Seven Cubs, Seven Fathers, Zero Days Off novel Chapter 204

Chapter 204: Chapter 202: Bloody Rose

Shen Yue’s gaze shifted back to Hu Tu on the floor.

Hu Tu’s face was ashen, and he was even pounding his chest repeatedly.

He looked to be filled with remorse, his heart wrung with pain.

But something felt off to Shen Yue.

She frowned slightly, looking at the two children on the bed. Children in the Beast World developed very slowly.

It was not easy for them to have grown so big.

Especially in the Beast World, where females were scarce and males plentiful, the birth rate was terrifyingly low.

Furthermore, male children of the common Beast Clan were born with insufficient spiritual power, causing their Spiritual Cores to develop slowly. For them to take human form and then grow to this size required years of development and accumulation.

These two children looked to be about eight or nine years old, but who knew how much effort and care had been poured into raising them to this age.

But if they could take human form, it meant their Spiritual Cores had, at the very least, fully developed.

’So, with spiritual power to protect them, how could they have been killed by a single dart strike?’

She dared say that even her own seven little cubs, though only a few months old, wouldn’t have died instantly if struck by such a Hidden Arrow, now that they had spiritual power to protect them.

Back then, Dabao had just hatched when Xiong Jiaojiao’s Beast Husband kicked him and broke his ribs, yet his life was never in danger.

And that night on Wilderness Mountain, Si Bao had been clutched in the Barbaric City Lord’s hand, nearly suffocated and unconscious, his internal organs almost crushed out of place, but he still endured it.

This wasn’t just because her children were born with different, stronger genes. It was also because children in the Beast World possessed spiritual power, allowing them to resist external harm. Their life force and willpower were tenacious, enabling them to endure serious injuries.

It gave people time to treat them.

But Hu Tu’s two children had been struck once by a non-fatal wound, yet it hadn’t left even a moment’s time for treatment.

As Shen Yue’s thoughts turned, she walked to the edge of the bed. Hu Tu’s Female Master, who had been lying on the bed sobbing her heart out, seemed to sense someone approaching and reacted with a kind of instinctual alarm.

Her body trembled violently as she shot upright.

Shen Yue was taken aback, not expecting such a strong reaction from her.

"It’s me. Don’t be afraid."

The Female Master’s face went pale for a moment. Seeing it was Shen Yue, she quickly composed herself and said nervously, her eyes red-rimmed,

"Miss A Yue, I’m sorry. Did I startle you?"

Shen Yue shook her head.

"No. I know a bit of medicine. Let me take a look."

Hearing this, the Female Master looked at Shen Yue with her reddened eyes, which seemed to hold an indescribable sorrow.

After just a single glance, she lowered her head.

"The children can’t be saved. We shouldn’t trouble you. It would be our fault for bringing you bad luck."

Hearing this, Hu Tu, who was leaning against the wall on the floor, came to his senses and spoke up at the right moment.

"That’s right, Miss A Yue. You are our honored guests, and for something like this to happen today... it is my fault. I have failed my children."

"I failed to protect them. I’ve failed the people of Li City, and I’ve failed the friends and family who died in vain..."

The casualties today were indeed heavy. Almost no one who had attended the banquet was left.

As Hu Tu spoke, he wept bitterly.

He sat dejectedly on the floor and looked at Shen Yue in anguish.

"Miss A Yue, how could I dare trouble you with this now? Why don’t we... just let my children go in peace."

"Don’t disturb them any further!"

Shen Yue listened, her expression unreadable, and decided not to press the issue.

She nodded.

"In that case, City Lord, Lady Houtu, please accept my condolences."

"I won’t disturb you any longer. Farewell."

’Lividity has already set in. I couldn’t save them anyway.’

With that, Shen Yue tactfully stepped down from the bed platform.

But her foot slipped, and she nearly tumbled over.

Hu Tu’s Female Master, who had just stood up, reacted with quick reflexes.

"Miss A Yue, be careful!"

She caught Shen Yue to steady her.

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