The Wicked Female and Her Eight Beastmen Mates: Pregnant From Day One - Chapter 13:

The Lost Bai Yue

Bai Yue found an old piece of animal hide that no one used anymore and

tied it into a makeshift bag.

This world hadn’t invented weaving yet, so carrying anything

was annoyingly inconvenient.

A gentle voice drifted over. Bai Yue, what are you doing with that hide?

It was Anyun speaking a soft-spoken female who had already given birth to two white fox cubs.

She didn’t have the usual wildness that most beastwomen carried in their voices.

I’m using it to hold the sweet fruits. If we pick too many later, there’ll be nowhere to put them.

Anyun froze for a moment, then her eyes lit up as if someone had slapped enlightenment into her.

Oh, that’s right! We can use hides to carry the extras! Bai Yue, you’re so clever

none of us ever thought of that before!

Bai Yue smiled awkwardly. It wasn’t that she was smart their thinking was just… stuck.

Once you broke that invisible cage of old habits, her human logic wasn’t

necessarily sharper than theirs.

After all, humans had both geniuses and idiots. Why wouldn’t beastmen?

A small group of females set out toward the mountains, each with a hide-bag in hand.

At first, they had only planned to pick a few fruits near the foothills.

But after realizing they could haul far more using the hides, excitement took over.

Soon, they were racing halfway up the mountain and a few ambitious ones were eyeing the summit.

When Bai Yue noticed that no one was paying her much attention,

she quietly slipped away toward the side. She still owed her system the scan of thirty plant species.

Bafeng had wanted to come along, but she’d found an excuse to shake him off.

Most of the plants near the base had already been scanned,

so she needed to go farther to find new ones.

By the time she finished, not only had she completed her debt to the system

she’d also stumbled across several plants she recognized from the modern world.

System, isn’t this… ginger?

Yes.

And this one? Sweet potato?

And that one wait, that’s totally spinach!

One discovery after another, Bai Yue chatted excitedly with her system,

completely unaware that she was wandering farther and farther away from the others.

The rest of the females weren’t paying much attention either.

Some were busy hunting for fruit, while others were gossiping

about whose mate had the strongest muscles.

I think Bafeng’s the strongest. His arms, his thighs all so thick, said one older female.

Another quickly chimed in, I think so too! But no one dares get close to him. He looks so scary.

Scarier than the rogue beastmen, even.

At least the rogues only looked vicious. Bafeng sometimes looked like he might actually eat someone.

The group burst into laughter, except for one female Karme.

Her smile was stiff, like a mask stretched too tight across her face.

The louder they laughed, the colder she felt inside.

Everything was happening exactly as it had in her last life… so why

hadn’t the witch doctor appeared yet?

Last time, hadn’t the witch doctor been the one who killed all those rogue beastmen?

Her chest twisted with unease.

And that Bafeng she remembered him clearly. He had been the

black wolf who followed the witch doctor, and later,

he too had become a legendary warrior.

But compared to the witch doctor, Bafeng held little charm…

No Karme’s eyes suddenly lit up.

If she couldn’t become the witch doctor’s female, then why not start by becoming Bafeng’s?

After all, the witch doctor and Bafeng were always together.

Her heart raced, bl00d singing with excitement as she imagined

a future where the two powerful males fought for her affection.

Karme, what’s wrong? one female asked gently, noticing her odd expression.

Nothing, she snapped, a little too sharply terrified her secret would be discovered.

The other female blinked in confusion. She hadn’t said anything wrong.

Karme, Karme! I brought you a hide!

A male’s hesitant voice cut through her thoughts.

She turned to see a shy white fox beastman holding out a folded hide.

The female beside them immediately understood and quietly backed away,

giving them space she wasn’t about to interfere with another’s courtship.

In matters of mating, everything else became trivial.

Once the others were gone, Karme’s entire demeanor changed.

She slapped the hide away, her voice sharp with irritation. What are you doing here?

The male looked at the hide lying in the grass, silent for a long moment.

Speak!

I just wanted to see you, he murmured.

Karme leaned closer, voice like poison between clenched teeth.

I don’t want to see you. Get out of my sight before the sun sets.

She hadn’t come all this way to the White Fox Tribe to be courted by a nobody.

She wanted glory worship a place just beneath the Beast God Himself.

And the trembling male before her could never give her that.

Because he was ordinary. Plain. The kind of male who only had love to offer

and she’d already lost count of how many like him she’d turned away.

Then I’ll go, he said quietly, bending to pick up the hide.

The smile on his face trembled, barely holding together.

Go. Don’t let me see you again before sunset, Karme ordered coldly,

waving him off like swatting away a fly.

Moments after the male left, commotion broke out nearby.

Karme turned toward the noise and her expression changed the instant she heard the words.

Quick! Tell Xue Bai Yue’s gone!

What?! Hurry, send the males to search! Beast God above, she can’t fall into the rogues’ hands!

Move, move! Back to the tribe!

The clearing erupted into chaos. Panic spread like wildfire.

Every female wore worry and fear on her face.

Every female except Karme.

She turned away, covering her mouth with her hand not to hide tears,

but to smother the grin threatening to break free.

Perfect. Absolutely perfect.

Karme loathed Bai Yue without reason, without restraint.

She hated that a woman who should have died was still breathing, still stealing attention.

Meanwhile, Bai Yue herself was standing by a lake, blinking in shock.

She’d meant to pick herbs, not hike halfway across creation.

Now, there was nothing but shimmering blue water before her and no one behind.

System… what is this place? she whispered, staring at the glistening

lake surface before glancing back at the towering jungle grass.

Sorry, host. I have no idea either, came the useless reply.

The system was brilliant at identifying plants, but beyond that, it was about as helpful as a rock.

Just then, the sound of splashing water reached her ears.

She stiffened, instinctively crouching low and slipping behind a patch of tall foliage.

Her heart thudded as she peered through the leaves.

What she saw almost made her nose bleed.

A man. Bathing in the lake.

Bai Yue’s eyes went wide. Was she really getting a live male bathing scene for free?

She was about to turn away when the man suddenly stood,

water streaming down his sculpted body, sunlight gleaming on his skin.

He didn’t say a word.

And what stood out most… was the very noticeable wooden stick in his hand.

Oh. That’s what we’re calling it. The stick.