Chapter 251: Weak And Exhausted

Chapter 251: 251: Weak And Exhausted

The little snakes continued explaining in detail how their day had gone.

"We ate a lot of meat! I saved some for Mama!" Nat happily declared.

"Me too!" Nyeon added proudly.

"Is that so...? That’s nice." Ayra smiled.

"Sorry, Mama. I ate all of mine. I’ll definitely save some for you next time," Neris assured her.

Ayra smiled and nodded. "Okay." She then turned to Zay, who was sitting there and listening quietly. "And you? What did you do while I was away?"

Zay blinked before answering, "I helped the elders carve, and I also learned how to carve pretty things."

Ayra smiled as she softly pinched his cheeks. "That’s so sweet of you. You’ll have to teach me that afterward, okay?"

Zay nodded firmly. "Yes, I will. And I’ll also carve a lot of things for you!"

Ayra nodded with a smile.

Lord Vale folded his arms as he watched them. "You little rascals didn’t even come and welcome me back, as if I’m not here."

The triplet snakes and Zay turned to stare at Lord Vale, blinking at him without saying a word.

"Welcome, Papa," Lord Vale said. "Say it."

Neris tilted his head before suddenly saying, "Papa, I need more meat... I’m hungry!" He rushed toward Lord Vale and jumped into his arms.

Lord Vale caught him while shaking his head. "You only remember me when it’s about meat," he said, rubbing his knuckle over the little snake’s hair. "Little rascal indeed."

"Me too!" Nat said, also jumping into his arms. "Give us more meat!"

Lord Zark approached and carried Zay in his arms. "It’s time we leave. She needs to get some rest. So let’s go out, okay?"

The little one nodded firmly in agreement as they began carrying them outside.

Soon, they all left Ayra alone so she could get some rest after the day’s work.

---

Three days passed, yet Ayra wasn’t getting any better at all.

She was still extremely weak and tired most of the time, spending almost the entire day lying in bed. She only came out on rare occasions, sitting around quietly while watching everyone go about their business.

She looked tired and exhausted most of the time and still wasn’t recovering well.

Her appetite was getting worse too. She seldom ate, and when she did, she only managed to have a little, which wasn’t enough to sustain her.

This had gotten her mates and everyone in the tribe worried. Even the little ones had grown concerned about their Mama, who was always indoors and resting.

They didn’t know if it was because she was sick, pregnant, or because of the energy she had lost while saving the Green Snake beasts.

Lord Vale had tried every possible medication he knew about, but nothing was helping. They had also gathered the best meats and fruits from all around the tribe, hoping she would eat something.

But nothing seemed to be helping.

And this left everyone across the tribe worried.

They felt terrible knowing that their female was sick and there was nothing they could do to help. Nothing they tried seemed to work.

Ayra’s mates were thrown into a frenzy, going around and doing everything they could while constantly visiting her and checking on her.

She didn’t look extremely sick. She was simply exhausted and weak, and Ayra herself could tell that she was lacking energy.

She needed energy, especially with the little one in her stomach growing faster. The little one was also using up some of her energy.

But as for how she would get that energy, she guessed she would have to wait and see what solution the system had for her.

---

Ayra woke up in the morning feeling hairy.

When she looked around, she noticed that she had turned into a fox again.

"What...? Again?" she said, looking around. "Why now of all times...?"

She yawned as she glanced around the room. Commander Lynn and Nyx were lying nearby, sleeping while keeping her company.

She supposed the tribe lords had gone out to look for more ways to help her. She felt bad for being such a burden to them.

"Maybe I should get some sleep too... I’m exhausted." She yawned again.

Thankfully, her little ones were considerate and didn’t come to bother her while she was sick. They only came in to check on her and give her the little gifts they had gotten for the day.

It always warmed her heart.

But just as Ayra was about to fall asleep in that state, the system finally beeped.

She slowly opened her eyes and stared at the blue tab before her.

"You’re finally here. I thought you abandoned me."

[No, Host... I could never.]

[Ding!]

[Host is in beast form.]

[And Host is also feeling extremely weak and exhausted.]

[Reasons: Effects of the energy lost from saving the Green Snakes, consuming the Emerald Venom Gem Core, and the little cub feeding on energy from the Host.]

Ayra sighed as the system listed everything out.

She really did have a lot going on inside her. Even accepting a gift had somehow become a problem now.

But she guessed that, given the fact that she was already weak, an S-Rank energy source would struggle to settle properly in her body at the moment.

"So... What needs to be done?" Ayra inquired, staring at the system.

[The System has found the perfect solution that will help Host transform back to normal while also immensely improving Host’s energy.]

Ayra stared at the screen, raising an eyebrow. She was curious to know what it was because she was already tired of being tired all day long.

[Sweet Potato Porridge.]

[Having this will help improve Host’s energy and transform Host back to normal.]

Ayra blinked.

"Huh? That’s it?"

[Well... not really.]

[Host shouldn’t simply have it made by anyone and brought to her.]

[Host should get Her Mates to prepare it for her voluntarily, and then have them feed it to Host.]

[Only then will Host be able to transform back to her human form and also improve her energy.]

Ayra blinked as she stared at the system.

"Eh... So by mates, you mean...?"

[By Mates, I mean the five of them.]