obligatory love

Pani didn't check on Cheng Yuan's progress every day, and even when Cheng Yuan took the initiative to report to him, he just hurriedly listened to a few words of encouragement and left.Cheng Yuan knows that he is not very optimistic about this idea, but he is still very confident about it.From the grand sacrificial ceremony in the Mid-Autumn Festival, Cheng Yuan discovered that the people here have a particularly passionate pursuit of gods, which is a common feature of all uncivilized nations.He believed that as long as his works were sacred and majestic enough, the tribes would be willing to take them away.

When the first leaves bid farewell to the branches that have kissed the whole summer, autumn has come completely.

When Cheng Yuan was still in a daze in the morning, he was woken up by crackling noises outside.Shrinking his body and opening his eyes, Thorkel was looking down at himself.

"Did you sleep well?"

"Hmm..." Cheng Yuan rubbed his eyes, "I'm still a little... sleepy."

Thorkel liked his voice when he just woke up in the morning, it was so low and hoarse that it seemed to be covered with a layer of veil, reminding him of a little orc who was born soon and could not take shape.

"Then sleep again. It's raining today." Thorkel tucked him in the quilt, stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around him firmly, and clamped him into a white and soft sushi roll.

"En." Cheng Yuan answered with a nasal hum, but the cool air stirred his nerves, and he couldn't fall asleep.

"What time is it now?" Cheng Yuan poked his head and looked out the window. The sky outside had turned pea green, and it was so dark that he couldn't see the distance clearly.Bean-sized raindrops slapped on the window, blasting small splashes one by one.

"Well...it's not even noon yet."

"Noon?!" Cheng Yuan woke up completely with a jolt. "Have I slept for so long?" Is the biological clock, which is usually very accurate, out of power today?

"Not long." Thorkel stroked his hair and motioned him to lie down. "It's cloudy, you didn't wake up."

Cheng Yuan looked at the weather outside, then scanned the gloomy room, and lay back under the warm blanket with his neck curled up.That's right, in this kind of cold and gloomy weather, you should lie in a warm bed, preferably with a movie and a purring cat.

Movies are gone, but cats...

Cheng Yuan looked at Sokel beside him.

Well, there can be.

"Cold?" Sokel asked worriedly when he heard that Cheng Yuan wanted to transform himself into a tiger shape.Are little females so difficult to raise?It was the first autumn rain that he was already afraid of the cold, so when the coldest winter came, would he survive it?

"Tigers are easier to hug." Cheng Yuan said frankly. After speaking, he looked up at Sokel, his misty eyes were still full of physiological tears from yawning.

Sokel obediently turned into a tiger shape, carefully wrapped the female lying on her side with her thick paws, and swept her tail outside the quilt a few times, then retracted secretly and put it carefully on Cheng Yuan's buttocks.

Cheng Yuan, who has no pajamas, finally chooses to sleep naked with only a pair of underpants under the strong physical protest of years of high-quality sleep habits.

Cheng Yuan reached back with one hand and grabbed the fluffy restless tail.The tiger immediately let out a mournful whine from its throat, and the face of the king of beasts, which was supposed to be majestic and terrifying, looked pitiful at this moment, with a pair of dark eyes that were even a little silly.

"Be good." Cheng Yuan warned the tiger's wet nose, his fingers were immediately wrapped in a soft and rough thing, and he licked it up and down as if flattering him.

"You're making me get up again." Cheng Yuan straightened his face, and Suo Keer immediately withdrew his tongue, making a sound like boiling water from his throat.

"Will it rain for a long time?" The clouds outside completely covered the sky, and the boundary could not be seen at a glance.The bad weather made Cheng Yuan very insecure, so he just leaned against the tiger's cotton-like white belly, feeling the warmth and softness of the abdomen, as if this would give him some peace of mind.

"It's going to be all day." Thorkel patted him on the back reassuringly, which was a bit clumsy and ridiculous for a huge tiger to do. "It's okay, I've already prepared the food." This is the expected heavy rain, and they will be fine.

"I'm fine." Cheng Yuan buried his face in the down of Sokel's neck and shook his head. "I'm just a little worried about the food." The tribesmen here are used to drying the crops in the sun first to prevent mold and deterioration. Will such a heavy rain destroy the products of hard work?

"Don't worry." Thorkel swept his bare back with his tail, "Everyone has been prepared." Animals are always sensitive to changes in the weather, even the evolved orcs have not lost this instinct. Before the storm arrived last night, Pani had already organized people to pack up.

"Well, I believe the Tiger Clan is a powerful race." Cheng Yuan murmured.

"Speaking of which, isn't the trading month in the next few days very lively?"

"Yes." Sokel circled the person in his arms a little tighter so that he would not be disturbed by the cool wind. "There will be many races of orcs coming to our tribe, because we are a powerful tribe." Only a strong tribe will attract traders, and a weak tribe will only be eaten away by those who come.

"Then will there be orcs with wings?" Cheng Yuan has only seen all kinds of orcs, but he has never seen a bird.

"Wings?" Sokel thought for a while, "You mean the Wing Clan?" Could this little female be from the Wing Clan?

"It's called the Yi Clan..." Cheng Yuan tilted his head, "Are all orcs with wings called the Wing Clan?"

"No." Soker shook his orange tiger head, "Eagle, Crane, Peacock and other races are collectively called the Wings because of their small number of people."

"Do they live in a poor environment? Otherwise, why are there few people in the clan?"

Thorkel was silent for a moment, licking his cheek. "That's right."

Suddenly a white light flashed outside the window, and a few seconds later, a rumbling sound exploded in the sky, from far to near, like the roar of a giant dragon from the abyss.Cheng Yuan was caught off guard by the thunder, and his eyes widened to the outside.The rain curtain outside the house is like a curtain, and the silver threads are intertwined to obscure everything in the distance.Suo Keer thought that Cheng Yuan was frightened, so he quickly hugged him in his arms again, "Don't be afraid."

"I'm not afraid." Cheng Yuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.He is not a little girl, how could he be afraid of thunder.

The two of them muttered together under the covers for a long time, and Sokel suddenly shook his ears, "Shhh—"

"Huh?" Cheng Yuan was baffled by him.

"Someone is coming." Sokel turned over and got off the bed.

Cheng Yuan immediately got up and put on his clothes, only to hear someone shouting Suo Keer's name outside the house after listening carefully.

Sokel opened the door suddenly, and the wind howling with the rain broke into the house, and Ling Rou who looked flustered came along with him.

"Sockel! Teacher! What to do, I, my beast father is gone!"

Cheng Yuan's heart tightened when he heard the words, and hurriedly led him to the inner room to sit down, "Don't worry, just speak slowly."

Ling Rou, ignoring the rain all over her face, gasped and said, "For some reason, the beast father hurried out of the house early this morning, saying that he wanted to go hunting before it rained, and my mother and father stopped me. Can’t stop. As a result, he has never been so scared since he was a child. He waited and waited until now and has not come back. I am worried that something will happen to him. Teacher, Sokel, please help me, what to do, what to do!”

He pretended to be calm at home to appease his bewildered parents, and ran over in the heavy rain, losing one of his shoes.Ling Rou clutched Cheng Yuan's hand, her eyes were covered with mist, and her face was so pale that she lost all appearance.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." Cheng Yuan hugged Lingrou and patted his back one after another. "I asked Sokel and the others to go out to find someone, and they will definitely find your beast father." Cheng Yuan turned his head to look at Sokel, but saw that Sokel had turned into a tiger and was about to run out.

"Sockel!" Cheng Yuan called to stop him.How could it be so reckless to run out in such a heavy rain.

"It's okay," Sokel said back, "I know where he is." After speaking, he rushed out of the room and disappeared into the rain in an instant.

Cheng Yuan knew that although Suo Keer was still young, he had lived for a long time and understood the seriousness of the matter, and never tried to be brave, so he could only suppress the anxiety in his heart, pretending that nothing happened, and found a dry handkerchief for Ling Rou, " Well, don't worry, Thorkel will definitely bring your beast father back."

Ling Rou's eyes were distracted, she wiped her face with a handkerchief twice, swallowed, "Well, I believe you."

Cheng Yuan really wanted to follow, no matter how bad he was, he wanted to go to a few orcs Suo Keer knew well to help, but he couldn't leave Ling Rou here alone, so he had to stay with him.

The torrential rain gradually seemed to subside a little, and Ling Rou hurriedly said that she wanted to go home, worrying that his mother and father would be uneasy at home alone.Cheng Yuan pulled the coir raincoat hanging on the wall and put it on the two of them, "Let's go, I'll see you off."

On the way back, Ling Rou kept glancing at the gate of the tribe. Cheng Yuan saw it, and felt as if someone had put a drum in his heart, which was beating loudly.

"It's them! They're back!" Ling Rou's eyes lit up suddenly, and she shouted towards the other side of the road, "Father Beast! Father Beast!"

Regardless of the pouring rain, the two strode over, only to see an unconscious man on Sokel's back, who was Lingrou's beast father.

"Father of the Beast! Father of the Beast, wake up!" Ling Roudong knelt on the ground, unaware that his pants were soaked in mud and water.

"Go to the witch doctor first." Sokel left a sentence and quickly ran to the witch doctor's residence.

This was the first time Cheng Yuan saw the witch doctor in a waking state, but he still wore a black veil today, making it difficult to see his face clearly.

The witch doctor didn't burn the paper or dance to the gods. He just gave people a rough test like the modern inspection methods. Wen looked at the pupils and the like, and then made it out of rows of small boxes. The little black pill came out and handed it to Lingrou, "Give it to your beast father. The rest depends on how he recovers."

"Yes." Lingrou took the medicine bowl and was about to fetch water for her father, when the witch doctor stopped and left as if remembering something.

"The fruit in his hand, grab it and soak it in cold vinegar."

"Fruit?"

It was only then that the two noticed that Ling Rou's hands were tightly clenched.

It took a lot of effort for Ling Rou to break open the beast father's fingers and take out the fruit.

It was a fruit as bright red as blood, and half of it had already started to darken, as if it was about to deteriorate.Lingrou has never seen this kind of thing before, and she doesn't know what it is. She just thinks that the thing brought back by the beast father after taking such a big risk must be very important, so she got up to find Leng Jiu.

Thorkel had changed his shirt and walked in while drying his hair.

A mug was placed on the table with a muffled sound.

"Thank you." Ling Rou froze for a moment before putting the fruit into the bowl.

Taking advantage of the rain to stop, Soker sent Ling Rou's father back home. His mother and father had been waiting anxiously, and when they saw the unconscious man, they immediately froze in place.

Lied again to comfort her mother and father, Lingrou turned around to send the two of them off.

"Take good care of your father at this house, so you don't have to send us off."

"Okay." Cheng Yuan took him very well, and Ling Rou was not polite, waving goodbye to the two at the door.

On the way home, Cheng Yuan hesitated for a long time before asking, "Do you know that fruit?"

Sokel responded, but there was no further comment.

Cheng Yuan didn't dare to ask, but his chest was congested like it was soaked in water.

Just now at the witch doctor's place, he saw with his own eyes that the witch doctor found a kerchief for Sokel to get hot water, and before leaving, he stuffed a packet of powder in his hand, asking him to go back and wash it with hot water to dispel the cold.

and……

Cheng Yuan bit his lower lip.

Lingrou has never seen that fruit before, why Suo Keer is so clear, and even guessed where Lingrou's beast father went.

"My parents told me." Just when Cheng Yuan thought that Sokel would not answer him, Sokel opened his mouth.

"...I'm sorry." Cheng Yuan murmured an apology.

"That kind of fruit has no name, or he didn't tell me. He brought the fruit back one day and ate it in front of my beast father. My beast father's expression at that time was very angry and sad. Later I just found out that it is a kind of fruit that can abort or even sterilize.”

Cheng Yuan opened his mouth, wanting Sokel to stop talking.His face was expressionless as usual, but his eyes were cold and distant.

"That kind of fruit is rare, and it's the second time I've seen it. It will only bear fruit during heavy rain, and it will rot when the rain stops. Lingrou's beast father probably didn't want Lingrou to be restrained because of pregnancy, so I went to pick the fruit."

"Then, then why are you so sure..."

"He, my parents said. He would rather die free than live despicably."

"Your mother and father are very brave and great people."

"I don't know." Sokel stopped, looked down at Cheng Yuan, his eyes were as black as ink, with misty confusion, "I don't know what he is talking about. I don't understand."

He couldn't understand why his mother and father thought it was a shame to give birth to him, and he couldn't understand why his mother and father left him alone, let alone why his mother and father hated the beast father so much.

In his vague memory, the last sound left by his parents is the figure that disappeared in the rainy night.

Heavy rain like today.

"Go home." Sokel held Cheng Yuan's cold hand, "It's going to rain again."

The author has something to say: I finally wrote something with a lot of words.

Well, my favorite man finally showed his face!

Well, I didn't actually show my face.But it's a line.

Regarding Sokel's two fathers, I will write a special story... right?If it is not written in the text.

It’s been so long, I’m going to have to think about it next! (if I get out ==) You all like to see some orcs wow, I can try to add it.

And everyone likes Simon, the fox brother from before.Anyway, I kind of like him...