"What rubbish are you talking about now...?" The dragon lord demanded. "Don’t you know the consequences of such careless words?"

"They’re not careless words. They’re reality," she said, gently running her hands through her stomach while she stared at the fox. "And at this moment, I’m carrying the tribe lord’s heir."

Commander Lynn was silent, his eyes on Ayra in confusion. While the other wolves stared in shock and disbelief.

An F-rank female pregnant with the S-rank tribe lord’s heir?! That was utterly impossible!

But the fox got up to his feet. He approached Ayra again and gently leaned closer. He sniffed Ayra while staring down at her stomach. And at that moment, he stiffened.

Lord Ash had his eyes on Ayra now, all possible emotions running through that face. Confusion, shock, disbelief—he didn’t know which to entertain as he stared at her. "You...."

Ayra smiled. "So? Would you like to kill off your first and only heir or...?"

Everyone was quiet. The other two tribe lords could confirm from his expression that it could be true. They said no words as they stared at each other.

But how was this even possible?! The F-rank female could never soothe any males, talk more of getting pregnant for any! But this F-rank female had broken those laws effortlessly.

"Who are you?" Was all the fox could manage, but Ayra responded.

"Let me live and bear you an heir, and you’ll know all you need to know about me," she smiled.

Ash stepped backwards and stared down at her. He was still in confusion like the rest. They couldn’t believe their eyes. This was impossible and they all knew it. But it was right before their eyes.

Ayra smiled inwardly. She had succeeded and she was certain they weren’t ruthless enough to want to eliminate an heir. An heir was something that was rare to them. Something they had probably strived to get. But with their situation, it was impossible. And now? Who would want to throw away such an opportunity?

Ayra stared at him. She was about to speak again when her stomach grumbled. It was a loud one, loud enough for everyone there to hear. It was the sound of her stomach demanding food, and Ayra couldn’t remember the last time she had one.

Shame ate her up as Ayra bit her lower lip. "Well, I guess the little heir has quite an appetite..." She shifted the blame immediately.

But Lord Ash still had his eyes on her, studying her. And then suddenly his lips curled into a smile as he approached. Ayra was surprised as he stretched out his hands, took her hands and helped her up.

"Then let’s not keep the little one hungry," he smiled at her. "Let’s go get my heir something to feast on."

---

While they left, the dragon lord folded his arms. "That fickle fox, can’t even stand by his words? He simply treats her better because she claims to have his cub? How can he even trust her?"

But the snake scoffed as he cracked his neck. "Ash? Trust her like that? That would be him losing braincells. It’s clear that the fox is playing his usual games."

Vale stared through the door through which they left as he said, "I suppose he’s really curious to uncover what this female is up to. A cub? How can an F-rank female pull that off? She might have some secrets behind it, and Ash is out to find out."

Zark paused, his eyes lingering in the same direction as he scoffed. He said nothing as the two of them thought about the female. In as much as they wanted to deny everything, the evidence was right before them. The female was surely something beyond their comprehension.

After a while, Zark cleared his throat and shook his head as he stared at Commander Lynn who was just standing there and listening. "So, any news about Nyx yet?"

Commander Lynn had his head down as he shook his head. "My apologies, but still nothing. We’ve searched all possible areas but there’s still no sign of him anywhere..."

Vale sighed as he folded his arms. "That wild cat is sure something. One minute he’s out and the next he has disappeared into thin air. We’ve been searching for him for months now and there’s still no sign..."

The dragon folded his arms. "How bothersome. Where could he have possibly gone to? If we can’t find him, we might as well stop wasting resources and time looking for him. We might just have to give up."

But Vale shook his head. "I don’t think we should abandon him like that. Nyx might be wild and untamed, but he’s still a vital part of our tribe. So we have to find him."

"Don’t worry, I haven’t given up yet. I’ll keep searching until I find him," Commander Lynn assured while they stared at him with a nod.

Vale blinked as he added, "And also those beastmen who went missing some days ago around the Spider Cave..."

Zark sighed. "Still no news?"

Commander Lynn nodded. Lord Zark then said, "The zone is a really dangerously contaminated zone to be in. And the beast is not an easy one either. One would risk going heavily berserk entering there to even fight it."

"I’ll go and take a look at it later," Vale said.

"It’s risky," Zark reminded.

"We can’t leave those men there," Vale insisted.

"But how do we even know that they’re alive?" Zark asked as Vale thought for a while. He had a point. "I’ll just go and scan the area to know.. I should find something out."

Zark was quiet as he sighed.

"And the food.." Zark brought up as he stared at Vale. "The upper hands are getting greedy recently and are demanding more than we can provide. How’s that coming up?"

Vale sighed. "Ash should have a better idea about that... I don’t think I do at the moment..." He sighed as he added, "But I doubt it’s looking good."

---

Ash led Ayra through the tribe, casually strolling the place like a king while Ayra awkwardly followed behind.

Eyes were still on her. Awkward eyes of people questioning her presence here. The rumors of her soothing the tribe leaders had already spread like wildfire, so all who stared at her now had an extra layer of confusion in their eyes.

"Isn’t she an F-rank female? How is it possible that an F-rank female is able to heal our tribe lords?"

"Is she playing some tricks? I mean, this vicious female is capable of such!"

"I think so, because there’s no way an F-rank female is capable of doing such miracles!"

These were what ran through their minds and mouths as they watched Ayra follow Lord Ash.