The Day

After acquiring a physique, nothing notable happened to Edrick for a while, though, perhaps a month or so wasn't that long in a world where people could live to hundreds of years without much problem, but he was a man who valued the time he had available, be it in this life, or the previous one, he wasn't the sort to often sit around and do nothing, though, he had to admit that he technically did a fair bit of that, in the form of just spending some silent time with his wives, which was rather relaxing, he hadn't gotten to keep people around for very long in his old world, so it certainly was refreshing.

In any case, the tournament during which he should be facing Xiao was approaching, and he had begun to learn under Elder Xun, who similarly did not have that much to teach on account of also being someone who had solely focused on a single cultivation technique and fighting style.

The most important stuff was his game of cat and mouse with Yi, having committed a few more atrocities throughout that time for the clear-eyed youth to investigate, having even placed letters taunting him, which also directly revealed that the killer and the one whomst Jingyi had been attacked by a while ago were indeed the same person.

Surely, the prosecutor would have some sneaking suspicions, but that was the fun part, he was much too attached to solid evidences, and knew that going too hard with mere hunches would not result in anything good happening, so even if he did have idea that brushed closely to the truth, if not completely the truth, he simply could not act upon them without good evidence, of which he had exactly none.

On the contrary, Li was looking a bit more joyful, it was hard to tell since he always maintained a cold as ice attitude, but as Anoteros mentioned how grateful Jingyi was to him whenever they ran into one another, the core disciple felt the weight placed upon his heart dissipate, happy that his beloved was not being burdened by what had happened and was managing to move forward, naturally, he still wanted to get his hands on the perpetrator and skin him alive, but since Jingyi seemed to no longer care, he felt that he shouldn't bring it up in any capacity and was thus, trying to place the matter in the back of his mind for when they met again.

Indeed, Anoteros had yet to invite the duo to his residence, always claiming that the maid training was simply that lengthy and arduous, however, it really was not, Jingyi had basically mastered the craft already, you could put her in any mansion or villa, and she would be able to take good care of it after learning the layout.

In any case, the prosecutor had also brought someone else one time, a rather conspicuous-looking young man called Chang Sheng, but the meeting had been rather short and devoid of anything interesting, Chang Sheng basically just let Edrick know that he existed.

It had been naught but a hollow exchange of pleasantries meant to set up future meetings.

The most important event that Anoteros encountered was the one he was currently partaking in, currently transformed into the usual sasquatch form with white fur, he was looking at Muxing, the girl was nearing the end of her pregnancy, the baby was kicking and demanding out.

This prompted him to summon the mission that he had himself suggested to the system back then.

*As a Sasquatch, keep a prisoner in the woods, impregnate them whilst transformed, and only let them back into civilisation when the pregnancy is nearing the end of its term*

The process had taken far less time than he had expected, even with the smallest estimates of time he had managed to come up with, but it was undeniable that it was going to happen soon, the blonde, whomst he had graced with his seed, was soon going to be giving birth to what would undoubtedly turn out to be a sasquatch baby.

After all, he had given it his all to pour the bestial lineage in, and according to his instincts, what would come out would definitely not be a human, nor would it be a real hybrid, it might not be exactly a sasquatch, but the difference would be minuscule.

It was a big moment, after all, this child was his! He was fairly certain that besides Muxing, no other woman he had, or might have impregnated, was anywhere close to giving birth, so this woman was going to be giving rise to the first member of his legacy, not that he would publicly acknowledge it.

After undoing her restraints completely, he helped her get dressed in some tattered clothing, fed her for the last time within this little abode, and picked the girl up, he left the blindfold on her eyes still, just in case, as he made his way through the woods, the trip was uneventful, it only took time because he had to be careful.

Muxing was clearly confused by the sudden action, but did not say anything, simply holding onto the beast who had been her only companion since the day she had woken up in that cave, like it was a prince charming.

Edrick eventually arrived near the edge of the woods, spotted several groups of herb collectors and alike, before putting Muxing down and taking off the blindfold.

She was momentarily blinded, it had been a while since she had seen the light of day in such a strong brilliance, then, realising that this was about the same place she had entered with that group back then.

"H-Huh?" looking back at the towering sasquatch, she had been confused before, but that feeling now reached a greater height.

"I… Should I?"

The beast leaned forward and tilted its head.

"Go"

Now her jaw hung open.

"Y-Y-Y-You can speak?! You are that intelligent?!" she exclaimed in shock, but the sasquatch just pointed out of the forest before swiftly turning away, climbing into a tree before lunging from branches to branches, disappearing from sight as Muxing's exclamation drew the attention of a few herb collectors, who did not know what to think of a pregnant woman dressed in tatters, yet that looked rather clean.

She formed a wry smile at them.

"Hello… Would you mind telling me where the nearest city is…?"

"Huh… Just over there- Are you alright, Miss?"

"Me? Oh, I am doing great! Just got a little lost here and there…" she laughed and tried to take a step, only to feel the baby kicking at her like a brute, stopping right in her tracks.

"Let us help you!" one collector said, and soon enough, Muxing was brought to Oie, where she realised that the inner pocket of the tattered cloth covering her upper body had a pouch with money in it.

'Oh… He is so smart! He even understands the concept of money!' which was handy, as she definitely could not travel back to where she had come from right now, the child in her belly would be coming out very soon, and she needed some professional assistance to birth the child fathered by a sasquatch…