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.

Seafarion’s words, Nyx couldn’t help but furrow her brows, concerned as she asked Kai, “Is something bothering

Supervision Office before, so

that he was in a bad mood; he

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

forgave him with grace, he couldn’t easily

in Nyx’s eyes, meant he was upset. ‘Is it because of work stress? Or has those people

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his sleeve. The scars hidden beneath the sleeve were shocking, making her fingers tremble, not daring

like a drink?” she

stayed silent, and she wasn’t sure how to comfort him. Maybe a sweet drink would help lift his spirits a little. She ordered a hot drink for

went blank, and he even forgot to thank her. This almost clumsy behavior was hard

a rare SS–level male, he was exceptional in many areas, except for emotions, where he was passionate and

of Control Index? Is it stable lately?” Seeing Kai seemed to

obediently nodded. Nyx, however, seemed a little doubtful and said, “The wounds on your arm need to be treated. I’ll

his

medical pod would be enough; there was no

if he had been caught by the most sensitive part of a big

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

any contact.

in contact privately. Not only Kai, but Aurelius was also by Nyx’s side and there was another person, someone

identify him, but

It didn’t take long before the report was

the freshly printed check–up report, Nyx couldn’t contain her anger and shook the report in

seeing him for a while, it had risen to

accepting the scolding. His submissive posture made it impossible for Nyx to stay angry She sighed helplessly. “So, you don’t want