Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse
Chapter 223 - 223: I'm your mother!

"Woah!"

Bang!

Muku who wasn't used to travelling through portals... Stumbled and fell to the ground when he reached the other side.

He expected to travel through some extended space corridor like before. However, it wasn't like that. The moment he got into the portal was pretty much the same one he got out through the other side.

Which caught him off guard. This, of course, warranted a snicker from Raya. She was probably too tired to laugh anymore.

That didn't faze him, however. He had already lost all his face in front of her after all. His head pretty much only had the skeleton left. All the skin was long gone.

"Fortunately, there's no one worthy of note who witnessed that" Muku spoke while getting up.

{Hey! Are you saying I'm not worth noting?! Besides, look up} Raya complained from the mindscape. She then directed his focus to something she had taken notice of the instant he arrived.

"Hhm? What do you m..." Muku, who hadn't had the chance to look around him, spoke while doing so.

He couldn't finish his statement though. That was because he saw a lady standing a few metres away from him. She just quietly stood there staring at him unblinkingly. While he was certain that he had never seen her. She seemed familiar to him for some reason.

She was a middle-aged lady who seemed to be in her mid-forties. She had long silverish-grey hair, much like his own. However, her eyes were different. They weren't grey, instead they were black. The darkest shade of black he had ever seen. And various colours would flash in them from time to time. It was almost like she had a whole galaxy in her eyes.

Then there was her very presence. He couldn't place it at all. It was almost like he was looking at an otherworldly being. Even though she was an outstandingly beautiful middle-aged lady. Her grace and presence were what stood out the most about her. They would always make her the centre of attention wherever she went even before her beauty was seen.

Even though her body didn't radiate any mana or any kind of oppressive force. It took everything in him not to bow down and pledge his undying loyalty.

"Wow... What amazing mental strength for one so weak" The lady spoke in a pleased tone.

It was clear she wasn't making fun of Muku despite the ambiguous choice of words which could be taken negatively.

The otherworldly aura she gave off went away the moment she opened her mouth.

Muku could finally breathe properly. That's right, just being in her presence made it hard to breathe. And she wasn't even doing anything!

"W... Who are you?" Muku asked while trying to calm himself down. Most of his regained mental energy was depleted by just that little stare-down. It would have taken him at least a few hours of flight to exhaust that much!

"I'm your mother" The lady spoke with a natural expression on her face.

"What?!" Muku exclaimed in shock.

He didn't know what to think. His mind completely shut down on him. He just stood there like an idiot. That was the last thing he was expecting to hear.

"Pfft. Just kidding. I just felt like saying that since our hair looks the same. You're really gullible to believe that so easily, huh? You should see your fave right now. Hahaha," The lady spoke again in an amused tone. Even laughing at the end.

"It must be really funny to make fun of an orphan to you, huh?" Muku spoke grumpily. He was so pissed off that he missed how her words suggested that she could see his face even through the armour.

Though even if he took notice of it. He probably wouldn't care too much. After all, there were too many mystical abilities out there. Plus he was certain that she was some kind of expert. So, anything should be possible for her.

"Yeah, you're right. That was my bad. I know how to make it up to you. Since you don't have a mother and I don't have a son. Why don't we just accept each other as mother and son? That sounds like a great idea. So, from now on. You'll call me mom and I'll call you son!" The lady apologised then went on and on. Getting more excited the more she spoke.

By the time she finished speaking. All the reverence Muku still had for her from the initial encounter was long gone. The old lady moved way too quickly! They had just met, and they were already related. He couldn't keep up at all!

"Hey! Hey! Slow down a little, lady! I don't even know you! Who said I wanted to be your son?!" Muku spoke while holding his hand in front of his body to show his refusal.

"Too late son. I never go back on my words. Here is a little gift for the happy occasion. This fruit will heal you and your little dragon friend" The lady spoke while casually taking out a glowing green apple from out of nowhere. Like, she just reached out and pulled the fruit out of the empty space in front of her.

Muku was stunned a bit by the act. However, he recovered quickly enough. Layla had something like that as well. Just not is mystical-looking. But, the same nonetheless.

{You better accept that fruit. It's exactly what we need and more!} Raya's anxious voice sounded in his head before he could refuse. Any reasonable person wouldn't accept food from strangers after all.

However, Raya didn't care about all that. Her experience gained from living in the beast forest told her that the fruit was definitely something they couldn't pass by. Besides, she was now Muku's mother. So, it was totally okay to accept the gift.

"Listen to your little friend. And are you so doubtful of my character? I'm your mother, though! It really hurts my poor old heart to know that my son doesn't trust me at all!" The lady casually did another mystical thing again.

Which was hearing Raya's speak even though she was in Muku's mindscape. Then she began overreacting again. She even shamelessly sprayed something in her eyes in front of Muku so that tears came out.

"If I take it. Will you shut up and tell me what's going on here?" Muku spoke in a defeated tone.

He was certain that the fruit wasn't anything bad, after all. From the few things he had seen her do. It was safe to assume that she could kill him as easily as it was for her to blink. So, there was no need to go through all the trouble if she was planning on killing him.

"Yes. I was going to tell you anyway. I just want you to be healed up before that" The lady spoke seriously while wiping away the fake tears from her face.

Muku rolled his eyes as he took the fruit from her hand. As for when she had gotten so close to him. He wasn't certain. He also didn't notice how she had managed to get him to drop his guard around her.

Sure, keeping his guard up would be useless against her. However, that still wouldn't have made him drop it in normal cases. The lady was definitely a special case.

Maybe she'd have wormed her way into his heart before he realised what was going on...

Crunch!

Muku bit into the fruit just like he would a normal fruit. However, unlike what would happen next after biting a normal fruit. Which was to chew and swallow. The part he bit melted into his mouth and was instantly absorbed into his body.

As for the taste... He didn't know how to describe it. It tasted so good it was beyond anything he had ever tasted before. Even without getting to chew it and such. He experienced all of the fruit's taste. He completely devoured it within seconds.

He was even considering asking for another one shamelessly. After all, she had been shameless a few times already. He could do it once, right?

However, before he could do that. He felt his whole body start to warm up. The heat kept on increasing until his body turned red from the heat behind the armour.

Interestingly enough, Raya was going through the same thing inside his mindscape.

Neither of them panicked though. They were legit R3s, after all. They could take that little amount of pain from the heat. One normally doesn't get R3 without going through quite a bit of pain. Which they both had gone through.

They even ignored the pain. What they focused on was the healing effect hidden behind the pain. They quickly realised that they weren't just healing. Their bodies were actually being improved at the same time.

It wasn't a small improvement either. Their durability was being made at least two times better.

Which was unthinkable to them. One had to know that Raya was a legit dragon. Her body was basically as strong as a body at her rank could get. Yet it was getting improved even more.

Then there was Muku. His body had long caught up to the durability and strength of Jade and Audrey after his soul link with Raya. Which was amazing enough since those two had outstanding bodies due to their classes.

Yet there he was improving even more. He'll be at least twice as strong as Jade and Audrey by the time he was done.

Jade is definitely going to be pissed off when she finds out...

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