XI. The Announcement
Leaving Rukia's home, I head towards the gate to go home.
I greet Takeo on the way out and walk towards the trees of the forest.
Making sure I was out of view of any passerbys, I transform into a werewolf and sprint on all fours to my house.
It's a few minutes till sundown, so Mom should be about finished with dinner. I hope she cooked lots of meat today.
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Stopping infront of the entrance, I turn back to my elf form and open the door. The nice smell of cooked liver assaults my nostrils and I unconsciously start to drool.
I also smell my Dad around. It's great that he's here today. He's always busy with the 'Hunt'. I wonder if he'll ever tell me what that entails.
Valister: "I'm home!"
Mom pops her head out of the kitchen and greets me.
Daria: "Hello, sweetie! Did you enjoy your graduation?"
Huh?
Valister: "What do you mean 'graduation'?"
Daria: "Your graduation into manhood with Rukia, of course! You ravaged her, didn't you? I gave her permission to seduce you, because having you come home after disappearing for a few hours smelling like 'that' was sooo~ awkward!"
WHAT!?
She knew about me sowing my seeds onto the ground!?
Fuuuuuck, that is so damn embarrassing!
Valister: "H-how'd you know!? And why'd you have to say it like that!?"
Daria: "*Sigh* Val, I'm your mother. Of course I know about your little activity. Also, your father gave me his godly blessing, remember? I have some canine qualities too, and that includes smell! Now that you have a woman to mess around with, you'll smell more like that woman, rather than your 'stuff', that way it'll be less awkward for me. Thank the gods you lost your virginity, you stupid boy."
Lord of all of which is holy, why have you put me in the most embarrassing position in the world.
Valister: "I'm just... gonna go to my room. I... apologize for not realizing..."
I head up the stairs to my room while walking in shame.
Daria: "I'll call you when dinner is ready, sweetie."
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After hiding under the covers of my bed for a few minutes, I hear a knock at my door, and my Mom's voice sounded through the door.
Daria: "Dinner is ready, sweetie. Your father is also here. We have something to tell you after dinner."
Ah, finally, some good fuckin' food.
What's this they have to discuss with me, though?
I open the door to my room and head downstairs.
I enter the Dinner Room to see my Dad, in a smaller but still large wolf form, sitting down positioned infront of the table with a large plate of meat and offal set in front of him.
Volph: "Hello, my little pup, how are you? I heard from your mother that you enjoyed yourself with her friend, haha!"
Valister: "Ugh, I don't want to talk about it... and please stop calling me 'pup', I'm not a child anymore."
Damnit, Mom.
Volph: "Haha, no need to be so embarrassed, and you'll always be my little pup! You are my prized firstborn!"
Heh, at least he knows how to treat me well, and keep his teasing to a minimum.
Volph: "Moving on, your mother and I have an announcement to make now that you are an adult. Let us eat first, then we shall talk."
Valister: "Yessir."
I start digging into the large deer liver in front of me. Usually the Alpha of a Wolf pack, in this case, my Dad, would get the first bite of the liver of hunted prey, but he would always give me the entire liver instead. Father of the year for that action alone, in my eyes.
For the first time in a while, the three of us eat together as family. We joke and laugh as a normal family would.
'Normal', If that family's father was a giant wolf god, his wife an elf and his son being a virgin birth hybrid.
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Finishing up the food, and helping Mom wash the dishes like a good son, we sit down in the living room to get ready for this announcement they have for me.
Dad speaks first at Mom's go ahead.
Volph: "My little pup - No - My son. I have spoken with your mother a few times, before your coming of age, about my 'Hunt'. I cannot go into details of this 'Hunt', as I do not seem you strong enough just yet, but I have spoken with your mother, and evaluated her to be strong enough to properly help me in my next 'Hunt'. We've decided to leave for the Hunt once you became an independent adult. We will leave tomorrow at dawn."
Wow. That's... alot to take in at once. They're basically leaving the nest, and leaving me to my own devices. I mean, I knew this day was coming. Hell, I even planned to leave the city after getting my bearings.
But now that it's happening now, I feel a tightness in my chest.
I can't help it. Having such a sweet mother taking care of me my whole life, and a father who, while absent due to these supposedly dangerous Hunts, was a good father while he was present, makes me sad and hesitant.
I look downed down, trying to control my tears, and asked.
Valister: "So, uh, what can you tell me about this Hunt of yours?"
Volph: "I cannot tell you much. Just that it's very dangerous and it has to do with some godly business. You are not strong enough to participate with me and your mother just yet. You are aware of the Blessing of Growth every one of the Creator God's children bears, correct?"
Valister: "Yeah, I read it in the books mom gave me to read. The children of God shall grow stronger for every adversary they defeat. Something like that, right?"
Volph: "That is correct. Now that you are grown, you can now travel the world and defeat your enemies to grow stronger. Only when you're strong enough will I then deem you ready, and I shall contact you when that day comes. You are my son, a demigod. You shall live a much longer life than a normal elf mortal. So you can take your time and enjoy your life before commiting your self to the Hunt."
Valister: "Yes, father. I will get stronger and then we'll make up all the time we've missed together."
Volph: "Haha, yes, we will enjoy our coming Hunts, my son. I promise."
Alright.
I was planning on aimlessly wandering the world, but now?
Now I have a clear goal.
Get strong. Strong enough to go on the mysterious Hunts with my father and mother.
Daria: "Now, with that out of the way, I think it's time to sleep! Since this will be the last time we'll be together with our son, how about you sleep with us, sweetie? Please?"
Mom pleads me with teary eyes.
Heh, how can I say no to that face? Fine.
Valister: "Alright, fine. Just don't tease me too much, Mom!"
Daria: "Fufu~ Of course! We have to wake early, after all! I'll go get the blankets and cushions! Start the fire, would you, sweetie?"
Mom goes upstairs to get more blankets as I get the firewood from outside and light it in the fireplace.
Mom comes back with blankets and cushions just as I finish lighting the logs.
Dad then lays on his side in a larger wolf form infront of the fireplace.
Mom sets some cushions infront of his belly and gestures me to get in the covers.
Oh, I think I remember sleeping in this arrangement when I was a baby. How nostalgic.
I lay my head on the soft, furry belly next to Mom and start drifting away quickly as my Dad's gentle rise and fall of his breathing lulls me to dream land.
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