Beast King'S Crippled Mate novel Chapter 26

Chapter 26: Chapter 26: Aphrodisiac

The day passed, and Rock was on his way to Swan’s room to escort her, as promised.

He whistled as he walked through the long corridor of the castle, and bumped into Lady Jade who was walking towards her room.

"Ah, good evening, Milady," Rock greeted politely as he knew that Lady Jade’s position was higher than his in front of His Majesty.

Jade smiled thinly at the young beta and asked, "Where are you going?" _{ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com}

"I’m going to escort Princess Swan to His Majesty’s private lake. She wants to surprise him," Rock replied.

"I see. Well, it will take a while before His Majesty returns. Why don’t you have tea with me first?"

"But I—"

"I also want to ask you a few things about her based on your observation," Jade said. "His Majesty orders me to observe her because it’s our first time having a female human in our kingdom."

Rock became tense immediately as he realized that Lady Jade was serious, and that magic word ’His Majesty’ was enough to make him obey whatever she said.

In the end, he followed Lady Jade into her balcony where she had set up a table for a small tea break, with a ceramic teapot, and two ceramic cups which she imported from the eastern kingdom. There were also human-made sweet bites that Rock personally disliked.

Jade sat at the table, and pointed at the chair facing hers, "Have a seat."

Again, Rock obeyed her order. He sat down and watched how Lady Jade poured him tea which had a strange purple color.

"So, what do you think about Princess Swan?" Jade asked while pouring the same purple-colored tea into her teacup.

"I visited her room the day after she arrived, and she seems like a timid person."

"Oh, I get that impression too from her. I think she is just timid because of the situation surrounding her kingdom."

Rock nodded, "She came here as a prisoner of war, so I don’t think her timidness is unjustified."

"Is that so? But don’t you think it’s weird that she doesn’t have the arrogance befitting of a royal princess?"

"That’s true, but isn’t that a good thing? I would dislike her if she looked down on us, beastmen, " Rock hummed for a second while crossing his arms. He looked up, recalling his time with Princess Swan today. "She is petite, has striking blonde hair, which is proof of her status as a princess in Holy Achate, and also has a gorgeous face. His Majesty must’ve been very fond of her because she looked like a cute deer. I have to admit that even I can’t help but grow protective of her."

"Oh? So you agree that she is gorgeous?" Jade grinned. "It seems that you have taken a fancy to her too."

"Wha—Hah?!" That accusation caught him off guard. "W-what are you saying, Milady? How could I long for His Majesty’s mate? That’s treason!"

Jade chuckled in response, "Don’t be so tense. I won’t tell His Majesty about it."

"But I don’t—"

"You carried her up and down the stairs, right? I know you must’ve been excited about it," Jade taunted, and she hit the jackpot when Rock went quiet. He lowered his head ashamedly.