Ari (Child of the Beastman Goddess)

All males came back later than we’d anticipated. They were all extremely intoxicated, except my brother.

“Oh my God! What the hell happened to all of you?!” I gasped in shock.

“Dear… You stink! Don’t go near Nita. You’ll hurt her nose,” Tora scolded my brother as she pushed him away.

“Aww! Do I?” he asked, sniffing himself.

“Yes, Brother. What kind of hazing did you all go through?” I blurted while laughing at my unconscious spouses lying on the floor.

The servants had a lot of hard time bringing them all back to my room.

“Hazing? What is that?” my brother asked.

“Never mind. Go take a shower and bring Tora and Nita in your room. It reeks of alcohol in my room. I’ll handle these punks,” I instructed.

“Will you be alright, Ari?” Tora asked worriedly.

“Yes. Come on! Make haste. Nita has a sensitive nose, she’d get suffocated with this kind of strong scent,” I insisted as I looked at Nita’s disgusted reaction.

“But Ar-” she mumbled as I pushed them out of my room.

“Hurry!” I intercepted as I closed the door before them.

“Call me if you need any help!” Tora shouted from the other side of the door.

“Yes! Thanks!” I answered as I turned around and looked at the males on the floor, choosing who to deal with first.

“What exactly happened to all of you? It’s not even night yet and you’re all intoxicated like this. Goodness! Wake up! I can’t lift you all alone! Geeze!” I complained while pulling Dillon to the bed.

When I finally placed Dillon on the bed properly, I turned around to get Lowell but I was suddenly surprised to see a figure standing silently behind me.

“Ah!!!” I screamed in surprise and kicked him.

He dodged and caught my waist before I loosen my balance despite obviously being drunk.

“Lowell? What the f*ck?!… Gosh! I’ve been refraining myself from using bad words from my previous life,” I complained as I stood back up.

However, I suddenly felt a stabbing pain in my abdomen radiating from front to back that I almost lost the strength of my legs.

He panicked and trembled, “S-Sorry… I didn’t mean to startle you.”

“You reek of alcohol. I feel naus-” I started gagging due to the strong scent.

“W-Wait! I’ll g-get some b-basin,” he stammered

“D-Don’t leave… Bring me to the balcony… Please…,” I stuttered while trying to hold myself back from the urge to puke.

I could feel my stomach turning as I kept gagging a few times while he was lifting me in his arms and bringing me to the balcony.

“Does it help? Would you like some tangerine? It is said to relieve anyone from nausea,” he asked.

“I want sour strawberries… Not the ones Adler brought,” I answered as he gently placed me on a chair on the balcony.

“W-What?! But it won’t taste good,” he replied.

“I don’t like tangerines. I want strawberries!” I demanded, though my nausea and abdominal pain lessened after breathing some fresh air.

“O-Okay! I’ll get you some. Wait here,” he dashed instantly.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

I leaned on the chair and rested while waiting.

“Babe? Are you alright? You look pale..,” Macan asked as he walked near.

“Can you please place Dylan on the bed, then clean up first before talking to me? I really feel nauseated from the scent of alcohol,” I asked without changing my position.

“Oh damn! Sorry, babe. I’ll be back real quick,” he blurted, then went back into the room.

He came back after he cleansed himself, though I can still smell the faint scent of alcohol mixed with soap and fragrances. His hair was still wet due to rushing.

“Sorry, I was too slow. Are you still nauseous? You still look pale. Does it hurt anywhere else?” he asked while crouching in front of me with worry

“I felt a terrible pain in my abdomen earlier that I felt like I was having a terrible period cramp but a little different than that. I don’t know what was happening,” I replied while massaging my lower back.

“F*ck! What did you do earlier, babe? I told you, it’s a sensitive stage of pregnancy. Are you bleeding? Even just a little?” he nagged worriedly.

“I haven’t checked yet. My legs are still shaky, plus I’m nauseated so I couldn’t check yet. Can I check it later? I’m still dizzy. I pulled Dillon on the bed. I was planning to place you all on the bed because the floor was too cold. No one was waking up and Lowell unintentionally surprised me, then I suddenly felt the pain,” I explained.

“Why don’t you rest on the bed?” he asked.

“Because it reeks of alcohol inside the room,” I replied.

“Right. Wait here a little, I’ll just grab something,” he dashed inside and came back with a bunch of pillows, comforters and blankets.

He flattened a few layers of comforters on the floor and surrounded it with pillows. Then, he lifted me in his arms and lay me on the comforter, placed a pillow on my back, in between my legs, arm and my head.

“Are you sure you haven’t gotten anyone pregnant in our previous life? You seemed to be knowledgeable on this,” I mumbled.

“You may not believe me, but I haven’t. Okay? Don’t think too much babe. We had a cousin who lost her husband so Tory and I had to take care of her religiously because she’s high risk and it was hard for her to move around. Also, our parents always forget I was an animal doctor, not human,” he explained.

“Haha! Really?! I also thought you’d at least have a little knowledge in human pregnancy since animals are similar to humans. We were taught that humans evolved from apes,” I chuckled.

“Haha! Babe… I do have a little knowledge, but I am not a professional in that field so I couldn’t just claim that I can,” he laughed.

“There’s no licensing exam here. You can be who you want to be. You just need to study and consult a knowledgeable healer and you can be a great doctor. I studied herbs and healing since young because I was raised by my father and Grandma Lony, the elder healer of our tribe, but Lowell is more knowledgeable in herbs despite being an alpha. I could heal others, but I can’t heal myself,” I grinned before frowning because I suddenly remembered my sister.

“Are you thinking about your sister? We can’t heal everyone, babe. Especially when you’re in a battle. We can’t stop everyone’s death,” he said.

“But she did,” I wept, trembling with tears.

“Babe… It’s because she loves you more than her life so you need to live the life she gave you. Even if I were in her shoes, I’d do the same,” he mumbled in a low and sad voice.

“How did you know? I haven’t even told anyone what exactly happened,” I asked in confusion.

“Your father gave us an earful and suddenly spilled the tea while being drunk. He said he didn’t see what happened, but he knew both of his daughters. He’s distraught losing one of you and now he has to let you go too. He even told everything you said when he took you back and how heartbroken you were, but he couldn’t do anything-,” he explained but stopped upon seeing me looking at the door.

“Sorry to interrupt. I got the strawberries, but I’m not sure if it was to your liking,” Lowell said while walking towards us.

He sat beside Macan and placed the basket near him and started to remove the leaves while Macan helped me sit down.

“But babe… It’s not fully ripe, it would be sour to eat,” Macan commented on seeing the fruit.

“It’s what I want,” I replied.

He looked quite confused and looked weirded out.

“Why? Can’t I eat these?” I asked while Lowell was feeding me the strawberries.

“No, babe. I’m just speechless. I thought people were just joking when they said pregnancy cravings were most of the time extraordinary. Now I understand what they meant,” he chuckled.

“It is really weird?” I asked in confusion.

“Don’t mind me, babe. Do you still feel pain in your abdomen?” he asked.

“No,” I answered while eating strawberries.

“Babe… We need to check for any blood discharge to know if there’s a risk of miscarriage,” he reminded.

“Oh my god! That’s serious?” I gasped in fright.

“It depends on how much it was. If it’s just a little spotting, you might only need to have a bed rest. Also, you’re quite emotionally unstable right now and it won’t be good for the babies,” he explained.

“Is there anything we can do to help her with her condition?” Lowell asked.

“I’m not sure if the herbs we know are safe for pregnant females,” Macan replied.

“I know some calming herbs that are safe for pregnant and nursing females,” Lowell replied.

“That’s great. When we get back to the mortal land, let’s make a prenatal plan for Ahri,” Macan suggested.

“Prenatal plan?” Lowell asked.

“It’s a health plan for the duration of Ahri’s pregnancy. Diet and medications are included,” Macan explained.

“I see… Let’s do that. When are you going to leave? I’m not sure if our belongings will still remain intact on the lodging we were using,” he asked.

“I’m still waiting for my mother. She said she’s going to give me something later today,” I answered.