Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 185

Heps‘ beast form was a ferret. A tiny, slender creature, completely white–like an adorable little mouse.

Nyx was so overwhelmed by how cute Heps was that she could barely breathe.

As the situation took a turn for the worse, Zayne reacted quickly, grabbing the ferret off the ground to stop Nyx from reaching for it.

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Although the ferret was young, it was already twelve years old—old enough to understand things and to be considered a potential rival for Nyx’s attention.

Zayne placed the ferret on the sofa, away from Nyx, and patted its head. “No need to be nervous.”

Despite his wariness, Zayne bore no malice toward the ferret. Instead, he even felt a certain kinship due to their similar backgrounds.

The ferret’s beady black eyes were fixed on Zayne, filled with gratitude and admiration.

Over the past few days on Central Planet, Heps had learned a lot about Nyx and, by extension, about her mates. Each of them was an awe–inspiring presence, but the one he admired most was undoubtedly Zayne.

They were both from Desolate Planet and both interested in alchemy, but Heps believed that Zayne was on a whole different level–far superior in every way.

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“Lord Zayne, may I take you as my master?” Heps hesitated for a long time before finally voicing his request. “I want to learn alchemy from you.”

Heps was so nervous that his ferret body tensed, his voice barely above a whisper.

He felt shameless for asking. Just being saved by Nyx was already an incredible stroke of luck, yet here he was, daring to ask for more.

But opportunities like this didn’t come often. Having grown up on Desolate Planet, he knew better than anyone how to fight for what he wanted.

Zayne was caught off guard. After spending so much time with Nyx, he had softened considerably. Faced with those round, pleading eyes from Heps, he couldn’t bring himself to refuse. He nodded. “Alright.

“Focus on your studies. Come find me on weekends during your breaks, and I’ll teach you some things about alchemy.”

“Yes, Master.” The little ferret wiggled excitedly.

looked on with

thin. Even with its fluffy fur, Nyx could tell it

to stay for dinner. The little ferret was clearly tempted but hesitated,

him. “Now that you’ve taken Zayne as your master, consider us your family. This is your home now.”

To him, “family” was a foreign concept. He never thought he would have a

fur. He couldn’t help but throw himself at Nyx,

arms, Zayne unceremoniously grabbed him by the scruff of

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thought. Is he seriously jealous of a kid?

in need of care. Sure, he was cute, but her fondness was purely one meant

when he took his first bite of dinner, that

the scrawny male devoured an entire plate of food in two minutes. She

starving for too long, her stomach couldn’t handle much food at once. She had to ease into it gradually. So she knew

was eating so fast and so

eat,” Zayne said, refilling Heps‘ plate and giving

wouldn’t suffer from

just as Zayne predicted, in just one month, Heps‘ body filled out like an inflating balloon. He went from a skinny twig

lunch break, a sudden commotion broke out in the classroom.

smells amazing. What is

lunch smells this good?”

that

hesitation. “Where’d you

was the class bully. Because he was big and strong, he acted

in the education department, so teachers often turned a blind eye to his behavior, letting him

someone like Heps–a refugee from Desolate Planet with no

his Space Button, rejecting the request without

used to avoiding conflict. But

punch at Heps. “What did you just

he crashed into the table. His fury grew even stronger as he lunged forward

just like a skinny little monkey–someone who would topple over with a single push. But once they actually started fighting, he realized that he couldn’t win. In just a few exchanges, his confidence