Mama Tigress kept on feeling better and better just from the wonderful smell of that strange man.

It also felt something strange about the way those blue eyes looked at it so differently than any before. The tigress could even feel that somehow there was some affection in his eyes.

Lucien somehow came to like the Tigress quite a bit. ‘Maybe I like cats a lot’ He thought to himself. He also thought that the creature was incredibly cute and beautiful.

As the tigress did not appear to be hostile, he couldn’t resist the urge, trying to pat its head. He tried to reach his hand very slowly so as not to startle it.

The thought of retreating or attacking for prevention passed through the tigress’ head, but its female instincts screamed he was not dangerous, so it didn’t move. And when he touched its head affectionately, the tigress felt really good.

Its body was very sick and injured, so mama tigress felt incredibly tired. But for as long as the strange man patted its head, everything was gone.

Then a ridiculous thing happened. Mama Tigress started to purr. It couldn’t believe that a human’s caresses could bring her to that state, but his scent and touch was just so good…

Mama tigress wanted to sniff more of that scent and maybe taste him… It can’t help but try to lick Lucien’s face while he was still patting its head.

!!!

At first, the tigress tasted blood. It actually seemed like there were different types of blood on his face, but then it felt an excellent taste, which was even better than his scent.

Mama tigress continued to lick Lucien’s face very softly, he couldn’t deny that he was enjoying it. Its big tongue was making a wet mess on his blood covered face, but it felt funny, and he thought it was adorable.

Is this how someone who has a pet feels I can get used to it… I think maybe I can…

Lucien really liked the tigress, and he can’t help but think about taking it with him. How bad could it be to have a big fluffy cat by his side?

Albeit quite strange, it seemed to like him. Maybe something about his changed body by the contract with Lust… He tried to take the soldier’s body off of them so he could move and pull out the spear, which was still stabbed through his chest.

Lucien moved slowly, and the tigress, who hadn’t yet stopped licking his face, let him move the soldier’s body to the side. The tigress adjusted its body on top of him to continue licking, and he couldn’t help but laugh.

Hahaha… You are so adorable, big kitty.

Mama tigress did not know why the man started to laugh but thinking that he must be feeling good like it was it continued to lick. However, as the initial charm started to shift, it felt a sharp pain in one of its wounds and could shrink in pain, softly roaring his anguish.

What happened! Ahhh!

Lucien, who saw the tigress fall moaning on his chest, couldn’t help but worry. When he moved his body to try to help it, he felt a lot of pain from the spear piercing his organs, and they both groaned in pain.

He realized that the tigress was very hurt while it understood that he was injured too.

Lust, any ideas

You can heal faster and heal your partner during… Never mind

I think you would find something on the body of these soldiers. Try the leader; he must have some potion or something.

Lust started talking about things that Lucien thought were very wrong for the occasion and made very a strange expression, so, Lust quickly changed her suggestion…

Just a second, big kitty!

Lucien moved the tigress’s body to the side gently as he crawled over to Gerard’s body. He started looking in his pockets, and it didn’t take much to find two small bottles with a green liquid inside, which Lust concluded were healing potions.

As Lucien touched Gerard’s body, he discovered that the tough man was still alive. But he didn’t think it was bad because he was still furious at Gerard and wouldn’t mind doing more damage before killing him.

But now was not the time to worry about it, and he crawled over to the tigress.

Meow…

When Lucien turned around, he saw a small white tigress crying near the mama tigress and understood that it was its cub.

Don’t worry, little kitty. Your mama will be fine.

The little tigress did not trust Lucien at first and stood between its mother and him while keeping a brave pose and shouting treble cute growls.

Lucien tried to pet the little tigress, but it avoided while it was still growling, then the mama tigress gave a slightly muffled growl, and the cub bowed its head and stepped back.

Here, drink it.

Mama tigress didn’t know what the human wanted by bringing that bottle with green liquid towards it. But Its instincts, which were much sharper than its high intelligence, felt no danger from that man.

Lucien opened the bottle close to its mouth, and the tigress, smelling the green liquid, knew it would be beneficial for its body.

The tigress drank the potion Lucien was giving it and could feel its pain subside as the wounds stopped bleeding. It couldn’t stop drinking and licked the bottle after swigged the whole potion.

You want more

Lucien saw that the tigress was severely injured and didn’t think twice before opening the other potion. He was too confident in his high regeneration, but it would still be stupid not to drink at least a little of the potion.

He drank almost half and took the rest of the potion towards the tigress.

The tigress was smart to understand that he had given more than half of the medicine even though he was as hurt as it was. It felt very fond of the strange human.

After drinking a little of the potion, mama tigress stopped and stared at Lucien for two seconds before looking at the cub, who was watching the whole scene very confused.

The little tigress was very afraid of everything because it and its mother hadn’t had a good time so far. But once it saw that the man was helping its mother and couldn’t help but like him a little.

Lucien understood that even if the cub didn’t show any external wounds, it shouldn’t be in perfect health. He sympathized greatly with this maternal action from the mama tigress.

So, he took the potion towards the little tigress, who, after seeing its mother’s kind look, did not refuse the strange man’s offer. The smell of the green liquid was delicious, and the little tigress swigged the rest of the potion.

Lust saw the kind act between Lucien and the mother-daughter tigress and couldn’t help but provoke him.

Do you like cats that much

Lucien couldn’t deny that he found them very cute. But he also thought they could be loyal companions because animals would be more reliable than people when it comes to gratitude.

Look at the size of this tigress. Wouldn’t it be a great companion in battle If it can grow even more, it may even become a mount.

Lust couldn’t disagree with Lucien’s thinking. She also thought of two things that could help a lot the tigress and the cub grow, but they couldn’t do that right now.

Lucien finished giving the potion to the little tigress and gathered the resolve to take on the issue of the spear, which was still embedded in his chest.

That looks like it’s gonna fucking hurt!

He put his hand on the handle of the spear and hardened himself but couldn’t help but frown when Lust commented something pointless in his mind.

Oh, you think!

Lucien took advantage of the moment when he was talking to Lust and pulled the spear out at once. Blood flowed like never before, the tigresses turned their faces away not to see that horrible scene.

ARGHHHHHHHH!

Lucien felt a lot of pain and laid down on the floor, while trying not to make any sudden movements so as not to make the situation even worse while waiting for his regeneration to kick in.

He closed his eyes, and after a few seconds, he felt a hot and wet tongue on his chest. Then another, smaller tongue in his belly.

Animals generally licked their wounds to use saliva as natural medicine. It made their wounds stop bleeding and close faster.

Mama tigress saw the bad state of Lucien’s wounds and wanted to help by licking him. The cub followed its mother’s action, and they both began to treat Lucien kindly.

Lucien couldn’t even move after taking the spear out of his body. He laid unmoving on the floor and enjoyed the good feeling of being taken care of by the mama tigress and the cute little cub.

Good kitties…

Lust watched them and knew they were in no danger now. The roof had stopped falling, and Gerard was too hurt to wake up. So, she comforted Lucien.

Get some rest while I keep an eye on everything. If something happens, I will let you know.

Then Lucien closed his eyes and fell silent for a while.

While Lucien was quickly regenerating, the girls were trying to make their way through the rocks that blocked the tunnels.

Mia was already completely covered by dust as she continued to quickly move rocks.

Just wait a minute, Lucien! I’m coming soon!

Anne and Marie were also trying their best to get the rocks out, but there were just too many, and it was proving to be quite challenging.

Marie could see how hard Mia was working, without getting that worried expression out of her face and couldn’t help but wonder how they got so close. She started to be curious about what Anne wanted to tell her, about what they did in the bath.

The Light Empire was one of the most significant forces on this side of the world, so even its lowest ranked soldiers were very strong, not to mention the captains, who were warriors comparable to adventurers of rank A or even S sometimes.

So it was normal that Mia and the girls couldn’t do anything against them, being only equivalent to adventurers of rank D and C respectively, but that didn’t mean they were weak, and as such, didn’t take them any more than half an hour to get all the rocks out of the way.

Only one last big rock was blocking their path, stopping them from getting to where Lucien was fighting the soldiers when they ran away.

Mia wanted to make small, controlled explosions to get through the rock faster. She wasn’t thinking rationally and just wanted to be reunited with Lucien. The only felt she felt worry this bad before was when it was about her mother, she already liked Lucien more than she’d imagined.

But Marie knew that more explosions would only collapse the mine. She then told Anne to start breaking the big rock slowly with a mace that they’d found from the mercenaries in the clearing.

Marie and Anne, as adventurers, had magic backpacks, which were very useful storage tools. A magic backpack could have several levels of size and value. The type they had were cheap but had a good space of approximately ten cubic meters.

Mia hadn’t shown them, but she had an old space ring that she’d received from her mother. It was a nice storage treasure with approximately one hundred cubic meters of space. She had several tools inside it, like small explosive bombs and weapons.

After another fifteen minutes, Anne managed to break enough of the rock for them to pass without collapsing the mine.

They would remember that scene they saw forever.

There were several corpses all over the top and under rocks. But most did not have their heads, which were everywhere, away from the bodies, still dripping blood.

In the middle of that bloody mess, there was a big white tigress lying on the side of a cub and…

LUCIEN!

Mia couldn’t help but cry and run towards Lucien, who was passed out next to the tigress, who was still licking him.

But Marie acted quickly and held her by the arm.

It can be dangerous!

Anne was a demi-human of the fox clan and had knowledge of many magical beasts. She recognized the white tigress species and told her friends not to be afraid.

Moon tigers are animals that only attack to defend themselves and are creatures extremely loyal to anyone who helps them. It is licking Lucien’s wounds to help him, so they must be friends.

Mia didn’t need anything else after Anne’s explanation and ripped her arm from Marie’s grip to run towards Lucien.