The nanny goat produced a large amount of milk, leaving them with a surplus after just two days.
Looking at the half-vat of goat’s milk, Misha felt a bit troubled.
She didn’t particularly like the gamey smell of it.
“This milk will go bad if left overnight.
Reya, how about you drink it?”
Reya shook his head.
“Goat’s milk is very precious.
Let’s give it to families with female cubs.”
“Alright, I’ll go with you.” As long as it wasn’t wasted, giving it to anyone was fine.
Due to Dora’s trespassing a few days ago, Reya had installed a wooden door on the cabin at Misha’s suggestion.
Misha placed the little black bear in its cradle, then headed out with Reya to visit their neighbors.
Their first stop was the home of a young female, Lisi.
Lisi had three female cubs, all just two months old and in desperate need of milk.
The half-vat of milk Reya brought solved their urgent crisis.
“Misha, thank you both so much,” Lisi said, thrilled as she looked at the stone pot full of goat’s milk.
She didn’t produce much milk herself.
It had been manageable before, but now the cubs’ appetites were growing.
Even with the small share of goat’s milk they were allotted, it wasn’t enough to feed them.
Every time she heard her cubs crying, “WAAH, WAAH,” from hunger, she couldn’t help but shed tears too.
As she spoke, Lisi’s eyes grew red.
Seeing this, Misha hurriedly comforted her.
“Don’t cry.
Our nanny goat produces quite a bit of milk every day.
I’ll have Reya bring some over for the cubs daily.
I can’t guarantee they’ll be completely full, but I definitely won’t let them go hungry.”
Lisi choked up, unable to speak.
Misha used an animal skin to wipe her tears, coaxing her softly, “Stop crying, or you won’t look pretty anymore.”
While Misha coaxed Lisi inside the house, Reya followed Lisi’s mate, Carl, out of the wooden cabin.
Though Carl wasn’t crying, the corners of his eyes had gradually turned red.
He felt useless for being unable to keep his own cubs well-fed.
He wiped his face and solemnly patted Reya on the shoulder.
“Reya, thank you.
If you ever need help with anything in the future, count me in.”
Reya remained silent.
It didn’t take long for Misha to calm Lisi down.
Afterward, she and Reya headed to the next house.
This was Cui Na’s home.
She had five mates but had only managed to have this one female cub after three years of mating.
Since Cui Na was in poor health and her milk had dried up early on, the cub had been drinking goat’s milk all along.
Before they even reached Cui Na’s house, the sounds of an infant crying reached their ears. Read this novel at g.com for the best experience.
Reya frowned, looking at the male, Bo Ya, who was pacing anxiously outside.
Bo Ya’s forehead was covered in sweat from sheer panic.
“The cub has been having diarrhea for the past two days.
She’s looking worse by the minute.”
“Does the tribe doctor have no way to treat her?” Reya asked in confusion.
Bo Ya shook his head.
“No.
The doctor said she was born weak, so it’s entirely up to fate now.”
Misha rolled her eyes.
In this primitive society with such backward medical skills, they couldn’t even cure infant diarrhea.
No wonder the newborn survival rate in the tribe was so abysmal.
She secretly asked the system in her mind, “Would a Body Strengthening Pill work on the cub?
Can it cure her diarrhea?”
[…]
[Theoretically, yes.
However, the cub is too young to withstand the medicinal effects of a whole Body Strengthening Pill.]
“Then I’ll just give her half a pill,” she replied.
That was easy enough to solve.
[Host has spent 20 points to acquire one Body Strengthening Pill.
It has been distributed to the system inventory.]
Misha checked her inventory and found that the system had thoughtfully split the Body Strengthening Pill into two halves.
She gave the system a mental thumbs-up.
Bo Ya tugged at his yellowish-brown hair.
A perfectly strong male was actually on the verge of tears.
“If anything happens to the cub, Cui Na will be heartbroken.
She won’t be able to go on living.”
Reya wanted to console him but didn’t know what to say.
Hearing the cub’s cries from inside the house growing weaker, Misha didn’t dare delay any longer.
She urgently said, “I have a way to save the cub!
Hurry and take me inside.”
“Are you telling the truth?” A glimmer of hope sparked in Bo Ya’s eyes.
Misha nodded solemnly.
Bo Ya gritted his teeth; they had nothing left to lose by trying.
“Reya, go boil some water.
I’ll need it in a moment,” Misha instructed.
Reya nodded and immediately set up a pot outside to boil water.
News that Cui Na’s female cub was dying quickly spread throughout the Dog Clan Tribe, and the local gossips rushed to the front lines to watch the drama unfold.
When Dora heard that Misha and Reya were there too, she hurriedly dragged her father, Chief Saki, over.
“Reya, why are you here?” Chief Saki asked, his face dark and his eyes filled with undisguised disgust as he looked at Reya.
Reya acted as if he hadn’t heard a word, dutifully watching the water in the stone pot.
“Reya, you were born with bad luck and cursed by the Beast God.
Your parents died early, and I warned you to minimize contact with the tribesmen so they wouldn’t be implicated by you.
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You just arrived at Cui Na’s house, and now her cub is suffering…” Chief Saki said with a look of profound grief.
“If something truly terrible happens to the cub and Cui Na’s mates want to beat you to death, even I, as the Clan Leader, won’t be able to stop them.”
Upon hearing Saki’s words, the surrounding tribesmen who had come to watch the spectacle looked at Reya differently.
Some even took a few steps back, terrified of being cursed.
Misha was just walking out to check on the boiling water when she heard Saki spewing complete bullshit.
“Are you unable to stop them, or do you just not want to?
From what I can tell, you can’t wait for Reya to die.” Misha raised her hand and threw a piece of animal skin stained with a yellowish-green, sticky substance right into Chief Saki’s face.
When Saki realized what was on the skin, the veins on his forehead bulged in fury, and his cloudy dog eyes glared viciously at Misha.
Misha wasn’t afraid of him in the slightest.
In terms of sheer strength, not a single male in the entire Dog Clan Tribe was her match.
Thanks to her cheat-like system, her current power level was at least Green-tier.
Beating up a Yellow-tier old dog would be a piece of cake.
Misha crossed her arms over her chest and smirked.
“What’s the matter, Chief Saki?
Do you want to kill me?
You’re far too narrow-minded for someone who claims to be the Clan Leader.
I don’t even know how you became the Clan Leader in the first place.
Could there have been some shady business involved?”
In the original plotline, Reya’s father, Renuo, was the most popular candidate for the new Clan Leader, competing directly against Saki for the position.
Renuo had suffered a sudden accident while hunting a tiger, whereas Saki brought back a dead tiger to establish his dominance within the Dog Clan, successfully getting elected as the new Clan Leader.
There were no witnesses at the time, making it impossible to know whether Renuo or Saki had actually killed the beast.
Unable to bear the prolonged mockery and ridicule from the tribesmen, Reya’s mother died of depression, leaving the ten-year-old Reya to fend for himself and struggle to survive to this day.
Since the system had revealed that Renuo was murdered by Saki, that tiger probably hadn’t been killed by Saki either.
That was why Misha asked such a pointed question.
Chief Saki let out a harsh, cold scoff.
“What nonsense are you spouting, you little female?
Your natural white hair is an omen of extreme misfortune.
It was out of my own kindness that I let you live!
Instead of showing gratitude, you publicly slander me.
I truly regret sparing your miserable life back then.”
“Exactly!
Misha, you’d better kowtow to my father and apologize right now, or we’ll kick you out of the tribe and let you fend for yourself out there!” Dora ordered arrogantly.
But Misha was entirely unfazed.
“I haven’t committed any grave mistake; I merely spoke a few words of truth.
You, on the other hand, are threatening to exile a young female of childbearing age from the tribe.
Chief Saki is probably the first Clan Leader in the entire Beast World to do such a thing.”