"Then…


    …can you give me an offspring?"


    Rhys was Completely at a loss as you have to answer that. They were different species; If Edissa was at least a bipedal humanoid, then it might have worked —But she has 2 hands and 4 legs, just what sort of abomination is going toe out if they do actually go through with it?


    "I—"


    "Rhys!" And before Rhys could finish his words, Katarina suddenly arrived in the lobby. And as she approached them, Rhys could not help but notice that all the people, whether they were patients or hospital staff, were greeting and looking at her. Katarina ignored all of them, however, as she just quickly ran toward Rhys as soon as she saw him.


    Suffice it to say, Edissa''s eyes widened as she saw the two pairs of mountains bouncing violently while approaching them. She first thought they were apletely different creature altogether, and not a part of Katarina''s body at all.


    "That woman," Edissa could not help but just stand up from the floor as she continued to stare at Katarina''s breasts, "The offspring she would bear would want nothing. Is she also one of your mates? I think she could provide milk for all of youry if ites to that."


    "She''s Katarina," Rhys could really only chuckle at Edissa''s words, "She is like family to me."


    "Rhys!" Katarina then quickly embraced Rhys as soon as he was within reach. And without even any care for the other people present there, she kissed him on the lips — not passionately, of course, as she was still the director of the hospital. She just couldn''t help herself; how could she, when this was the second time that Rhys had gone away for a long time?


    "Families act sexually in your world?" Edissa squinted her eyes, "You truly are simr to the gods in that regard."


    "...She''s not family, she''s like family," Rhys sighed, "She took care of me when I was a teenager, and… well, she''s now my lover."


    "Rhys…?" Katarina then leaned away as she heard Rhys talking in apletely differentnguage, "Is this one of the cenleons? She''s… very pretty."


    "Yes," Rhys nodded as he introduced Edissa to Katarina. And as Edissa noticed Rhys gesturing to her, she quickly bowed her head knowing that he was introducing her to the woman with gigantic breasts, "She''s Edissa. A lot of things happened and, well… she became my Bond."


    "Hello," Katarina reached out her hand even though she couldn''t understand Edissa''s greeting, "I hope you''re not feeling ufortable here."


    "She… seems very gentle, Rhys," Edissa breathed out as she shook Katarina''s hand, "She truly would be the best mother toy your children. You should put your seed in her already."


    "Please stop talking about offspring for now," Rhys sighed.


    "Wait—A Bond…?" Katarina''s eyebrows started to lower as her brain worked overtime, "...Wait, that''s something sexual, isn''t it!?"


    Katarina then quickly pped Rhys''s shoulder, "You''re also putting your dick inside other species!? Who do you think you are, Zeus!? I know she''s hot, but biologically, her lower half is literally that of a cat, Rhys. What is wrong with you…?"


    "It just happened," Rhys lowered his head while raising his hand in surrender.


    "And they cut your hair," Katarina then grabbed the top of Rhys''s hair andmented, "Now everyone could see your handsome face."


    "I thought you were in surgery?" Rhys leaned away and sighed before Katarina could go off topic.


    "I was," Katarina nodded several times, "I finished it as soon as I smelled your scent in the hospital."


    "..." There were a couple of anomalies in Katarina''s sentence, but Rhys just chose to ignore them and just ced his hand on her cheek, "I''ve missed you."


    "I missed you too," Katarina''s tears fell without barriers as she looked Rhys in the eyes, "Let''s talk in my office. Where do you think she can wait?"


    "Oh, she doesn''t leave my side," Rhys nced at Edissa.


    "...What?" Katarina squinted her eyes, "What do you mean she doesn''t leave your side?"


    "I mean she can''t leave my side," Rhys shrugged, "She''s my Bond — I think it''s very dishonorable to not be by my side, and they would die. I still don''t actually know if that''s literally or figuratively."


    "...So, she''s just going to be with you all the time?"


    "Hm."


    "...How about sleeping?"


    "She usually waits outside the room, but… I let her in since it doesn''t feel right to be waiting for hours outside," Rhys let out a small sigh.


    "You…" Katarina stared Rhys in the eyes,


    "...Are you serious right now?"


    ***


    "You''re serious."


    Katarina was nning all sorts of things with Rhys as it had been a long time since she had seen him, let alone be with him — but now, all of those ns were gone as Edissa was in her office with them. Edissa actually volunteered to wait outside, but Katarina imagined all of the different problems that woulde out of that.


    They were in a hospital, someone here was one heart attack away from death. If they saw a cenleon just casually sitting outside the hallway, they would surely die.


    "Sorry."


    "W…wait, someone else is here."


    Rhys wrapped his arm around Katarina''s waist and pulled her closer to him, kissing her on the lips without even any warning, "Let''s… let''s wait until we''re home."


    "Hm," Rhys smiled as he let go of Katarina and started roaming around her office, "This is bigger than your office back in Old York."


    "Wow," Katarina widened her eyes as she raised her voice, "That… feels like a lifetime ago."


    "It was," Rhys nodded.


    "Can you ask her if she likes something?" Katarina then went to her pantry and asked.


    "If you have any extra limbs or organs, she''ll take it."


    "What…?" Katarina almost dropped what she was holding as she looked at Rhys, "Wait… you''re joking?"


    "Yes."


    "Can you please not joke with a straight face," Katarina breathed out in frustration as she prepared a coffee for her and bottled water for Rhys and Edissa. Katarina ced Rhys''s water on the coffee table in front of him, while she handed Edissa''s to her personally.


    Edissa bowed her head before drinking the water, only for her to cough it all up as all of her fur stood up on their ends.


    "Shit!" Katarina quickly raised her palms, "That was soda water, I''m so sorry! Can you tell her that, Rhys!?"


    "S… Soda water?" Edissa''s eyes widened as Rhys exined to her about it, "I… I thought you were poisoning me! What… what is that weird thing crawling inside my mouth?"


    "It''s… just… an interactive drink," Rhys could not really think of a better way to describe it, "I''ll get you a new one if—"


    "No, I was just surprised," Edissa blocked Rhys from grabbing the soda water from her as she shook her head, "I''ll… try it again."


    "You don''t really have to."


    "No," Edissa did not listen to Rhys as she once again drank some soda water. Her eyes twitched initially, but soon, her entire head trembled from the feeling of soda dancing in her mouth, "This… this is sort offorting. Your kind truly has the weirdest things, Rhys."


    "...Oh?" Rhys squinted his eyes before he nced at Katarina, "You don''t happen to have a c?"


    "As a doctor, I''m not going to advise that amount of sugar to someone who hasn''t consumed it before," Katarina shook her head; a smile, however, was slightly crawling on her face, "But… maybe just this once."


    And so, Rhys and Katarina let Edissa taste a c.


    "What… what is this!?" Edissa slightly raised the bottle, "It… it''s the nectar of the gods!"


    "No," Rhys shook his head, "It''s c. Almost everyone drinks it."


    "You drink this every day…?" Edissa was almost like a child as she continued to drink her soda. Katarina could not help but just rest her head on Rhys''s arm as she watched this, it almost actually seemed like…


    …they had a child.


    "Is… this what it feels like to have a child?" Katarina blurted out, but she quickly covered her mouth and tried her best not to make contact with Rhys''s eyes as she realized what she said, "I''m… I''m just kidding. You''re… you''re still too young to worry about children."


    "I can get you pregnant if you want."


    "Rhys!" Katarina pped Rhys''s arm, "S… stop it."


    "I''m serious," Rhys whispered.


    "That—"


    "But not now, not when the world is going through an extreme change," Rhys''s tone suddenly turned serious as he nced at Katarina, "We can''t have them living in the world while we are reshaping it."


    "That''s… true," Katarina also looked at Rhys, "But… we can always just do the process. I already told the hospital I''m not going to be in tomorrow, so…


    …let''s do it in your room tonight for as long as you want to."


    "I was already nning that," Rhys softly chuckled, "But I actually visited the hospital for another thing, Kat."


    "I know…" Katarina nodded and stood up,


    "...Your sister already knows you''re here."