Chapter 20

" Just the vicinity of the southern part of the forest right? Just let them , it's not that they are going to occupy the whole forest . " Xinn waved his hand nonchalantly .

He kissed his lover's cheeks to pacify him and said.  " Let them , if you really want to drive them away.  Wait until they did something outrageous.  "

Alonzo was immediately pacified by his female and nodded reluctantly . He talked to the blonde for a while and agreed that they wouldn't step foot passed through the middle part .

Alex then asked if it's fine for them to use the creek if they wanted to wash up . This time , Xinn was already crouching beside the bank shampooing his head , he didn't get to hear their voice but it seems that Alonzo wanted to disagree unto something. 

Alex patiently explained to the former loner man that there are a lot of females in their tribe that needs the water in the creek . If they don't drink and take a bath , they would get sick. 

When the topic comes about females , Alonzo turned calm then considered it for a while before reluctantly agreeing . He's not a bad snake , he is just territorial. 

No one has ever dared to come into this forest knowing the notoriety of his tyranny in ruling the forest except that Timothy who lost himself in the forest. Alonzo is not used to socializing with people as he had always been alone most of his life.  All he did during the past few years was to eat , hybernate , predate , observe some nearby tribes , swim , fishing , eat , venturing in the forest , basking under the sun and etc. 

Ever since he met Xinn , that was the moment that his daily life has change to a very big degree . He's been living in this forest for a while 4 years and he couldn't decide as to let these strangers to take refugee in his territory .

Xinn wrapped his head with a towel then wore his slippers before hugging Alonzo from behind.  " Baby , is your business already finish?"

Alonzo immediately blushed why he was talking seriously with Alex.  Alex stared at the beautiful female who's being clingy to the snake Beastmen , Alex felt sour from jealousy . He wished he could also own a bold female like this one .

Alex also observed how energetic and healthy looking the female is . Looking from the way the snake beastman wore clothes , it seems that they've been living in the forest leisurely .

Xinn curiously looked at the blonde haired man.  " Hey boy , how large Is your tribe? "

Alonzo translated it to Alex. 

" As for now , we only have around 102 Beastmen and 40 females . Most of which are old orcs and old females as the majority of the young Beastmen has died during our migration . "

" We formerly had a total population of almost 5 hundred people in our tribe , but because of the consecutive migrations for some environmental reasons , our tribe has already started to decline . "

Hearing Alonzo's translation , Xinn couldn't help arcing up his brows . He didn't expect for their life to be so harsh.  His base were also like that , they constantly change territory whenever a zombie tide and natural disaster occur . They would frantically search in the map which place has the big probability of having a military ruled base they could take refugee with.  They originally have the head count of almost ten thousand in their base but not everyone could last in a dangerous world . When everyone tried to awaken their abilities , the majority of them died from failure. 

At the same time , hunger is also a factor for them to die. 

He could sympathize with these Beastmen , remembering the hardships he went through in order to survive until post apocalypse . He gave Alex an ' I fee u ' eye expression then stared at Alonzo to let them.

Alonzo reluctantly agreed to let them use the creek but he was more determined to safeguard Xinn and never let them steal his female away from him. He has just been with his female for only a week , and although their relationship seems to be strong and loving . He couldn't afford to let a third party join them and destroy their peaceful love life .

Xinn constantly pacified his lover back to the cave . Alonzo still wore a serious expression.  Xinn on the other hand gave Alonzo another fruit salad . Only then did Alonzo calm down them wolf the fruit salad until he felt his mind turning calm .

Although he prefer meat over fruits , and he needs the nutrition within his preys' bodies , at least he's still drinking milk from the fruit salad to balance his nutritional needs. 

What snakes need is calcium , and the fruit salad has that . He gulped a lot of cold sweet milk then chewed on an apple cube . As time passed by whenever he ate fruit salad , he felt like his taste buds gradually change , weighing more to that of human like. 

" Hey baby , what do their tribe's females look like? "

Alonzo snorted them put down the ceramic bowl to the coffee desk as he crossed his arms . " They are just like the females you saw in Timothy's tribe. "

" But with the breeding of Beastmen , females would get some of their father's genes making them look similar to what their father's animal species is.  "

" Red Fox Females has both parents from a red fox Beastmen , making them look more sharp eyed and slender bodied . "

" Those small cats' females probably have wide eyes with nocturnal eyeshape, powerful legs ,and slender bodies since their fathers are four legged beasts . "

Xinn suddenly thought of something.  " Then , if I gave birth to a female ... Would he look more like you? Since you're his father? "

Regarding the topic of their future children , Alonzo immediately blushed and smiled foolishly.  He covered his twitching mouth and narrowed his golden slit eyes as he agreed with his hoarse voice .

" Naturally , the female you would give birth to will probably inherit some of my snake feature . Such as my golden slit eyes . "

" Huh? Females could also inherit some tiny beast genes from their father? "

Alonzo nodded , " they would inherit some innate abilities their fathers have , especially nocturnal eyes , or enhanced hearing , if their father is a type of an underwater species , they will probably be able to hold their breathe under the water for a very long time . And if their father is a type of animal similar to that of tigers or lions , then they would probably be able to inherit agile legs and fast speed.  "

" Is there a case where a female gave birth to a half female , half beast? "

Alonzo immediately shook his head.  " From my inherited memory , there is no such precedents that happened in history because it is almost impossible for half female half beastmen to survive.  "

" It is a clash between genders , if that ever happens ... "

Xinn suddenly realized something.  " Then he will be considered an intersex . "

Alonzo arc up his brows in confusion.  " What's intersex.  "

" That means a person which is born naturally with two different genetalias which does not fit the boxes of being a girl or a boy . Generally , doctors in our world had to perform surgeries in them to let the intersex person to grow in a singular path . "

" No wonder , it was so rare , but it probably exist.  " Xinn said .

Alonzo nodded after pondering over his words which he almost could not understand.  " Probably.  "

Xinn went back to eating fruit salad which is already considered their afternoon snacks .

" Hey ... Baby , what gender do you want me to give birth to? Female or Beastmen? "

Alonzo thought then shook his head.  " Anything , as long as they are my children.  "

Xinn immediately hit the back of Alonzo's neck " what do you expect them to be? A children from a Beastman mistress? "

Alonzo immediately hissed in warning.  Xinn laughed then hugged Alonzo's head to his chest.  " Just joking baby , it's just a joke muah muah . "

Alonzo grumbled and asked.  ", Why do you always want to joke with me? "

Xinn pierced an apple slice from the fruit salad then mumbled while chewing . " Because you're cute.  "

Xinn smacked Alonzo's cheeks before rubbing his cold back .

Alonzo rolled his eyes . " Who between us is the real snake? "

" You "

", No , it's you . "

Xinn immediately shut up .

" You know how to counter-attack me huh? "

" Not at all .... "

" Oh my god , my lover is gradually showing his real color . "

" Xinn!! "

" Hehehe . "

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When Alex returned , he immediately turned to the partriarch. 

Erion asked.  " What's wrong? "

Alex sighed then sat on a rattan chair and answered.  " I met a female from the creek which is actually the female of the ruler in the mid northern part of the Forest . " .

Erion immediately made his face serious and sat across Alex as he listened. 

Alex spoke.  " The female couldn't understand lingua franca , so when the snake beastman arrived . Only then did the misunderstanding was solved , but it seems that the snake beastman is hostile towards strangers especially if a Beastman met his female.  "

" Fortunately , we are given the permission to use the creek for our daily needs thanks to the persuasion of the female. If not , we would have long since been driven out by the territorial Beastman.  "

" If the females in our tribe get along with that snake beastman's female , maybe the snake beastman would relax , but we have to make sure to control our wreckless female hungry Beastmen in the tribe lest we accidentally provoke the snake beastman. "

Erion nodded , " Ok , let's announce this to the whole tribe.  Tommorow , escort the females to the creek to take a bath . Make sure to respect the mountain ruler's female , if we curry favor with the female , I'm sure the snake beastman wouldn't get a reason to attack us.  "

Alex , " yes , as long as we get to make a relationship with them . "

--- Second Month , 20 , 1245 ---

Early in the morning , Alex led the females to the creek and reminded them to be careful and if they ever met the mountain ruler's female.  Don't provoke them. 

The females nodded obediently then raised their wooden basins to wash their dusty leather skirts and waistcoats. 

One female named , Milan rubbed his skin and immediately led the females to the creek.  " I really feel sticky right now , thankfully , Alex found this creek for us.  If not , I might have to endure my body turning more smelly to the nose . "

The females at the side blushed in agreement. Beastmen have a very sensitive nose , if they smell a little bit they would instantly notice it.  They couldn't imagine how many Beastmen have been turned off because of their smelly body. 

Xinn stared at the pile of laundries in the plastic basket . He looked at his Alonzo at the mini field of wheat . Xinn decided to wash their clothes in the creek . He could actually just put them inside a washing machine while using their solar panel system , however , if he did it so quickly , he would lose something to do .

He felt so bored that he's going to turn crazy. 

" Babe!!! "

Alonzo immediately blushed who was watering the cropland. " Y-yes? "

" Where's your 5th brief in the basket? "

Alonzo remembered that he was j***ng off that night and accidentally spilled the brief so he immediately washed it in the creek. 

" I already washed it! "

Xinn counted the clothes in the basket and frowned.  " Didn't i already told you that I would be the one to wash all of them . "

Alonzo couldn't speak ... " Well ... I washed it because there's blood . "

Xinn lifted up the basket and narrowed his eyes at the red eared snake who had his back facing him. 

" Alright , Don't forget to feed the chickens in the poultry , but be careful , they are pretty aggressive you see.  "

Alonzo nodded

Xinn them smiled in satisfaction then carried the basket of laundry to the creek. 

When Xinn arrived at the creek , his eyes widened seeing a bunch of feminine men taking a bath in the creek. 

The females also noticed a female not too far away coming from the north. 

Milan at the side immediately whispered to his friend named , River .

" That must be the rumored female of the mountain ruler right? "

River rubbing his skin turned to look at the north direction and saw a pale skinned , tall , and slender legged female. 

He was holding a basket made of unknown material and his way of clothing of different from them who used leather skirts to cover up their skin. 

Xinn gaped his mouth open and stared at the faces of the feminine females.  When he went to Timothy's tribe , he didn't really take a careful look at their faces because they were urgent to take their revenge yet when he took a closer look at the Margay Tribe's females. 

He found that most of them possessed androgynous features . Their eyes are round and their face is also smaller .

If you let them put on a wig then a bra , they would surely look not too far from a woman. 

Xinn immediately shook those thoughts off and carried his basket a bit far from them and crouch down at the bank of the creek .

All the females' eyes followed him and watched what Xinn was doing .

Xinn did his best not to glance at them , they were females and all of them are naked . Although it's normal for fellow females to see each other naked , for Xinn who saw them as feminine women who doesn't look far from being women , he couldn't disrespect them. 

Moreover , he couldn't understand their language so even if he wants to talk to them . They wouldn't be able to understand him.  It's also convenient because he wouldn't waste any saliva for them .

River and Milan looked at each other. 

" Do you want to talk to her? "

Milan immediately blushed then shook his head.  " No , I don't want to ... I'm shy to strangers.  "

River frowned , " He's also a female. "

Milan stared at Xinn and couldn't help sighing in awe.  " He's too beautiful , I couldn't help feeling that he's too majestic to be blasphemed by us commoners. "

River laughed at his words . " What are talking about , maybe she's also shy . Let's talk to him . "

The other females also nodded .

Xinn submerge their clothes and then pulled out the mini basin from the basket and filled it with creek water . He poured out a container and scooped some powder before diluting it with water. 

He whisked the water with his hand and it started bubbling. He then put the colored clothes into the basin and was about to wash them when he suddenly noticed the females at the side swimming towards his direction .

Xinn widened his eyes and his body stiffened when they reached his place .

All of them stared at him with their round cat like eyes and Xinn felt overwhelmed by their attention. He was already used to being stared by a large number of people , but he was not used to being stared at like this .

Jaylin , a wavy long haired female turned to River and asked . " Hey , why is he not talking to us.  "

River rolled his eyes " of course , because we're not talking to him either . "