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After a few hours of wondering around the forest, I came across several vegetables and fruits. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, cabbages, carrots and even corn and some wheat were just a few of the things I found.

During this, I also saw several wild animals that were rarely mentioned in the novel. My cubs had also captured a few different small animals like lizards, shirt birds, mice, and even rabbits and a few another animals that I don't know.

"It's time to head back" Kenji said as he looked up, seeing the sun was now high in the sky. I nodded in agreement as my stomach growled lightly, indicating that it was time for lunch.

"Tres no, drop that spider. You are not bringing that home" I said when I saw Tres trotting towards me with a spider looking thing.

It was roughly the size of my palm, or even bigger. And it was light blue in color, with a tint of gray in it. Tres looking disappointed as he dropped the spider.

The spider must have been still alive as it scurried off at such a fast speed which made me squeak and jump back in a bit. All my mates looked around in alert but calmed down after a few seconds when they sensed no danger around.

"What happened?" Archie asked as he looked at me, then at his cub. Tres looked down a bit as he let out small roars, probably telling Archie what happened.

Archie growled at him, probably reprimanding him for scaring me. Seconds later, Tres trots over me and rubs himself on my legs while letting out pitiful roars.

"Oh sweetie, it's alright. Just don't do that again okay? I'm really not a fan of spiders" I said and crouched down to pet him. "Come on now let's go" I said and Carlos picked me up before any of my mates can.

Calvin was carrying the two baskets filled with all the things we found, the things that can't be fit in the basket were just carried by Lucas and Kenji. Archie was the one watching over the cubs and the rest were in their beast form, looking around to try and see if there were any wild animals or other beastmen.

"What do you want for lunch?" Carlos asked as he looked at me with a smile. "Hm, well maybe some soup? We did get a lot of vegetables on this trip and there are plenty of herbs back home. I'm sure Tora and the others have hunted some meat or maybe we can just use the short birds" I said and he hummed in response, as he hugged me closer to his body.

"Your body feels nice, especially when it's hot outside" I muttered which made him laugh. On our way back, we met a couple of beastman who were also out hunting for their females and families.

"King Kenji, can I have a word with you?" A bear beastman called out to Kenji. We all stop and stared at him.

"Alright, you can come to the castle. For now I need to bring my mate back since it's time for her lunch" Kenji said and my face heat up a bit, feeling kinda shy as Kenji officially called me his mate in front of so many beastmen.

This was a declaration that I was now officially a queen in Blackwood city. "Alright, I will come there in a bit. Thank you for spearing me some time" the bear beastman said as he eyed me, making my mates growl at him.

"Let's go" Kenji said as he blocked his view and began walking much closer to me. "So I'm now a queen huh" I muttered as I leaned my head on Carlos shoulder.

"You only realize that now?" Kenji asked with a chuckle and I nodded in response. "Yeah, I only did now" I laughed a bit as we entered the city.

"I wanna take a bath" I mumbled making Carlos look at me. "I'll tell Tora to prepare you a bath after your meal then" He said and I nodded in response.