*** Alzi, several weeks after the party ***

  "Honey, wake up. I've brought a few people you o meet," my Mommy says, gently rog me awake. I blink away the sleep and surprise her with a big hug, pulling the pregnant woman into a hug and my bed.

  "Hi, I've missed you a lot," I say, making sure she doesn't escape my grasp. "Are your tits bigger?"

  "Yes honey, now let me go. I o introduce you to my wives."

  "How are they bigger?" I ask, still holding on.

  "Wives first, questions sed, baby."

  "Fine," I say, letting her go. Yuki warned me Mommy was going t her wives up, so I actually put some clothing on to bed. Ok, I didn't, but I put a robe by my bed so I could put it on while still uhe covers. Mother wants to wait till we are all married for them to join us in bed and all that. It's a little sad, but it probably is best not to get all three of them pregnant at the same time.

  As I try to put the robe on my bloated body, Mommy straightens her own robe.

  "Mommy. I don't think I put the robe on and stay covered up," I have to admit. My belly and covers aren't letting me move as I need.

  "You get out of bed and put the robe on. They see you naked. We just o wait for sex. The kids you gave me are going to be keeping us busy enough without more on the way ara pregnancies," Mommy says.

  With that, I let the covers fall and got out, quickly throwing the robe around me before sitting back down on the bed. I got a good look at the two others in the room. One is a green dragon, the other has dark red scales. The green one has noticeably more breasts than the red one, and Mommy.

  "Now, my wives. Ilka in the er, has a sword affinity. And this is Akhae," she

  "o meet you two. Thanks for marrying my Mother. She he help and really likes you, Akhae. I feel a lot better with someog over her, though I'm normally the ohat needs watg," I say to the two new dragons. Bowing my head as my body won't bend.

  "It's great to meet you, Alzi. Sorry for not being there to help you. We've liked your Mother for a long time as well; we just never got the ce to ask her what we should've," Ilka says.

  "Uh, yes. I'm sorry, but it is good to meet you," Akhae says after Ilka gives her a mean stare.

  "Sorry about the furniture. I don't normally have many guests for whom using the bed is inappropriate."

  "Oh, don't worry. Armirynth, sit down. You may only be a few months along, but there's no reason to keep a pregnant woman standing. We're both capable of standing or sitting on the floor," Ilka chides.

  "Ok, I just. Ok, you're right. The walk here and back is getting harder," Mother says, finding a spot o me.

  I give her a little side hug befoing bay question, "Mommy about your tits. You shouldn't be gaining that mue from your pregnancy."

  "I think it is due to the number of kids I'm having, or you pyed a bigger tri your dear Mommy," she teases. "I think I've beeier now. I didn't notice all the stress I built up till these two forced it out of me.

  "Oh, I'm sorry for the stress. I don't think I did anything else to you besides the kids," I say, pulling her into a hug. "But I may have; I don't have great trol over my mana, and it seems it affects people without a css more."

  "I don't know about that stress. You've taken over all the household chores on top of your restaurant—cooking, ing, sewing, and even some of the shopping unless you say that httime activities are what released your stress," Akhae says. A little blush es as she looks at the floor. "We really o keep you from doing some much. Alzi, you vince her to rex a bit?"

  "I would be doing more, but Ilka tied me up in bed when I tried," Mommy says with a sigh, rubbing my wings.

  "Yes, Mai and I ugh about Quintel always having a chaperone when visiting. They're having their first kid after a few turies and won't let her out of their sight," I say, supp Mommy's wives. She shouldn't be doing so much with kids on the way.

  "Who is Quintel?" Mommy asks.

  "Oh, yes. She is the wife of a tess. I got her pregnant. She's a vampire, and they struggle to have kids, yet I did it the first time. Even got Mai pregnant. Oh, yay, Mai is pregnant and a vampire now. It actually happened before your st visit, but I got distracted with our kids and all that."

  "Yes, Yuki sent that information back. I thought it best not t it up because of how traumatic it was. I actually saw her on the . gratutions on having a kid with her. She's a sweet girl and will make a great wife," Mommy says.

  "Yes. It robably best you didn't bring it up. Oh, I finished a pair of socks. You should bring them back before so I don't fet about them." I get up and waddle over to the wardrobe and grab the small things out. The baby is going to look so cute in them. I'll have to have Mommy make a few more ter so I see the babies in them.

  "Oh, hohose are so cute. Good job oing a pair dohis fast. I know you're kept busy here so I'll let you know how many I'm having. It's a boy and a girl," she says, taking the small socks from me.

  "Um. What did you say?" I ask.

  "A boy and a girl," she repeats.

  "Really. Are you sure?"

  "Yes, I went to the temple for the Fertility Goddess. The priestess there told me herself."

  "Twins. You had me thinking I gave you triplets or something before. I make another pair for your visit, and both will have something from me for the few months I'll be gone. Perfect perfeaybe I still make them hats. I've got like seven months. Well six after I make the other pair. I do that. I thought I would be a lot slower pig this up again," I say. Oh, thank Goddess. I was fretting how many I was going to have to make. I know she gave me a hint, but I normally go big, and the town's methods aren't the most accurate. A woman every year gets told she's having a boy or two when she's having a girl. Occasionally, it evehe other way. Expeg a girl, and out pops a boy. Or say that they're having twins, but only one es out.

  "Nothing about the boy?" she asks, knog me out of my thoughts.

  "Hmm. Oh, yay. That is nice, but a kid is a kid."

  "haha. You are likely the only oo say that. Kids are enough to throarty over normally, but it is not a on occurrehe town didn't believe me when I mentiohe priestess saying it, but their method came to the same clusion, so the entire vilge had a feast. It's been two years sihe st male was born. The boy is a big deal."

  "No, the kids are a big deal. The boy is just that. A boy. Don't let him get all the attention. The girl o be loved as well."

  "Honey, don't worry. She'll be showered in love as well. But the vilge will treat him special. Boys are rare. But I'll be sure to shower them both in love till you get back to help us," Mommy says.

  "Hmph, don't let them. If they give him a big head when I e back, they'll have problems."

  "Don't worry, dear. Your kids will behave correctly. But there is only so much we do to stop the vilge from overreag. I'll try to limit them and make sure our little girl knows she's special," Mother assures me, running a hand through my silky hair.

  "I know. I just don't want any of the kids to feel left out."

  "Yes, that happen. It worked out for me and my younger brother. My parents showed me love as well. But I see what you mean about the parties. His were always a bit bigger," Ik says.

  With all the news we share, I goad Akhae into sharing childhood stories about Mommy and rex.

  *** Armirynth, after meeting with Alzi ***

  "Ok, dears. First, we o get to the Goddess of the Sea and say a little prayer. Then we go home," I say. I only warhem I had an errand to run after meeting with Alzi. Hopefully, they don't balk at this. I really want to give Armirynth a css. I know she feels left out with me having a ow. "This way, it's by the fertility temple."

  "Why would we o visit the Goddess of the Sea? We don't live that close to the sea. None of us have ever made the trip there, and we aren't in danger of the sea wiping the vilge out," Akhae says.

  "Please, just follow me. I know this is weird, but just trust me. This is important," I insist. I start walking to the middle of the capital, hoping they just follow along. Making my way through the small crowd I hear their footsteps run a bit to catch up.

  "Dear, this better be worth it. You don't o be walking all this distance."

  "It will be. Trust me," I say.

  We make the jourhrough the capital, still amazed by the artwork and the people walking around. Every road seems to have more art and people than our entire vilge. T buildings hang over us, hiding the low sun, and street mps let us find our way.

  We o hurry if we want to make it back with some su.

  I pick up the pa the winding streets. The temple is across from the Fertility temple, and a grand park separates them. I rush past the decorations, simply noting the extra gold eng the many statues pared to the Fertility Temple. Once again, the door is hard to open, but once Ilka helps, it opens easily. I usher them to the pews in the back.

  "Ok, just say a prayer—a simple one saying thanks for the trade or something," I instruct before following my own instrus. The prayer only takes a few seds to say. I look over and find Ilka giving me a fused look, but Akhae is still bowed down, looking like she is a true worshipper of the Goddess. Thank you, Goddess.