Where does it hurt?

When Mephisto heard the cub cry out in pain, he immediately got up. But in the short time it took him to turn on the light, the tiny figure that was curled up in the blanket grew bigger, from a small dumpling to a large glutinous rice ball.

Mephius could only sense the pheromones of the cubs, so although he was puzzled, he did not become fully alert and simply reached out to lift the blanket.

But the little cub that was originally curled up on the bed was gone, and it had turned into a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy.

The cub's features, which had not yet fully developed, had completely unfolded, but it still carried the innocence and purity of its childhood. Its misty blue cat eyes looked at him, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on Qianyuan's forehead because of the pain.

Silver-white hair clung to the little boy's snowy cheeks as he gazed at Mephisto with the same adoring look, whispering:

"dad……"

Mephius turned and dialed the medical team almost instantly.

"dad……"

The little one's voice trembled with tears again.

But Mephius was at a loss.

Mephius had been a loner for decades, and it took him a long time to get used to the existence of cubs and slowly learn how to raise a child, a fragile and ignorant life.

Less than a month later, the cub changed again.

It becomes more delicate and more beautiful, like a flower bud on a branch, easily destroyed and harmed by a little wind and rain.

He seems to need more emotional care and love, knightly protection, and a lot of effort to nurture him.

Mephius was bewildered.

However, when he saw the tears welling up in Chiyuki's eyes, Mephisto stiffly walked over, his mechanical prosthetics creaking as he approached her step by step.

Qianyuan immediately reached out and hugged Mephisto by the back of his neck. Just as Mephisto was at a loss because of the increased weight and fragrance in her arms, Qianyuan buried her head in his chest, just like when she was a child.

Qianyuan's white hair spread out, revealing her jade-like nape and that delicate gland.

Cute, and shivering.

Mephisto reached out and grabbed the suppression ring he usually wore, then put it on Chiyuki.

Although the inhibition ring was black, which contrasted sharply with Chiyuki's snow-white skin, making it even more difficult to focus one's gaze on her neck, it was better to cover it up for now since so many doctors would be coming later.

"Dad, my legs hurt so much and feel so numb."

Qianyuan was still acting coquettishly in the tone he used when he was a child. He was still dazed and didn't seem to realize that he had changed. He even stuffed his legs into Mephisto's arms.

Qianyuan lay down again, but placed her feet on Mephisto's thighs: "Dad, massage me."

Mephius silently massaged his calf until the doctor came over.

But to everyone's surprise, as soon as the doctors reached the door and before they could even greet Mephisto, all the alpha doctors in the team stopped in their tracks.

Their pupils dilated without exception, as if they had smelled something intoxicatingly potent, and the next second, they couldn't help but release pheromones.

"Hey, what's wrong with you guys?! Damn it, didn't I put suppression rings on them?!"

The alphas were all like wild dogs, sniffing at Qian Yuan's scent in the air with a mixture of panic and excitement. Some even dared to approach Qian Yuan despite the pressure from Mephisto, a high-level alpha.

As a result, Mephisto, who had entered battle mode, immediately suppressed him.

"Cough cough cough, it's so cold! It's so choking!!"

As soon as Mephisto was released, it immediately overwhelmed the pheromones of all the alphas present, like a tidal wave.

But perhaps because the scene was too chaotic, Mephisto used too much force, and even the innocent beta doctor was seriously injured. Almost the entire room was filled with aggressive pheromones, and the extremely cold snow and ice swept into everyone's lungs.

"Cough cough cough...!"

Soon, many of them could no longer control their breathing difficulties and coughed up blood.

Mephisto was completely oblivious to this scene. He was deeply offended by the swarming, disgusting alpha pheromones, especially since they were all after his child.

Mephius almost crushed the enemy on the battlefield, mercilessly crushing these petty scoundrels.

The baby was held tightly in his arms, enveloped in a thin layer of gentle pheromones, unable to sense the chaos outside.

"General!"

Mephisto only recovered slightly after the butler arrived with the researchers from the old mansion and cleared out all the unruly people present.

But at this moment, even the butler and Muld didn't dare to get too close, and could only stand at a distance in their protective suits at the door:

"Mephisto! Calm down, the baby is still feeling very unwell! Let's take a look at the baby's illness first, okay?!"

Upon hearing about the cubs, Mephisto slowly came to his senses, and Chien, whom he had been holding tightly in his arms, was finally able to breathe freely.

Qianyuan took a breath before whispering to Mephisto:

"Dad, it's cold."

Mephius was taken aback, realizing that his child was sensitive to cold. Finally, Mephius's pheromones were completely withdrawn, and the others were finally able to come over and examine the baby.

"It seems that overdrawing pheromones causes glands to shorten their lifespan. In the cubs, this manifests as the glands being stimulated to mature forcibly, and then entering a period of rapid decline."

This is even more agonizing than direct necrosis of the glands.

Compared to an abrupt end to death, the process of gradually knowing that you are slowly approaching death and suffering from the torment of glandular hormones is also very painful.

Fortunately, the baby was an experimental subject, not a normally conceived life. Otherwise, the baby's body would have collapsed due to the inability to withstand the maturation of glandular pheromones, and the baby would have died in agony.

But growing up all of a sudden, experiencing growth pains that are shortened by several years—how painful that must be...

This is also the pain of having tendons pulled and bones dissected...

In their eyes, even if Qianyuan grows up, she will always be that fragile child.

They raised the child with all their heart and soul.

How could I not feel heartbroken? My heart is bleeding along with it.

Everyone fell silent, watching as Qianyuan received a painkiller injection and then fell into a deep sleep in Mephisto's arms.

But Mephisto, upon learning the truth, wished he could take the pain that the cubs felt in his own body.

As long as the baby is not in pain, he doesn't care if he suffers a thousand times more.

However, he did not have that ability.

Mephius lowered his head and examined the children.

Even though Qianyuan had grown up a bit, she still looked very small nestled in his arms, and Mephisto could easily hold her tightly in his embrace.

Just as he had done a thousand times before to lull the cubs to sleep, Mephisto gently held Chiyori's back, swaying and patting her softly.

"Baby, don't be afraid, Daddy's here."