Chapter 103 - 5.4 First Violet Star - Rabbit Beastman 'Tuzi'
Upon returning to the tribe's camp, Xuebao randomly grabbed a beastman and told him to pass a message to his father, Zhubao, their Lune Tribe's leader.
The one Xuebao randomly grabbed just happened to be the bear selling Meng called Xiong. This Xiong is their Tribe Priest's apprentice. He is a bear beastman warrior but also works under the Priest. The Priest of every tribe is considered the most intelligent beastmen in the whole tribe. They trust every advice from the priest and the latter always give an informative explanation of things. He is like the scholar in the tribe. Xiong this adorable and cute young man does not only possess talent in hunting but is quite a fast learner as well. This is the reason why the Priest had accepted him as his apprentice.
Xiong was among the male beastman who watched Xuebao beat up the second strongest warrior in their tribe, Laohu, this morning. He didn't believe that a female beastman like Xuebao still existed. After all, most prominent male and female warriors had all died in the last battle against their enemy tribe. The Soleil Tribe. Xiong became Xuebao's secret admirer.
This is the reason why Xiong blushed when Xuebao suddenly grabbed him.
With a flushed face, "X-X-Xuebao... d-do you need something?" asked Xiong.
Xuebao felt weird to see a young man that has a bigger size than him curled shyly as he blushed when he just held his shoulder for a split second. He even heard Tuzi's weird murmuring beside him.
"Hehe~ an adorable but shy homely type top~ But he doesn't really fit together with a mischievous devil type dominant bottom like Xuebao~" silently mouthed Tuzi.
Tuzi's mumbling continues, "This cuddly bear warrior will only get bullied badly by our cool beauty snow leopard Male God. Hehe~"
"But~ if an active bottom like the male god pushed down and rode the bear it would be quite a scene as well. Hehe~"
System Yue could even see traces of drool on the corner of Tuzi's mouth.
[H-Host! This protagonist shou looks so dangerous! Are you really going to stay over the night in his house!?]
"No worries. That perverted rabbit is a bottom like me. He couldn't dare push me down as he couldn't really do anything." replied Xuebao nonchalantly in his mind.
Then he finally chose to ignore the weird whispering beside him and looked at the Bear beastman before him.
"Could I ask you to tell father that I would be staying the night over in Tuzi's place for me?" asked Xuebao with a seductive smirk on the corner of his cerise lips.
Xiong who was tempted unconsciously couldn't stop his eyes from wandering on those plump red lips as his breathing almost got out of control. These blushing bear averted his eyes in embarrassment and saluted towards Xuebao.
Xiong said, "I will definitely pass your message to the tribe leader! Yes! Please excuse me!" he said before running away red faced.
Xuebao turned a blind eye over anything except towards his husband. He reacted normally as if he didn't intentionally tempt that shy bear just now. He looked at the still murmuring rabbit beside him.
"Aren't you going to show me the way to your place?" said Xuebao.
After he got out of his fantasy by Xuebao's cold but sultry voice, "Ah! Yes, this way please~" said Tuzi.
Tuzi and Xuebao leave together and head to the rabbit beastmen's abode.
Arriving in Tuzi's little cave.
Tuzi is unlike the rest of the females to live together in a huge tent. Most unmarried females choose to leave together as they could communicate with the rest of the female easier this way but Tuzi is different. As a modern person and an open fudanshi, he wanted to have his own private place. But unmarried female beastmen were given caves by the tribe. Only male beastmen or females like Xuebao could have their own tent. This is why Tuzi took over a corner and hidden stone cave which used to be a food warehouse of the tribe. Because the cave was too small the tribe leader chose to abandon it. Learning about this Tuzi asked the tribe leader to let him have the small cave at least before he found his mate to live with.
The cave can be converted into a 4 tatami square room in size. This cave is only big enough for two people to squeeze together. The interior of the cavern is not bad. It is clean and well maintained. There are dried grass mat at the entrance and a bear fur carpet on the floor. It is soft under the feet, no dust or soil could be felt under it. The carpet is clearly aired out daily as well.
"Hehehe~ I got the bear fur from a male beastmen in exchange for making him some shorts, cooking utensils and a few fruits I've got from the forest." explained Tuzi as he watched Xuebao observe the animal hide he used as carpet inside his little cavern.
"Not bad. But not soft enough. I'll get you some wolf fur next time." said Xuebao.
Tuzi shook his head in response. "No. No. This is enough. I can't ask for such luxury in this primitive world." he said.
"Don't worry. There is no way I'm going to give it to you for free. You will make me clothes in exchange for it. I'll get the material you sew it to something useful for me. I cannot do sewing at all." said Xuebao.
"If it's like that. Then I am okay with it." said Tuzi with a sweet smile.
Tuzi asked Xuebao to sit anywhere while he prepared some fruits as snacks for his guest. Xuebao continued to look around and saw that the cave had so many things hanging on the wall. Like stone knives, wooden bowls and utensils. But he didn't find any metal. After observing the tribe tent when he returned to the camp, he knew that the houses of this era are poorly done. As if knowing what is going on his host head, System Yue explained a few things.
[This is because no one is able to discover things like metals or cements yet. It was only until the protagonist shou gets involved with the male leads that things in this era slowly evolve. They had no information about things like wild vegetables or farming. Even the fruits the protagonist shou gathers no one else knew except for him.]
"What would happen if I took over the protagonist shou's job of evolving the lifestyles of this tribe?"
[The host is an outsider with no restriction of world plot. You could even kill the heavenly sons if you wanted as long you made sure that their halo had been deemed useless.]
"Then there would be no problem if I teach him and let him spread the knowledge is that it?"
[Yes! As long the achievements are under his name then there should be no problem. His achievements were sewing, farming and household matters. All basic necessities except for construction, medicine and education.]
"Then there should be no problem with me pointing things out for him."
Tuzi returned with a bowl of cut apples for Xuebao. He didn't forget to provide him a sterilized fruit fork.
"Please use this. I've just made it recently and haven't used it at all. I've also washed it." said Tuzi.
"I see. You can ask whatever you want now." said Xuebao as he took an apple from the bowl.
Without holding him back now Tuzi asked his questions.
Tuzi, "Are you a Transmigrator too?"
"Something like that?" replied Xuebao.
"From the modern era?"
"Un."
"Wow~ this is amazing I thought I am the only one who got reborn here. But that isn't your real body right? After all, the original Xuebao doesn't give a feeling of coolness and elegance as yours. But unlike those in the book I have no golden finger with me when I woke up here. No system or things like that~"
"...Your modern memories are enough to qualify as a golden finger. This is a primitive era. Most people in this world had no idea of things like sewing, farming or things like that."
"But would they even believe me if I told them so? They've already treated me like a weird beastman for wearing clothes~"
"Leave that to me. Winter is coming. These clothes would be extremely useful for that season. After all except for males most females in this tribe have weaker physique. There are children and old people as well. I will convince my old man for that."
"Good! But we don't have materials. I ones I have with me are too limited and working on it alone is too burdensome."
"Who told you to make clothes for everyone? You only need to make mine. As for the rest teaching them how to sew is enough!"
[Host, I think you should learn how to sew as well. It's a very useful ability.]
"Don't want to. I'm too lazy for that. By the way, haven't you forgotten to let me choose a skill to learn?"
[Oh! That's right! Host I will let you choose when you enter sleep to avoid influencing the timeline here.]
"Well that is also okay."
While conversing with his system he once again hears Tuzi talking to himself while giggling.
"Hehe~ a forceful dominant bottom is really great! He would definitely match that cold blooded dominant top like Meizhou. Hehe~ A playful devil type bottom and an Ice cold hearted demon top. Hehehe~"
"This mad rabbit is pairing me up with that bastard from before!"
[Host have you found your husband?]
"Not yet. I'm so pissed when I just got transferred here and need to steam out some anger. So I totally had no time to look for him."
Xuebao had to hit Tuzi on the head lightly to bring him back to reality, forcefully dragging him out of his fantasy.
---
Meanwhile in the Tribe Doctor's tent,
Laohu is lying on a stone bed as few female doctor apprentices help him put some herbs with healing properties on his wounds and bruises. This is to allow his injuries to heal faster after it was cleaned up from dust and sand.
Hiss. Oww~ Hissed!!!
"Please stop moving!"
"We can't put the herbs on properly!"
"Ah! It fell again! What a waste."
"No way~ we don't have enough herbs to make another concoct anymore."
The female apprentices who were currently treating Laohu complained.
The tribe doctor is a male snake beastman. He is called Sheya. This male beastman is a man with few words but he is a calculating man. He loves to study different kinds of herbs and think with things related to medicine or healing. He is also a member of a hunting team, his strength wasn't on par with someone like Meizhou or Laohu but he knew the difference of strength between those male warriors and those male under the hunting team. At the very least Laohu, this tiger beastman strength is just a level weaker than Meizhou that battle ridden man but enough to contend against that Wolf Beastman Lang, an assault leader under Meizhou.
Doctor Sheya seeing the apprentices couldn't do their job well because of Laohu's struggles. "You guys can go. Leave this idiot to me."
"Yes, Doctor." The female apprentices said before taking their leave. They've been treating Laohu for half an hour now but the latter continues to move around in pain making the herbs fall off and become a useless waste.
Sheya coldly watched this Laohu waste those herbs in his squirming but unlike the rest of the apprentice, he didn't complain much because he knew that Laohu is really wrenching in pain and couldn't help but move around to ease the pain. Those hideous wounds look ordinary but upon observation something was left within those injuries to make it extremely painful when touched.
The doctor heard the details of the event that took place this morning. Even though he didn't witness the whole thing He couldn't believe that the one who ended Laohu, their second strongest warrior in the tribe, is none other than that useless female of their tribe, Xuebao.
Xuebao had a bad reputation in the tribe. Not only he is useless, aside from eating and breeding there is nothing he could do. His personality is even worse. Arrogant and proud but there is no talent to back this bad attitude up. Which is why most male beastmen hated his guts. Moreover he didn't look at himself first before telling everyone he fancies Meizhou the strongest man in their tribe despite being engaged to Laohu. He even dared to stalk and bother the man without care for the world. If there is a female that the males in the tribe avoids, everyone can give Xuebao's name.
"Is it really Xuebao who turned you into this, Laohu?" asked Sheya.
Laohu who was writhing in pain didn't answer right away but his expressions were ugly and there's a deep frown on his face.
"Yes. I made him explode his anger and forced him to dismiss our engagement. Xuebao will no longer be my fiancé." replied Laohu, his voice had a tone of anguish. "The tribe leader would definitely announce it at tonight's dinner."
Sheya could tell how regretful Laohu is for having his engagement with Xuebao cancelled. Once he loses this engagement, his possibility of becoming the future Tribe leader will be gone. After all, it is because Xuebao's father used the position as a bargain in exchange for marrying Xuebao that everyone treated Laohu as the next leader. Now it will no longer be possible.
"For someone who never attended the hunting in the morning and always disappears in meal preparations, no one would believe Xuebao had the strength to put you in a situation." said Sheya.
Laohu who suddenly remembered the last moment when Xuebao tried to kill him made him shudder with instinctive fear.
"He is so strong. It is not that much weaker than Meizhou. I'm sure of it. But unlike Meizhou who focuses more on strength, Xuebao had more speed than the rest of us. He is even faster than Meizhou when he moves to attack." said Laohu.
Sheya uttered, "Now~ I'm regretting that I've missed the whole event."