She quickly discovered a polar bear with spirals in its eyes.
"Wow!" Milim's eyes instantly lit up. With a great leap, she jumped directly onto the polar bear's back, rubbing her face against its fluffy fur.
"So soft, so comfortable."
"Ah, my head is so dizzy!" The polar bear finally snapped out of its daze, but in that first moment of clarity, it sensed Milim.
"Hey, who are you?" The polar bear surprisingly spoke, reaching back to try and pull Milim off. Unfortunately, its arms were too short, and it couldn't reach no matter how hard it tried.
In the end, it could only spin and thrash wildly on the ground. When it was finally panting from exhaustion, Milim was still snuggling against its back.
"So tired!" The polar bear collapsed on the ground, its tongue hanging out as it panted heavily.
Seeing that the polar bear had stopped moving, Milim finally hopped off its back.
She walked over to the polar bear, patting its large head with a happy smile on her face. "Yoshi, yoshi, yoshi!!"
This enraged the polar bear once more. "You're being incredibly insulting to polar bears!"
With that, it opened its great mouth and bit down on Milim's hand, fully expecting to sever it.
But in the next moment, the polar bear felt as if it had bitten into an extremely hard object. No matter how much force it used, the slender arm showed no sign of breaking!
"Ha!" A wicked smile appeared on Milim's face. As she flexed her arm, the polar bear, still clamped onto it, was sent flying through the air.
Milim spun around and around. The spiraling pattern returned to the polar bear's eyes, and its grip gradually loosened until it was finally flung away.
The polar bear crashed to the ground, unable to get up. When it came to its senses, it looked at the woman before it with terrified eyes.
Milim smiled again and walked over, poking the polar bear's head.
The polar bear immediately hugged its head, its voice muffled and pitiful from beneath its arms. "I'm sorry, it was my fault."
"I have no parents and no family to support! Seeing how pathetic I am, please spare me." As the polar bear spoke, it began to cry.
"Hey, don't cry." Seeing the large tears streaming from the polar bear's eyes, Milim was at a loss. She had never had a plan for dealing with something like this.
She tried to make her voice as gentle as possible. "I only hugged you because I thought you were cute. I actually came to apologize."
"I made that snowball by accident. I'm very sorry for hitting you! My name is Milim. And why would I kill you? You're not of any use!" Milim clasped her hands together, apologizing with utmost sincerity.
"You're really not going to kill me? And who says I'm useless! They say my meat is quite tasty!" the polar bear asked pitifully.
Milim tapped her chin, asking with some confusion, "That's strange! Is that your wish? If you want, I suppose it's not impossible."
As she spoke, Milim drew her sword from behind her back. The sharp blade of Tenma flashed with a cold light in the air.
The polar bear gulped and immediately scrambled over to Milim, prostrating itself at her feet to admit its mistake. "I'm sorry, I talked too much. I'm actually not tasty at all."
"Mmm, you must be one of the legendary Minks, right? What are you doing here?" Milim rubbed the polar bear's head. The soft feeling was quite captivating.
The polar bear didn't dare to resist and could only answer in a憋屈 and wronged voice, "I was originally traveling with my tribesman, Brother Zepo, but a huge tsunami hit recently and separated me from him and the others. I ended up stranded here alone."
As it spoke, the polar bear grew more and more aggrieved. "Since coming here, I've been cold and hungry every day. I don't even have a fire. I have to eat raw fish every single day."
"Oh!" Milim looked at the polar bear with great sympathy. "You really are pitiful! To have to eat raw meat."
"Right? Right!" The polar bear was overjoyed. Someone finally understood its suffering.
"So what's your name?" Milim asked again.
"My name is Bepo, a polar bear Mink!"
"Well, Bepo, would you like to join us in Totto Land? Since its founding, Totto Land has never had a Mink before!" Milim's eyes shone as she looked at Bepo with great seriousness.
Feeling a bit shy under her gaze, Bepo was about to agree, but then he remembered that he was a Mink. He still had to find Brother Zepo and complete their mission. How could he submit to someone here?
At this thought, Bepo's expression became resolute. "Don't even think about it! Even if I jump off this ice mountain, even if I jump into the sea and drown, even if I starve to death, I will never join your Totto Land!"
Although Bepo knew nothing about Totto Land, he figured it was probably a country like their Mokomo Dukedom.
Milim approached Bepo with a wide grin, her tone growing dangerously sweet. "Are you sure you won't reconsider?"
"Totto Land is a wonderful place. If you go, I promise you won't have to work a single day, and you'll get free room and board."
"If you starve to death here, I'll be very sad, you know."
Bepo looked at Milim's menacingly kind eyes. He had wanted to refuse sternly, but her offer was just too good.
Beastmen will never be slaves... unless room and board are included.
Bepo immediately prostrated himself on the ground and shouted, "Please, I must join Totto Land!"
He genuinely wanted to join Totto Land. It was definitely not because he was afraid of Milim. He was just a man who knew how to choose the right path.
"Excellent! From now on, you'll be my mount!" Milim once again jumped onto Bepo's back, indulging in the warm, fluffy feeling.
I'll endure it! I'm enduring it! Bepo had become a Ninja God Bear, roaring internally, I'm a Mink! Not some polar bear that walks on all fours!
Bepo walked across the snowy plains with a look of utter despair. Milim had said she wanted to go somewhere, and he had been carrying her for almost a full day.
If it weren't for the food Milim had on her, Bepo felt he would have already collapsed.
"We're almost there, Bepo. My Dragon Eye has already seen what I need!" Milim pointed ahead from her perch on Bepo's back.
Bepo sighed. "Lady Milim, you said that half a day ago."
"We're really almost there this time! And it's a legendary Devil Fruit! If you eat it, you'll be able to fly."
"And be your mount, right?" Bepo muttered under his breath.
"What did you say?!" The pull on his fur instantly tightened.
Bepo yelped in pain and quickened his pace, running forward.
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