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Back in the living room, Nyx heard the door slam shut with a loudbang, followed by Dollar’s meowing–it sounded off.
Her gut told her something was wrong. Before she could react, someone suddenly grabbed her from behind. “Kai?”
Even the slightest whiff of the perfume was enough to have an overwhelming effect.
The leopard had been a victim of this perfume before. He was already extremely attached to Nyx, and his self–control was always hanging by a thread. Now, his eyes turned blood–red.
The sudden change left the Earthlings in the room utterly confused. They stared, stunned.
And it wasn’t just Kai–Theon and Felix were also visibly agitated.
Felix struggled to keep his nephew under control, but even his own willpower was quickly wearing thin.
“Hurry–help!” Aurelius barely managed to get the words out.
The males unaffected by the perfume immediately sprang into action. Before things could spiral out of control, they pried Kai off Nyx and dragged Theon, Felix, and Aurelius along with him, locking them in the farthest room from her bedroom.
“W–What just happened?” Archie swallowed nervously.
His fear only deepened when the moment the door shut, furious beastly roars erupted from inside. The sound of bodies slamming into the door and heavy objects crashing to the floor followed.
The guests all turned pale.
Nyx frowned, “I’m going to check on them.”
“What?” Archie quickly grabbed her. “No way! What if you get bitten?”
Even though Nyx was strong, Archie thought she couldn’t possibly handle a room full of crazed beasts on her own–one swipe from them could be fatal.
“Relax; they won’t bite me.” Nyx assured him before glancing at the others. “Help me entertain the guests.”
“Nyx, just leave them alone,” Zayne said disapprovingly. He thought it was just some perfume. They could endure it.
“I should still check.” Nyx hesitated. She couldn’t bring herself to ignore them.
Males in a heightened state like this were extremely aggressive toward each other. She was worried they’d end up fighting.
As expected, chaos had already taken over inside the room.
The place was a disaster, wrecked by the out–of–control feline males. Compared to them, Dollar’s little rampage earlier was nothing.
Nyx pushed the door open. She barely had time to take in the mess–before she was in danger herself.
Catnip perfume had a way of drawing out the true nature of feline males.
Normally, they held back in front of their beloved female, restraining their instincts. But now, there were no more masks.
Nyx suddenly regretted not putting that bottle away sooner. She learned her lesson now.
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The first thing Nyx did upon waking up was to order her mates to dispose of all the perfume products in the house.
She swore never to touch those dreadful perfumes again.
The troublemaker, Dollar, was punished with a month–long ban on snacks, losing all its canned food, meat sticks, and freeze–dried treats.
His accomplice, Chubby, raised his little hands high and obediently stood in the corner as self–punishment.
Seeing the dejected and pitiful expressions on both the child and the cat, Nyx quickly softened and waved her hand to forgive them.
After all, it was her fault for leaving fragile perfume bottles out in the open. Both young children and kittens were natural troublemakers–mishaps were inevitable.
With that, the matter was put to rest.
Nyx, taking advantage of the nice weather, led her Earth companions on a sightseeing excursion, purchasing one–of–a–kind mementos that could not be found on their own planet and stowing them away in the recently acquired Space Button.
After a long time away from the public eye, she finally made an appearance, sending the Empire’s citizens into a frenzy of excitement.
“Sis, you really are the center of attention.” Archie couldn’t help but marvel.
He was a well–known internet celebrity back on Earth and was used to turning heads, but compared to Nyx, he was nothing. The way people looked at her–it was pure worship, as if she were a deity.
He thought, ‘No wonder the Beastmen Empire is willing to help Earth for her sake. Her influence istruly immense.
Rubbing his hands together, Archie chuckled, “I can brag about this interstellar trip for the rest of my life.”
Their close ties with Nyx made them honored guests of the Beastmen Empire, envied by everyone back on Earth.
After a ten–day stay on Central Planet, the Earth envoys were preparing for their return journey.
On the eve of their departure, they gathered at Nyx’s estate for a farewell barbecue and cocarrois–making session.
Nearly all young children loved playing with dough, and Chubby was no exception.
Given a small lump of dough, he kneaded it for a while before deciding that was too simple. Standing on his tiptoes, he tried to copy Theon’s movements.
“Come here, Chubby. Let me teach you,” Nyx said, settling him beside her. “Place a cocarrois wrapper in your palm, scoop a little filling. That’s a bit too much–take a little less. Yes, just like that. Pinch the middle together first, and then fold the edges into pleats.”
Given Chubby’s chubby little hands, Nyx didn’t teach him the quick folding technique; instead, she let him shape the cocarrois at his own pace.
At first, Chubby struggled with the pressure and split two open, but by the third one, he had gotten the hang of it.
Archie was dumbfounded. “How did he do that?”
Looking down at the ugly cocarrois he had made and then at the perfect ones crafted by the tiny three–head–tall toddler, Archie was hit with the crushing realization of his own incompetence.
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“It’s okay; you’re doing great too.” Chubby patted him comfortingly. “At least yours are still holding together. They might burst when cooked, but they’re still edible.”
Archie was even more embarrassed. Devastated by the blow Chubby had dealt him, he went off to seek comfort from Sky and Ash.
He thought unhatched younglings were much better–silent and peaceful, unlike Chubby, who delivered verbal attacks out of nowhere.
Hugging an egg under each arm, Archie took a deep, satisfied breath–until he heard a crisp cracking sound.
