Be Your Lover Forever (Alicia) novel Chapter 1039

It was when they had first met. Frederick's grandmother told her that he was born aloof and proud, and could be slightly surly, like a yawning wolf. The safest way to interact with him was to go with whatever he said and not provoke him. At that time, she had simply taken it at its face value. She didn't know about the deep-rooted disgust he felt for women at the time.

Thinking of the way they got along in the past, Alicia couldn't help but to break out in a cold sweat for herself.

She was like a newborn calf in the face of a tiger, completely fearless. She hadn't thought about it at all. Back then, the only impression she had of him was his scandal.

Thinking about it, he might have actually been more tolerant and easy on her than he usually did, even though in her memories back then, he was rotten to the core!

In fact, under his sly appearance, he had a kind and soft heart. He was not as bad as he looked. At least, if he was not provoked, he was not the dangerous type to strike first!

At the moment, Alicia felt that she was both lucky and blessed. She leaned into his arms and muttered, "Aren't you afraid of scaring me away?" Things like jackals and wolves were not exactly great things. Wasn't he afraid that her impression of him would begin to sour if he told her that he liked jackals?

"Do you know why I like jackals?" Frederick murmured.

Alicia was surprised as he said that, and asked, "What even is a jackal? Does it actually exist?"

"Of course! It's right in between a wolf and a dog. It is as big as a dog, smaller than a wolf. It looks similar to wolf and dog. Its limbs are shorter, and its tail is slightly longer than a wolf, like a fox's tail. You can imagine that it looks like a wolf or a dog, but also a little like a fox!"

She stuck out her tongue and teased, "Isn't that a mix?" What did it actually look like?

Unexpectedly, he knew so much. Alicia listened with great interest, and there was some seriousness in her eyes. She even straightened the dog's drooping ears.

"Does it look like this?"

Frederick hugged her tightly and chuckled.

"Pretty much like that! In the animal kingdom, only the strong survive, and that's the nature selection. When it comes to mating season, the killings get even crueler. It's not just for food, but also to show off to potential mating partners. It can be said that strength is the defining factor in mating for many animals! For example, lions. In order to get the favor of the lioness, they will fight and even kill the females' offspring to stimulate their desire to mate. However, after the lioness got impregnated, it would have to go through struggles to raise its own cub. They may not be able to live to see their cub to grow into adulthood. On the other hand, the lions will have countless partners in their lives. They not only have no sense of raising their cubs, but also would even rob the food of the lionesses, even if the lioness is raising the lion's own cub. This is the rules of brutal survival in the animal kingdom!"

He was just casually telling her a little story, but he really enjoyed the silence and warmth of that moment that only belonged to them.

"And there are also cockroaches. Apparently, many female cockroaches eat the males after they get pregnant. Considering that only the strongest survive, they don't really have the concept of being partners. After mating, they'll likely encounter each other even less. However, jackals are different. Once they mate, they will be loyal to each other for the rest of their lives! That's why in the grasslands, you can often see them fighting against the prey in pairs. The male jackal will leave the best part to its mate and let her eat first. Then, the leftovers will be split into two parts. They will bury half of the food to make sure that it wouldn't be lost. When they encounter danger, the male jackal will fight for its mate. When they have a cub, they will take the responsibility of nurturing the cub together until the cub leaves home, which the male jackal will then repeat the same journey with its mate until the end of its life..."

Suddenly, Alicia understood what he was thinking.

"So, what you're saying is that in the eyes of humans, jackals would entail something negative, but in the eyes of a female jackal, its life is blissful. Is that right?"

Animals had their own world. In that world, nobody could say if jackal was a brutish creature, or would be used to described something bad.

"Yes! A jackal's loyalty is what I like the most! On the cruel and bloody grasslands, it's rare to see animals which always appear in pairs, and that adore their cubs!"

In that aspect, jackals were loyal! To be more precise, a male jackal was one of the few animals who had a sense of responsibility. Moreover, a jackal's ferocity was no less than that of a tiger or a wolf! There was an article about jackals that touched him. That was also the first time