During their show of extreme intimacy, Freya noticed there was something eating away at Ottar. It was so obvious to her, even without the ability to see his very soul, she would have noticed. While she was being gently thrusted, part of the reason she knew that something was wrong… she raised a hand to touch Ottar's face.
"Ottar, tell me, what's on your mind? You're usually quite a bit more vigorous than this. I miss it." her voice reawoke Heith who laid bare holding her goddess' other hand.
"I-" Ottar started, then realized he was about to cause some strife for his goddess, and pulled out. Heith sprung to action right away, with the best action she could give to her goddess. "I remember a time before the battle with Evilus." Ottar fell to his back, lying beside his goddess.
"Oh Heith, that's good!" Freya spoke with a smile, and the two made eye contact for a moment.
"I'll always do what I can to make you feel good, my Goddess." Heith said with a muffled tone as she enjoyed a full tongue kiss with Freya's southern regions.
"So, Ottar, you mean to say that one time you managed to speak with Origin Wolf that day?" Freya asked, confirming her suspicions with his reaction. "So, what do you want to do about it?"
"I do not know, my Lady."
"I have an idea. Learn from it, and let's have a baby." Freya said with a tease.
All three of them knew exactly what that meant. Freya was a goddess, it was impossible for her to rear a child of her very own. Heith, a bit shocked by the statement, stopped her tongue, and looked up into her goddess' eyes as if asking for clarification. Ottar didn't protest, nor did he agree.
"That's what I wish."
"My Goddess' wish is my command. I would be honored to bear the ultimate expression of your love!" Heith reacted, almost as if she had hearts in her eyes.
"Ottar would you mind so terribly to give me a baby?"
"My Lady's wish, is my Lady's command. I live for my Lady."
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Orario, Shurry's group finally surfaced, and of course once they did resurface, it was made clear than ever before, they saw hell, stared it down, chuckled, fought, and laughed in the face of hell as they stood proud of their own achievements. Everyone from the lowest levels to the highest. Each of them looked like they were excited and eager at the same time.
"That was anything but easy." Orba accidentally said aloud. He'd been in deeper thought than many others. "I've never put that much work into growing stronger before. I didn't even realize it was possible."
Zald glanced over to Orba, and chuckled. "Is it too much?"
"Oh no, nothing like that Master. I was just thinking aloud."
"You look exhausted, and still you're determined. Keep that up and you may surprise yourself." Zald said with an added pat on the back.
"I wonder if there's a way to make up for the things I had missed due to poor training?"
"I haven't seen anyone that's capable of doing something like that, outside of one young woman, now a mother, so it's best if you focus on improving yourself in all the ways you can, instead of focusing on the small amount you've had taken from you by poor teachers."
"Thanks, I'll do that Master." Orba said with a hopeful expression banishing his worries.
Bell was having a bit of a hard time as well, his ability to attract attention was second only to Shurry as a kid. He walked hand in hand with Meda, while a rather jealous Ais was held back by a protective mother, Meteria.
"Ais, you can't keep pushing it like this."
"But I like him! Please mama?"
While Meteria dealt with Ais, Shurry focused in, on every conversation going on in the group, he led from the front as always. His ears would twitch from time to time as he began piecing together what to do next.
"From the sounds of it, we can spend some quality time with our children again."
"How much time?" Ardee asked… It was a question the four of them wanted the answer to. The obvious meaning behind that question didn't go unnoticed.
Shurry smirked, and whipped his tail a little bit. This time it wasn't random, he was writing a number on Ardee's back with the fluffy tip of his tail. She smirked, causing the others to do the same.
"A shame that we still can't do that again. Our sister won't have reached level 4 yet…" Ardee teased.
"It's fine. If there isn't enough time, we'll make it. Now, let's get back and see our little bundles of happiness."
A few moments later, they arrived home, their scents wafting into the air of the home. The moment the door shut behind the expedition force, four young werewolves in their puppy form came running out of what was clearly the bath. Each leaped up competing with each other for the spot in their papa's arms.
"PAPA! MAMA'S!!!!" The four pups howled together in such a way, the gods of stoicism, even their hearts would melt.
Shurry being the best he could be, spread his arms out and wrapped them back in a way to catch all four of his pups, ignoring the clearly wet fur they had, a sign of being in the bath.
"Papa missed you so much! It's good to be back, I love you!"
"I wuve Papa too!" all four of his pups spoke with a cute howl in their voices, each wagging their tails in the most excited and adorable ways.
"Careful there, Shurry, you're making their mothers think twice about training to get stronger, or have another pup."
"The more the merrier! I love my pups so much! I'll never run out of room for them in my heart!" Shurry smiled, that was a mistake… His emotions got the better of him, but before he could think about taking it back, it was too late… the women had already had a complete debate between them, filled with tons of arguments, all in a matter of a single second.
"It's decided, so long as we stick to a certain training routine, it won't cause any issues. And the vitality stat shoots up so fast from pregnancy, let me see here… Yeah, it won't set us back much if at all, and any that it does we can always make up for in other ways." Neze spoke this time, which oddly enough made it harder to disagree with her.
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