Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 59: Self Acceptance
Their collective shock was understandable, after all they knew what Jade didn’t. Which was that as soon as she reaches the peak of rank one, she’ll basically immediately reach the peak of Half-step Rank Two as well!. The others couldn’t help but feel jealous, though Chloe and Muku weren’t as intense as the others, they’d already stepped onto the path, so it shouldn’t be too hard for them to catch on.
"I’m tired, I’m going to bed". Emily said and quickly left without waiting for anyone to say anything. She didn’t yet know how to face Muku and now had to deal with the fact that Jade was already at 80% while she was at 0%?. They all knew Jade must have realised a lot of her potential, but wasn’t 80 a bit too much?. And she didn’t have an idea on how to do realise her own, so she’d rather go sleep than get depressed thinking about it.
Layla also got up, but since she couldn’t sleep without bathing, she went to see if Audrey was done. She also didn’t want to stick around Jade right now. The girl really left no room for others to breathe. The others looked at them leaving without saying anything.
"Big brother, I’m feeling really disheartened right now...can I sleep with you just for today?". Hope who was clearly not as broken up about Jade’s advancement as the other two, took a chance to see if she can use it to her favour. And so spoke with a sad expression on her face while looking at Muku, but the excitement and expectation in her eyes betrayed her real feelings.
"No!"×2. Before Muku could speak, Chloe and Jade had already shouted in denial on his behalf.
"Hope, a man and a girl should never sleep in the same room unless they are married. Even if you’re now like siblings, it’s still unacceptable, got it?". Chloe spoke to Hope with a smile that was anything but warm on her face, faint sparks of blue lightning going off on her body as she spoke. Seeing this, Hope nodded in agreement, fear visible in her eyes. Chloe had always been the nicest to her since the beginning but seeing this side of her, she dared not argue or she was afraid she might get a lightning fist to the face.
"And how can you be so trusting of this pervert, what if he did something to you in the middle of the night after silencing and binding you with his telekinesis?.....oh shit!, I’m sorry sir, I didn’t mean it!". Jade added a few words of her own before she even realised what she was doing, it had become natural for her to talk maliciously about Muku it seems. She quickly apologised, but the damage had already been done as Muku was now menacingly glaring at her.
"My my, what a vivid imagination you have there, maybe I should try it out with you. What do you think? At least then you’d be certain that you’re speaking the truth right?" Muku said with a smile that sent shivers down Jade’s spine.
"Ahhh!" Jade screamed, got up and ran out of the room. Though what the others didn’t notice was the vague blush on her face. She actually thought of the scenario and was curious how it would feel like, which brought the slight blush to her face. The others just looked at her leaving, Muku even had a slight smile of victory on his face.
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"You two should also go sleep, I’ll take first watch". He then spoke to Chloe and Hope who were the only ones left. Hope wanted to say something, probably wanted to stay with Muku but she was dragged away by Chloe before she could speak.
"Good night, Muku". Chloe said just as she was about to pass through the door, a furious blush on her face. This was the first time she straight up called him by his name after all. In fact, she was actually the first to do so among the girls, surprising both Hope and Muku, neither thought she was this bold.
And by this point if Hope didn’t guess what was happening, she might have as well given up her brain. Before she just suspected it from her actions, but now she was sure that Chloe definitely liked Muku in a way she shouldn’t. Along with the other the girls who behaved the same way, quite frankly she was surprised it took her so long to realise when it was practically so obvious from the start.
{Oh well, it’s none of my business anyway, big brother can date whoever he wants. It’s even better if it’s someone from our group. I just hope he doesn’t stop paying attention to me because of it though...} Hope thought while being dragged to their room by Chloe.
Muku on the other hand was left speechless by how bold Chloe suddenly became. But still managed to squeeze out a....."Goodnight to you too Chloe". Which made Chloe smile brightly as she was still close enough to hear him, she then quickly ran off still dragging Hope along.
"Sigh, these girls are getting bolder by the day, won’t I end up getting molestated by the end of the month then!?". Muku said to himself after being left alone. Though if he said that he wasn’t happy about the development he’d be lying....not the getting molested part...well maybe that too.
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Next morning.....
"Okay everyone, today’s mission is to help Audrey with her ability training. As well as swiftly move toward Emily’s house and also find ways to realise our potential on the way. I suspect that battle situations shouldn’t be the only way to do it" Muku told everyone the plan for the day.
Their initial plan was to slowly advance to Emily’s house while getting stronger. But with that monster in the city, they couldn’t delay anymore. Hearing the plan Emily’s expression hardened a bit, she was wondering if she’d be unlucky like Hope and Jade who didn’t find anyone, or she’d be lucky like Layla. But thinking of how even Layla didn’t find her mother at home, she couldn’t help but feel pessimistic about. Even subconsciously preparing herself to be disappointed.
The others noticed her mood change, but didn’t say anything since most of them had to go through it and knew it was something she’d have to figure out herself. Muku wanted to say something but the event from last night really left him not knowing where to start.
"Now, since we’re deep into the city, we’re likely to only find MR and above so it’s going to be a bit hard for you Audrey, but don’t worry, we’re all here to assist if anything goes wrong". Muku said while looking at Audrey, not noticing that he’d dropped the "Ms" after the event last night. Maybe without being aware of it, he now saw her as Layla’s mother..she was a gorgeous woman after all. Though the girls noticed the change, but remembering how they also changed how they address him, they could only pout and stay quiet.
"Okay, and thank you for slowing down for me. I promise to do my best and not let everyone down". Audrey responded with a pretty smile on her face that made Muku pause for a bit just by how pure and innocent it looked.
"No worries, we’re a team after all...now I guess we are going to have to teach you how to use your blade like nails first. Which I think Jade would be the perfect teacher for obvious reasons.". Muku said while shifting his gaze from Audrey to Jade, signalling her to come forward and assist Audrey.
She did so without complaining, which suprised everyone, but remembering how this was more of an Audrey related task than Muku, they understood. As long as it wasn’t Muku, Jade was usually nice to everyone else, well of course that only applied to the ground members, as for outsiders, they were nothing but grass in her eyes.
"Okay Ms Knight, first feel the mana circulating I’m your body, after that manipulate some of it to come out through your nails while envisioning your nails growing longer...well I’m basing this off how it works for me, so there might be some differences. But it should work along those lines.". Jade without delay, told Audrey what to do.
Audrey nodded and did what she was told while her eyes were closed as to focus better. The others just looked on in curiosity, waiting to see what happens. Though they were surprised by how what Jade said sounded almost like how their spells worked. They burn the mana in their body to get their desired spell which they would have imagined before had.
"Woah!, it worked!" Hope exclaimed as she and the others looked at the right hand nails of Audrey’s hand grow longer and longer until they were more than a metre long. Though they looked like think silver blades attached to her fingers than nails.
Of course they weren’t overly shocked or amazed, since she just relearned something she already knew, it was her base spell like Muku’s two-threw swords in the beginning, Emily’s flame burst and the likes. But they were curious to see what new spells Audrey would develop after this. After all the lady had a Unique Class equal to Pseudo-Legendary Classes in potential. Though for now, from how she was even able to cast the spell, it can be said that, Audrey was finally starting to accept her new self, which was great news.
"Ah, good, just in time for a test run as well.". Muku suddenly said looking in a certain direction. From there, a giant spider appeared. It was just a mid rank, so the perfect practice partner for Audrey.
