Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 87 - 50: He Thought She Was Dying

After two days of eating raw fish and shrimp, Sang Luo was craving something cooked.

She took out some seasoned jerky from her dimensional space and started chewing on it.

The Mermaid watched her for a moment, then suddenly leaned in and snatched it from her hand with his mouth. Sang Luo stared at her empty palm. "Hey?"

Before she could get angry, the Mermaid vanished. A moment later, he returned with a large pile of wood. Sang Luo noticed the wood was extremely rich in oil—perfect for starting a fire!

He then produced a few Fire Stones from who-knows-where and struck them together forcefully, producing sparks.

The sparks caught on the oily wood and it quickly burst into flames. He took a few fearful steps back, then lowered his head to lick his hand. Sang Luo saw a large burn on it. Sea Beastmen were terrified of fire; it seemed this was his first time using Fire Stones. He must have seen Land Beastmen use these stones and wood to cook food before and remembered how.

After Sang Luo finished her grilled fish, her hands and mouth were covered in grease. He immediately leaned in again, took her hand, and began to lick it.

His tongue was covered in a layer of fine, soft scales. Sang Luo thought they would prick her skin and make it bleed, but it didn’t hurt at all. The scales had clearly softened, pressing obediently against her flesh.

He licked her palm and the back of her hand clean, then moved toward her lips. Sang Luo quickly covered his mouth with her hand, chiding him with a laugh, "Are you a puppy?"

His long, butterfly-wing-like lashes fluttered. Seeing her smile, he perhaps thought she was praising him, and his tail gave a cheerful wag.

Sang Luo pointed to a coconut tree. "I want to eat that."

He followed her gaze, and several Water Blades instantly materialized in the air. They sliced the coconuts down, and he caught them with a current of water, presenting them to her.

’Alright, I guess we can manage to communicate most of the time.’

Sang Luo used one of his sharp fingernails to make a light slice, and the coconut shell split open, creating a neat, round opening at the top.

She drank the coconut water, then scooped out the flesh inside and ate that too.

She saved the coconut shell to make soup in the morning.

The Mermaid was very smart. After just a few days together, he knew what to do from a single glance from Sang Luo.

Sang Luo didn’t know if he had a name, so she took the liberty of giving him one herself: Ah Ze.

"Ah Ze..."

"Ah Ze!"

After she called it a few times, he learned that it was his name. Although Sang Luo had no idea what he thought it meant, whenever she called "Ah Ze," he would immediately rush over, no matter what he was doing, his eyes asking if she needed help.

Sang Luo’s interest in Ah Ze grew by the day. He was nothing like the useless pretty boys of rumor.

In his Beastman form, Ah Ze’s cold scales, sharp claws, and vicious teeth all pointed to him being an extremely dangerous predator from the Deep Sea, capable of tearing any prey to shreds.

She guessed that only the weaker Mermaids, who couldn’t compete in the Deep Sea, came ashore. The strongest ones remained in the ocean as its undisputed overlords.

One night, he spoke to her. "Ah... Ah Ze..."

"You know that’s your name?"

"Mhm... Ah Ze..."

He nodded obediently and flashed her a breathtakingly beautiful smile.

Overjoyed, Sang Luo gave him a kiss.

Ah Ze seemed to freeze. He blinked his silver-blue, moon-like eyes, and a bewitching smile touched his lips. Sang Luo pointed to herself. "Sang Luo. My name is Sang Luo. Got it?"

He tilted his head, stared at her for a long moment, then leaned in and kissed her.

Sang Luo laughed. "It doesn’t mean ’kiss,’ it’s my name."

’Oh well, one step at a time.’

Ah Ze became even more clingy. At first, he would just circle her with his tail, but that night, his tail began to restlessly coil around her waist, rubbing against her. His breathing grew more and more ragged, and his gaze held an undisguised lust and a desire to conquer.

’Looks like I’ve been too nice to him lately,’ she thought. ’His heat is starting again.’

Sang Luo made him sleep off to the side, forbidding him from coming near.

Until he learned to speak, there was no way she could accept a wild beast as a Beast Husband.

Ah Ze was extremely agitated. He lay dejectedly on the ground, then curled himself into a ball, his whimpers tinged with pain... Sang Luo opened her eyes to look at him. ’He seems a little off,’ she thought. ’Even if it’s his heat, should it be this uncomfortable?’

In the morning, he was back to normal and went out to find food as usual.

So Sang Luo didn’t think much of it.

Until she realized she had gotten her period.

Thankfully, she had long since prepared a change of clothes and tampons in her dimensional space.

When Ah Ze returned from hunting, the first thing he noticed was the thick scent of blood in the cave. His expression turned anxious, and when a quick search of the cave revealed no sign of Sang Luo, he let out a long, furious howl.

Sang Luo, who had just returned after washing up and changing her clothes outside, was startled by the sound. Before she could even ask what he was doing, she was pulled into a tight embrace.

He looked at the little female he thought he had lost and was about to happily kiss her face when he suddenly ducked his head to sniff her lower body. Sang Luo’s face flushed red. "You pervert!"

"Sang Luo... hurt... injured..."

He managed to force out the words, then tried to pull at her clothes.

Of course, Sang Luo wasn’t about to let him do that. She quickly realized what was happening and hastily explained, "I’m not hurt! Um, this is... my heat has started..."

Ah Ze hurriedly carried her back into the cave, shifted into his beast form, and dove into the sea. He returned much later in the day with a huge pile of Beast Crystals, which he arranged in several circles around her, like some kind of ritual.

"...Um, I’m really fine. If you really want to make me more comfortable, why don’t you build me a fire instead?"

"..."

’That was a bit too complicated. He doesn’t understand.’

Right now, he could only understand simple commands of a few words at most.

Ah Ze looked at her, his face full of sorrow.

Sang Luo was torn between speechlessness and amusement.

She had just raised her hand when he leaned his face toward it. Clearly, after their interactions over the past few days, he had grown accustomed to her touch.

"Do you really not know, or are you just pretending?"

’As I recall, any Male Beastman with a bit of common sense knows this. Even mindless Male Beasts can recognize a female’s heat. Caesar and Lan Cang would both get instinctively excited and happy in the days leading up to my period... Why is he acting like a newborn cub who doesn’t even know this basic fact?’

If he didn’t look so genuinely heartbroken, Sang Luo would have suspected he was just faking it.

But he couldn’t understand her words, so she couldn’t explain even if she wanted to.

’Oh well, it’ll be over in a few days anyway.’

Sang Luo absorbed all the power from the Crystal Stones, but the next day, Ah Ze saw that she was still bleeding. The scent of blood on her was even stronger than before. His face turned ashen, as if he thought she was dying. He was completely silent for the rest of the day.

That night, he gently nuzzled her face and slept with his tail curled around her, his movements even more careful and gentle than before.

The next morning, Ah Ze suddenly decided to take her away from the island and return to his city in the sea.