Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off

Chapter 23: Chapter 23: Who Dares Say the Original Owner Isn’t Badass, She’ll Be the First to Fight!

Dabao was also a bit scared, and he shrank into Shen Yue’s arms.

”Female mother, Dabao is scared too.”

It suddenly dawned on Shen Yue.

As a mother, she had to get a grip on herself. She couldn’t favor one child over another just because of their species. Most importantly, she couldn’t let Dabao and Er Bao see that she was afraid of Sanbao too.

Otherwise, Sanbao would be isolated by his brothers.

She took a deep breath and hurriedly tried to soothe the two little ones.

”Dabao, Er Bao, don’t be afraid. He’s your third brother, Sanbao.”

Er Bao said tearfully, ”He’s not! He looks terrifying! So scary! Er Bao is scared...”

The light in the Little Flood Dragon’s eyes seemed to dim.

Shen Yue immediately corrected him.

”Er Bao, you can’t talk about your third brother that way. Sanbao is a Little Flood Dragon. And you two, one is a Golden Lion, and the other is a Black Panther. That’s why the three of you look different and are unique. But female mother told you, even though you all look different, Sanbao is female mother’s baby, just like you.”

As the Little Flood Dragon listened, his once-dazed, dark red eyes seemed to brighten.

When Er Bao heard this, he seemed to understand. He quieted down and stopped crying, though he still looked at the Little Flood Dragon with an aggrieved expression.

Dabao, who was still in her arms, mustered his courage and climbed down.

As the eldest brother, Dabao seemed naturally sensible and responsible.

He stood before the Little Flood Dragon and said in his high, piping voice:

”Female mother, Dabao remembers what you said. Sanbao is my little brother too, and I’ll protect him from now on!”

Er Bao’s shell-shaped ears drooped. Seeing that even Dabao had said so, he also walked over to Sanbao and said in a tiny voice:

”Female mother, Er Bao understands now. I was just a little scared... I won’t say it again. Sanbao... Sanbao is my little brother too...”

Shen Yue patted Dabao’s and Er Bao’s heads, then looked at the Little Flood Dragon and held out her hands comfortingly.

”Come here, Sanbao. Let female mother hold you.”

The Little Flood Dragon stared for a moment before taking a few steps closer. His body was much colder than Dabao’s and Er Bao’s.

The moment Shen Yue touched him, she couldn’t help but shiver. ’Is this why the Flood Dragon Clan’s bloodline is so thin?’

’Is the child’s body naturally this cold?’

Holding him was like holding a block of ice.

A pang of sorrow shot through her heart. ’This is my child too. With a body this cold, I wonder if he feels it.’

At that thought, she hugged him a little tighter.

”Sanbao, are you cold?”

The Little Flood Dragon remained motionless in her arms. He wasn’t at all like Dabao and Er Bao, who had snuggled affectionately against her right after birth. Instead, he simply allowed her to hold him, as still and silent as a doll made of ice.

”No.”

Just one word.

Shen Yue’s heart ached even more. ’Is he even a child?’

Just then, as she held Sanbao, she failed to notice another eggshell rapidly cracking open.

In the blink of an eye, a pair of small, pointed, fluffy red ears popped out. A moment later, a little wolf cub, blood-red from head to tail, climbed out of the shell.

Dabao’s and Er Bao’s eyes widened.

”Female mother, look! It’s Si Bao!”

Shen Yue immediately looked over.

The little wolf cub that had just climbed out of its shell was covered in soft, short fur.

Its fiery red fur made it look like a burning ball of fire. It had dark golden eyes that looked noble and beautiful, with a hint of wild arrogance.

The little one tilted its head to look at Shen Yue, studying her skeptically for a few seconds before speaking in a high, cute voice:

”You’re my female mother?”

He sniffed the air, then added to himself with utter conviction:

”Yep. You’re my female mother.”

Shen Yue: ”...”

’A Blood Wolf??’

’This species... this is the supreme ruler of the Wolf Clan...’

She clutched Sanbao in her arms and looked at the Little Blood Wolf.

”Si Bao...”

The Little Blood Wolf eyed the Little Flood Dragon in her arms, displeased.

”I want to be held too. Female mother, hold me.”

But the Little Flood Dragon in her arms immediately narrowed his slit pupils, glaring coldly at the Little Blood Wolf on the floor.

”No.”

The Little Blood Wolf’s gaze hardened. ”Hold me instead.”

Little Flood Dragon: ”No.”

Shen Yue: ”...”

Dabao and Er Bao stood off to the side, looking aggrieved as they glanced from one to the other.

They weren’t used to suddenly having two fierce little brothers.

Shen Yue was miserable.

’Why are they four different species?’

She forced herself to calm down.

All the excitement and thrill she’d felt when Dabao hatched was gone.

Her voice, once excited, was now trembling slightly.

”Um, it’s okay, Si Bao. Female mother can hold one in each arm.”

As she spoke, she shifted the Little Flood Dragon to one arm and was about to crouch down to pick up the Little Blood Wolf...

But then—

The other two eggs also made cracking sounds.

She froze and immediately looked over.

Her heart was pounding...

’Please, please, don’t let it be another species.’

’Give me two Little Golden Lions, or Little Black Panthers... even another Little Blood Wolf would be fine!’

She prayed inwardly.

But instead, two fluffy little white creatures burst out of the eggshells at the same time.

Seeing the Little White Fox and Little White Tiger that had jumped out simultaneously...

Shen Yue was completely stunned!

’It’s over!!’

’Seven eggs in one clutch, and six of them are different species.’

Her jaw dropped, and she was unable to utter a single word, not even managing to call out ”Wubao” and ”Liu Bao.”

The two little guys, however, couldn’t be bothered with her.

Because they had started fighting the moment they were out of their shells.

The Little White Tiger opened his round, amber eyes, which were naturally lined in black. He looked imperiously at the Little White Fox beside him.

”I came out first! I’m the older brother! You have to call me ’Big Brother’!”

Though the Little White Fox was smaller, his presence was no less imposing.

His snow-white fur was so beautiful it seemed to glow, and his dark cyan eyes held a profound depth.

”It was me! I clearly jumped out of the shell first. You’re the one who should call me ’Big Brother’!”

The Little White Tiger refused to yield. ”It was me. I’m Wubao.”

”That’s wrong! I’m Wubao! You’re Liu Bao!”

”I am.”

”No, I am!”

Clearly, the little ones could hear everything that was happening outside even from inside their eggs.

How else would they know Shen Yue was going to name them ”Something-bao”?

The two little ones stretched out their tiny claws and swiped at each other, pulling out tufts of fluff. Neither would back down, baring their adorably fierce little fangs and hissing at one another.

After a few rounds of squabbling with no winner, the Little White Tiger and Little White Fox immediately turned to Dabao and Er Bao.

”Dabao! Er Bao! You tell us, who came out first?”

”Yeah, you tell us! Who came out first? Who’s the big brother?”

Dabao and Er Bao were completely dumbfounded.

The two of them looked back and forth. They couldn’t say, either—they hadn’t gotten a clear look at who came out first.

Besides, these two new little brothers were so fierce, starting a fight the moment they hatched.

Dabao and Er Bao then turned to Shen Yue with a desperate plea for help in their eyes.

But Shen Yue herself was still lost in the indescribable shock of her sudden motherhood.

’My mind is blown!’

’Seriously, my mind is just... blown!’

’I’d originally thought the previous owner of this body had slept with more than one man that day in Beastification City, but three at the most, right?’

’But now it’s clear the original host was a total badass.’

’She slept with six different men at once!’

’Six!!’

’And got pregnant by all six of them at the same time.’

’From this day forward, I, Shen Yue, swear that the person I admire most in this world is none other than the original host.’

’If anyone dares to say the original host wasn’t a badass, I’ll be the first to fight them!’

As she thought this, her gaze drifted unconsciously to the last egg. ’If that last egg hatches and another species comes out, that would mean she slept with seven men at once!’

’Incredible.’

Staring at the six different little cubs on the floor, the scene so utterly mind-blowing, Shen Yue still couldn’t conceal her admiration for the original host!

And so, after her expression cycled through repeated waves of shock and bewilderment, she finally let out a shriek like a startled groundhog:

”AHHHH!!”