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.”

completely. “Why

pleasant feeling. They thought, ‘Is she trying to

get it all out,”

few voices in the crowd

of wild

fixes it.”

Shaman. He’s just trying

His voice grew weaker

had gathered too closely. Even if he wanted to escape with

were completely trapped.

He didn’t make the crowd wait long, nor did he give the father and

didn’t even need Nyx’s instructions–he knew exactly what to

of the emetic later, the little monkey let out a wail, his face scrunching up in

out the taste, his perfectly fine stomach twisted violently. Clutching his chest, he doubled over and threw up all over the ground.

crowd quickly retreated, keeping a safe

done, Beau handed him some water to rinse his mouth, poured in more

for handling food poisoning, not a

little monkey threw up repeatedly. Unable to bear the torment any longer, he screamed, “I’m not acting anymore. I’m

father, rubbing his wet, grimy body against him, and screamed accusations. “You said I’d get sweet fruit if I pretended to

erupted in shock.

acting? If the stomach ache is

they had been tricked, the crowd

Sea

being disoriented by the commotion earlier, they nearly doubted themselves, almost falling for the tricks

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

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

The troublemakers, deflated like a punctured balloon, lost all their earlier arrogance. Ignoring the dirt, one of them pressed their son’s mouth shut and whispered, “It

it was poor quality, with a

to buy the salt from the Sea Race Tribe, which was considered high- quality and affordable. Only the tribes that couldn’t

This

lot of salted fish. The

but this year was different. If they bought enough salt from

Monkey Tribe naturally didn’t want to let this

just a few words, the truth was clear. The victim had turned into

son toward

their stall too. The group

Race Tribe’s chieftain stayed behind,

surroundings finally quieted

to Nyx, Zayne, and Beau, thanking them

only would all the goods at the stall be lost, but they

the stall had been ruined. Though it could still be filtered, boiled, and reused for basic consumption, it wasn’t the same as the clean

picked up a large bundle of salted fish and dried seaweed, and stuffed them into the hands

offer any other fine gifts, so

bundle of gifts and, feeling a bit guilty, fed the little