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From afar, the small white cat froze, staring at the fine–haired, fair–skinned female next to the Second Imperial Prince. For a moment, it even forgot to hide.
“Cotton Candy?” Nyx squinted her eyes, focusing, and quickly raised her voice in surprise. “Cotton Candy!”
“What?” The Second Imperial Prince was confused, but the next moment, he saw a familiar white cat leap out of the bush and run toward them.
The Second Imperial Prince almost choked, caught off guard. ‘Aurelius? Wasn’t she in the lounge? How did he get here? Calling the mighty Crown Prince Cotton Candy is going too far!”
As the Second Imperial Prince was silently complaining, his eyes suddenly widened.
He watched in disbelief as Nyx crouched down and reached her hands toward the small white cat-
“No, no, no!” The Second Imperial Prince broke out in a cold sweat, quickly grabbing Nyx’s arm. “I’ll show you other animals. This cat looks fierce and might scratch you! Don’t touch it!”
Females must not casually touch a male’s beast form. It was too intimate.
If Nyx wanted to touch his beast form, he would be more than happy, but given Aurelius’s attitude toward Nyx, if she touched it, it might make him terribly irritable.
The Second Imperial Prince vowed to protect Aurelius’s chastity
“It’s fine. It definitely won’t scratch me,” Nyx said confidently.
The king mark on its forehead was a security feature; only Cotton Candy could look so much like a small tiger.
This was definitely Cotton Candy.
She had missed it so much, and now it had come to the royal estate. ‘No wonder it hasn’t returned to me. Is it living comfortably here?‘
Nyx felt a little sour and looked at the small white cat with a gaze full of longing.
“You naughty cat,” she chided with a smile, her tone light and teasing. She held out her arms invitingly. “Come on. Let me give you some love, and all will be forgiven.”
The small white cat hesitated, its blue eyes staring fixedly at Nyx without blinking. ‘Is it really her?‘
The memories that had faded seemed to be gently pulled back, and familiar feelings surged, drawing it closer. It could even smell a faint sweet fragrance that made it long for her.
The blue eyes suddenly lit up. It thought, ‘It was her!”
“Mew!” The cat suddenly dashed forward like a white streak and jumped into the arms of its beloved female.
This shocking scene almost made the Second Imperial Prince drop his jaw. He stared, feeling like he was hallucinating. ‘Isn’t Aurelius supposed to be uninterested in Nyx?‘
But now the cat was clinging to Nyx, leaving the Second Imperial Prince unsure whether to stay or leave, feeling like a third
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He watched helplessly as Aurelius pretended to be a normal kitten, meowing in a high–pitched voice and making the woman smile happily.
The Second Imperial Prince went speechless.
He had never known Aurelius had such a skill. Today, he was truly surprised.
Aurelius didn’t care that the Second Imperial Prince was still standing there. He curled up contentedly in the soft, fragrant arms of the female, happily wagging his tail like a true little kitten.
When Nyx lifted him up and buried his face into his fluffy belly, Aurelius immediately froze up.
Almost every hair seemed to glow pink, and the little white cat was trembling uncontrollably. Its previously affected meowing was nearly impossible to suppress.
“Hmm?” Nyx sensed something was wrong. “What’s wrong?”
She tightly held the kitten, gently cradling its little face and examining it carefully.
She had been too excited to notice earlier, but now, up close, she was stunned to see a dark, clawing mist enveloping the little cat.
Nyx’s eyes widened in shock.
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In an instant, memories that had been pushed to the back of her mind rushed forward.
The last time she fainted due to mental power fluctuations, it seemed she saw a black mist appear around the kitten, but she hadn’t paid attention to it.
But now, she was fully conscious, and everything in front of her was undeniable.
“You-” She stared intently at the kitten. ‘Could it be a Beastman
Before she could ask, a wave of dizziness suddenly hit her, and Nyx staggered back a step, raising her hand to hold her forehead.
The little cat’s pupils constricted, nervously pawing at her arm.
Nyx’s body softened and began to collapse. The Second Imperial Prince nearby was startled, quickly reaching out to catch
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But before he could touch her sleeve, a pair of large, bony hands reached out to hold Nyx first.
Nyx furrowed her brows, struggling to lift her eyelids. In the moment before losing consciousness, it seemed she saw the silhouette of a stranger.
The male was tall and broad–shouldered, and even though she couldn’t see his face clearly, she could tell he was extremely handsome.
“Aurelius, what should we do?” The Second Imperial Prince was stunned silly.
A perfectly fine female suddenly fainted. It was so weird.
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Aurelius furrowed his brow, carefully testing the temperature of Nyx’s forehead.
The temperature was normal.
Nyx curled in his arms felt weightless, almost no weight at all, which made him feel a deep sense of affection.
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“I’ll take her to see a doctor,” Aurelius waved off the Second Imperial Prince’s outstretched hand, rejecting his interference, “You can return to the ball.
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The Second Imperial Prince, used to following Aurelius’s instructions, nodded without thinking and turned back toward the ballroom.
It wasn’t until Felix stopped him that he suddenly realized something was wrong.
“Where is Nyx?” Felix’s tone remained respectful, but there was a strong, impending sense of pressure.
Nyx had been taken out by the Second Imperial Prince but hadn’t returned with him.
Despite the royal manor being heavily guarded with tight security, the little female was missing. As her guardians, they needed to ask the Second Imperial Prince for an explanation.
Faced with Felix’s overwhelming pressure, the Second Imperial Prince trembled helplessly.
Unable to withstand the pressure and having no excuse, he chose to betray Aurelius, spilling the whole truth. “Nyx suddenly fainted, and my older brother was there, so he took her to see a doctor.”
The three guardians exchanged serious glances.
Suddenly fainting seemed to indicate Nyx’s mental power fluctuated again. This shouldn’t have happened.
Felix remained calm, continuing to question the Second Imperial Prince, “Did they go to the lounge or a specialized medical room?”
The Second Imperial Prince shook his head, indicating he didn’t know.
Recalling Aurelius’s sudden closeness to Nyx, he felt that his heart skipped a beat, a sense of unease growing. ‘Could my older brother have taken Nyx to his chambers? Alone? Please, I hope my older brother doesn’t do something foolish!‘
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In the quiet lounge, Nyx briefly lost consciousness but soon regained her senses.
The doctor hadn’t arrived yet, and she had already opened her eyes, her gaze unfocused.
She was lying on a soft, large bed, her limbs sinking into the plush mattress. After a while, she struggled to get up and found the familiar little cat sitting not far from the foot of the bed, quietly watching over her.
Their gazes met, and the little cat quickly walked over, gently pressing its forehead against hers to check her temperature. Nyx instinctively reached out to touch the little cat’s soft fur but stopped halfway, pulling her hand back.
She subtly moved back a little, staring at the kitten’s innocent eyes for a long time before finally making up her mind to ask, “You’re a Beastman, aren’t you?”
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