Book 13: Chapter 8
Ling Yue was very dangerous. Evelyn didn’t lie to me. Ling Yue jumped as soon as breeze blew and turned toward it. It was the first time I saw a fox ready to fight back at any given moment. Her response was no different to a wolf’s nature, in my opinion. She reacted that way to protect her child.
I think Ling Yue’s child would be the same as Lucia’s, in that her child would absorb her mana, as well. She should’ve been raised as a fox, which would explain why Ling Yue transformed into a fox when she was pregnant. I think the last time she saw me was when she came to participate in my investiture, because she couldn’t have come over when she transformed into her fox form.
Whether or not Ling Yue’s fur looked pretty depended on the volume of mana inside her body. Based on her current look, it was apparent her child likely took all of her mana from her. Ling Yue stopped worrying about whether she was pretty or not. In the past, she was very mindful of her appearance, but she had lost all her fur. I could see dirt and mud in between her fur. There were traces of blood on her claws. There was something thick stuck to the corner of her eyes. Ling Yue wasn’t willing to budge. She just wanted to stay someplace she considered safe until she gave birth. However, as her husband, I couldn’t let my wife suffer.
I had to help her with her personal hygiene at the exterior level within a certain time frame. The issue was I realised how big of a job it was. I saw the large form of hers for the first time after leaving her embrace. When she lay on the ground, she was marginally smaller than her entire estate. She also refused to let any strangers approach her during that time, which included Evelyn and Leah who were always by her side. Given those points, I had to personally attend to her.
It was the first time I realised water pipes and pressure valves were humanity’s most perfect inventions. I completely forgot about them upon arriving here!! Can you imagine how hard it is to use two buckets that aren’t even the size of Ling Yue’s nail to wash Ling Yue, who was almost as large as her estate? I saw Ling Yue’s mockery and bewilderment in her eyes when I first carried two water buckets over.
“Whoa!!”
Ling Yue seemed to be very annoyed with me pouring water on her. She grabbed me between her fingers and placed me in front of her. I looked at her huge eyes and raised my hands high: “Listen to me. Listen to me. Ling Yue. Ling Yue, you should keep clean, right…?”
“That’s why I said that I don’t want to let you see me in my current state!”
“No! I’m not saying you’re ugly and disliking you. I just that that it’s not very hygienic, right?”