The Beast King's Little Wife

The precursor to the bone was some unfortunate soul, I wonder.

I don't know what kind of ghost killed it, but it has been lying in a strange pool ever since.

Initially, the bone was just a quiet bone.

Perhaps due to the long period of sedimentation, the bones gradually developed their own consciousness.

The moment I opened my eyes and looked at this new and wonderful world, I was completely bewildered.

Everything seemed new and adorable.

Birds would circle around me, chirping and hopping above my head.

There were also some different kinds of insects, fighting over food for some tiny creatures not far away.

Countless bones, thrown in from who-knows-where, have been left in this hazy world.

The bones were constantly observing the world with great interest, finding everything fascinating.

While watching with great interest, Bone realized at the end that it wasn't right for Bone to keep lying there sleeping like that.

Bones seem to differ from those that can move freely.

"I need to change myself."

Bones muttered to himself, shaking his head, trying to get himself moving.

However, upon making this movement, all that could be heard was a cracking sound from the joints.

Several joints are connected, and if it moves any further, they might break.

"Sigh, it seems I can't move right now. But why do I have my own consciousness? That's a strange thing!"

The bone muttered to itself once again.

It lowered its head and looked around at everything nearby.

"Is anyone there? Is there anyone else with their own consciousness? Besides those birds and insects I hop around in, is there anyone else like me?"

No.

There was not a sound.

The bones were filled with helplessness and extreme sorrow.

It seems that this pool really does only contain this one strange creature.

Silence reigned, and countless millennia passed.

On this day, the bones awoke from their slumber and once again surveyed the world.

It seems like things have changed here again.

Previously, there were only some skeletons and countless bones.

But they were just piled up in heaps.

However, she only took a nap, and when she woke up again, the mountains and fields were covered with bones.

"Wow, so many bones, where did they come from?"

"

This is a question that Bone has finally seriously considered.

She thought, so many bones, and such big pieces. Some of them even looked round and a bit grotesque.

"Sigh, so many ugly bones. I feel disgusted just looking at them. Am I going to become such an ugly being? No, even if I become bones, I don't want to be this ugly."

The bones looked up at the sky with sorrow.

She couldn't understand how she had turned into bones.

Looking around, all I see is lake water and rocks.

"I just want to find a simple playmate, I don't know if that's possible. The lake has always surrounded me. I can't just find another lake to keep me company. Sigh, that doesn't seem to work, so I can't make any other choice, I can only... pick a rock?"

The bone stared at the stone, somewhat puzzled.

But look at that family of birds over there; they're such a lovely family.

"I want a family member, I want brothers and sisters like birds. I want to be like those two deer, always together wherever we go. More importantly, I'm so lonely and empty here, so I'd like a playmate. Sigh, these empty, lonely, and cold days are really hard to bear."

Bone sighed and finally chose a stone that looked quite nice, slightly black.

"This stone looks very textured, and more importantly, it seems quite round. Hmm, I'll choose you then, you can grow with me. You can't speak, so I'll teach you; you lack spirit, so I'll teach you too. Hmm, I don't know exactly how to do it, anyway, I'll just keep watching you, hoping you can grow, hehe... It's decided just like that."

From that day on, the bone finally had a new life, a different kind of life.

That is, to talk to this stone and illuminate it with your spiritual awareness.

At this point, she didn't understand that this kind of care, this spiritual touch, was actually incubation.

However, this kind of incubation requires the use of spiritual consciousness.

The clumsy bones didn't care at all about how hard it was to cultivate their spiritual awareness.

She was feeling bored being all alone, and all she wanted was a family member, a brother or sister. That's why she stubbornly tried to communicate with the stone using her spiritual sense.

Touch him with your spiritual senses.

As time went by, the stone began to respond in some way.

"Hmm, why do I feel like he seemed to react a little when I communicated with him using my spiritual sense just now? Could it be my imagination? That can't be right, can it? Hmm, let me check again?"

The bones felt the stone tremble and were so excited that they couldn't contain themselves. They took a breath and then used their spiritual sense to communicate with the stone again.

As before, she touched him with her spiritual senses.

Hug him.

Tell him that she is lonely and wants a brother or sister who grew up like her.

Because spiritual sense is not easy to control. So every time her spiritual sense shone over the rock, a bone would also be partially exposed to the spiritual sense and tremble.

However, the bone focused all its energy on the stone. Therefore, it didn't pay much attention to the bone itself.

On the other side of the stone, a white stone also trembled slightly due to the leakage of her spiritual consciousness. However, this movement was much weaker.

After another spiritual embrace.

This time, the stone finally responded. It seemed to be just a very faint groan.

"Ah, stubborn rock, you're finally starting to wake up. Hehe, from now on, you're my brother, right? Hmm, judging from your voice, you seem to be someone different from me. So from now on, you're my brother. Hmm, it's decided then and there. Anyway, since you don't say anything, I'll take that as your agreement, hehe..."

The smooth, round black stone became the younger brother of the bone.

The bones were quite happy because of this. They would communicate with the stone spiritually every day and embrace it.

"Stone, can you hear the birds outside? They sound angry today. I don't know what's wrong with them, they seem really upset."

“Stone, Stone, I know now. The bird was angry that day because a bad guy stole its eggs. It looked like a bone bear, but how could there be such a strange bone bear here?”

“Stone, there are more and more strange beings here now that have developed their own consciousness. Whether it’s bones or some flowers, I feel that they are all developing their own consciousness. You’d better grow up quickly, or we’ll be in danger in the future.”

Speaking of danger, the very next day, danger did indeed arrive.

Because this is a lake, many animals that have developed sentience come here to drink water and so on.

One day, a big bear came running here, and as soon as it saw the lake, it happily took over and wouldn't leave.

Its arrival caused the birds that had come to drink water, as well as other spirit deer and other creatures, to run away.

Indeed, this giant skeletal bear is very domineering and strong. With just a nudge of its mouth and a thud of its hoof, it can scare away all the weaker creatures.

With the arrival of this big bear, the bones became much more careful when embracing the stone with their spiritual light.

After all, she didn't know what would happen to the big black bear.

However, even with all her caution, on this day, when she embraced the stone with her spiritual sense, the great bear still opened its eyes.

It spun around and around, until finally, the skull settled on the bone.

Having never encountered an enemy before, he was extremely nervous at this moment.

She had absolutely no idea about the exact fighting capabilities of this bone bear. All she knew was that it was wicked and had stolen the red-billed bird's eggs—the very eggs the bird was about to hatch. Now, this big black bear had its sights set on her; what was she going to do?

Her bones were trembling with fear, and she wanted to run away. But then, she suddenly realized that the joints she had been too afraid to move seemed to be able to move again. Huh? That means she could raise her hand and move around again!

She had no idea when she developed such spiritual awareness.

However, the surprise came quickly, but it also went quickly.

After all, they were now facing a terrifying bear enemy.

This is an extremely large, bone-bone bear.

When it raises its paws, its imposing presence is extremely frightening.

Not only is it large, it also has its own consciousness.

That's the scariest thing.

"Bang bang..."

"Crack...knock..."

The bone bear is getting closer and closer.

It was about to raise its paw to slap me.

The bone's spiritual energy concentrated and struck the bone bear's head with a whoosh.

"Ow..."

The bone bear let out a sharp cry.

He covered his head and rolled around wildly in the lake.

Then, he struggled to his feet and ran away without looking back.

Having been struck once and now utterly powerless to retaliate, Bone lay paralyzed at the bottom of the lake, secretly rejoicing that he had escaped death this time.

"Sister...Sister..."

A faint call came from the air.

Bones looked around in surprise.

It was finally determined that the sound was coming from a rock not far away.

"Stone, you have sentience?"

"Yes, sister... sister..."

Stone can only utter simple calls of "sister." It can't express much else.

Even so, it made the bones so happy that they couldn't contain themselves.

He tried to straighten his frame, "Hehe, from now on, I'm a man with a younger brother too."

"Mmm... Sister... Sister..."

The only answer she received was a faint call from her older sister. Bone smiled happily again. Hehe, the feeling of having family is so wonderful…

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