"Again with you don't know! Just what the hell do you even know besides crying? H-Hey, stop crying, darn it!"
The man roughly bellowed but his hands were surprisingly tender while wiping her tears off.
For once, he tried his best to appear energetic and playful after practicing so hard before paying her a visit to leave a good impression but with how the things were unfolding, it was hard for him to stay calm and suppress his anger and distaste.
As such, the wild temper he painstakingly tried to kept from surfacing was just naturally coming out.
'Shit, why is she crying so hard? What a wimp! Should I go undress her and kiss her passionately like what's in the old fox's manual to shut her mouth?'
Creus pondered deeply with a frowned.
For a moment he was skeptical. After all, this was quite different from the scenario the wise sage in his tribe describe. They weren't fighting, how would he naturally create a slapping noise to fill the air and set the mood all so suddenly?
Even if he had a bad temper, hitting a frail woman is just going to far.
Creus shook his head that felt broken for some reason. The manual also left a grave warning about failing to execute its teachings masterfully would mean losing one's precious member.
By all means death, in body and in spirit.
It was terrifying and Creus thought he could not commit half-heartedly.
'Forget it, I should not rely on those precious teachings to deal with something so trivial. It's still too early for me to understand the wisdom of the old sage.'
Creus thought seriously and turned all his attention to Asha.
"Then tell me," he snarled, recalling the main issue that made him all mad and uneasy. "Which bastard did it? Who touched you? Who marked you?"
Asha swallowed hard and said with an equally perturbed gaze as it was pleading to be recognized.
"I don't know! How many times do I have to tell you, I really don't know!" her mind was in a total chaos from all his interrogation.
Because the truth was—she really didn't know!
She hadn't been able to go out freely much less be alone. So, how could she be intimate with someone else without getting caught?
Above all, what bugged her more was, "Will I... real—really die?"
Her glistening eyes trembled, brimming with unshed tears.
Without knowing, she instinctively clutched the man's clothes and weakly murmured with a hopeful gaze that was abruptly shattered by his cold, mocking words.
"What do you think? When the natal beast dies, so is its other half. Same thing would happen if it's the other way around since your lives are connected." Even though there were special circumstances, Creus didn't try to explain further. After all, in his mind, he would never let his woman die.
Creus rolled his eyes but immediately regretted it when the woman suddenly burst in tears.
"So, I'm..." sniffed. "I'mreally going to die?! I-Is this really my end? WAAHH!!!"
"What should I do? I don't wanna die yet! I... I'm only nineteen and haven't experienced life. I stayed all my life inside my room and now I'm just dying?"
It's so unfair!
"I can't die without experiencing how to fly and swim! I want to race against the wind and pick the fruit from the trees! I want to live and see the world with my own two eyes."
"I can't just die without taking a bite of the big squid that shoots out sweet black wine and the rainbow lobster that transforms the consumer's hair color in an instant!"
She was crying nonstop while blabbering all the things she want to do but Creus also had the urge to cry from hearing all her absurd reasons of staying alive.
Seemingly lost all reasons, Asha clung to him tightly like a pale koala on a tree branch and cried unfairly while forsaking any hint of shame that she should would normally had to weigh before reacting.
The woman held him tight despite his hands desperately unclasping her cold fingers wrapped on his now disheveled silk robe.
"H-Hey, damn, let go first! I'm... not going anywhere!"
The man stammered feeling a tad bit conflicted. He tried to coax but the woman's crying face just stared at him without a hint of letting go.
"C-Creus!" Asha sobbed and clutched to him like a lifeline.
"You said you're my future hus— no, that's not it. No matter what, you're my husband now, so then I am your wife! You can't let me die. If I die, don't you need to accompany me to the afterlife?"
"Ah—HUH?!"
"That's why I'm telling you, I never slept with anyone else. My conscience is clean and I know I didn't cheat. So, I'm telling you, you're now my husband! You can't let your wife die! Or else you will have to die with me as my first husband!"
It was rare but Creus was left dumbstruck.
Is this even a threat or rather... a very very clumsy proposal?
Haaa... the man stared at her tear-stained face that looked so foolishly enticing. His heated gaze fell on her fair skin that glows like a pearl under the dim shade of the evening. Her plump, soft flesh that looks rather inviting and down to her curvy edges that made the man's needy palms itch craving to feel her bare skin against his.
Creus lick his lips without shifting his gaze, as if afraid she would suddenly vanish from or be taken away.
Become the female's first?
Who would be dumb enough to decline?
Creus' handsome face brightened and relaxed. He held her by the waist and pulled Asha's towered figure against his massive frame.
"Very well. Since you desperately called me husband, I could only fulfill your wish. Let's forget about that bastard," he whispered while his other hand slid inside her nightwear.
Asha was spooked and almost jumped in fright.
"Ahh! W-What are you trying to do with your hand? You can't... Erm, ugh!"
Realizing how she just moaned lewdly, Asha's eyes widened in trepidation.
She tried to stop his impertinent hand yet as soon as his roughnes graze her soft peak, she couldn't help but let out a stifled gasp.
Is she insane? But this is just so intense. It was her first time being held so intimately and it was hard to keep her head straight.
Creus just stared at her nervous expression and furrowed his thick brows.
"How else would I get you naked and breed if I don't touch you?" The man answered in a matter of fact voice and almost immediately, Asha felt her blood all run yo her head and produce a hot steam.
G-Get naked and b-b-breed?!
The girl was so flustered that she wobbled and almost fainted in great shock.
'Is he insane?!'
"Hey, stop fidgeting and relax. This is what all females have to do with their husbands. Didn't you just say I'm your husband?"
Asha swallowed hard but slowly nodded albeit with reluctance.
Her heart was thumping so wildly against her eardrums while her mind was caught in a crossfire.
Is this really okay? True, it was her who boldly said they were mates but she wasn't really asking for this kind of progress.
It's too much!
How could he do this to her? They're basically strangers. Would he get angry if she made up reasons?
Noticing the girl increasingly tremble, Creus' movement faltered. For a moment the man stared at her with a conflicted gaze before taking a deep breath like he was trying to suppress the demons swept in carnal rage inside him. Before long, Creus carried her towards the bed and slowly laid her down on the soft mattress.
"I can only help provide you with my spiritual energy to transfer on your natal beast if we become official mates. I want you so bad but I don't intend to force you if you're unwilling."
With that, the man turn away and slowly walk out of her room as though nothing happened. Leaving Asha completely stunned and confused for a moment.
"Did... he just really let me off? Just like that? A beastman like him... did?"
She blinked and wondered aloud, unable to comprehend what just happened.