Chapter 101: Is There Really Such a Good Thing in This World?

Chapter 101: Chapter 101: Is There Really Such a Good Thing in This World?

Seeing Samuel’s excitement, Gu Weilan hurriedly asked, "Male of the Sea Horse Clan, is there a problem?"

Samuel’s excitement instantly froze.

"Did Female Master not know about the Sea Horse Clan’s special constitution?" Samuel fell silent for a moment before continuing, "The Sea Horse Clan’s constitution means that the males give birth to the cubs."

Gu Weilan’s eyes instantly widened. Oh, her Heavenly Milk! She wondered what kind of incredibly good thing this was, and why she had to be from the Mole Clan. Once, feeling bored while lying in bed, she had tried to transform into her Beast Form. When she looked in the mirror, she thought she was hideous! Perhaps some people had a strange fetish for ugly things and found them adorable, but Gu Weilan definitely did not. When she saw ugly things, she simply found them ugly and would even feel disgusted. So, why didn’t Pomegranate Seed place her into the body of a Sea Horse Clan female? She could cry from envy.

Seeing Gu Weilan’s expression, Samuel’s lips trembled. He thought Gu Weilan hated Sea Horse Clan males because their Beast Clan really had quite a lot of troublesome baggage.

However, Gu Weilan WHOOSHED over, sitting right next to him against the right armrest of the sofa. She stared at Samuel with burning eyes. "No matter which female forms a bond and completes the Engraving with a Sea Horse Clan male, is it always the male who gives birth to the cubs?"

Intimidated by her intense gaze, Samuel tactically leaned back a centimeter, but he managed to suppress his inner fear and gave a slight nod.

Taking a deep breath, Gu Weilan looked at Samuel’s expression and asked, "Does your Sea Horse Clan have a lot of rules? I’m not very familiar with your clan."

He could tell now. His future Female Master’s indifference wasn’t because she didn’t mind the Sea Horse Clan’s demands, but because she was completely unaware of them. Samuel let out a sigh. Even his sigh made Gu Weilan’s ears tingle; it sounded exceptionally pleasant.

"When a Sea Horse Clan male marries out, the first three litters of cubs must be... sent to the Sea Horse Clan to be raised. They will then be Beastmen of the Sea Horse Clan," Samuel said, not even daring to look up at Gu Weilan.

In the interstellar beast world where pregnancy was incredibly difficult, a healthy female could only conceive one litter every three to five years on average. Moreover, in the interstellar beast world, all cubs born to a female took her surname. Even if a Sea Horse Clan male gave birth, the cubs still had to take the female’s surname. After all, without a female providing an ovum that was only produced once a month, it wouldn’t matter how capable the Sea Horse Clan was at giving birth. High-quality gene chains could not be extracted from the Sea Horse Clan’s bone marrow fluid. They could only rely on their males to reproduce and sustain the Sea Horse Clan.

However, even though the Sea Horse Clan was responsible for giving birth, the vast majority of high-status females were unwilling to hand their cubs over to another clan to raise. Because the Sea Clan were cold-blooded animals, the Eel Clan, Sea Horse Clan, and Jellyfish Clan were collectively known as the Mermaid Clan. Their genes were relatively powerful. Once they formed a bond with a female, any Sea Clan cubs she conceived would basically inherit a Sea Clan Beast Form. If a Sea Horse Clan male conceived, they would almost exclusively be Sea Horse Clan cubs. Once the cubs grew up in the Sea Clan, they would not be close to their own Mother. Therefore, when females saw a match with the Sea Clan, they would basically reject it outright.

When Samuel saw that Gu Weilan hadn’t rejected him outright, he immediately took the fastest Starship to chase after her. His goal was to hope the Female Master would be captivated by his beauty and agree to form a bond and complete the Engraving with him.

Hearing Samuel’s words, Gu Weilan couldn’t help but widen her eyes. "If you take the cubs away to the Sea Clan, does that mean you take them, require me to send money on time every month, but forbid me from visiting them?"

Samuel shook his head. "No, no, no. Our Sea Palace will raise them directly. My father will help me look after the cubs at the Sea Palace. Furthermore, it won’t require the Female Master to spend a single Star Coin. ℯℯ𝑙.

"If the Female Master really misses the cubs, we will bring them to see you. However, before Sea Clan cubs come of age, they are actually more drawn to seawater.

"Raising the cubs in the sea is truly what’s best for them. Really." Samuel’s eyes were sincere, unable to resist trying again and again to make Gu Weilan believe he was telling the truth.

Gu Weilan couldn’t help but scan Samuel’s chest and abdomen up and down. She wondered where exactly these Sea Horse Clan males carried the cubs.

"Do you carry them in an Incubation Pod? Hang it on your body and carry it on your back every day?" Gu Weilan asked curiously.

Samuel shook his head. "We... our Sea Horse Clan has our own brood pouch. It’s... it’s..."

His stunningly beautiful face instantly turned thoroughly red. He whispered, "It’s just that during times of intimacy with the Female Master, a brood pouch will emerge on our stomachs.

"And then... then, our Sea Horse Clan males are different from other Beast Clan males. They release, whereas we receive. Therefore, our probability of conceiving cubs... is a bit lower. If an embryo implants, the cubs will be incubated right in my belly."

"Wait... then how... where do you give birth from?" Gu Weilan frowned.

Samuel turned his head away, his flawless porcelain skin flushed with a rosy red hue. He mumbled softly, "Once the Female Master forms a bond and completes the Engraving with me, you will know."

Gu Weilan blinked and turned on her Light Brain. "Sure. Let’s form a bond."

"Female Master, you agreed?" Samuel’s eyes widened.

Gu Weilan nodded. "Mhm, I agreed."

Samuel would give birth to the cubs, and his father would raise them. If she missed the cubs, she could have them brought back to visit, or she could go see them herself. She wouldn’t even need to pay for their upbringing. How was this any different from the lives most men lived back on Blue Star? Was she finally getting to enjoy such a blissful life too? Why would she refuse? Why?

Samuel immediately turned on his Light Brain, though he was still a bit uncertain. "Female Master, do you really not regret this?"

Gu Weilan opened her Light Brain and directly followed the standard procedure to initiate the bond, terrified that if she was a step too late, Samuel would run off with another female. Pomegranate Seed had conditioned Gu Weilan’s body, and the Spiritual Spring Water from the Spiritual Spring Space had done the same. She didn’t have to worry about having too few cubs at all. If Samuel wanted to, Gu Weilan could make him spend the rest of his life giving birth in bed until his legs cramped.

Samuel didn’t know any of this. He only knew that if a female lived to be three or five hundred years old and gave birth to a dozen or twenty cubs, she would already have a thriving and prosperous household. An average female could only give birth to three to five cubs in her entire life. Those with better aptitude might have five to a dozen or so. Therefore, it was absolutely impossible for most females to give their cubs away.

Since his Female Master was willing to let him have his own cubs and take them back to the Sea Clan, she must have been captivated by his looks, right? Then he had to make sure he devoted himself to caring for and serving his Female Master properly. Having made up his mind, Samuel used the fast channel on the Star Network to form a bond with Gu Weilan.

Gu Weilan hurriedly sent the Priest an invitation for the Engraving. She needed to hurry up and get the Engraving done before dinner was ready!

HEHE, HEHEHE... Gu Weilan thought about the coming night, her heart brimming with glee.