Lin Mu sat on Patrikâs body and tried to lower his body as low as possible. Today he finally encountered the unfortunate thing that he never come across in these days â itâs raining. Itâs definitely a very uncomfortable feeling to travel in the rain. Lin Mu could feel his clothes thoroughly soaked, and the sticky feeling makes him want to take a hot bath, but in this kind of situation, itâs already fortunate if they can find a cave to take shelter from the rain.
Qiuqiu stuck out his small head from his backpack and hesitated for a moment. Then, it got out of the backpack and climbed onto Lin Muâs shoulder. Feeling the weight on his shoulder, Lin Mu held Qiuqiu in his arms instead. Although Qiuqiu likes to take a bath, but Lin Mu knows that the feeling of wet fur will be very uncomfortable for Qiuqiu. Looking at the rain that doesnât seem like itâs stopping soon,, Lin Mu placed his hand in front of his eyes and blocked the rain that flew into his eyes. Not sure if Patrik would feel uncomfortable, even though he is a snake.
âPatrik, when can we rest?â
Patrik was silent.
âI have assigned Matt and Lal to fly ahead to find a cave. We can only wait for the news.â
Lin Mu nodded. Matt is Mishaâs father, the silver giant wolf. Although he was usually silent but he is reliable.
âPatrik, does this rain signals that the rainy season is coming?â
He heard Patrikâs introduction regarding this worldâs four seasons before, and the rainy season is the dividing line between summer and autumn. It usually lasts for around twenty days, which is very troublesome for them who has no place to stay right now.
âNot sure.â Patrik was not sure if the rainy season has arrived in advance, but he hoped not.
âNot sure?â This answer caused Lin Mu to be worried.\nThen, a long wolfâs howl could be heard, Lin Mu happily asked, âMatt found a place to stay?â
âEn,â Patrik said as he flew in the direction of Mattâs call.
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This was a not very big cave, a dozen of tall beastmen coming in make the cave appeared even narrower. They did a simple cleanup in the cave and made a fire with the hay found in the cave.
The animal skin quilt that Lin Mu used for sleeping has been kept by Patrik, and it is already wet. He carefully laid it on a clean area and carefully wiped himself with a rag from his backpack that served as a towel. It was fortunate that Lin Mu brought two sets of clothes with him. He changed to another set of clothes that were not quite wet. Of course, when he changed his clothes, Patrik guarded very tightly behind him.
The beastmen wore very simple animal skin skirts so they have already finished changing in the blink of an eye. Although they donât mind letting Lin Mu see their strong body, Patrik minded it a lot so they were destined to be disappointed.
Using branches to hold his clothes and let it dry by the fire, Lin Mu sat down next to Patrik. Everyone was sitting by the fire but no one was talking. Lin Mu knew they were worried about the rainy season. Lin Mu looked at them being listless, even the usual very arrogant Casso was feeling down. The only creature that didnât change was probably the Qiuqiu who was busy eating in his arms. When night comes, Lin Mu looked at Patrik, who was standing in front of the cave and looking out at the situation outside. He is on night watch duty tonight, and he(LM) also canât sleep tonight.
Lin Mu walked to Patrik and watched the darkness with him, âDonât worry too much, things will always get better. Our lives will be better.â
Patrik turned to look at Lin Mu, and Lin Mu gave him a peaceful smile, âEn, it will be.â
He stretched his hand out of the cave and let the rain falls on his hand. Just as Patrik looked intently at him, he suddenly turned his head and lightly laughed, âPatrik, although we believe that things will be better in the future, I think we still have to plan well.â Lin Mu pretended to be serious. âSo letâs talk about it.â As he said that, he pulled Patrik to a corner, and the two sat down against the wall.\nâCan you tell me about your plan?â
Patrik saw Lin Mu looking at him with a look of anticipation and answered, âI donât have any plan yet, I just want to find a cave in the north that suits us. After all, places rich of food were all divided by other tribes into their sphere of influence. Beastmen placed high importance on their own territory and we canât stay very long in any marked caves because then we will have to deal with the endless challenges of the beastmen.â
âA cave? You mean, we will live in a cave?â Lin Mu felt that his eyebrows are going to become caterpillars soon1.
Patrik thought that Lin Muâs reaction was a bit strange. Didnât everyone live in a cave all these while?
âYou donât know how build a house? Why do you have to live in a cave? You are not a caveman.â Lin Mu didnât want to spend the rest of his life in a cave, plus living in a cave is easy to get sick.
âHouse?â Although Patrik didnât understand what Lin Mu said, he could guess that Lin Muâs tribe probably donât live in a cave. âWhat is this house you talking about?â
âOf course it is a place to live. At my side, no one lives in a cave, it is dark and damp. We will build a house, it is clean and bright. It can be very warm even during winter.â
âDo you know how? Do you know how to built the kind of house you are talking about?â Patrik had a rare excited expression on his face because of this âhouseâ from Lin Muâs words.
Lin Mu didnât want to âburst his bubbleâ, but although he knew the specific process of construction, those were just some basic theories that he learned from a sudden curiosity. He has no experience at all, so Lin Mu could only guiltily said, âMaybe. I donât have any experience.â
Patrik happily rubbed Lin Muâs soft hair. âIt doesnât matter, you can try it.â
When he found his hand on Lin Muâs head and saw Lin Mu had some unnatural expression on his face, Patrik realized the embarrassment brought about by his own behavior. Just that due to him habitually maintaining a wooden face, Lin Mu canât see that he is feeling embarrassed.
\nâSea? I know the sea tribe.â
âSea tribe? Like mermaid?â Lin Mu was feeling excited. Mermaid is an existence from fairy tales.
âThey donât like being called mermaids. They like to call themselves fish beasts. And they are said to be not beautiful2.â
âAccording to who?â Lin Mu does not like the feeling of fairy tale being fake.
âBear tribe.â
Lin Mu was relieved, who can believe in a bearâs aesthetic points?
âFirst of all, no matter they are beautiful or not, I want to know, that.. if the sea tribe will attack you, I mean when they sees you?â
âDrifter beastmen are expelled from the whole beastman continent, but the sea tribe doesnât care about the mainland. As long as we do not provoke them, they will not attack us. After all, their hunting field is in the sea, and the continentâs beastman is not good with hunting in the sea.â Food is the main reason beastmen compete with each other.
Lin Mu said happily, âThat would be great, Patrik. You know, there are a lot of salt in the sea, so as long as we can get the salt out, our problem can be solved. Heaven never bars oneâs way ah3!â
It seems that Lin Muâs happiness has infected him, Patrik also showed a visible smile. Listening to Lin Muâs words that they may actually find salt, then maybe they can remove this shackle that is locked in the driffer beastmanâs heart. They donât have much ambitions, they just want to have a place to live. He watched as this little person in front of him, who was immersed in talking how their future life would be better, slowly closing his eyes and fell asleep, Patrik held him in his arms and adjusted his posture to let Lin Mu sleep more comfortably.
Looking at the sleeping little person in his arms, Patrik thought maybe Lin Mu is their savior. He listening to the sound outside the cave, the rain seemed to have stopped.