The next morning, a few hours after day break, I woke up to a still soundly sleeping Vaelion in my arms. I slowly slid his head off of my arms and made my way to the shower to freshen up. I quietly went down as usual to the kitchen to prepare so late breakfast for the people that will co rushing to my house in a bit.
It was the sa drill, us four having breakfast together. This ti at least, Vaelion took a shower and changed his clothes though it still show a lot of the marks of what’s left of what we done the night before. When he ca down for breakfast, his face was flushed and he avoided the eyes of the two other guys at the dining table. He did look at but he could keep eye contact before blushing even more. He must be rembering the naughty things we did last night.
The breakfast was quiet and filling. There was no weird looks given to each other like the breakfast yesterday when Makisig was the man who was with . After the breakfast, everybody even helped out with cleaning the table and washing the dishes. I wanted to use magic to make it quick but they insisted on helping out since I have been feeding them well for the past two days. I chuckled and just let them be while I check on Vaelion and the babies since even though I was gentle, I did tire him out last night.
After checking out Vaelion for a bit, it seems that it was only fatigue that so good food and rest could fix. The four of us talked for quite so ti, catching up on how they have been doing in the sanctuary as well as bits and pieces on how daily life in here was while the population was increasing. My husbands shared how excited they were in their upcoming move to the new place I prepared just for them.
After a few hours of fun talking with my husbands, I got a knock at the front door from one of the elders. It seems that the elders from the beast n have co to consult with sothing important. Marius also ca forward to ask sothing as well. He is technically as good as an elder since he is the only one of his race in the sanctuary as of the mont.
My three husbands decided to accompany to the eting hall and listen in on whatever the elders wanted to consult with . A formal invitation would an that it is indeed sothing important. We already t before but they did not ntion it so it has to be sothing they decided after eting with yesterday for so reason.
Upon arriving at the eting hall, I saw that it was filled with the elders and so mbers of their races. There were no won or children present, just male adults that are mature enough to understand what we were about to talk about. Marius was the first one to talk. It was brief and his questions is simply when am I planning to accompany him to Cyreneia. It was indeed a promise I made a way back that I have not made good of yet so I told him that we would go within the next 2 weeks before I new sester starts since there was one week of vacation in between sesters anyway.
Marius did not ask anything else and simply told he would wait for the day of our departure. The elders of the different beast man tribes spoke one by one but from how the way they were discussing things, it all cos down to one point. It was about that damned word again. It was about the existence of a "vessel" for their race.
Based from what they are saying, if I wanted to prove that I was treating each race the sa way, why am I not choosing a "vessel" from the beast man race as well. Well, that point complicates things. I chose not to answer as each elder made their point and complained straight to my face that I was being unfair. I smiled through it all while my three husbands are starting to look angry for my behalf but just like , they did not say anything.
After the nonstop blabbering of the elders in the eting hall, they finally ran out of things to say after almost an hour. They might have realized that I have only ever listened and I have not said anything since the eting started. Now, they finally gave a chance to talk and the first thing I did was to smirk. My three husbands looked between and the group of elders nervously and repeatedly as if they were hoping with everything they have that no argunt will ensue. Vaelion looked the most nervous since we had a bit of a fight due to this word just last night.
After breathing in one ti deeply and then breathing out abruptly, the first thing I said was after an hour was this: "I don’t take in vessels if you haven’t noticed. What I have are husbands that are willing to be with . Why are we even talking about this right now? Am I not treating all of your tribe mbers the sa? Are they not getting the sa benefits in terms of clothing, food, shelter and protection just the sa?"
My cold and emotionless tone of voice made the room pin drop silent. The elders kept looking at each other as if they were trying to tell the others to speak and answer my questions. It was just that no one was brave enough to co forward and contradict my points. It was funny in a way that they were saying so much for the past hour but none would even answer .
It was Makisig who broke the silence first as he scoffed and said, "Why do I feel insulted all of a sudden? I made sure to ask everyone what they needed and made sure they got it as soon as I can. I am running around this place with this heavy belly of mine just to make sure that everything is working well in this place. Now, you are telling that you feel like you were being treated unfairly? If you have so many issues about staying here, you can all leave. You are not prisoners here."
Reiss, who was the feistiest of the three chuckled a bit and then answered Makisig instead as if they are in a little skit of their own. He added, "Of course, they won’t leave. They have no where else to go to. Where can you get all these things for free and the place is where your kind that were hunting you down can’t reach you? One step outside and they are done for you know."
As for Vaelion, he slowly walked towards and stood next to . He did not speak but he placed his left hand on my right shoulder as if telling to calm down. He then looked coldly at each of the elders who are now quiet as if they did not exist in the eting hall. I heard him breathe in deeply then he finally spoke addressing the elders, "If you don’t like how things are being done here, pack your bags and leave. Go back to where you ca from. It would be less work for the three of us when there are less people anyways."
Marius was staying silent in one corner looking at the argunt that was brewing in the room. After several awkwardly silent minutes, he clicked his tongue and stood up. He then looked at and said, "I don’t have any complaints about how things are being done here. I am not included in this issue. I am going ho." After that, he walked out of the eting hall and really made his way towards the direction of his house by the river.
Vaelion’s presence cald down quite a lot but I still chose to speak in a cold tone to get my point across. This ti, I addressed the other younger n standing behind the elders and asked, "How about the people at the back, do you share the sa thinking as the elders with you today? Any complaints? You are free to leave this place anyti if you don’t like the way we run things you know?"
The n who were from the herbivore clans were quite ek and they simply shook their heads, signifying that they do not have any complaints or questions. The few omnivores simply answered, "I wish to stay here. I have no complaints." much to the disappointnt and angry looks that their elders are sending their way. The carnivores on the other hand have a few braver ones that spoke up. So of them seem to look rather familiar to .
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