The rain came quickly and went quickly; the sky cleared up again, and the songs of birds echoed throughout the mountains and forests.
A small animal wandered close to the cave to look for food, but was frightened by the growls of the wild beast inside and ran away.
The sun set and rose once more before the ambiguous sounds in the cave finally ended. Today was a beautiful sunny day, but for Sane and Kaelen, it was a day worse than ever before.
In the damp cave, the panting and the sounds of bodies colliding had stopped, but the murky scent still lingered, weaving into every crevice of the cave walls. Sane withdrew his slightly softened member, looking down at the Sub-Beast who had fainted at some unknown point; a look of disgust and impatience was revealed in the depths of his eyes.
Failing the Level 4 breakthrough was one thing, but to also encounter this ugly Sub-Beast. Thinking about how he had lost his reasoning and constantly demanded more time after time, a wave of nausea rose in Sane's heart.
This place was so far away from the tribe; if one were to say Kaelen had accidentally appeared here, Sane absolutely would not believe it. One could only say Kaelen had been eyeing him for a long time. Not knowing how to handle this matter, Sane decided to take Kaelen back first.
Of course, the people in the tribe could not be allowed to know, so Sane decided to take Kaelen back to his own cave.
The Snake Tribe liked damp places and hated noise, so Sane's residence was located in a secluded area, quite far from the center of the tribe. As for Kaelen, Kaelen was a Sub-Beast shunned by the whole tribe; even if Kaelen died at home, no one would care.
When Kaelen woke up, finding himself lying on his stomach on the bed, his whole body ached as if he had been run over by a truck. He had just had a very long dream; in the dream, he lived the life of another person, then died and was reincarnated into Papa's belly...
"Awake?"
A cold voice ringing in his ear pulled Kaelen's mind back to the present. Remembering who the owner of this voice was, Kaelen's face turned pale, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably. His hair fell messily, obscuring his face, and his skin was as yellow as parchment; no matter how terrible his complexion was, Sane couldn't see it anyway.
He only noticed Kaelen's trembling body. Fear? Or excitement?
Sane let out a contemptuous scoff: "I won't marry you."
Kaelen's pupils contracted; his hands clenched slightly and then released as he tried to suppress his grievance and nodded.
Sane had thought Kaelen would not accept this and would make a fuss. After all, Kaelen had followed him to such a remote place; wasn't it to force him to marry Kaelen? Previously, Kaelen had also given things to Sane quite a few times, so he assumed Kaelen was infatuated with him like the other Sub-Beasts in the tribe.
If Kaelen knew his fangirling actions were considered by everyone to be madly in love with Sane, Kaelen would have gone back in time and slapped himself to death immediately.
Having starved for more than two days, Kaelen's stomach rumbled, temporarily pulling Kaelen out of his stray thoughts. Sane said coldly:
"You've starved for several days, you can only eat liquid food now. I cooked some root flour with wild vegetables for you; can you sit up?"
Kaelen moved his body slightly; the tearing sensation in his secret place was no longer as severe as at the very beginning. He tried to sit up a bit; sitting straight was impossible, but sitting sideways was still manageable. Throughout the whole process, Sane did not reach out to help Kaelen even once.
He handed the wooden bowl containing the flour porridge to Kaelen. Kaelen reached out to take it; his hand trembled slightly, causing a bit of the porridge to spill out and fall onto the ground. Sane's eyebrows furrowed in disgust.
Kaelen didn't have the free time to care whether Sane was disgusted or not; after all, Sane didn't think much of Kaelen anyway. Kaelen needed food to replenish his physical strength because just now, when he felt pain, a familiar stream of magical energy had automatically moved to the injured area to carry out healing. It was the Wood element ability that he had possessed in his dream.
No, perhaps it wasn't a dream; it was his past life. He had awakened, in such an awkward situation.
Slowly finishing the bowl of vegetable porridge, Sane asked Kaelen if he wanted to drink more; Kaelen shook his head in refusal. He didn't lie down but remained sitting there, waiting for the sharp pain in his stomach to gradually subside. At this time, Kaelen raised his head; his tea-brown eyes hidden beneath his hair looked straight at Sane, making Sane slightly stunned for a moment.
Sane frowned in displeasure. Previously, this Sub-Beast always kept his head down and never dared to look straight at Sane. Now that he had the upper hand in reason, did he no longer need to hold back?
Kaelen didn't care what Sane thought; anyway, just thinking about Sane's hideous beast form made him want to vomit. He had actually had sex with a snake, a species he was both afraid of and disgusted by to the bone. It reminded him of his tragic death in his previous life, whipped to death by a Demon Snake's tail.
Kaelen began to wave his hands; his movements were very slow, seemingly afraid that Sane wouldn't understand.
Previously, the Priest and the Chief had requested everyone in the tribe to learn sign language. Although the tribesmen thoroughly disliked it, since they were people of the same tribe after all, learning a little to understand what he was saying was still fine.
[I don't need you to marry me, and I also hope you don't speak of this matter to anyone.]
Sane's eyebrows knitted together slightly. Kaelen actually wasn't making a fuss with him? Could it be a tactic of retreating to advance?
Seeing Sane's complexion wasn't good, Kaelen added:
[I have a condition. You must give me half of the prey you are allotted.]
Then added further: [Until either you or I find a mate.]
Sane thought for a moment, feeling it wasn't a big issue, and nodded in agreement.
"Alright. I also have a condition. You, act as my sex partner until one of us finds a mate."
Fuck your mother!
Kaelen's eyes widened in a glare, having already cursed Sane bloody in his heart. You bastard, you scumbag, a curse on you to become impotent!
Sane completely ignored Kaelen's murderous glare. The Snake Tribe had a cold and ungrateful nature; moreover, Snake Tribe beastmen didn't have many carnal desires, unless it was with their mate. Currently, he didn't have a mate, but there was a body that suited him; there was no harm in trying it out.
"Tsk." Sane took a step forward, grabbing Kaelen's chin, and said: "I didn't expect that underneath this ugly face, there would be such a tender and smooth body. Don't be so quick to reject me; I know you also liked it. You can't speak, but conversely, your moans are very pleasant to the ear."
Kaelen's face flushed bright red, partly from embarrassment, partly from anger. He had a feeling it was the truth, but that was no reason for this bastard to humiliate him. He grabbed the grass pillow on the bed and threw it at Sane; Sane easily dodged it.
Kaelen grabbed a few more items and threw them over, then widened his eyes and pointed outside the cave entrance: [GET LOST!]
Sane clicked his tongue, feigning regret, ran his tongue over his fangs, and then said:
"This is my cave; if anyone wants to get lost, get lost yourself."
Kaelen was also someone with a hot temper. Usually, he didn't interact with people, so he didn't show it, but that didn't mean he didn't know how to get angry. Ignoring the bone-deep pain in his secret place, Kaelen held onto the rock wall to stand up, slowly dragging his feet step by step to go outside.
Before he could take a few steps, his already pale lip color turned a few shades whiter.
Sane had always been observing all of Kaelen's actions; seeing Kaelen looking as if he were at death's door, he quickly stepped forward to scoop Kaelen up and place him back on the stone bed. Being a beastman, no matter how much he disliked this Sub-Beast, he couldn't bear to torment Kaelen.
"Alright, I was just saying. You were injured like this because of me; just stay here and heal."
Kaelen lay on his stomach on the bed; the piercing pain shooting up to his brain made his body tremble. He clenched his fists tightly, gritting his teeth to endure for a long time before he could calm down.
Damned snake, didn't even know enough to apply medicine for him!
He swore, later when his ability fully recovered, he would definitely skin him to make armor!
Thinking like that, Kaelen closed his eyes again, falling into a beautiful dream.
In the dream, the tribe wasn't attacked, Papa successfully gave birth to him, and Daddy was by their side, smiling happily like a fool.
Papa would sit sewing animal skin clothes while smiling at Daddy leading him as he learned to walk...