29 M-mother?! (2/2)

Is it because of my two souls?

He knew that there were possibly many reasons to why this happened. He just had to find a high level Muroyi to help him figure out the reason for this. The only problem was that it had to be a muroyi he could trust. At the moment the only person he knew was Saru, but the man was not a person who was easily found.

It had been four whole years since he had met Saru.

He still owed the man a favour for helping him that one time. They had even made an oath so there was no way that he could back out of it.

He could only laugh bitterly when he thought about this.

What Saru had done for him was extremely beneficial to him and he knew that he had to pay back the favour at some point.

But then the whole situation was rather shady. It was a known fact that Saru was one of the most respected cultivators in the whole Gutu Empire, even the King would have to be slightly polite when talking to him. So what did this well respected and powerful Muroyi want from him?

He had racked his brains countless times about the matter but it yielded no results. He had also tried to get some information from Maka when she was escorting him to the Foot guard, but she would just smile and keep quiet whenever such questions were asked.

When he finished bathing Taku took out a set of clean clothes and wore them. He then sat down and peeked into the storage sack. It had been over a week since he put the cub in the sack and during that week he had checked on it a couple of times, but it had shown no signs of waking up. The minute his eyes landed on the cub, he froze.

This was because the Cub was awake and staring right back at him.

What surprised Taku the most was that this little lion was not looking at him viciously at all, In fact its gaze contained a hint of gentleness when it looked at him. What surprised Taku the most was that this little creature which looked like it was just newly born already had a mane.

From the knowledge he had from earth, he knew that it would at least take a couple of months before the mane would grow out. So looking at the Cub which had a mane and yet looked like it was barely a month old was very shocking to him. He quickly took out the cub from the sack and placed it in front of him.

Neither made a move as he studied the cub. He noticed that apart from its natural golden colour, there were faint streaks of black on its mane and it appeared as though they were beginning to extend to the rest of its body. He had read that most cultivators could forcibly tame a beast by forming a master servant contract. He had thought about doing so with this little creature but after studying it for some time he decided against it.

At the moment he was not in a position in which he could cater for the little lion. He had to rush to find his new teammates and if they met with danger he was not confident that he could protect it. He had thought of putting it back in his storage sack but ultimately thought against it.

Tino had told him that it was not a suitable place for living beings. Even when the cub was unconscious he had to take it out frequently in order for it not to die.

It was a very annoying process and he did not want to go through it again. The only option he had was to let the little guy go. He tried by all means to make the cub move and go, but the little lion just stood there and stared at him blankly. After noticing that the cub did not have any intentions of leaving, he just shook his head and decided to give his body another look.

He closed his eyes and used his soul power to examine his body, he was in no rush to check on his Zvikanganwahama because he already knew which elements he had. He did a quick survey on his body and noticed that each organ was at least five times sturdier than before. He knew that this was one of the effects of purifying your organs using Zesa, but he still felt like the results were rather outrageous.

The whole check-up took at least twenty minutes, and after opening his eyes he was shocked to find that the Cub was still standing in front of him, just staring blankly at him. He could only shake his head when he saw this.

He could not figure out why the little cub refused to leave.

After throwing the issue at the back of his head Taku stood up and began walking back to the cave. After walking for a couple of seconds, Taku looked back and saw that the little cub was quietly following behind him. He just smiled and did not attempt to chase it away, he had attempted to before and had failed miserably.

Just as he got to the cave entrance he noticed that there was a silhouette of a young man standing inside the cave with an excited expression.

Seeing Tino's excited expression Taku could not help but ask. ”You're done? Feels good doesn't it?”

”It feels great! Well apart from the horrible smell it feels awesome! So this is the first sublevel of the Pamamonya level. Hehe… my goal is the peak!” Tino replied.

Taku laughed as he directed Tino to the little lake he had found. Tino hurried there and came back only after 20 minutes. Just as he entered the cave again, his footsteps suddenly froze when he noticed the creature lying next to Taku. He couldn't help but point.

”That…”

”Oh, this…” Taku reacted. ”This is that little cub we saved that day. I have tried chasing it away but it just won't go away. You can try form a contract with it if you want.”

Hearing this Tino's eyes suddenly lit up, but almost immediately he supressed his excitement and said. ”As much as I would love that, I don't think this beast is suited for me. Plus it followed you back for a reason. To be honest most beasts would have ran off by now.”

”Yeah…” Taku then stared at the cub before continuing. ”I have been trying to think of a reason but nothing makes any sense at the moment.”

”Maybe it sees you as its mother…” Tino responded