"You’re not allowed to say bad things about the Clan Leader! We females can do plenty of things; we’re not as useless as you say!" Hua Ye glared at him fiercely, her eyes red as she rubbed away her tears.
Listening to the female’s retorts punctuated by sobbing hiccups, Shalv felt a strange pleasure mingled with his annoyance. The swishing of his fishtail quickened slightly.
How to describe it?
Watching her trying to be fierce with reddened eyes, like a startled rabbit pretending to be tough, Shalv found himself strangely hooked. He had the urge to make her cry even more pitifully.
"That Clan Leader of yours is indeed very beautiful..."
Shalv swam along the bank, resting his head in his hand. He squinted his gray-blue eyes, recalling for a mont. "She must have that rfolk’s Shark Pearl inside her, which is why she resembles the females of the rmaid Clan I’ve seen. But her own features must be quite good, too."
Even though Shalv had never been interested in females, he had to admit that the Female Clan Leader of this clan was impeccably beautiful.
While the little rabbit before him wasn’t as gorgeous as the females of the rmaid Clan, her crying face was rather pretty. For Shalv, who was used to the females of the sea, this was a refreshing novelty.
"Alright, stop crying. It’s as if I actually bullied you or sothing."
Shalv swam a little closer along the bank. He casually tossed the dicinal herbs into her basket and glanced up at the darkening sky. "If you don’t head back soon, a ferocious beast might leap out of the thicket and eat you in one bite."
Hua Ye’s face paled. She was terrified.
Shalv, however, was laughing gleefully. "But, you could beg . I might just have so free ti to escort you back."
"...I don’t need your help." Hua Ye shot him a look, then turned and stalked away in a huff.
’Our Clan Leader already thought of that. She arranged for powerful Beastman Warriors to take turns on patrol at night, protecting the clan mbers.’
’There’s no way a wild beast could get in! That fish is so an, trying to scare like that.’
"Huh?" Shalv slapped his fishtail against the water, a little disappointed.
’I thought she was a coward?’
"Oh, right."
Suddenly rembering sothing, Hua Ye turned back. She rummaged inside the Beast Skin Bag at her waist, pulled out a dicine pouch, and handed it to a bewildered Shalv.
"This is your last dicine pouch. I... I forgot to give it to you, so I’m giving it to you now," she stamred, staring off to the side.
Shalv’s eyes swept over her, and he quickly caught on. His expression turned cold. "What? If I hadn’t stopped you today, were you just going to keep my dicine pouch for yourself?"
"I’m this badly injured, and I paid a fortune to your clan’s Witch Doctor for these dicine pouches. How dare you keep one for yourself."
Hua Ye’s face flushed bright red. "I... I didn’t..."
She said indignantly, "Well, it’s your fault for saying bad things about and the Clan Leader! I didn’t want to see you, so I asked another Beastman to deliver it."
Hearing the female say she didn’t want to see him, Shalv beca even more annoyed and deliberately started looking for trouble. "I don’t care. I never got it. I was wondering why no one had brought dicine for the past two days. You just pocketed it."
"This one pouch is worth two Crystal Cores, you know. Do I look like the kind of shark who takes a loss? You have to compensate , or I’ll just stay in your clan and never leave."
"You—"
Hua Ye was completely shocked by the Beastman’s shaless behavior. Her mouth hung open as she pointed a trembling finger at him, utterly at a loss for words.
After a long mont, she whispered, "I’m sorry, but those herbs are very precious. I can’t get more right away..."
Shalv said magnanimously, "Then take your ti paying back. I’ve got plenty of ti. As it happens, I still have so injuries that haven’t healed."
"I’ll head back now, then?" Hua Ye glanced at him.
Shalv answered casually, "Sure."
In the ti they had spent bickering, the sky had grown completely dark. Darkness now shrouded the forest and the water.
The eyesight of marine creatures was not very good. Shalv’s pupils dilated in the darkness, and he had to squint just to make out the female’s receding figure in the distance.
After a mont’s thought, Shalv still felt uneasy, so he quietly followed her. Once he saw Hua Ye safely back to the clan, he silently departed via the waterway.
Beastn had always revered the strong, and more than half of this group of injured refugee Beastn followed Shalv’s commands.
Since Shalv had no intention of leaving for the ti being, they also continued to live in the clan.
An Jin was rather surprised by this. Although she didn’t know the reason why, having these Beastn reside in the clan ant they would have to pay with the corresponding Salt Stones, Earth Mine, Ice Stones, or Crystal Cores.
It was a perfect opportunity for her to make so extra profit.
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