March 8, 2022 by danmeiheaven
The hunting game in the Bore Mountain Hunting Field was finally held by Prince Warner.
Cassius dared not have any dissatisfaction, nor could he say anything to refute.
After all, compared with Warner, Prince Cassius really has no place or prestige comparable to the eldest prince in the eyes of these royal family members and nobles.
No matter how unconvinced Cassius was, he could only endure it and had to look respectful to his brother.
Looking at her younger brother, Leonor is overjoyed.
Her expression now became the opposite of her previous cold and frosty attitude. There’s a smirk on her lips and her eyes become stunning, making her even more beautiful and enchanting.
Leonor and the rest of the noble ladies or misses who participated in the hunt were sitting under the wooden shed drinking tea and tasting expensive desserts…
They discussed and laughed about who would return with prey first in this competition and who would bring back the most…
One of the noble ladies covered her mouth with her gloved left hand and chuckled, “Do you even need to ask.”
“It may not have been certain before, but since Lord Desinia is here to participate… Isn’t it obvious who will win or lose?”
Not many people opposed what the lady said.
Their fear of seeing the beasts up close just now has disappeared and they were a little excited to talk about them again.
Someone echoed, “I don’t see any suspense about victory or defeat in this game.”
“Who can compare to beasts in hunting? Especially when Lord Desinia arrived with them, it really scared me to death.”
“I have never seen such huge tigers and a lion…”
“I’ve seen the lions raised in the palace and I think that is what a beast should look like.”
“Compared with the big lion brought by the lord, the lion kept in the palace is like a kitten. Not only is it short and thin, but its fur is not that smooth. It doesn’t have the dazzling golden fur of the big lion at all.” Someone praised.
“Yeah, although these beasts look terrifying, I have to say that they are really majestic. They’re very obedient and docile around Lord Desinia…” A girl cupped her face and gushed.
Samielle, sitting silently in the corner, nodded quietly, agreeing very much.
Remembering the scene when Lord Desinia kissed the white wolf after acting coquettishly, she couldn’t help but blush.
However, some women are very resistant to this.
With a reserved look, a lady held up the cup of scented tea and drank it, “After all, ferocious beasts are fierce beasts. Even if they are tamed, they’re only temporary obedience.”
“Desinia is young, probably arrogant, and thinks that he is omnipotent. In case one day these beasts are no longer meek and submissive…”
She glanced around, smiling maliciously as she continued, “I think Desinia must first prepare for the possibility of being scratched and bitten by these beasts.”
Leonor looked at her.
—This lady’s husband is on friendly terms with Marquis Gary. He should probably dislike Lord Desinia as well.
Just as Leonor was about to speak, a weak retort suddenly came from the corner.
“Nonsense, those beasts will definitely listen to Lord Desinia’s words!”
Samielle blurted out. When she saw that most people’s gazes were focused on her, she blushed and said loudly, “They like the lord!”
The aristocratic lady’s expression who was refuted instantly turned ugly. When she was about to reply, she was preempted by someone.
Leonor sneered and said mockingly, “Madam, you’d better pay more attention to yourself. What if those beasts no longer obey the orders of Lord Desinia and bite off your noble head first?”
“It would be a pity if you won’t have your mouth to say these words at that time.”
The lady’s scowling face suddenly turned red again.
Some ladies laughed outright at this—watching jokes is part of their relationship.
Although Bore Mountain Hunting Ground is a place for men and women to communicate with each other.
But generally speaking, the men go into the forest to hunt while the women sit outside the hunting grounds in their beautiful dresses to chat and talk about anything.
Because the hunting time takes almost a whole day, they also bring food or things to show off from their homes.
This way, they can’t only secretly compare their status in life but also show their identities and pass the boring time.
What’s more, there are many ways to hunt—bows and arrows, javelins, traps, slings, rope nets…
So sometimes, the men need to set traps in advance after entering the forest and then order their servants or knights to lurk and wait for the prey to take the bait.
During this time, they will use the weapons of their choice to look for traces of other prey.
Whether the prey is shot or fallen into the trap, it is counted in the result.
After Leonor finished speaking, she ignored the reactions of others. She got up and walked towards Samielle’s location…
In the forest hunting ground.
Xia Zuoyi leisurely strolled around with a bow in his hand, with the Pope next to him and Brown Sugar following behind, lazily flapping his tail.
Egg Yolk, Ice Cream, and the rest of the plushies happily scattered and ran away when they entered the forest.
Green Dumpling flew slowly above, and from time to time, he spread his wings and landed on the treetops around Xia Zuoyi. His handsome posture attracted a lot of people’s attention.
But because of the presence of the Pope and the beasts, no one dared to come over and talk to Desinia.
“There’s quite a lot of prey in here.”
In a blink of an eye, Xia Zuoyi saw a gray rabbit darting out from behind a tree. However, because the surrounding grass was withered and the rocks were exposed, no matter how the rabbit escaped, the figure with gray fur was very obvious.
Moreover, they will encounter prey again within a few steps.
—They have no way to hide their tracks in this almost bare mountain forest.
You can just see how many specially raised animals were brought in by the imperial family for this hunting. They can be seen everywhere.
The rabbit who had just escaped thought it was far away from danger, so it came to a relatively empty wilted grass and looked around in panic.
Apparently wanting to find another place to hide.
But the next moment.
At the same time as the eagle screeched in the sky, a fast snow-white shadow suddenly galloped down. Then a pair of sharp claws firmly grasped the rabbit’s body that brought it into the air, resulting in a few drops of blood falling on the dry ground…
Then, the rabbit’s body was thrown into the servant’s basket. After the big snow-white body and the huge figure flew away, the servant responsible for counting the number of prey wiped the sweat on his forehead.
Xia Zuoyi did not bring Udit or Fernandi with him this time.
Only the fluff balls followed him, no other servants or soldiers around.
After all, he didn’t need to set traps.
The hunting ground calculates the prey by having the servants who work here follow the nobles with baskets on their backs. Each noble will be allocated five to ten servants.
When a basket is full, it will be sent back to the periphery of the hunting ground by one or two servants, where there are knights specially assigned to nobles to guard and count the prey.
At this time, there were ten servants behind Xia Zuoyi and Segalot, plus two knights.
This is because the beasts will suddenly appear from nowhere, and then come to the servants with bloody prey in their mouths to put them in the basket.
—No matter how certain they are that these beasts won’t hurt people, the servant will still tremble with fear and fall unsteadily.
Sometimes they will scream, shrill and piercing, that even frightened Briquette once.
—The big white-on-black tiger has two rabbits in his mouth. His front paw is raised mid-air, ears raised and turned back, and eyes blown wide open. It’s as if he couldn’t believe how this man could have such a loud voice.
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Briquette just wanted to put the two rabbits in the basket.
However, the servant rolled and crawled away as the tiger approached as if he was about to be eaten.
Xia Zuoyi asked the servant to go back with the whole basket of prey first.
When they came back, the servant was replaced by another and even followed by two knights. After that, the fluffy ones would approach the knights, put down their prey in front of them, and leave.
The two knights got used to it after the initial slight fear and discomfort.
One person even showed a look of affection when the plushies approached and seemed to want to touch them.
So far, Xia Zuoyi’s side has sent back the most baskets, which has almost never stopped.
The ladies under the wooden shed obviously discussed more vigorously.
Xia Zuoyi hasn’t practiced archery much.
He has insufficient arm strength. It’s estimated that the bow will not be fully drawn. In case of embarrassment in front of the Pope…
The entire hunting grounds, except the Pope, is full of contestants.
Orville and Archie had long been hunting separately, while His Majesty Gena Kozmo left in one direction after entering the forest.
Xia Zuoyi paid special attention to him and found that he left in the same direction as Ice Cream and Egg Yolk.
It seems that His Majesty the King really has some idea on Ice Cream.
He’s absent-minded as he thought about it. He took out an arrow from the quiver on his back and put it loosely on the bowstring and said, “Your Excellency, can you shoot arrows?”
Segalot nodded.
Xia Zuoyi took advantage of the situation and handed the bow and arrow to the Pope, “Your Excellency, would you like to try it?”
Segalot was about to take it, but suddenly heard a deafening tiger’s roar in the mountains and forests, followed by another heart-pounding lion’s roar—
Looking up, Green Dumpling is hovering in the air.
At this time, a person came running not far away. It was Clifford, the werewolf trainer brought by Gena.
When Xia Zuoyi sees him approach, he’s gasping for breath while pointing to the direction where he came from, “Your…beast…someone deliberately threw a javelin on your white wolf. But…”
“Speak slowly, don’t worry “
Xia Zuoyi looked very calm. He then understood, “Someone wanted to hurt Ice Cream, but he hadn’t succeeded, right? Is that person dead now?”
Clifford opened his mouth in surprise and stammered, “W-well, he’s not dead yet, but he’s been frightened enough…”
The person is already peeing his pants.
He said, “Lord Desinia, Your Excellency, please go and take a look. If you don’t, that man will definitely be killed by your beast…”
“No, my little darlings won’t randomly bite dirty things, especially people. What if they nibble on an unknown object and have diarrhea?”
Xia Zuoyi slowly stroked the arrow with his fingertips and continued, “It’s ok if that person didn’t die, it’s just a scare.”
“Now, explain what happened carefully as we walk.”
Clifford closed his mouth, gulped, and nodded.
Xia Zuoyi turned to look at Segalot, “Your Excellency, would you mind going with me?”
“Of course not.” Segalot replied.
Translator’s Note:
Heya guys~ I’ve read your comments and decided to still follow with the usual scheduling~~ XD I think I can still cope with the company policy (not for long tho so *cross-fingers*) and the schoolwork so I can still stock up chapters. I’ll let you all know when that changes though~~
Also, translating this and the other two feels therapeutic for me so I guess that’s a plus huh? Hahahaha…