Chapter 2 — The Day the Unicorn Left

Tieu Uyen's cold face immediately softened, hugged her, turned and left. I was dragged along a road full of rubble, my legs were bloody and scratched. Behind him, cheers rang out again. That was the sound of thousands of beastmen celebrating - because the Tiger King had found his true love. The rain that night poured all night long. I huddled between the rocks, my hand clutching a sharp piece of rock. Last night, three wandering wolf beasts tried to approach. I desperately used the last bit of my divine power to crush their internal organs, but also tore off a piece of flesh from my left thigh. The rain poured through the wound, pale flesh peeling off layer by layer. As soon as it was dawn, a golden figure landed in front of the stone slab. It's Lion King Lei Liet - my second beast husband. He retracted his lion's wings and carried a box of medicine in his hand. I let go of the stone in my hand, leaned against the cliff, and let out a heavy breath.

“Are you coming to take me home?”

Loi Liet did not respond. He walked in front of me, squatted down, his eyes stopped at my left knee.

“Last night, To To had a high fever that wouldn't go away.”

He opened the medicine box - inside there was no healing medicine, but a heavy stone mace and several sharp bone knives.

“The witch doctor said that his soul was damaged by the golden light from your forensic medicine, and he was extremely scared.”

“Ordinary herbs are useless, you need to use the spirit bone pure yang as a guide.”

I looked at the stone mace in his hand.

“What do you mean?”

Loi Liet put his hand on my left knee.

“You are a divine beast, recover quickly.”

"To To's body is weak and cannot stand such a fever."

“Lend me your left knee joint, stew it into soup for her to drink, and she will be cured.”

3 His voice was very calm. I reflexively stepped back slightly.

“Lei Liet, I am your travel companion.”

“You want to take away my legs because of an outsider?”

Loi Liet pressed his hand hard, pinning me in place.

“Thu Y, don't be so selfish.”

"To To was scared because he wanted to attend our marriage ceremony."

"You lose two bones, at worst you won't be able to walk in the future, I can take care of you for the rest of your life."

“But if To To has a fever and his brain burns, he will lose his life.”

"You are strong, she is weak, giving her a little is the right thing to do."

After saying that, he didn't look at me anymore. Cao Cao raised his stone mace.

“Just bear with it a little, it will be quick.”

“Crack!”

The stone hammer slammed down, echoing amidst the sound of the rain. The sound of the kneecap breaking was so clear it was chilling. The pain made my eyes darken, my mouth opened but no sound came out, I could only hiss and make broken sounds from my throat. Loi Liet took action neatly. He used a bone knife to cut the flesh, pulled out every piece of broken bone from the knee, and dropped it into the wooden box next to him. Blood gushed out, dyeing the mud red. My body convulsed, my fingernails scraped the ground beneath my body, my fingertips were broken. After dealing with my left leg, he pressed on my right leg.

“If you do it, do it completely. One set of prescription drugs is not enough.”

Another huge blow. The bones in both legs were completely crushed. Loi Liet closed the lid of the wooden box and stood up. He glanced at me lying limply in the mud, took out a piece of animal skin from his chest and threw it on me.

“Don't hate me.”

“This is to save lives.”

“You just stay here and recuperate, wait until To To recovers, I'll send someone to pick you up.”

He spread his wings, carrying a wooden box containing my flesh and blood, flying towards the tribe. Ta Lying face down on the ground, looking at that piece of animal skin. That was the leather To To used as a foot rest yesterday, there were still smudged mud marks on it. The pain gradually becomes numb. I looked at my crooked and deformed legs, no longer feeling anything. If the goddess Ky Lan breaks her leg, she will not be able to gather energy underground. My divinity has been broken in half. Three days after Loi Liet left. A high fever causes us to have hazy dreams and blurred consciousness. The wound had begun to fester, emitting a rotten smell. A few vultures flew overhead, waiting for me to take my last breath. A cold feeling wrapped around my ankle. The familiar sound of snake scales rubbing makes me try to open my eyes. Snake King Mac Ly - my three beast husband - has arrived. He transformed into half-man, half-snake, quietly crawling to my side. The giant snake's tail swept me up from the mud puddle.

“So dirty.”

He frowned in disgust, using his fingertips to lift up my muddy hair.

"To To is right, you - a totem of the old era - are indeed not easy on the eyes at all."

“Both stiff and doesn't know how to please men.” 4 I bowed my head, my vision blurred.

“Kill me.”

Ma Ly smiled softly.

“Kill you? That would be such a waste.”

"Recently To To has been having nightmares, saying that in the dream he was pressed by your divine beast's breath and couldn't breathe."

“She said, if there was a comb made from spirit bone, combing your hair every day would probably help calm your mind.”

His hand slid down my spine, stopping at my chest.

“Your ribs, hard enough, the color is like jade, To To will definitely like it.”

In the past, when Mac Ly shed her skin, she encountered a heavenly disaster. I used my body to shield him, but three of his ribs were broken by lightning. At that time, he hugged me and cried, saying he would never betray me in this life. And now, he wants to pull out my ribs and use them as combs for another woman.

"Mac Ly, have you forgotten, who was that year..."

“Shut up.”

Mac Ly interrupted me, the snake's tail tightened. The enormous wrapping force squeezed my chest.

"That year you volunteered, no one forced you."

"Now that To To needs it, you should also volunteer to offer it."

“Don't use past favors to tie me down, that will only make me find you more hateful.”

He raised his hand, his nails sharp as knives. Hit me directly in the side.

“Ah—!”

I screamed miserably, my body under the tight grip of the snake's tail struggling violently.