Naofumi sat on a wooden crate, against the stone brick building. Her heart was thumping against her breastplate and painful cramps spread through her stomach. She leaned her head back, taking in a gulp of air to calm herself. Raphtalia approached her master, a worried expression graced her face.

"Naofumi-sama, are you ok? Your face is turning red," Raphtalia said, pressing her hand against Naofumi's forehead.

Her hand instantly heated up as she touched Naofumi's head. Raptalia looked at her master's face. A deep flush was running through her cheeks. Her lips were slightly parted, letting huffs of breath exist.

Naofumi swatted the racoon's hand away, "Yeah, I'll be fine soon. I just need to take my medicine."

Raphtalia knew what medicine her master was talking about. Ever since Naofumi had bought her from the slave trader, the man had offered the hero small bottles of green liquid with what appeared to be broken up leaves at the bottom. The racoon gave her master a concerned look, "But, recently you've been getting more and more fevers. There gone the next day, but..."

Naofumi put her head in her hands. She could feel it, her heat creeping up one her. She could feel the sweat building up and the need to be in a safe place. She wanted ,no, needed to build a nest. She had to put Raphtalia and Firo in it to make sure they were safe. They were her pups, afterall. All those feelings had to be shoved to the deepest part of her being. Another wave was coming in just a few minutes, her heat should be the last thing on her mind. Who was she kidding? She couldn't ignore her omega instincts only push them aside. The medicine the slave trader had given her was originally for Raphtalia, so the young girl wouldn't submit to her secondary gender.

The liquid apparently dimmed the users pheromones to practically nonexistent, and warded off the body's natural occurences such as ruts. When Naofumi heard what the concoction did, she immediately started using it for herself. It was obvious that Raphtalia would present as a beta and didn't need the medicine. Naofumi drank it as if it was water, and it worked. She order the potions in bulk, spending almost all ber money. Her heats were pushed aside, but her omega pheromones were gone. She had no scent to her. That only pushed the idea that she had assualted Myne that night, especially since she stilled smelled like her alpha brother. Naofumi always found her thoughts drifting to her brother, Yuu. She missed him so much. They had been glued to each other's sides for so long. Naofumi had cared for him when their parents pushed them away. She helped him with his studies, cooked for him, and even shushed him to sleep when he was younger. Yuu was her pup, Naofumi needed to know he was safe.

Sadly, the medicine didn't stop her omega instincts. When she first saw Raphtalia sick in that cage, her instincts screamed at her to protect the child. Against her need for a proper companion to use amd fight with, Naofumi took the sickly child into her arms. She remembered it all to clearly, the way Raphtalia shook as soon as Naofumi had hugged her. To both of them such a gesture was odd, but the young racoon had wrapped her hands around Naofumi's torso.

Ever since that day, Raptalia became Naofumi's sword. Though, Naofumi was reluctant on making the girl fight, but knew it was for the greater good. When the day was over, Naofumi would give in to her instincts. She made a make shift nest to place Raphtalia in while she slept, it was ugly and would be destroyed the next day but it would do. Naofumi tried to spoil Raphtalia as much as she could with food if their budget allowed it. Hell, the omega even attempted to scent Raphtalia on multiple occassions. She rubbed the scent glands around the young raccoon's face, hair, and wrists. Naofumi even started to groom Raphtalia by giving her small licks on her forehead and her hair. It was the same when Firo came around too. The blonde girl clinged to Naofumi like a baby duckling, rubbing her small face in Naofumi's once working scent glands. Before she found out Melty's true identity, she had attempted to mother the girl too. A small hope wanted to have another pup to care for, but that ended when Naofumi found out Melty was royalty.

All those acts of affection led both Filo and Raphtalia to think of Naofumi as their mother. Their scent had even changed to be something similar to Naofumi's old scent. Granted, it took a lot of scenting. Naofumi's scent once smelled like freshly made tea or coffee depending on who you asked. It was strong and deeply fragrant, yet calming. While her natural scent was gone Raphtalia and Filo both started to smell like warm drinks. Naofumi knew her scent would come back with her heat.

Now that she thought about it, when was her last heat? It had to be before she came to this world. When did she have the time to prepare for one? Naofumi was constantly grinding for money and exp to survive. Her hear would be a week lost on jobs she could been doing.

Naofumi popped the glass bottle of her medicine open with one hand, and chugged it back. The feeling of the cold, bitter liquid sliding down her throat was a familiar feeling at this point. All to suddenly, her heat was regressing. Naofumi let out a sigh and rubbed her forehead of sweat, before she stood up facing Raphtalia.

"Naofumi-sama..." Raphtalia let out a disappointed sigh at her master using the medicine. Naofumi reached a hand out to pat the raccoon on top of her head, before dragging her hand down to pet Raphtalia's cheek. A comforting motion any omega knew how to do.

"We don't have anymore time," Naofumi stated, the heat that was going go engulf her body had almost disappeared. There was still a lingering effect, but it would soon be gone as usual.

"Shield hero," the group of soldiers who volunteered to fight with Naofumi during the wave approached with nervous smiles. "We're ready!"

The young brunette in armor was stiff, arms glued to his sides as he spoke with feining confidence. The rest of the group in back of him all cheered in agreement.

Naofumi gave them a approving look, "In ten seconds, we'll all be transported. You guys better be ready." She let out a huff as a golden light surrounded them.

10...

9...

8...

Naofumi's eyes widened.

7...

6...

5...

She could feel it, that familiar warmth starting to pool in her stomach.

4...

3...

2...

The medicine wasn't fully working...

1...

The blinding light overcame th group of adventurers, and before they knew it they were standing under an eerie red sky. The wave had begun, and Naofumi's heat was stubbornly refusing to go away. Naofumi let out a hiss in pain and clutched her stomach, as a sharp pain stabbed her insides. Raphtalia, once in a battle ready stance, ran over to her master in shock. Filo clutched to Naofumi's side showing a great concern.

"Shield hero! Are you OK?" The brunette soldier asked Naofumi, reaching his hand out to touch the hero's shoulder. Naofumi whipped her head around and let out a snarl, baring her teeth. The soldier jumped back in shock. The shield hero's eye were almost covered in a haze, before they cleared.

She straightened herself, "I'm fine. We have to protect that villiage over there," Naofumi pulled out another vial of 'medicine' and downed it in one go. "Come on!"

Somewhere else under that same sky a blast of air sliced through a monster's middle section, as it was about to attack a child. The monster split in half, and it's remains fell lifelessly to the ground. The child in tears was curled into a small ball. She felt a hand pat her head gently, and she looked up. She was greeted by a charming smile of a dark haired young man.

"Are you ok, miss?" His voice was gentle. His one visible reddish brown eye gazed upon the small child as the other one was covered with dark brown hair. The child was speechless as the young man continued to comfort her, before a woman hugged the child desperately.

"Thank you! For saving my sister!" The woman exclaimed with tears running down her face.

The young man shushed the frantic woman, and put his dark cloak around the two sisters,"I'm just glad you both are safe."

The woman felt a blush rise on her cheeks at the young man's soft word, and felt herself stutter trying to get words out.

The young man pushed some of his long hair behind his ears, "You both should run from here as far away as you can." He spoke turning away from the pair of sisters.

The older sister snapped out of her daze, "W-wait!" She called out to him. He stopped, and turned his head curiously. The same charming smile was gracing his lips. "Can I please have your name?"

"My, how rude of me," the young man spoke. "My name is Iwatani Yuu. Now if you will excuse me." He turned away once more and started to walk away from the starstruck duo.

Yuu was walking towards what he was told from fleeing villiagers a town under attack. That was his best shot at finding his sister and fast. From what he heard his sister has saved a villiage during the last wave which brought a sense of pride to him, but he needed to find her. He needed to prove everyone wrong. His sister wasn't a monster, she was a caring woman.

From the distance he saw smoke fill the sky. He was near the villiage. Hopefully, his sister was there too.

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Another chapter done! I'm planning for weekly updates so look forward to that. Poor Naofumi is trying her best to deal with her heats too bad its no longer working...

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