The next day, watching Jera appear staring at a bag, the people headed by the clan leader looked at Claire with doubts in their eyes, and Claire once again helplessly felt the deep malice from this world.
However, the clan leader didn't say much. They had to go hunting today and had to hurry up. This was also the first time for Claire to participate in the hunting of orcs. The patriarch secretly made a note to Claire in his mind, intending to have a discussion with her on how to raise children correctly when he comes back.
As for Jera, as a precious 'sub-orc', it certainly does not need to engage in such dangerous activities as hunting. Like other sub-beasts, it is protected in the safest place. All it needs to do is to listen to a young sub-beast teacher teach how to use mental power.
However, this Yazoo teacher obviously prefers to lead the topic to how Yamon helps the orcs, the importance of Orcs and Yaju to each other, etc., completely placing Yaju in the position of a vassal. I am not so enthusiastic about the improvement of mental power. In his opinion, the mental power of the sub-beasts only needs to be enough to help the orcs fully unleash their potential, and there is no need to care about the rest.
What? What do you think the beast should do if he accidentally encounters danger? Of course, he asked the orcs for help. Did they come forward on their own and use their mental power to push back the enemy? Ha, are you kidding? How can a delicate and frail beast do such 'manual work'
This made Jela feel very uncomfortable. After all, from time travel to now, all he has seen are very pure men. Men, even females, are not very delicate in order to hunt and protect their cubs. Although this sub-beast teacher appears to be a proper male on the surface, he seems to be even more dependent on others than the females he has seen.
The teacher would give a lecture and run through some questions, and Jela would listen to it one after another, remembering what he found useful, and automatically filtering out useless nonsense.
There are actually not many sub-beasts in class here, only about twenty small sub-beasts. They were generally young, and when they were having fun, they listened to the teacher's boring lessons. They could tolerate it for a while at first, but later they all started chatting behind the teacher's back.
"Hey, are you the new sub-beast?" A child with leopard ears kicked Jela's feet under the simple desk: "The wise man said you are very powerful, but I think you are nothing. What a special place!”
Is this childish comparison? Jela was a little funny. He didn't expect that after traveling through the animal world, he would encounter such a scene. Listen to the teacher's lecture in a cave like a primary school student, and then sneak around with other baby beasts.
"I am very ordinary, nothing special. The wise man just said it casually." Even if it is, it has not reduced to the point of showing off like a child.
"I think so." Baby Leopard looked at Jera again: "Master Wise Man has said before that my qualifications are very good. I am the first among the children to be praised by Master Wise Man!"
Its bright eyes were filled with messages for praise, its ears moved, and its little tail swayed from side to side inadvertently. Jela suppressed her laughter and nodded, applauding: "Wow, you sound really awesome!"
"That's right!" The baby leopard immediately puffed up his chest: "My mother-in-law said that I will become an excellent beast in the future."
A baby black bear next to it glanced at it with disdain: "Some people have such weak mental power, how dare they say that they have good qualifications? It is obviously the wise man who comforts some people casually because he is afraid that some people will cry. No To think that some people actually took it seriously? Gee, that’s really nerve-wracking.”
"Hey, Blind Bear, are you looking for a beating? Be careful, I'll beat you up."
"If you dare to beat me, I will tell your mother-in-law and see how he deals with you. Also, if you are so violent, be careful not to get married in the future."
"You are the one who likes to quarrel with people so much. Be careful no orcs want you in the future..."
"My family has already arranged a marriage for me, so I'm not afraid of not being able to find the orcs..."
Listening to the quarrel between the two cubs, a huge drop of sweat dripped from Jela's forehead. Are all the children in the orc world so mature? Any quarrel can lead to discussions about marriage.
The two cubs, whose voices were getting louder and louder, didn't notice that they were being targeted by the teacher.
"Carter, Wayne, you two stand up!"
Baby Bear and Baby Leopard immediately lowered their heads like wilted eggplants and said listlessly: "It's over, they will definitely be punished with copying books again. It's all your fault."
"You're still talking about me! If you hadn't been so loud later, how could we have been discovered by the teacher!"
Teacher Yashou looked angrily at the two little things who were still restless after being called out: "Since you don't want to take my class so much, then each of you should copy the textbook ten times. Handwriting is not allowed. You must use your mental strength to copy it." The words are engraved on it!”
Baby Bear and Baby Leopard looked at the thick textbook made of pieces of fabric, and their eyes began to stare. Jera glanced at them with some sympathy. This book was compiled by Teacher Yashou who was standing on the stage giving a lecture. Before class, Jela read through the entire textbook. More than half of the content in it was about Yashou's mate selection rules, and nearly 30% of the content was about writing How the sub-beasts get along with the orcs, less than 20% of them deal with mental strength.
Although the disasters of these two little creatures were caused by themselves, it was hard for them to be forced to copy these extremely boring things.
As noon approached, a bell rang in the clan. The children immediately dropped their textbooks and happily rushed to the classroom door. Teacher Yashou who was standing on the podium didn't even care.
The baby leopard also held Jela's hand and rushed out: "Chief, they are back from hunting. They are so fast today! Come with me to see what prey they have brought back!"
Although I don’t know where in the world the orcs and sub-beasts live here, just like the prairie where Jerra and the others lived, winter is gradually entering here, and prey is becoming increasingly difficult to find. . Although the orcs have stored some food in advance, that food alone cannot survive the entire winter, and the food needed by the group is often more than the food the orcs hunt each time, so the reduction of food reserves is inevitable.
As the food reserves are dwindling day by day, there is a sense of crisis permeating the entire group. Although it is not too strong, it is definitely not something that can be ignored. Both orcs and sub-orcs know that winter has just entered, and it is not the most difficult time yet. If this trend continues, I'm afraid some of them will be hungry in a while.
But today, things seem a little different. As soon as Jela and the others got closer, they heard some beasts talking: "There are obviously a lot more prey brought back today than in the past few days. How did they do it?"
"I heard that it seems to be the work of the alien orc named Claire."
"Claire? Is this true? I admit, she looks very strong, but she is not as strong as the patriarch and the others, right?"
"I think this may be true. Look, as soon as she joined the hunting team today, the number of prey captured by the orcs increased significantly. If it wasn't her credit, who else would be?"
"..." A certain sub-beast stared at Claire, who was standing in the middle with the clan leader and other orcs, and swallowed: "I...I suddenly thought she was so handsome."
A drop of sweat fell silently on Jela's forehead.
Although Claire can be very tomboyish sometimes, she is a true female! If she had deceived someone's affection when she was unaware...it would be a sin just thinking about it. If those single orcs who couldn't find a partner knew the truth, wouldn't they rush up and cut them into pieces in anger, right
Claire, who was dividing the prey with the clan leader and the others, did not notice the eyes of the sub-beasts and Jela's worry.
She was using a knife to cut the prey flexibly, and a trace of blush appeared on her bright face after exercise.
The young patriarch stood aside and watched quietly as she cut open a buffalo placed in the center. In addition, they also hunted two antelopes, three porcupines, and five hares. His bright light was calm and clear when he looked at Claire without the previous disgust and rejection, and he seemed to have gradually recognized her.
With strong hunting ability, excellent teamwork ability, and generous manner, it is difficult to dislike Claire with these qualities.
"Okay." She put down the bloody dagger in her hand, nodded to the orcs, then stood up and stepped aside.
"It's thanks to you that we were able to catch so many prey today, my new partner. On behalf of my tribe, I thank you."
"You're welcome, I'm not doing it for you, I'm just doing it for myself and my children to have a full stomach." Claire blinked: "If you really want to thank me, why not give me more prey. "
"Of course, we will never touch the share that belongs to you." The clan leader picked up one of the antelopes and handed it to Claire: "This is what you hunted alone. According to the rules of the tribe, this You don’t need to hand over part of the prey to the tribe. In addition, you hunted the porcupine and buffalo with us. As a participant, you can also get a share... "
"This is great. I love eating antelope. Jera, little baby, you also like to eat antelope, right? We can have a good meal when we go back today. I also accepted the porcupine meat, buffalo meat I’ll leave it to you, after all, the little baby and I can’t eat that much. Without salt, we can’t preserve it for long.”
All big cats love to eat meat. When Claire and Jela first arrived in the tribe, the food the tribe used to entertain Claire and Jela did not contain much meat. The orcs believed that Gera was a 'sub-beast' and would prefer a vegetarian diet, so they did not provide it with much meat. As for Claire, as an "orc" with "rough skin and rough flesh", her treatment was only to get some meat pads to pad her belly, and it was impossible to eat enough. But after all, she didn't contribute anything at that time, so she couldn't complain. Today I can finally open my stomach and have a good meal.
The patriarch insisted on handing the cut off part of the buffalo meat to Claire: "Take it, you deserve it. You can keep it at home as a food reserve, or you can exchange it for other things. You can do whatever you want." How do you deal with it? If you need salt, you can go to the tribe's market to exchange for some. However, I suggest you go and exchange some vegetables and fruits for the little orcs first, as the orcs love to eat these."
Jera: No, thank you, I still prefer eating meat. Fruits are barely enough, vegetables are forgettable. Please don't make blind ideas if you don't understand.
Claire glanced at Jela and naturally read its thoughts, and said with a smile: "That's a good suggestion. However, our little baby still seems to prefer eating meat."
The patriarch's brows tightened: "I don't know how you fed your children in the past, but - you mean, you always feed your little beast meat instead of vegetables? Beast God You will make it malnourished like this. Their bodies need to absorb the substances contained in vegetables and fruits. You should really pay more attention to your child." He looked at Claire with full eyes. It is disapproval, just like educating an unqualified parent.
"But you know, we are from outside. Our body structure may be different from yours, and we need different food." Claire felt very wronged.
"What's the difference? You are also an orc. Don't you eat meat? In this case, your eating habits will not be too different from ours. Your child is a beast, even if its taste is so different. , likes to eat meat, but it should also eat more food from sub-animals.”
Claire couldn't argue with him that she was not an orc and Jela was not a sub-beast, so she could only shrug and surrender helplessly: "Oh, okay, I understand, I will do what you suggest. Patriarch Sir, don’t you think you have too much control?”
"I have the obligation to supervise that every underage beast in the clan is raised properly. This is my responsibility as the clan leader."
Claire: "..." She cast a helpless look at Jira.
Jela's little face on the side gradually turned green. You don't really want it to eat vegetables, do you
Since turning into a lion, perhaps due to changes in its physiological structure, it has a deep aversion to vegetables and other foods. And the orc in front of him actually suggested that it eat more vegetables. This is really disgusting. It will go crazy! Jela gave the clan leader a hard look.
The clan leader touched his nose, feeling a little confused as the 'little beast' waited for him. Soon, he refocused his energy on distributing prey and put this episode behind him.
Jela could only stare at Claire with her dark eyes and warned her not to really give it vegetables to eat.
Claire looked back at Jela reassuringly. With such a serious person staring at her, there was nothing she could do, unless she wanted to be missed every day in the future. Having said that, you won’t be poisoned by eating vegetables, it’s just a bit unpalatable, so let’s just feel sorry for Xiao Jela for the time being.