63 Chapter 63: Beastman Soldier’s Monthly Wage
63 Chapter 63: Beastman Soldier’s Monthly Wage
The smile on Aria’s face disappeared instantly once she heard that she had to treat Swan with respect, “And why should I do that?”
“Because we told him that Swan is our first princess. What would you think would happen if he found out that we had been lying to his face the whole time? He might get angry and kill even more people, including us Queen Anastasia said. Seeing that Aria was upset about having to act nice in front of Swan, she quickly added, “Don’t worry, by the time he falls in love with you, I’m sure he will not do anything to harm us. It’s only a matter of time until we can tell him the truth, especially about that whore’s daughter.”
Aria’s expression eased once she realized she could kick Swan out of the picture the moment he fell in love.
“Aria, remember not to be too aggressive to the Beast King. Make sure he sees you as a sweet and virgin Princess from Holy Achate. If that beast can fall in love with Swan’s stupid face, then he must have been into an innocent woman,” Queen Anastasia added, just to make sure that her daughter would be safe.
“Oh, come on, Mom. You know I’m very good at this. How many princes from other countries are in love with me? I lost count already,” Aria chuckled. “They always thought that I was a virgin before meeting them. I’m sure that savage would be even more oblivious than those princes.”
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“Swan?”
“Swan, are you alright?”
“Ah–sorry, I was dazed,” Swan smiled at Gale who had just gathered all the soldiers in the castle to the training ground.
“The summer heat is not suitable for you. Maybe you should rest,” Gale said. He lifted Swan’s body and put her on his lap as he sat under the tree’s shade.
He didn’t understand why Swan told him to gather all the soldiers, but he still obliged since it was his mate’s request.
Swan was a bit pale because she was distressed about the news from an envoy from Holy Achate that her half–sister, Aria, would come for a visit to the Kingdom of
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Beastmen in two days.
Two months had passed since she was sent to be Gale’s bride, and she expected herself to never see Queen Mother and Aria ever again. She was far happier without them, and her life was at peace.
But now, her peace was about to get disturbed by Aria’s presence once more.
“Swan?”
“Sorry,” Swan smiled and whispered to Gale what she planned to do today.
Gale’s brows creased at first, but it slowly eased out once Swan told him the reason she
was carrying a bag of silver coins today.
Thus, he announced to all the soldiers, “All of you, line up. My mate is about to reward you for your dedication as soldiers in the Kingdom of Beastmen!”
There was a loud gasp by the majority of the beastman soldiers, followed by whispers. It seemed that everyone was confused as to why they would be given a reward since they hadn’t been in any war for the past two months.
“Princess Swan will reward you once per month for your dedication, so don’t forget to
thank her.”
“UNDERSTOOD, YOUR MAJESTY!” the soldiers replied in unison.
They began to line up as ordered, and the first one to receive Swan’s grace was a veteran ox beastman who had been dedicating his life to training the younger soldiers.
He kneeled in front of His King and the Princess. He opened his palm and received two
silver coins from her.
The ox beastman was surprised by it and looked up to stare at the Princess‘ equally bewildered gaze.
“W–what’s wrong? Do you need more?” Swan asked.
“Ah, no, Your Highness. I’m just wondering what I should do with these silver coins. Since I don’t particularly need it for anything the ox beastman said.
Just like another typical beastman, they usually gather their food if they were herbivores, or hunt if they were carnivores. They didn’t like to dress up in fancy dresses like humans, and their battle armor was already commissioned for free by the beastman blacksmith who lived near the castle. 2
Swan had known about this problem for a while, so she answered, “There will be a feast
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for your family. As for the other silver coins, you can save it for yourself or give it to your offspring. If they have enough silver coins, they can get new battle armor so they can start training at an early age inside the castle to be a soldier.”
“Oh! That would be great! Thank you very much, Your Highness!” The ox beastman exclaimed as he already had many offspring who wanted to join the beastman army and dedicate their life to the kingdom.
However, they didn’t know if they were allowed to join in as it didn’t seem like the Beast King planned to add more soldiers into the castle.
Now, all he needed was to collect enough silver coins to give all of his offspring one battle armor each, so they could join the rank
The rest of the beastmen got excited knowing they could send their offspring to join the army as well. Their tribes were conquered by the Beast King long ago, and they were all so impressed by his absolute strength that they wanted to dedicate their lives
to him.
On top of that, ever since the Beast King ruled over them, no beastmen tribes dared to go to war against each other, otherwise the Beast King would punish them and possibly exterminate their race completely.
So, to let go of their natural bloodlust, they joined the beastmen army or did skirmishes against each other with little to no casualties.
Gale told the soldiers to leave once Swan was done giving them their fair share of salary. Then, he got up and carried Swan on his arm as he returned to the throne
room.
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