After I Dumped 7 Beast Husbands and Ran

The fisherman was tempted.

In the Beast World, you could go through several villages and not find a single witch doctor. And even if you did, Witch Medicine was incredibly rare.

’Witch Medicine is certainly in short supply,’ he thought. ’Trading for some trauma medicine... seems worth it.’

Seeing he was swayed, Nan Zishi immediately fanned the flames. She found a hollow in a rock, tossed in the herbs she was holding, and began to crush them. Then, she gestured magnanimously to the fisherman. "Sit here. Give me your leg."

The fisherman actually sat down on the rock. Nan Zishi applied the crushed herbs to his leg and then wrapped it securely with a piece of Beast Skin.

She stood up, dusting off her hands. "There. I guarantee this will speed up your recovery!"

When the fisherman stood up, he was, to be honest, quite moved.

As a fisherman, getting injured was a common occurrence, and he always just waited for his wounds to heal on their own.

It was great if they healed, but if they didn’t and got infected, death was the only outcome.

Fortunately, Beastmen in the Beast World had relatively strong immune systems, and they could usually heal on their own when they were young.

But to have a female who looked so extraordinary show concern for his well-being, even lowering herself to apply medicine and treat his injury...

The fisherman was moved. ’This female,’ he thought, ’she’s a good person.’

"Alright, I don’t want your Beast Skin anymore. I’ll just take your Witch Medicine. This mermaid is yours!"

Nan Zishi’s face lit up with a smile. "Deal!"

*

The blue-violet mermaid’s hands were bound with seaweed. Nan Zishi held the end of the seaweed, leading the mermaid away.

However, Lanxing had not yet learned how to transform his tail into legs, so he could only follow along with great difficulty.

Fortunately, the cave Nan Zishi was temporarily living in wasn’t far.

Because of that, Lanxing didn’t lose too many scales as he moved.

When they reached the cave, Nan Zishi turned to look at him and saw a stunningly beautiful, newly adult mermaid. His eyes were moist, and tears welled up, threatening to fall as he gazed at her.

He looked utterly pitiful.

He was exhausted and couldn’t stand, so he collapsed, slowly pushing his upper body up with his hands.

Nan Zishi crouched down, giving him a thorough look-over.

He had been out of the water for a while and was a bit dehydrated.

His eyes were beautiful—a pair of shimmering "peach blossom" eyes, the outer corners tinged with a natural, blue-violet pearlescence.

The line of his nose was steep but not sharp, and his thin lips held the pale pink of a newly bloomed coral.

As two translucent, blue-violet ear fins fluttered with his breath, strands of blue-violet hair hanging over his forehead brushed against his brow bone. A faint, ethereal blue light seemed to flow through every vein of the fins.

Out of the water, the mermaid looked desolate. The tip of his nose was slightly red, his jawline tapered into a delicate curve, and the fine scales on his cheeks flickered in the moonlight.

"What’s your name?" Nan Zishi asked.

The mermaid pressed his lips together, his pink lips parting slightly. "Lanxing."

Nan Zishi’s eyes curved into a smile. "That name suits you. Hello, I’m Nan Zishi."

Nan Zishi... This was the first time the mermaid had learned her name.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Nan Zishi asked.

The mermaid quickly averted his gaze and shrank back slightly. He suddenly looked up, his beautiful eyes fixed on her. "Are you going to place a slave mark on me? Can I..."

The mermaid paused, trying to plead his case. "Can I not be a slave?"

In the Beast World, the males who surrounded a female were generally divided into three types.

The first type was the most well-known: the Beast Husband.

A Beast Husband would form a union with his mate, after which both would bear the other’s Mate Totem.

They had the right to accompany the female, mate with her, and potentially have children with her.

Within a female-centric family, the Beast Husband held the highest status.

The second type was the Guardian Beast.

A Guardian Beast would enter a one-way protection contract with a female. The Guardian Beast would bear the white mark of his female master, but the female would not have the Guardian Beast’s mark.

The female could control the Guardian Beast, and the Guardian Beast had the responsibility to protect her.

They could be called potential Beast Husbands, because if a Guardian Beast performed well, he could enter into a new mate contract.

The third type was the Slave Beast.

Slave Beasts were completely different from Guardian Beasts and Beast Husbands. They were lower-class Beastmen who would be branded with a red slave mark. The totem in the mark indicated whose Slave Beast they were.

It was worth noting that, in theory, the totem marks of Beast Husbands and Guardian Beasts could not be transferred to another female. However, some tribes might possess forbidden methods to remove these marks.

Slave Beasts were different. A slave mark could be transferred to another female at any time.

Therefore, Slave Beasts could be traded and sold.

The mermaid’s words were filled with urgency. He knew he had been sold to be a Slave Beast. But he still didn’t want it—he didn’t want to become a Slave Beast.

Nan Zishi was in an excellent mood, having acquired such a beautiful male for just a few herbs. She didn’t even care that the Childbirth System’s countdown was constantly warning her.

She teased the handsome young mermaid, "You don’t want to be a Slave Beast? Then what do you want to be? A Guardian Beast? Or a Beast Husband? You want to mate with me?"

The young mermaid’s face instantly turned red. It was probably his first time encountering such a situation, and he stammered, "That’s not—that’s not what I meant..."

’Wow, he’s so innocent!’

’I really love such an innocent, beautiful boy!’

Nan Zishi continued to tease him. "I spent so many herbs on you; I must have bought you for a reason. Otherwise, why would I have bought you?"

The young mermaid’s face was flushed from holding back his emotions. Before long, large, blue-violet pearls were forced out.

Nan Zishi: "..."

’Ah, I’ve teased the poor boy to tears. He looks so pitiful when he cries. I really am a bad female.’

As the Childbirth System flashed a red light, Nan Zishi’s predatory side erupted.

She reached out, lifted his chin, and teased, "I bought you for a reason. I want a child from you."

"Huh?" Before the young mermaid could even react, Nan Zishi pushed him down onto the dry grass inside the cave.

It was hard to imagine that she had teased the young mermaid until he cried all night, leaving the floor covered in pearls.

That time, Nan Zishi and Lanxing successfully formed a union and established a mate contract.

The next morning, Nan Zishi seemed to have become addicted to bullying him.

The young mermaid’s fins were drying out and he wanted to return to the sea for a bit, but Nan Zishi refused.

And since Nan Zishi was unwilling, the young mermaid could only endure the dryness and stay with her in the cave.

Sometime after that, Nan Zishi successfully became pregnant.

And during Nan Zishi’s pregnancy, Lanxing grew more and more dependent on her.

"Dearest~"

He leaned against her, kneading her slender fingers. "Is being pregnant very hard? I’ll be good to you from now on, very, very good to you."

He looked up, his beautiful eyes seemingly filled with brilliant stars, and rested his head against her chest with clear affection.

...

In front of the mermaid prison, Lanxing’s expression was cold, ice-cold.

"Nan Zishi, I know you don’t like me." Lanxing pressed his lips together.

He was the Mermaid Prince. No matter how much a female disliked him, he would not cast aside his pride.

"Let’s sever our mate bond," Lanxing said.

Nan Zishi: "..."

Nan Zishi: "......"

Nan Zishi panicked. "Wait, why?"