After applying the herbs to their wounds, she asked, "Lucien, where are we now? Am I not supposed to be in…?"
Before Lucien could answer, Veyra interrupted, "Little female, we are in the subsidiary city of foxes. Lucien brought you here two days ago when you were unconscious."
This made Celeste remember the fragments of memories that flooded her mind at that time. Although she couldn't remember exactly what had happened, she could feel the despair and fear associated with it.
But who exactly are they?
She tried to ask the system about it, but it also had no idea.
She quickly threw these thoughts into the back of her mind. If she doesn't know anything, then there's no meaning in her continuing to think about it.
"Little female, you haven't answered my question before. Can I mate with you?" Veyra placed his hand on her waist and pulled her towards him.
He reached out, cupped the back of Celeste's head, and was about to kiss her passionately. Celeste pushed against the man's shoulders, showing a slight resistance and hesitation, but Veyra held even tighter.
[Oh my! Continue, continue! I want to see! ₍₍⚞(˶˃ ꒳ ˂˶)⚟⁾⁾]
Just then, Lucien reached out and pulled her into his arms. "Stop forcing her, Celeste doesn't even like you."
Veyra licked his lips, "Neither do you."
Gurgle~
Celeste's stomach was rumbling.
They both looked straight at her, and her stomach clenched; she raised her hand awkwardly. "I'm hungry."
"Celeste, I will go hunt you something." Lucien was the first one to say.
Not wanting to be outdone, Veyra added, "Celeste, what would you like to eat? We have everything over here."
"Ummm… are there vegetables? I like to eat cabbage, and carrots are also really tasty."
"Vegetables…? Cabbage…? What are those foods? I never heard of them." Veyra asked in confusion.
[Host, this is the beast world. Fox and snake beastmen only eat meat. You will need to find herbivores to be able to eat vegetables.]
Oh yeah, this isn't the modern world after all. Cabbage might also have a different name.
"How about I go hunting with you? I want to see if I can find what I need." She asked Lucien.
But Lucien disagreed. "The forest is really dangerous. You're a female, you should stay in the city. Hunting is something we males should do."
How would Celeste possibly agree? Ever since she set foot on the Land of Vorgrathen, she has been eating grilled meat. She doesn't want to taste that taste anymore.
Those bright eyes stared at Lucien, "If you don't take me with you, then I'll go alone."
Lucien has no choice but to take her with him. "Then you have to stay by my side every single moment. It's super dangerous out there."
"Emm emm… let's go!" She pushed him outside.
Finally, the three of them left together.
Although Lucien didn't want Veyra to disturb them, he knew that he needed someone to stay with Celeste and protect her while he was hunting. The experience of Celeste being kidnapped by Sylas last time had left him deeply shaken.
Lucien's hunting style was very simple. He would basically transform into beast form and coil his tail around his prey until they suffocated, or whip them with his tail until they died.
Veyra hunts in a more elegant way.
The fox beastmen never relied on brute force for hunting. The moment he transformed into beast form, his slender body seemed to merge with the surrounding landscape. He moved through the forest like a wandering moonbeam, circling around his prey to stir fear and allow the prey to reveal its weaknesses while panicking.
[Wow! They are both performing very well! ૮₍ ´ ꒳ `₎ა]
Lucien noticed the admiring gaze Celeste directed at him, and he straightened his posture, feeling pleased. But what he wants to do the most is to hurry up and finish the hunting, then take her back home as soon as possible to avoid any unforeseen accidents.
But Celeste didn't seem to think that way. She looked around at the forest, with Veyra walking beside her, and suddenly her eyes lit up, as if she had seen something surprising.
"Mushrooms!" She dug up an umbrella-shaped item by a tree.
These mushrooms are three times the size of the modern world, or rather, everything in the beast world is much bigger than what Celeste learned before.
"System, can you help me check if these mushrooms are poisonous or not?" She looked at the blue screen with eager anticipation.
[Scanning Processing…]
[Scanning Complete]
[Host, these mushrooms are edible.]
"Perfect, then I could try making soup."
"Lucien, Veyra, can you both help me dig up some mushrooms?" Her eyes were sparkling as if they were holding starlight.
Neither Lucien nor Veyra could resist this kind of gaze. They squatted down beside her and helped her dig mushrooms. In less than 10 minutes, they were done.
"There are a bunch of these around the city. If you like them, I can collect them for you." Veyra said.
"Really?" Celeste was excited at the beginning, but then she shook her head, "Do not pick mushrooms yourself. Not all mushrooms are edible; some are poisonous."
Celeste placed the edible ones in the system's storage space. She did not hide the fact that she had a storage space from them, because she trusted that Lucien would not betray her, and if Veyra dared to leak the information, Lucien would let him go away.
Just as she thought, although they were both shocked at the disappearance of the food, the first thing they did was to look around to make sure there was no one else around. Neither of them asked a question about the storage space.
[Side Quest Progress: 2/30 Completed]
[Achievement Unlocked: The Mushroom Princess]
[Achievement Reward: +1 Can of Milk]
Celeste touched the soil beneath her feet.
Wet. There must be a stream around.
"Veyra, do you know where the stream is?"
"Follow me…" Veyra thought for a second and transformed back to beast form, then gently placed her on his back and ran towards the direction of the stream.
Lucien followed behind them.
[A/N: Beastmen can change the size of their beast form according to their own will.]