Chapter 125: Mass Production II
"Mama! Hungry!" The scent had made the cub hungry for whatever that was.
But Ayra pulled her firmly. "No, you can’t have that," she said as the cub instantly began crying.
Everyone paused. All work ceased as everyone turned to stare at the cub crying while wondering what was wrong.
"Did she mess herself up again?" One of the beastmen asked.
Ayra shook her head with a smile. She asked Rai to go get an apple. And Rai rushed off and soon returned with one.
"Here.. suck on this," Ayra handed it to the cub to keep her busy. She doubted she could eat it all so the cub could basically suck and lick on the apple to keep herself busy.
And with that, work continued. This time more people had joined them. Beastmen from other jurisdictions had heard about the fascinating creation that was being made. And so they all came to see. And soon, they had joined in the work happily.
The space was soon bustling with beastmen working together happily under the female’s instructions.
For the next step, they poured the substance into molds. They made use of different stuff like carved wooden molds, bamboo tubes, smooth stone molds and the likes. Pouring them in to take different shapes.
Everyone went into work. Rai and his peers happily watched the substance take different shapes while they poured it into different things.
"Wow! Look at this! It looks like Kan’s head!" Rai said happily as he poured one in.
"No it doesn’t! This looks like yours!" Kan insisted. And so they had their little competition on who could pour in the most.
Everyone worked on their space, creating different shapes of the soaps they had locally produced. There was a lot of them, so Ayra was certain that the soap was going to last the tribe for a long time at least.
She watched them work with smiles on their faces. And the lively and blissful sight ahead simply reminded her that at the end of the day, these beastmen weren’t as terrible as people made them to be.
The people who abandoned and used them were the real monsters.
Commander Lynn stood behind Ayra watching the scene. And when he casually stared down at Ally who was in Ayra’s arms, he was shocked to discover that the apple wasn’t in her hand anymore.
He casually asked, "Did you take the apple from the cub..?"
Ayra stared at Ally. Speechless, she looked around and there was no sign of the apple falling. She blinked, speechless.
"Ally, did you eat the apple?" She asked, staring at the cub, shocked.
Ally smiled at her while she said, "Apple.. delicious."
"..." Ayra was speechless. She couldn’t believe the cub could eat hard substance like apple now. She checked her to see if anything was wrong with her, but she was okay.
Ally smiled as she continued playing with her mother’s clothing.
It took long but they were soon done with pouring it in and now they proceeded to dry it.
Based on Ayra’s instructions, they left them somewhere cool and airy. And Ayra suggested they leave it for a couple of days till it hardened. Then it’d be suitable for use.
When they were done, everyone cheered and celebrated their little win.
After that, Ayra proceeded with the next little production they’d make.
The beastmen gathered the ingredients for the next production which was a body wash.
Soapwort leaves, crushed soap berries, yucca root, mint, lavender, rose petals, lemon peel and some other ingredients gotten.
Ayra gave them a quick instructions on what they’d do. Unlike the first, this didn’t take so long. The beastmen at work already had a strong idea of how to work on this, so they were faster and more efficient.
They washed the herbs intensely and crushed them using a stone mortar. After that, they boiled everything in a clay pot and stirred until the water became slightly foamy.
They then strained through woven cloth and then allowed it to cool.
Everyone had put their hands together to produce this and when they were done with it, they stored them inside clay jars and bamboo containers.
It was already night by the time they were done with all this and everyone sat around the scenery, resting.
It was a fun and exhausting day for them. So after the work, they sat around in groups and pairs, discussing the production and how fun it was.
Ayra sat there with Ally in her arms. Ally had already fallen asleep after having her dinner. She slept soundly in Ayra’s arms while Rai and his peers sat around Ayra.
They had requested for some stories under the moonlight. So Ayra agreed while she thought of a tale to tell them.
"Okay then, I’ll tell you a tale of another world," she said with a smile.
"Another world? What’s this world called?" Kan asked, curious.
"Hmmm let’s just call it the green world," she casually said.
"Oh.. green world, what’s it about?" Rai asked.
And Ayra smiled as she began narrating different stories from her old world. Ayra gave them insights of how the world was.
Explaining the mode of operation there. How everyone had houses and how the houses were. She explained how everyone also had cars and how cars moved on the road.
And as she told fascinating tales, the beastmen around slowly began gathering around her. Most weren’t discussing amongst themselves anymore, but all the beastmen around had turned and approached the female.
All sitting down quietly around the female regardless of if they were elders, warriors or teens. They were sitting around to hear the intriguing tales from the female.
She explained, "There, people can fly through the sky."
There was silence as everyone blinked. They stared at each other.
"Huh? Everyone can fly if they want to?"
Ayra nodded with a smile. "Exactly. They can."
Rai was impressed as he asked, "In this world, is everyone perhaps bird beastmen? Do they have wings? Because that’s the only way they can fly!"
He said as everyone nodded.
But Ayra shook her head with a smile. "No. No one has wings," she explained, leaving them all more shocked.