The Villainess Cannot Escape — Five Beast Husbands Chase Her Madly-Chapter 113: Lan Cangming Domineeringly Protects His Master
"She’ll get the S Level Star Zone, of course, but those old geezers in the Cabinet are still clinging to her past scandals."
Queen Jelena fixed Su An’an with an intense gaze. "The Mad Beast Institute just sent over a request. They want the three Holy Females—Ah Jin, Adela, and Wen Susu—to go and pacify some Mad Beasts."
"I want you to lead the team and complete this treatment. The Royal Press Corps will be there to provide full coverage. Once the public sees what you can do, the Cabinet will be silenced."
"Those old fossils in the Cabinet are always saying females should be kept in a greenhouse, doing embroidery."
Alita snorted, flicking her small fan. "Anan, you’d better put on a good show this time and shove it in their faces."
"What level are the Mad Beasts we’ll be treating?" Su An’an asked cautiously.
"Simon wants you to treat three A Level Mad Beasts." Queen Jelena tapped her fingers on the table.
"Anything higher is too risky, but anything lower isn’t convincing enough. A Level is perfect."
Su An’an thought for a moment before nodding.
"I agree, but I must be the one to personally select the beasts we’ll be treating."
The shadow of the last disastrous livestream still lingered. She couldn’t afford to take any more risks.
"No problem. Have Simon send the list over tonight. Make your decision within three days."
Queen Jelena looked at her with satisfaction. "Remember, the Royal Press Corps will be filming everything. This is your chance to prove yourself."
"Alright." Su An’an nodded in agreement.
Queen Jelena suddenly remembered something. She glanced at Alita and asked, "Anan, could you ask your master, Jiu Su, to help restore Alita’s fertility?"
Alita’s fluffy cat ears instantly flattened against her head.
Behind her, Louis’s body went rigid. A golden leopard pattern surfaced on the back of his hand, with fine red filaments faintly visible between the markings.
"Of course."
Su An’an quickly interjected, a smile playing on her lips.
"I actually mentioned it to my master two weeks ago. She’s already prepared a treatment plan. You just need to set a time, sister."
"Excellent." Queen Jelena glanced at her Light Brain.
"I have a Council meeting to preside over this afternoon, so I’ll leave you two to it."
She stood, the stellar embroidery on her cape brushing across the table. "You two can discuss the timing yourselves."
"Farewell, Mother Empress," Su An’an and Alita said in unison, dipping into a curtsy.
After Queen Jelena left, Alita suddenly spoke to Louis in a cold voice, "You may leave."
The knuckles of Louis’s clenched fist turned white, but he still bowed and retreated with heavy steps.
"Lan Cangming, you go stand guard by the door, too." Su An’an, seeing that Alita wanted to talk privately, shot her Beast Husband a meaningful look.
Lan Cangming lowered his gaze and nodded, taking up a position with Louis on either side of the garden archway, like a pair of silent stone statues.
"Sister..."
Su An’an had just started to speak when Alita cut her off.
"Anan, please thank Master Jiu Su for me, but I don’t want the treatment."
Alita’s cat ears were still pressed flat against her head, her tail sweeping agitatedly through the roses strewn across the ground.
"What?" Su An’an was stunned. "You don’t want to restore your fertility?"
"If my fertility is restored, by law I’ll have to enter into marriage alliances with at least five pure-blood families."
Alita’s voice was as light as a feather, yet her last words were sharp. "I don’t want to take any more Beast Husbands."
Su An’an stared at the blush creeping up the tips of Alita’s ears and asked in astonishment, "Don’t tell me you want to be with Louis, and only Louis, for the rest of your life?"
The blush on Alita’s ear tips spread to her cheeks. She lowered her gaze and gave a slight nod, but the cat ears atop her head gave a little wobble.
Su An’an’s pupils contracted sharply.
’This spoiled Princess, who treats Louis like a human punching bag, is secretly a die-hard romantic at heart?!’
"Your Highness, I was wrong."
Little Pink confessed.
"I’ll never call you boy-crazy again. Compared to the Second Princess, you’re just a massive flirt at worst."
Su An’an felt a pang of guilt.
’After transmigrating into this world, she’d been forced to accept five Beast Husbands, and it had never even occurred to her to choose just one for a monogamous relationship.’
"Your Highness, you can’t just love them and leave them! You’ll be ostracized!"
Little Pink was so afraid Su An’an would be led astray that its voice became distorted with panic.
"Night Abyss and the others are already bound to you by marriage contracts! If you cast them aside, you’ll be a laughingstock across the entire Interstellar!"
’Stop. I’m not thinking about divorce, so can you stop being so dramatic?’
Su An’an cut off Little Pink’s nagging and looked at Alita, feeling conflicted.
Alita snuck a glance at Louis in the distance, her voice dripping with sickeningly sweet affection.
"Just last week, I broke three of his ribs, and the very next morning, he had placed a new whip on my nightstand."
"Are you two... into BDSM?"
Su An’an asked hesitantly.
"What’s BDSM?"
Alita asked, confused.
"It means you like hitting him, and he likes being hit by you."
Su An’an explained succinctly.
"I don’t always hit him."
Alita pouted, saying defensively,
"He’s just too dense. He won’t listen to reason unless I beat some sense into him."
’Got it.’ Louis was a masochist.
Su An’an nodded, her expression blank.
"I get the feeling that Louis guy is just like Night Abyss—the dark, unhinged, secretly intense type."
Little Pink complained.
"And he’s definitely crazier than Night Abyss."
’Crazy or not, that’s their business.’
Su An’an reached out to Alita. "I admire your views on love, but you absolutely can’t sacrifice your health for it."
"My health has been pretty good lately."
Alita said, her cheeks growing warm and her gaze turning a bit shy.
"Louis... found some ways to help condition my body..."
"Stop. You don’t need to go on."
Su An’an grabbed Alita’s hand, sweeping her spiritual power through her sister’s body.
She found that much of the blocked Energy in Alita’s body had already dissipated.
Although her fertility hadn’t been restored, at least her life was no longer in danger.
"We’re both married women. What’s there to be shy about?"
Alita raised an eyebrow and tilted her chin up, thinking her little sister was still too easily embarrassed.
"Sister, I respect your choice."
Su An’an quickly changed the subject. "If you ever change your mind and want the treatment, you can come to me anytime."
"What about Mother Empress?"
Alita frowned, afraid the Mother Empress would force her to accept the treatment.
"I’ll handle Mother Empress."
Su An’an waved her hand dismissively. "We’ll just come up with some excuse to put her off."
"Anan, you’re the best!"
Alita’s eyes shone with excitement. She threw her arms around Su An’an and planted two loud kisses on her cheeks.
Su An’an’s face flushed red as she struggled. "Okay, okay, stop it!"
But Alita was surprisingly strong, and her arms were like iron clamps around Su An’an, impossible to break free from.
Seeing this from his post at the garden entrance, Louis’s fists clenched so tightly his knuckles turned white.
Scarlet killing intent flared in his eyes. He started to charge toward Su An’an, his black boots scraping harshly against the ground.
In a flash, Lan Cangming moved to block his path, exuding an icy, oppressive aura.
He stared down at Louis, his voice seeming to emanate from beneath a ten-thousand-year-old glacier.
"Take one more step, and I’ll make you disappear from this world forever."
Louis glared back, his beast claws springing out involuntarily, shimmering with a scarlet light. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚
Pale blue frost bloomed in Lan Cangming’s palm, coalescing into a Cold Sword aimed at Louis’s throat. "Harm my Female Master, and you die!"
