Beast King's Crippled Mate-Chapter 245: Sneaky Bunny

Aria stared at the rusty ceiling for a while before she clutched the necklace with a pink pendant on her chest. She had an ear-to-ear grin as she felt ecstatic at her newfound chance to ruin Swan’s life, just like how Swan ruined hers.

She lifted the necklace and stared at the pink pendant, "Lust pendant, huh? This might be the perfect pendant to destroy their marriage. I already know what I should do with it."

**

Three days had passed ever since Gale found out about the possibility of his wife being pregnant, and it made him ten times even more protective than usual.

Usually, Gale would mark their bedroom and the surroundings, so whenever there was an unknown intruder, he’d know immediately and could spring up to action.

Nowadays, on top of marking their surroundings as their love den, Gale also stayed inside their room, sticking to her side and fiercely protecting her even from a passing fly.

Swan felt a bit suffocated by his overprotectiveness. It was so bad that she wanted to persuade him to do something else outside.

"Husband, don’t you have something else to do today? Um... how about the kingdom matters? Maybe you need to handle some business in the throne room."

"I told Blaze to bring all the important matters I need to handle to our room so we can listen to it together, and do the decision-making together," Gale replied nonchalantly, as if he had prepared the answer beforehand.

"T-then, how about the soldiers? Maybe you need to observe their training to see if they are training well enough."

"I mean..." Gale opened the window and pointed at the soldiers on the training ground. "With my enhanced vision, I can always watch over them from our room. Why are you trying to kick me out, Sweetheart? Do you not like spending time with me?"

"N-no, it’s not like that... it’s just..." Swan bit her lower lip. She was curious about Rock’s letter, which was still in Long Xiurong’s room. On top of that, she simply wanted to have some time alone. "I want to have a tea time with Lady Long. You know... she is my only friend in this castle..."

Gale chuckled, "If that’s all you want, then let me summon her. We can have a tea time together."

Swan gulped as it seemed that Gale had no intention to leave. She decided to play along and said, "T-then, let’s just invite Long Xiurong to have tea time. It has been a while since I saw her."

*

Long Xiurong was sitting in her room. She was bored, because Queen Swan hadn’t invited her for a tea time in a while, and she had nothing else to do.

She could go out and tour around the city, but she found it pointless when she’d have nobody to accompany her.

’And it’s so darn cold. It’s almost spring, but why is it still so cold?’ Long Xiurong complained inwardly as she closed the window.

She glanced at the drawer where she kept Rock’s letter. Truthfully, she was curious about the content of the letter but knew it would be very impolite to peek, so she decided to wait and read it with Queen Swan instead.

As she rested her chin on the table, the door was knocked, and her attendant walked in, "Milady, Her Majesty invites you to come to her room for tea time."

Long Xiurong’s eyes widened. She stood up immediately and said, "I’ll be ready in ten minutes."

"Uhm, Milady, Queen Swan also specifically told me that the tea time will be attended with His Majesty as well."

Long Xiurong’s bright eyes dimmed instantly. She knew that Gale had been extremely protective over Swan after hearing that she might be pregnant, but she didn’t expect him to be so sticky to the point that he didn’t even let them have a private tea time.

’I guess that means I don’t have to bring the letter or Rock’s keepsake. The Beast King would’ve detected Rock’s presence from the scent immediately,’ Long Xiurong thought as she nodded and left her room with her attendant.

The castle was so safe that the attendant didn’t bother to lock the door, nor did Long Xiurong was bothered enough to tell the attendant to do so.

What kind of thief would be daring enough to enter the Beast King’s castle when it was fully guarded by a bunch of ferocious beastmen guards?

Unfortunately, both Long Xiurong and her attendant forgot about one bunny beastman who had been punished by Queen Swan. She was forced to become mute and was completely ignored.

She was free to roam the castle ground or even the castle in the morning, but everyone simply treated her like a ghost.

Alice looked around her surroundings to ensure nobody was looking as she sneaked inside Long Xiurong’s room.

She had been observing Lady Long for a while, waiting for her to leave, so she could finally enter her room and search for the important evidence she needed.

"Now, where did that bitch put the stuff she has with that bastard traitor?" Alice muttered as she looked around the ordinary bedroom. She had been Long Xiurong’s attendant for a long time and she knew that eastern bitch’s habit, such as the places where she stored her powder, oils, et cetera.

Alice began opening a few drawers. She knew those two traitorous lovebirds must’ve kept something, a keepsake or a love letter.

As she continued opening one drawer after another, she opened the study desk drawer, and a wide grin appeared on her face.

It was a gray mammoth tusk necklace, and also a letter that was clearly not written by Long Xiurong.

Alice couldn’t read, but she knew Long Xiurong wrote in a completely different language from her Eastern Long Dynasty side. She could at least tell that much.

"This must be that traitorous bastard’s letter, huh?" Alice chuckled mirthlessly. "Oh, Lady Long, I wonder what will happen if I show this to His Majesty. Will he kill you like he killed Lady Jade before?"