Yilas's train of naughty thoughts were interrupted by the sound of footsteps of what sounds like a small group of people.
Somebody knocked on the stone wall gently but enough to be heard from a distance.
"Young master are you awake?" The voice was high-pitched and sounded like a young girl. And then a man's voice joined in.
"We were so worried about you we came running when Viosus came out of the room."
"I am awake." Yilas did not say it too loud but they seem to have exceptional hearing since after that they come barging in.
"Master.. *sob" young master *sob*...." the little girl was the first to hold her hands. Yilas could feel her tears on her hand, the little girl could barely speak while doing so.
What sounded like 2 men in the back of the girl started sniffling too.
"Why are you crying?" Yilas asked.
*sob* Louder crying noise is all she heard from all of them for an answer. But one of the men started talking.
"We were worried that you are never going to wake up again. You were hurt but we could not do anything but watch." The other man also started talking.
"I am going to kill those boar for you Young Master *sob* I am going to take back little Chichi and little Guigui too. You just wait for me." and then he ran outside still crying.
"Okay.. okay... Enough crying" whenever people cry Yilas just felt uneasy in her stomach. "Who are you people and what are your names?"
"Master..*sob* I am Lyth the little green snake. Did you not recognize me? *sob* Maybe because you cannot see that you cannot tell me apart" she continued.
"But it is Berthort the bear behind me and the one ran outside is Mert the 3 legged fox." Lyth crying started to stop while she was talking.
They said they were animals but their body was just like a human, they even talked like humans. Lyth was holding Yilas hand and all.
Maybe they are talking in animal language but since Yilas was in this strange body now, this body understood them.
And indeed this was not her body, Yilas was older, and much thinner than this, she had never had an appetite after all that treatment. They were basically forcing food down Yilas's throat at one point. This girl's body was healthy for sure, her arms and legs were, even though it was sore, they had a little muscle in them.
And definitely a C cup small Ds by the feel. Yilas was never fortunate enough to have such blessed hills on her chest. They were kind of nice and squishy. One of her hands started to fondle her own chest since she was lost in thoughts.
"Bert!! Stop looking this way!" Lyth's high pitched voice started yelling.
"Young master! Your chest might be in pain but you can't grab your chest when males are around!" she let go of Yilas hand and started hitting Bert's back.
"I didn't see anything! I swear. Master please believe me" Berthort screams in agony while running outside. Lyth sounded like she ran out with him too.
haha .. what a lively bunch! Yilas wished she had fun friends like them.
They all seemed so real and the pain in her body was real too. This must be a very realistic dream. But how do one dream and not see anything?
Could it be that Yilas's mind was transported to this world when she died? Yilas didn't really remember how she died. But it was probably in her sleep when she was in the hospital.
If Yilas was already dead, her mom must be very lonely, she must be really sad too. Yilas felt she was sorry for her mom. She wished she could have stayed with her longer. Yilas didn't even say thank you to her before she died.
Even though Yilas were currently blinded in this life, it was much a better trade-off to be healthy.
Yilas was never able to do anything for herself, or anything at all. The world of the 21st-century she knew of was just 4 white walls. She was only able to have friends online and they never lasted. Yilas had not gone to a school since middle school, and her classmates were all disgusted by her because she reeked of medicine.
Not seeing anything was scary, Yilas was so used to using her eyes so how can she get to know this place and live a normal life? Yilas told herself to work extra hard to survive this time.
I am not going to let my second chance go to waste. I will enjoy my life this time. Yilas thought in her heart.
"Milady! You should rest some more!" Viosus' voice gently scolding Yilas from afar.
"I have brought you some soup" the soup he brought in smelled so good. Her hungry stomach growl even louder smelling that delicious food coming towards her.
Viosus placed the bowl down, and started to blow on it. He placed the warm bowl on her lips and also held the back of her neck like he was afraid she was going to fall down.
The soup tasted like chicken broth with some leafy vegetables in it but it tasted so bland. Maybe her body is still sick, Yilas thought.
After Yilas drank all the soup, Viosus used some leaves to wipe her mouth clean. He was quite efficient in feeding her, maybe he was used to doing it.
"Milady, I already fetched some warm water to clean your eyes, but after that I have to put some ointment onto the wound. It might be quite painful since you are awake this time"
"It is okay, I can take it" Yilas had big needles and tubes put on her all the time, this little wound was nothing compared to the constant poking she had been through.
"I will remove the binder first, Milady, if it hurts please let me know right away."
Viosus gently untied the knot in the side of her head. The binder came off easily without any problem or pain.
The cotton flowers on top of Yilas's eyes also fell off with the binder. She could sense a little light even though her eyes even though they were still shut, maybe she is not completely blind yet.
"Is there any pain Milady?" Viosus gently asked Yilas.
"I can sense the light Viosus!"
"I am glad. The doctor was right. He said your right eyelid is wounded but there might still be a chance that you can see normally through your right eye."
"What about my left eye Viosus?"
He hesitated for a second but then sighs and let her know.
"The doctor said it is completely ruined. The boar must have used their tusks to shoved you or there is a clawed animal in their clan because your right eye's wound was quite deep."
"Does it look that bad?" Yilas was scared that this little girl's precious face was ruined with it too. Beauty wasn't a fatal matter but being pretty is quite a nice advantage in her time.
"No Milady, it is healing quite nicely. Once your eyes are healed, I will go visit the boars and I will not let any of their clan survive," he said it with such a grunt deep in his throat even though he was just so gentle to me.
"We can worry about that later.." Yilas slightly laughed it off. "How do I look, Viosus?"
"Milady, the open wound is closed and the ointment is helping them heal quickly, besides that the bruise on your body has turned deep purple so if I keep massaging them they will go away in a day or two. Milady's feet have lots of cuts but they are all small so as long as they are not wet, they will heal nicely in 7 day time and your hair is a bit messy but.."
"Alright.. I did not ask for all that but thank you for telling me anyway" Yilas sighed. She guessed if she asked does she look beautiful it is pointless because her face was obviously ruined by the big scar?
Does beauty really matter if Yilas was lucky to have a second chance at life? How selfish am I to care about looks at times like this, Yilas told herself.
"I will start applying the ointment now Milady." Viosus' gentle voice woke Yilas from her own thoughts. He was so quick with the cleaning that she couldn't feel anything.
It didn't hurt when he applied that cream like ointment, even though it stank a little, it was nothing unbearable. Yilas was so used to people taking care of me all the time, her mom, nurses, doctors,..that she did not even think twice about being treated. But if Yilas have a healthy body like this, she should start to take care of herself with her own hands, she thought.
But being cared for by this man was not too bad.
Being taken care of by a young beautiful fox man. What a scene to live for. Yilas just wish she could see it with her own eyes.
She had never had a boyfriend. The doctor was the only frequent male figure that she knew of and they were all in their late 40s and 50s so there was nothing attractive about them. Her only beauty standards were the male actors she saw in drama movies. Though she know that normal people are not that pretty.
But a girl must have dreams of beautiful boys to survive in the jail cell! That was Yilas's excuse.
"How old are you Viosus?" Yilas wondered.
"I am only a few years older than you Milady. I still remember the day when you were born. None of your siblings in your litter survived and so is your mother. It was truly a sad day for our clan and for the Master."
So that is why he thinks her mother was dead. Yilas guessed there is no way for her to return to her mom so she had to accept that her parents from this world were also dead.
"I told you before that I do not remember anything right, Viosus?" Viosus gently tied the knot to keep my eye patch upright.
"Yes Milady..." he was saddened by what she said but he truly believes one day she will remember.
"What is my name?"
"It is Yilas. But you always make us call you Lady or Young Master. I have always loved your name though Milady."
Yilas huh? That was ready strange since even though both her previous life and this body had never had any connection, they had the same name.
"Who was the bunch that was just in here?" Yilas already knew their names but she might need more information from Viosus if she was going to live with them.
"Lyth, Berthort, and Mert" Viosus stated their name so fluently like he had said it a million time "Lyth is the youngest, she followed you to the mountain but she told me you hide her in a tree's hollow and distract the boars after she can't keep running anymore.
Berth and Mert followed me in the hunts so they were not here when it happened. Little crow- who was the one that delivered the news. There are also the sisters of Chichi and Guigui, a pair of weasels. We did not find them in the mountain so they must be with the boar clan. Females are precious for any clan so the boars wouldn't harm them."
If females are precious, why was Yilas hurt? She was undoubtedly a female right? Maybe there is some mystery behind their attack.
"So their purpose was to seize some females for their clan?" Yilas asked.
"Yes Milady" by the shaking of his voice, she could tell Viosus is nodding "Ambitious clans are quite dangerous, they would go to any length to steal a female and grow their clan stronger. They also have a lot of strong male fighting for them because they are crowded in numbers."
What a barbaric society, how can the small guys like us survive till this day?
"If I am not mistaken, we have 4 males and 4 females. Our numbers were even. Is that not usual?"
"Of course not Milady!" Viosus startled by her simple yet somehow absurd logic. "We have more females because the Master saved them when they were almost in death situations. And most of them decided to stay not to be his mate but to repay his savings. He had saved countless of them though, only a few had stayed longer."
"So how could we survive the big clans thus far?"
"Milady, we had been surrounded by a big clan once before, but instead of fighting, one of the females who was of age volunteered to follow that clan if they leave the rest of us alone."
Yilas could never judge them. Being weak is frustrating and draining but she understands that they had to survive the bullying somehow. Not that Yilas agreed with the method of sacrificing but if it were to save a lot of people's lives, she would have volunteered too.
"The two that were kidnapped, can they still come back to us if we rescue them? Isn't once they belong to the other clan, they can't leave?"
"The females can always leave a clan Milady, as long as she wishes.
However, most times when the female finds their mates in a bigger clan and their line is protected and supported by the big clan, they usually stay within the clan."
Yilas thought it is just like once you live in a nice, upscale place in town, you start a family and get familiar with people around there, you wouldn't want to move to a new house so soon. In the end, stability is what all women yearn for in marriage.
Yilas just sit there in silence, trying to process all this information and making a plan for herself to survive.
She could say my biggest chance of surviving in this world is to join a big clan and find mates to protect her. The more allies she had the safer the world.
However, she was sure the males are not subjected to such fate since Viosus hasn't mentioned anything about males being accepted in the big clans. How can Yilas leave this attentive man behind?
Yilas felt a sudden urge in her lower stomach stopped. She gently call Viosus, whispering like it was some dirty deed.
"Viosus, I need to use the toilet." One hand holding my stomach, the other feeling around catching air until she finally touched him.
"What is a toilet Milady?" He let Yilas hold tight onto the furry clothes on his backside.
"Toilet… I mean the outhouse, the restroom.." Yilas kept explaining but Viosus does not seem to process what she was saying.
"Where do you go to release your body water??.." It sounded so ambiguous when she said it that way but if your heart is pure, there is nothing to be scared of.
Right?
Viosus pauses for a minute and then suddenly turns around making Yilas let go of his furry piece of clothes.
"I get it Milady" he was even quicker to act "let me carry you there."
Viosus gently put one of his arms around Yilas's back, the other one carried her legs. He lifted her up with such ease like she was only a feather.
When Yilas wrapped her arms around his neck naturally, her skin was touching his skin directly.
Viosus was shirtless !!!! *nose bleed*.
Yilas could feel her face getting red, the heat pushing to her ears and cheeks.
Yilas, on the other hand was completely covered in a light furry 2 piece dress, covering her body except for her arms, stomach, and legs.
Yilas had live for 19 years and this was the first time she was embraced by a cheeky-dressed man like this.
*nose bleed again*
Yilas couldn't utter any words out of her mouth, she was lost in my own imagination about this man's body.
It's warm, his body heat was definitely higher than hers. He was also quite muscular, the neck she wrapped around was thick compared to my tiny arms making it hard for her to stay in place if she didn't pull herself closer.
Viosus arms around her back were giant, one arm covering a third of her back alone. From the height he pulled her up from, Yilas could tell he's not short at all, around 185-190 cm.
How can such a giant fox-man be so gentle when taking care of Yilas earlier.
Viosus swiftly moved to the outside with Yilas wrapped tight on his chest. She could slowly feel herself burning up and turning into a hot lump of coal.
"..no clothes.." Yilas mumbled, lost in her own thoughts.
"We are here Milady, I am going to let you stand down to do your business. But if it hurts, I will carry you."
"Carry me??" upon hearing those words Yilas couldn't keep her composure "Let me down, just let me down, I can do it myself."
Yilas's feet quickly touched the ground and she could feel the damp dirt, with grass so cold like they have just been watered. She was not expecting her feet to be hurt and weak, it cannot support the weight of the body alone so she was wobbling around hanging tight onto Viosus's arm.
Yilas finally got the hang of standing. The grass also feels nice on her feet since she had gotten used to the temperature. The wind blows occasionally making the tree leaves dance. Yilas must be standing next to a tree.
Wait.. a tree? And I am standing on grass. That means I AM OUT IN THE OPEN!! Yilas was in shock,
She chuckled awkwardly.
"haha .. Viosus.. We are doing this outdoors?" What did Yilas really expected? She knew they were animals, they wouldn't know or care about building toilets. But she couldn't possibly do it out here, she wouldn't know what was around her and who was watching.
"Yes Milady. This is your usual spot, that tree is your favorite." Viosus stated loudly and proudly where she got so embarrassed by every word that she could dig a hole out here and bury herself in it.
"I can't do it like this here, what if somebody is watching me?" Yilas couldn't hold it in any longer but couldn't do it like this either.
"Nobody would dare Milady, I am here to stand guard."
"Why are you still here?"
"I am standing guard Milady." Viosus sounded so innocent but Yilas didn't need you to watch while she does the deed!
"That won't be necessary, you can't be near me while I am doing it." Yilas was starting to lose her patience. No matter who you are, don't stand in the way of a person trying to release themselves!
"But Milady.." Yilas would never let him even start with the excuses.
"No buts, leave me alone now!"
"Alright Milady. I will move" then she heard his footsteps further and further away. "Is this far enough Milady?"
Viosus sounded like he was screaming but from a decently far distance.
Yilas could finally do it in peace.
Little did Yilas know, Viosus can still see her from that range of the distance. Even though he can't bear the thought of leaving Yilas unprotected, he also was too embarrassed to even glance over.