Chapter 263: Pregnancy Mark

Whether Serena was genuinely suffering from amnesia or was simply an extraordinary actress, there was only one way to find out.

She nodded toward Ace.

"Then let’s end her here."

Ace immediately raised his palm.

A powerful surge of Beast Energy gathered around his hand.

Serena’s eyes widened.

She instinctively crawled backward using her elbows.

But before she could move more than a few steps, her face suddenly turned pale.

She pressed her elbows against her chest.

Her body trembled.

Then—

She vomited violently to the side.

Ace’s expression instantly became disgusted.

"Still pretending to be nauseous?"

He snorted coldly.

"Don’t think that because Henry disgusted us with that mess before, it’ll work on us again."

He raised his palm once more.

But just as he was about to strike, Sora suddenly noticed something.

A tiny flash of yellow light.

It was no larger than a grain of rice.

The faint glow shimmered against Serena’s skin, carrying a strange jade-like radiance.

Sora’s expression changed.

"Wait."

Ace froze.

Sora stared at Serena.

"Ace, don’t do it yet."

Ace looked back at her in surprise.

"What’s wrong, Kaelira?"

His brows lifted.

"Have you changed your mind?"

Sora did not answer immediately.

Her gaze had fallen upon the faint yellow mark near Serena’s collarbone.

She knew exactly what it was.

She had seen the same kind of mark before.

She had one on her own body.

She didn’t even need to activate her Wood Element Ability to recognize it.

It was a Pregnancy Mark.

Sora slowly closed her eyes.

Then she pointed toward the yellow mark glowing faintly on Serena’s collarbone.

"She’s carrying a little cub."

The entire group fell silent.

Sora’s voice softened.

"Give her a chance."

She looked at Serena.

"Since she’s already lost her memory, the information about the Salt Well Cave shouldn’t be leaked."

There was another reason Sora couldn’t bring herself to ignore that tiny life.

Perhaps because she was pregnant herself.

Perhaps because she had already become a Mother.

Or perhaps because she understood better than anyone what it meant to have a fragile life growing inside one’s body.

Whatever the reason, Sora simply couldn’t ignore it.

Serena might be detestable.

She might have committed terrible things.

But the little cub inside her was innocent.

That little life had done nothing wrong.

Sora had experienced death in the Apocalypse.

She had seen how fragile life could be.

Because of that, she understood more clearly than most people how precious a newly conceived life was.

Ace’s raised hand slowly lowered.

He didn’t speak.

After becoming someone who was about to be a Beast Father, he had begun to understand that little cubs were precious.

Rare.

Fragile.

The others had similar expressions.

They had watched Sora’s belly grow day by day.

Recently, the change had become especially obvious.

Her belly was much larger now, and before long, several new lives would enter their world.

Under these circumstances, none of them could bring themselves to casually destroy another little cub.

Xavier’s purple eyes flickered.

"But letting her go like this is too easy."

He looked toward Sora.

"What if she recovers her memories later?"

His expression became serious.

"Kaelira, aren’t you going to avenge our Wolf Tribe comrades?"

Xavier understood Sora’s heart as a Mother.

He knew why she had made this decision.

But he also knew that kindness toward an enemy could become cruelty toward oneself.

Serena had already proven how dangerous she could be.

If she recovered her memories, there was no guarantee that she wouldn’t make a comeback.

Sora fell silent.

She thought for a moment before finally speaking.

"Then leave her here."

Everyone looked at her.

"Don’t help her."

Sora’s expression remained calm.

"Let her fend for herself."

She glanced toward the cliff and the wilderness surrounding them.

"Then we’ll see whether the heavens want to take her life."

She continued,

"Her limbs are already broken, and this is the middle of nowhere. She might not even survive."

Sora wasn’t deliberately trying to torture Serena.

She simply didn’t want to become the person who personally ended the life of an innocent little cub.

"As for the Salt Well Cave, don’t worry."

Sora’s lips curved slightly.

"Even if she recovers her memories later, it won’t matter."

She touched her belly gently.

"I’ve already thought of a good plan."

"And I have a new design for the Salt Well Cave."

Xavier considered her words.

Although he felt that allowing Serena to remain alive was somewhat risky, he eventually nodded.

"Then let’s do that."

His gaze shifted toward Sora’s belly.

"We can consider it accumulating blessings for the little cubs in your belly."

Lukan also nodded.

"Let’s do it."

He looked at Sora with concern.

"Otherwise, the psychological burden will be too great for you."

Everyone knew that a pregnant Female needed to remain in a good mood.

Carrying too much hatred, anger, or psychological pressure could make her uneasy.

And right now, Sora was carrying several little lives.

Nothing was more important than keeping her safe and calm.

In the end, the Beastmen made their decision.

No one helped Serena.

No one carried her.

No one attacked her.

They simply turned away.

One after another, Sora and her Beast Husbands left the cliff.

Their footsteps gradually disappeared into the distance.

Serena remained where she was.

Her limbs were broken.

Her body was covered in injuries.

Her memories were gone.

And inside her body, a tiny little cub continued to exist.

The wilderness became quiet again.

The people who had once surrounded her were gone.

No one knew whether Serena would survive.

No one knew whether her memories would ever return.

And no one knew what fate awaited the Female who had once caused so much trouble for the Wolf Tribe.

For now, however, Sora had made her decision.

She would not kill an innocent little cub simply to punish its Mother.

With that, the Wolf Tribe Beastmen disappeared from the cliff, leaving Serena behind to fend for herself.