Transmigrated as the villainess: I claimed five beast husbands! Chapter 3 - 003: Resignation of Fate

Damn, he did hate her.

"What do you want, your highness?" Leon asked, his voice like rolling waters, the ’your highness’ spat out like venom.

"I um...well I...I was wondering if you’d like to go sowhere a bit more private?"

"Unfortunately, I can’t do that. We have an expedition outside the walls in fifteen minutes. Have a good day, your highness." He walked past her, and she caught a whiff of his scent. He slled clean and dangerous, like a storm about to happen.

Damn, he’d be a total catch in the real world!

Anna grabbed his sleeve. "Wait! Maybe you should hear –"

A loud smack went off in the air.

Silence.

Anna stood frozen. Did he just smack my hand off?

"Excuse ," Leon gritted, gripping his sword hard.

Anna swallowed. Instead of feeling offended, fear word into her heart. She clasped her hands close to her chest, rubbing the red spot where Leon had hit her. It stung. Such a small action filled with hatred.

He hates ! System what do I do?!

[...]

Ti continued to tick.

Anna panicked. This man was a wall! What the hell did the original body do to him?!

"Leon!" Anna called out, her voice desperate. He paused, his mane bristling and standing on edge, as if it was alive.

Leon’s shoulders tensed. Did that woman just call his na? She never had a shortage of nas for him, kitty cat, frosty, big bad...but she never called him by his na.

"A minute of your ti, just one minute!"

Disgust filled Leon. Why was she so desperate! It was revolting. Without a doubt she had thought up another disgusting experint to try on her people.

Her evil knew no bounds.

"That’s an order!"

Leon growled.

Anna jumped back, grabbing her heart which was about to burst. He’s scary! Should lions even be commanded?! I an all the docuntaries said they’re pretty proud! He’s gonna kill !

"The kingdom’s safety cos first, your highness. Unless you’d like to explain the hundreds of dead bodies that will pile up by morning."

"Oh I...I understand that the mission is important, but co on! It’s just one cup of tea! And I bat a little eyelash and we both go about our days! How hard can it be?!"

Leon turned, his blazing amber eyes pinned on Anna. She squeaked, taking steps back the closer he advanced toward her. He paused in front of the tea table, picked up a tea cup and downed the entire hot tea without flinching.

"Good?" He gritted out, a snarl caught in his throat.

Forget it. Seducing this man will never work. I’ll have to suffer the blindness. After all, it’s only for a while.

[Hostie, what are you doing?]

"It’s okay," Anna said, her head bowed. Her orchid spores darkened till they no longer gave off any light, signaling her downcast mood. "Sorry I bothered you." She mumbled and walked away.

[Host! What are you doing?! You have to complete the task!]

"I can’t. He’s too intimidating. I peed my panties a little."

[Get back there and complete the task!]

"It’s just a couple hours of blindness. I’ll go to sleep so I don’t miss out on anything, you know like, my eye sight?"

The system went silent. Too silent. Anna had the idea that she had just crossed a line.

anwhile, Leon watched the Princess walk away, and a dozen emotions stirred in his cold heart. What drugs was she experinting with this afternoon? She wanted to have tea? Spend so ti together? The only ti they spent together was when she needed fresh lab rats for her absurd experints.

Leon clenched his fist. He wanted to rip her head right off!

That woman. After all she did, she dared flash a smile in his face and act like nothing happened. What a despicable person she was!

The only reason she was still alive was because of the King and Queen.

She apologized? That woman never apologized for anything. Surely this was a new tactic of hers.

She used people. That was her specialty.

With an annoyed huff, he turned on his heel and stord off, heading to the royal army barracks.

On the other end of the palace, in a dark and damp room, a bat beastman hung from the rafters. Large, mbranous wings covered his too thin body, and his thin but large ears twitched, listening to the sounds of the palace.

Conversations. Voices. Secrets. Heartbeats. He heard them all. Filing the information away in a secret vault in his head.

And then, one voice caught his attention.

"I’ve always wanted to know how blind people felt."

His eyes open, revealing entirely black eyes filled with stars.

That voice. It had to be that Flower Princess.

"Fifteen minutes till I’m blind. Heh. And I have to rule a kingdom and still be a villainess. Fuck my life."

Huh?

Why did that Flower sound so strange? Usually, she’d be barking orders at this ti of the day, or holed up in her laboratory poring over rare specins and samples. Or she’d torture so of her husbands for fun.

The beastman closed his eyes and listened harder. It was hard, but he drowned out all the noises of the palace until he focused on the Flower’s heartbeat.

He heard it.

A beat. Two. Three. The seconds passed as he tid each individual beat.

His eyes flew open, shock on his normally expressionless face.

Sothing was wrong with that Flower.

Her heartbeat which was usually 40bpm, rarely fluctuating no matter what happened, was now over 112bpm.

Strange.

This needed to be investigated.

He swooped down from the rafters, landing gracefully on his feet. Silver necklaces hanging from his neck glinted in the soft light. His black clothes hugged his body, making him blend into the shadows like he was one of them.

"Ti to pay my Flower wife a visit."