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Gale was in a good mood after seeing how happy his fellow beastmen were with such a small gift from Swan.
*Honestly, this is the first time I’ve seen them happy to receive any reward. You know how to manage a kingdom and ensure their offspring would be well protected and trained in the Kingdom of Beastmen,” Gale praised. “Your training as a Royal Princess
paid off here, Your Highness Princess Swan.”
Swan smiled bitterly.
She was not a princess.
She just happened to know all of this by listening to Aria’s royal tutor because most of the time, she would be used as Aria’s leg rest whenever she was studying.
All she did was apply what she had listened to in the hope that it would work out for the sake of Gale’s kingdom.
Yes, it was all for Gale. She never wanted any of the glory that would come next, since she knew she was just a fake.
She thought she could at least live happily with Gale for a year, but now that Aria would come in two days, she guessed that he would mark her next since Aria was just better than Swan in any way possible.
Aria was prettier.
Aria was smarter.
And she was the true Royal Princess of Holy Achate.
*Swan? You’re getting dazed again,” Gale mentioned, and Swan quickly replied;
I’m just a little concerned.”
“About what?” Gale asked.
*… My sister.”
“Oh, you mean your little sister, Aria of Holy Achate? Don’t worry, I’ve dispatched my people to guard her carriage, so she will be safe on her way to our kingdom,” Gale assured. “Besides, you should be happier. It’s been a while since you two met, right?”
Swan realized that Gale was more excited than usual, to the point of beaming with a smile. He was probably fed with lies by the Queen Mother.
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Maybe her stepmother told Gale that Swan and Aria had a good sibling relationship. Thus, Gale was excited for Swan to reunite with her sister.
Unfortunately, Swan felt nothing but fear.
She dreaded the moment they would meet again, she also dreaded when Aria would meet with Gale, thinking that Gale would eventually fall in love with her, just like those princes who Aria kissed in the palace garden.
‘Should I tell him about the abuse that I experienced?‘ Swan thought as she began to seriously consider it. ‘But if I told him so, he might’ve realized that I’m just a fake. No Royal Princess would endure such a harsh treatment inside the palace.
Swan would be happy if she was pregnant, so at least, her position in Gale’s heart wouldn’t be shaken for a while, at least until he found his fated mate.
Two months had passed since she was marked, and they had been having sex almost daily. Gale always made sure to breed her full whenever they did it.
Yet, even after all that, Swan still felt nothing in her belly. Everything was normal for
her, unfortunately.
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She began to rub her flat belly in pity, praying to Goddess Asmara that a miracle could happen and she would be pregnant with Gale’s cubs.
Gale noticed it, and his smile dimmed as well
He stayed quiet until they sat on the throne and said, “Don’t think too much about it. You will eventually be pregnant with my cubs”
“Ah–uhm, it’s alright,” Smile smiled. “I have expected as much. I’m a little sad, but I know I can’t carry your cubs.”
Swan was convinced because of two reasons.
First, it was obvious that she wasn’t Gale’s mate, so she couldn’t be pregnant even though they mated every night.
Second, she was probably barren, just like what that old maid from the palace said: A whore daughter like her didn’t deserve to have a child, as it would taint the child’s blood. It was also a karmic retribution since her mother was a whore who seduced the king. As a dirty woman since birth, she was not meant to be with any man in her life.
But she still prayed hard every day, hoping a miracle would happen.
Gale was silenced this time.
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If he said that he would still love Swan even without any offspring, he knew it would only make her sadder.
He already brought a few fertility herbs from the beastman doctor, and Swan had been taking them regularly, hoping it would make her pregnant.
But there was still no sign of pregnancy.
Lastly, Gale wanted to bring the beastman shaman, hoping that he could tell Swan she would get pregnant sooner or later.
But what if the shaman said they weren’t a fated mate, and that’s why she couldn’t bear his offspring?
The Beast King had been so used to living comfortably with Swan for the past two months that he simply couldn’t take that as an answer. Especially since Swan already insisted many times that she would be fine to be used as a necessary sacrifice to cure his curse.
That news would shatter their fragile relationship and for the first time in his life, Gale was scared of the impending doom. He was scared of what would happen if Swan wasn’t his mate. Would she leave him for another man?
Or would she simply kill herself when he wasn’t looking, because even Gale noticed that Swan didn’t have a strong will to live.
Gale was so scared that he never summoned the beastman shaman to talk about his
curse anymore.
The only thing he could do was to keep mating with Swan every night, waiting for the miracle to happen.
Swan noticed Gale’s silence, and she quickly cheered up by smiling as wide as she could, so the atmosphere between them didn’t feel so somber.
“You’re right. I will eventually get pregnant. We still have a long time together, right?”
“A long time? You mean, a lifetime,” Gale smiled back. “We have a lifetime together,
Swan.”
