Free Web NovelChapter 27: 27: Matters Arising
Ayra let herself enjoy the same bath early the next morning. freēwēbnovel.com
Her system had given her 30 minutes of protective bath in the unhealthy stream, so she drowned herself in the water and softly ran the soap around her body.
Ayra couldn’t help but think about the beastmen that had earlier come to take their baths here before they saw her.
They had aggressively demanded she leave after seeing it was the female.
"Leave or we strike," they threatened.
But Ayra had casually smiled at them. "Is that so? Okay, I’ll leave." She pretended as if she wanted to leave. Standing up a bit to expose her wet skin to them, her collarbones, shoulder and upper layer of her breast were seen by them.
With the improvement brought to her body, these beastmen were speechless. The bear almost choked on his saliva while staring at her collarbones and the tiger’s cheeks went pink at the sight before him.
Without words, they instantly turned and left in a hurry. Ayra smiled. "I guess no bath for them today." freewebnσvel.cѳm
The soap and body wash soothed Ayra’s body beyond words. She enjoyed the feel. They were high quality ones she recognized from her world, so she guessed this system was really reliable.
She could feel her body relaxing while using them. Staring at herself in the stream, she could feel a decent improvement. Her face was now more relaxed and her skin was properly aligned. She could even see a faint glow to her skin.
She smiled as she applied the soap around her hair and face, letting the foam flow with the ripples around the water. "I’m sure in no time, my skin will definitely clear."
The soap and body wash certainly wouldn’t last that long. So she had to find a way to get more. Properly through tasks or something.
While she thought about that, Ayra thought about escaping too. These beastmen seemed to be wild and unpredictable. What if they suddenly wanted her dead? She couldn’t tell. All she knew was that she needed her safety.
"Maybe I should just run away and raise my little one alone in a safe area?" She thought, running her hands through her stomach. She didn’t know if it was the meat she ate yesterday kicking or the little one. But at least, something was kicking.
[Ding]
[Beauty stats improved]
[+5]
[Beauty: 35%]
Ayra smiled.
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Ash groaned in bed as he casually rolled around like a child who was being forced to go to school. His whole body was relaxed, he felt like he was sleeping in fur heaven. Everything was soft and soothing that he didn’t want to wake up.
But he felt some eyes on him. And when he slowly opened his eyes, he was met with the judging stares of two of his colleagues: Lord Zark and Lord Vale.
Immediately, he blinked as he instantly sat up from where he lay. Ash stared around in shock, alert. He was beyond confused. "What happened? What am I doing here? How am I here?" He shot them a confused gaze.
Vale folded his arms with a mocking smile. "What? You enjoyed yourself too much last night that now you don’t even remember what happened?"
"Enjoyed myself... ?" He thought as he searched his mind. It was strangely a difficult task to recall what happened, but he did remember.
He ate—heavenly meat from the female. And then he drank.. and actually did get drunk? He kissed her and felt extremely soothed and calm. And then he dozed off. And now he’s waking up...
"How did I sleep for so long? How did I even sleep?" The fox was shocked. Something was wrong and they all could tell.
He wasn’t one to doze off after drinking. He wasn’t one to even sleep for this long and even calmly. He’d always had sleeping issues which kept him awake most times. He could technically sleep for a minute and wake up at the slightest sound. Like the others, his senses were extremely sharp, making it almost impossible for him to relax.
But he had slept like a baby. He had enjoyed the sleep and didn’t even wake up with sounds around him.
"I was even wondering if you were dead," Zark raised an eyebrow. "Would explain a lot."
Ash was still shocked. "That female... How’s that possible,... " He stared at them. "How did she manage to do it? First it was the meal and then I actually did sleep?"
He didn’t want to admit it, but he felt relieved within. Finally learning that he could fall asleep peacefully like he did now was something he never thought he could experience in life at all. The feeling was new to him, and he certainly loved it.
Vale folded his arms. "The meal, huh. Explains why you guys ate up a whole bull alone. I heard it’s something that could possibly last a week or something. Interesting, enjoying your power as the one in charge of feeding and entertainment I see."
"I.. I didn’t think I’d be that good," Ash bit his lower lip, thinking about the meat. "Do you think the female is using some sort of evil magic or something?"
Lord Vale scoffed. "More like the old fox has gotten dumb and gullible."
"I’m not old," he snapped, adjusting the flower on his hair. "Besides, that female truly is strange from what we know. Her skin and scent have improved, her skills have also taken a strange leap.. she’s just like someone else... " He said, running his hands through his lips as the memories of the kiss flashed through his mind. "And for someone to be able to put me to sleep like that ... Even drugs can’t..."
He stared at them. "It’s like that feeling after waking up from being soothed by her a while back. But this time, even better... "
Vale scoffed. "Yeah sure. I see she’s really getting to you." He sighed. "Unreliable. I guess I’ll have to go do the work myself." He turned and walked off.
"That mean silver snake.. humph," The fox said as he looked up at Zark who also had his cold eyes on him.
"What?"
Zark shook his head as he said, "The upper tribe is demanding food." He said as he turned. "We should prepare to offer something I guess."
"But we don’t even have enough for ourselves," Ash pointed out.
Zark sighed as he folded his arms. "They never seemed to care, did they?"
