Not long later, he appeared onto the surface once again, bringing along a bubble that held animal skin clothes.
âAre you really going to hunt?â
Bluepool crawled up to the shore, turning his fishtail into legs and putting on an animal skin skirt.
âI know what Iâm doing. Itâll be fine as long as I can hunt within a short period.â He took a long look at Bai Qingqing, then walked toward the forest with determination.
Bai Qingqing put a red stone fruit into her mouth and bit at the skin.
Forget it. She wasnât going to care anymore. Bluepool was a three-striped beastman. Even if he couldnât hunt anything, he shouldnât end up being attacked by instead.
If he could get more accustomed to the land, itâd be easier for him to adapt to the family after he found a mate in the future.
Bai Qingqing washed up the stone fruits and lugged them back slowly. She would just treat this as physical training.
Parker caught a large prey that could feed the entire family. The leopard cubs could smell the scent of food coming from afar and promptly returned, crowding by the fire and happily going around in circles.
Parker tore off a few pieces of half-cooked meat and threw them to the grass at the side. The three cubs immediately dashed up to fight and ate happily as they blew at the meat.
First stepped on a piece of freshly roasted meat and tore away at it. He would bite off a chunk, swallowing down without chewing much. He didnât care that the soil on his paws would get onto the meat. He just focused on his own food while paying attention to Thirdâs and Secondâs.
Second behaved in a similar way to First. Only Third, who was slightly weaker compared to them, would have his guard up warily, eating very carefully.
Hmph. Whatâs the point of eating so fast? If we arenât full, Mom will still give us food.
Third then looked warily at his brothers as he thought to himself.
âClean up your paws. Theyâre all filled with dirt. Itâs so dirty.â Bai Qingqing patted Firstâs head. He was the most vigorous in eating.
âUhh!â First wiped his paws messily on the grass, his mouth not leaving his food.
Parker placed a bowl of purple starch noodles in front of Bai Qingqing. When he saw that her attention was on the children, he flicked her forehead.
A âthudâ sound rang out, and Bai Qingqing grabbed onto her head and let out a loud cry. She then turned to look toward him. âWhy did you do that?â
âYour food is ready. You only remember the children. They are already very old.â Parker gave it some thought before saying, âThereâs little rainwater in the light rainy season here. Iâm planning on bringing them into the forest to learn to hunt.â
âSo soon?â Bai Qingqing was stunned.
The forest had always been dangerous to her. Even a beastman could be eaten by a wild beast.
âCanât you teach them a little later?â Bai Qingqing couldnât help but say.
However, the leopard cubs were very excited. They stopped eating the meat and opened their round orange-yellow eyes wide as they looked at their father.
âHowl howl?â
âHowl howl!â
The three children kept on crying out.
âQuickly go and eat. Iâll bring you guys out in the afternoon.â Parker put on a dignified expression and stared at them as they ate docilely before he turned his gaze away.
Uhh, he must be like his father earlier. The children were very well-behaved.
Bai Qingqing nudged Parkerâs arm, calling him out from her trance.
âCanât we wait to teach them after they get a little older?â
Parker said decisively, âNo. The earlier they learn, the better. The village isnât absolutely safe. Theyâd only be more alert after experiencing danger. The stricter Iâm with them now, the higher the chances of their survival in the future.â
Bai Qingqing didnât understand these things and thus didnât say much.
The water for cooking the starch noodles was still boiling. Winston kept on sieving more batter into the pot.
When Bai Qingqing saw that a lot of the roasted meat was being eaten up, she urged, âWinston, quickly come over to eat as well.â
Parker immediately threw a displeased glance at him, grabbed onto a large piece of back meat, and ate in large bites.