Chapter 479 Extra An An

My name is An An, and I am the cub of the big father beast and the mother beast. Dun Dun and I really like the mother beast. Whenever we do something wrong, as long as we go to the mother beast and act coquettishly, then nothing will happen to us, and we won’t be beaten by the six father beasts anymore. The six father beasts are Lang Ce, and like the big father beast, he attaches great importance to our education.

However, unexpectedly, one day, the mother beast suddenly disappeared without a trace, and even the five father beasts that let us ride the dragon and play every day disappeared.

Ever since the disappearance of the mother beast, the great father beast and the second father beast seemed to have become completely different people.

They no longer eat and drink normally and are even unwilling to drink a sip of water.

In the first two days, they would still reluctantly eat something, but later on, they were unwilling to do anything. They just sat at home all day, waiting silently.

The clan leader came to persuade him many times, but no matter how he persuaded, he could not change the state of the Great Father Beast.

He seemed to have completely forgotten Dun Dun and me. Not only did he forget to cook for us, he also no longer cared about us as much as before.

I was very confused by this sudden change and didn't understand what was going on.

At first, I would keep asking the father beasts about the whereabouts of the mother beasts, but every time Dun Dun and I asked, they would immediately get angry and were unwilling to answer our questions.

At the beginning, they told us that the mother beast was just going to do something very important and would be back after a while.

But as time went on, they were no longer willing to mention the mother beast. No matter how Dun Dun and I cried, they were indifferent, as if they had completely lost their care and concern for us.

What’s worse is that the father animals no longer even cared about Dun Dun and my diet.

They seemed to have completely forgotten our existence and had become like zombies, eating very little food and water every day, then sitting at the doorstep for the entire day, indifferent to everything around them.

Every time Dun Dun would tremble with fear, and then quickly find a place to hide, as if that place could bring him a sense of security.

Sometimes, he would say pitifully that he was hungry and needed to eat.

However, when we looked at those majestic beasts, our hearts were filled with awe and we dared not disturb them at all. After all, they are our reliance for survival!

I considered myself quite brave, and I figured finding food on my own would be no problem. And every time I saw the males go out, they would always bring back a large amount of food, which meant hunting must be easy for them.

So, I took Dun Dun and resolutely headed towards the back mountain, which was close to the misty forest and might be where we could find some delicious food. However, I never expected that this would be the beginning of a nightmare.

As soon as I reached the back of the mountain, I encountered a large beast. It lunged at me with its fangs bared and claws slashing, its sharp teeth flashing coldly, as if it was about to pierce my throat.

I was so scared that I could only scream desperately and then ran towards the river like a headless fly.

Dun Dun was also frightened. He cried behind me: "An An! You must hold on! I will go find the father beast to save you! Wuuuuuu..."

Before he finished speaking, he seemed to have greased his feet, let go of his hooves, and ran faster than a rabbit.

As I desperately ran away, I secretly complained in my heart: How could I possibly outrun this ferocious beast? I was so weak, not even half its height!

In a panic, I ran to the river and jumped in, but I forgot that I couldn't swim. I kept struggling in the water, but the beast had no intention of leaving. It seemed that it was also afraid of water, but it insisted on watching me drown.

Although the river water had already covered my ears and nose and blurred my vision, I still didn't dare to leave the shore easily.

I tried hard to swim to the shore, but the ferocious beast took the opportunity to grab me with its sharp claws.

A sharp pain came over me, and I felt as if my ear was injured. Blood kept flowing out of the wound, dyeing the surrounding river water red.

My claws were not sharp and I couldn't grab the grass on the shore at all. Every attempt ended in failure.

As time went by, my strength gradually ran out and my body began to sink involuntarily.

I felt so exhausted and hopeless that I thought maybe it would be okay to just give up.

No one would care whether I lived or died anyway, and there was no way I could escape the beast.

However, just as I was about to give up, Dun Dun's image suddenly flashed through my mind. I really couldn't let him go. If I just left like this, wouldn't he be left here all alone?

I couldn't bear to leave Dun Dun like this, so I used up my last bit of strength and struggled desperately to float to the surface.

However, my efforts seemed to be in vain. I felt my body getting heavier and heavier, and the river water kept pouring into my mouth and nose, making it almost impossible for me to breathe.

Just when I thought I was really going to die this time, suddenly, I heard a slight bubbling sound.

That was the last sound I heard. Then, my consciousness gradually became blurred and my body sank completely to the bottom of the water.

However, just as I was about to lose consciousness, I seemed to see Dun Dun's figure. He hurried over with a group of male beasts, and their appearance ignited a glimmer of hope in my heart.

The beast was obviously frightened by the sudden appearance of its father beasts, and it tried to escape in panic.

But how could the father animals let it escape easily? One of the father animals quickly stretched out his claws and slapped the beast hard.

With a scream, the beast was killed by the father beast's claw, and its body slowly sank to the bottom of the water.

The big father beast picked me up. My consciousness was already blurred. He kept pressing my stomach. I felt like I was suffocating and wanted to laugh. I felt like I was about to be pressed to death by him if I didn't drown. Was he here to save me or to send me off for the last time?

I half-closed my eyes and looked at him. He seemed to be losing his composure. Something seemed to fall from his face and hit me in the face. It was hot and wet.

I wanted to open my eyes and see clearly what happened to the father beast, but just this thought made a lot of water come out of my mouth, including a small fish!

Then I found that I could breathe, and I didn't seem to have to die, but I had no strength left and couldn't even sit up.

I just heard the voice of the fourth father beast Luo Cihe. He flew to the father beast, punched the big father beast, and roared at him:

"Qian Jingyao! If you keep being so negative, how will you explain to Keke if An An really dies? Are you trying to piss her off to death?"

"Look at what you look like now!"

Luo Cihe, the fourth father beast, had red eyes and his voice was hoarse and trembling. "Now that Keke is gone, you've abandoned yourself and even ignored your cubs. If anything happens to An'an and Dundun, how can we be worthy of Keke!"

The Greatfather hugged me tightly, his body trembling slightly, unable to utter a word. His eyes were glazed over, as if he were lost in endless self-blame and regret.

The two-father beast, the third-father beast and others standing by also had faces full of pain and self-blame.

Dun Dun ran over crying and threw himself beside me, "An An, you scared me to death..."

The little body kept sobbing. He raised his head and looked at the big father beast, his eyes full of grievance and fear, "Big father beast, why don't you care about us? An An and I are so scared..."

The big father beast slowly lowered his head and buried his face in my hair, his voice choked with sobs: "I'm sorry, it's the father beasts' fault, we shouldn't do this..."

I moved my lips weakly, wanting to say something, but I had no strength.

The big father beast carefully carried me back home, gave me some meat soup and fruit, and even asked a witch doctor to come and see me.

I am so happy that the father beasts have become more concerned about me and Dun Dun. I feel that it would be okay even if I really drowned this time. In that case, Dun Dun will definitely be taken better care of by the father beasts.

Afterwards, the father beasts regained their spirits and began to build and help the tribe with the chief grandfather. Dun Dun and I were also kept a close eye on.

We were no longer allowed to run outside. The father animals would take turns to accompany us, tell us stories, sing songs for us, and teach us how to hunt.

After experiencing that struggle on the brink of life and death, I often think back at night: if Dun Dun hadn't run desperately to find the father beasts, if the father beasts hadn't arrived in time, would I never see them again, would I never see my beloved female beasts?

Since then, I always feel like I have grown up a lot.

I watched the fathers regain their spirits and work hard every day for the tribe, and I felt both happy and a little sad. I was happy that the fathers who were once energetic and caring were back.

The bittersweet thing is that I know all these changes were due to my dangerous encounter and their deep guilt for their previous negligence.

Dun Dun and I are also working hard to grow. We are diligently learning the hunting techniques taught by our father beasts, hoping to grow up quickly and become brave and strong orcs like them, so that we can help them share the responsibilities of the tribe and have the ability to find female beasts.

Sometimes when I feel tired from training, I will think of the despair in the river, and the self-blaming and painful looks of the father animals, and then I will be full of strength again.

I know that I can't let the father beasts worry anymore. I have to become stronger, for this family, so that I can find the mother beast as soon as possible and reunite our family again.

Dun Dun and I grew bigger and taller, but the mother beast still didn't come back, and I gradually lost hope.

When Dun Dun and I went to the Beast City to help clean up the monsters and came back, they said the mother beast had returned. I didn't believe it. I felt the mother beast must have died, because everyone else said that so-and-so would not return, which meant that she was actually dead.

I have regarded the words of my father beast for so long as his comfort to us.

I even asked the father beasts who the mother beast's enemy was, and I would avenge her. As a result, all the father beasts joined together and beat me up. Then I never asked again, thinking that the father beasts were so powerful and should have already avenged them.

But I didn't expect it, but I had already accepted it, that when the mother beast would never come back, she really came back.

The next time I saw her was in the courtyard of the Fox Tribe. She rushed out from the door and looked at me and Dun Dun with eyes full of joy and tenderness.

I was stunned for a long time until she rushed over and hugged me and Dun Dun.

She said we are so old now that she can’t recognize us.

Yeah, she's been gone for too long.

When I looked at her face, I realized that her appearance had become blurred in my memory at some point, and only now seemed to have become profound.

She looked at us expectantly, wanting us to call her mother beast.

But... I haven't called out this word for a long time, and I was at a loss. Although I really wanted to ask her why she left, I still couldn't open my mouth. At the urging of the second father beast Qingyan, I called her mother beast.

She was very happy and started laughing, but then for some reason, she started crying again.

I really wanted to respond to her hug because that was what I longed for and missed all the time when I was a child.

But I still feel uncomfortable.

The female beast noticed that Dun Dun and I were unfamiliar with her, and was very distressed. She tried to find a way to ease the relationship between us.

But seeing her hurt and crying, I couldn't bear it. In fact, I just didn't know how to get along with her, so I didn't talk much. I no longer blame her.

Seeing her sadly asking us the reason, I finally stopped worrying and told her what was in my heart.

She was very happy and rushed over to hug me, and I finally responded to her with all my strength.

I called her mother beast and she answered many times.

I have an indescribable feeling in my heart, as if it is filled with something, like clouds, flowers and all beautiful things.

The mother beast is back. At this moment, I feel like I have landed from the clouds and stepped on solid ground. It is not a dream, not a fantasy, but reality.

I looked up and recalled that time when other little orcs often pointed at me and Dun Dun, shouting, "Look, they are wild cubs without mothers!"

Those harsh words were like sharp needles that pierced my body. Every time this happened, I could only clench my fists tightly, my eyes reddened, and I felt so aggrieved but had nowhere to vent.

I asked myself countless times in my heart, and countless times in my dreams, I wanted to ask the mother beast: "Don't you love us anymore? Why did you leave for so long? Is it because Dun Dun and I were disobedient at the time that you left in anger? I admit my mistakes, I really do. I am willing to change everything as long as you come back."

Countless nights, I cried secretly in the dark, and Dun Dun beside me was awakened by my crying. We could only snuggle up to each other and shiver in the cold night.

Luckily, Aunt Mia found out later and taught us a lesson. She even let her cubs play with us and protect us. Aunt Mia is very gentle and always cares about her cubs. I wonder if the mother beast would do the same to us if she were here...

Later, the mother beast really came back, but my heart was full of grievances and longing. At the moment of reunion, I was tightly wrapped by the long separation and strangeness, which made me at a loss.

When the mother beast noticed Dundun and I'd become distant with her and tried to smooth things over, even crying and hurt by our indifference, my heart felt torn apart. How could I blame her? I was just too afraid it was all a dream.

Finally, on a quiet night, the moonlight was like water, sprinkling in our yard.

The mother beast sat beside me, gently holding my hand, her hand still so warm. I raised my head and looked into her gentle eyes, and the words that had been accumulated in my heart for a long time came out like a flood.

"Mother beast, do you know? Dun Dun and I miss you so much every day you're gone. Other little beastmen call us wild cubs without mothers, and I feel so wronged. I've wanted to ask you countless times, why did you leave us for so long? Am I not good enough? Did I do something wrong? I wait for you to come back every day, I'm afraid you'll never come back..."

My voice trembled and tears fell uncontrollably.

The mother beast held me tightly in her arms, her tears dripping onto my hair. "Silly children, it's not your fault. It's my fault that I've wronged you. I've always loved you and have never forgotten you. I will never leave you again."

After hearing what the mother beast said, all the grievances, longings, fears and anxieties in my heart turned into torrents of tears at this moment.

I hugged the female beast back tightly, as if to make up for the hug I missed.

At this moment, I finally believed that my mother beast had really returned, and our family could finally be together again.