Beastmen Love-Chapter 175: Caris And Carist

When they’re getting closer to the cave, Astri asks Bono to stay quiet. Astri looked inside the cave and didn’t feel anyone inside. She sees a nest, some animal skins, and several tapestries.

"How beautiful! Rustic, but beautiful!" Astri says, starting to look at each of them slowly. Seeing that they have an artistic side.

"Where’s him?" Bono asks himself, looking outside.

"Probably went hunting. Let’s wait for them." She answers.

"He won’t be happy to see us here. Maybe you shouldn’t touch his things.."

"You’re right. It’s just so beautiful. I’m sorry." She says, stepping back.

He smiles at her, and his heart warms by seeing her not acting selfishly. If it was another female, she wouldn’t care and only take what she wanted.

"What?" She asks him after noticing his smile.

"I.. think you’re beautiful on the outside and inside. And you make me want to be better." He answers the truth.

"Thank you. You inspire me to be better too."

He wants to ask her if she sees him as a good male for her, but then they hear someone landing outside the cave.

A male with very long black hair like Zin, wearing a skirt that looks like one of the beautiful tapestries with shapes and different colors, with pale skin and androgynous face looks at Bono inside.

"What the f* are you doing here, you handless lizard?! Want to steal our things?! You m..!" He angrily snarls at Bono, marching towards him after throwing a prey on the ground.

From nowhere, he stops, like something pulled him back.

"Wait, brother! There’s a female with him!" His voice tone totally shifted.

The first voice tone was angry and deep, and then it turned completely soft.

"I don’t want to steal anything. We came to talk to you." Bono says.

The male ignores Bono, and keeps staring at Astri. Astri looks at his eyes and sees it changing color from grey to light blue.

"Hello, Caris and Carist. My name is Astri." She smiles.

The way she called them thunderstruck them.

"You are.. You feel.." They try to say it together.

"Nature sent me here. We want to be friends."

He walks to her. Before Bono stands in front of her to protect her, Astri holds his arm so he doesn’t move.

Caris and Carist are as tall as Bono, but not as muscular and wide. His body is more like Zin’s, slim and slender.

"How do you know our names?" The calmer tone of voice asks.

"Nature told me, Caris. I was sent here to meet you and help you two. You and Carist are surely gifted. I loved your tapestries! Can I buy some?"

"Wait! Nature? Are you Nature?!" The other voice, which is more aggressive, asks.

Even the face changes a little, and Astri can read them perfectly when they change between souls.

"Not exactly, Carist. I’m known by some names. Like: Chosen One, Daughter of Nature, Goddess of Nature." She chuckles. "You made your clothes too, right? I love it, too! It’s so pretty. What did you do to change the colors of the same skin?" She asks, pointing at his clothes.

"You can tell who of us is talking! How can you do that?" Carist asks.

"It’s amazing!" Caris excitedly says.

He kneels in front of her to have a better look at her face, they’re so happy their eyes are watering.

"I know that you’re angry with the people out there. I came here to help you. I know you’re not evil. And not crazy. You’re gifted and strong. You’re good males." She tenderly says, patting their head.

They’re trying to hold up their tears.

"Stop, Caris! You crying, little lizard.." Carist says, but his voice is trembling.

"You’re crying too, fool!" Caris says back.

Whoever watches without knowing there are two beings inside of one body would think they’re crazy. Bono is still confused, not being capable of seeing the difference between them, but after hearing what they said, he could understand that there are different personalities.

Astri smiled sadly, knowing they had spent hundreds of years alone. She knew she couldn’t feel guilty, but she wished they didn’t have to wait for so long. She also knows that she needs to trust Nature when it says it is the right time to act.

She hugged their head, and they slowly cried in her embrace. They hug her too, and let her energy and smell consume them entirely. Astri already noticed that lizards, snakes, dragons, dinosaurs, all of them might be big and dangerous, but they have the most sensitive hearts too.

"Are you pregnant?" Caris asks, after cleaning his face and calming down.

"Of this piece of sh*?" Carist asks, looking at Bono.

"No. I don’t know from which of my males I’m pregnant yet. Don’t call Bono this way, Carist." Astri answers.

"Yes, brother! Clean your mouth before speaking in front of her." Caris says.

"Humph! I’ll hold my mouth because of her, not because of you, brother. Neither him." Carist says back.

"Bono just can’t say who are which. Come here, Bono. Let me show you the difference." Astri calls Bono.

Bono walks to her.

"Look at their eyes." Astri points.

Bono looks at it carefully, but cannot see the difference. Then she makes them stand on the sun and then points again.

"Come forward, Caris. Please." Astri says.

The eyes turned gray.

"Now, Carist. Please."

The eyes turned light blue, with a frown. Bono is shocked now.

"Oh... I can see now." Bono says, impressed.

"Congratulations." Carist sarcastically says, making Astri chuckle.

They look at her smiling, almost like cute lap dogs, swinging their tails.

"Really. I want to buy your tapestry and clothes. It’s amazing." Astri says, walking to the tapestry again.

"You can keep all of them. We can’t sell it to you." Caris says, following her, shyly and happy that she liked them.

"We don’t have any use for gems too." Carist says, also shyly.

"I need to give you something. These are too beautiful to be for free."

"Can we come with you then?" They ask in unison.

"Well, of course. We came to invite you to come live closer to Daerns’ Tribe."

She explains to him why she came to that realm, and that she’s helping Bono grow the kingdom and to aim them to a good path.

"However, the King is a corrupted soul used by a Monster King. He will attack the tribe when he learns about its growth. Bono needs allies." She says.

"Do you want us to help him?" Carist asks.

"Yes. If you can. I won’t force you to do anything."

"I’m sorry, but we don’t care about him or the dinosaurs. They did that to themselves." Caris says, and Carist agrees.

"I understand and agree. I believe there’s still hope. That’s why I came to help them. I’m sure Bono will succeed. As I said, you don’t have to help if you don’t want to."

"We won’t help him. But we obey you."

"Yes. If you’re living there. We will protect you. If the King attacks you, you will be protected. We don’t fear Monsters." Carist says.

"You’re too special to risk your life." Caris says.

She smiles and nods, knowing it’s good enough. It’s the chance for them to get to know more people and change their minds about how they feel about other beastmen.

"I appreciate that. Thank you. Shall we? I’m getting hungry." She says, walking to the tapestries. "I can’t wait to see all of them more attentively. I’m in love with this one. I can see perfectly who did what here." She points at the different shapes and stitching.

They scratch their head shyly but also happily. Astri waits outside for Caris and Carist put all tapestries together and tie them, Bono walks to them to try to help. However, he could hear them growling.

"I just want to help you.. Just so Astri doesn’t have to wait long." Bono says.

They stop growling and then look at Astri. They want to make her happy, so they let Bono help to finish faster. They walked outside, and Astri was sitting on a rock, waiting patiently while drawing on her little sketchbook. Caris and Carist looked at her drawing and were amazed, kneeling on her side and looking more attentively.

"I can teach you if you want." Astri tells them.

"Really?!" They happily asks, making her giggle.

"Of course. My daughter would love to teach you too."

"You have a daughter? Is she like you?"

"She has many things from me, but she looks more like her tiger father. She’s only two years old, but she’s as clever as if she was older."

Actually, beastmen develop faster in some matters. Even though females mature slower than males.

"Can I ask something?" Bono asks Astri.

"Sure."

"Is there a reason for having two inside of one body?"

"Yes. Because of their kind. Boys, can you shift?"