It seems about a week since I woke up in the body of a beast.
During that week, I learned several facts: I’m in a cold region, there aren’t many wild animals roaming around, and…
‘Yul, you were right.’
My only food source is insects.
“Chirp.”
Realizing too late the foresight of my friend Yulnisia, the kingdom’s greatest magical tool master, I raised my head to the sky and wailed.
‘Sorry for laughing at you back then about eating insects. I was wrong! You were right!’
In this vast forest, the only thing I could eat was insects. It’s not that there were no animals, but I gave up on hunting.
With my small, short front paws, hunting was impractical…
‘Even if I could hunt, I wouldn’t know how to eat it.’
Successfully hunting an animal and then skinning, processing, and cooking it was beyond my capabilities.
‘Ah, my fate.’
I fought for my country and woke up to find myself turned into an animal.
‘What on earth happened?’
I had no clue how much time had passed since that day, whether this was my kingdom or some unknown land. There was no way to find out.
‘I’m so miserable.’
As I hung my head low, my stomach made a tremendous noise.
Grrrrr!
Feeling even more miserable was natural.
‘I’m hungry.’
Since waking up in this forest in the body of a beast, I hadn’t eaten a single meal.
I tried to eat whatever I could. If hunting was difficult, I could have picked fruits. But there were only birch trees here, not even a dried turnip in sight.
The only things available were insects, just insects.
‘But how do I make these insects tasty?’
Finding insects wasn’t hard. Digging the ground revealed swarms of wriggling larvae.
I picked up a white, wriggling caterpillar with my trembling front paws but quickly tossed it away.
“Chirp!”
As hungry as I was, I couldn’t eat that. It’s impossible. How can I eat something that wriggles like that? And it would surely cause trouble in my stomach.
Shivering, my stomach growled again.
Grrrrr!
It was a real dilemma. Hungry, but nothing to eat. In the end, I cried out in despair.
‘Yulnisia! Please help me!’
“Chirp chirp~”
Only chirping sounds came out of my mouth, leading to another wave of despair.
Three more days passed.
During that time, I wandered the forest, filling my hungry stomach with water. I wished I could understand the language of other animals now that I’d become one, but I had no such ability.
‘I feel so alone.’
I hadn’t realized how painful it was to have no one to communicate with. I trudged through the forest, sighing heavily.
‘If only I knew where I am.’
What happened after my mana surge? Did Espen stop his frenzy? Were the others safe?
Unable to find answers to my questions, I wandered the forest.
Then, an unusual sound caught my ears. I perked up.
‘People!’
It was definitely the sound of human voices!
‘Since I can understand them, I must be in the kingdom! I’m in the kingdom!’
With that thought, I ran towards the voices, not bothering to be quiet, and peeked out from the bushes.
‘Real people!’
It looked like they had come to the mountain to chop wood. Two men carrying large axes were walking up the mountain path. One of them spotted me, pointed, and shouted.
“Ah, look there, a stoat!”
“That’s a rare white stoat, isn’t it?”
Their words helped me realize what kind of animal I had turned into.
‘A white stoat? I’ve become a white stoat?’
Looking at my reflection in the water, I realized I had become some small creature, but it was only now that I learned I was a stoat.
‘But are white stoats rare?’
As I tilted my head in thought, one of the men suddenly yelled and charged towards me.
“Quick, catch it!”
“Chirp?!”
The sight of the two men rushing at me with an axe was terrifying, especially since I had become smaller as a stoat.
‘Why are they trying to catch me?!’
As I darted away in confusion, I suddenly stopped.
‘Maybe being rare means they’ll take care of me. Could this be a chance to get a comfortable bed and meals?’
With that thought, I turned back to the men. They were closing in from different directions, chuckling.
“If we preserve its head well while skinning it, it’ll fetch a high price. A white stoat fur with a cute head will be popular with the ladies.”
At their words, I cried out in fear.
‘Skin me?!’
They weren’t planning to take care of me, but to kill me for my fur?
But it was too late; the men were already too close.
‘What should I do?’
I looked at the gleaming axe blades and the laughing faces of the two men with panic. My heart pounded so loudly it seemed to echo in my ears.
That’s when it happened.
Whoosh!
“Ah, hot!”
Flames burst out of nowhere, attacking the men. It wasn’t a strong flame, but it gave me a chance to escape. I squeezed through and ran away.
‘Phew, that was close.’
I didn’t need to run far due to my small size. Hiding in a solid tree trunk, I gasped for air.
‘Luckily, I can still use fire mana… wait?’
That’s when I felt it.
A massive blow seemed to hit my body. My stomach churned, and I shivered all over. Vomit and stomach acid poured out.
“Chirp!”
I felt faint, as if I had hypoglycemia. I collapsed. How much time passed? It was daytime when I lost consciousness, but when I woke up, it was already dark.
I tried to get up with my trembling front paws.
‘I thought I was going to die.’
My body was still shaking, a result of forcibly producing flames in an emergency.
‘My mana is almost gone. I can’t use magic recklessly. It was a life-threatening situation, but…’
Mana springs from my heart. But now, scraping the bottom, I had no choice but to feel it.
My heart was broken.
‘I’m so sad.’
The chilling wind was especially cold that day. Unable to run away anymore, I crawled back into the tree trunk and curled up.
The next morning, I felt even weaker. Breathing was difficult, so I just lay there, leaning against the tree trunk.
‘Ah, is this how I die?’
What kind of death would this be? I’ve seen mana surges, but never a case of mana vanishing like this.
‘No, it’s not the mana. I’m just starving.’
I whimpered in self-pity.
‘I’m dying because I can’t eat insects, Yulnisia.’
Still, insects were out of the question…
Of course, no matter what I muttered to myself, my life didn’t just abruptly end. Not even a graceful, painless death was allowed for me.
‘…I should at least drink some water.’
Staggering, I went to find water. After walking through the rustling leaves for a while, I saw an oddly colored square cloth. Clearly, it was a cloth laid out for someone to sit on.
‘Oh no! There must be people nearby.’
The faces of the men who wanted to skin me were still fresh in my mind. I was about to turn around when I spotted a small basket on the cloth.
Specifically.
‘Bread!’
The sight of a soft brown round object peeking out of the basket made my mouth water.
‘It’s bread!’
I cheered and ran towards it. The moment I saw the bread, nothing else mattered, only the tempting loaf.
As I approached, I confirmed it was indeed bread. Overwhelmed, I almost cried.
‘Bread, finally bread. It’s been so long.’
During the war, I had only chewed turnips instead of bread, and now, as a stoat, I thought I’d never eat bread again. But there it was, right in the middle of the forest.
I grabbed the bread with my small front paws and bit into it.
Freshly baked, the crust cracked with a crunch, revealing soft, delicious insides.
‘So happy.’
What else is there in life? This is bliss.
Tears of joy nearly came as I realized I’d forgotten the taste of flour!
I ate the bread hastily, as if it would disappear if I hesitated. About halfway through, a warm, almost hot hand grabbed my nape and lifted me. Even then, I didn’t let go of the bread.
A deep, heavy voice sounded above me.
“What’s this?”
Trembling, I turned my head. Ruby-red eyes were gazing at me intently.
‘Oh no.’
In my excitement over the bread, I had gotten too close to a person!
Male lead says he’s pregnant — and it’s female lead’s child
Something seems a bit off about this world.
Wang Zhao thought as she watched a pregnant man walking towards her…
Intro
Female lead finds herself in a world where the men who possess the ability to bear children.
As she navigates this unfamiliar reality, she is caught off guard by the sudden appearance of her boyfriend, who reveals that he is pregnant.
Is this truly her boyfriend?
Why can’t she recall any details about their time together?
She begins to doubt whether the child her boyfriend is carrying is even hers.
Is there a hidden reason behind her amnesia, or could it be a side effect of her sudden arrival in this strange new world?
Just when it seems the protagonist’s life couldn’t become any more entangled, her ex-boyfriend makes an unexpected appearance, raising questions about the protagonist’s past.
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