Why Do All the Beasts Want Me?

Chapter 10

After interacting with the Little Polar Bear, Audiss lowered his head and continued to eat. His clean, efficient, and effortless manner made one feel completely secure.

All things considered, from hunting to eating, they had already been here for several hours.

A Male polar bear, also foraging, ambled over from a distance.

As mentioned before, they would try to avoid other polar bears on the road, but now the other party was approaching them, and Audiss could not abandon his food and leave before he was full.

As summer approached and the glaciers melted, polar bears were forced to retreat inland, gathering by the sea, concentrating in places where they could catch food, wandering and searching for food all day long.

This was a suitable spot for catching White Whales, so it was not surprising that other polar bears were attracted to it.

This Male polar bear poked his head around, observing the large and small figures eating on the shore; perhaps he didn't plan on making an effort.

Given Audiss's size and his unapproachable aura, it also made him full of hesitation.

Maybe it's better to work hard myself.

Qiao Qixi watched the other party with a bit of curiosity, his eyes wide open, like a child who wasn't eating properly.

This was his first time seeing a strange polar bear, and he only felt that this strange polar bear was not as tall as Audiss, nor was its fur as white as Audiss's.

Not to mention its body lines, Audiss was still more handsome and cute.

Audiss made a special sound; he learned this from Qiao Qixi, as the Little Polar Bear always made all sorts of strange sounds to communicate with him.

So sometimes, Audiss, who had surprisingly strong learning abilities, also used the Little Polar Bear's familiar tone to urge him to eat.

Seeing that Audiss didn't care about that polar bear at all, Qiao Qixi also shifted his gaze and was no longer curious.

Fortunately, that polar bear was very sensible; the other party seemed to have decided to hunt by himself and had dived into the sea to catch White Whales.

Qiao Qixi still hoped the other party would succeed in hunting, from the perspective of a polar bear.

Not long after, Audiss took him and left.

Before leaving, Qiao Qixi cleaned his little yellow bucket and then put it on his head.

The marine waste in the Arctic Ocean is relatively less than in other oceans, but Qiao Qixi, who often wandered by the shore, still occasionally saw it.

Some bottles and cans, or bikinis, oh, one time Audiss brought back a colorful little ball for him.

Perhaps it was because Audiss thought he would like these things.

Although Qiao Qixi was past the age of playing with small balls, he still felt very surprised to receive such a gift.

He didn't expect that Audiss, who was completely born and raised in the wild, would actually pick up toys for him.

Qiao Qixi thought this habit only existed in polar bears raised in a Zoo, after all, wild polar bears had no concept of toys.

Just surviving took up most of their energy.

Of course, for them, who were constantly on the move with no fixed abode, carrying toys on the road was impractical.

Qiao Qixi could only give up the little colorful ball, throwing it back into the water so that the garbage boats fishing for trash in the ocean could collect the floating garbage.

After eating his fill, Audiss took Qiao Qixi and headed north along the coastline.

The weather here warmed up a bit slower; the ice and snow hadn't completely melted, and large expanses of soft white snow still covered the ground, no different from winter, except that it no longer snowed.

Mother bears, who began breeding in early spring, brought out their two-month-old cubs for the first time to forage.

At this time, the Little Polar Bears were like little puppies, fluffy white and lively and cute.

They played and frolicked next to their mother, pouncing and biting each other, then stopping from time to time to look around, which shows that vigilance and keenness are the innate instincts of polar bears.

They have it from a young age.

And the mother bear had already detected the scent of a strange Male polar bear, which made her very wary and uneasy.

Until she saw that beside the adult Male polar bear, there was a cub that was clearly not yet an adult.

The large and small figures passed by nearby, looking very much like a mother with her child, so the mother bear's eyes were confused, and she was a little unclear about the situation.

What's going on?

Could it be a bug in her sense of smell?

When a mother bear with cubs encounters another mother bear, generally speaking, the possibility of conflict is very small.

For them, nothing is more important than their own safety and that of their cubs.

When the mother bear realized that the other party was also a bear with cubs, her vigilance suddenly dropped by more than half.

On this side, Qiao Qixi also saw the mother bear with cubs. This was his first time seeing a female Polar Bear, and her figure was indeed a bit more delicate than a Male polar bear.

Her face also looked delicate and pretty, without the rougher temperament of a Male polar bear.

No, Qiao Qixi suddenly realized, knock, knock, knock!

What's wrong, brother?

Has he been a polar bear for too long?

Now he even found a female Polar Bear to be delicate and pretty.

But soon, Qiao Qixi's attention was drawn to the two adorable Little Polar Bears.

So cute, so adorable.

If he himself was 90% new, then the Little Polar Bears, just two months old, were 100% new.

Their fur was pure white, as white as snow.

Hmm, but Qiao Qixi believed that if these two cubs spent a summer with their mother, if they were lucky, they would just be covered in dust; if they were unlucky...

The chances of survival were very small.

Sighing inwardly, Qiao Qixi shook his head, why think about those things?

He was now thinking, if he forcibly went over to pet the cub, would he be chased by the mother bear?

Definitely.

Even if he was also a child.

"Woo woo woo" Qiao Qixi followed Audiss, making strange sounds again, which made Audiss confused.

After all, other Little Polar Bears didn't have so many bad habits.

Perhaps Audiss thought Qiao Qixi was afraid of the nearby mother bear, so he let him walk in front, and made a low sound, full of comforting intent.

For a large Male polar bear, making such a low, gentle sound by pressing his vocal cords could be considered very tender and accommodating.

Qiao Qixi rubbed against Audiss, thinking wildly, if Audiss knew he wanted to go pet the mother bear's cub, would Audiss beat him up and then kick him out of this home?

No, Audiss was destined not to know about such complex and counter-instinctual things, but he would comfort the emotionally distraught cub.

Qiao Qixi, unable to speak the language, couldn't express that he was just feeling uncomfortable because he couldn't pet the cub.

However, this emotion came and went quickly; after all, the number of polar bears was quite small, one less was one less, so why take such a risk?

The thick snow and the rarely seen evergreen pine forest made Qiao Qixi very curious.

It looked like a winter Christmas tree; it would be even more similar if there were stars and gifts hanging on the tree.

One by one, dotted among the snow, it was a romantic and beautiful landscape for humans, and a natural sanctuary for animals.

No wonder there were mother bears with cubs digging dens to live here.

It was probably from early spring this year that the mother bear had dug a den for giving birth, and it wasn't until summer, when the cubs had grown up healthy and lively, that the mother bear brought her darlings out for the first time.

Audiss liked snow, and having filled their stomachs, they lay down on a patch of snow far from the mother bear.

It seemed he wanted to take a nap.

The cool weather, for Qiao Qixi, actually made it harder to feel sleepy.

He put down his little yellow bucket and explored around for a bit, though he didn't have the courage to go far.

There were wolves in the forest, and even with his weight, seven wolves combined couldn't carry him away, but he was still a little scared.

He heard that there were wild delicacies under snow-covered trees. Qiao Qixi, bored to tears, arched his big butt under a tree, digging away the snow with his bear paws, but found nothing.

Instead, he got his paws dirty.

Qiao Qixi cleaned his paws and ran back to Audiss. Suddenly, he sped up and pounced towards Audiss from afar.

Well, he hoped Audiss, who was napping, would get up and play with him 857, oh no, practice hunting skills.

Audiss didn't even lift his eyelids; he just directly extended a paw to gather the Little Polar Bear into his arms, suppressing him with his considerable large head.

At this moment, the other party's whole body was screaming: "Brat, go to sleep! If you make another sound, I'll hit you."

Qiao Qixi didn't want to sleep, but Audiss's embrace was too warm, completely different from the outside temperature.

This comfort and warmth made him hard to resist.

Just before falling into a dream, Qiao Qixi suddenly thought of a question: since Audiss was so afraid of heat, hugging him now should make him even hotter, right?

So why was he still hugging him to sleep?

Hmm, humans don't understand the heart of a bear.

Wait, can this be called 'same bed, different dreams'?

Qiao Qixi fell asleep before he could figure it out.

In the snow-covered coniferous forest, there really were wolves.

Sure enough, one or two wolf howls often came from afar.

Those were Arctic Wolves, a cold-resistant and resilient animal.

After enduring half a year of darkness, these few mammals that could live in this desolate land frequently came out to forage.

Unlike polar bears, they didn't have the ability to go up mountains and down into the sea, nor did they have life-threatening natural predators.

Arctic Wolves, who could only live on land, had harsher living conditions, as they were neither strong nor fast.

Qiao Qixi slept uneasily amidst a few wolf howls.

It sounded like a conflict was happening nearby.

He wanted to poke his head out and look, but Audiss surrounded him, seemingly trying to soothe him and make him continue to sleep.

But how could Qiao Qixi sleep? His boring bear life was too dull; it was rare for wolves to cause trouble, and he wanted to hear the excitement.

With a cub, no longer small, squirming in his arms, Audiss couldn't sleep peacefully either.

He lifted one eyelid, a unique skill of polar bears, guessing Qiao Qixi's thoughts.

Crazy!

This was a new awareness Audiss had recently developed because he met Qiao Qixi, a Little Polar Bear who didn't play by the rules, stimulating him to develop the habit of guessing.

Occasionally, Audiss could guess what Qiao Qixi wanted to do, but whether he would indulge Qiao Qixi depended on his mood; he wouldn't always comply.

For example, now, the wolf pack was hunting in the forest, making noises that disturbed the bear's peaceful sleep.

Other Little Polar Bears would cautiously hide, but the Little Polar Bear Audiss picked up was full of interest in the wolf pack.

Just like he liked to eat strange-tasting oysters.

Qiao Qixi:

No, it's not the same!

Audiss bit the cub's scruff and pulled him back, walking in the opposite direction.

Qiao Qixi: My little yellow!

He picked up his little yellow bucket, and Audiss caught up with him.

His nap disturbed, Audiss, who hadn't slept enough, exuded a subtle low pressure.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't like to eat wolves because they weren't tasty—little meat, a lot of trouble, and mediocre flavor, yes, he had eaten them—

The rather vindictive Audiss would probably have gone and taken down the Arctic Wolves making a ruckus in the forest.

Going to watch the excitement?

Qiao Qixi happily followed Audiss, excited and expectant.

Later, he found out that Audiss wasn't taking him to watch the excitement, but to hunt.

Damn it, Qiao Qixi thought, life in the Arctic is either about eating or on the way to eating.

Author's note: When summer comes, you'll say: Audiss, hungry, food.