“Oh, right, Baibai.
These are all for you!
Eat them slowly.
If they’re not enough, I can pick lots more.
I’m very strong and capable!”
After handing over the fruit basket that he had been balancing on his head for who knew how long, Tiye still lingered for several more minutes.
Only after Si Bai repeatedly urged him did he finally begin walking away.
Even then, he kept looking back every few steps, completely reluctant to leave.
“Hurry up.
Stop dragging your feet.”
After Si Bai raised his fist in a threatening gesture, Tiye let out a pitiful little whine.
Then he transformed into a powerful and agile giant tiger and charged straight into the crowd of beastmen.
The “cleansing ceremony” itself was actually quite simple.
Two beastman attendants stood behind Lord Bayar.
Both wore solemn and devout expressions, each holding a bowl of clear spring water.
These special waters possessed the miraculous ability to relieve fatigue and exhaustion.
Lord Bayar would dip his fingers into the spring water and gently touch the center of each beastman’s forehead while reciting several mysterious prayers to the Beast God.
His voice was elegant and detached, yet it seemed to grip the hearts of every beastman present.
Each beastman stood upright with an extremely serious expression as if participating in a sacred pilgrimage.
Si Bai’s curiosity was piqued as well.
He could not help watching for a while.
Meanwhile, he continued munching on the fruits Tiye had picked for him.
By now, he had already finished two fruits and tossed aside their cores.
Mm.
The taste really was excellent.
On the stone plaza, the hunting team members lined up neatly.
One after another, they approached Lord Bayar and lowered their heads respectfully before him.
Vaguely, faint strands of blue violet light could be seen swirling around Bayar’s fingertips.
They resembled tiny translucent flying serpents, beautiful and ethereal.
Under Bayar’s deliberate control, these wisps of light were guided into the center of each beastman’s forehead.
The glow disappeared completely into their brows.
The next moment, the beastman would open his eyes again.
All traces of fatigue and exhaustion instantly vanished.
In their place surged vigorous vitality and boundless energy.
One particularly boisterous beastman pounded his chest and roared with laughter, claiming that he could still go out and hunt several hundred giant beasts without any problem.
The effect was so miraculous that it left everyone astonished.
After Lord Bayar had completed the cleansing ritual for every member of the hunting teams who had participated in the expedition, the final closing ceremony began.
Each hunter was given a precious energy crystal.
With that, the cleansing ceremony officially came to a successful conclusion.
Tiye was the first one to rush out of the crowd.
The only way to describe him was frantic.
Accompanied by an utterly soul shaking cry of “Baibai~,” he crossed the distance in just a few long strides and appeared directly in front of Si Bai.
Then came a tiger hug.
His fluffy head rubbed against Si Bai’s body repeatedly and without restraint, finally satisfying the longing he had been suppressing for several days.
Awoo~
Baibai felt exactly as soft and comfortable to hug as he had imagined.
Bayar returned only after the crowd began dispersing.
He walked at an unhurried pace.
Suddenly, his footsteps paused.
His purple eyes narrowed slightly.
His cool gaze settled firmly upon a certain sight in the distance.
There stood Si Bai, trapped within the embrace of a tiger beastman.
His face had turned red from being squeezed so tightly, nearly to the point of suffocation.
Within Bayar’s calm gaze appeared a trace of displeasure that even he himself failed to notice.
Especially because the tiger was using so much force that the clothes Bayar had personally made for Si Bai were now wrinkled.
The sight was unexpectedly unpleasant.
Just as Bayar was about to step forward and separate that irritating tiger from Si Bai, a shy voice suddenly sounded behind him.
It carried both nervousness and hidden longing.
“Lord Bayar, I’ve already finished studying all the bamboo records at the Shaman’s residence.
Tomorrow…
could I perhaps study together with you?”
“No.”
The refusal came almost instantly, without even a moment’s consideration.
Bayar turned around and let his gaze rest lightly upon the blushing sub-beastmen standing before him.
There was a trace of distance in his eyes, along with a hint of apology.
“I still have matters to attend to.
I do not have much time available for you.”
He smiled faintly.
The gesture was polite and well-mannered.
That rare smile appearing upon his usually cold face was so captivating that it seemed capable of stealing one’s soul.
Ouri’s heartbeat instantly accelerated.
His hands tightened unconsciously, his palms already damp with a thin layer of sweat.
He was the only precious sub-beastmen offspring of the Badarian Tribe’s leader.
He was also the most beautiful sub-beastmen in the tribe.
Having only recently reached adulthood and entered his mating season, he still did not have a single mate or even a prospective mate.
Furthermore, he was the sole sub-beastmen successor of the tribe’s healer.
He possessed a gentle personality, high status, beauty, and considerable talent.
Whether in the Badarian Tribe or in the far more powerful city like the Royal City of Taremu, he had countless passionate admirers.
That alone was enough to demonstrate just how popular he was.
Before Bayar had arrived in the tribe, Ouri ideal mate had probably been someone like Tiye, a powerful warrior with limitless potential.
Or perhaps one of the strong sons of a tribe leader from the Royal City of Taremu.
But after Lord Bayar entered his world, every one of his standards for choosing a mate had been overturned.
From childhood until now, he had never seen a beastmen who was both so powerful and so captivating.
From the very first moment he laid eyes upon Bayar, he had firmly believed only one thing.
Only this mighty Beast King who are powerful enough to make even his father kneel in submission was worthy of becoming his first mate.