Chapter 137: The Most Beautiful Female Selection

Sora looked at the turquoise earrings in surprise.

She hadn’t expected the beast world to have something like this.

Although the craftsmanship couldn’t compare with the jewelry she had seen in the modern world, the earrings were surprisingly similar in style. The turquoise stones had been polished smoothly, and their simple design gave them a faintly familiar feeling.

They even carried a little of the atmosphere of the end times.

Sora secretly liked them.

However, with so many people watching her, she only gave the earrings a brief glance before carefully putting them aside.

"Let’s eat first. And drink some milk tea."

The moment the milk tea was served, its rich, creamy fragrance immediately spread through the wild kitchen.

The several beastmen who had been secretly competing over their gifts instantly turned their attention toward the cups.

Even those who had tried to act indifferent couldn’t hide their anticipation.

They picked up their cups and took their first sip.

The sweet, pure milk flavor immediately spread across their tongues, followed by the delicate fragrance of the tea.

"This is really delicious."

The moment the milk tea entered his mouth, Ryan’s eyes brightened.

After finally getting the chance to drink the milk tea he had been thinking about, he felt completely satisfied.

He glanced at the luminous pearl that now rested near Sora.

The pearl was definitely worth it.

Otherwise, how could he have enjoyed such a delicious drink?

Sora watched the others drinking their milk tea and couldn’t help smiling.

She had originally planned to use the tea leaves to make milk tea for everyone after the plants grew.

Now that the leaves were finally ready, she had fulfilled that promise.

After finishing the meal, Sora stretched lazily.

She was about to leave when something suddenly caught her attention.

Several hands moved at almost the same time.

The beastmen took out the gifts they had prepared and placed them in front of her.

Ace was holding the feather skirt with an especially confident expression.

He looked at Sora expectantly.

"Kaelira, which of these gifts do you like the most?"

The atmosphere immediately became strangely quiet.

Sora looked at the gifts spread out before her.

There were beautiful turquoise earrings, a delicate pearl bracelet, comfortable grass shoes, fresh raspberries, a luminous pearl, a white rabbit, and Ace’s colorful feather skirt.

She genuinely liked many of them.

Each gift had its own meaning.

Some were practical.

Some were beautiful.

Some were valuable.

And some were simply ridiculous.

If she had to choose the one she liked most right now, she really couldn’t decide.

But if someone asked her which one she liked the least...

Sora’s gaze slowly moved toward Ace’s feather skirt.

There was no doubt.

That one was the winner.

Definitely the feather skirt.

It wasn’t that Ace had bad intentions.

On the contrary, he had clearly put a great deal of thought into making it.

The problem was his taste.

Who would actually want to wear such an ugly skirt made from feathers?

Sora silently complained in her heart.

But she didn’t dare say it aloud.

If she openly criticized Ace’s gift, she might hurt his confidence.

And more importantly, she still had a mission to complete.

She couldn’t afford to damage her relationship with him just because she disliked his fashion sense.

Besides, she still didn’t fully understand the Moon God Festival.

From what she had heard, the festival was designed specifically for beastmen and females.

The beastmen gave gifts to the females, and the females selected their favorite.

The beastman whose gift was chosen would then get to spend time with that female.

Sora couldn’t help feeling a headache.

Wasn’t this system practically designed to make people fight?

If a female had several beast husbands, choosing one would inevitably make the others unhappy.

And she had six.

Six!

Just thinking about it made Sora’s head hurt.

She remembered what Clare had told her before.

Clare had once faced the same problem during the Moon God Festival.

She had received gifts from several beast husbands, selected one, and ended up upsetting the others.

In the end, she had secretly spent time with the others afterward just to make peace.

Sora absolutely did not want to repeat that experience.

Fortunately, the Moon God Festival lasted three days.

She still had time.

Sora looked at the eager faces surrounding her and deliberately said,

"Why are you all in such a hurry?"

Everyone paused.

"We still have two days."

She continued calmly, "I want to look around a little more. I haven’t even tried some of these things on yet."

The eagerness in the atmosphere immediately weakened.

The beastmen exchanged glances.

Sora had successfully bought herself more time.

Ace, however, didn’t seem bothered at all.

Instead, he nodded confidently.

"Take your time."

He glanced proudly at his feather skirt.

"Once you’ve tried it on, you’ll know which gift is the best."

His expression was so certain that Sora immediately looked away.

Is this guy a little too narcissistic?

She couldn’t help wondering whether all Tigers were like this.

Lukan chuckled softly.

"There’s no need to rush. There are still two days."

He looked at Sora.

"Take your time."

He had noticed how satisfied she had been with the grass shoes.

But unlike the others, Lukan hadn’t made the shoes solely because of the Moon God Festival.

He had noticed a while ago that Sora’s old shoes were already worn out.

Those shoes had originally been made by him, so he knew her size very well.

However, Sora had lost quite a lot of weight recently.

He wasn’t certain whether her feet had become thinner as well.

If they had, he would have to adjust the length and width of the shoes.

Fortunately, when Sora put them on, they fit perfectly.

Seeing that she liked them made him feel satisfied.

Lucas had no objection either.

He remained confident in the bracelet he had made.

He believed Sora would appreciate its beauty.

Ryan was even less concerned.

As far as he was concerned, he had given the luminous pearl primarily because he wanted to exchange it for a meal and get closer to Sora’s strange high-tech inventions.

The pearl had already achieved its purpose.

Xavier, however, felt somewhat regretful.

He had once again been avoided by Sora.

He knew perfectly well that her words about having two more days were simply an excuse to delay making a choice.

But Xavier wasn’t angry.

He knew that Sora couldn’t avoid the decision forever.

You can dodge today.

But you can’t dodge the fifteenth.

There were only three days in the Moon God Festival.

When the time was up, he wanted to see how she would escape.

However, unlike the others, Damien wasn’t particularly anxious about whether Sora would choose him.

He was much more interested in something else.

What surprise would Sora bring this time?

Ever since he had met her, she had surprised him again and again.

Her strange ideas, her inventions, her food, her way of doing things...

Everything about her was interesting.

The beast world had always been terribly boring to Damien.

But after meeting Sora, the world suddenly became interesting again.

Each beastman had a different thought.

Sora, however, ignored all of them.

She had successfully delayed the decision.

That was enough.

She suddenly clapped her hands.

"Since you all wanted to wash the dishes just now, you can wash this bowl today."

After saying that, Sora turned around and swaggered away.

The remaining beastmen stared at one another.

For a moment, none of them reacted.

They had never expected Sora to casually give them such an order.

She was becoming more and more audacious.

A few months ago, if Sora had behaved this way, they probably would have thought she was shameless.

But now...

Nobody felt there was anything wrong with it.

Instead, they had gradually become accustomed to letting Sora take charge.

They even willingly followed her instructions.

Sora didn’t care what they were thinking.

Once she left the wild kitchen, she returned to her small room.

The morning had been exhausting.

She had spent a large part of it dealing with the salt purification work, then she had prepared lunch, made milk tea, and dealt with the chaotic competition between her beast husbands.

Now that everything was finally quiet, she felt tired.

Sora lay down on her bed.

She had barely closed her eyes when—

Beep!

The system’s voice suddenly sounded in her mind.

[Please participate in the Moon God Festival’s Most Beautiful Female Selection.]

[If you win the title of Most Beautiful Female, you will receive a surprise gift package.]

Sora immediately sat upright.

"What?"

She stared blankly ahead.

"Did I hear you correctly?"

[The system does not make mistakes.]

"You want me to participate in the Most Beautiful Female Selection?"

Sora’s expression became complicated.

She instinctively touched her face.

"Do you think I can actually win first place with this face?"

She shook her head vigorously.

"No way."

"I’m not going."

She had lost a great deal of weight since arriving in the tribe, and her figure had improved dramatically.

But her face...

Sora still considered herself plain and unattractive.

Participating in a beauty contest with her current appearance would simply be asking everyone to laugh at her.

Why would someone like her participate in something like that?

She had better things to do.

The system remained silent for a moment.

Then it firmly responded,

[The system believes you can do it.]

"And if I win?"

[A surprise gift package will be awarded.]

Sora narrowed her eyes.

"A surprise gift package?"

She wasn’t impressed.

"Don’t tell me you’re going to give me another useless shovel."

The previous rewards had not exactly impressed her.

Although she had successfully targeted Ace, Lukan, and Xavier recently, the rewards she had received from the system were often strange abilities she couldn’t immediately understand.

They sounded impressive.

But she had no idea how to use most of them.

Meanwhile, the water-type ability she genuinely wanted was upgraded so slowly that she couldn’t help suspecting the system was deliberately being stingy.

Still, there was a hint of curiosity behind Sora’s complaints.

The surprise gift package sounded mysterious.

Even if the ability rewards didn’t seem useful right now, there was always a possibility that they would become important later.

The system seemed to notice her hesitation.

It suddenly added,

[Don’t you want to know about Damien?]

Sora froze.

Her expression changed instantly.

"Damien?"

Her eyes widened.

"Are you saying that if I win the title of Most Beautiful Female, I’ll be able to find out whether Damien is one of my target hosts?"

[Correct.]