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Gale stared at her, who seemed clueless about the amount of humility that Gale showed in front of her. As the Beast King, he didn’t need to ‘ask‘ for anything in this world. He could’ve just straight–up demanded it, especially from his mate.
Nevertheless, he still asked her because he wanted to see Swan’s bewildered
expression. She seemed to genuinely have no idea about the hierarchy in the beastman world.
He liked how confused she was but still tried her best to make him happy by murmuring, “I–I don’t have anything to thank you. I can uhm… I can sew and knit, so I can make you something out of it.”
“I don’t mind those. But I want something quickly, right here, right now.”
“R–right here, right now?!” Swan began to panic as she couldn’t guess what Gale wanted from her. “Please just tell me what you want. I–I’m afraid I don’t have what you
want!”
Gale chuckled as he decided to stop teasing her and pointed at his cheek, “Kiss me here. It’s the best reward I could get from you right here, right now.”
Swan was astonished by the request, not because it couldn’t be fulfilled, but because she found it outrageous. He kept on kissing her every morning when they woke up.
“You should’ve just told me…” Swan muttered as she wrapped her arms around his neck to pull him closer towards her.
Gale expected Swan to just kiss him on the cheek since asking her to kiss him on the lips might be too much for the bashful and timid Swan.
To his surprise, she planted a soft kiss on his lips–almost like a feather brushing and tickling his lips before letting go.
Gale was stunned as Swan finished the kiss. She noticed that Gale’s body stiffened when she did it, so she apologized, “Uhm, s–sorry for kissing you on the lips. I just… think that kissing you on the lips would feel better. S–should I repeat the kiss? I can kiss you on the cheek now.”
Swan then leaned in and kissed him on both cheeks. Again, Gale said nothing while his entire body stiffened.
Swan began to worry, afraid that Gale disliked her lips. She quickly wiped his cheeks and lips because her saliva was sticking there “S–sorry, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have
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kissed you.”
Gale grabbed her waist to stop her from wiping and said, “Why are you wiping your
kisses?”
“I–I thought you don’t like it.”
“Oh, I like it very much. I’m just surprised you’d actually do it,” Gale said. “And now, I want more.” 1
Gale leaned in and kissed her on the lips.
His kiss was different than hers.
It was full of passion as he kept pressing in, plundering everything she had. He also wrapped his arms around her body tightly to make sure that Swan wouldn’t escape him.
Swan soon found herself breathless by the nonstop kiss, but she still enjoyed every second of it.
‘To be kissed by the Beast King in his throne room. This is a heaven I can never experience twice,‘ Swan thought. ‘I should enjoy it as much as I can before everything is destroyed the moment he finds his fated mate: 1
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Another week had passed since Gale brought the sack of pearls for Swan, and now two merchants had arrived at the Kingdom of Beastmen, following the summon from the Beast King himself.
They were quite amazed by the rampant growth the kingdom had. The last time they visited the kingdom for business with Lady Jade, everything seemed to be barebone and crumbling.
The city walls and castle were still barebones, even now, but they noticed a few improvements, especially for the beastmen soldier’s armor. The city walls had also been fortified.
They were escorted to the throne room, where the king was waiting for them. Once they stepped in, they were in awe, seeing the mighty and intimidating Beast King sitting on his throne. He always had his blindfold, which had become a source of gossip in the human kingdoms, adding to his mysteriousness.
They were further stunned when they saw a lady of a small stature sitting on his lap.
She had bright blonde hair, similar to the Golden Princess, Aria of Holy Achate, and
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The merchant from Holy Achate heard a rumor that the kingdom sent someone else to be the Beast King’s bride as the queen didn’t want to sacrifice her beloved daughter, so it seemed this woman was the replacement for Princess Aria.
They stood in front of the king and gave their salutations, to which Gale replied with a hum and a nod.
He looked at the two merchants whose dress was adorned with gold threads and gemstones and thought they should be able to buy what Swan wanted to sell.
“We are here based upon your request, Your Majesty. Is there something we can do for you?”
“Yes, my mate wants to sell pearls of high quality. I want you to inspect it and determine its value. It’d be better if you can buy all of them as well,” Gale announced, before telling the guard to bring the sack of pearls and put it in front of the merchants. “Open it, and see for yourself what kind of high–quality pearls I’m talking about.”
The merchants opened the sack together and almost had a heart attack seeing the amount of pearls in it.
To top it all off, every single pearl they saw was perfectly round–shaped. They picked one and inspected it, then realized it was very smooth, with no ridge or bump. There was not even a dent!
“Y–Your Majesty, these are—”
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Gale smirked, “The highest quality pearls the West Sea could offer. The West Sea is my domain, so it’s not difficult for me to fetch those. What do you think?”
“These are magnificent!” The merchant from Holy Achate exclaimed. “I’ve never seen a pearl this beautiful before!”
“Yes, Your Majesty! These pearls are probably of the highest grade quality that you can’t find anywhere else!” The merchant from the Rianel Kingdom added.
“That’s good. How much would you be willing to pay for these pearls?” Gale asked.
