Chapter Thirty-five – In which Ark witnesses the live birth of a goblin, and takes good care of Lily afterwards.

Chapter Thirty-five – In which Ark witnesses the live birth of a goblin, and takes good care of Lily afterwards.

Jewel, Berry, Prima, the Old One, and Myself were all gathered in Lily’s room.

When Berry came to check on Lily sometime between last night and this morning, Lily sat up feeling like she needed to go to the shit-pit and when she stood up and took two steps, water gushed out from her fuckhole and she freaked out. Berry, with the memory still fresh in her mind, knew exactly what was up. So she ran to Jewel who was nearby to fetch the Old One, and then to tell Prima. Lily had told Berry she wanted me here when they came, so... I was stirred from my slumber harshly by Prima, and made to come with. Vera stayed in the breeding room, since Doll hadn’t woken up yet, and I was thankful she’d be keeping an eye on her after whatever strange thing possessed me to go wild on her last night and fail to give her aftercare.

Strangely, my dick isn’t even remotely interested in getting hard right now.

Usually the damn thing has been erect almost nonstop since I was captured but now it’s a limp noodle. I don’t think it’s ED, so maybe I’m just tapped out? I long thought there had to be some hard limit I would eventually reach, not to mention I also feel severely drained of mana as well.

I was allowed to bring the topaz along, just to be able to keep a dim light going in Lily’s room. I was the only one who couldn’t see without light, since the goblins were fully capable of seeing in the dark. Old One kept her gaze away from me and her mouth shut for now, not accusing me of using evil human magic, which was nice, because there was no need for conflict while Lily was giving birth.

I was sitting on the ground next to Lily, holding her hand and rubbing her belly while the Old One slapped my hand away to press down on it from time to time. I let it go because I’m a far cry from a medical professional, especially where actual goblin procreation is concerned. Old One was there to see Diana safely born from Berry, so I deferred to her experience, just grateful I was allowed to witness the birth of the next of my cutie goblin spawn.

That might be an embellishment on my part. Whether human or not, all kids kinda look like scrunchy goblins when they are newly born. I cite my niece born from my older sister in my previous life as evidence. It wasn’t until she was about eighteen months old and had hair down to her shoulders that I could say she was truly cute. I bought her a stuffed pink elephant which she named Pinky and carried with her everywhere until she turned three.

I guess in a way that’s what the bone charms Ivory makes are to the goblin tribe. That and teething rings, though the goblins all come out with sharp teeth from the get-go.

Berry was also next to Lily with me, doing more to support her than I was. If anything, I was at least feeling useful acting as physical support. Goblin females don’t give birth laying down. They stand up and let gravity do most of the work. Old One was there to coach her crudely, pushing down on the top of her belly during each contraction as Lily bit down hard on the fat biting branch the Old One brought with her, crying out each time she was made to push. Her stomach distended in places, be it from hands or feet or even a head shifting inside of her, trying to orient themselves in order to find the way out of Lily and into the world.

When each contraction passed, she would open her mouth and the biting branch would fall out of her mouth onto the floor. It was necessary for Berry and I to prop her up, because each contraction stole more and more of her energy. I did my best to encourage her where I could, rubbing her belly, trying to soothe something I didn’t remotely understand the inner workings of, while Berry picked up the biting branch and got it ready for the next contraction.

It was about the seventh or eighth contraction that she really screamed bloody murder while biting down hard, and two bloody arms with teeny-tiny sharp fingers pushed themselves out of her vaginal passage, trying to grasp onto whatever part of Lily they could on the outside to help pull themself out. I thought Lily would pass out from the pain because I know without a shadow of a fuckin’ doubt that I would have.

Lily wasn’t even pushing anymore and this goblin spawn I was responsible for making half of had now mostly breached her entrance, a fat head pushing through her fuckhole. The body of my soon to be extricated daughter caught part way and its clawed fingers digging into her legs now, trying to pull itself the rest of the way out until she finally had, and landed with a splat on the floor, partially covered in blood with the umbilical cord still attached to what was inside of Lily.

“Husband, not touch strong one.” Berry quickly ordered me.

My second goblin daughter was born. And she clawed at and tried to pull on the umbilical cord, until a mass of what looked like brains successfully landed on top of her with a bloody squelch.

Goddamn was it nasty to look at, and even nastier when my daughter began to feast on it.

Old One felt Lily’s stomach again and declared that there was still another strong one inside of her, so Lily wasn’t done yet. While my newest daughter ate the brain-like thing attached to the umbilical cord that came out, I did my best to encourage Lily to keep pushing, while Old One offered some help in the form of a push from up high on Lily’s stomach downward.

It took two more contractions for the second one to come out, much the same way as the first, and Lily’s little runty pussy was now an absolute disaster zone. It was visibly torn and a bloody mess. My third daughter, the second from Lily also did exactly as the other and began to feast on the other mass which came out with a tug, and also landing on her head, knocking her to the ground.

Old One said it was done, and Berry told me to help bring her to the bed.

I had scooped up Lily, bloody mess and all, with great ease, and laid her down on her elliptical bed covered in straw, while Old One, getting my attention, pointed at both the children on the ground and to Lily, so I think she gave me permission to lift them up and bring them over. They were both covered in more blood now, that gross mass of whatever it was probably the main culprit here over the actual crawling out of their mother that they did.

Was that bloody brain-like mass Placenta? I think that’s what I remember it being called from health class in my previous life. It almost feels like three lifetimes away since I last attended public school. I had tutors in this life, and the subject matter was like hundreds of years behind the modern science I first grew up with.

I carefully picked up one of them while Berry helped with the other, and we brought them both up onto the bed, placing them down on either side of Lily’s body, looking on as they made right for Lily’s petite breasts, to which they began to suckle from, pressing into them with their tiny hands trying to push out milk to drink while Lily looked like she was ready to sleep for a week.

“Hus...band...”

Lily weakly reached out for my hand. I quickly took hold of it.

“Two... strong ones...”

“Yes, Lily.” I said, stroking her sweaty matted hair with my free hand. “You did great.”

“Not... runt?”

I looked over to Old One, who shook her head.

“Strong ones. Not runt like you.” the old one answered to Lily’s extreme satisfaction.

Lily smiled wide, exposing her razor sharp teeth in defiance to her own unfortunate fate as the runt of the tribe. Now, I thought there would be more to it, but after the two were born, Old One simply left.

“Isn’t she going to clean her up?” I asked, almost mortified.

There is no obstetrics discipline in this world!

Prima and Jewel looked at each other confused, while Berry placed a hand on my shoulder.

“Fuckhole will heal.” She told me.

I sighed. In every single movie I’ve ever seen involving a non-hospital birth, you needed three things: alcohol, towels, and boiling water, to make sure to stave off any chance of infection.

“Maybe it will, but let’s help it along, okay? I know a little bit about what to do after human women give birth. Goblin bodies don’t seem to be too different from what I’m seeing.”

“What want do, Husband?” Berry asked me calmly.

“Berry... that black thing in your room. Can you bring it? And a rag? The cleanest one you have.”

Berry nodded and patted my shoulder. “Go now. Return quick.”

“Jewel, please let me use the shiny red stone you have, I swear to your Great Protector here and now that I won’t do anything stupid. Prima, please go fetch Vera, have her bring the bone, blue stone, and a waterskin. Make sure it’s full, too.”

“Husband... What do... exactly?” Prima asked with cautious curiosity.

“Aftercare. Maybe it’s unnecessary, but I want Lily’s body to be as healthy as it can be after giving birth to her strong ones, and that means cleaning up both her and the strong ones. This is a preventive action to keep her from getting sick.”

Prima shook her head.

“Don’t dare leave Lily cave-hole.”

I laughed.

“You couldn’t make me leave this cave-hole even at the end of your spear.”

Prima squinted at me, perhaps at the way I said it made it seem like a challenge.

“Jewel keep Husband magic. Let Husband use stone magic?”

“Want see what Husband do. May do other goblins if good magic.”

Jewel disappeared from the room, and Prima followed her.

No fucking way, I’m robbing the cradle here!

“How... fast do goblins grow? How many moons for a goblin to be the size of Lily here?”

“Four moons.” Prima answered. “Prima that big fourth moon.”

Prima was one of the tallest goblins here, along with Jewel. I was almost afraid now to ask how long goblins naturally lived for. I had no idea about how fast goblins grew and were ready for procreation. It was almost like an unchecked stray cat population.

“Husband talk Old One. Know many things about goblins.” Prima suggested.

I chortled. “Do you really think the Old One would want to tell me these things? No, I’ll learn what I can over time from all of you. Prima, I can take a pass on picking tonight like we agreed?”

“You stay Lily. Prima go hunt. Not look Prima with stupid eye. Bring meat Lily. Vera, come hunt too. Finish talk bone, stone, water.” I could see the distressed look in Vera’s eyes as she was pulled along by an older sister’s vice-like authoritative grip.

Hang in there, Vera!

“Berry, keep eye Husband and red stone, leave here, get later. Also go hunt.”

Berry nodded.

“Say, Berry... where is Diana, anyway?” I asked my sweet goblin waifu.

“In cave-hole.”

“Should she be left alone for this long?”

“Diana Artemis old enough walk goblin-home.”

“Eh? Really? Does that mean she can visit me if she wants?”

“Yes. One moon time, she ready hunt own.”

“One moon? Hunt on her own!? Wait, was that why you wanted Prima to take her hunting so soon?”

Berry nodded.

“When human learn hunt?”

“At the earliest... six years so... uh... seventy two moons?”

Berry shook her head.

“How many moons Husband?”

“I guess I am pretty old if we’re talking about comparing how many moons old I am to you... I am probably around two hundred moons old?”

“Husband old like elder goblin.”

“Well, I’m still pretty young for a human. If two hundred moons come five more times, then I’ll be an elder human and near the end of my lifespan.”

“Will... Husband stay?”

“Will I be allowed to go?” I asked jokingly. I was intended to be a lifer here, I’m sure. I was going to be put to stud and killed only after I couldn’t perform anymore, I figured. “Besides, even if I could go, by that point I would hardly be able to live among humans again.”

Berry looked upset at that.

“Don’t worry, this is my life now. I think what matters most is how I can contribute to the future of the goblin tribe. What I can teach Diana and Orchid and Lilac. Or at least, I hope I will be allowed to. Even if they are goblins, to me they have something human in them, and that’s worth nurturing.”

“What Husband want teach Diana Artemis?”

I shrugged.

“I don’t know exactly. But if it’s something I can teach her that I know, that... can benefit her, I’d like to be able to. That’s all.”

“What about teach Berry?”

“You want me to teach you something?”

She nodded.

“Only know berries and poisons. Only hunt small thing. Never go past black trees, stream, or big rock. Not know stone magic for dig wall, or games Husband make for Diana Artemis play... even way strong ones made Old One not tell goblins!”

I sat down and softly patted my thigh, beckoning Berry to come sit with me. I was still cradling Orchid since she was peacefully asleep. Lilac was resting against Lily who was resting well after her double delivery. Berry joined me, and I put an arm around her back and pressed my forehead to hers.

“There are plenty of things that I don’t know either, Berry. If there is something you want to know about or learn, and I happen to know about it, I will be happy to teach you, or our children. Because we are family now. And I also want you to have as many of my strong ones as you want.”

“Husband!”

Orchid began to stir in my arms, making a cute little mewling growl. This caused Berry to begin leaking from her breasts. I remember my older sister saying when her baby used to cry her breasts would secrete milk back then, too...

Orchid began to sniff the air and began wiggling in my arms towards Berry’s breast.

“Oops, let’s get her over to Lily.”

Berry reached for Orchid and pulled her close, letting her wrap her tiny mouth around her own breasts. Seeing what had to be a personal act, I let the backs of my fingers caress Berry’s face.

“I will always care for you, Berry.”

“Berry cave-hole also Husband cave-hole.”

“Hmm, is that the only hole that is also mine?” I teased.

“Berry talk Pear. Husband want try other hole?”

Berry grinned at me. It was just a shame that not even this could make my crotch rocket react. Maybe after eating something solid I’ll feel up to the task again. We’d been in Lily’s room for a while now and I wondered if Doll had woken up yet? Did Prima wake her when she went to fetch Vera to help earlier? It would probably be a while before Prima got back with food for Lily.

Orchid was out cold again like a light after drinking from Berry’s milkies, and I helped Berry up so that she could put my newest daughter right against Lily’s side. Berry then returned to my lap and rested her body against mine. She... just wanted affection, I believe. She deserved it too for helping as much as she did. Of course, I wrapped an arm around her while my other hand held on to Lily’s limp hand. I was in the room with both of the mothers of my children, and I couldn’t think of a better place I wanted to just relax and be.