Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter ill

Kai tensed, his head lowered in silence. The reason he had been avoiding her was because he couldn’t bear for Nyx to see him.

He was afraid that Nyx might find him annoying or repulsive, and of course, he couldn’t appear in front of her openly. But now, even though he tried to stay away, he had caused trouble for Nyx.

He couldn’t bring himself to sit down and talk to her. Kai’s thin lips pressed tightly together as he bent his knees again, attempting to kneel. This time, Nyx couldn’t catch his arm and only managed to grab his sleeve.

A quick tug, and his sleeve was pulled halfway up, revealing several gruesome scars, which immediately caught Nyx’s attention, making her gasp in shock.

It looked like whip marks, the wounds so severe that they tore the skin, and upon closer inspection, Nyx noticed that beneath the fresh wounds, there were old ones that had already healed, stacked layer upon layer, leaving his arm nearly devoid of any intact skin.

“Who did this?” Nyx’s voice trembled.

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She had no intention of questioning Kai about avoiding her, but these terrifying scars had consumed all her focus, and she just wanted to understand the reason behind them.

Noticing her apparent fear, Kai quickly tried to cover his arm. But Nyx grabbed his sleeve, and when his arm accidentally brushed against her soft little hand, he froze, too scared to move further.

The atmosphere grew tense. Seafarion glanced at the wounds and carefully spoke, “Lord Kai, why have you been so harsh on yourself?”

The Empire also practiced flogging, but the back was the usual target. If it were a private punishment, with Kai’s current status, he wouldn’t silently endure it, unless it was from his matron, but Kai didn’t have a matron.

Judging by the details of these wounds, they didn’t seem to be inflicted by someone else, but rather appeared to be self- inflicted.

“If Lord Kai needs a psychologist, I know a very good one I can recommend,” Seafarion said, his tone neutral.

This wasn’t a random suggestion. Due to his physical issues, his mentality had been poor, and he had frequently interacted with psychologists.

But ever since Nyx had praised the beauty of his fishtail, his mood had lifted significantly, and his self–esteem vanished. He even gave the tail, which he had always disliked, a costly treatment, just waiting for the chance to show it off in front of Nyx.

her brows, concerned as she asked Kai, “Is something bothering you

fine when he stayed at the Supervision Office

remained silent. It wasn’t that he was in a

and the harsh words he had said, the punishment he received had been so light, not making him feel

grace,

upset. ‘Is it because of work stress? Or has those people from Darius’s faction been

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again?‘ she wondered.

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furrowed her brows, guessing the reason, and gently pulled Kai down to sit, carefully starting to pull up his sleeve. The scars hidden

drink?”

drink would help lift his spirits a little. She ordered a hot

but took the cup with both hands. Facing Nyx so closely, cared for by her, his mind went blank, and he even forgot to thank her. This almost clumsy behavior was hard to believe, considering he was the Empire’s chief diplomat, known for his calm and

passionate and obsessive but

your Loss of Control Index? Is it stable lately?” Seeing Kai seemed to have calmed down, Nyx asked

seemed a little doubtful and said, “The wounds on your

chance for the hospital to check on his health

wounds required treatment. Even if they did, a regular medical pod would be enough; there was no need to go to the hospital. But he couldn’t

by the most sensitive part of a big cat’s neck, unable to

hospital staff saw Nyx and Kai together, they were extremely surprised. Most of them were fans of Nyx’s livestream and hadn’t seen Kai appear there for a while. They had thought he and Nyx no longer had

any contact.

only Kai, but Aurelius was

had covered his face, making it impossible to identify him, but from his tall figure, they could tell he

didn’t take long before the report was

report, Nyx couldn’t contain her anger and shook the report in front of Kai, “Do

parted, Kai’s Loss of Control Index was in the teens, but now, after not seeing him for a while, it had risen to 65. At this rate, they would probably end up seeing each other at the Supervision Office

of an angry Nyx, Kai dared not speak. He knelt on the bed, lowering his head and humbly accepting the scolding. His submissive posture made it impossible for Nyx to