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　　Translated by EvebvwB6e

　　Edited by Sora Harukawa

　　Sui Yuan discovered that ever since Seno had become Allen's admirer and began working hard to become Allen's guardian and mate, his task of troubling Allen became even more difficult.

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　　First of all, the one who stood in front of Allen to protect him from the dangerous Firethorn Beast was Seno, thus Allen had felt grateful towards him. Furthermore, Sui Yuan had helped him out once before. With regards to this pair of brothers, their actions caused the opinion of the protagonist, who liked to look for ways to return other people's kindnesses, to become better and better. For the sake of giving Seno face, Allen indulged Sui Yuan's displays of "childish temper", and pretended to be ignorant. And Seno, for the sake of resolving the conflict between his beloved and his younger brother, always followed closely behind the trouble-seeking Sui Yuan, using all sorts of ways to apologize for his little brother's behaviour. Over the course of time, not only did Sui Yuan not achieve his wish, but he eventually became used by Seno to get along with Allen. As the time they spent together grew, their relations.h.i.+p became deeper and even more intimate. It was simply a case of losing both the bait and the fis.h.!.+

　　With regards to this, Seno had patiently persuaded him to treat Allen warmer from the very beginning. Seno also gradually adopted a laissez-faire att.i.tude towards the "conflict" between the two, even to the point of looking upon it favorably. Sui Yuan, who was fooled, suspected that no matter what he tried to do, he'd end up as a stepping stone to deepen the feelings between his family's big brother and Allen!vHyb8

　　—- Of course, it wasn't just Sui Yuan who held suspicions towards Seno. Allen, who caught sight of his expression, also felt a bit uncertain. This left Sui Yuan unable to come up with a convincing argument for self-defense.

　　Aside from Allen and Seno's relations.h.i.+p that was gradually becoming more intimate and harmonious, Leonard and Sui Yuan — this pair of lovers — seemed to no longer have any more disputes after the Nata Festival. Beast people were, after all, relatively simple beings. Compared to baseless rumours, they were more inclined to believe in what their own eyes see. Aside from what had been said in those baseless rumours that had circulated, Leonard's actions seemed to be praiseworthy, almost without any fault whatsoever, in the eyes of everyone else. Some people even began to suspect that the rumour had stemmed from a sub-beastman that had wanted to pursue Leonard, or from a beastman that had wanted to pursue Sui Yuan. They believed that perhaps this convenient, purely fict.i.tious hearsay had begun with the intention to break up this pair of lovers.

　　Of course, towards this sort of transformation, not all people looked kindly towards it. For example, there was the "insider", Moya, who knew that Leonard was not at all "innocent". Another example was Monroe, who had always been waiting for an opportunity to act, yet had been unable to find one this whole time. Even more, there was Sui Yuan, who would soon come to age. His family members began to have ideas of "forcing him into marriage" after hearing about the way in which these two people had taken the spotlight at this year's Nata Festival……

　　—- Upon learning about the family's att.i.tude from Seno's mouth, Sui Yuan's whole persona fell into disorder.ZkPDHB

　　"Although I don't want to see you get married this early, if the way Leonard treats you isn't bad, then I won't be against it."

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　　Seno, who was lost in love, obviously had grown to tolerate Leonard a lot. Recently, when they met, he finally began to take the initiative to greet the other.

　　Sui Yuan opened his mouth, stiffly swallowing down the "I absolutely don't want to marry him" utterance into his stomach, holding onto his crumbling character settings with bitterness.

　　"You and Leonard are, after all, young and aggressive. With regards to mating and breeding, I understand that you two find it hard to restrain yourselves. Although the fertility rates of sub-beastmen are not high, the younger one is, the easier it will be to get pregnant. We think that the earlier the two of you get married, the better. If you are not careful, you may end up with a child born out of wedlock."nv9uQU

　　Seno ruffled Sui Yuan's hair, really unwilling to let go of him. After all, it will not be long before his very own little brother will belong to someone else. According to a beastman's possessive behaviour, even if he is Sui Yuan's older brother, he will no longer be allowed to act so intimately towards him anymore.

　　"We, your family, and Leonard's family have already discussed this. It is just right that the two of you will come of age next year. After pa.s.sing this winter, the two of you will finally be able to hold your marriage ceremony in the upcoming spring."

　　Sui Yuan widened his eyes, body slightly trembling. He refrained from saying things that should not be said, biting down onto his lower lip. It's too bad that this sort of appearance became one of uncontainable excitement in Seno's eyes.

　　After the Nata Festival comes a fairly harsh and severe winter for the beast people. Before winter falls, there may also be a large-scale wave of feral beasts, big and small. This is a challenge that the beast people must face every year.YwzoNJ

　　Along with the decrease in their natural power, the living conditions of the beast people began to gradually deteriorate. The summers were scorching hot and arid. The winters were cold, and food was often scarce. The temperate spring and autumn became shorter and shorter. Even though the beast people society had already developed to such a high level, and their combat strength was all the more formidable, in the face of a harsh natural environment, they remained as insignificant as before.