Ai o Ataeru Kemono-tachi

TL Note: Forgive meehh!! (T^T)

May was (is) somewhat hectic, so I haven’t had time for updates.
Thank you for waiting and enjoy today’s double release~ :v

The three of us hurried home and arrived at my house in no time.

 

I was already very familiar with the house where I lived with my two precious ones.

 

As usual, we opened the door and entered the house.

 

The air feels a little heavy, but is it because there are so many people in the house?

 

“I’m back!”

 

The three of us proceed to the living room, greeting each other, something I don’t often do since I never return home alone.

 

The scene that unfolded there caused all three of us to let out a scream.

 

“Hii!” “Hii!” “Whoa.”

 

It was… a zoo.

 

No, it’s not something that cute.

 

Now we have four huge bears, three huge lions, and one wolf that is slightly smaller than the others.

 

The power and oppressive feeling were extraordinary.

 

Mintz-san and I both fell down to the ground.

 

I looked closely and saw that the three bears were sitting gracefully on the sofa, while the other bear was busy preparing and serving the food.

 

How can he hold a tray in those hands…?

 

That means this is probably Gail-san, Virgil-sama, and Rickham-sama.
And the one serving the food is Sebastian-san.

 

The three lions were sprawled out on the carpet, and one of them seems to be beckoning me to his chest, but I must be imagining it… Nah, it must be my imagination.

 

In other words, that biggest one is Hector-sama, the one kicking Hector-sama next to him is probably Douglas-san, and the one in the corner looking at me reservedly is probably Theo-sama.

 

As for the wolf, well, it must be Glenn-san.

 

As soon as he saw Mintz-san, he started running, and when he tried to jump, he was knocked down, so there is no doubt about it.

 

However, I was simply overwhelmed by the power of the wolf.

 

“Umm… what in the world is this…?”

 

“Oh, Chika-chan.
You’re back! You must be very tired.
Come, come to the chest of this old man.
It’s soft and fluffy.”

 

Hector-sama was giving off that aura.
I’ve got to get a hold of myself.

 

I was thinking like that, but my feet were wobbling towards it.

 

“Father! I told you not to force him to obey you like that! Oh, Chika, I’m sorry.
When I told him that Chika liked mine and Gail’s beast forms, he said he wanted all of us to please you with our beast forms.
I told him that there were too many of us, but he got my masters1 involved too.
This father of mine…!!”

 

Douglas-san was still kicking him mercilessly, but Hector-sama didn’t seem to mind at all.

 

“What are you complaining about? Virgil was all for it!”

 

“It’s not news that Hector wouldn’t listen to anybody.
I’m used to it.
More importantly, Chika-dono, please don’t stand in such a place and come sit down.
Or would you rather sit on your father-in-law’s lap?”

 

This time, Virgil-sama was being scolded by Rickham-sama and Gail-san.

 

Perhaps the reason why Virgil-sama is strangely casual toward Hector-sama is that their relationship was similar to Douglas-san and Gail-san.

 

And the beast form of Virgil-sama looks just like that of Gail-san’s.

 

I could distinguish them by the color of their eyes, but I would not have been able to recognize them otherwise.

 

To be honest, I was tempted to sit on his lap for a moment, but I felt that would probably open the door to the other punishment2 course for myself.

 

The color of Rickham-sama’s fur was light brown.
So it was very easy to recognize him.

 

“I’m sorry, Chika-dono.
Our Virgil said something stupid again.
Well, joking aside, your body is certainly a precious one.
Mintz-kun, come over here and sit with us too.”

 

Mintz-san and I were invited by Rickham-sama to take a seat.

 

Glenn-san followed us and curled up at Mintz-san’s feet, who was sitting on the sofa.

 

He was about the same size as the sofa, or maybe even bigger… But still, he was very cute.

 

All of them were so attractive that I couldn’t help but want to ruffle them up and touch them.

 

“Thank you both for coming all the way here today.
You just visited us the other day.”

 

“Don’t worry about such things, Chika-dono.
We should celebrate every happy occasions.
We also have to congratulate Mintz and Glenn.”

 

“Thank you, Virgil-sama and Rickham-sama, for your thoughtfulness.
Hey, Glenn, don’t sleep and get up.”

 

“I have gone around saying a lot of things before Mintz came back, so I’ve done enough already.
It was so bad when a lion and a bear got together.
I am a little bit tired.
Mintz, I’ll leave the rest to you.”

 

With that, Glenn-san curled up again.

 

Oh, if you’re tired, let me give you a massage… I want to rub down every inch of that ear, nose, under the chin, and armpit.

 

As if he knew what I was thinking, Gail-san picked me up and put me on his lap.

 

I’m sure I shouldn’t go into too much detail about how he was sitting on the chair with a bear’s body.

 

And even though I had ridden on Gail-san’s back before, it might have been the first time for me to sit on his lap.

 

What nice firm muscles.
And his fine fur was wonderfully cushioning.

 

I wanted to turn around and hugged him tightly.

 

[Gail] “Chika, is everything okay with your work at the guild? Are you sure you’re not too tired? Aren’t you tired from walking home by yourself? Are you hurt anywhere? If you need anything, you have to tell me right away, okay?”

 

Those were the questions I’ve been asked every day for the last few days.

 

[Chika] “I’m fine.
Everyone is very nice to me, and I think it’s good for the baby if I get a little exercise.”

 

[Virgil] “Damn! I guess I should be used to it by now, but I can’t get used to the way Gail acts.
I can’t.
It just makes me wanna laugh.”

 

[Rickham] “Well, I keep saying it, but the way he acts is a little weird, isn’t it? He changed way too much, right?”

 

[Sebastian] “That’s absolutely right.
But, the way the young Master is looking at the Mistress, it’s really like a husband looking at his wife when he is pregnant.
Well now, I have prepared some tea to relieve your fatigue, so please enjoy.
Mintz-sama too, please have a cup.”

 

Sebastian-san poured tea from the pot into cups with an elegant hand.

 

In his bear form.

 

In the form of a bear!?

 

No, Sebastian-san, how do you hold that!?

 

Really, please tell me!

 

“Then, I shall go and serve the rest of the guests.
Please excuse me.”

 

Sebastian-san bowed gracefully even in his bear form and left.

 

At that moment, he whispered quietly in my ear.

 

“I am looking forward to seeing young Master and the baby next time.”

 

I could tell that he had a small smile on his face, even though it was a bear’s face.

 

Yosh! I must do my best!

 

[Theo] “By the way, Sebastian told me about this pork cutlet sandwich that Chika-dono taught him.
It’s really delicious.
The knights were very happy with the thickness of the sandwich.”

 

“Um, what do you mean by the knights?”

 

[Theo] “Eh? Didn’t I tell you? Sebastian made it for us and we tried it out.
Even though he made it in a big size, it was easy to eat with one hand.
It was such a big hit, that there were ugly fights among those excited men.”

 

[Chika] “Fights…? A-anyway, I’m glad you liked it.”

 

[Rickham] “Ah, but Chika-dono, please stay away from the headquarters of the Order of the Knights.
It’s like throwing a lamb amongst starving wild beasts.
We don’t want Gail and Douglas-sama to render all knights useless.”

 

Said Rickham-sama while chomping on a pork cutlet sandwich.

 

By the way, it seems that Sebastian is now officially employed at the knights’ dining hall and is teaching the chefs there how to cook it.

 

[Virgil] “Ah, Chika-dono.
I’m sorry, but can you go over there? Hector is giving me a murderous look.
Even though we’ve become a family through Chika-dono, he doesn’t change at all.
We also happened to have something to discuss with Mintz.”

 

When I glanced behind Gail-san, Hector-sama was certainly staring at me.

 

His eyes were wide open and his fangs were bared in a threatening manner.

 

I am confident that I would die of fear and shock if my eyes suddenly met his.

 

“Yes, yes.
Well then, father-in-law and mother-in-law, I’m off.
See you later.”

 

I got off Gail-san’s lap, bowed to him, and headed toward Hector-sama.

 

As I approached Hector-sama, his face gradually became calm.

 

[Chika] “I’m sorry for making you wait so long, even though you came all this way.”

 

[Hector] “No, no, no, it’s nothing that you should worry about, Chika-chan.
Sit here with me.
I can’t believe that this little body is carrying ‘that’ Doug’s child.
Thank you, Chika-chan.”

 

[Douglas] “He’s right.
It’s not Chika’s fault.
Hey, isn’t it funny that I, as your [pair], haven’t said anything, but this stupid father talks so much just because he feels jealous all by himself? And what the hell do you mean by ‘that’?”

 

With his big lion hands(?) front paws(?), Hector-sama lovingly caressed my stomach.

 

[Douglas] “Hey, Alex, Theo, why don’t you come over here instead of staying in the corner like that?”

 

When I looked closely, I saw that Alex-san was snuggling comfortably against Theo-sama, who was lying down.

 

The scene was very heartwarming and made me feel that the brothers were very close.

 

“Come on, brother, let’s go.
Since you are here, you must enjoy yourself.”

 

At Alex-san’s urging, Theo-sama quietly got up and came toward us.

 

His lion’s figure was as dignified as Douglas-san and Hector-sama.

 

[Chika] “It’s been a long time, Theo-sama.
I haven’t seen you recently, have you been busy?”

 

“Ah, yeah.
Well, something like that…”

 

Theo-sama was slurring his words as he looked somewhere in the distance.

 

“Anyway, Chika-dono, congratulations! Uncle’s child is inside you, isn’t he?”

 

“Yes, it’s Douglas-san’s child.
So, he’ll be Theo-sama and Alex-san’s cousin.
His age will be quite far from you, but I hope you’ll be good friends with him.”

 

“Oh, of course! Even if it is not my uncle’s child but Gail’s, I will still be a good friend to him.”

 

[Hector] “Oi, Theo.
Why don’t you take this opportunity to touch Chika-chan’s belly? You used to touch Alex when he was in Cyril’s belly, didn’t you?”

 

[Chika] “He’s not that big yet, and he won’t move.
But you can touch it if you like.”

 

Theo-sama glanced at Douglas-san.

 

In response, Douglas-san nodded his head.

 

[Theo] “Well, then, Chika-dono.
Please excuse me for a moment.”

 

Theo-sama tried to put his big paw against my stomach, but he couldn’t seem to take the next step.

 

I looked at him closely and saw that his hand was trembling a little.

 

I grabbed his big hand with my own and pressed it gently against my stomach.

 

[Chika] “It’s really still nothing, isn’t it? I still can’t believe it myself, that Douglas-san’s child is growing up here…”

 

[Alex] “Ah, it’s so unfair that you only let my brother touch it! Let me touch you too!”

 

Theo-sama’s hand was replaced by Alex-san’s small hand.

 

The two of them were so kind to each other that I was thankful for my child’s good fortune to be born into such a kind group of people.

 

[Theo] “Thank you, Chika-dono.
I was able to feel very happy for some reason, even though I was only touching you.”

 

[Alex] “Hm? Is that so? As expected, I don’t really understand.
Anyway, thank you, Chika-san.
I’ll take it as a reference for the future.”

 

Right.
Alex-san is the only animus here who’s unmarried and not pregnant.

 

No wonder he got curious about a lot of things.

 

But first I have to learn from Mintz-san and Rickham-sama about the future of myself and my child.

 

[Douglas] “Yosh, Chika.
Then, come to your [pair].
I’ve been patient with you for a long time already.
You and Mintz are the stars today.”

 

Douglas-san put his big hand around my back and pushed me gently.

 

The softness of his fluffy fur was irresistible.

 

When I look up, there were gentle brown eyes gazing lovingly at me.

 

Aah, how happy I am.

 

The feast lasted until late into the night.

 

For the record, when I proposed to give each and every one of the beasts an animal massage, they all enjoyed it and began to fall asleep on the spot.

 

I also offered Mintz-san, who was watching me, to try the animal massage.
But he turned me down with all his might for some reason.
Then, Alex-san asked me to teach him the technique.

 

I forced Sebastian-san to let me try to massage him.
And after lying unconscious for a while, Sebastian-san suddenly jumped out of his sleep and said this.

 

“I never thought that I would be the one to make such a disgraceful appearance in such a place! How embarrassing! The young Mistress is really a frightening person…”3

 

1

Remember that Virgil is Douglas’s master (probably in swordsmanship)? Masters here refer to both Virgil and Rickham as both are in the knighthood.

2

Y know… “Punishment”….

3

Well, a butler shouldn’t fall asleep after getting a massage from his master’s spouse apparently…