Beastmen Love
Chapter 229: Plans of Growth

Chapter 229: Plans of Growth

Seijuurou is now looking at Kangki, wondering how he’s so sure that the females of Himeya are not being truthful.

"What makes you surer than I am that they’re not being truthful? If I may ask." Seijuurou asks Kangki.

"Kangki, Claud, my son Atlas and I can read minds." Astri answers.

"They don’t believe Astri is the Goddess. They’re just apologizing because they can see you’re angry, Your Makesty." Claud says.

"I see.." Seijuurou says, and looks at Astri again, impressed. "That’s an amazing gift."

"Don’t worry. We don’t pry into people’s minds uninvited. I didn’t see anyone’s mind since I came back to my body." Astri says.

"I only see the mind of people that might be a threat to Astri. Other females had already put Astri in dangerous positions and I won’t let that ever happen again." Kangki mentioned, remembering of what happened in the Dinosaur Kingdom.

Astri felt goosebumps remembering of that, shaking her body in disgust.

"Love... Don’t make me remember that, please." Astri says, and shakes her head trying to think in something else.

"I’m sorry.. I just want to make sure they won’t be a threat."

"You don’t believe in my father’s and the Emperor’s words?" Seiryuu asks the females, with a grave tone.

They don’t answer, afraid of saying the truth. Astri sighs, then she straights the females up with her powers, making them squeal scared. Astri moves her hands in the air, fixing their yukatas for them to wear the way they should. She creates flowers in front of them, then puts behind their ears. She’s shutting their mouth so they don’t scream.

"Now you look like real court ladies. Beautiful and respectful. I hope you keep this way." Astri says, then let them go.

Who never saw her using her powers were amazed, and the females are shocked.

"I think they believe now." Elias chuckles, making the rest of the family laugh quietly, too, trying to not laugh out loud.

"I don’t want your apologies. What I need you to do is trusting and respecting who’s making this realm prosper and make you have a good life. And you honor them by being respectful. Earn respect by giving respect. Earn love by giving love. If you can do that, you’ll easily be capable to come here without needing anyone’s permission. My children know that, and that’s why they’re here. My family know that, and that’s why they’re here. And I hope that’s explanation enough for you to leave me alone, to leave them alone, and stop trying to meet my children alone, too." Astri says.

The females open and close their mouths not knowing what to answer, then they bow in regret for real this time, knowing that they were trying to approach the boys to understand Astri’s motives. Keiko is waiting for her death since she tried to steal Bono from her.

After few seconds, Astri asks them to raise their heads.

"Don’t do this anymore. To anyone else. It doesn’t need to be me, or the Emperor here for you to be respectful." Astri says.

"Yes, milady.." They answer.

They stand up and quickly walk away.

"I deeply apologize for their behavior, milady. I didn’t imagine they would throw all rules away and simply come here to bother." Renzai says.

"Don’t worry, my friend. I’m quite used to females like this. I went through worse and I already had to do worse. They weren’t as bad as mermaids. One even tried to poison my spouses to steal them from me. A little tantrum is actually acceptable." Astri says and chuckles. "And if even mermaids, that were used to kill other females to take their males, could become better. The females here can also get better." Astri tells.

"I forgot that Nature tells you everything, mom. We didn’t tell you that they came to our chambers twice because we didn’t want to worry you." Hopin says to Astri.

"You’re my children. Nature knows that I would be angry if it didn’t tell me." She snorts. "And they also tried to talk at night while all your fathers were in my bedroom. Skalven also sensed their presence through his webs and told us."

"Your mother trusts your judgment and strength, so she let you deal with them yourselves." Beau smiles to them.

They smile happily.

"I can see that you have very good children. For them to be good enough to stay in a sacred place it’s proof of that." Seijuurou says, smiling to the children.

His eyes stopped at Yuki for a moment. She was looking at him, then smiles and looks back to her tea. He noticed Yuki wasn’t looking at him with any desire, and that smile wasn’t a smile of seduction. He wonders what was that.

After the tea time, most of them go back to their training. Astri sits nearby where her family is training, because she knows they always need to have an eye on her to not feel anxious or to be worried. She knows it will take time until they’re triggered by the trauma of losing her. She was hurt in the process, but they were very much more hurt, so she needs to respect their time to heal. She will also heal while she waits for them to heal.

She goes back to note and plan things she has learned from Tsukihina to try to implement it in other places. First she will implement those plans in Great Wall City, where the King of Beast Kingdom lives, and at the United Tribes.

Seijuurou and Kenzai sit with her and read everything she’s writing. Seiryuu keeps training the others. While Seijuurou and Kenzai helps Astri, the others are training.

"Kangki, what they’re talking so much over there?" Koa asks Kangki.

They look at Astri, realizing that they’re very concentrated on what they’re talking about.

"We should just ask her." Claud says.

"Astri is planning new laws, economic rules, and cultural entertaining for the Beast Kingdom and United Tribes. And also the places that wants to grow. Things she learned here and they’re helping her to see how to implement it." Kangki says.

They get in silence for some seconds.

"See? It was something we could discover by talking to her." Claud sighs.

"That is something that we should be doing as leaders of the United Tribes. Not her." Lee says, crossing his arms.

"Why not her? She naturally thinks about everyone’s wellbeing. Not that we don’t, but she brought many ideas to our Kingdom that was good and made us more prosperous. Why she can’t keep on doing that?" Galion asks.

None of them has the courage to answer.

"They fear her being exposed as the mind behind everything and calling even more attention to her." Caris softly says.

By their silence, everyone can see it’s the truth.

"I’m not as wise as mother, but.. People already know that her influence is what made our tribes stronger and prosperous. Even if you try to say it was you, they will know that even if you did you were influenced by her. I think that besides taking things from her, we should just try to do with her." Yuki says.

"Yuki is right. Mother is taking responsibility of that while she supports us on this training. I believe that this training will even make us understand better what are her plans. I’m loving this." Hopin smiles.

Astri’s spouses sigh, but relieved. Proud of their children and impressed that they’re so strong and mature.

In the afternoon, they stop the training and then go sit with Astri. When Astri started to tell them theirs plans, they could see that she wasn’t just taking responsibility for herself. She was thinking about them and is including them in the plans.

"What are these festivals?" Dieg asks, curious.

"It’s something that is so nice that happens here from time to time. It’s good to make the people more united, have fun, and is also good for the economy." Astri happily explains the details she saw from the Flower Festival she went with Shinkou and Kenzou.

Seijuurou, Kenzai and Seiryuu had the same idea. Make a festival for her before she goes back to her home.

"And did you win many gifts?" Dieg asks, pouting.

"From everything I said, you heard only that?" Astri giggles.

"Of course she did. She’s beautiful, and kind. But she only accepted who didn’t actually gave anything to her." Kenzou says and looks at Shinkou.

Shinkou looks away, awkward, and also sad that he wasn’t very romantic to convince his feelings to her.

"He actually gave me something. We had agreed that we would share equally the gems from the salt he was selling for me. He took only 5 gems from all those gems. He gave me most of them." Astri says.

Shinkou smiles.

"Oh so he was smoother than I thought." Kenzou jokes.

"You were making salt to get gems? Why not asking the Mizuryuus and me directly?" Seijuurou asks Astri.

"My soul wasn’t complete. Seiryuu noticed who I was, but there was a risk of you not believing entirely. And the least people knowing about my identity the best while I was in a more fragile situation, too." Astri answers.

"I see.."

"I would never let you leave in a fragile state." Renzai says.

"See? That’s why I asked Seiryuu to not tell anything." She chuckles.

They keep talking until it’s time for dinner. Seijuurou is amazed by the different and good food. He ate more than he ever did.

Then finally, after bathing, Astri sees who was waiting for her in the bedroom. She smiles, and by his eyes she understood he’s ready to tackle her down at any moment.

"Oh... I missed those predator eyes. And purring." She says.

"And I missed the most delicious prey... I’m sorry, but.. I don’t think I will stop soon.." Wayde says, walking to her slowly and ready to give her pleasure all night.