The cultivators had a strict routine and except for Ishid, none had any idea of how to deal with a female. As they were debating if they should send her to the house the king offered or let her stay, Liss was analysing the dynamics of the trio, Semion and Ishid were visibly waiting for Levi's decision leaving the impression that he was the head and the decision maker.
"What do you want, female?"
"As I am the one receiving help I shouldn't make any demands."
"You are like a rabbit"
Chuckling at the comment Liss realized that the statue man was looking at her as a pet, she was fascinated with the man and the things he ignited in her body but she wasn't a teenager, as an adult, she prioritized her safety over a fling, and being viewed as a pet was better than as meat.
"I'll take care of her, you both are still way behind on your cultivation."
Liss was visibly taken by surprise, both Ishid and Semion already were Soul beasts. Ishid understood the confusion on the female face and tried to explain Levi's decision.
"Levi is already a 4-ring soul beast while I'm a 3-ring and Semion a 2. We train together to become stronger and get on his level."
"Oh, I understand," Smiling she turned to face him "I'll be in your care"
Semion who once was on cloud 9 plummeted to hell, he knew that this could happen but knowing his friends, he hoped that they would let them be as they never cared about mating. Now the little female that he found will be taken away and all he can do is train his soul out of his body to even get a chance of pursuing her. Seeing her beautiful smile directed to another male made his stomach churn.
The Alien came with a habit of taking two baths every day, it was the end of the afternoon and she walked for hours in a humid forest, slept on animal skin that was on the floor, and now was sweating from the statue man's warmth.
Liss who was quiet poked Levis's shoulder to catch his attention.
"Levi"
Levi turned his attention to the female with an "mm?" as an answer.
"Can you let me down? It is getting dark and I want to take a bath"
To Liss his always stoic face made communication difficult, but this time he raised an eyebrow as a reaction.
"But you are a female, are you saying that you will enter the cold water?"
"Can I? Please"
His lips twitched slightly upwards making the alien heart flutter, Deep down Liss was thanking her mother for the opportunity to see this excuse of a smile.
Levi was once again pleased with the female in his care, changing his grasp on her to let her sit on his arm he went to prepare only to feel the female hugging his neck.
Entering the second door, there was a bedroom. Rummaging a basket, Levi gave the female sitting on his arm a white fur hide and a dark brown pelt.
Semion was eager to advance, with Ishid's help he started cultivating not noticing that Levi and his little female were missing but was quick to notice her scent coming close. Liss saw the intricate dance-like moves and deduced that it was the cultivation Semion talked about.
Levis's mind was flooded making him walk by the other two just to be stopped by Semion.
"Wait." ... "Where are you taking her, Levi?"
Levi hesitaded, side glancing at the female buried in animal skin he turned his head to face Semion.
"The female wants to take a bath at the lake"
Ishid heard the female earlier, and seeing her under all that hide he smiled.
"So that's why she isn't disgusting like the others"
"The girls here don't bathe?"
"Girls?"
"The females"
"They don't like the cold water and they clean themselves with hides"
Liss wasn't a neat freak but she took pride in her hygiene, her only response was a gasp but in her mind she was disgusted, animal skin gathered bacteria and to add on they don't refresh themselves soaking in water.
"I can take her the..."
Levi was eager to arrive at the lake, he walked away before Semion could finish talking, arriving shortly after.
"Levi, is the lake too deep?"
"No"
"Ok, thank you for bringing me here, you can go"
"Go where?"
"Somewhere else, I need to take off my clothes."
"I'm staying here"
"Can you turn around so I can undress?"
Liss waited until Levi's back was facing her to undress, placing her clothes on a stone near the lake. The water wasn't as cold as she expected but it was cold. A modern Earth alien that had a heated shower had no option but to grieve her loss. With her god-made tool, she rubbed her skin trying to clean all the dirt and grime.
Hearing movement behind her, instinctivily she turned to look to what was happening just to see Levi naked entering the water.
"What, why oh god"
"I'm taking a bath too"
The sexual tension mixed with the embarrassment drove the alien mind to fight or flee, the primal survival instinct. As a useless fighter, Liss dunked leaving only her head above the water.
All kinds of scenarios passed through her head until Levi caught up but simply stood still looking at the panicking bunny leaving the said bunny dumbfolded.
The daze didn't last long, embarrassed, Liss turned her head away and kept washing her body with her hands.
A virgin, isolated and with the concept of shame engraved in her head was about to wash her private parts but was under a watchful predator gaze.
"Levi, can you look away for a minute?"
"... Why"
"So I can finish washing"
Crying inside the alien touched her secret parts, washing with abudant water after her personal statue guard turned around.
'Mom... what the f.ck'