Beast King'S Crippled Mate novel Chapter 180

Chapter 180: Chapter 180: A Keepsake from Rock Silverfang

"Then how am I supposed to know if a food is poisoned or not?!" Long Xiurong panicked. "If I don’t have a way to prove that the food is poisoned by that bunny maid, then I won’t be able to eat anything she serves and I have to wait until the banquet ends to ask Princess Swan to change an attendant."

"Does that mean I have to starve myself for the next five days or so? Can I even do that? Maybe I should tell Princess Swan about this immediately and request for a change of attendant."

Rock listened to Lady Long’s panic rambling. He wasn’t annoyed by it because he understood that she must’ve been scared for her dear life.

She was just a human, and humans were naturally fragile with no way to detect poisons or get rid of them from their bodies.

’If only I’m still in the castle, I’d protect her, or at least make sure her new attendant wouldn’t try to poison her.’

...

’Or should I just give it to her?’ Rock asked himself. He clenched the gift that he had prepared for Princess Swan. He wanted the Princess to have it to protect herself from danger, but seeing how scared Lady Long looked, he began to pity her.

’Princess Swan will be safe. She is not a normal human, unlike this one,’ Rock told himself. ’Princess Swan seems to be an incarnation of a Goddess or something since I cannot detect any malevolent presence in her. Her aura is so warm and soothing, like an angel...’

Rock remembered those moments when Princess Swan saved him twice from the Beast King’s wrath. She could teleport at ease without a spell, so she couldn’t be a witch.

She could also cure his muteness caused by Lady Jade’s poison, something that no dark magic could ever do. In fact, he had never heard of anyone who could heal a destroyed vocal box. Hence, what Princess Swan did was nothing less than a miracle.

’That means she will be safe, right? Unlike this woman who is so fragile and clueless,’ Rock thought. He took a deep breath, and in the end, pulled out the gift that was meant for Princess Swan.

He grabbed Long Xiurong’s hand and put the item in her palm.

Long Xiurong was surprised when he grabbed her, and even more surprised to see a necklace with a strange claw-shaped pendant on her palm.

"What is this?" Long Xiurong asked.

"It’s the tip of a white mammoth’s tusk. They are ancient creatures, but they still scarcely exist in the far north continent," Rock replied. "White Mammoths are very sensitive animals, and their tusk can detect any type of poison."

"You can dip that tusk into any food or drink, and its color will change if there is something dangerous in it," Rock explained. He dipped his finger inside the teapot to get the tea in his hand, then rubbed it on the mammoth pendant.