Future Beast World: Becoming A Pampered Beauty-Chapter 28 - 17: Then What Is His Real Name?
Above the vast, boundless Rubel Forest, an immense military vessel floated like a steel behemoth against the sky. Its hull nearly blotted out the horizon, casting a colossal, suffocating shadow.
It radiated a formidable and terrifying spiritual power that swept over everything, causing the beast packs to retreat in fear.
Inside the Starship.
The Beastmen aboard wore uniform military attire. Each was tall, straight-backed, and well-disciplined.
A Lion Beastman approached the door to the main command room. With a solemn expression and a deferential attitude, he knocked.
Soon, a voice as cold and indifferent as frost came from within.
"Enter."
The man on the main throne was ethereally handsome and aloof, like a god. His ink-black hair cascaded down like silk. The style of his military uniform was different—a black, gold-trimmed robe signifying his status as the Empire’s supreme commander. It enveloped his tall, slender frame, exuding a sensual, ascetic, and utterly captivating allure.
He kept his eyes closed, his face slightly pale and weary.
"Admiral, sir, you have yet to fully recover from the severe injuries you sustained during the last campaign to encircle the Insect Clan. Now that you’ve only just recuperated, why go to such lengths to come to this desolate, remote place? Could you be searching for something important? There was no need for you to come in person; you could have simply issued an order." 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
The Lion Beastman dared only a single glance at the man before hastily lowering his head. The commander’s beauty was truly unparalleled in the Empire; even he, a Male Beast, did not dare to look directly at him.
However, the man did not respond. The Beastman didn’t dare to speak further, either, and could only stand in place, uneasy.
Time ticked by, second by second. One minute, two minutes...
Just as the Beastman began to wonder if the Admiral had fallen unconscious from his unhealed wounds—
The man’s narrow, violet eyes snapped open, filled with a cold, terrifying killing intent.
"Found her."
...
Before he even reached Rubel Forest, Anu froze. In an instant, the blood in his veins seemed to turn to ice, like prey targeted by a venomous snake.
He knew he had been discovered. That person’s spiritual power was strong enough to cover the entire area, searching without missing a single spot.
Anu looked down at the small female in his arms, touching her increasingly feverish face. He sighed in resignation. "I really shouldn’t have believed your nonsense. I didn’t even get you there, but I almost delivered myself right to his doorstep."
He saw the Starship circling high in the distance like a great beast and gently placed her on a patch of flat ground. Then, he swiped his hand through the air, tearing open an abyssal tunnel.
"We’ll meet again."
An invisible, terrifying spiritual power assault blasted toward him, and in the next instant, Anu’s figure vanished.
A man with ink-black hair descended from the sky. His violet eyes stared coldly in the direction Anu had fled, his killing intent yet to dissipate.
’They aren’t enemies, are they?’
Sang Luo thought about how Anu had just been holding her, how intimate they had looked... ’I’m not going to get caught in the crossfire, am I? Will this man kill me just to vent his anger?’
The man quickly retracted his gaze and extended a hand toward her.
Sang Luo squeezed her eyes shut in terror. ’It’s over, it’s over! That bastard got me involved!’
The next second, she was swept into someone’s arms. The man had reined in his murderous aura, as if afraid of frightening her.
A cool fragrance, like melting snow on a mountain peak, wafted around Sang Luo’s nose. It was bewitching, making her feel drowsy.
"I’ve found you..."
Sang Luo leaned against the man’s chest, taking in his pleasant, strangely familiar scent. It was as if she had smelled it somewhere before... But in her current state, she couldn’t place it. All she could do was vaguely determine that he meant her no harm before her strength failed her, and she passed out.
The commotion had attracted a number of Star Beasts. Both the Low Rank Star Beasts and the intelligent High Rank Star Beasts wanted to get a piece of the action.
Having reined in his power, Caesar seemed no different from an ordinary Beastman. The Star Beasts closed in, staring greedily at the pair.
Countless Star Beasts pounced.
The man merely lifted his eyes. An invisible, terrifying wave of spiritual power swept out, and the entire horde of Star Beasts was instantly obliterated into dust.
Scattering into the white snow.
As if they had never been there at all.
Caesar turned and carried her back to the Starship.
Several Beastmen came forward to greet him, only to see the Admiral holding a small female. A hot-blooded young Beastman craned his neck for a curious look, but Caesar held the person in his arms tighter, warned them to get back to their duties, and then summoned the military doctor.
The military doctor hurried over with his medical kit to examine Sang Luo.
He had been by the Admiral’s side for so many years and had never seen him so tense. He’d thought the little female must have a terminal illness.
After the examination—
"The female has caught a chill, resulting in a cold and a fever. She’s also suffering from some nervous exhaustion. Some medicine and rest should do the trick."
The military doctor, relieved it was a false alarm, prescribed the medicine and then withdrew.
Caesar looked at the unconscious female on the bed and touched her flushed, burning face.
As soon as her skin met his cool palm, she let out two soft, contented hums and snuggled closer to him. The burning heat of her body seemed to lessen slightly.
Caesar decided to simply take her into his arms.
...
The fever broke, and Sang Luo woke up. The clean, tidy room was filled with the smell of medicine and disinfectant. She lifted her eyes and met the man’s direct gaze, blushing and lowering her head.
He was just too handsome. Just looking at his face made one’s heart race and cheeks flush, and it was hard not to swallow.
Seeing that the man was still holding her, she quickly scrambled off him.
Caesar was a little surprised by her reaction.
"You don’t remember me?"
"...I injured my head a while ago and lost some of my memories." The all-purpose excuse.
’If she had ever seen such a heaven-defyingly handsome face before, she would never have forgotten it.’
And she truly had no memory of him.
He grunted in acknowledgment. "I am Caesar, an Admiral of the Yalan Empire. And I will also be your... legal guardian."
"What?"
"I will take you back to the Empire to live, and I will meticulously take care of every aspect of your life."
"..." ’A free meal ticket?’
Sang Luo was speechless, but she couldn’t go back to her tribe, and she hadn’t found any other good place to settle down.
She could only nod. "I won’t trouble you for too long. Once I find a way to support myself, I will definitely repay you."
"..."
"Oh, right. Did you see the Beastman who was with me? Brown hair, very young."
"He’s dead."
"...Killed by a Star Beast? Or..."
’Did Anu not manage to escape?’ Sang Luo glanced at Caesar’s expressionless face, her feelings complicated.
"He died more than two months ago."
"Huh?"
’How could that be... But he was just...’
"That poor Beastman was parasitized by the Insect Clan. The Insect Clan has an ability to possess the bodies of Beastmen, changing their form to disguise themselves, learning the Beastman way of life, and blending into crowds. They are very difficult to detect," Caesar explained. "The Beastman you’re talking about died long ago. The one who was with you was an Insect."
Sang Luo’s mouth fell open. She mumbled, "Why would they do that?"
"To abduct females."
"..." ’No wonder Anu was always trying to find a way to take me away from the tribe.’
"Over two months ago, I fought him once. I was careless and was poisoned by an insect toxin. The Starship we were on was destroyed by the Insect Clan, but I also gravely wounded him, leaving him on the brink of death. We both fell near Rubel Forest. He took the opportunity to find a Beastman’s body, possess it, and recuperate."
Sang Luo was silent for a moment before asking, "Then what’s his real name?"
"The Prince of the Insect Clan, Anubia."
