In the evening...
A small yawn erupted from those plump lips, and the once bright purple eyes narrowed into dull slits. The long day of practicing and listening to instructions has drained Keira's physics and intellect, leaving her no room for a new knowledge for the day.
She took a seat on the long bench, glancing at the fallen snow through the farther window. Seeing the entire forest blanketed in fluffy white snow and wondered if she was looking at the same mystical forest she remembered.
A whiff of home cooking reached her nose as she admired the scenery. She turned to look at the trail, just in time to see the master set a stone pot on the table.
He called for Keira, inviting her to eat the cooked potatoes he'd promised to gather up if he came across any in the forests.
Without revealing his facial expression, he said, "There's no meat for today." His tone was mildly disappointed.
"It's fine, we can eat potatoes," Keira exclaimed happily, trying to cheer him up. The real truth behind her smiley face was that she could finally eat something other than boring unsalted meat, and since the entire forest was now blanketed in snow, it was not a good idea to bother her master to venturing out to find salt.
Keira picked up the potato, sliced it up, and handed it to Master.
The male was silence as he studied the potato in the female's palm before taking a bite of it.
"How was it" She asked with great curiosity.
He chewed the smooth, soft potato. "It tasted nice.. and mildly sweet."
Keira beamed "Yes, if you find more in the future, please bring it back."
He nodded and helped himself to another potato; the round vegetable tasted not bad at all.
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After they were done eating, today Keira took her turn to clean the dishes in the corner of the room. While she was standing there, she felt some liquid dripping out between her thighs.
Looking down, she suddenly widened her eyes when she saw her blood was dripping. Surely this will happen since it has been a month since she was here.
Master who was standing not far, sprinted over to her in a flash, panting hard with brows knitted together. he put his hands on her shoulders. "I smell blood, Are you hurt?" He sniffed and looked down at the trace of blood on her thighs, trying to yanked her skirt off.
Keira quickly retreated, but master had already reached down and tugged her skirt off to peer between her thighs.
Shocked by the sudden exposure, she hurriedly shoved his face away.
"What the **** are you doing!!" She flinched, lifted her skirt, and backed down.
".. you are in heat," He stated.
'In heat what? If I'm in heat then the whole world is in heat. what the****!'
"I'm not in heat! it's just period." She avoid looking at him, trying not to let him see how scarlet her whole face has become. "Can you carry me to the bathroom? I don't want to climb the ladder while blood's dripping."
The male was frozen for a moment, before he bent down to hold her in his arms.
Feeling the increasing temperature of his body and the rapidity of his heart's beating, She didn't understand what was wrong with him and hugged his neck tightly as usual.
He held her to the bathroom and tugged down her skirt. The sudden exposure again made her yell out loud, "I'll do it myself!"
"No" he refused firmly and started rubbing Keira's thigh with water. Slowly moving his hand up to wash the blood from her entrance.
When his fingers touched her spot, Keira flinched and turned her face away. He gently rubbed his fingers on her core until it was cleaned and put her down on the floor before he left to search for something in the opposite room.
Later, he came back with a clothes sheet that'd been folded together into a pad shape. He bent his body down, breathing heavily, and moved his hand to put the cloth pad between her thighs. After finishing, he raised his body up, turned around, and left the room without saying a word.
Keira blushed all over her face to her ears, the feeling of his fingers touching her private path was still lingering on her flesh. Dashing back to the bedroom, It was so embarrassing, she hid under a blanket, trying to slow down her racing heartbeat.
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A shining golden-haired male stood in the blizzard, trying to keep himself cool. Even though it was extremely hard to stay calm all these days, yet he did It well all along. Today, however, the sweetness of the female's scent was overpowering, and he stood there for what felt like an eternity before his emotions stabilized.
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Keira woke up the following morning to find her master was not sleeping next to her. hastily dressed up, she climbed down the ladder.
On the first floor, she found the male she was looking for, roasting meats by the fire. He turned to look at the newcomer for a second before returning his attention to the roasting meats.
Without uttering a sound, she maintained as much of a cool expression as possible and went to get a sip of water.
"How is your heat. I've heard that it will make you feel uncomfortable" he blurted out as he flipped the meats.
"It's not Heat but Period, a normal thing that women have every month, Why didn't you know about this?" Holding the water cup in her palm, she walked over to the fireplace and sat on the bench.
Master put down the roasting slab, "I know the lifestyle of your tribe, But I haven't studied female matters."
Rolling her eyes, she said, "Well, I'm fine, nothing to worry about. It will end in about a week"
Then he got up, set the dish of roasted meats on the table, and came over to where Keira was seated, he warned, "Don't tell anyone about this, It will be risky for you because females here get in heat only once a year."
"hah.. You are warning me as if there's someone other than us in this forest."
"I can't protect you all the time, Keira," he murmured.
"What did you say?"
He sat down on the chair, "Nothing.. I just called you for dinner. Come, Let's eat"
"What are we going to practice today?" She asked as she picked up the roasted meats from the plate.
"Your body is not ready yet. We don't have to practice until your period ends."
"That's great, Finally I've got some time to rest" she smiled eagerly while looking at the roasted meat in her hand.
"However, you still need to practice craving daggers."
Instantly, she shot up facing him "What?!"
"It's for exercise," he then got up and went to wash the plate.
"..."
'This man is such a tyrant..' she thought as she checked on his ripped muscular back. how sad that the owner of that physique has such an attitude tsk tsk…
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The time passed quickly. Keira conjured a pack of sanitary pads and let master help her sew panties. When there was a sustainable amount of pads and panties for her to use, he went out to hunt for prey until nightfall.
That time, Keira just learned that menstruation could make people here feel aroused, so master switched to sleep on the downstairs bench instead. Though she wasn't used to sleeping alone, but she didn't want to disturb him.
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