Beast King's Crippled Mate-Chapter 326: Papa! [End.]

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"Ah—Y-Your Majesty!" Long Xiurong panicked. She wanted to kneel in front of the Beast King, as she was still a little scared of him.

After all, she was so close to facing execution had it not been for Goddess Swan’s intervention.

She wanted to get up and kneel, but Gale stopped her, "No need for that. You just gave birth. I know it’d be painful to stand up, let alone kneel."

"S-sorry, Your Majesty..." Long Xiurong lowered her head. She stared at her daughter, a female cub with brown wolf ears and tail, just like Rock’s.

Gale smiled at the cub who was sleeping soundly. He said nothing, but it was Long Xiurong who got a bit worried and muttered, "I-I fed her just now, and she fell asleep immediately after. Sorry that she can’t greet you as well, Your Majesty."

Gale laughed heartily. He understood they were still afraid of him after what happened in the past. He genuinely felt apologetic for it, that’s why he allowed Rock and Long Xiurong to settle in a detached home outside of the castle gate, so they could mingle more with the citizens and have their peace rather than staying in the castle.

"It’s fine. I just came here to see my son’s future playmate," Gale replied while staring at the cub with his ruby-like eyes. "She is cute, and it seems that she will grow to be a docile wolf. It’d be good to balance out my son’s behavior since I predict that he will become overbearing and stubborn just like me as a young wolf."

Of course, Gale had no idea about his son’s future behavior—at least not yet. He had only seen his son for a minute or so before he got kicked out of heaven by the Goddesses. Now that Swan had returned to the Goddess realm, he had been patiently waiting for the past six months for their return.

"My son should be a year older than her. I hope they can be good playmates in the future," Gale wished.

"We certainly hope so as well, Your Majesty," Rock agreed.

"So, have you two thought of a name for her?"

Rock and Xiurong glanced at each other, and it was Rock who replied, "We already have a name for our daughter, but we still need your blessing."

"My blessing?" Gale was confused. "I understand if you need my wife’s blessing, but me?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. Since Queen Swan isn’t here just yet, we can only ask for your agreement," Rock said. "We’ve decided to name our daughter; Tian’e Silverfang. Silverfang for an obvious reason, and Tian’e to honor my wife’s family roots from the distant land of the Eastern Long Dynasty."

"That’s a unique and beautiful name. I don’t see anything wrong with it," Gale commented.

"Yes, but... Tian’e means Swan in her language, Your Majesty," Rock explained. "My wife and I are devout followers of Queen Swan even before she ascended as the Goddess of Miracles. We want to name our daughter similar to her, in the hope that she will grow to be a smart, kind, and loving female wolf. It would be our greatest honor if you allow us to use that name." fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

Gale paused for a moment, thinking about what Swan would say.

These days, he had always been imagining his wife standing next to him or sitting on his lap, giving her opinion so he could consider the right decision to make.

’It would be better if she is here to give me her opinion though,’ Gale sighed before saying, "I don’t see anything wrong with it. It’s a beautiful name for a beautiful cub, and I am sure that my wife will be very pleased and touched knowing this."

Rock and Xiurong’s faces brightened. They thanked the Beast King repeatedly, and Gale simply said, "I just followed what my wife would’ve done. Let Tian’e play with my son once he returns with my wife. Well, at least until she is three or four. She’s still too frail right now."

Rock naturally understood that werewolves physically grew faster out of their baby form. A three-year-old werewolf cub would have the strength and durability of a ten-year-old human child, but still with body size and a developing mind as a human toddler.

Hence, by the time Sol and Tian’e turned five and four years old, they should be able to be a pair of playmates without having to worry about injuries.

"Understood, Your Majesty! Thank you for your blessings! Thank you very much!" Rock exclaimed gratefully. "We will pay respect to Her Majesty, Goddess of Miracles tonight!"

"We will wait for Her Majesty’s return! It’s only six more months, and we can finally meet her again!" Long Xiurong added.

Gale smiled bitterly before excusing himself.

He walked back to his castle, as he had opted to live slower and more relaxed these days while waiting for his wife.

He stared at the sunset as he walked back and sighed in awe. It was a beautiful summer sunset, and Gale wished he could witness it with his wife.

He chuckled as he sauntered through the long corridors of the castle, heading to his marital bed with Swan.

He couldn’t help but grin as he passed the big window from the corridor and saw a new statue of his wife being erected in the middle of the flower garden.

It was a small statue of her with her wings spread out. Everyone begged on their knees for their Beast King to commission a statue, so the beastmen could worship the Goddess of Miracles.

Gale wasn’t into the idea at first, simply because he doubted any statue or painting could portray the beauty of his wife, which would disappoint him in the end.

"But I can’t help it, wife..." Gale murmured. "When I saw the finished statue, I can’t help but think that you’re much prettier in real life. I wish you could be here with me, so we can commission as many statues and paintings as possible with great accuracy."

Gale sighed.

He held the small golden angel flute that Swan gave him before she performed another miracle to stop the doomsday. He made it into a necklace, to make sure he didn’t forget about their promise or accidentally missed it.

He still held onto the promise that if Swan didn’t return after a year, he would blow the small flute so she would come down from heaven back to his embrace.

Sometimes, Gale was tempted to just blow the flute right then and there so he could skip this excruciating wait and have his wife back.

In the end, he decided to be patient, because he believed that Swan would fulfill her promise and return with their son.

Gale was holding his tears as he kept imagining his wife’s face, and how amazing it would be to sleep on the same bed with her once more.

"Ah—I shouldn’t cry like this. This is embarrassing," Gale wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes with his thumb. "She will return. I just have to wait."

Gale walked to the door leading to their marital bedroom. The cat maids weren’t guarding the door right now, because they didn’t need to attend their Queen just yet. Gale was left alone most of the time.

He stood in front of the door and took a deep breath as he braced himself for yet another lonely night without his wife. The marital bed always looked so depressing because he had to bear sleeping there without his wife.

Click.

Gale opened the door, and the first thing he saw was a male wolf cub probably around one year old, with his fluffy black ears and tail, tottering towards him.

"Papa!"

Gale stood frozen on the spot, looking down at the wolf cub until he finished tottering and hugged his leg. He looked up to Gale with his golden-colored eyes and exclaimed, "PAPA!"

It only took Gale a second to realize that it was none other than Sol, his son.

"I’m sorry that I have to break my promise, Gale."

Before he could have a chance to react, he heard the soft, angelic voice of a woman he had been yearning for so long, calling his name from the bed.

Swan chuckled when she saw her husband stare at her dumbfoundedly.

"I promised to return in a year, but I can’t help it. I miss you too much. So I returned earlier with our son," Swan said with a thin smile and loving gaze.

"I’m home, husband."

[THE END.]

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Hello, Apup here!

Thank you so much for reading Beast King’s Crippled Mate.

This is the end of the main story, and I hope this ending will satisfy all of my readers!

I have released five more Chapters as Epilogue, so if you want to know what will happen to Gale and Swan once they have to pass the torch to the new generation, you can read it now!

Thank you for your continuous support,

Apup, out!

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