Episode 103 Nostalgic and Missing (3)
Help? What are you doing this late in the morning?
Bikir raised his upper body. There was nothing draped over the upper half of the body exposed under the blanket.
Ayen stared at Bikir like that.
“I mean Vakira.”
“Vakira?”
Bikir expressed his curiosity.
Vakira is a wolf who grew up with Iyen from a very young age.
She had always wondered how similar they were to Bikir, perhaps because they had similar names, and their blunt personalities.
Ayen looked into Bikir’s eyes and said.
“I think it’s time for Bakira to pair up.”
“is it?”
“Yes. Every male should have a mate when he is old.”
Ayen stopped talking and was silent.
And then he added in a small voice.
“……The same goes for females.”
At her words, Bikir wrinkled his brow.
Even Vikir knew that Vakira was in heat.
It wasn’t just Vakira, it was the same for all wolves.
In wolves, males always go into heat, but females come into heat about twice a year, every 7 to 8 months.
There were frequent cases where the vulva was swollen or discharged with bloody secretions, and these days, both males and females cried at the sky and could not sleep.
Bikir asked.
“But what are you asking for help with?”
Then Iyen nodded and replied.
“Do you remember how Vakira was hurt a lot during Madame’s attack?”
“You know. At that time, the right leg…”
“That’s right. It happened because I was poisoned by Madame.”
Ayen sighed lightly and continued.
“Bakira has become one-legged. Not the front legs, but the hind legs are like that, so they can’t mate properly.”
“……is it.”
Due to the nature of canines, mating is impossible if one of the hind legs is missing. This is because the body cannot be balanced.
It was clear that Bakira would be weeded out naturally unless someone provided artificial help.
Iyen said.
“I want to help Vakira. Can you help me?”
“…How can I help you?”
Bikir said as he got up from his seat.
Then, Ayen smiled brightly with a moonlit face.
* * *
Eventually, Ayen took Bikir out of the barracks.
After passing through the village fence and going a little into the sea, a wide grassland came out.
There, standing on three legs, Vakira was breathing heavily.
And in front of him, he sees a familiar wolf.
It was a young female who would often come out to see off Bakira whenever she went out or returned from hunting.
Iyen looked at Vakira from a distance and opened her mouth.
“Originally, Bakira was the idol of all the female wolves in the village. She was big and a good hunter. Her fur was shiny.”
But after Madame’s attack, everything went awry.
Vakira lost her right hind leg, which made her unable to hunt.
But despite this, that female was still showing interest in Vakira.
“……You know that the seeds are fine.”
Iyen’s words reminded Vikir of what she had heard while hunting Oxbear.
‘Balak’s warriors have many similarities with Oxbears in choosing their spouses. It’s even better if you have an excellent seed, but the younger ones are injured and weak.’
Meanwhile, Bakira let out a faint moan at the female who came around and rubbed her face.
Bakira carefully licked the female body with her tongue.
The female also licks the vakira’s fur.
Eventually, the two hugged each other under the moonlight.
Vakira went behind the female and placed her forelegs on her back.
but.
…thud!
One of the legs to support the back is missing, so it just falls to the side.
The female waited patiently with her eyes closed while licking her nose with her tongue.
Vakira got up and climbed on top of the female again, but this time she lost her balance because she had no hind legs.
Iyan, who watched from afar, closed her eyes tightly.
“It’s been like that since yesterday.”
“…”
Vikir also nodded.
He seemed to know what Iyen was worried about.
Before long, Bikir and Ayen approached Vakira.
Iyen also limps on his right leg, which had been grazed by Adonai’s poison arrow.
And her friend Vakira also loses her right leg to Madame and stumbles.
“Stand up. And try again.”
Iyen said to Vakira.
Vakira didn’t seem too bothered by Vikir and Ayen’s approach.
That’s what it means to be a trusted colleague.
Even now, the female patiently turned around and waited.
Vakira got on the back of the female again.
In the meantime, Iyan cut a log and made a prosthetic leg.
However, Vakira’s movements are too violent for the prosthetic leg to be attached.
In the end, Bikir held Bakira’s lower body to support her weight, and Iyen had to press Vakira’s prosthetic leg and the female’s butt leg to help her posture fit.
Iyen bruised Vakira as if he was frustrated.
“You idiot! The other person has a heart too, so you have to be more aggressive! Push more! More! If you become a male, you should go out stronger!”
As she shouted, Vakira’s movements changed slightly.
The female also accepts the vakira with a more cooperative attitude.
In the end, the purpose was achieved with the screams of the female.
full moon night. Ayen and Bikir are standing under a female wolf and a male wolf making love.
Vakira and the female wolf stuck together and refused to separate.
And Bikir and Iyen had to hold on to them and endure them.
at that time.
Bakira turned around.
Only a few minutes had passed, but Bakira had climbed off the female’s back and tried to turn.
Bikir said as if he was devastated.
“Is it over already? I barely pasted it.”
“No. Look closely.”
Iyen shook his head.
As she said, I thought that Bakira would come out of the female body, but it wasn’t.
Vakira turned around and put her buttocks against the female.
That was the unique mating method of wolves.
It was only after the attitude changed that Bikir and Iyen were able to separate from the two wolves.
Vakira and the female are now on their own and are starting to go their own way.
Seeing the wolves’ rough breaths, Bikir and Iyen didn’t say anything to each other.
“…”
“…”
An awkward air flowed between the two.
after a few minutes like that.
Bakira finally fell out with a female.
It is Mother Nature’s providence that if there is a union, there is a separation.
Therefore, there was no need to be ashamed of the relationship or regret about the fall.
They are just part of natural phenomena, such as the wind blowing, the rain getting wet, the sun turning, the sea enveloping, and the land connecting.
Vakira lay down on his stomach on the cool grassy floor.
It must have consumed a lot of stamina to stick out your tongue and gasp for not being able to sweat.
The female also lay quietly next to Vakira, only blinking her eyes.
“……It’s done.”
Only then did Bikir and Iyen fall away from Vakira.
Vakira and the female wolf remained in the meadow, rubbing each other’s faces.
Bikir and Ayen left the newly married wolves behind and returned to the village.
It was around the time of the foggy morning with water fog.
“……thank you.”
“……It was nothing.”
Bikire waved his hand at Ayen’s thanks.
It was a conversation that left a somewhat awkward feeling.
It’s never been like this in the past two years.
Soon Bikir entered the barracks.
I was planning to leave, but when I ate with my heart, I felt empty for some reason.
The inside of the barracks, wet with the dusky dawn light, feels familiar yet unfamiliar.
Bikir lay down on the straw, but couldn’t sleep for a long time. Maybe I’ll sleep when I see the sun rise today.
Right then.
Basrak-
I heard something moving outside the barracks door.
Looking up, I can see a thin shadow behind the curtain.
Now you can tell just by looking at the silhouette.
Iyen. For some reason, instead of going to her own barracks, she hesitated about something in front of Bikir’s barracks.
“……?”
Vikir was about to ask what was going on, but decided to just close his eyes.
I was tired of helping Bakira mate, and I thought that if there was something to do, he would pop in on his own, as always.
but.
Ayen just stood in front of Bikir’s barracks for a long time after that.
… … …
After wandering around for a long time, the shadow gradually fades.
‘Was it an illusion?’
Bikir peered through the curtains under closed eyelids.
Around the time when the dew of dawn slowly dries up in the dawn of the distant winter. Iyen’s shadow on the veil completely disappeared.
By the time Bikir was already asleep.
