Beauty and the Beasts

After shaking her head to get rid of the strange thoughts in her head, Bai Qingqing asked in an anxious voice, “Muir, are you alright?”

Muir didn’t move at all. Bai Qingqing used her leg to shake his upright claws and his entire leg shook as well.

It was looking more like a chicken drumstick now. Given how big it was, it’d definitely be magnificent if roasted.

That wasn’t right. This wasn’t the right time to think about food.

Bai Qingqing patted Winston’s chest. “Quickly check how he is.”

Winston replied with an “en”, keeping one hand around her waist while using the other to grab onto Muir’s leg, pulling him out.

“He’s fainted. He must have been starved for too long,” Winston said, pulling one of Muir’s claws and planning on dragging him home.

Turned out that even though Muir appeared to be filled with energy earlier, it was just him forcibly hanging in there.

As Winston turned, Bai Qingqing saw Curtis slithering toward her. There was still worry for Muir on her face as her gaze slowly passed by Curtis, then she silently followed Winston back.

It was a complete mess in the bedroom.

Howl howl howl!

Leopard howls filled up the entire room. The cubs had all come running in after finding out that the eggs had hatched. They darted everywhere after being frightened by all the snakes on the floor, yet they were unwilling to leave.

Parker was also often threatened by the little snakes and had no choice but to jump as he dodged them.

An’an was the calmest. She sat at her precious seat, holding onto a massive luminous ball. When she saw that a snake had slithered up to her, she even observed his prints seriously.

She was completely unconcerned about the dangerous little snake baring its fangs and releasing a warning hiss.

Parker looked over, his head aching as he jumped his way over to An’an’s side, sending the snake about to bite An’an flying.

Winston carried Bai Qingqing into the room. What welcomed him was a little snake flying in his direction, with his fangs bared as if he was going to bite them.

Bai Qingqing let out a surprised cry and darted into Winston’s arms. Winston put the eagle down, raised his hand, and clenched the snake’s neck. His arm was instantly wrapped up by the little snake’s agile reaction. Looking at his prints caused Bai Qingqing’s scalp to turn numb, and she felt that her fear of snakes that she had just recovered from was starting to act up again.

Looking at the restless little snakes all over the floor, Winston suddenly felt troubled.

One of his arms was wrapped up by a little snake and he wasn’t able to break free, and he didn’t feel at ease to place Qingqing on the floor either. Winston saw that a snake was about to slither out along the wall and quickly kicked the snake into the center of the room.

Thankfully, Curtis came in very quickly. Under the pressure of both their daddy and the snake king, all the little snakes in the room instantly became docile, losing their hostility.

Curtis slithered into the bedroom and swept Muir inside with his tail as he did so. Satisfaction flashed in his eyes as he looked at the little snakes on the floor.

He had thought that the snake eggs would only hatch during the light rainy season, but he didn’t expect that with the eagle beastman incubating them, they had hatched in merely half a season.

But this was a little troublesome. The little snakes would have to stay in this warm room for a long time. Young snakes that had just broken out from their shells didn’t have the energy to tide them through their entire hibernation.

This nest had been through all sorts of hardship and some of them had been eliminated, leaving only ten outstanding victors. With the lesser number, they received more nutrition, being innately stronger than other snake beastmen.

It was because they were strong that they dared to act without restraint the moment they were born.

Curtis was sure that this nest of little snakes was a lot stronger overall compared to the previous batch.

It was after the little snakes had become docile that Winston dared to put Bai Qingqing down. He then removed the little snake from his arm.

Muir was swept by Curtis’s tail to his nest. Bai Qingqing walked over and saw the bird nest was filled with shattered eggshells. She thus dragged Muir toward her bed.