Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off

Chapter 1: Chapter 1: Transmigrated into the Beast World and About to Give Birth, but Fell into a Male’s Den

The moment Shen Yue transmigrated into the Beast World Continent, she was elbowed into unconsciousness by someone trying to steal her food.

Looking at the dark-skinned, ugly, pockmarked woman on the ground, the gray bear female held up the live fish she’d snatched from Shen Yue and said viciously:

”You ugly thing, so you just pretend to pass out when you can’t fight for food, huh?”

”A duchess, you say? Yeah, right. I could call myself a marchioness, for all that’s worth. We’ve all been exiled to this barbaric land, so stop dreaming about your life at the Duke Mansion!”

”Who knows whose bastards she’s carrying. Even the Beast Husbands who slept with her abandoned her. She’s a total disgrace to us females!”

”Bah! Let the ugly thing starve. Let’s go!”

As the voices faded into the distance, Shen Yue clutched her chest and opened her eyes.

’Damn those gray bear females,’ she thought. ’They really live up to their name. That elbow strike was so strong it almost made me throw up.’

’If I weren’t so weak right now, I’d have killed them with a single silver needle.’

She had been here for two days, and she had been starving for two days.

In this savage and barbaric land, there was no food and no Beast Husband to hunt in the forest. Her body grew steadily weaker, and with the baby absorbing what little nutrients she had, she was so frail she couldn’t even muster the strength to open her Spiritual Spring.

Today, the hunger had become unbearable. She had mustered every last bit of strength to finally open the Spiritual Spring with her will, only to have the live fish she’d retrieved snatched away before she could even take a bite.

She looked down at her round belly. It was about time for the birth. In this Beast World, females were pregnant for two months at most. According to the original owner’s memories, she was due today or tomorrow.

’This glorious, unexpected gift of motherhood,’ she thought sarcastically, ’has finally been bestowed upon me.’

Shen Yue suppressed her hunger and forced herself to her feet. ’No. I’m the heir to a renowned Ancient Medical Family. I absolutely cannot starve to death here. I have to find something to eat, get my strength back, and open the Spiritual Spring to prepare for labor.’

Following the previous owner’s memories, Shen Yue made her way to a forest. This dense and treacherous wood was typically a hunting ground for male Beastmen; a heavily pregnant, petite, and frail female like her had no business being here.

In this Beast World, females were extremely rare and precious, holding a correspondingly high status. A single female could have more than ten Beast Husbands, forming a tribe and building a family.

Once a male was bonded to a Female Master, her exclusive mark would be integrated into his very blood. He was bound to serve her for life, never retaliating when hit or scolded. Even if his Female Master were to die, he was expected to remain chaste in her memory.

The consequence of such chastity, however, was that without a female to soothe them during their mating heats and periods of beastly rut, their spiritual power would collapse, and they would descend into a permanent, berserk state—a fate equivalent to death.

That was why the males of this Beast World guarded their precious Female Masters so closely. But Shen Yue was an exception. Not only was she born ugly, with haggard and pockmarked face, but more importantly, she had been tested and deemed infertile.

An infertile female was a devastating, species-ending blow to the males.

As a result, the seven Beast Husbands originally betrothed to her would rather be locked up in the containment facilities of Beastification City during their mating heats than marry her. They even sent representatives, one after another, to call off the engagement.

This enraged the original Shen Yue so much that she grabbed a whip and stormed off to Beastification City. There, she injured countless transformed males and even accidentally stumbled into an Isolation Room, where she had relations with several males who had lost all reason in the throes of their mating heat.

The Duke Mansion was utterly disgraced. In a fit of rage, they stripped Shen Yue of her noble title and exiled her to Barbaric City. However, not long after arriving, Shen Yue discovered she was pregnant.

Just as she was eager to prove she was, in fact, fertile, she was bullied by the daughter of the Barbaric City Lord, driven out of the city, and forced into a Refugee Tribe in the desolate mountains. And that was how she ended up in this miserable state.

Crouching behind a large tree, Shen Yue shook herself out of her thoughts, sighing at the tragedy of it all. ’The original owner was just too pathetic,’ she mused. ’She didn’t even get a clear look at which males she’d coupled with. If it were me, I’d have marched right up to their doors with this belly and bled them dry.’

Suddenly, a soft grunting sound came from ahead. She carefully parted the leaves and saw a small wild boar sleeping on the ground just a few meters away.

Shen Yue’s eyes lit up. ’If I can catch that pig, I’ll have a proper meal tonight!’

She crouched low, trying her best not to make a sound. Gripping a short knife left behind by the original owner, she crept forward over the soft earth, inching closer.

Seeing the boar was finally within reach, Shen Yue held her breath, reversed her grip on the knife, and lunged. With all her might, she plunged the blade into the back of the small boar’s neck.

But even with such a sharp blade, the strike only managed to pierce the boar’s tough hide; it was nowhere near a fatal wound.

The small boar squealed in pain and scrambled away from her.

Unwilling to let her dinner escape, Shen Yue immediately gave chase, following the trail of blood.

But she’d only taken a few steps when a sharp pain seized her abdomen.

’Oh no, I’m going into labor!!’

The next thing she knew, the ground beneath her feet gave way, and she plummeted into a hidden pit.

She landed hard, her body already slick with a cold sweat from the pain. But when she turned her head, she saw a man covered in injuries lying right beside her.

The man had long brown hair and a face smudged with filth. A pair of round, beast-like ears were hidden in his messy locks, and blood stained the corner of his mouth. His clothes were in tatters, and there were marks on his neck and ankles from iron chains.

His dark brown eyes, half-hidden in the shadows, held a chilling glint as they fixed on her, the woman who had just fallen from the sky, like a predator locking onto its prey.

Meeting that extremely dangerous gaze, Shen Yue’s breath hitched. A wave of contractions seized her lower abdomen, and her body began to release the unique, fragrant scent that females only emit during labor or mating heat.

As the man caught the scent, the cold glint in his eyes gradually softened. It was as if every pore in his body was being soothed by the fragrance wafting from this ”ugly” female. His heart began to pound uncontrollably, and a scorching heat spread through his limbs.

Shen Yue knew she was in extreme danger, like a lamb falling into a starving wolf’s den. In this world, a female in labor or in heat was a potent catalyst for male beastly lust, capable of driving any nearby male into a frenzy.

A frenzied male was driven by pure lust. He would brutally kill any newborn male cubs and then forcibly mate with the female.

This was why females were always heavily protected by their Beast Husbands and the city guard during labor. Yet here was Shen Yue, at this most critical moment, face-to-face with an adult male—and an exiled, desperate-looking fugitive at that.

’The danger level is two hundred percent!’

Cold sweat broke out on her forehead. Her ankle was injured from the fall, so she could only sit on the ground, shuffling her body backward inch by inch.

Only when she had backed into a corner with nowhere left to retreat did she realize his eyes were starting to transform, becoming more bestial. His tall, powerful frame slowly rose, casting a large shadow over her.

Shen Yue’s heart leaped into her throat. As the man approached her, step by step, she tightened her grip on the dagger.

’It’s over,’ she thought in despair. ’He’s going to rape a pregnant woman!’

”All of R Planet has a clear law: males are forbidden from ever harming females! If you force yourself on me now, aren’t you afraid of being punished by the Beast God?”

’I’m terrifyingly weak, and my baby is about to be born. I can’t even protect myself, so how am I supposed to protect my child?’

So, she could only gamble, hoping the man felt some reverence for the Beast God that the entire Beast World worshipped.

But it was clear her plea had little effect. The man paused for only a second before his transformation became even more pronounced.

His dark brown, beast-like eyes were locked on her. His muscles bulged, radiating a violent aura, and he released a potent, masculine scent of pheromones that was both dangerous and overwhelmingly stimulating to Shen Yue’s senses.

’Shit! This is the signal that he’s about to force himself on me!!’