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.

Nyx couldn’t help but furrow her brows, concerned

‘He seemed fine when he stayed at the Supervision Office before, so

It wasn’t that he was in a bad mood; he

he had done to Nyx, and the harsh words he had said, the punishment he received had been so light, not making him feel the deep pain

though Nyx forgave him with grace, he couldn’t easily

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

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trouble again?‘ she

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

like a drink?” she

wasn’t sure how to comfort him. Maybe a sweet drink would help lift his spirits a little. She ordered a hot

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

emotions, where he was passionate and obsessive

Is it stable lately?” Seeing Kai seemed to have calmed down, Nyx asked cautiously.

on

to check on his health and see

treatment. Even if they did, a regular medical pod would be enough; there

as if he had been caught by the most sensitive part of a big cat’s neck, unable to

of them were fans of Nyx’s livestream and hadn’t seen Kai appear there for a while. They had thought he

any contact.

their surprise, the two of them were actually still in contact privately. Not only Kai, but Aurelius was also by Nyx’s side and there was another person, someone they didn’t recognize.

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

take long before the report

couldn’t contain her anger and shook the report in front of Kai, “Do you think this Loss of Control

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

the bed, lowering his head and humbly accepting the scolding. His submissive posture made it impossible