Seed of Titan-Chapter 150: Elusive Teats

Drai silently made his way toward the new teat. After lifting the jerrycan once more, his fingers carefully approached the teat, stopping just a few millimeters away. Drai tensed his hand muscles before snapping his fingers, clamping at the dangling teat in a split second.

But his renewed attempt proved to be useless, as the teat easily escaped his grasp and vanished into the mother’s belly without a trace again.

Drai quickly scanned the horse’s underside, and as he expected, there was a new teat in a different spot. He walked to it and didn’t bother to lift his jerrycan as he immediately swung his hand to grab it, and just like before, the teat successfully slipped away.

After a quick scan, Drai lunged at a new teat, and it vanished again. Drai repeated this a few more times, but the results remained the same.

Running out of patience, Drai didn’t even bother to grab the new teats—he poked, slapped, and even punched them, desperate to land a clean hit. But the teats were unperturbed, slipping away with ease in each attempt.

Drai stood there, slightly panting. Suddenly, he felt a warm and wet sensation on his hand. Shifting his gaze, he saw the foal lowering his head, licking him.

"I totally forgot about you," Drai quietly remarked as he glanced at the empty bowl a few meters away.

Just then, he had an idea.

Disregarding the foal, he walked toward the newest teat and activated Colossal Augmentation, enlarging himself until the top of his head almost touched the horse’s belly.

Staring at the dark teat dangling before his eyes, Drai was quite revolted, but he steeled himself and leaned his head forward.

The warm teat touched his lips, and a short-lived anticipation surged within him before the teat retreated once more.

Drai immediately shrank and wiped his mouth in disgust.

’If it had worked, it would’ve been worth it, but now I feel like a complete idiot...’ he regretfully thought as he glanced at a newly emerged teat.

At this moment, the foal approached the teat and grabbed it with its mouth, suckling on it with ease.

Drai silently watched the scene before eventually turning around and crawling away. Moments later, he stood among the tall grass, looking at the herd from a distance.

"Just you wait, nipple..." he muttered before leaving the area.

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Tonight, Max was merrily humming in the camp, sitting by the fire pit while carving something from a short log with a bone knife. The flames weren’t heating up a pot this time, but there was an unfamiliar bundle of cloth on the bench beside him.

A few moments later, Drai appeared and immediately threw himself onto his leaf mattress.

"Rough day on the field?" Max asked, noticing Drai’s unusual haggardness.

"A bit," Drai replied weakly.

Max smirked a little before returning to his carving, leaving the worn-out lad to rest. Soon, the sound of wood being stripped off and Max’s deep humming filled the camp.

Moments later, Max finally put his carving knife down. Lifting the transformed log in front of him, he couldn’t help but remark, "Not bad!"

Hearing this, Drai decided he had rested enough. He walked to the fire pit and sat down on a bench.

"What’s that?" he asked, looking at the wooden object in Max’s hands.

"Oh, it’s a gift for Madeleine to repay her kindness—she sent us another ’small snack’ earlier, heh," Max replied gleefully, gesturing at the cloth bundle beside him.

"Let me see it," Drai asked for the carving, to which Max handed it over. Upon seeing Max’s intended gift, he was stunned.

It was a beautifully carved figure of a woman. There was some roughness to it, but it obviously depicted Madeleine in a marvelous gown.

Drai gave Max a curious look, to which the man replied rather bashfully, "I was lacking inspiration, so I figured I’d just carve her. I don’t know if she’ll like it, though."

"I think she will—it’s beautiful," Drai bluntly replied, leaving Max rubbing his head in embarrassment.

Handing back the figure, Drai said, "By the way, can you help me make some stew? I’ve brought some ingredients." 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

"Sure," Max replied as he walked away and stashed the figure in a safe place.

Drai immediately poured out all the ingredients he had gathered, creating a rather large pile of dead animals and various plants.

"Holy shit! Are you planning to feed an entire village or something?!" Max exclaimed upon seeing the fresh organic mound.

"No, just a baby horse," Drai replied before explaining what had happened before he decided to gather all these ingredients.

After Drai finished his explanation, Max remarked, "Dodgy nipples, huh? That’s new. Fine then, let’s make a lot of stew for you tomorrow."

Following this, they moved the carcasses to the butchering area and started processing them.

While they were chopping the game, Max suddenly said, "If this doesn’t work, you can go ask Madeleine how to properly milk it. She must know the trick."

Drai shook his head. "I’d rather solve this on my own unless she gives me an ultimatum for the deadline."

"Well, you do you," Max replied with a shrug. He was starting to understand Drai’s temperament, and the lad was often quite obstinate when facing such obstacles.

They eventually finished the butchering and proceeded to make the stew. The plants didn’t have to get prepared much, as they usually ate them whole unless there were parts that were completely inedible and had to be left out.

With the stew being cooked, they finally opened Madeleine’s bundle, revealing a container filled with stir-fried meat, veggies, and root plants. There was also a canister of brown liquid which turned out to be some kind of herbal drink.

While they stuffed themselves, Max asked, "Do you think Madeleine’s testing you?"

"Phephin?" Drai replied with his mouth full.

"Yeah. Your assignment looked easy at first glance, but it turned out to be quite a challenge—so wouldn’t she have warned you beforehand if she really wanted you to complete it quickly? That’s why I think it’s a test rather than a task."

Drai was stunned briefly, realizing that Max’s notion might just be true. However, he quickly resumed his eating, seemingly unbothered. After gulping the herbal drink, he said, "I don’t really care whether this is a test or not. I just want to get a clean hold of those annoying nipples."

Max chose not to reply and simply pondered the matter.

’Even if this is some kind of test, what’s the purpose? Does she want Drai to inherit her position or something? Hmm... Whatever she’s planning, I just hope her intentions aren’t sinister...’

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