Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 216

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Ever since it became known that Heps was close to Nyx, many classmates had tried to curry favor with him, but he ignored

them.

Naturally, those who failed to win his attention were displeased, though they dared not show it due to his background.

But after news of Chubby spread, the class dynamics shifted.

“Heps, I heard you visited Lord Nyx. So? She must really dote on her cubs, right?”

“Of course, her biological children are different. You can’t compare them to stray kittens and puppies.”

“Her cubs must really hate you for competing with them for their mother’s affection, huh?”

“Does Lord Nyx still like you?”

“Tsk. Such obvious dark circles. Couldn’t sleep from heartbreak?”

Children’s malice was often direct and undisguised. Their words stabbed straight at Heps‘ heart.

Surrounded by them, Heps recalled his last visit to Nyx. His expression turned odd.

Chubby, on the other hand, didn’t dislike Heps at all. If anything, Chubby was too enthusiastic about his beast form, nearly suffocating him in a cuddle.

Thankfully, Nyx rescued him.

When he came to his senses, he felt like Nyx had secretly been rubbing his fur. Then, his master had dragged him to the study for an afternoon of make–up lessons.

“Lord Nyx isn’t like what you’re imagining,” Heps snapped back to reality and argued, “Chubby is really nice too. You guys better not badmouth him.”

“Who badmouthed him?” The classmates quickly denied it, unwilling to be accused of such a thing. “We were talking about you–so thick–skinned, not knowing your place. If you haven’t lost favor, then why couldn’t you sleep?”

Heps pressed his lips together tightly. He couldn’t sleep because Chubby had shared his happiness with him, and he had been too excited to rest.

But since Nyx hadn’t publicly announced it, only close people knew. He had to keep it a secret for her.

his classmates looked smug. “Huh?

witness the scene and frowned. She thought, ‘Heps is being bullied

cold sweat. “S–Sorry! We’ll definitely strengthen moral

voices from outside reached the class, the

Theon

Nyx.” Heps turned into a blur as he ran over as fast as he could.

keep Chubby in check, so Chubby excitedly launched himself out of Theon’s arms, latching onto Heps with pinpoint accuracy. “Fluffy

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the exact

wanted to

learned he was going to have two fluffy little brothers. He had rotted wound in exement base was disappointed that they wouldn’t be born right away. So he wanted to play with another fly

it was lunch break, they had come to deliver a

to witness Heps being bullied.

was extremely protective,

much time with Jaws, Chubby had begun to pick up Jewt urong presence. When be ya seron, he exuded a terrifying sense of

he was just a hatchling that had only recently broken

his shell.

vanished as they lowered

resisting the urge to bite, and then turned his head toward the

will handle this matter seriously. The school

whole scene and looked at Chubby in surprise.

impressive that he even knew exactly who to turn to in order to

seemed she no longer needed to worry about Chubby being

he would end up bullying others, like forcing his little friends to

cling affectionately to the ferret, Nyx sighed helplessly. She thought, “This preference is probably something he inherited

Chubby had been growing

only palm–sized when he first broke out of his shell, but in just a few more days, he might be bigger than the ferret Even now, they were already nearly the same size.

only to be overwhelmed by Chubby’s tidal wave of

it. After all, Chubby only wanted

Nyx quickly noticed Heps‘ discomfort. “Chubby, don’t cling too tightly to your brother. He might

immediately loosened his grip. He had simply been too excited and had forgotten to control himself–it wasn’t intentional. As an apology, he gave

glances and swallowed hard. Even with their