Chapter 118: A Bathe.
"I haven’t heard from him in a while.. So has the wild cat woken up or...?" She inquired. Because if the wild cat was up, then she’d also have some work to get to complete her task at hand.
Lord Ash sighed, shaking his head. "He’s not yet awake. Apparently, he’s still sleeping peacefully and all.. so I don’t think there’s any issues yet," he explained.
Ayra slowly nodded. "I see.. I guess the soothing really did work that well... Or is he still okay...?"
Lord Vale nodded as he said, "Don’t worry, he’s okay. We’ve already confirmed and he’s just resting asleep from the soothing. And I also think so, the soothing did work well on him."
Ayra nodded then. "That’s good then. We’ll wait for him when he wakes up then."
She exchanged smiles as she stared at the cub sucking on her fingers.
"Then, we’ll be off. Take care of yourself and the little ones..." Lord Vale said as he pulled Lord Ash off. "Get up let’s get going already."
Lord Ash was hesitant but got up to leave anyway. He turned to Ayra as he said, "Don’t worry, Commander Lynn is standing outside and he’ll be protecting you. Tell him if you need anything, okay?"
Ayra nodded with a smile. "Don’t worry, we’ll be fine. Just go and do your thing," she said as she stood there and watched them leave.
[Ding]
[Mate stat Update]
[Fox: +5 = 80%]
[Silver snake: + 10 = 60%]
Ayra blinked.
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While they were gone, Ayra held onto the cub for a while. The cub had stretched out for some fruits around.
"Fruit...fruit..." She said, staring in that direction. Ayra reached out and got an apple.
"I don’t think you can have this, isn’t it too hard?" She said but the cub was still stretching her hand to get it.
"I’ll feed you," and so Ayra fed the cub herself. Eating and breaking down the apple in her mouth into little particles and then feeding them directly to the cub for easy consumption.
The cub didn’t complain. She happily ate from her mum’s mouth, enjoying the taste of the apple.
Ayra continued for a while until the cub wasn’t hungry again. And then she leaned in and sniffed the cub. "Well, I think you need some washing.. all that running had made you dirty. You should get some washing. Remember, you need to be washing up everything, okay?"
Ally blinked at her with a smile. Ayra shook her head as she felt a little shift in her stomach, as though someone was moving in her stomach.
She smiled, as she ran a hand through her stomach. "Already moving, eh? I guess you little ones are impatient..." She shook her head with a smile. "Or you also need a bath? Don’t worry, you’ll get one too as I’ll also need to get some bath."
She smiled, got ready and carried the cub out for a bath.
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As she came out with the cub, she met Commander Lynn and some other guards standing outside her door.
"You’re out.." one said as they saw her. "Any problem, female? We can help you get whatever you want."
Ayra shook her head with a smile. "No. Nothing... I just want to go and wash up with the cub in the stream."
"Oh," the guards nodded.
"I’ll go with you," Commander Lynn said with a firm expression. "I can’t let you go alone.. it’s not safe for you going alone with the cub, so I have to go with you to protect you as well," he explained.
Ayra slowly nodded with a smile as she said, "Oh, okay then. Sure. You can come along if you want. I’m sure the tribe leaders will give you an earful if you let me go alone."
Commander Lynn hesitated as he said, "I’m also coming because I want to..."
"..."
She paused as they stared at each other. He added, "I want to protect you.. so I’ll come along too."
Commander Lynn had a firm expression that it was hard to tell if he was joking or being serious. But either way, Ayra smiled as she said, "Okay then. Let’s get going." She said as she turned and began leaving, Lynn followed behind.
Commander Lynn walked up to Ayra and said, "Let me carry the cub, you’re pregnant so you should move freely. I’ll carry her for you."
Ayra and Ally paused, both staring at Commander Lynn as if they were sharing the same braincell. They stared at him and then stared at themselves.
"Can you carry her...?" Ayra asked, smiling. "It’s okay though you don’t have to be cautious, I can carry her perfectly fine."
"No, I want to carry her," he expressed as Ayra smiled and gently nodded.
"Okay then, I guess you can begin to learn how to carry cubs now for the future," Ayra said with a smile.
"For the future...?" Commander Lynn asked.
Ayra teased, "Of course, in the future when we have our own cub, then you’ll probably have to carry the cub every day. Won’t you?" She said, leaning close to him with a smile.
Commander Lynn hesitated, heart fluttering from her words as his cheeks flushed.
Ayra smiled as she asked, "Are you being shy or...?"
"No I’m not..." He said firmly as he looked down. "Let me carry the cub... you should rest."
[Ding]
[Mate stat Update]
[Wolf : +5 = 65%]
Ayra smiled as she said, "I see someone is already excited about the thought of it..." She said as she gently handed him the cub. "Careful.."
Commander Lynn carried little Ally in his arms as though he was carrying a very fragile egg. He held the cub so firmly to make sure nothing happens while also sweating.
"Are you panicking..?" Ayra asked, smiling.
"No I’m not..." Commander Lynn denied while still sweating from carrying the cub carefully to make sure nothing happened to her. He was nervous.
Ayra scoffed as she shook her head. "I can’t believe you’re nervous to carry the cub." She teased. "If you can’t carry her then.."
"No..." But Commander Lynn insisted firmly. "I’ll carry her."