, he(BO) already disturbed him and his brother, naturally he is unwilling to let Ba-Ao stay longer. Ba-Ao looked simple-minded, but he also knew that Howth didn't like him, so he moved to the room next to Patrik, although there were also 4 beastmen staying there.

Sasha whispered to Lin Mu, "Why should we live separately? Is it lively for everyone to live together? This way, we can still play together every day."

Lin Mu said with a smile, "We can still meet up every day even though we are not staying together, we all live in the same valley. Plus, we can build our houses closer if you want."

Sasha nodded, "Although this is the case, I still find it more interesting for everyone to live together."

Lais quipped, "That's because you haven't had Locke's smell on you."

"What does this have to do with that?" Sasha blushed.

"Because if you did, you would think that it's better to live separately. It's not like you don't know how possessive are the beastmen towards their female. They would rather no other beastman can look at their female. What's more, when everyone lives together, many single beastman can wander around in front of their females; naturally, they won't feel at ease."

"Alright, staying separately might be good, but Locke doesn't seem to think so ba. Didn't you see him asking our tribe leader just now? He doesn't have that kind of thinking. I still think it's better for everyone to live together."

Phil laughed and tugged at Sasha's sleeve. "Look at Locke."

Sasha turned to look at Locke and saw him smiling himself silly, not sure what good thing he was thinking.

"Perhaps Locke is thinking about the benefits of living separately." Phil quipped.

"Hmmph, you only know to laugh at me. Don't think you'll be fine if you lived separately as well."

Thinking of that, Phil blushed and stopped talking.

Lin Mu's puzzled gaze swept around the three, what happened? "Don't tell me, you three haven't? En~"

The three nodded.

Lin Mu looked up to the sky at 45 angles, elegant and sad. There were 'thousands of mud horses running'1 in his heart, why am I the one who got eaten?!

The three looked at Lin Mu's extremely depressed expression and snickered. They always thought that Lin Mu is most interesting when he's like that.

When Lin Mu came back to his senses, Patrik and the rest were already discussing about the distribution of manpower.

"Not only we have to build our houses, but we also need to collect food. There has to be someone to go hunting, someone to take care of the females' safety when they go up the mountain, and someone to build the houses. Our manpower is limited, so we need to make arrangements. Apart from that, it's almost time for the God Offering day, we have to prepare something for the beast god. On that day, I will arrange for some hunters to hunt for the gift to our god…"

"God Offering day ah." Lin Mu suddenly thought of what Patrik said to him.

"Mu Mu, let's hold the ceremony after the God Offering day…"

Lin Mu pondered with his chin on his hand. "It's time to be partners with Patrik. Why do I feel like time flies so fast? I feel a little nervous… But Patrik is so good to me, and I like him too, is it okay to be partners? … Ah, so annoying, so annoying. Is this what they called a pre-marital phobia?"

Lin Mu was embarrassed by his thoughts. He rubbed his face and thought, "Anyway, Patrik has not formally proposed marriage, nor did I say yes. Nothing to worry."

"Mu Mu, what are you thinking?"

Patrik saw Lin Mu's complicated expression when he sat down next to Lin Mu as if he was worried about something, but then his expression relaxed again like everything is fine.

"Ah?" Lin Mu saw Patrik next to him, and that everyone was gone, "When did the meeting end?"

"Just now, you were distracted. Things have been arranged, and those who want to build their house have already reported their name. However, because of the limited manpower, we will have to build the houses one by one. They think since I am the tribe leader, my house should be built first. Of course, it's up to you how you want the house to be done."

Lin Mu 's interest perked up when he heard about building their own house. "This is a big deal. I have to think about it. En, I want a big yard. Then I can grow some vegetables in the yard. Probably grow some fruit trees as well. For now, we probably can line three rooms first; a bedroom, a kitchen, and a storage room. What do you think?"

Patrik smiled and said, "I'll listen to you."

Lin Mu was dissatisfied, "What do you mean by listening to me? That is our house, you have to give your opinion. At least don't be so perfunctory."

"Then I should say, Mu Mu, your plan is perfect."

"Heh, that's better. However, you'll have to make stuff for me. We must have a shelf for tableware in the kitchen, and a shelf for clothes in the bedroom. Also, our stovetop. I want the kind with a chimney. And we have to build a toilet. Somehow there are many things to do, but I feel excited to see it when my home is done."

Patrik watched Lin Mu getting excited in picturing their home. Home, what a great place it is. He stepped forward and hugged Lin Mu, "Whatever you want me to do."

"Of course." Lin Mu hugged him back and said with a smile.

Patrik whispered, "Mu Mu."

"En?"

"The God Offering day is coming."

"En."

"Remember what you promised me?"

"What?" Lin Mu pretended to be silly.

How could Patrik give Lin Mu a chance to be silly? He took Lin Mu's face and made him look at himself, and said to him very seriously, "Mu Mu, promise me to be my partner. I swear in the name of the beast god, I will love you forever, and will never leave you alone."

Lin Mu was touched by the forever he promised, and he believed in Patrik's lifetime promise. He believed that Patrik loved himself very much because Patrik had been telling him with all his actions, that he(P) loved him. Lifelong companionship has an irresistible temptation for Lin Mu. He nodded with red eyes and agreed, "I promise you. I believe that you will love me for life, I do."

…

Sasha gnawed on a piece of dried meat, "So, you agreed just like this?"

Lin Mu sighed while munching on a piece of dried meat himself, "I was touched."

Phil: "I think our tribe leader is lucky to be able to catch you in his hand so soon."

Lais said with a smile, "That's because Lin Mu has no experience of being courted by other people. He was captured the moment he met our tribe leader."

Lin Mu disagreed, "Can anyone not be moved by a confession like that?"

"When you heard confessions like that several time, you won't feel anything anymore," Lais said with a tone of an experienced person.

Sasha nodded, "Many beastman in my old tribe used to pursue me. But I didn't take it."

Phil smiled embarrassedly, "I don't have any beastman chasing me in my old tribe." He was too short, and beastman prefers taller ones. He might be saddened in the past, but it's alright now that he has Lloyd.

"Lin Mu, let me tell you one more thing. The females in my tribe used to drag the courting for a few years, even if they liked the beastman." Sasha continued to aggravate Lin Mu with a smile.

"Why?" Lin Mu was puzzled.

"Oh, this is a tradition. Females are so precious, how can it be so easy for the beastman to get them?"

Lin Mu palmed his forehead, "You can continue on to aggravate me. Who ask me to come from the age of flash marriage. We have a generation gap here."

"Flash marriage? Generation gap?" This time Sasha was puzzled.

Phil smiled and said to him, "This must be new terms from Lin Mu's hometown."

Lin Mu chewed and swallowed the dried meat, "Alright, stop diverting from the topic, I asked you guys to come to discuss something, not to laugh at me. Quickly and tell me, how do you people hold the ceremonies here?"

"Our ceremonies are all carried out under the blessing of the oracle. He will inform the god about the couples who want to hold the (marriage) ceremony so that they can get the blessings from the beast god. But our tribe doesn't have an oracle so I'm not sure what we can do." Lais said with some concern, an oracle is fundamental to the tribe.

Lin Mu didn't think being the oracle would be anything special, he said, "It's like the priest at my place. It's good enough to have someone reads the marriage words, although most people still think getting the priest to do it will be more sacred."

"How did the people in Lin Mu's place hold the ceremony?" Phil asked curiously.

Sasha and Lais were curious too, they felt that Lin Mu's place has many unusual things there.

Lin Mu thought about how to describe a wedding ceremony in words that they could understand. In the end, all he could say was wearing beautiful clothes, and many people having a meal together.

Sasha sighed, "It's nothing new, just like us."

Phil nodded his support for Sasha's words.

Lin Mu: Feels like a divine wedding ceremony has become a random dinner.

Lais: "Anyway, congratulations to you, Lin Mu. We can all tell that our tribe leader loves you very much."

Sasha also sent his sincere blessings, "Although Lin Mu always said that he is a male, I still wish you a baby as soon as possible. I have never believed that you are a male, really, hee hee."

Lin Mu thinks that have a baby whatnot can be thrown aside, really.

Phil smiled and said, "Congratulations, Lin Mu, you will be very happy." No doubt about this, after all, beastman loves his partner so much.

Lin Mu smiled and said, "Thank you for your blessings. You will also be very happy. I believe that everyone will be very happy."

The three nodded, "We believe it. Lin Mu's words are powerful."

"I'm not powerful? Everyone is amazing on their own. I can only talk about things, and I still need everyone to work together. Many things about myself are worse than you guys. Alas, I still don't know how to make clothes. "

Seeing Lin Mu deliberately made that kind of funny expression, everyone laughed.

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List of characters :

帕特里 Patrik (Python) / 林沐 Lin Mu (Female)

科恩 Cohen (White tiger) / 拉尔 Lal (Centipede)

洛克 Locke (Horned lion) / 萨沙 Sasha (Female)

杰森 Jason (Black cobra) / 莱丝 Lais (Female)

罗伊德 Lloyd (???) / 菲尔 Phil (Female)

球球 Qiuqiu (pet?)

卡索 Casso (Winged wolf)

达蒙 Damon (??? / Casso's father)

米莎 Misha (Female)

马特 Matt (Silver wolf / Misha's father)

Ryan (Lion)

Howth (Golden winged lion)

Ba-Ao (Brown winged bear)

Chapter 40 Preparing for God Offering Day

According to the tradition of the tribe, the annual God Offering day is held under the auspices of the oracle. As the person closest to God, the oracle naturally enjoys a position unmatched by others. But now the situation is the drifter beastman tribe doesn't have an oracle. During God Offering day in the past, Patrik will get everyone to present food that they hunted for the beast god. However, it's different for them now. They have their own tribe, so their celebration should be more formal, but an oracle is the person chosen by God himself. They can't just grab someone to host the ceremony.

The God Offering day will still be held, so everyone gathered together to discuss who should be picked to be the oracle for God Offering day. As a result of everyone's discussion, they agreed that Lin Mu is the most suitable person to do it. Because in their hearts, Lin Mu is the messenger of God, the person God sent to give them hope, and naturally, the person that God recognizes.

Instantly, Lin Mu felt deeply pressured. He is not someone who likes all focus to be placed on him. Lin Mu really wanted to say that he couldn't do it and that it is too unreliable to get him to host the celebration. Moreover, he has stage fright. So, Lin Mu desperately wants to throw away this responsibility to other people, and the best target is Patrik. When he nominated Patrik, Lin Mu felt that his reasoning is really sufficient.

"As the leader of the tribe, who leads the tribe to a better life, you are the most appropriate person to host the celebration. It also can reflect our respect for the beast god, because you are the person with the highest status in our tribe. Last but not least, you are the strongest warrior in the tribe, so you can give the beast god more 'face'."

Lin Mu still remembers the time when he was still studying in the university, it's always the person with the highest status in the school to come receive the higher-ups, who came for inspection, so that one can see how much importance the school give for this matter.

Patrik knows that sometimes Lin Mu's thoughts are quite different from them, but they have a natural admiration for their beast god.

"Mu Mu, only the oracle, the person closest to the beast god can let the beast god sense their offerings. Mu Mu, do you know why we respect our god so much?"

Whenever the beast god is mentioned, Lin Mu could feel that Patrik's expression and tone are very respectful.

"Because it is God's gift that makes us a beastman."

Patrik told Lin Mu an old legend about the beast god.

God Offering day is on the 10th day after the rainy season. Legend has it that before the beast god descends, this continent is full of uncultivated beasts. It is usually safe, and the animals follow the laws of natural selection. However, when the rainy season comes, many animals will become crazy for some reason. They will become fierce and brutal, attacking is all they can think of in their heads. Even their own children will be torn into pieces by them, and the wild beasts will eventually die from their own madness.

Every year, the coming of the rainy season indicates a bloodbath, like a curse they can never escape. The rainy season will kill a large number of animals, so as years passed, this continent began to become bleak. Everyone can foresee that if the madness of the rainy season continues, there will be no more creatures left in this continent. And at this moment, their great beast god came.

A great god watched as the animals lose their sanity in the rain and attacked anyone in sight, causing the great god to feel pitiful for them. He used his divine power to stop the crazy beasts and let them spend the rainy season safely. But the great god couldn't find the reason that made the animals crazy during the rainy season, and the great god can only stay in this continent for a limited time. If he left the continent, the animals would go crazy once again during the rainy season.

Finally, the great god came up with a way. He turned those powerful beasts into beastmen, giving them wisdom and the ability to transform. Moreover, in order to help them procreate, the great gods turned some of the fierce beasts into females. The great god believes that a beastman with wisdom can use his perseverance to resist the thing that caused them to go crazy. And facts have proven that the great god's approach is correct.

After the animals became beastmen, they no longer become mad during the rainy season. Every time the rainy season comes, they will work together to kill those powerful mad beasts to minimize their loss. Year after year, finally, the curse of the rainy season disappeared, and the animals will no longer go crazy during the rainy season.

Looking at the continent that has become normal, and full of vitality because of the beastmen, the great god can see that everything is heading in the right direction and can leave with peace of mind. The beastman are very grateful to the great god for his help and grace; hence they decided to hold the great god as their beast god and the day when the great god left is designated as the God Offering day. On this day, the beastman will come up with the best gift to offer to the great god. Over time, the God Offering day has become the most important festival for beastmen.

After hearing the legend about God Offering day and the great god, Lin Mu felt very emotional and said, "This great god is really amazing, to think of the idea of turning the fierce beasts into humans. Comparing to the Nuwa Goddess1 moulded humans from clay, this great god's idea is a level higher. Clay figurines are easy to make, but can you imagine how much patience it takes to turn a beast into a human being?" Lin Mu's thought derailed as he sighed with emotions.

Looking at Lin Mu zoning out, Patrik solemnly held Lin Mu's shoulder and said, "Mu Mu, in my heart, you are the gift given by the beast god to me, the gift given to our entire tribe. You must be chosen by the beast god, the messenger that brought us hope. Therefore, you are the most appropriate person to host God Offering day."

Lin Mu frowned, he is not a messenger of God. He was just a person who unexpectedly transmigrated. He really didn't know what great god.

"Patrik, I am not a messenger of God. My appearance in this continent is just a coincidence."

Patrik smiled and said, "The fact that you came to this continent, and we met, I believe these are God's arrangements."

"God?"

Lin Mu could be said as a complete atheist. In the 21st century, very few countries actually believed in gods. But when he thought of his transmigration, the magical thing that he crossed between time and space, maybe it has something to do with their god. However, Lin Mu felt that some things still need to be made clear, "Although I don't know why I came here, I can confirm that I really don't know your beast god. Even when I'm sleeping, I have never dreamed about any god before."

Patrik rubbed Lin Mu's hair, "I believe you."

Thinking about the God Offering day, Lin Mu sighed, "What should I do with the God Offering day?" He was worried.

"Don't worry, the ceremony is straightforward. The main thing we need to think about is the gift to the beast god."

"Gifts…" About this, Lin Mu can try thinking for some.

…

Lin Mu has been feeling frustrated over the gift to the beast god these days. He brought Phil and the others together to discuss what to prepare.

"How did your former tribe prepare the gifts?"

"We will catch some animals and slaughter them during the celebration. Then the females will make the most beautiful fur into clothes for the beast god."

"That's it?"

Lais: "Some tribes will also try to offer new things to the beast god. If the gift is received by the beast god, it means the tribe will be blessed."

"Is the beast god really going to see the gifts you presented?"

Lin Mu never thought that there would actually be a god who would check out the gifts that everyone gave him. He always thought that God Offering day will be like a typical offering day by those people who have an altar of the god in their house.

They nodded, and Sasha added that his tribe once offered a very rare feather, he saw the feather disappeared. His tribe people were jumping with joy.

Lin Mu thought, it seems that this beast god is closer to the people.

Sasha: "Lin Mu, what gift shall we prepare for the beast god? Have you thought about it yet?"

"No, that's why I asked you guys to discuss it together."

Hearing that Lin Mu asked them for help, the females started to brainstorm for gifts.

Sasha couldn't think of anything at all and said, "The beast god is so powerful, he can get whatever he wants, so it is tough to think. I wonder if God eats food or not? If he does eat food, maybe he will like Lin Mu's homecooked food."

A lightbulb flashed in Lin Mu's head all of a sudden. "That's right, we offered food to the gods back at my place!" Lin Mu has decided and clenched his fists. "Sasha, Phil, Lais, let's go up the mountain today. If there are unexpected gains2, maybe we can make something delicious for the beast god."

"If it's delicious, I want to eat it too." Sasha, Foodie No.1.

"Me too." Phil, Foodie No. 2 also expressed his respect for Lin Mu's food.

By comparison, Lais is more reserved.

"Relax, it will be yours after the beast god has his turn."

Just after Lin Mu has spoken, Misha came in. Seeing the females preparing to go out, Misha asked, "Where are you going?"

"To the mountain, does Misha want to join us?" Phil asked with a smile.

As soon as Misha heard that they are going up the mountain, his eyes lit up, and he quickly nodded, "I want to go."

Lin Mu readily agreed, one or two extra people doesn't change anything. "Go tell Casso and Qiuqiu to go together as well."

"En." Misha happily went out to search for the small ones.

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