“Uncle, have Reid come over,” Colmer said.
“Are you hurt?”
“It’s not me.”
Damon wanted to ask more questions, but Colmer spoke again, “And prepare some food for a female.”
“Okay—w-what?” Damon was completely taken aback for the first time.
Female??
“A’Mer, where did you get a female? Did you steal her back from Luca?” Damon could only think of one possibility, and he immediately became worried.
Now A’Mer was badly injured, and after several tests, it was determined that he would permanently remain in his beast form.
With A’Mer in this condition, he couldn’t possibly compete with Luka.
“I found her on the road,” Colmer said, entering the room and discovering that the fluffy Snow Cat lying there was unconscious.
He stuck out his tongue and gently licked her face, then slowly straightened out some of her disheveled fur.
In the evening, he suddenly felt a restlessness in his heart, unable to control his emotions, as if he was about to lose control.
He was afraid that if he remained a beast for too long, his animal instincts would swallow his rationality, so he ran out.
Guided by some strange force, he ended up in a pile of ruins and found a barely alive female.
He remembered her scent.
Almost a year ago, when he was fighting in the wilderness, he encountered a pregnant Snow Cat female.
He had held the tiny baby girl, and her cries were very loud.
For a moment, he wanted to take her and bring her home.
But he thought about his situation and gave up the idea, and later the Silver Wolf tribe took her and the dead female away.
Although he had never seen her beast form, he was certain that she was the baby he had held before, and he had cut her umbilical cord.
But over a year had passed, why was she still so small? It was as if she hadn’t weaned yet.
He suddenly remembered that she was born in human form, just like he was back then.
It was said that when he was in human form, his growth rate was very slow. Later, when he encountered danger, he transformed into his beast form, and only then did he begin to develop from a young animal state, slowly catching up with the growth rate of his fellow shapeshifters.
So, she should have also encountered danger and transformed into her beast form to escape. However, because her mind was still in a chaotic state and she had no life skills, she became so weak and almost died in the ruins.
Wan Tong was dreaming, and she felt very comfortable, as if someone was giving her a full-body massage.
She groggily opened her eyes again and saw a heavily scarred tiger face. His left eye had a brown wound in the corner, scabbing over. He looked very ugly.
Colmer had already backed away to a distance. He knew how disheveled he must look now and expected to scare her, so he patiently waited for her scream.
But all she did was blink her light blue eyes and softly meowed.
Upon hearing that sound, Colmer felt a shiver run down his spine, hesitated for a moment, and then reminded her, “You can talk.”
Wan Tong was experiencing being a cat for the first time and really didn’t know how to control herself. However, after his reminder, she attempted to mimic him, but it still came out as “meow~.”
A muffled growl came from Colmer’s throat, and he said, “Take it slow; you need to learn.”
He had forgotten that females were quite fragile, and their learning ability wasn’t high, so her inability to speak right now was expected.
Wan Tong wanted to reach out and touch Colmer’s fur, but what she saw was her own small cat paw…
Nevermind, no touching.
If she wanted to pet, she could pet herself.
Besides, Colmer’s long white fur was now charred, black and red in patches, really lacking in aesthetics.
Seeing Wan Tong inspecting his body again, Colmer’s tiger body suddenly tensed again. He used all his self-control to stay calm and said, “Have something to eat first.”
Wan Tong looked at the small plates on the tray in front of her and quickly moved over. She licked the liquid in the cup and found it a bit sweet and very tasty. She also had some shredded meat, then regretted her ten days of hunger strike. If she had come to the boss earlier, she might have been living a life of luxury and indulgence by now.
Colmer watched the kitten eating with relish. Afraid of indigestion, he said, “Drink more water; it aids digestion.”
Now everyone realized the fragility and importance of females, so the hospital developed this nutritional liquid, which not only supplemented essential nutrients but also helped their delicate stomachs digest some food.
Wan Tong was very obedient; she ate the meat and then buried her head to lick the water.
Colmer lay down on the carpet under the bed and occasionally glanced at her.
This was a bold female.
Or perhaps, she had been raised too well by the Silver Wolf tribe and knew nothing about the outside world.
Thinking about the letter he had just received, Colmer’s eyes turned dark red. The Silver Wolf tribe had great integrity; they had been attacked by Luca several times but still refused to submit.
They couldn’t find this young female, which is why they came to him.
But…
This time, he didn’t want to give her back.
In the middle of the night, Reid rushed over, thinking Colmer’s old injury had acted up. However, he found in the room a small… female??
A Snow Cat female!
The Snow Cat tribe was peculiar; amid the dwindling number of females, the male-to-female ratio among the Snow Cats remained 6:4. They were weak and often had to hide or attach themselves to more powerful tribes.
The former clan leader’s wife was from the Snow Cat tribe, a rare female who could maintain a human form for an extended period and still retain her sanity. The former clan leader had a soft spot for her and protected the entire Snow Cat tribe well.
But ever since Luca went mad and killed the fellow clan members to take over, the Snow Cat tribe lost its protection. The males were brutally slaughtered or kept as pets, and almost all the females were taken by Luca.
Luca established a place called the ‘Hundred Flowers Palace,’ where he stored almost all the single females on the planet.
Apart from using force to subdue other tribes, he also used females as bait, promising that if they surrendered to the empire, they would be rewarded with females based on their merits.
In the current scarcity of females, many shapeshifters couldn’t resist this temptation and started serving the empire.
“A’Mer, where did you get so lucky? You actually found a female! I roam around outside every day, but I never come across one!” Reid couldn’t control his excitement; his voice grew louder.
Seeing the small female on the bed move, Colmer, with his red eyes, glared at Reid, signaling him to speak more quietly.
Females had been rare since Reid’s birth, and now suddenly seeing a small one appear before him made him naturally excited.
While examining the unconscious Snow Cat, he said, “I don’t know if she can transform into a human form; I heard the SnowCat clan is quite mystical. When the former clan leader’s wife gave birth to you, you seemed to be in human form.”
Colmer’s expression darkened slightly, and Reid knew he had said the wrong thing, so he changed the subject, “A’Mer, let’s hide her. Don’t let Luca take her away.”
“Us?”
“Of course, we share the discovery.”
“Get out.”
Colmer shouted directly.
Reid scratched his ear and picked up the medicine kit. “I don’t care. From today on, I also have a female!”
With that, he quickly slipped away, afraid that Colmer would come running to bite his neck.
Reid is from the Soaring Snake tribe but was exiled and raised by the Winged Tiger tribe since he was young.
When Wan Tong woke up again, it was already daylight, and she felt much better.
She got up and stretched, but there was no one else in the room. She approached the edge of the bed and looked at the distance to the ground. She hesitated for a moment.
It seemed to be about a meter high, and even though a cat’s jumping ability is quite good, she was still quite small. Would it be safe to jump?
She pawed at the edge of the bed and tried several times but couldn’t muster the courage to jump.
At that moment, Colmer slowly walked in from outside.
He had actually been watching at the door for a while.
The little female had quite a lot of courage, though she was unsteady on her feet. She actually wanted to jump from up there.
But when he saw her nervous yet eager expression, he found it… cute.
For the first thirty years of his life, apart from his mother, he had hardly interacted with any other females. He did have a fiancee once, a White Rabbit tribe member who could take on a human form. However, due to a series of accidents, she was now with Luka.