The White Stoat Princess (5 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 2
It feels like about a week has passed since I opened my eyes in the body of a beast.
During that week, I learned several facts.
This is a cold region, there aren’t many wild animals roaming around, and…
‘Yul, you were right.’
The only thing I can eat is insects.
“Kyuuwuu~.”
Realizing far too late the foresight of my friend and the kingdom’s greatest magical toolmaker, Yulnisia, I threw my head back toward the sky and howled.
‘Back then, I mocked you for saying you ate insects—I’m sorry. I was wrong! You were right!’
In this vast forest, the only thing I could eat was insects. It wasn’t that there were no animals at all, but I had given up on hunting.
Hunting with my tiny, short front paws was impossible, and…
‘Even if I hunted, I wouldn’t know how to eat it.’
Even if I succeeded in hunting, skinning the animal, cleaning it, and cooking it was out of the question.
‘Ugh, what a miserable fate.’
I fought for the country, then opened my eyes—and suddenly became a single beast.
‘What on earth happened?’
I had no idea how much time had passed since that day, whether this was still the kingdom or some completely unknown place. There was no way to find out, either.
‘Hngh, I feel so wronged.’
As I hung my head dejectedly, a tremendous noise rumbled from my stomach.
Grrrrrrgle!
It was only natural that I felt even more miserable.
‘I’m hungry.’
Ever since waking up in a beast’s body deep in the mountains, I hadn’t eaten a single proper meal.
It wasn’t as if I hadn’t tried to eat something, anything. If hunting was hard, I could at least pick fruit.
But in this place, there were only birch trees—there wasn’t even a withered turnip to be found.
All that existed were insects, and more insects.
‘But how am I supposed to eat these insects deliciously?!’
Finding insects wasn’t difficult. If I dug into the ground, fat grubs would wriggle out in swarms.
The moment I grabbed a squirming white larva with my trembling paws, I immediately flung it away.
“Kyuu!”
No matter how hungry I was, I couldn’t eat that. Absolutely impossible. How could anyone eat something that wriggles like that? And it would definitely upset my stomach.
As I stood there shaking, another enormous growl came from my belly.
Grrrrgle!
I was truly caught between a rock and a hard place. My stomach was starving, and there was nothing to eat. In the end, I cried out sorrowfully.
‘Yulnisia! Please help me!’
“Kyuu kyuu~”
All that came out of my mouth was a kyu kyu sound, so I fell into despair once more.
[This is the timeline separator]Three more days passed.
During that time, I wandered the forest, filling my empty stomach with water. Since I had become a beast anyway, it would have been nice if I could at least understand other animals’ speech, but I didn’t even have that ability.
‘I’m lonely.’
I never knew that having no one to talk to could be such great suffering. I trudged through the forest, letting out heavy sighs.
‘If only I knew where this place was.’
What happened after the rampage? Did Espen stop the rampage? Are the others safe?
How far had I walked through the forest seeking answers to questions that had none?
Then, a strange sound I hadn’t heard until now rang in my ears. I pricked up my ears.
‘People!’
This was definitely the sound of human voices!
‘Since I can understand them, this must be the kingdom! I’m still in the kingdom!’
If so, once I escaped this forest and reached a human settlement, I might find a way back to the palace.
‘I’m excited!’
Overjoyed by the sound of human voices, I ran straight toward them without even trying to muffle my footsteps. Then I poked my face out of the bushes.
‘They’re really people!’
Perhaps 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.
“Hey, look, a weasel!”
“That’s a rare white weasel, isn’t it?”
Thanks to their words, I finally learned what kind of beast I had turned into.
‘A white weasel? So I became a white weasel?’
I had noticed from my reflection in the water that I had become some kind of small animal, but this was the first time I learned it was a weasel.
‘But are white weasels rare?’
That was the moment I tilted my head in confusion. One of the men suddenly roared and charged straight at me.
“Catch it quick!”
“Kyuu kyuu?!”
The two men rushing at me with axes were utterly terrifying. Especially since I had shrunk to weasel size after transforming.
‘Why are they trying to catch me?!’
Without knowing why, I started running as fast as I could—then suddenly stopped.
‘They said it’s rare, which means it’s valuable. So maybe they want to catch me and take good care of me?’
Perhaps this was a golden opportunity to gain a comfortable bed and proper meals?
The moment I turned back to look at the two men with that thought…
The two men approached from different directions, surrounding me, giggling creepily.
“If we keep the head intact and skin it nicely, we can sell it for a high price. A white weasel pelt with its cute little head still attached—noble ladies will love it.”
At those words, I let out a pitiful wail.
‘They’re going to skin me?!’
They didn’t plan to catch me and treat me well—they were going to kill me and skin me?
But the two men were already so close that there was no way to escape.
‘What do I do?’
I stared with nervous eyes at the gleaming axe blades and the smiling faces of the two men. My heart pounded so loudly it felt like the sound reached my own ears.
That very instant—
Whoosh!
“Ah, hot!”
Flames suddenly burst from thin air and attacked the two men. They weren’t intense flames, but they were enough to create an opening for me to escape. Seizing the chance, I darted between them and fled.
‘Huff huff, I really almost died.’
I didn’t need to run far. I was small anyway. I curled up inside a sturdy tree hollow and panted heavily.
‘Phew, thank goodness. I can still use fire mana… Huh?’
That very instant—
Thud—as if a giant hammer had struck my body. My insides churned, my whole body shook uncontrollably. My stomach turned over, and water and gastric juices poured out.
“Kyueeek!”
My mind grew hazy, as if from hypoglycemia. I collapsed with a thud. How much time passed? It had definitely been daytime, but when I came to, thick darkness had already fallen.
I forced strength into my trembling front legs and raised myself up.
‘Huff, I thought I was going to die.’
My body was still shaking. It was the aftermath of forcibly creating flames in an emergency.
‘I have almost no mana left. I mustn’t use magic carelessly. It was a life-or-death crisis, so I had no choice, but…’
Mana flows from my heart. But now that I had scraped the very bottom of the barrel, I had no choice but to feel it.
My heart was broken.
‘Hngh, I feel so wronged.’
Tonight, the chilly wind felt colder than ever. Unable to run any further, I crawled back into the tree hollow where I had been hiding.
Then I curled my body tightly and closed my eyes.
[This is the timeline separator]The next morning, when I opened my eyes, I had even less strength. Breathing itself was difficult, so I simply leaned against the tree hollow and stared blankly.
‘Ah, so this is how I die.’
In this case, what kind of death should I call it? I had seen mana rampage before, but this was the first time I had seen it simply disappear like this.
‘No, this isn’t because of mana—it’s just because I’m starving.’
I whined kyu kyu in misery and thought to myself.
‘I’m going to die because I can’t eat insects, Yulnisia.’
Still, insects were impossible…
Yet, as expected, no matter how much I muttered to myself, my life did not snap and end. Even dying beautifully without pain was not permitted for me.
‘…I should at least drink some water.’
I dragged my staggering body toward water. How far had I walked, stepping on rustling leaves?
In front of my eyes appeared a square piece of cloth in an unfamiliar color. It was clearly a cloth someone had spread out to sit on.
‘Gasp! There must be people nearby.’
The faces of the men who had been delighted at the thought of skinning me yesterday hadn’t even faded from my mind yet. I hurriedly tried to turn around. At that moment, a small basket on top of the cloth caught my eye.
More precisely—
‘Bread!’
A round, soft brown object peeking out of the basket, making my mouth water just by looking at it.
‘Bread!’
“Kyuu!”
I cheered and ran toward it. The moment I saw the bread, nothing else registered in my eyes—only the bread swaying temptingly before me.
When I got closer, it really was bread. I was so moved that I almost cried.
‘It’s bread, bread. How long has it been since I last had bread?’
Even during the war, I had only chewed turnips instead of bread, and after becoming a weasel, I thought I would never taste it again—yet here it was, sitting boldly in the middle of the forest.
I immediately grabbed the bread tightly with my tiny front paws and took a big bite.
Perhaps freshly baked this morning—the crisp sound rang out as the hard crust crumbled, and the soft, fragrant inside filled my mouth.
‘Sniff sniff, I’m happy.’
What more is there to life? This is happiness.
It was so delicious that tears almost came to my eyes. Yes, I had forgotten for so long—what wheat flour tastes like!
No one was going to steal it, yet I devoured the bread frantically as if it would disappear if I hesitated. I must have eaten about half of it when—
A warm, almost hot hand grabbed the scruff of my neck and lifted me up. Even as my body weight hung from my nape, I clung to the bread and refused to let go.
A low, heavy voice resounded above my head.
“What is this?”
I trembled as ureterus turned my head. Ruby-red eyes were staring quietly down at me.
‘Gasp.’
Blinded by the sight of bread, I had approached a human far too closely!
Male lead is reincarnated to save his wife
I’ve also read this one twice already. The female lead is kinda soft and gets embarrassed easily—not really my type, but the plot is definitely worth reading. Hurry up and read it, y’all!
Intro
When Shen Yuan encountered Su Jin again in his previous life, she had already become the Prime Minister of the current dynasty. As for him, the former top young master of the capital, he had long since fallen into the abyss, becoming a singer on a pleasure boat.
After a song ended, he was redeemed and sent to the Su Residence.
Su Jin respected and cherished him, gave him a roof over his head, and bestowed him with warmth. Shen Yuan fell deeper and deeper, but before he could express his feelings, Su Jin passed away.
Shen Yuan died to follow her in death, but instead, he returned to when he was fifteen years old.
At that time, he was not yet engaged, and Su Jin was just a poor scholar.
Shen Yuan gritted his teeth, casting aside all his pride, and thought of ways to coax and entice her every day.
The colder and more indifferent Su Jin was towards him, the more proactive Shen Yuan became.
He was not afraid of being mocked by the world, only wanting to marry his Wife-master early, to hold her hand and never let go for a lifetime.
[Note: This story will not specifically point out the male lead’s reincarnation time point; it’s all in the details. Whenever you feel that the male lead is acting strangely, he has most likely been reincarnated.]
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He’s cute. Both of them met like a fate hahaha
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Blairwoods
Poor her. If i was her, I can’t eat insects too. Ugh disgusting