Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 338

The monkey's fist hesitated for a moment and didn't land on the Sea Race guard's face

The murmuring crowd turned their attention to Nyx and Zayne. Almost instinctively, they stepped aside to clear a path for

them.

For many, this was the first time seeing Nyx clearly in her human form, and they couldn't help but be amazed by her beauty. But that wasn't the main concern right

now.

"Everybody, quiet down."

"Zayne is the great Shaman. Maybe he can cure him?

"Let him take a look, quick."

People started to believe that the poisoned monkey cub could be saved, and the tense, suffocating vibe began to lift.

The Sea Race members, even more so, looked at them as if they'd just found their saviors.

In the middle of the chaos, Nyx's sharp gaze locked onto the troublemaker. She studied his expression carefully. There wasn't the slightest hint of relief in his eyes. Instead, she caught a flicker of panic.

"Let me check on him," Zayne said as he set down his bamboo basket and walked toward the monkey cub, who was rolling on the ground.

His father took half a step forward, hesitating. He wanted to say something but couldn't find a reason to refuse. In the end, he could only suppress his unease and stand awkwardly to the side.

The little monkey was still clutching his stomach, crying out in pain.

Zayne patiently examined him, and then lifted his eyes to exchange a glance with Nyx.

Just as they expected, the cub was perfectly healthy. No illness, no poison.

His acting, however, was impressive. The way he mimicked stomach pain was so convincing that he was doing a better job than his father.

With this level of talent, if he'd been born in the right era, he could've been a well- known actor. Even Nyx had to admit his performance was almost flawless.

But the people of this primitive society had simpler minds. They weren't used to deception like this, nor had they ever seen such skilled acting. Naturally, they got played like fools and believed every word the father and son said.

To Nyx, though, this was nothing more than a crude and poorly staged scam-one that would fall apart at the slightest push.

When the troublemaker met Nyx's gaze, a drop of cold sweat slid down his temple. He clenched his fists and swallowed hard. A bad feeling crept up his spine.

He thought, "This little female... her eyes are way too calm and sharp. She's not like those idiots at all. No... it's fi

'Even if they figure out there's no poison, so what? I already told my son-no matter what, he has to insist that his stomach hurts. As long as he acts well enough and they can't find anything wrong, I can just say this Shaman is incompetent..."

As he schemed, his eyes darted back and forth, but Nyx suddenly spoke, cutting off his thoughts, "The poison's this serious? We need to induce vomiting right away."

"Beau," Zayne seamlessly played along, calling out to his apprentice, who had been peeking through the crowd. "Go fetch

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some emetics."

"V-vomiting?" The troublemaker panicked, thrown off completely. "Why does he need to vomit?"

up before-it was definitely not a pleasant feeling. They thought, 'Is she trying to

he's poisoned, we have to get it

in the

the wrong kind of wild fruit once.

"Throwing up fixes it."

the Shaman. He's just trying to help your

protests got drowned out. His voice grew weaker and weaker until he finally

crowd had gathered too closely. Even if he wanted to escape with his son now, there was no way

They were completely trapped.

He didn't make the crowd wait long, nor

even need Nyx's instructions-he knew exactly what to

later, the little monkey let out a wail, his

his chest, he doubled over and threw up all over the ground. "Blaargh-!" The crowd

mess, stood by calmly, waiting for him to finish throwing up. Once he was done, Beau handed him some water to rinse his mouth, poured in more water, and gave him

common process for handling food poisoning,

bear the torment any longer,

I'd get sweet fruit if I pretended to have a stomach ache. You didn't tell me I'd have to take bitter medicine and keep

mouth, the crowd erupted in shock. The onlookers immediately

was acting? If the stomach

had been tricked, the crowd

Sea

nearly doubted

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which had originally been pure and white, with the sand, making

ground, they felt as if their hearts had been torn by this father

all their earlier arrogance. Ignoring the dirt, one of them pressed their son's mouth

salt, though it was poor quality, with a strange taste. The chieftain greedily set a high price for

people rushed to buy the salt from the Sea Race Tribe, which was considered high-quality and affordable. Only the tribes that

This

brought too much salt and a lot of

even expensive salt had sold without issue, but this year was different. If they bought enough salt from the Sea

Monkey Tribe naturally didn't want to let this opportunity

clear. The victim had turned into

crowd, together with the Sea Race Tribe, pushed the father and son toward the

stall too. The group stormed

Race Tribe's chieftain stayed behind,

finally quieted

sigh, calmed himself, and bowed to Nyx, Zayne, and Beau, thanking them sincerely. "Thanks

would all the goods at the stall be lost, but they might have

be filtered, boiled, and reused for basic consumption, it wasn't the

up a large bundle of salted fish and dried seaweed, and stuffed them into the hands of the three. "Take these. Don't mind the quality." He couldn't offer any other fine gifts, so this would have to do. Unable to refuse his generosity, Nyx

too much." The chieftain glanced up and quickly stopped him. "Keep it for yourself. She's already so round. Don't give it

eyes showed an unmistakable affection as he looked at the little sea

to play with Nyx from early in the morning,

At first, he had been

actually helped

secretly decided that he would never stop his

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