Chapter 192: Family Bath
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“Big explosions? Rainbow Eyes is fine?” wondered Fiery Hair.
"Yeah, they’re ok,” I giggled. “We played chase, and they got a bit too heated up, but nothing terrible happened!”
Thankfully, everyone else was not in the garden at this moment, as I decided to take care of these two treasures this morning.
“Mommyyyyyy!” Kalana jumped off me and reached Mursha in an instant, hugging her.
“Hehe, so eager to see your mommy?” giggled Mursha. “Oh wow, you’ve gotten bigger already? And look at your Aura! So strong! Mama’s so proud! Mooch, mooch, mooch!” she started kissing Kalana all over her face.
“Muma!” and Rainbow Eyes did the same with Fiery Hair, who caught him in midair. “Mweat!”
“You want to eat meat, baby?” wondered Fiery Hair, caressing his hair. “Mama made tons of meat, so everyone can eat meat together! You’re so big and strong, Rainbow Eyes! Mama proud.”
“Muma bwig! When I bwig?” Rainbow Eyes asked.
“Hmm, maybe in another month!” said Fiery Hair. “Rainbow Eyes' big already. Big and strong!”
“Heheh! Bwig and stwong!” Rainbow Eyes really loved his mother.
It was so wholesome. I was literally melting away…
And that wasn’t everything; two more beautiful, adorable babies were coming here.
“Mama, we’re back!” Athena called.
“We brought a big haul today too!” Orion said.
The two children came from the skies, flying using their powerful Auras, their mothers, Urbosa and Merkite, came alongside them.
They were all carrying gigantic fish they caught in the nearby lake, which was as big as a small ocean, full of dangerous beings.
“They sure love swimming!” laughed Urbosa. “Orion, dear, let me wash you first, alright?”
“But it doesn’t matter if I’m wet, mom,” Orion said.
"Yeah, but you smell like fish! So we have to wash you; come here, boy!” Urbosa quickly dragged our boy to the bathroom.
“Uweeh! I don’t want to take a bath againnnn!” Orion complained.
"Athena, let’s go as well,” Merkite caressed her head, petting her. “Let’s take a quick bath.”
“Okay! I’ll wash your fur, mama!” said Athena. “Oh! Why doesn’t everyone join? I bet Rainbow Eyes and Kalana are all sweaty after they left this huge mess!”
“Haha, I agree, shall we?” I asked.
“Sure!” nodded Mursha. “I was feeling like taking a warm bath; I missed mine this morning.”
“Yes!” Fiery Hair nodded. “Time to wash you, Rainbow Eyes!”
“Nwooooo!” Rainbow Eyes complained instantly.
“Bath! Bath! Bath!” Meanwhile, Kalana threw away all her clothes and ran butt-naked to the bathroom.
“W-Wait, Kalana!” Mursha followed her. “There’s other people in the house!”
This family… is indeed quite something.
And I would never replace it for anything else.
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SPLASH!
Kalana and Rainbow Eyes started splashing water everywhere in the bathroom, grabbing buckets of water and throwing them at one another.
They had some good rivalry going on, but perhaps they should just take a bath in peace instead…
“That’s enough! No more playing around inside the bathroom, alright?”
I quickly stopped the water from splashing everywhere as bubbles of water floated around the bath, then I quickly directed them towards the babies, washing them over thoroughly.
“Woow…”
“Wow!”
Instead of getting angry or sad, they were surprised I could do that; though, I didn’t expect that reaction, but I’m glad they aren’t mad.
“Bing Xue is right; don’t fight or play while taking a bath or while eating,” said Mursha. “They’re rules that you must ALWAYS respect, alright, Kalana?”
“Oway mama…!” Kalana nodded as she let Mursha wash her long hair.
I wanted to help too!
However, I noticed Fiery Hair was still trying to catch Rainbow Eyes, so I went for the boy first.
“Come here, Rainbow Eyes! Don’t do bad things; please be a good kid!” said Fiery Hair, sighing as she saw Rainbow Eyes beginning to crawl around the walls the moment my eyes were away from the rascal.
“Come here,” I said, as he suddenly stopped moving, floating towards me out of nowhere.
“Uwaah?! Woah! W-Whaw…”
“This is the power of mama’s Immortal Authority!” I giggled. “Little rascals can’t escape the power of a mother.”
“Gyaaah!”
As he complained, Fiery Hair and I washed him thoroughly, soap on his entire body, then warm water splashed on him, then we washed his armpits, and then finally his long hair.
“Hmm…”
He was a bit grumpy, crossing his arms cutely while complaining in silence, fully knowing he couldn’t escape us now that we got him.
“What beautiful hair! Look how cute it is!” I said, washing it thoroughly using high-quality oils made using materials from my Inner Realm, the same oils I used to keep my hair as good as it is.
“So very shiny!” Fiery Hair nodded, caressing his hair as we washed it with the oil. “Very handsome boy!”
“Hmm…” Rainbow Eyes slowly got a bit happier; we were praising him so much, and then we washed his hair, and we were done.
At the same time, I saw Orion and Athena happily washing their mother’s fur. Because Urbosa and Merkite had fur over their entire bodies, they had to use the oil for the entire body.
“Mommy is so fluffy!” said Athena, washing Merkite’s back and then her big ears and tail.
“Heheh, I’ll wash your fur as well, Athena; come here,” Merkite giggled as she quickly washed Athena’s big, fluffy white tail, her cute ears, her long white hair, and the fur around her arms, legs, and neck. “So soft and white! You’re like a doll, my dear daughter.”
“Hehehe, is that so?” giggled Athena as she wagged her tail cutely.
I discovered that their kind doesn’t always just wag it due to sexual excitement, sometimes just by means of happiness or when they’re embarrassed.
I guess Merkite and Urbosa told me that back then so I would instantly know what they meant by wagging it... back then, but now that I see children doing it as well, it doesn’t make much sense.
SPLASH!
“Big sis, that was cold water!”
Orion complained as Hekita giggled, washing him with a big bucket of very cold water, making the boy tremble for a bit.
“Hehehe! Sorry, but you needed to cool down, Orion; also, you should stop disliking taking baths!”
“But I don’t like it! Mom said that our tribe didn’t use to take baths every day… that we washed in the river, like, once a month! Right?”
“Ah, that was in archaic times, Orion… Even our tribe living on the first floor takes baths regularly, several times a week at least.” Urbosa said. “Come on, boy, let us wash your hair.”
“Eek! Nooo!” Orion complained, but at the end his big sister and his mother ended washing his hair.
“What pretty hair you’ve got!” said Urbosa. “It almost reminds me of the shiny hair that future version of you had…”
“Future version? Oh right! You said I came from the future?! Was I handsome?” Orion wondered.
We mentioned this event a couple of weeks ago. Orion was shocked at first to learn about another version of himself from the future, but more than anything, he just wanted to meet him and see how cool he would look when he’s an adult.
"Yeah, you were,” giggled her mother. “And incredibly strong!”
“How strong?” Orion wondered; he was distracted with this, so Hekita rapidly washed his arms and legs and the fur in them.
“Very strong…” I said. “He was stronger than me in raw power.”
“Oooh?! Really? I’ll become stronger than Mama! No way!” Orion was excited. “I can’t wait to become a grownup!”
We haven’t told him about why he came from the future, and about the world, and about all the people that his version of the future lost, though.
We thought it was too much for the young boy, but at the very least, we didn’t want to keep it a secret he came from the future because, once our vacations end, he’ll most likely meet him one way or another.
As two versions of the same people from different timelines, they’re connected; their fate is entwined. Eventually, they will meet; they could connect and become like brothers.
Or they could end up fighting and trying to take one another’s lives.
Maybe I’m being paranoid, but that’s a possibility within my calculations.
The Orion from the future is a wildcard.
I know that his heart is in the right place. I know…
Or maybe I want to believe I know.
I want to believe he has good intentions, whatever they are.
But for now, until he does something, I can’t completely judge him.
So let’s not think about this in this heartwarming moment.
“I don’t think you’ll become quite like him when you grow up, brother,” said Hekita. “You’ll probably become much different!”
“Eeeh? Why! What’s different between the two of us?” asked Orion.
I glanced at Hekita, panicking as I thought she would say the thing about the future.
However…
“Because you’re too spoiled!” Hekita giggled, grabbing his face and pulling it. “You will grow like a spoiled little brat! Hahah!”
“Eeeugh! S-Shtop!” Orion cried as he started biting Hekita’s hands.
“Ouch! Hey brat! Who do you think you’re biting? Respect your big sister!” Hekita roared as she started biting Orion too.
“Raarr!”
“Graarr!”
They were just playing though, but it was cute.
Yeah, Hekita is not wrong; our Orion will grow much different than the one from the future.
He might not become someone so bitter and so deep in despair and madness.
I will make sure he becomes a bright young man, someone who looks into the future with hopeful eyes.
And then, when the time comes and the two meet...
I am sure that my boy will do the right thing and guide his future version back to the right path.
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Guess what?! New Illustration!
Bing Xue's wives and children in a family photo styled illustration.Can you tell who each character is?