Chapter 69: Peter's observations

As great and liberating as traveling on the Madam's back felt, it also filled my soul with awkwardness and apprehension. Because how could I accept the fact that I was currently riding on top of my lover's mother, while desperately clutching at her fur not to fall off?

This was the other aspect of traveling on this massive fox's back. It was nothing like the car ride, with all the shaking, shifting and muscle activity I could sense below my ass and legs. And while entertaining at first, now that it came to sitting tight while clutching Madam's fur for two hours in one go...

To sum it all up, it would be best to say that when my feet finally touched the solid ground back at Leinei's garden, I breathed out what had to be the biggest sigh of relief in my whole damn life!

I powerlessly fell down to my knees, fighting off the desire to bow down and kiss the ground. Doing so would be outright disrespectful to the one that carried all three of us back here.

"Nothing beats being home," Leinei muttered, stretching her arms out as soon as she dropped down and inhaled one heck of a big breath.

"That I can easily agree on," I muttered, turning around to catch Fay as she jumped down, helping her to land safely. A meaningless gesture at its core, given how I expected Fay to be several leagues more agile than I could ever hope to be.

And something at the very depth of my soul told me, that even maxing out my agility attribute wouldn't be enough to catch up with her.

"Now that we are back, isn't it about time you start talking?" Madam was the only one who didn't show any hints of stiffness, as if carrying us all here on her own back was lesser of an issue than it was for us to hold on to her.

But, quite noticeably, she didn't change back into her human form, once again resorting to some sort of telepathy to communicate.

"Sure thing," I smiled at my future mother-in-law, before grabbing Fay at her waist and sitting down, pulling her on top of my lap.

This was going to be a long talk. And given how we didn't really have the time to mingle all that much, I was reaching dangerously low levels of Fay cuddle levels. Just a bit more without her touch and I could potentially start balding!

"First, let me talk about what I think about this entire thing," I started, wiggling around to make sure Fay had a comfortable seat before letting her rest her side on my chest.

Given how I was supposed to focus on the topic, I couldn't really go all in with my cuddles. Limiting myself to just keeping her close was the ultimate yet necessary prize I had to pay to keep my thoughts clear for as long as this talk could take.

Already on my lap, she seemingly couldn't get any closer to me...

Foolish, naive thought!

This damned foxy proved to me how little I knew about the world, resting her hands on my shoulders as she leaned slightly towards my face, her eyes firmly locked on my lips while her face fully tensed in perfect focus and attention.

It felt as if she was readying herself to pounce at the next word that would come out of my mouth! And to top it all off, by shifting her body forward like that, her hips slid down on my leg's bone, now pressing down slightly closer towards the middle of my lap...

'Just calm down and relax,' I told myself while taking a shallow breath. 'Just consider it a distant version of grooming!'

Gathering my thoughts again, I raised my eyes and decided I gave the three of them enough time to think over my words on their own.

"Wait..." Fay spoke out just as I was about to pick up the talking. "Do you intend to say mom can enter the misty valley while Leinei can traverse the starlight plain?"

Hearing Fay's all-serious tone... I simply couldn't help but smile.

This serious, focused, and observant side of her was new to me... but equally as adorable as all the sides of her I've already experienced and claimed for myself.

"That's my girl," I openly smiled and reached out to rustle the soft hair on the top of her head. And from how her all-serious look quickly melted into one of satisfaction and pure, innocent pleasure...

'My heart...' I clenched my teeth and my butt, struggling to hold back the desire to pounce on this lovely girl right this very moment.

"Why didn't you bring it up while we were back at the valley, then?" Leinei asked out loud, giving me a way out from the lovely torture of Fay's attention. As my eyes turned towards the dryad, my smile vanished, replaced by a much more serious, grim, and calculated look.

This discussion just moved from theory to its practical application. And from the things I could speak lightly off, to stuff that could bring the sword of ruin down this forest Fay, Madam, and Leinei called home.