Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

Chapter 477

Chapter 477

“Hi…” the guy called out.

The tiny rabbit darted back into Kian’s jacket. She’d dealt with enough unwanted approaches in the Celend wie ster people tried to strike up conversations with her.

Perhaps it was her tiny stature that made it easy for people to overlook her anus as a demon cultivace and instinctively regard her as a spirit pet. Those with deep pockets would even blurt our offers to buy her right on the spot

Now everyone in the Celestial knew better, but the new arrivals from Sword Guild and Herbal Valley hadn’t caught onyez

Nyx’s cheeks squished into soft mounds as she pressed her face against Kian’s firm chew, annospace women all serier face.

‘Should’ve stayed human, she thought. I hid so well. How’d he spot me through the crowd?

One glance at the young sword cultivator’s outfit told her he was loaded. Expensive fabrics, rare tankers for a sand cultivator to dress like this, he had to be obscenely wealthy.

And rich folks had a habit of thinking money solved everything. Just like those Celestial silver spoon disciples wint hounded her before, refusing to take no for an answer.

Nyx tucked her head in, feigning sleep. Minutes passed, and nothing happened After waiting a bit longer, the sword cultivator still didn’t utter the words she’d expected.

She wondered, ‘Maybe I’d overreacted? Maybe he’d been looking at someone else?

With the canteen packed to the brim, she figured he might’ve been eyeing someone else. Maybe he’d spored an old friend She’d probably just been imagining things.

Convinced she’d imagined it, she popped her head out of Kian’s jacket. Suddenly, the guy’s gaze slammed into her–so intense it felt like a hand pressing against her fur. She fell back in fright.

Kian’s hand shot up, catching her through the jacket before she could fall and holding her in his palm. After a few reassuring strokes, Nyx pulled herself together and crawled back out, shaking her dizzy head.

The sword cultivator’s eyes softened as he studied her bristling fur. “Hi, are you a Celestial disciple?”

Nyx assumed he was addressing Kian, so she ignored him and busied herself rubbing her cheeks and smoothing her for

When the silence stretched on, she finally sensed something was off and realized he’d been speaking to her. “Hah?”

‘He’s actually talking to me? Not treating me like a spirit pet? she wondered.

During her entire time at the Celestial, countless people had tried to strike up conversations with her, but no one approached her quite like this.

Pride swelled in her chest. She perked up, forgetting her earlier scare. “I’m from Herb Peak” She didn’t sense any malice or covetousness from him and actually thought quite well of him.

Still, given he’d gone out of his way to approach her, she offered a cautious warning, “I already have a dual cultivation partner,” she said, hedging her bets.

With that, she clambered onto Kian’s shoulder and nuzzled his cheek, staking her claim. The soft brush of her fur against Kian’s skin made his furrowed brows relax a little.

The sword cultivator froze for a second, then smiled and said, “I’ve got a dual cultivation partner too. A rabbit demon, just

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like yours.”

When he spoke of his cultivation partner, the harsh lines around his eyes softened. The sharp, cold air that chang to kin melted away completely, like snow vanishing in the sun.

Kian tensed up right away, cupping Nyx protectively in his hand, shielding her from the sword cultivator’s gaze

He locked eyes with the cultivator. After a moment’s scrutiny, he decided the guy was telling the truth. Still, his grip on NyZ didn’t budge, his body coiled tight and his expression guarded.

“Don’t worry, I mean no harm. Just felt a sense of kinship when I saw you, the sword cultivator said, never once sparing Kian a glance. His attention remained fixed solely on the little rabbit, as if Kian wasn’t even worth acknowledging

that, he casually tossed over a storage bag, which landed softly in Nyx’s paws.

storage bag sailed toward her. Nyx instinctively cupped her paws around it, therr nearly dropped it when she probed the contents with her spiritual sense. “N–No way!” she stammered.

and mystical ores jumbled together, but even a quick glance revealed their staggering value.

the blue. We’ve barely spoken, and he doesn’t even know me. Why would

like she’d been handed a hot potato. But the cultivator waved it off, looking loaded.

here.” He figured if she felt like she’d earned

sect so many times that it had lost all its charm. Years,

Nyx would have shrunk from playing tour guide. But since he’d stumbled upon her area of expertise–the Herb Peak canteen–her ears perked up

this way,” she

she carried a lot

a private room was perpetually set aside for her in the bustling canteen. Modest in size, it nonetheless provided a perfect buffer from

and unfurled the lengthy menu. “Let’s pick our

pointed out some signature

cture.

being overly generous. “Let’s get one of everything What else do you like? Feel free to add more.

for a second. She thought, ‘At least he didn’t order

food would just be wasteful and pile extra

doting dad, his voice gentle. “Don’t hold

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he wasn’t short

fur bristle, and she turned her head, thinking, ‘Who does he think he is, trying to act like

stretching the truth to

lifted.

ears. “What about you? How

young–smooth face, easy smile. But she knew looks meant nothing among cultivators. Once they formed their foundation, their bodies reverted to youth, but age and wisdom still showed

traces of

Time flies when you’re cultivating. Maybe

live that long without reaching high realms. Patriarchs over

exaggerating too, but she

he chatted like he was indulging

had ordered, he rushed her dishes to the front of

the mouthwatering fragrance burst forth, swirling around in a rich tide of

up. He inhaled deeply without

food here is something else. I didn’t expect the Celestial to dabble in culinary cultivation.‘

face to talk, he wolfed down the food and placed several

every item on the menu over and over again, but he noticed the

and happy, he sat up, eyes crinkling with satisfaction as he chatted. “You’re Nyx Voss?”

“My

a coincidence. And her dual cultivation partner’s a swordsman too,‘ he mused.

who’d been ignored till now. The sword cultivator

But he stands straight, has sharp brows, and an

Kian and

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the storage bag he’d given Nyx, insisting she keep it.

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stared after the departing sword cultivator. ‘Are rich folks always so generous?‘ she wondered.

into darkness. Nyx

kiss landed on her, making her

more time, Nykie,” Kian murmured. “I promise

surprise. She could earn enough to support them and had no shortage of treasures, but she wouldn’t crush

onto Kian’s shoulder, whispering,

when Warren arrived the