BATB Chapter 40

Although Bai Qingqing thought about death recently, she never wanted to die from an illness. She said to the old goat beast, “I just wore wet clothes all night because I don’t have any spare. Do you have any clothes you don’t need?”

The old goat beast stared at Curtis and growled, “How can you let the female sleep in wet clothes?! Do you want her to die this instant?”

Bai Qingqing: “…” I… am really okay.

Curtis’s eyes were confused, and he took note that he must not let the female wear wet clothes to sleep.

“What else do little female want? I’ll try to help you as much as I can.” The old sheep beast said as he sympathized with Bai Qingqing.

Bai Qingqing said happily, “Thank you. Can I have some medicine?”

“Alright.” The old goat beast nodded understandably. The little female was wandering in the forest with the snake beast. She must be ill for three days, and two nights, so he must prepare more medicine.

He went out to pick a few big herbs, packed some yellow stems to drive away the cold and round garlic to drive away insects and itching. Then he beckoned Bai Qingqing to come over, “What else do you need?”

The old goat beast said that but it was just a pretense to call the female over. A female wouldn’t know about medicine. But he didn’t expect that this little female really inspects his herbs one by one.

Bai Qingqing looks over them and finds that the medical level here is obviously lower than that of Hump Valley, and there are few kinds of medicines. Besides ginger and garlic, the dried pepper can be used as a seasoning.

Bai Qingqing pointed to the dried pepper and said, “I want that.”

“The pointed red spice is also for fever, but it’s very strong. It’s mostly for males so you should be careful. Don’t touch it directly with your hands, it burns.” As he said this, he grabbed some dried peppers and wrapped them up. He thought that if the female’s cold got worse, it would be useful to her.

Bai Qingqing said with a smile, “I know.”

It is such an exaggeration. She’s been eating chili peppers for 16 years. She also helped her mother cut peppers every time, yet her hands didn’t burn.

The two people turned their backs to Curtis. When the old goat handed Bai Qingqing something, he suddenly patted Bai Qingqing on the back of her hand.

“?” Bai Qingqing looked up at the old goat beast and read his mouth as it moves: “Don’t worry.”

Bai Qingqing is confused as to why he didn’t voice it out. Before she could ask what it is, the old goat has turned around and left.

The old goat beast was back again and handed a small packet of salt to Bai Qingqing. As he gave it, he said, “Take this pouch of salt. You can’t eat cooked food without salt. Otherwise, you won’t be able to survive for long.”

“Okay, thank you.” Bai Qingqing replied, still wondering what Doctor Goat meant earlier.

Curtis had another note in mind: the female needs to eat salt.

But the salt of this tribe is very scarce. Curtis didn’t want to take salt from here. He planned to take Snow to the seaside and get a batch of salt back.

Curtis rejected the rotten hide Bai Qingqing got from the old goat and left the tribe with her in his arms.

As for the medical expenses of the old goat beast, Curtis’s energy crystal gave to the sheep tribe was enough as payment, so neither side mentioned it.

When Curtis was far away, the old goat rushed to the chief’s house.

“Leader, please raise a black smoke. If the female is from a big race, there must be numerous people looking for her.”

The old goat huffed as he talked to a black goat, who was one third bigger than a normal goat. Because he sprinted all the way, he was so exhausted that he could hardly stand.

The head of the sheep clan opened his mouth and said, “Baabaabaa ~~” 『 It has been prepared. 』

The sky is boundless, and a thick black smoke pierces the sky.

“Kaaa—!”

The giant eagle hovering in the air made a high-pitched screech. As soon as its wings spin, the eagle bird swoops down. When it is about to land, it suddenly becomes a young man with three beast marks on his face. His strong and powerful feet firmly step on the ground.

As he landed, the beasts running on the ground stopped, and the leading leopard became a human: “Moore, what did you find?”

“Someone send out a black smoke signal. This is a message that a female was caught. It’s probably Parker’s female,” said Moore, a triple-marked eagle beast.

“Great! Let’s get there at once!”

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(T/N: The novel used the name Moore but in the manga it’s Muir. Should I follow the novel or not?)

 

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