Chapter 29: HTSCF CH 028 The arrival of the villainess. (NSFW)

Beta: Jeannette

A/N: Very light birthing description, so...? If that is not your thing, well… Also NSFW warning!

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Half a month later, the earthquake that was supposed to happen arrived. Early that day, Jun had been feeling some strange pulling pains at the pit of his stomach and Azazel went to get the witch doctor.

“He’s about to give birth.”

“Fuck.” That was Jun.

The witch doctor looked at Elior. “Based on the timing, you’re probably the father.”

Hearing the witch doctor say that caused a tremor in Elior’s heart. To think even he would have a day like this. Laying on the bed, Jun tried to visualize the birthing process and just couldn’t do it.

The witch doctor saw that look and spoke. “He’s a python so you’ll be laying eggs.”

“Oh.”

Laying eggs—that didn’t sound too bad. What was he? A chicken?

“They’ll be about this big.” The doctor held up his fist and Jun winced, picturing something that big coming out there. Then again, Azazel and Elior’s combined thickness was even bigger than that…

“It’ll be ok.” Said the person who put him in this situation and wasn’t the one who’d be giving birth. Elior held Jun’s hand just to receive a glare and could only give a helpless smile in return.

Right then, Jun was suddenly overwhelmed by a sudden pain in the pit of his stomach and the world started shaking. The damn earthquake had to happen right as he was going to give birth! What timing!

When the earthquake ended a few minutes later, Jun had pushed out 3—that damn number again—fist-sized eggs with Elior’s help, who held him up by the thighs to help the process along. The witch doctor had long been kicked out of the bedroom while Azazel stood by to watch the birthing and to protect Jun from any falling debris.

It was just a short moment, but Jun was worn out from the tension of the earthquake. He laid back down on the bed with the eggs next to him after they had been cleaned by Elior. Was he still human? Oh wait, he was a female beastman.

The witch doctor was allowed back in and explained to them how to incubate the eggs. “In about 2 to 3 months they should hatch if the conditions are good.”

News of the birth traveled just as quickly as that of the pregnancy. Such things weren’t privatized in the world of beastmen. When Sorrel heard about it, he was delighted. Faye had given birth to neither a female nor wolf cubs. Though he wanted Elior too, he wouldn’t want to give birth to snake eggs or raise snakes, not that females had to be involved in the raising of their children. It was usually the males’ duty.

Beastmen City had just survived an earthquake, and there would be a lot of things that needed to be rebuilt so he would leave Faye alone for now, but after…

(Click spoiler for minor bit of NSFW)

Two months later the snake eggs hatched. It was an anticlimactic moment, as it happened while they were asleep. Azazel and Elior woke up to Jun’s startled shout after he felt something crawl all over his body. When he saw the snake face up close, he was reminded of the moment he first met Elior 4 years ago but much, much smaller.

They were kind of cute even. Elior must have some strong genes since all the little snakes were albino. “What should we name them?”

“You want to name them?” Elior asked.

“Shouldn’t we?”

“Snakes are very independent. They’ll probably leave on their own after a month, so don’t get too attached.”

In this way, both father and sons were very cold-blooded. Jun himself was bad at naming, so he just called them Little One, Little Two, and Little Three. They stuck to him like little leeches, just like their father, the biggest leech of them all.

Now that the little snakes had safely hatched, Jun could finally leave the house. Having been cooped inside for months he was ready for some much-needed air. Their family of 6 departed for the Trade Market, which had returned earlier this year due to last year’s popularity. It was also a means for Beastmen City and the other tribes to regain their previous stability and prosperity before the earthquake happened.

Around this time in the storyline was when the big villainess arrived at Beastmen City and Jun wanted front row seats to watch the drama. If anyone could help him unravel Sorrel’s true face, it would be her. The original Faye was just cannon fodder barely worth a few paragraphs. He suffered because of his stupid jealousy only to suffer even more.

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The villainess, on the other hand, had a personal grudge against Sorrel and was supposed to be a badass. Jun was her fanboy. As a woman, her physique was even worse than Sorrel's, but she could fight a rank 3 male beastman on equal terms due to her hard training and agility. She could even hunt for beast cores on her own.

Colossals were out of the question, but the point was she didn’t rely on her men unless necessary, as opposed to Sorrel who left everything to his men. Their conflict started when the villainess’s brother became harem member #6 and forgot about his dear little sister.

When she was accused of committing some crime by Sorrel, her brother did not back her up and was the main perpetrator behind her exile. Before Sorrel, she was the apple of his eye, so it couldn’t be anyone’s fault but him. Now she was back, stronger. With her harem of males containing a King beastman, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that their reunion would be the battle of the century.

And it would happen right in the Trade Market. Jun made sure to bring his milk tea in the portable drink container that Elior crafted for him, and they arrived just in time for the show. Accompanied by Azazel and Elior, who stood out like strobe lights, and with one little snake resting on his head and the other two on his shoulders, Jun became the most eye-catching person at the Trade Market.

“It’s the villainess!” Jun did a fanboy squeal and clutched onto Elior’s arm while pointing at a figure.

Because she was a lynx female, the villainess had a very voluptuous figure. If he were a straight man, he might have drooled over her, but alas, breasts were not his kind of thing. He preferred muscular arms and legs, Adam’s apple, and a deep voice much like the person whose arm was on his waist, the biggest leech—er, snake, and the one on his right side with the almost perpetual expressionless face.

Azazel saw Jun’s distracted face and leaned down for a quick peck on the cheek. “Villainess?” He repeated.

“You’ll understand in a little bit.”

At the moment, Sorrel and the villainess, whose name was Sylvia, made eye contact. Sylvia was the first to speak: “Didn’t expect to see me again, did you?”

“Sylvia…” The protagonist was showing a bleak look. “It’s good to see you again.”

“Good to see me again? What bullshit are you spouting?”

“Sylvia, what happened between us is in the past. Let’s let bygones be bygones.”

“Are you fucking kidding me? I’ll show everyone your real face today.” At that moment, Sylvia’s eyes met Jun’s, and dread welled up inside him. She wasn’t planning to bring him into this, was she?

“Faye! You tell them the truth!”

Everyone looked at the person with three little snakes on him with questioning gazes. Jun could only play along. “What truth?”

“That I wasn’t the one who poisoned you and turned you into a mute!”

“…”

There was such a thing? Since Jun didn’t have the original Faye’s memories, he couldn’t remember exactly who had poisoned him, and the plot didn’t mention anything about it either. Nor did it mention that that was the “crime” Silvia had been exiled for. It had been a few years now since he last experienced this, but wasn’t this a plot hole?

“… I don’t remember who it was.” Seeing the relieved expression on the protagonist’s face proved a suspicion of Jun’s. But why poison him? To make him mute? For what reason? The original Faye must have seen something he shouldn’t have, something that would have ruined the protagonist’s image. But what? It was unfair that he wasn't able to obtain the original’s memory.

“You…” Silvia didn’t know what to say.

“Well, since the person in question doesn’t remember, let’s not fixate on the past anymore. I’m sure Faye also forgives you for your mistake…”

Sorrel was trying to use the cannon fodder him again. No way was Jun going to let that happen. “I never said it was Silvia who poisoned me. I said I don’t remember.”

Silvia was relieved while Sorrel was caught off guard. Faye wasn't this assertive or straightforward in the past. He was a pitiful and dumb person who tried hard to gain everyone’s attention and favor, but the current “Faye” was low-key and had managed to snatch the attention of those he wanted but couldn’t have yet.

No longer interested in the drama anymore, Jun left, feeling guilty that his being there had ruined Silvia’s original initial meeting with Sorrel, which had included a modest greeting, something more provocative and threatening. There was also something he needed Azazel and Elior to help him with.

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A/N: I mean, how can you not have smut when it comes to beastmen… Am I right? LOL

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