Favorite of the Beast-world: I Got Rich Through Farming-Chapter 317 - 206: The King’s Adored Female: Just Who Is She?
A tempestuous storm raged in the man’s indifferent eyes. His breath hitched, his heart seizing in his chest. But just as quickly, the familiar yet strange feeling vanished.
Ze Sheng pressed a hand to his forehead, wearily massaging his temples. ’No, that’s not right. My Wamiya should be...’
"King, that beautiful female has been asking to see you. Should I let her in?"
Ze Sheng’s gaze fell upon the Beast Servant at the door who had come to report. He nodded, a faint warmth melting the icy indifference in his eyes, and the corners of his perfectly shaped lips curled up slightly.
A moment later, a female with black hair and black eyes appeared before him, surrounded by Beast Servants.
The young woman had a pretty, docile face, and her long black hair cascaded to her waist. She wore an exquisite, soft, snow-white dress adorned with beautiful little flowers. Her bare, lily-white feet padded across the soft carpet. Compared to the other females of the Beast World, she was as beautiful as a Goddess lost on a snowy mountain.
But upon seeing her, the expectation in Ze Sheng’s eyes turned back to disappointment. No, Wamiya had not returned.
’Could it be that I’m missing her so much that I’m hallucinating?’
"My Lord, you haven’t come to see me in so long. Have you been busy with something important?" Lin Shaoxue said, sounding aggrieved.
She stared eagerly at the man on the high throne, who was as handsome as a god. Silver hair, purple eyes, and even his eyelashes were silvery white. He looked just like that stunningly beautiful albino patient she had once seen on the news, so handsome her heart pounded.
Thinking back to the first time she met him, Lin Shaoxue lowered her head and bit her lip shyly, a flash of smugness and joy in her eyes.
’I really am the female lead,’ she thought. ’I always manage to turn peril into safety. Back then, I was nearly defiled by those two hideous Demon Beastmen, but he happened to be nearby slaying demons. He rescued me, and in a flash, he lopped off both their heads!’
’He must have fallen in love with me at first sight. He even brought me to this unparalleled palace to keep me, giving me a huge room and countless servants.’
This palace had everything: colorful fabrics, endless dresses, delicious pastries, and even paper for painting and writing... Lin Shaoxue had all but forgotten that she was in the perilous and primitive Beast World.
He was the most perfect man she had ever met in her two lifetimes. A revered King Beast, he was flawless in appearance, wealth, personality, and status.
He was so incredible it was impossible not to fall for him.
"My apologies. I’ve been occupied with other matters recently. I’m afraid I don’t have time to accompany you," Ze Sheng said with a gentle smile.
His gentleness was like a harmless spring breeze, yet the distant coldness hidden within it made Lin Shaoxue shiver involuntarily, a chill shooting up her spine.
Her lips trembled. "Th-Then, all right..." She lowered her head, her hands clutching the creased corners of her dress, revealing a girlish shyness. "I’ll come find you when... when you’re free..."
After she spoke, a Beast Servant led her away.
The gentleness in Ze Sheng’s eyes vanished. He propped his cheek on his hand, gazing pensively at the empty doorway.
"King," a nearby Beast Servant said, bowing his head respectfully. "This beautiful female has recently taken a liking to various fabrics, as well as colorful gems and the like..."
"Whether she wants gems, fabrics, or anything else, do your best to satisfy her," Ze Sheng said indifferently, without a second thought.
The Beast Servants in the palace were utterly shocked, but none dared to speak. They couldn’t understand why their King, who had always been so aloof, had suddenly had such a change of heart.
It was the first time they had ever seen the King dote on a female so much. It was simply unreasonable indulgence.
It was strange, really. After losing... well, that was a taboo name, never to be mentioned. But ever since then, their respected King had been mired in melancholy.
It wasn’t until a mysterious ritual several years ago that the proud and noble King Beast returned to his former self.
He had sent them on a massive, sweeping search across the continent for something. It only ended a year ago, when the King returned from the outside, carrying a female who was battered and bruised.
The King’s will was not for them to question. The Beast Servants shook their heads and, after Ze Sheng waved them away, respectfully exited the palace.
Once the palace was empty, Ze Sheng opened his eyes again. He took out a sheet of paper as soft as cloth, casually plucked a beautiful, snow-white feather from his own magnificent wing, dipped it in ink, and began to paint.
’So much time has passed,’ he thought. ’So much that I’ve forgotten how long she’s been gone.’
’If I don’t record your fading image from my mind soon, I’m truly going to forget you, Wamiya...’
That moment just now felt as real as a hallucination. He had truly thought she had returned, but what met his eyes was still that unremarkable female’s body.
He had spent decades, countless Crystal Stones, and a drop of his own heart’s blood to finally summon her shattered soul back from some unknown Otherworld, keeping it, along with that female’s body, by his side to care for meticulously.
But how much longer would it take for her to truly awaken?
He was running out of patience.
He had barely put feather to paper when a wave of Energy far greater than the earlier "hallucination" washed through his mind. His expression tightened instantly, and he shot up from his throne.
"Wamiya..."
he murmured.
’What is going on? She should be...’
Action outpaced thought. In the time it took for a gust of wind to swirl past, the tall, imposing man’s figure vanished without a trace.
「...」
Meanwhile, in Sheng’an Royal City, hundreds of Beastmen were busy and fulfilled at their jobs. It was just another ordinary day.
A dazzling light suddenly erupted from the Stone Castle in the center of the city. A powerful wave of Energy swept through everything. Countless windows shattered, and lower-level Beastmen were thrown to the ground.
’Is this... the birth of a new King Beast?’
Everyone’s gaze turned nervously toward the castle in the city’s center, but no one dared to take a step. The power radiating from it inspired an irresistible urge to submit.
Meanwhile, the inside of the castle was in complete disarray. Countless pieces of pottery, glass, and furniture lay smashed on the floor, as if robbers had broken in.
Of those present, everyone except for Mi Yin was affected, to some degree, by the blast of Energy.
Chi Li and Song Yi, who arrived later, were not spared either.
The female on the bed had sprouted a pair of pure white wings from her back. They were stained with a little blood, but this only made them more stunningly beautiful, like red plum blossoms fallen on snow.
"Are... are you guys okay?" An Jin asked cautiously, looking at the troubled expressions on the men before her. Their faces told her that they were very much not okay.
Her large, snow-white wings instinctively folded inward, hiding her face and leaving only her beautiful, dark eyes visible. She blinked at the men and their strange expressions.
