"I—" Rock was silenced when he heard that question.
He was caught off guard. If it wasn’t Long Xiurong who asked this, his answer would undoubtedly be the same.
I distrust and detest humans as much as the other beastmen are. Princess Swan is an exception, but even I doubt that she is fully human. I will never let myself get entangled with a human.
That would be his normal answer to this question.
When he first found out that His Majesty was mating with a human, there was a hint of displeasure in his heart, because he was a proud beastman, and thought that it would dilute His Majesty’s offspring.
But his views changed after meeting with Princess Swan, because objectively, no man would be able to resist her, whether they were human or beastmen.
Even now, he still had a lot of distrust of humans. The war against Princess Swan’s father, the late King Tyrion, only worsened his bias against them.
King Tyrion devised so many cruel and dishonorable strategies, poisoning the well, burning the food supply, using women for assassination, and many more. It angered Rock so much because no beastman king or warrior would have that kind of idea in mind.
However, he had no intention to show his true biased view in front of Lady Long. For some reason, he didn’t want to make her think that his opinion would never change.
He knew for a fact that it did change when he met with Princess Swan, and he believed his views of humans could improve once he spent more time with Long Xiurong.
"I don’t know," Rock replied. "I never thought that my mate would be a human. If she is a human, then I... I will still love her as much. After all, I will only mate once in my life, and I don’t want to ruin my only chance of happiness just because of my biased views."
Rock kept his eye contact with Long Xiurong as he wanted her to know his stance.
Long Xiurong sighed in relief, "Well, that’s good. I thought that you’re not going to be with her just because she’s human."
"M-may I know why you ask this? There’s no proof that my mate will be a human, right?" Rock asked nervously. He had a gut feeling of who his mate would be, but he was still unsure.
Long Xiurong smiled, "It’s just a question, no need to overthink it."
She got up from the bed and said, "Alright, it’s late. I don’t want the maid to suspect that I’m bringing a man inside my room. You should leave now."
Rock nodded, yet he didn’t move from his position.
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