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I advised her,“This embryo suits your body’s limits.Nurture it well,help it transform,and you’ll birth a healthy pup.”
But Emma despised the puppy’s weakness.The moment it was born,she cruelly strangled it.
The poor creature never even had the chance to open its eyes before its life was brutally ended.
The guilt of that tragic event had haunted me.This time,I went to every clan’s embryo keepers and said,“Got any problem embryos?Ones with bad tempers or defects?Give me your worst,and I’ll take them.”
As I expected,they handed over hyper-masculine embryos,many with congenital defects.
Fierce beast clans often produced volatile hyper-masculine embryos—too dangerous to hatch,too troublesome to keep.
My arrival solved their problem.Collecting ten hyper-masculine beast embryos was effortless.
Next,I had to implant them in Emma.
Surprisingly,while implanting the single puppy embryo last time drained half my power,implanting ten embryos this time took no effort at all.
I puzzled over this strange phenomeno,but Emma was ecstatic,gripping my hand tight.
“Lila,I’m pregnant!Ten fierce beast children!”
“When I walk around with this belly,let’s see who dares say our mule clan can’t conceive!”
No one need to say it.The mule clan’s infertility was a fact decreed by the heavens,known to all.
But the mule clan clung to denial,with women tying sacks to their bellies,taunting others:“See?We’re pregnant just fine.How dare you say we can’t?”
I used to wonder why they did this.Later,I realized it was called fragility—or a meltdown.
Emma couldn’t wait to show off her slightly swollen belly,rushing out without a word.
The moment she left,I moved my true form and placed a mule statue in its old spot.
Feeling a sense of relief,I returned home only to hear that Emma was in trouble.
Her ten embryos,after just one afternoon out,had dropped to nine.
I was called in as a healer.At the scene,Emma was arguing with a tiger clan woman.
Their shouting match had escalated to physical blows.
Both pregnant,I didn’t know how to intervene.Frustrated,I roared,“Stop it!”
They paused for a moment,but neither was willing to back down.
Using my celestial sight,I examined Emma’s womb.The rumors were true:ten glowing orbs had dwindled to nine.The missing one was,coincidentally,the tiger embryo.
“What on earth happened to make two pregnant women start fight like this?”
