"Hi…?" a very small voice came to the cart.
Everyone is shocked to hear a young female voice that came from the cart. Females are supposed to be safe and protected in the tribe. Why would a female be in the cart? In the middle of the forest? Everyone is occupied by their own thoughts.
"You…." Then the tiger beastman looked at Wou, "What happened? Why didn't you check the cart first before bringing it here?"
The traders turned all serious. Some even thought that this tiger beastmen took a female from another tribe. Even Shun Su thought of the possibility that the Rabbit beastmen might be asking for all that information they spoke about so that they could snatch another tribe's female.
But everyone let go of their worries when they heard the female called the tiger beastman, "Don't be mad Dad. Brother Wou is not at fault," her voice is full of coquettishness. She went directly to her Dad's arms.
Most of them only saw her white long hair and long flowy dress that even her feet and hands are hidden by her white clothes.
Yet his Dad did not back down. "Yes he is at fault and you are too. You shouldn't be here. And that smell on you. Don't touch those herbs again. Stop struggling, Lily." The tiger beastman wanted to hide his daughter from the fox beastmen but he couldn't really put his arms so tight, afraid that his daughter would be squeezed to death.
The female struggled out of his Dad's arms and wanted to peek at the beastmen around them. The tiger beastmen can only sighed in frustration. "No." She finally stopped struggling.
Before the tiger beastman got angry, Wou immediately stepped up and said, "I'll bring her back." He reached out of his hands to take her, but she immediately ran to her Dad's back to hide from him. But this action exposed her from every beastmen behind his Dad.
They all looked at a small female. Her height and the way her voice sounded, made them think that she might be 5-7 whole season old. Her rabbit ears are a bit small and her cute white ball of tail is twitching. The hair goes down to her butt. It's really straight and silky. Her clothes are white and long, touching the floor making it a little bit dirty, and have very long sleeves. It's as if she wore her Mom's clothes.
"No! I want to be with Dad. I…." She stopped. Wou have been giving her a signal. That she couldn't understand. However, based on how panicked he was and suddenly defeated, she whispered, "Am I in trouble?"
"If this is not a trading situation. You are. Don't repeat this anymore," Her Dad turned around to face her.
All her energy feels low and depleted, "Yes Dad." She knows that when they go back, dad will tell it to her mom and her mom will let her sit the whole day studying something she doesn't and never would understand.
She heard his dad sighed and he pulled her beside him, making her face all the beastmen she never would have imagined to ever see. Her bright blue eyes went big and slowly went at the back of her Dad. She hid her body and only peeked a little. She held her dad's clothes tight.
"My name is Xiong Wei, their leader. This is our little female, Xiong Fei. I wonder if you can order them to stop aiming at us. It's a bit dangerous, if an accident happens. We don't want our little female to get injured or feel stressed," his tone of voice was much more serious.
He nodded and made them lower their bow. Everyone is still cautious not letting their guard down in one bit. As some bad beastmen use females to lower their guard before killing them and looting. Still it decreases the tension that they have from the start.
"I'm not little anymore…" Xiong Fei muttered and hid when she saw the fox beastmen's ears twitched. She knew that they heard her, making her feel embarrassed.
"Yes.. yes.." His Dad just nodded at her, not really agreeing deep down as he guided her towards Wou.
Xiong Fei pouted, "It's true! I'm fourteen whole season old and I'll have my first mate soon." she then pointed at Wuo.
"So you know."
"That's right!" Then she looks at Wou asking for support. He smiled at her helplessly. Wou is the chosen mate for her. He will be her first mate. Xiong Fei is a sweetheart. She doesn't really go into more trouble than any other females. She just likes sleeping a lot and eating. It might also be the reason why she got into the cart.
"You knew yet you still went out and didn't stay at our base." Xiong Wei looks at Wou. "Hold her and don't let her around." Wou nodded.
They all heard her and were quite shocked that this female in front of them is actually very old. Fourteen already yet it will be her first time getting a mate. This is shocking to them who usually have their females get their mate at eight due to their first heat. Now they want to know if Rabbits have ever had a heat pace just like every female they know. They only get it off their mind when Xiong Wei went toward them and left Wou and Xiong Fei with their other beastmen to guard her..
She wobbled and hugged his waist, "But I don't know what to do…. There is nothing to do at our cart. I just… I just went to sleep outside. I didn't know it's the cart we wanted to trade with."
He smoothed her hair and coaxed her. "Having nothing to do is the best for females."
She pouted, "Female… Again and again… Why am I female?"
In a gentle voice he caresses her face. "Because you are blessed. And if you aren't female then… How about me? Do you want me to be sad?"
"....No." She snuggled into his arms.