The Sea Kings Menagerie's beast section truly had a wide variety of beasts, including jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards.
To satisfy their enormous appetites, in addition to the large number of livestock raised on the island, a large quantity of pigs, cattle, and sheep had to be purchased from outside every day for feeding.
When Daenerys and her companions were visiting the beast section, they saw many servants herding cattle and sheep over.
However, Youtanlian clearly had some reservations about this.
"Alas! Four to five tenths of the Sea Kings Palace's annual expenditure is spent on raising these rare birds and exotic beasts.
Besides satisfying people's curiosity, I really don't see anything good about these rare and exotic creatures."
Miss Youtannia, seeing that her younger brother was about to speak carelessly again, interrupted him and pointed to a distant river valley, saying,
"Princess, that river valley is for raising venomous insects, snakes, and ants; you can see all kinds of venomous snakes and scorpion-tailed beasts there.
If you don't mind, we can go take a look.
But please rest assured, the viewing paths have all had safety measures implemented, so there will be no safety hazards."
Daenerys had no interest in those snakes, insects, rats, and ants, and politely declined, saying,
"Forget it, those things are rather disgusting; I prefer beautiful and cute animals."
"The Princess will definitely like the Little Valyrian!"
As soon as Youtanlian heard this, he immediately recommended it to Daenerys.
Valyrian are known for having silver-gold hair and purple eyes, features not found in other peoples of the world.
White, silver-gold to golden hair, and pale purple, deep purple to pale blue eyes give the noble Valyrian extraordinary beauty.
A type of lemur living in the Kohor forest has similar physical characteristics, also with silver-white fur and purple pupils, hence they are called "Little Valyrian."
The cage holding the Little Valyrian was very tall and surrounded by iron netting.
Several fruit trees were also planted inside the cage.
Two large and one half-grown silver-white lemurs were leisurely dozing under the trees at this time.
Hearing Daenerys and their movements, the half-grown Little Valyrian immediately scurried up the tree vigilantly.
The male lemur bared his teeth at Daenerys and her companions, warning them.
And the female lemur dragged her heavy, big belly, appearing to be in great pain.
"Could that female lemur be about to give birth?"
Besani looked at the female lemur's unusually large belly and couldn't help but guess.
Everyone else also agreed, and Miss Youtannia quickly sent someone to find the zookeeper.
Soon after, a lean old man hurried over.
Although he was stooped, he was very energetic.
Interestingly, he also had a head of silver-white hair and a pair of pale blue eyes.
"Hehehe! He truly lives up to being the zookeeper for the Little Valyrian."
Vada couldn't help but laugh at the sight, and everyone else also found it amusing.
It seemed that this zookeeper had a good relationship with the three Little Valyrian; they did not reject him and allowed him to slowly walk to the female lemur's side.
The old man gently stroked the female lemur's belly for a while, confirmed that she was indeed about to give birth, and immediately went out to prepare some nutritious food for her.
After eating a small half-bowl of the nutritious meal the old man had carefully prepared for her, the female lemur seemed to have gained more energy.
Daenerys and her companions were quite lucky to have directly encountered the birth of a Little Valyrian, so they all quietly watched from the side.
After about an hour, the female lemur finally successfully gave birth to a silver-white Little Valyrian.
These lemurs are small in stature, but their fetuses are not small.
Therefore, each birth is a huge challenge for them.
The female lemur was already exhausted after giving birth.
The zookeeper quickly helped clean the Dragon's body, and then returned the Dragon to the female lemur.
The female lemur lovingly took her child, and then slowly brought his small head close to her nipple.
The Dragon, by instinct, quickly and successfully sucked his first mouthful of mother's milk.
Looking at the heartwarming scene before them, Daenerys and her companions all felt that the hour they waited was not in vain.
Just as they were about to leave, the female lemur surprisingly groaned in pain again.
The zookeeper quickly went to check and found that there was still another one in her belly.
However, the second one was not born as smoothly as the first; it took a full two hours, and with the zookeeper's help, it was finally born successfully.
This also left the female lemur almost unable to move, but fortunately, both mother and child were safe.
Although this time was a bit longer, Daenerys and her companions did not leave.
Because they were all worried for the mother and child, and only breathed a sigh of relief when they saw her give birth safely.
However, this Little Valyrian had some genetic mutations; its fur color was a rare white-gold, and its pupils were deep purple.
It was unclear whether it was because of its fur color or because it caused the mother lemur immense pain.
Unlike the affectionate treatment of the first Dragon, the female lemur directly abandoned the second Dragon to the side, not feeding him at all.
The zookeeper went to help several times, placing the Dragon at the female lemur's nipple, but he was still rejected by the mother lemur.
The old man, left with no choice, had to take this white-gold Dragon out.
Because he knew very well that for these wild beasts, once they abandon raising their offspring, they will absolutely not turn back.
And it was even very likely they would kill them with their own hands, so he naturally could not leave him inside.
The poor Dragon stared with innocent, deep purple eyes, looking around in confusion.
"Squeak~"
Perhaps the lack of his mother's comfort and milk made the Dragon feel deeply uneasy, so his cries were indeed somewhat desolate.
Looking at this pitiful Dragon, Daenerys and her companions were all overflowing with compassion.
Even Youtanlian, who had originally been a bit impatient, showed a hint of concern for him.
Fortunately, the zookeeper had quite complete preparations; in a moment, he brought over a small bowl of goat's milk, and then used a clean cotton cloth dipped in the goat's milk to bring it to the Dragon's mouth.
It seemed this old man was truly experienced!
Unfortunately, this Little Valyrian did not give him face; he refused to eat at all and kept screaming in panic.
This made everyone feel a pang of worry.
Because if this Dragon could not eat soon, he might die prematurely.
"Let me try!"
Daenerys, whose heart had long been melted by this Dragon, inexplicably wanted to try her hand.
The zookeeper naturally dared not refuse and immediately carefully brought the Dragon over.
He also repeatedly cautioned,
"Princess, although he has just been born, it can still hurt quite a bit if he accidentally scratches someone.
You must be careful and certainly don't get hurt."
However, Daenerys couldn't help but feel that the old man was reminding her not to be startled by any of the Dragon's unusual movements and accidentally throw him away!
A newborn Little Valyrian was only slightly larger than an adult man's palm, so holding him was indeed a bit strenuous.
Fortunately, Daenerys had held Visenya and the others quite a bit after their birth, so she had mastered some techniques.
Daenerys gently circulated her magic and carefully stroked the Dragon, and unexpectedly, he actually calmed down.
The subsequent feeding process naturally went smoothly as well; perhaps this Dragon was truly hungry, as he ate a small half-bowl in one go.
However, this Dragon refused to get off Daenerys no matter what.
Perhaps the magic fluctuations on Daenerys made him feel secure!
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