Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 343 - 282: Fei Yuan Exits Seclusion

Once the little lion had run out of sight, Sang Luo looked at Minos. "What’s wrong?"

"I want to adopt Hephis as my son," Minos said bluntly.

"You’re my Beast Husband, so you’re already considered one of his fathers." According to the local customs of the Beast World, her children could call all her Beast Husbands "dad." She just found it a bit strange, so she had them call them "uncle" instead.

Minos knew what Sang Luo was thinking, which was why he had brought it up with her.

’Duotu and she don’t have much of a relationship anymore.’ Minos had even considered adopting Hephis outright, but he knew she would never allow it. As a compromise, becoming a godfather was also acceptable.

Sang Luo said, "You and Duotu are related by blood. You’re cousins, which makes you Hephis’s biological uncle."

"He’s just a Mixed Blood Angel with no lineage," Minos said, his expression turning sour.

Sang Luo laughed. "Hephis is a Mixed Blood Angel too, yet you’re so eager to adopt him."

"...That’s different. He’s your son."

’Is he here to snatch my child?’

Sang Luo shook her head. "I’m just Hephis’s mother. The child values his real father the most. I thought about taking him with me back then, but Hephis wanted to stay by Duotu’s side. You can’t ask me about this. You have to go discuss it with Duotu."

She added, "Besides, he probably won’t agree. That child is the apple of his eye. He would sooner die than give him to you. Didn’t the Holy Hall’s previous attempts also fail?"

Minos was left speechless. It was true.

Sang Luo watched him with a wide grin. "Your Majesty the Holy Monarch is quite greedy, aren’t you? You don’t even have a child of your own, yet you’re already thinking of taking someone else’s."

Minos’s gaze flickered, landing on her flat stomach.

’He’s been trying so hard for so many days.’

’I wonder if a seed has been planted yet.’

"Your Majesty the Holy Monarch, you should have a little more faith in yourself. It took far longer with my last Beast Husband to conceive a child. Don’t be so impatient for results. These things take time." Sang Luo’s eyes were bewitching, tugging at his heart and captivating his soul.

"Luoluo, then tonight..." Minos’s Adam’s apple bobbed.

"Hephis has been with me for a few days, and he’s been mumbling about how much he misses his father. I’ll take him back tonight."

"Alright, I’ll take him back myself."

Minos looked at her with longing.

’He used to think this sort of thing was dull, merely a means of producing an heir. But now, he had gotten a taste for it and craved it night after night.’

***

「Another half a month passed.」

Lately, Sang Luo’s appetite seemed to have grown a little, though it wasn’t very noticeable. Minos had once mentioned that his own gestation period had been over a hundred years—even longer than Fei Yuan’s. Carrying his child would surely take even longer. It was still far too soon to tell anything.

Minos entered, carrying several boxes.

"What’s this?"

"They’re from Noah and a few of the Holy Envoys."

Sang Luo glanced over and broke into a nervous sweat.

A stroller, tiny clothes, small toys, diapers, formula...

"Ahem... Isn’t this a bit premature? We’re getting way ahead of ourselves."

Minos put all the items away. "He also wished me ’two children in a hundred years’."

"..." It dawned on Sang Luo. "The Blissful Moon is over, isn’t it?"

’I refused him back then, but what we’ve been doing these past days... I guess that counts as making up for the Blissful Moon. The news has probably spread like wildfire by now.’

"Yes."

Sang Luo did a quick mental calculation. She had been in the Holy Hall for over three months. It was about time she made a trip back.

"The Blissful Moon is over. I’m going back tomorrow."

Minos stopped in his tracks. "You’re leaving?"

"I was supposed to leave the month before last, but it kept getting dragged out until now."

"...Wait until my rut is over."

"Your rut isn’t over yet?"

"No."

"Then when does it end?"

"I don’t know."

’...’ She had a feeling this man was just making up excuses to keep her here.

***

「East Continent.」

Fei Yuan came out of seclusion.

He returned to the Phoenix Palace and received bad news.

Sang Luo was missing.

Si Ye had been worried sick these past few months. He had searched every place he could think of but hadn’t found her.

Sang Luo often traveled between the various continents and seas, staying with her other Beast Husbands for a month or two at a time. He was used to this, so he hadn’t been too concerned at first. However, she was never gone for more than three months at a time, and she always stayed in touch with him.

This time, all the messages Si Ye sent vanished without a trace, and he received no reply.

Worse, Si Ye could no longer sense her presence.

He had gone to Lan Cang and Lou Xianyue, but their ability to sense her had failed as well.

Si Ye was filled with regret and self-blame. He knew Sang Luo had gone to the Western Continent. The problem was that he had never liked to socialize with her other Beast Husbands, so he knew the least about her past. He only knew that she had a child on the Western Continent and had gone back to find him. But he had no idea about the child’s background, so even if he wanted to search, he wouldn’t know where to begin.

Fortunately, Lou Xianyue and Lan Cang knew more. Just as the three of them were planning to go search for her, Fei Yuan happened to return.

When Fei Yuan heard the news, he seemed to understand the situation. He smiled. "I can sense her aura. I’ll go bring Little Luoruo back."

He went to the Beast King Palace in the Yalan Empire.

Duotu was shocked to hear that the Phoenix Emperor from the East Continent was paying a personal visit and went out to greet him himself.

"To what do I owe the honor of this visit, Emperor Phoenix?"

Fei Yuan replied, "I’m looking for someone."

"You’re looking for... Sang Luo." At this point, Duotu understood. So, during those years she had vanished, she had really gone to the East Continent.

’The female rumored to have borne the Phoenix Emperor two precious heirs... that was her.’

’No wonder Minos chose her to be his Holy Queen.’

Duotu shook his head. "Emperor Phoenix, you’ve come to the wrong place. Sang Luo is not here. She is at the Holy Hall."

"The Angel Clan came for her?" Fei Yuan spotted the little lion running out from the palace, and a cool, thin smile touched his lips. "So they didn’t manage to abduct the child, but they abducted the mother instead."

Duotu silently picked up his child. "If Your Majesty, Emperor Phoenix, wishes to get her back, I can offer some help."

"Just tell me where the Gate is."

Duotu hesitated. "I know where the Gate between the Holy Domain and the Beast World Continent is located, but you need permission from the other side to pass through it."

"Yes. Just take me there. You need not concern yourself with the rest."

"..."

Duotu took Fei Yuan to the Gate.

The Gate was located within the current borders of the Yalan Empire. Generations of Beast Kings had revered the Holy Hall, spending vast fortunes over thousands, even tens of thousands of years, to construct magnificent churches and statues. They had even built a traveling palace whose scale was in no way inferior to the Beast King Palace itself. Sometimes, envoys from the Holy Hall would stay at the traveling palace during their missions.

Fei Yuan leaped up and transformed into a stream of light, disappearing into the Gate.

Duotu was shocked, then it dawned on him.

"So that’s how it is!"

’The Phoenix Emperor from the East Continent has already broken through to the Supreme Realm.’

The Supreme Realm was the highest state of power one could achieve after the God Fall Period, second only to the Divine Beasts. In the current Beast World, it was a state of invincibility, allowing one to ignore the Gate and pass through it at will.

’The partners she chooses are truly more formidable than the last.’

’That arrogant Holy Monarch is probably in for some trouble in the future.’

***