Chapter 34: 34: Strange Female
"Jealous?" He paused and turned to her. "And why would I be? I’m never jealous of anything. Especially for an F-rank female who isn’t even that attractive. I’ll pass," he said as he turned and continued moving.
Ayra smiled, folding her arms as the system beeped again.
[Ding]
[Mate stat]
[Congratulations Host, Silver snake’s affection level increased]
[+ 1]
[Silver Snake: 10%]
[Congratulations Host! Rewards Available!]
[Hair Gel and Face Cream x5]
Ayra smiled. "He clearly is jealous," she said as she continued moving back to the tribe.
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As soon as they arrived back at the tribe, all eyes fell on them.
Everyone stood tall, staring at the lost beastmen returning in one piece. They were all speechless because this was an extremely rare or impossible scenario.
Most beastmen who went missing and fell into the hands of such wild monsters were hard to find or return alive. They mostly either died or went wild and joined the wild monsters in their beast form. So everyone was shocked to see them return.
Soon, the returned beastmen joined the rest of the beastmen who gathered around them immediately. They had lots of questions for them while staring at them like aliens.
"What happened?"
"How did you return?"
"Did you fight the monsters?" They had a lot to ask and the beastmen happily responded to them.
They explained how Ayra did everything. How the female was the one who saved them, healed and soothed both them and Lord Vale.
As they explained these, the men were all stunned as they turned to stare at Ayra standing with Commander Lynn.
"Are you sure of what you’re saying? How is it possible that an F-rank female like her would do that??"
"Soothe people? I’ve heard of her doing that but I never really believed it. But it really did happen?"
"And how did an F-rank like her even think of taking down such a wild monster? Isn’t that crazy??"
"I also think so. That’s... Simply wild to think about."
"Right.. isn’t she a weak female? How can she even manage to take down a wild monster that our leaders couldn’t?" They were baffled.
"This is strange. An F-rank female able to heal and soothe? If this is true then does it mean that we’ve hit the jackpot?"
"Don’t be fooled too early. Wasn’t she the vicious female who looked down on us a while back? So don’t be accepting so easily else she might be scheming something."
The returning beastmen were surprised. They had heard of the vicious female who bullied them but they didn’t know it was Ayra.
"But she saved us all... Are you sure she’s the same person?" One of them asked.
"Yes. The vicious female wouldn’t do that. Unless she has actually changed?"
"Besides, doesn’t the vicious female look so hideous and ugly? But look... she actually looks so beautiful."
"Yes. Which is strange. Because F-rank females aren’t so beautiful. But she is.. becoming more and more beautiful..."
"I also noticed it.."
And they all stared at Ayra from a distance, all surprised. They couldn’t even believe their eyes at what they were seeing. It felt like a whole dream witnessing a different side of this vicious F-rank female.
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As they returned, Lord Vale had made his way back into his lair while Ayra met up with Commander Lynn who was standing out there.
Ayra smiled as she approached him. "Where have you been all this while? Do you know that I missed you all this while?" She teased.
But Commander Lynn kept his usual poker face while he stared at her. "I was on patrol," he said as he stared at her hands. There was a little bruise on them.
"I thought you would have died there. I guess you’re really something now that dying seems impossible," he said as he cleared his throat.
Ayra smiled. "We haven’t met in a while, you should at least try saying something nice," she said.
Her smile was vibrant and Commander Lynn couldn’t believe he actually found it attractive now. Lynn stood there, lost in her face. He was just away for some time but she was already... Looking better?
He couldn’t help but notice her skin getting smoother. Her dark spots were almost gone now. Her face was getting more aligned and pretty. And when she smiled.. he couldn’t stop his heart from fluttering.
"Hey?" Ayra brushed her hands before him as he shook his head. He couldn’t believe he was finding her attractive.
"Whatever," he casually said as he turned and walked off. "Follow me."
"Wait up," Ayra turned and walked after him while the beastmen around stared at her in immense shock.
They couldn’t believe that this F-rank female could do all that was said. And they couldn’t believe that she had gotten even prettier as well!
They simply stared in shock now because this F-rank female was different from whom they thought she was!
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Ayra arrived at Commander Lynn’s wooden house as they went inside.
"Sit down," Commander Lynn casually commanded as Ayra sat down. She watched him get out a piece of leaf and then approach her.
Commander Lynn knelt down before her as he took out her finger which was bruised and then applied the liquid to her fingers.
"Ouch.." Ayra wanted to pull away but he held her fingers firmly.
"Stay put. A healer like you can’t even take care of themselves.." he said as he gently applied it to her fingers.
Ayra was surprised. She never saw it coming that this big emotionless Commander would actually notice this little injury and treat her.
She smiled as she stared at him, watching as he gently tended to her fingers as though it was a fragile egg. Slowly, she brought her other hand and patted him by his wolf ears which instantly twitched at her touch.
"Come to think of it, even if you’re big and scary and emotionless and all. You’re actually so good," she smiled as she leaned closer to press a kiss against his hair. "Here, your reward."
Commander Lynn instantly froze.
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