Hu'er soon calmed down when no one answered her call. She closes her eyes and listens intently to her surroundings. No noise can be heard except for her breathing. When she confirmed that there is no one except for herself. Her face turned nonchalant.
She's very different as if Hu'er is another person. Her aura becomes more and more mature and seductive. This is her, she is the Huli Jing who has gone through so much suffering that made her who she is.
Then, she remembered something. There are more than ten times that she felt someone was watching her, watching them. She then thought about that Beast God.
Her heart sped up and her face went pale. She's looking around, trying to feel if someone is watching her. She's not from the beastmen world and that Beast God might know about it. This is the reason why she has been acting so spoiled like how a female should be.
She calmed herself down and acted tough, "You caught me. How about coming out?" After a while, it's still quiet. Hu'er pressed her lips annoyed. "This isn't funny." She looked around and nothing came out. She pouted. No one answered her. No one is watching her. "I haven't been caught?" There is happiness in her eyes.
Her hands clasp together, and her eyes scan the surroundings, "Not dreaming. Definitely, not my old life memory either." She took a step. "This place is real. No one can capture me at home with several beastmen surrounding my house… This place should be another… place. Just like how I got into the book," she muttered as she walked towards the wall.
Some things on her mind made her worry. One, if she got caught, living will be uncertain. If it's another world then, did she die in Beastmen's world? If not, will she be able to come back? Her instincts are always good, so she trusted them. "There's no one here. No prying eyes. Nothing to be afraid of." It also means her first worry is not what it is making her feel relieved.
She went towards the lectern. The lectern is wooden and looks very well made. One lectern has different small animals and lines engraved on it. The other one has nature on it, mountains, sea, trees and more.
Her nose twitched and looks at the white liquid flowing down the lines. The wall has those spiral lines and all of them met on the floor in the middle then it was split into two, one going to the vine book's lectern and the other to the book that doesn't have vines.
The more she came closer the more she could smell it. The smell came from the white liquid. Her eyebrow raised, "Males… Juice…?"
She shook her head before looking away and putting her attention to the book on the lectern.
The book is surrounded and locked up by the vines. She touched it and felt the vine was quite thick and strong, trying to forcefully open it wouldn't work so she didn't try it anymore. Her eyes glanced at the other book and went toward it.
"Mates," Hu'er read the title of the book as she caressed it. She opened it and saw one painting of a gem.
She looked at the text and muttered, "Let beastmen fall under your skirt. Use your ability to uncover the secret of history. Ability: Seduce beastmen into mating with you."
Her eyes held confusion. "What does that mean?" Hu'er rolled her eyes. For her this thing is useless. She can let anyone under her skirt if she wants to. But the world is too mysterious to her. Hu'er didn't want to step into anyone's trap. She's also afraid that someone higher, like the Beast God, caught their eyes on her and executed her for being in the Beastworld when she is from somewhere else.
Nevertheless, another thing that confuses her is about uncovering the secret of history. Why does she need to do that? For why and what? Can't she just live her life?
Looking at the white liquid, she now knew what it was and who it came from, "Jiu Lin's…. Why is it here? Am I in my belly? That's so weird." Again she shook her head to take all those scary thoughts away.
She stared at the book and started to tap on the painting of the gem, trying to remember where she had seen it. Yes, it is pretty familiar to her but I couldn't remember where she had seen it.
Hu'er shook her head when she could think of anything that connected to the gem. Her focus came back and turned to the next page. Another stone picture is on the next page with its text. "Space to stock up, fresh food remains fresh. Use your ability to make your life easier. Ability: A space to stock food, and only food."
Her eyes look around, "Is this the space?" Not knowing if it is, she just went to the next page and saw a painting of Jiu Lin.
Her expression turned serious. She was reading it, and her voice went slower and slower, "First mate, Jiu Lin. The oldest brother of the owner. His lover is Hu'er the owner. The most sensitive part is his tail and ears. Fetish, seeing Hu'er flustered under him."
She smacked her lips, "I knew it." Her eyes shined full of schemes. She turned the next page yet it was all blank. Nothing was on it.
After looking at page after page, she closed the book. "This book should be connected to me. It called me 'the owner'."
Her eyes looked toward the wall and her feet brought her there. The two stone gems that are on the wall look pretty familiar to her.
Her eyes never left those gems. She was in a daze for some time. Her mouth opened and shockingly said, "Right… It's stone! The one that I ate!"
Hu'er was about to touch it when the white liquid was draining so fast, everything went black.