Wanderlust Beastkin, Beauty and the Beastkin-Chapter 95: Mistwood Spa

Titus stepped up to me and then pressed his palm up against my tummy next and pushed dark blue mana into my wombs. Then Milo added his green mana, and Oliver added his yellow mana. Lastly, Sam approached with a half grin and pressed his large hand on my womb, nearly covering my whole waist at the same time. When his hand glowed royal blue, a dark blue with a hint of purple, the others gasped.

"Sam, you’re already at the high end of blue? Why didn’t you say anything?" said Oliver.

Sam shrugged his large shoulders. "It was never important before, but now I can use my mana to keep my family safe and make sure our hatchlings are strong," Sam said and then gave me a gorgeous smile that lit up his already devastatingly handsome face.

Having already known about his aura, I just smiled at him and pulled him down for a kiss. "Thank you."

Then I looked around me at the others, "Thank you all of you. I’m glad that you’ve all accepted them as your own, and this won’t cause any issues within our family."

After we packed up, the guys moved a bit slower since Sam insisted on carrying me instead of having me ride on his back. His back was already incredibly comfortable in his sheep form, but all the males were worried about me becoming jostled. The other males insisted on travelling in their beast forms and were on high alert. Even Oliver was in his chipmunk form, which was about the size of a basketball, so that he could easily climb up trees and scout ahead. He was by far the smallest male, even quite a bit smaller than my Fluffy. He’s a sweetheart, though, even though his sensitive personality is a bit aggravating to me; it makes sense given his past. I know I have issues that I need to work through, too. I’ll have to make sure that my babies are born with an abundance of mana to make sure that even if I have a chipmunk baby, they’ll be strong and know they’re loved.

We travelled for what felt like forever and started to fall asleep. My head bobbed to the side, and Sam placed a kiss on my forehead. "You get some rest, everything’s fine here," Sam said softly, and I felt my eyes become heavy, and I dozed off.

By the time I woke up, I found myself in a large wooden cabin with a receptionist behind a wooden counter, snacking on...a piece of bamboo. The receptionist was a curvy and adorable woman with thick black hair just past her shoulders. She had large dark purple eyes that were nearly black, surrounded by thick black lashes. On the top of her head, she had black bear ears, cute round cheeks, and large, round black rimmed glasses on her face. She had ample cleavage showing and a cute heart-shaped birthmark on her right boob. She was wearing short shorts and a black and white top. She set down her snack and adjusted her eyeglasses on her face as we approached.

"Hi there! Are you here for the annual mating dance festival? I’m Sugar, and I’m your friendly receptionist. Do you already have a room reserved? Please tell me you do," she said while looking down at me.

I felt awkward about still being held, so I patted Sam’s arm, and he gently set me down. "Hi, it’s nice to meet you!" I said, and it was. It was so refreshing to meet a nice woman again. Especially after Tonya just disappeared. I thought that when I met up with the guys, she’d be there too, but she wasn’t.

"We don’t have a reservation. Are there any rooms available?"

"Oh dear, we don’t." She nibbled her bottom lip. "You probably won’t be able to find another available room, too. It’s the annual flamingo dancing festival and shouldn’t be missed. They’re absolutely gorgeous! I came to see it a few seasons ago, and I enjoyed myself so much that I ended up staying. I was able to get a job here, and they allow free services for employees, so I seriously lucked out. It shouldn’t be missed." She nibbled on her lower lip again. "You know, if you wanted, you could look at a house to buy. There are a couple of houses near mine that the village elders had built to expand the village. The only rule is that whoever buys the houses has to be a female of breeding age and having a beautiful female with some strong mates already would definitely be a bonus. I wouldn’t mind having a new neighbor. I see that you appreciate cute and pretty males, too. If you decide to stay, I could show you a great viewing spot!"

I couldn’t help letting a giggle out at her enthusiasm, and then I grinned. "I wouldn’t mind checking them out." I looked at the guys, "What do you guys think?"

They each had indulgent smiles on their faces. "I don’t mind, whatever you want, Sweetheart," said Titus, while the other guys nodded in agreement.

"So yeah, we’ll check them out. Who should I talk with about checking them out?"

Sugar stood up abruptly. "Well, I could do that. I know where they’re at, and if you decide that you want to buy one, I could take you to meet one of the elders to go through the sale."

"But aren’t you working right now?" I said.

"Don’t worry about it, I’ll have the Beansprout man the desk. Beansprout!"

From around the doorway to another room further in, a tall male with giraffe spots and those bumps on the top of his head and a cute skinny tail came around the corner. He walked over with a friendly smile on his face.

"Hi, my name is Hugh, not Beansprout; it’s nice to meet you. Don’t mind, Sugar, we’re childhood friends."

"Yeah, we’re childhood friends. He’s not bad. I’m going to take this female, actually, what’s even your name?"

"Oh! Silly of me not to remember to say, I’m Perla. It’s nice to meet both of you."

"Oh, what a pretty name. I’m going to take Perla to check out the available new houses. We might be neighbors! You don’t get any ideas, though, Beansprout, she’s got taste in males and won’t want a skinny Beansprout with two left feet."

I pinched my lips together, trying not to chuckle at the two’s banter.

"I wasn’t going to try. I already have a female that I like," Hugh said with an exasperated sigh. "No offense intended, you’re very pretty."

I gave him a small smile and looked between them, especially the obvious affection in his eyes when he looked at Sugar and her oblivious gaze. They were adorable! I was rooting for him.

"I can take over here while you’re gone," he said.

"Thanks a bunch!" Sugar said and gave him a quick hug before bouncing off around the desk and grabbing a black bag with a picture of a panda on it. She caught me looking at her bag. "It was a gift from Beansprout last Festness, which also coincides with the dancing festival, which is the best thing ever! I wouldn’t normally carry a bag that has my beastkin type on it. Is that a little weird?"

"It’s cute, and it’s sweet that he got it for you. Plus, pandas are adorable," I said. "So you and he? Are you two an item?"

"Who? Beansprout? Not even close, he’s just my friend. We grew up next to each other, and when I decided to come to this festival twelve seasons ago, he followed after me. Flamingo beastkin are really something, he said that he just wasn’t able to find anyone that he wanted to be mated with. There is a flamingo beastkin female that I’ve become friends with. She lives near my home."

Poor Hugh, he had a lot of work to do before she would realize his love for her. "I hope you like it here. It’d be nice to make another friend who isn’t a flamingo. I mean, I love them, truly I do, but it’s nice to talk with someone who isn’t a flamingo once in a while. What do you do for fun? You know, when you aren’t mating because that’s obviously fun, right?"

"You don’t have any mates?" I said.

Her face flushed. "I...do not. Was I that obvious? I was, wasn’t I? That’s embarrassing. It’s not that I haven’t been offered before; it’s just that the males who approach me are all serious creeps. I’m some sort of creep bait. None of the guys who I have any interest in ever look my way. The guys who are interested in me, either want me because they think that my being plump is a sign that I’ll give birth to large and healthy eggs, or they’re perverts who have a thing for big butts and are graphically vocal about their interest to the point that it makes me feel like I might pass out must from listening to their filth. They think I’m willing to listen to their nonsense just because I’m a curvier female than they’re used to. Little do they know that almost all of my species are built this way. They’ve never even seen a panda beastkin before, but they don’t bother asking. Jerks."

"I think it’s fine to wait until you find the right mate to settle down with. There isn’t any rush as long as you don’t have to worry about the snatching ritual." I said.

"Ohh...you’re from one of those villages. Yeah, this village doesn’t participate in the snatching ritual because there’s no need to with the constant flow of tourists who come through here and the influx of business that that brings along with all of the spa services and the hot springs. It’s a good fit for me, who hasn’t settled down yet, though my mom keeps on trying to set me up with surprise dates."

"Blind dates?" I said.

She tilted her head to the side in confusion. "Blind? Why would my mom have to set me up with a blind date? I know my looks aren’t everyone’s cup of tea, but I don’t think I’m that bad."

"No! No, that’s not what I meant. It’s a saying from where I come from. Blind dates are only dates that you go on without having seen your date before."

"Oh, well, the only time I’ve seen my date before is when my mom sends me drawings of males in the post. They usually don’t look like the drawings that I’m given, so it’s practically a blind date every time."

I looked back at my men who were following us at a distance to give us a semblance of privacy and thought to myself that I’d really lucked out.

Coming Next Time: Checking Out Properties