The next day...
After the death of his father Yang became the new patriarch of the village, he was very hardworking and everyone in the village trusted the decisions he made. Yang had three more brothers but each one of them went in opposite directions, in search of his female for life. The only son remained by the old patriarch's side until he passed away. As time went by, a part of him felt the need to find his female, his ideal mate. Until he saw lalabel, his instincts were throbbing.
When he was a cub he watched and learned from his father how to make clothes for females, he improved a lot in his ability to make clothes, but he still felt he could not catch up with his father. -He sighed and came out of his thoughts. He took the furs and two dresses he had prepared a long time ago. Just as she was leaving, there was a knock on her door.
—Chief Yang, we have a problem with the crop field, come and see! -It was a gray wolf with no stripe. Every time he got rid of one problem, two more arrived.
When he finally finished solving all the problems, he observed the sun was already high in the sky, marking midday, he transformed into a beast and went running to his hut, sniffed himself and took a bath with a bucket of water that he had stored.
—"Remember son, this well first advice to court the most beautiful female, the males have a nice smell", —he looked for a medicinal herb that he had in his cabin and rubbed it on his body, - he sniffed himself and perceived the good smell of the herb.
—"Second tip, dress in different leathers than you normally wear, this will make her feel that she is special." - He looked for a black fur with white spots and soft to the touch. -I'm ready now!" he took the offerings and headed for lalabel's hut.
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Noir had woken up an hour after dawn, he approached to observe lalabel, she was sleeping soundly in the improvised bed made by furs.
Morning was advancing and the sun was reaching its path over the village when a male bear without stripes, with nervousness in his eyes, knocked on Lalabel's door. His eyes reflected a mixture of hope and anxiety as he held a small, neatly wrapped package. The young single woman opened the door curiously, but her expression quickly changed to a cutting coldness when she discovered the contents of the gift.
—I'm sorry, but I'm not interested in this,— "Lalabel said decisively, slamming the door shut. The male's face contracted in a dejected expression, and his shoulders hunched as he walked away from the hut, the rejected gift in his hands.
About twenty minutes later , a new knocking resounded at the door. It was a male wolf with a stingray, holding a basket of fruit in his hands, waiting with a hopeful smile. Lalabel, with an indifferent gesture, examined the gift but did not show the slightest interest. "Thank you, but I don't like this fruit," she said coldly before closing the door, leaving the male with a mixture of disappointment and resignation on his face.
So the hours passed, with several single males knocking on Lalabel's door and one after another being turned away. The waves of emotions ranged from hope to disappointment, and Lalabel's face remained unperturbed, showing a determination that would not bend to superficial courting gestures.
It was noon when the door rang again. Lalabel, tired of the constant knocking, pushed the door open. Standing before her was Yang
— "Ever since I came to the village I wanted to see him up close, but with so many eyes looking at me that day I didn't dare look at him in detail. But now that he is here in front of my door I can't miss this opportunity," -Hello Yang! come in.
—"lalabel is inviting me in, will she be aware of what it means to let in a male, a single female's house, I will check it out I need to explain to her if necessary." - Slightly flushed and his hands holding the furs tremble a little. He entered the hut and was surprised just a day after taking this hut, it was clean and the light filtering through the window gives it more harmony.
Lalabel quickly caught the smell of mint coming from Yang, —"this smell is one of my favorite smells", -what brings you here? -she took a seat on one of the logs that was used as a chair.
—Well, come here. .... here to stop - the words were coming out of his lips in a rush, he felt so nervous.
—Yang, can I ask you a few questions? Suddenly a system prompt appears in front of his eyes, look for information about this world. You will gain more understanding when it comes to survival.
—Yang stopped thinking about his proposition, and preferred to answer Lalabel's questions.
—How many males can a female have?
Mission in progress
Discover information about conjugal marks.
Discover information about males.
Discover information about Alpha and Beta females.
Reward: Mountaineering boots and perdernal.
—I would say the minimum would be four males, although if you go to larger beast cities the females can have up to ten males.
—"In this world the birth rate must be terribly low, as far as the female population is concerned."
—When female and male mate for the first time, do they have a special habit, after mating the female is marked?
—When they go to mate for the first time, the male prepares a ceremonial garment for the female to wear during mating. Yes, then somewhere on the female's body a dark trail mark appears. - "It is an honor for any male to have his female wear a mark near the heart." -He cleared his throat and continued to satisfy lalabel's curiosity.
—How would the hierarchy be among a female's male mates?
—Among the males of a female one of them takes the leadership, it can be the one who is the strongest, that is to say the one with the most stripes, here in the village it would be Noir and me. Or the first one who is his mate. — And through the mark we can locate you, know if you are well and even the alpha females or betas can use our strength and abilities.
—Are there wild males or rejected males?
—Yes, the wild males are cold-blooded beasts and almost no females like them, they live wandering from one place to another, looking for an opportunity to get a female alone or separated from their tribe or village. The rejected males, these can be for different reasons, either because they do not have enough stripes or they were injured in a fight to court a female. And finally there are the wandering males, these males lost their partner for life, and slowly begin to lose their emotions and move away from their tribe and make one last trip to the desert.
—What are the alpha females or betas?
—Well I will tell you the little information I know about them; alpha and beta females are the only ones that can transform just like the males in the form of a beast. The alphas are extremely beautiful but have a more possessive character, dominate and have heat twice a year. On the other hand, betas are very beautiful and intelligent, their personality is calmer, loving and they are jealous twice a year. It is very rare to find females of this type outside of a large beast city, and there would only be two or three of them. You should ask Orus, he was living a few years in one of the big beast cities.
— "This alpha and beta female thing is interesting, maybe it's related to my mission." Lalabel was beginning to have a better understanding of the beasts. -Thank you for taking the time to explain, she smiles kindly at him.
—"Lalabel is a very curious female, most of her questions are general knowledge among the beasts, I don't know how she has been raised in her tribe..." - He already stood up, genuflected, and between his hands offered her three skins, and a white dress. - Lalabel, I would like you to accept this wooing offering, and allow me to be by your side as one of your companions for life. -Yang, with all his courage, began his proposal of courtship.
—If you are worried about the matchmaking, I will wait for you until you feel ready. And if not let me at least be your guardian. — He had not yet turned to look at lalabel, he felt his emotions hanging by a thread. -She held her breath and turned to look at lalabel.
—"Kyaaaa! he proposed to me" —she blushed a lot and covered her face with both hands.
—"Yang, he is like a beautiful and sexy brunette, he reminds me of a character from the TV series that was a lifeguard", — she approached Yang, and he stood up, being face to face she took between her hands the beautiful and masculine face of this male. Lalabel looked him in the eyes - Yang I like you, although at the moment I don't love you, I know in time I will, I accept you as one of my males.
—She stood on her toes and placed a soft kiss on his cheek. —He was enchanted under the soft and subtle kiss of lalabel, for a few seconds a smile was on Yang's lips. At that moment her ears and tails appeared.
— Yang's heartbeat was like fireworks exploding in his chest, he lifted lalabel gently in his arms. -I promise to protect you, I will take care of the cubs as if they were my own.
—Lalabel seeing his ears and tail, deduced that Yang was feeling happy or very excited as now and his control to prevent them from appearing was getting out of control. —Yang, can I see your beast form? — I ask curious and excited at the same time.
Yang takes a few steps away from Lalabel to undress and transform into a big white wolf his soft and voluminous fur made him look very elegant and mystical at the same time."
— "Wow he is so stunning and beautiful, he reminds me of the white wolf from the anime studio movie" Lalabel reached over to caress his ears and the rest of his body, "kyaaa! I love it." -She hugged him tenderly and then gave him another kiss. Yang felt very satisfied, seeing that his future mate was already showing him affection, this wave of joy that shook his being. -Yang's tail was wagging rapidly.
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On the other hand Tarish was in his hut in beast form, Lying on his stomach, using his ears that moved as before to catch the sounds coming from the lalabel's hut he could listen to each of the courtship propositions of the different males that approached and felt much joy to hear how he rejected them all so far.
She was now watching for Yang and Lalabel's conversation, —"wow boss Yang is going to be courting Lalabel". —Yang and Noir are the strongest males in the village, after that it would be Orus and me.
After thinking about the alpha and beta females, "it is possible that last night's encounter with that female panther is one of those special females, I remember that when she sniffed her scent I found it irresistible. If I meet her again I will ask her.
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After a few minutes Yang transformed back into a man, he dressed again. -lalabel, I learned from the memories inherited from my father when he made clothes for my mother, but I kept practicing this skill waiting for my life partner - he handed her a beautiful dress made of white furs.
— "Yang refers to me as her life partner," she blushed slightly, took the dress in her arms and asked again, "can males only have one life partner?" she asked.
—Female and male when mating form a spiritual contract where their souls are intertwined to enter into equilibrium and the conjugal mark that appears on the female in the female's body.
—"All the information Yang has given is very similar, to what I have read in manhwa" I would like to use it, wait for me a moment I will go and try it. Lalabel entered her room and went to put on the dress. It was a white dress was very soft and delicate, carved to the body to be worn by a beautiful woman, with a V-cut on the chest with a kind of print in black color, "I love the dress is very comfortable", —she left the room to show herself.
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On the other side was returning Noir, carrying a wild boar and a leather bag with fruit in it. As he entered the house his sharp vision focused on the male inside the house.
—Yang, what are you doing here? -He was surprised. lalabel has accepted me to be by his side, in the future I will become one of his companions.
—Where is lalabel now? -He looked around and couldn't find her anywhere. -She went to try on the dress I have given her as a courtship offering.
A few minutes later she appears in front of them, both males were speechless, they were captivated and mesmerized by lalabel's beauty. — "I must become stronger to protect her".
—Hi Noir, how did it go in caseria? - Lalabel snapped her fingers and both males came to their senses.
Both males embraced her to impregnate her with their scent and at the same time receive the caresses, -lalabel you are the most beautiful of all.