"Ugghh... So why do we have to take care of these children?" Azriel questioned with a frown while he was carrying a 1-year-old girl child in his hands.
"I agree... these are human children, why do we have to take care of them..." A demon questioned as well.
One elf and a Dwarf who were carrying babies in their arms nodded their heads as well.
"Oh C'mon, you know that Faustina is pregnant again, don't you? It won't hurt you guys to take care of her children, will it?" A Rabbit Kin woman muttered.
Faustina was the name of the Human Female.
Yes, since everything was getting complicated, naming was introduced and everyone started naming each other.
Talking with each other got more convenient this way.
"I understand that..."
Azriel muttered and then he narrowed his eyes,
"Then why are you Beastmen not taking care of these children?"
"We already have enough on our plates..." The Rabbit Kin chuckled as she pointed at her baby who was running around playing with his friends.
"..."
Azriel turned silent.
He then looked around and then pointed at Elves and Dwarves who were just sitting around doing nothing,
"Then why aren't they taking care of them." He complained.
"Azriel...
There are not enough babies..." The Rabbit Kin answered.
"Here, I have one, tell them to take care of this child!" Azriel muttered extending the baby girl in his hands towards the Elves and the Dwarves, who tried to avert their eyes.
"Azriel, stop acting like a child," Dagahra, the Male Dragon instructed.
Azriel then glared at Dagahra and retorted,
"Oh yeah? Try taking care of one baby before opening your mouth,"
Saying that, he extended the baby girl towards Dagahra.
"Azriel, don't act like that. You know that these children are the ones who chose who they will spend their time with, not the other way around.
That little girl chose you.
You even gave her your last name.
Aeliana Origin."
The Rabbit Kin muttered.
At the same time, while Azriel was extending Aeliana towards Dagahra, the little girl grabbed his sleeves with her small hands and smiled at Azriel as her blue eyes shined brightly.
"Aaggaahh~"
She exclaimed in joy, the little girl felt that Azriel was playing with her by moving her around, therefore she chuckled and laugh.
Azriel noticed how she was grabbing his sleeves, then he looked into her blue eyes, in the end, a small blush appeared on his face as he placed the girl in his embrace.
"Tsk Tsk."
Dagahra snorted.
He wanted to play with these cute children as well... however, none of the children chose him as their guardian,
The Dragons were too scary looking for these little children.
Therefore, he was jealous of Azriel.
He knows, that even though that bastard complained a lot, he actually liked that little girl.
There was no way Azriel would carry around something he doesn't like just because he was told to.
He would rather place her in a Blood Bucket and walk around empty-handed.
'Tsk Tsk, What a bastard!'
He snorted again.
These children brought a new joy to Union members' monotonous and dull life.
Although they had to stop hunting for a while, they had enough food in stock that could last for years.
The Dwarves' had already created Storage Items that kept the food fresh no matter how much time had passed.
Therefore, the Union can survive without hunting without any problems.
Of course, this doesn't mean that the Union was weakened, if they were attacked, they would be able to fight back without any problems.
In the end, all the fighting power, except Faustina was still available.
The Union still stood strong.
"Ugghh... don't tell me I have to clean it again..."
Azriel groaned again as he realized that Aeliana had pooped again.
"Kekeke. To think I would see all mighty Azriel Origin clean a child's poop. Amusing indeed." Dagahra chuckled.
Azriel glared at Dagahra and warned.
"Say that one more time and see how I smash you around,"
Dagahra turned silent.
He knew Azriel was serious this time.
Therefore, he just continued watching in amusement as Azriel cleaned Aeliana with an expressionless face.
This was the only thing that made him glad that the children didn't choose him.
Kekeke.
...
Just like that, 10 more years passed by.
"Papa~"
Little Aeliana was now 11 years old and right now, she was feeding Azriel with her own hands.
"You know I am not your father, right?" Azriel questioned while he ate the meet she fed him with a smile.
"Papa is papa."
Aeliana muttered with a cheerful smile on her face.
Caesar, the first human male looked at this scene and shook his head in defeat.
His daughter completely ignored him and stuck with Azriel. It always breaks his heart whenever she feeds Azriel instead of him.
And she always does that.
Azriel's eyes fell on Caesar, the two of them looked at each other, then,
Azriel picked Aeliana and turned around.
Caesar's mouth twitched, however, there was nothing he could do about it.
He just turned towards the Dwarves and questioned,
"So are you guys going to mate as well?"
He questioned.
"Yes, we have already built enough houses, so even if more than 100 people come, there won't be any shortage.
We have also strengthened the walls and traps, there is no way any normal Beast tide can harm us, now, we feel like we have nothing to do."
Thargreak, a male Dwarf answered.
Caesar smiled knowingly and nodded.
"Alright and good luck,"
Thargreak nodded.
Then, the 3 Dwarven couples entered 3 respective houses.
Dagahra then turned towards the Elves and questioned,
"What about you, when are you guys going to start?"
"We will wait a little for now. Out strength is required right now." An elf nodded.
"Yeah, the children grow stronger slower than parent humans." Dagahra nodded.
The Union members grow stronger as more time passes.
Azriel now, was a lot stronger than Azriel a few years ago, the same could be said for other races as well,
However, this growth of strength wasn't inherited by the children.
Well, though the children do gain strength as more time passes, the speed of growth is slow compared to Caesar and Faustina.
Therefore, even though 11 years have already passed, the children were still weak even when compared to the Weakest of the Beasts.
"Well, we just have to wait, the Beastmen said that it was a slow, but a fruitful process," Azriel muttered as he continued eating.
"Yeah." Dagahra nodded.
The Union decided to wait and 10 more years later, The children finally got strong enough to deal with some Beasts on their own.
Of course, the weapons Dwarves made helped as well, but in the end, it was the Children who defeated the Beasts.
Aeliana did a good job as well.
Seeing this, the Elves smiled.
Now that they have more hands to hold the base, they decided to start mating as well.
They have seen how splendidly the humans are growing and although the Dwarves still haven't given birth to new children, they were looking forward to their future as well.
The Elves didn't want to stay behind.
Therefore, the Elven couple entered their room as well.
"The next one will be me and my partner."
A 1.9-meter tall man who had red-coloured scales on his arms and face, 2 horns on his head, slightly longer ears, black hairs and golden eyes muttered.
He was Dagahra.
Be it by the will of the World or his own will to be chosen by children, the Dragon gained an ability to transform himself into this form, it was quite similar to Beastmen and since this form was small and a little more comfortable, he decided to stay like this.
His wife, Saphira followed his steps and changed her form as well.
And because she was quite a beauty, she was chosen by 2 children and was quite happy about it.
Dagahra however, was still unlucky and no one chose him, therefore, he decided to make his own children.
They would choose him for sure!
"Yeah Yeah, whatever, just don't think of doing it anytime soon. The Dwarves still haven't given birth yet and we don't know when the Elves will give birth."
Azriel muttered.
"I know, I am not a fool." Dagahra nodded.
Just like this, 100 more years passed by, and now, even the second and third generations of humans started giving birth as well, Dwarven and Elven children were born healthy and were growing properly.
And similar to humans, the Dwarven and Elven children's rate of growing stronger was weaker than their parents.
Also, only humans were able to give birth in 9 months, Elves and Dwarves needed 20 years to give birth to one child and 40 years for a female to be mature enough to bear a child.
That meant that only a 60-year-old Dwarven or Elven child would be able to give birth to another child.
They were a lot slower than humans who were already 100s in number.
"Alright, I think it is finally our turn now, correct?" Dagahra questioned with an excited look on his face.
In these last 120 years, no child has chosen him as his guardian, also, since the number of humans increased, the need for guardians was reduced as well, therefore, he was still childless.
"Yes, yes, go in," Azriel shrugged.
"Alright!"
Dagahra exclaimed excitedly as he grabbed Saphira's hand and rushed into his room.
The Union was growing at an alarming rate.
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