Beauty in the beast world-Chapter 265: The tree and talk

[Snake Tribe]

Everyone inside the tribe looked in wonder as their king dragged a weird-looking tree seemingly towards the snake castle.

"I wonder why his majesty is taking that tree and that too with leaves intact?" Asked one staring at Blake.

"It’s probably for firewood. The cold season is just starting and soon no one will be able to go out" replied the other one.

"But the tree his Majesty is carrying seems damp and that particular one doesn’t catch fire easily" commented the other one.

"Who knows, maybe it is for smoking the meat"

Chatters and whispers like these went on and on as Blake passed through them.

"Your majesty, let us help you," asked one of the tribe guards trying to take the tree away from Blake. Meanwhile, the latter just shook his head in denial, "No need, I will take this myself" he did not want to throw the work his mate had given to him to someone else. He couldn’t wait to see her beaming face once he returns with this tree.

The guards who couldn’t deny their king’s orders just retreated to their positions. Once, Blake reached the snake castle, Peter caught sight of him and rushed to him.

"Lord, I have something important to discuss with you" Peter was so flustered that he addressed Blake in a way he did before the latter even became the king. Blake took notice of this but nothing was more important for him than seeing his mate now, "Not now Peter, I will hear it afterward"

"But I’m afraid that it will be too late by then, Lord. You have to listen to this right now" Peter was at his wit’s end by now. What he heard from the tribe’s spies left him shocked.

Blake frowned at Peter’s urgency. He had never seen his aid like this, "Tell me, what is it that’s making you this worried?"

Peter hesitated a little before parting his lips, "I was informed that Prince Noah and Prince Lucas were found killing beastman inside the forest" Dueling beastmen and other things were normal in the beast world but killing a fellow beastman, was never allowed unless it was inside a battlefield. This was also why the Beast City was wary of immortal beastmen. As the latter couldn’t control their powers sometimes, they were looked down upon. The City leaders put the peace of their land before anything else.

"Was it someone important?" Blake asked just to make sure. He could just cover up the matter if the one died were someone ordinary. Noah and Lucas were his family and he had an obligation on supporting them whether they did something bad or good. If they get caught up in trouble, then it would directly implicate their mate and the lion cubs. Noah was their father after all.

Peter could understand his king’s words. He was basically asking if the ones that died were someone worthy of their attention and he answered as much as he knew, "When closely inspected, we found out that they were eagle beastmen. All of the dead ones had marks less than the Princes"

Blake furrowed his brows, "Eagle beastmen you say?" he could somehow guess who they were just by those words. They must have been the ones that troubled his mate. Seeing Noah and Lucas working together in killing those beastmen made everything clear, "Throw those bodies into the nearby river and cover all of the traces"

With that brief order, Blake started to walk inside the castle only to be stopped by Peter.

The latter looked agitated as he asked, "But it will become troublesome if someone finds our involvement in this matter, Lord" For now, no one would be able to trace back at them but if they indeed find out then the ones getting fingers pointed will be the snake tribe. Their tribe had recently moved into the city and it will only become messy if they get involved in this matter.

But the next words he heard from his lord made him think otherwise, "More of those eagle bastards will die in coming days. Don’t fret about this simple issue and just do as I say"

Peter stood stunned as Blake left with those final words.

Meanwhile, the latter entered the snake castle with the tree dragging behind him. And as soon as he stepped inside, someone rushed to his side. When he looked down, he caught sight of his precious little ones slithering on his legs, "Did you guys miss me?"

But that one query was enough to send all of them scrambling away from him. His little ones were always like this. They would rush to him whenever he returned home to only ignore him the next second. He also wanted to cuddle with them just like their mother did but those brats never let him do it.

Blake ventured further inside only to see Kaizer leisurely sitting on the bench with the sleeping lion cubs in his hands. He felt like he could never get used to this. Having a rootless beastman inside their house who will soon mate with his beloved female was something blizzard for him. He wanted to throw Kaizer out of their house but held back.

Kaized defeated him fair and square and for now, Blake had no right in asking the former to leave. Sighing, he decided to not care about the rootless beastman and set up the tree that he had brought.

Just as he was about to find his mate, Noah and Lucas returned to the castle with prey in their hands. The duo put the hunt on the ground before shifting into their Beastmen forms.

"Ly, I’m back!" Lucas’s cheerful voice rang inside the house as soon as he shifted. He roamed his eyes all around the house trying to find his mate, "Where is she!?" and when he didn’t find her, his gaze met Blake as he asked him about his mate.

"Why are you shouting like that?" but the one to rebuke him was not Blake but Victor who just came out of the room, "She is sleeping, don’t you dare wake her up"

Lucas soon pursued his lips trying to maintain silence. But the damage was already done because his previous shouting woke up the lion cubs. The two cutely yawned and soon jumped down from the Kaizer’s hold before sprinting towards their favorite uncle.

"My little champs" Lucas’ face went from sad to happy in a mere instant seeing the lion cubs. He caught them in the air as they jumped on him. The cubs licked his face and he let them be. He never knew he could find someone this adorable other than his mate. But here he was.

Victor chuckled seeing this, "Sometimes I get confused. They act more like Lucas’ kids than Noah’s"

That made Noah smile. He didn’t mind his cubs liking Lucas more than him. Just seeing his best friend return to his cheerful self made him content. Lucas had never been the same after his brother’s death until he found their mate. And the cubs were like an extra happy package that came with her.

"Shouldn’t we wake up, baby dove?" asked Noah turning to Victor, "Wasn’t she talking about celebrating something?" he didn’t understand why she was sleeping in the evening that too before eating dinner, "Sleeping now will only make it difficult for her to rest at night"

He was right. Victor knew that, but also couldn’t wake his mate up after all of that strenuous exercise she went through. So he decided to say the truth, "We did something...she is tired"

"What do you mean?" asked Blake and making Kaizer cough at that. The latter cleared his throat feeling awkward.

Victor glared at Kaizer before hesitantly muttering, "Demir and I slept with her"

"What!?" Lucas exclaimed, "Did you two...?"

He didn’t continue further because Victor confirmed, "Yes we did it together" and when he received a stinking eye for that, he couldn’t help but say, "You and your friend did the same thing just a few days ago. Why is it so wrong if we do it too?" he didn’t understand what was so wrong about this. She was their mate and she consented to it, so what was the problem? Not only Lucas but all of the ones in the living room looked at him like he did some unforgivable crime.

"Just say that you guys are jealous" This was what he concluded in the end. And his guess was completely valid.

Blake felt bad for losing his opportunity. Maybe he would have been the one making love to his mate if he was present in the castle. He suddenly started to feel sad.

Meanwhile, Noah and Lucas felt hot and bothered just recalling their night with their mate. They too wanted to do it with her.

Whereas, Kaizer felt the worst because he had never enjoyed intimacy with his bunny.