Chapter 10

Today I am taking the children out of our hiding place. I know that they don't like it, it's only that they are in their snake form and can't actually express themselves. I'll take them anyway because they need it.

"Ok Pujan! I am going now."

Let me tell you something, it's not an easy task, in a cave where no one actually wants you to go, going outside is very hard. Pujans vines are laying low and seem to be waving a little.

"Don't be dramatic.. I will be back soon….stupid"

Only then the vine seems to gain some energy.

The children actually don't like being in a crowded place. But I have to prepare for them from a young age. I can't be with them all the time.

I changed into my half human form .The children wrapped their tail around my neck and hid in my hair. They like to do that a lot. I carry the large basket and start to move.

I am sure that I look like a medusa.

Today I am taking children out because there is the beast god festival.

In this festival, the story of the beast god is told and there is a bonfire later. The beastmen ask for blessings of the god for good health. Many beastman get married too so this is really special. They also bring their children or eggs because they think that this would help them get stronger.

Everyone has to bring some food as an offering to the beast god, which is eaten together by everybody later.

I wouldn't have insisted on the visit but it is a wonderful opportunity for the children to learn.

"Now don't go too far and don't follow anyone, there are some bad beings here too.."

I had told them some rules on the way to the place. The festival had already started. We sat at last and listened as the beastmen told the story.

The weather is quite bad today so the children rest on my lap.

Only after the story ended did I finally take the children to a place to sit near the bonfire.

Many are here with eggs and they are far from other male beastmen as they could snatch the egg and eat it.

This led to a lot of beast women to be seated near me. I am more powerful than others and can help them. They gave me a little share of meat which I accepted.

The children were scared at first, but seeing so many eggs and small beasts they calmed down and started playing.

I am glad I came here.

It started raining all of sudden and it was a pretty heavy pour. So the bonfire couldn't be lit anymore.

We rested under a cave for a while. Men were not allowed in this cave as there were women with eggs. The cave for men was just beside a stone wall.

The children finally seemed happier as they found some friends to play with. I started to help others cut meat with some sharp stones.

The rain suddenly stopped and there was silence.

The women moved outside one after another.

"Hey! Can you take care of my egg for a while as I go to my husband?"

She was also someone from outside so I knew her from the original owner's memory.

"Oh sure! Do come fast"

I tied the egg with a shawl on my back.

The children seemed to be jealous as they quickly came to the pouch created by the swal and went inside.

They wrapped around the egg. Seems like they were tired as they dozed off after some time.

"Okay.. do sleep I will wake you up when the festival begins"

The children snored softly.

I started to pack things in the basket when some women came near asking how I made the basket.

As I was explaining, a loud sound came from outside.

"rumble… whos..rore…"

I went outside to see and what I saw shocked me. There was dust everywhere, the wind was circling in one place forming a narrow funnel reaching from the clouds down to the ground. It was a tornado and it was not moving.

"run.. RUN RUN EVERYONE RUN.."

I screamed at the top of my lungs. It was not moving, it means it is coming straight towards us.

All the people inside the cave started to run inside the forest. I ran as fast as I could, picking those who couldn't run, as I transformed into my half human form.

There were a total of 15 people on my side as we watched the cave that we were in, get smashed and destroyed.

After the tornado finally went away, it was night already. I took all the people to the bonfire place.

There were already a few people. They were crying and weeping. There was a row of people who died in the tornado in the back where I saw the woman who gave me her egg along with her husband.

Had I not let her go outside, she would have been alive. I should have studied more about tornadoes. Maybe I could have helped her. Is there anyone to take care of her egg now? What should I do?

People rushed in to take the bodies of their relatives but nobody came for her and her husband's.

I waited for a long time. Everybody was slowly leaving. There was no one there for them. The kids seemed awake for a while and fell asleep again. I put them down between two rocks.

I went back to the place where the husband and wife were and started digging the ground. When it finally was deep enough, I placed the two inside. They really liked each other. I had seen in the memories how much they meant to each other. I linked their hands together and made their faces turn towards each other.

I buried them and set different colours of stones there.

"I will take care of your egg. Goodbye."

I picked up the sawl, tied it around me and slowly started moving towards my place.