*(mood song: "THE DARKNESS - I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE")

Waking up the next morning, the first thing Erik saw was Inky between his arms, slowly opening her eyes "good morning my love"

Inky smiled at him "good morning my love" and gave him a kiss.

They soon noticed something though, they were stuck to the now dried bed.

Erik: [Rose, how did it dry so fast?]

Rose: [that? the base eliminates moisture in the air and mostly the rooms, the base would become wet and soggy otherwise, when detecting his moisture levels it dries faster, and you... left it soaking hehe~]

Erik sighed, ripping his arms and legs from the bedsheets, trying to lift his head "ow! ....my hair is stuck..."

Inky on the other hand unstuck herself easily with her slimy skin just slightly dry "gonna take a bath, wanna come?"

Erik: "...sigh, give me a hand... my hair is stuck..."

--- On a rock wall near the kelp farm ---

Anhuka was walking hand by hand with Crabina.

Anhuka: "and this, is an edible anemone, edible once you squeeze out the poison and wash it thoroughly" pointing at some blue anemones on a rock wall.

Crabina: " can we take some home for daddy?"

Ankuka patted her head: "that's a wonderful idea, ah! don't touch them with your hands" stopping Crabina.

Crabina was confused "then how?!"

Anhuka: "you either carry a bone with you, or..." she looked around and grabbed a nearby rock "you just use a rock, and with a sharp point you press it again their base and... rip them off the wall, then carefully put them on a prepared algae basket"

Crabina: "wow mommy! how do you know so much?"

Anhuka chuckled: "this is nothing Crabina, my father was way more amazing" picking more as she talked.

Crabina: "father? you had a daddy? where is he? can i meet him?"

Anhuka: "I had a father yeah... he's no longer alive..."

Crabina: "oh... how was him? what about your mommy?"

Anhuka: "well, my mother was a crafter and made the best spears and my father was a daring hunter, he lived to hunt... and he was really good at it..."

Crabina: "then... hiw did he die?"

Anhuka patted Crabina's head "that's not for a child like you to hear"

Crabina pouted as she also picked anemones with a bone Anhuka gave her.

Anhuka was remembering inside her head though, she still remembered it clearly, her father had come back hurriedly and told them to run, it was too late though, the muscle heads had charged from all directions and her father had to go fight, she clearly remembers how he ripped those barbarians to shreds, dancing between them as his spear seemed to dance in the water, the women holding the backline and throwing spears but... Trutk arrived, their spears couldn't hurt him and his war cries could almost kill a warrior as the barbarians followed behind him like a tide of claws, tearing and eating the males as they captured and raped the females right there like animals. Her heart hurt but she couldn't help herself remembering, her father had gone crazy when his wife had been captured, his refined movements turned crazed and barbaric, running to her mother as he never got to even saw the shadow of Trutk attacking him from behind, she even remembered their words, it didn't matter to her the pain she was feeling penetrating her, the pain in her heart overwhelmed anything else.

Laktr: "gah... only a coward attacks from the back.."

Trutk: "kukuku, and only a fool goes crazy for a female, you could have charged out and found another"

Laktr: "you animals wouldn't understand" he noticed his daughter, his eyes going bloodshot and his body cut in half as he smiled "daughter, be happy, never give up-" and his head was ripped off.

Trutk eating it while looking at her "I was gonna let him look him we rape his women but... I don't like being called an animal kekeke~ don't look at me like that little girl, soon you will be under me~"

Her mother had killed herself after that, but she endured...

Crabina noticed that Anhuka seemed to have gone silent, looked at her sad face, and grew concerned "mommy? what happened? did they sting you?"

Anhuka woke up from her thoughts, smiling at Crabina "no, little one, I'm fine, let's fill the basket and go back"

Crabina: "yeah! I'm sure daddy will be happy!"

Anhuka: 'Erik...' she felt better thinking about him, how he came and annihilated those barbarians, bringing Trutk to the floor, and now letting her discipline all those barbarians herself..., her body filled with strength as she picked anemones faster 'I will make something tasty for him... I wonder if he will like it... hehehe'.

--- base gym ---

After a quick cleaning shower, Erik and Inky went to the gym, Inky finding it hard to balance herself or her new legs.

Inky: "this is so hard! I can barely walk, how can I lift weights or fight like this?"

Erik grabbed her hands and walked by her side "you just need to strengthen your legs with some exercise, here sit on this machine, that's it... I set it to just 5kg, so now use your legs to lift this... good, grab the side handles with your hands"

After a while though "ugh, this is boring! and my leg muscles hurt..."

Erik: "that's good my love, that means once your muscles recover they will become stronger"

Inky: "but I don't feel motivated... it's so boring... can't we go hunting? or just have sex, that's also exercise..." her dick slightly hardening under her gym clothes.

Erik: "what about I properly teach you how to dance after you strengthen your legs?"

Inky's eyes shined as she quickly became motivated "you better keep that promise!!! uooooh!!!" lifting the weights again and again with all her spirit.

Erik: "sure, haha you are so cute my love, remember to use the other leg exercise machines when you do 100 with this one"

He then put on a weightlifting belt and put 100kg weights on the sides of a 30kg steel bar, a total of 230Kg, and lifted it over his shoulders, doing sit-ups with it as his entire body strained and sweated after just a few 'I might need to reinforce my spine, but I'm indeed getting stronger, and that regenerative organ should do miracles along with exercise'

--- Second Floor ---

They exercised for some hours, then taking a quick shower and going down to the second floor, relaxed on the hot bath onsen, they soon felt hungry though, both of their stomachs rumbling.

Erik: "let's go eat something?"

Inky: "ugh... I can't walk... my legs hurt! it's your fault! you motivated me too much..."

Erik sighed: "what if I bring you something here?"

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Inky: "yeah, that would be great~" and fell back inside the warm water, continuing to rest 'hehe~ I win~'

--- kitchen ---

Erik: "I will make something tasty, I'm really hungry myself... ugh, need to control myself... let's see, some moray fat for frying, and some nice marbled meat, what is this meat anyways?" he went back inside the freezer, finding a bulky fish with a snout "reminds me of a fat hammerhead shark... but the meat looks good...let's fry it" he cut a thin slice and fried it, his eyes dilating "t-this is! secreto ibérico??!?! it tastes just like ibérico pork!!!" he looked back at the fish with bloodshot eyes [Rose! where can I find fish like this?]

Rose: [...huh? that? they dig around with their snout searching for food, why?]

Erik: [I will raise them if I need to, they taste amazing!]

Rose: [... I will make some traps, just tell the hunters to use them]

Erik: [Thanks Rose, by the way... where are you?]

Rose: [working on something~]

Erik: [huh? on what?]

Rose: [It's a surprise~ (≧▽≦)]

Erik: [Alright, have fun-]

Anhuka: "huh? who are you?"

And that moment, Anhuka and Crabina had come through the door hand by hand, Anhuka carrying a basket full of blue anemones, they didn't recognize Erik though, as Crabina hid behind Anhuka.

Erik scratched his head "hmm I'm Erik"

Crabina: "Liar! you aren't daddy! daddy's face is different!"

Anhuka: "you... If you hurt Erik... I WILL END YOU!" her eyes going bloodshot as she took her shock baton out.

Erik: "w-wait! it's really just me! I just decided to update my body, that's it okay, Anhuka, I put you to work feeding those bastards right? you know I have lots of different technologies"

Anhuka: "t-then, something only Erik would know... how many times have we kissed before?"

Erik was confused: "I just kissed your forehead, but kissing is when two people kill each other on the lips, so... zero"

Anhuka: "you really are Erik" inside though 'ZERO?! HE SAID ZERO! UGH... MY HEART HURTS... BUT IT CAN ALWAYS GO UP FROM THERE!"

Erik looked at Crabina lovingly: "wanna come cook with daddy sweety?"

Crabina was still shy: "mommy, is it really daddy?"

Anhuka: "yeah, it seems to be him"

Crabina came out from behind Anhuka shily "hmm... okay daddy"

Erik noticed the basket behind them "oh? you brought back something?"

Anhuka: "yeah, some anemones"

Crabina: "No! those are for daddy!"

Erik: "sweety, I told you, I'm daddy"

Crabina: "no! even your voice is different! you only smell like daddy! where is daddy! I want my daddy back! I want him back! waaaah" starting to cry loudly.

Erik: "aww... don't be sad sweety" he hugged her as she struggled, patting her head "there~ there~ sshh~"

Anhuka kept looking at him thinking 'this is... I... I like males but this is... It's really hot too...' and tarted panting while looking at Eriks crotch 'by that bulge there... He definitely has a cock...'.

Erik noticed and got a bit hard himself, getting a bit annoyed at the entranced Anhuka, making hand signs to her pointing to Crabina, thinking 'the kid is still here, jeez!'

Erik then looked at Crabina and said "if you finished your homework you can go to your room and watch some tv okay?"

Crabina cleaned her tears and snot on Erik's diving suit, getting her entire face dirty, and said "really daddy?"

Erik: "of course, and you know, you might become a big sister in the future you know, and big sisters need to be clever"

Crabina: "Really daddy?! I will have sisters?" her eyes shining.

Erik: "of course" he patted his belly "two younger sisters"

Crabina: "okay daddy! I will study hard" and went away to her room.

Once they were alone, Erik grabbed Anhuka's hand and put it over his crotch "so... you want some of this too?"

Anhuka gulped as she nodded "yesss..." inside thinking 'I might not be able to get you pregnant but... I WANT YOUR KIDS TOO!"

But Erik took Anuka's hand and took her to a nearby table, sitting on the edge of the table as his dive suit peeled off "then you will have to get me hard first, I'm a bit tired" putting on a screen behind him, a vídeo of a woman giving a blowjob to a futanari.

Seeing the woman in the vídeo, Anhuka gulped and just copied her, first licking and fingering Erik's pussy, getting his pussy wet as she also fingered her own pussy, getting wet herself, after that she sucked one of Erik's big balls inside her mouth and sucked on it, almost leaving a hickey as she then moved to the now half mast cock, putting the tip inside her as she then swallowed it slowly while gagging, finally getting it balls deep inside after dozens of tries, feeling it harden inside her throat as she started fingering her own pussy faster and harder.

At that moment, Erik grabbed her head, stopping her "that's enough, I'm hard now so... show me your pussy"

Anhuka readily complied as she laid on her back on the floor, ready for anything Erik asked of her 'FINALLYYYY!!!'.

Erik laid on top of Anhuka and fingered her tight wet pussy thinking 'It's tighter than the octopeople... are crab men's dicks thin maybe? cause she was definitely fucked thoroughly in there... oh well, I will finish the job then...' he used the tip of his cock to rub against Anhuka's wet pussy and finally aligned it and started pushing in deep, the foreign and new sensation of the crab pussy around his cock making him feel great 'what's with this pussy, it's not so lubed as Inky's, but its really tight...' starting to hump faster and harder, his left thumb rubbing her clit, his right hand caressing her face.

"Ahn~" Meanwhile, Anhuka's mind was a mess 'it's different... it feels good!' her legs embracing Erik closer, she looked down, seeing most of it was still outside 'oh wow... it's not even half in, what if he's not satisfied with it? he will say things like *I don't need someone I can't fuck*, what if he says that... but it won't go in any further...' seeing Erik fucking her carefully, she bit her lip 'no... this isn't it...' "E-Erik... harder..."

Erik: "huh? what did you say?"

Anhuka: "HARDER! FUCK ME HARDER! AS HARD AS YOU CAN! MAKE YOURS AND ONLY YOURS!!!! BREED ME!!!!!!"

Erik was surprised by her outburst, but soon smiled "harder huh? well I guess you can heal anyways, so it should be fine~" he felt something snap inside him as his dick hardened, the muscle compressing more blood inside "harder huh? hehe~ AS YOU WISH!" he took it almost out to the tip and using all his strength penetrated her balls deep, tearing her pussy and cervix, and starting to fuck her wildly, his furious humping deforming her belly from inside.

Anhuka on the other hand almost passed out from the penetration, the pain was piercing but... she loved it 'aaaah, he's stretching me... he's using me! IT FEELS SO GOOD!' "ahn~ AHHHHNNN~" her moans reverberating through the kitchen as she dug her nails on Eriks back, her legs also refusing to let go of him.

Erik then started speeding up and came inside Anhuka, he didn't stop and continued cumming inside her over and over.

Hours later, his hunger woke him up from his lust, looking at Anhuka under him, she was panting as her tongue was out as she looked at the ceiling. His stomach rumbled again as he tried to stand, Anhukas legs were firmly holding him though "release your legs"

Anhuka: "..n..ooo... fuck me more~~~"

Erik: "I'm hungry, need to make some food"

Anhuka: "It's fine, eat one of my legs"

Erik: "what?! I won't do that!"

Anhuka: "wha-? am I now good enough?"

Erik then flickered her forehead with his finger "wake up already, I won't eat people important to me, don't say crazy things" he felt her releasing him and he exited her, seeing blood dripping from her pussy he grimaced and regretted it 'I should have done it gradually... what if I did lasting damage... wtf is wrong with me... she just seemed so eager... shit' *slap* and slapped himself, taking a deep breath "we will scan you later alright Anhuka? ... Anhuka?" she didn't answer and he just shrugged 'is she passed out with her eyes open... she's petrified...' "okay... I'm gonna cook something..."

Anhuka's mind had blanked, only one word repeating on loop 'important... important... IMPORTANT!!!!! I'M IMPORTANT TO HIM!!!! HE SAID IT!!!!!' she could swear her heart stopped for a second when he had heard him, the pain on her lower half inexistent to her overexcited brain, she touched her belly 'hehehehe hahahaha HAHAHAHA I WILL HAVE HIS KIDS TOO! HUEHAHAHA'.

Meanwhile, Erik cut some pigfish as he had decided to call them and fried them in moray fat some big marbled steaks, then cut apart half of the entire and divided them into 4 pieces, putting them in trays and covering them in oil and algae, filling 4 ovens and letting them roast.

He then took some big kelp leaves and wrapped some big pieces on them to dry age them 'let's see how they taste dry aged... oh, the previous ones should also be ready' he put them on a tray with a rack and but in on the fridge, taking the previous dry aged meat in its place, he took the dry kelp apart, revealing a lump of blackened meat 'hehe~ it aged properly!' he cut away the oxidated exterior, revealing the dark red meat inside 'damn, I'm salivating' he spiced them lightly with salt, pepper, and garlic and put them on an electric grill, it would cook both sides at the same time.

While all was doing he walked to the basket they gad brought 'hmm blue anemone huh? maybe I can make some ortiguillas like they do in Andalucía... well, let's try!'. He first put on globes and put 2 dozens on a bowl, then cut them down the middle and thoroughly washed them with freshwater 'I don't have wheat flour... but corn flour should work' he dried them of the excess water, and putting flour on a plate he covered them thoroughly, then heating up some more moray fat on a deep skillet he deep fried them until they were perfectly crispy outside 'this will be good!'.

One hour later, he filled the table with food, Anhuka having woken up long ago as she looked at him cook.

He readily started eating, trying an ortiguilla, the crispy exterior and savory insides "so tasty!" he picked one, blew on it "you try it too!" and stuck it on Anhuka's open mouth by the side.

"hmmm! so yummy! much better than eating them raw!" Anhuka was impressed.

Erik laughed "don't be shy, I made a lot, eat too!" as he grabbed a pigfish steak and tore it directly with his teeth, the meat juicy and savory, then a piece of dry aged meat, this time the meat being firmer but with an intense meat flavor, and he finished it with tearing the meat from the ribs, even sucking the juicy marrow inside and crushing the bones.

He kept eating until his belly was bloated, feeling finally satisfied, he patted his belly thinking 'now I eat for 3 too..., also... aren't I forgetting something?...'

--- onsen ---

Inky waited on the hot water, slightly annoyed "why is he taking so long! I'm hungry!!!, huhhhh did he forget... eating by himself *sob sob* not fair... I'm hungry too...."

--- Third Floor ---

Meanwhile, as all that was happening, Rose had been busy with some projects all day, first, she had made a tailor made power armor for Inky, and then used the 3 power armors to dig a big room on the third floor, moving the spaceship engine there, as her nanobots covered the new room and kept repairing parts of the engine *hehe~ I'm sure the extra room will make him happy~ (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)ﻭ, we can make a fence for the sheep and chickens and plant some of that wheat he wanted here, I can also expand the room too, nanobots have already covered the walls, so it's stable, can't wait to see his face!*

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