The Ultimate Litter: A Beast World System Tale novel Chapter 222

Chapter 222 The Search for Evening Primrose

The giant snake’s scales looked almost exactly like the bark of the tree. It hid itself perfectly, even he back its scent until it was almost impossible to notice.

Its red tongue flicked through the air as it followed Claire’s gaze toward the distant city. Cold hatred slit-shaped eyes.

If that city had not protected Claire, he would have taken her away long ago.

Day after day, he wandered outside the city walls. Even when the snow nearly froze him to death, he refused to leave.

At one point, he had even thought about sneaking into the city, grabbing her, and running away with

But then he looked at his broken tail. The ugly scar disgusted even him. How could he let her see some so horrible?

In the end, he gave up on the idea.

He had heard that Grimstone was holding the Sky Rites, and the thought made him anxious.

Even he knew how bloody the ceremony in Grimstone could be,

She had always been too kind to tolerate the sight of blood.

The giant snake opened its mouth and breathed out softly, then sniffed its own breath. He had not eaten a very long time. There was no smell of meat left at all.

Maybe that would make the female happier.

After all, she once said she did not like him eating meat.

The snake stayed coiled on top of the tree and quietly watched Claire’s group disappear into the distance. Only then did he slide down from the tree and vanish into the grass.

Sitting on the gyrfalcon’s back, Claire suddenly thought of Marcus and asked the system in her mind.

Pome, I checked Marcus’s eyes before. I need a plant called evening primrose to heal him. Do you have any in the system?

She had first learned about evening primrose while studying with Elodie in the fox clan

Before she died, she had given her a scroll with drawings of rare herbs on it. Evening prin thesis. According to legend, the plant could restore a beastfolk’s sight.

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Pome answered sadly, “Master, there isn’t any. Evening primrose only grows in the Beast World. The doesn’t stock it.”

“I figured. Pome, you’re useless!”

Pome sounded wronged.

“Master, don’t say that. It hurts my feelings. As long as you have lots of healthy babies, I can become anything you need!”

Claire had not expected much anyway. She only asked casually. Sure enough, relying on the system wa as dependable as relying on herself.

“All-powerful?” she thought. “More like blowing your own trumpet.”

Luckily, the scroll was still safely stored inside her storage space.

Claire patted Rufus lightly and told him to slow down. Then she took out the old scroll she had carefully kept inside a box.

There were several black spots on the outside, probably dried blood stains. The yellowed animal hide wa covered in tiny cracks from age. When opened, it was only about a foot and a half long and eight inches wide.

Drawings of plants and animals covered the surface. The one Claire recognized best was evening primros

“There’s not even a single word on it,” Claire muttered in her heart. “Does Beast World not even have writi yet? I’m basically guessing everything.”

She suddenly wondered if teaching simplified characters to Beast World in the name of the Beast God would create some huge butterfly effect. Would the actual inventor of writing lose his place in history?

Still, those things were not important right now. What mattered most was whether the beastfolk would ever accept writing in the first place and whether doing so would put her safety at risk.

Forget it. I’ll worry about that later.

Right now, she only wanted to help her beast mates suffer a little less.

She lowered her head and carefully studied the drawing of the evening primrose, forcing herself to remember every detail.

The plant had only two leaves. No flowers. No fruit. The leaves were shaped like eyes. Looking at them felt like being stared at by something alive, and the feeling made her skin crawl.

After only a few seconds, Claire quickly rolled the scroll back up and returned to her storage space.

Then she leaned forward and started searching the ground below

Rufus was flying only a few dozen feet above the ground besitulk had excellent eyesight, so Claire could dearly see the plant growing below them.

But Rurus was flying fairly fast. Most of the plants asid by in a blur. After dating for too long. Claire’s

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Rufus noticed her bending forward the whole time and asked curiously, “Claire, what are you looking at

Claire described the evening primrose to him, but Rufus had never seen it either.

“I’ll help you look,” he said. “Sit properly and rest. Don’t tire yourself out.”

Among beastfolk, eagle-types had some of the sharpest eyesight. Even from high in the sky, they could the ground clearly.

Claire really was getting tired, so she decided to rest her eyes and let Rufus search instead

She did not tell him the evening primrose was for healing Marcus’s eyes. She only said she wanted the p for herself.

Rufus knew she had studied under a healer before, so he did not question her. He simply focused on searching carefully for the herb.

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