Beast King'S Crippled Mate

25 Chapter 25: Around the Castle

"Our queen?” The beastmen looked at each other before staring at Swan. They all tacitly agreed that Princess Swan was gorgeous. Yet, she looked timid and feeble.

Could a timid and weak human like her lead the kingdom?

They all doubted it. O

But of course, they dared not to voice their discontent. They kneeled lower and said in unison, “Please forgive us, Princess!"

There was no response from Swan, and the situation tensed. They apologized for the second time, but Swan still didn't respond.

Meanwhile, Swan was frozen on the spot. She blanked out because everyone's eyes were on her.

It reminded her of that time when she was a child. Aria lied to everyone that Swan stole her necklace, and the guards quickly surrounded her and beat her up before dragging her to the edge of a window. It had become a constant nightmare for her, and that nightmare still paralyzed her.

“Princess? Do you forgive them? If you are angry, I can punish them later on your behalf. I'm sure His Majesty wouldn't mind," Rock said seriously.

Swan snapped out of her daze and stammered her answer, "P-p-pardoned. L-1-leave

now."

"You heard her. You may leave now and spread to the others that I am Princess Swan's protector. You are dismissed."

Under Rock's order, the beastmen soldiers quickly dispersed.

Swan took a deep breath, relieved that she didn't need to become the center of

attention anymore.

"Sorry about that, Princess. They didn't know better because His Majesty

nodded weakly, but she

soon with

a feeling that Gale wou een of

be more suitable to be the Queen

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However, she wasn't allowed to leave the castle as it might be

want to risk it,” Rock stated. "If you want to venture out of the castle, I can always tell His Majesty about it, and he will be the one to protect

didn't want to demand anything from Gale. She had been touring around the castle and realized the beastmen were very self-sufficient at everything. It made her feel a little sad because she wanted to be useful

and she doubted Gale would

city before it got conquered by His Majesty a few months ago,” Rock explained as he foured her around

make everything look so shiny. His Majesty doesn't lack wealth and fellow beastmen to do hard labor. I hope you can use your general knowledge to decorate the castle and make it a

all, she spent most of her time with the maids, or in the kitchen to hide from

be one of the things she could do to repay all the

kills me as a sacrifice or something more useful later on Swan told herself, and thus, she had the newfound resolution. She nodded and replied,

from ear to ear. "I will tell His Majesty and Lady Jade about this

until they passed a stone path leading to an area covered by lush trees

thing about it, so she asked first, "Uhm... where is this stone

to a private lake used by

Tade and though Rock replied "What's wrond