HBWnovel Chapter Thirty-two – In which Ark gets physical with two different goblins in two different ways, and winds up pissing off Prima as usual.
Chapter Thirty-two – In which Ark gets physical with two different goblins in two different ways, and winds up pissing off Prima as usual.
Chapter Thirty-two – In which Ark gets physical with two different goblins in two different ways, and winds up pissing off Prima as usual.
I submitted myself to having my legs and hand bound as necessary by Prima and was escorted out into glorious sunlight once again. I think the person happiest to see me was Tree-chopper.
“Husband do exercise?”
“That’s the plan. How is it going with you?”
“Do exercise every day. Not know how many fifty, need Husband count.”
I agreed to it, but only after doing my own set first, getting started with the basics. I was still aiming for one-hundred of each, so today’s goal was sixty of each, if I could manage it. I felt healthy enough, but exercise is a commitment. Slack off and gains are lost. Beginning with the routine stretches, I took a few deep breaths and got started with push-ups.
I flexed a little, changing my posture a little after each ten I did. Palms down, fingertips only, with my knuckles... I wanted Tree-chopper to see that there were different ways to do it. I didn’t make it past sixty-three, but I felt like I had improved having hit my goal. Next was sit-ups, and I had no problem hitting one hundred of those, even twisting my torso a bit near the end to show off. I actually felt like I could do more. Lastly was squats, and even that I also hit one-hundred of, though I did feel the burn in my legs at the end. Maybe all my fucking was promoting leg and abdominal strength?
She told me how impressive it was to watch me do so many. And now, it was her time to shine.
While she was dedicated enough to doing them, she wasn’t someone I’d call a lazy guard for nothing. She managed the fifty-one count on each of the three exercises, but didn’t do a single one over the count, even though she probably could have. But she was also doing it with a clear goal in mind.
Husband’s big seed.
She had sat down after the squats, triumphantly sweating, and I sat down next to her.
“I’m looking forward to tonight.” I told her.
“Get name with big seed?”
“I can give you a name now if you want, but I don’t know how appropriate it would be.”
“What mean?”
I grasped her sweaty hands with my own.
“I want you to be my workout partner. I have more advanced exercises we can do... I... want you to walk the path of muscles with me.”
“Muscle walk?”
“Yes. It’s the one truth of this world. Strong muscles will never betray you, and you get strong muscles from exercising regularly. Let’s work out together, Doll.”
“Doll?”
“Your name.”
I scooted behind her and put my arms on her shoulders, giving her a light massage. She leaned back into me a little, and I was more than happy to reward her for achieving her goal, of doing fifty-one of each sit up in order to be chosen by me tonight. Doll has a fit body type, and all she needs is a good exercise regimen to easily become one of the strongest goblins in the tribe. I was looking forward to having an exercise partner, because aside from already fit goblins like Prima or Jewel, I didn’t really think the other goblins could outperform me in any area outside of jogging. That didn’t extend to goblins like Vera or Truffle who I didn’t have much hope for, given their exterior constitution. And I definitely wouldn't want Pear to lose her curvy shape. I wanted her to keep that cushion oh so much.
So, with a newly named Doll on the menu for tonight, I would now be entering the final stretch of my duty. I’d also need to think of safe exercises for a pregnant goblin. Thankfully I was big on working out in my previous life. I even owned workout equipment for my home that I had ordered from an online store so that I wouldn’t have to pay for a gym membership, but I ended up doing so anyway because working out alone is boring.
I could hear her saying her name over and over quietly. Was she happy she had one now?
After finishing up the light massage on Doll’s shoulders, I got up and began to jog around the wide fire pit in front of the cave. Doll felt the need to ask me what I was doing, and so I explained all about aerobic and anaerobic exercise. How aerobic benefitted stamina, and how anaerobic benefitted strength. I made it a point to mention how it directly affected the quality of my seed, to which I don’t believe the science of this world can call me out on my bullshit for another few hundred years or so.
But the important thing was that Doll bought it.
She had joined me in jogging for a little bit, but after a few laps decided she was good. I don’t know goblin biology, as I mentioned before, which means I don’t know how her body processes calories when it comes to energy usage. Hopefully it’s not too different from humans, considering we must have a similar enough genome if we can procreate together.
With my time out in the sun coming to a close, Prima had come to fetch me, and Lily was waiting for me to arrive at the breeding room, where she promptly snatched me up as soon as I was free from the ropes, and dragged me to Jewel’s room to get her, and then over to Lily’s room for magical renovation time. Vera was nowhere to be found when this happened.
I thought Jewel would not be pleased to help considering what happened earlier, but if she was still upset, she said nothing to me. She just handed me the topaz with a tired look on her face and pointed at Lily’s cave-hole.
“No more sleep! What Husband do!?”
“Huh? I didn’t do anything but make Lily a room...”
“Stupid Husband, mean Lily!”
I rubbed my eyes and sat up. Lily was standing there next to me with Prima and Berry present. It took a second for me to understand what was going on, but my brain clicked into overdrive when I saw it. Lily’s belly... had gotten bigger.
Way bigger.
Berry bigger!
I put my face in my hands and groaned.
“I have no idea what happened, Prima. We were just wasting seed after I made this room for Lily.”
“See, same Lily say! Husband do mouth thing with Lily then make belly full big seed. Go sleep Husband, wake up fat belly. Husband not wake up when shake many. Go talk Berry. Have fat belly after get big seed. Know what do!”
Normally, something like this would be scientifically impossible. But this is not my previous world. This one I had been reincarnated to has magic and things like general physics or standard biology can be overwritten by the intent of magic. Though, I wasn’t exactly intending to make her super pregnant, so I don’t know exactly what’s at play here. Plus, it did happen before, which makes this some kind of fluke-not-fluke.
Berry had pushed Lily towards me, and I carefully put my hand on her swollen belly. It was round and firm. I couldn’t feel anything moving inside, but that didn’t mean anything, since it was the same with Berry. Well, maybe my first daughter would welcome having playmates her own age soon? That was a positive I could take from this, I think.
“Sorry, Lily. I didn’t mean to rush you into having strong ones so quickly.”
“Lily not upset. Have strong ones soon good thing! Also not worry dig cave-hole!”
Prima placed her hand on my bitten shoulder causing me to wince.
“Husband.”
I gulped. I knew exactly what she was going to say.
“It was an accident. If I knew how I did it, do you think I wouldn’t make sure to take care of you first, Prima?”
She squeezed my shoulder–painfully–to show how understanding she was.
“Berry, think strong ones come today?”
Berry could only shake her head. “Not know. Ask Old One?”
I wasn’t particularly fond of that goblin, but she seemed to be the one in the know.
“Husband not need pick tonight.” Prima stated, sigh accompanying.
“I... already did.” I interjected. “Tree-chopper... I made a bet with her, and she finally won, so I was going to pick her tonight.”
Prima nodded.
“Fine. Strong ones come, not pick same day. Give day care strong ones, care Lily.”
“Thanks, Prima.”
She huffed and then left the room. Berry stayed behind with Lily and I, and was decidedly telling Lily what she could expect. From what I overheard, it sounded gruesome. Goblin birthing wasn’t the same as human birthing. I felt like goblins were a bit closer evolutionarily to an animal upon hearing how it went. Goblin newborns could crawl at birth, and walk in less than a full day. In fact, goblins were pushed out up to a point, possibly past the cervix, then the babies... crawled out the rest of the way from the vagina, and then went right for the breasts to drink on instinct from what Berry described of her experience with Diana.
I was appreciative that Berry was behaving like a midwife for Lily right now. Berry didn’t have Diana with her, so I could only wonder where my daughter was right now?