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>>44860148
She caught her breath as her hand glided towards her belly. There was something inside there. Someone. A little tengu that she made with Anon…

“Well Aya, I’m sure you have many questions. There’s still time left for over for consultation.” The doctor had gone through this process multiple times today alone, so she was ready to display the proper bedside manner for an expecting mother.

“W-Well I guess my first question is, what’s going to happen to me?” The little tengu was nervous about how the new life growing inside of her would change her world.

“Are you stupid? Don’t they teach you tengus anything about sex?” Her professional delivery only made the words sharper.

“I don’t mean that, jeez! I wanna know when I’ll finally, you know, start showing and deliver.” She couldn’t expect anything less from the Lunarian pharmacist, but it still stung.

“You see, karasu tengu gestation truly is a marvel of nature: Unlike the carrion crow or jungle crow…”

“Miss Eirin, please. Tell me when I’ll lay my egg.” Aya was certain she’d be lost far before her explanation was done.

“Egg? I think you mean clutch.”

“Clutch? Like, more than one egg, clutch?”

“Very good, Aya. Clutch DOES mean more than one. In your case, four, to be exact.”

Four eggs. Aya made Anon fertilize four eggs inside of her because she mixed up tea. There was nowhere to hide her face inside of the room, so she simply covered it with her hands, hoping nobody would ever see her again.

“I’ll move on. It’s difficult to say when you’ll start to begin to show visible signs of pregnancy due to the size of your clutch. You’ll likely lay your eggs within a span of two months. I would estimate the protrusion from your uterus to become visible within the next two weeks.”

Aya forgot her shame and stood up so the doctor could hear her properly. “Two WEEKS?! Isn’t human pregnancy normally-”

“Don’t question it. This is how it works.” The glare Eirin gave Aya was cold enough to freeze blood.

“So, if I’ll lay my eggs in two months, how long will it take for them to hatch?” She knew enough about how birds, especially crows nested to compare her own pregnancy and incubation to theirs. It should be pretty similar, being a karasu tengu and all.

“Seven months”

Bravery once again flowed through the tengu’s veins. “THAT’S RIDICULOUS! There’s no bird in the world where the fertilization time and incubation period-”

“Who’d the doctor here? If you understood the wonderful efficiency of tengu gestation, you’d understand perfectly how this all works. It seems like this is all the time I have to give you today, so we’ll have to end this meeting here.” Eirin presented the third and fourth bottles she had brought to the room. “These are natal supplements. Take them each day to ensure the healthy growth of your eggs. They’re guaranteed to protect them from the negative effects of alcohol, aerosol pollutants, anti-spiral energy and radioactive particles, to name a few.”

“Is all of that really necessary?” The medicine only seemed sketchier and sketchier.

“Would you take that risk?” There was no arguing with the doctor’s logic, so Aya carefully took the bottles, scrutinizing the strange pills inside.

“Finally, here’s a pamphlet that should answer the rest of your questions.” She handed Aya the small booklet with a colorful cover. It was titled: Karasu Tengu Pregnancy – An Eggcellent Adventure. A cute picture of two tengu cuddling in a nest with five eggs adorned it. “Now, I believe that should be everything.” The doctor turned to leave the room before Aya stopped her.

“Wait, there’s one last thing. I need a drug from you. I need fourteen doses, and I have the money…”

They discussed behind closed doors.

“… So you’re here because of *that* building.” Eirin knew somebody had to have dosed the Shrine Husband to cause this mess. The fact that Aya did it recently meant that somebody else did it before her, and that another wave would be coming in the next few months. That wasn’t what the tengu wanted from her, though. This could turn certain relationships sour. “I can certainly do it. I just need you to tell me why you need it. This will complicate things far more than they should be.”

“I need to know the truth about it. About him. This is the only way I can do it.” The pharmacist considered her words for a moment. Aya was nervous but determined. She'd convince Reisen or find some source of magic if she had to.

“Very well. I need to test this anyways. If anyone asks, you did not get this from Eientei and you did not get this from me. I’ll have it prepared tomorrow in the early hours of dawn.”

“Thank you Eirin, I-” the grateful tengu was cut off.

“Reisen. Thank you Reisen, peddling in the Human Village behind Eirin’s back.”

(Part 17)

>>18321633
Nue is an ex-boss!
Aya is an eggs boss!
Hows that for deep, even uncanny, similarities?!?!

>>12327773
Does Aya like kids?

>>12190458
I'd prefer the whole chicken.