Beast King'S Crippled Mate novel Chapter 42

Chapter 42: Chapter 42: Etiquette

Swan grabbed a napkin and tried to reach Gale’s mouth.

She wiped the dripping meat juice from the corner of his lips, which made him pause before swallowing his food.

"What are you doing?" Gale asked warily.

"I—uhm... I just don’t want you to be seen as a savage by humans. Eating slowly and politely is the most basic manner..." Swan said. However, for her, she ate slowly and politely because Aria often picked on her. She had to imitate how Aria ate her food so she wouldn’t be laughed at.

She was never taught a royal manner. She did everything based on imitating her Queen Mother and Aria.

Swan might not have dignity as a princess. She was looked down upon by everyone, but she didn’t want her husband to experience the same.

She wanted Gale to be respected, both for his overwhelming power and his etiquette.

Gale scoffed at first as he found it to be ridiculous.

Why would he need to adhere to what humans do, when they all cower in front of him?

They were so arrogant, but with one fell swoop, they all died in his hand.

However, seeing how worried Swan looked while wiping his lips, he felt a little reluctant to say it out loud.

Besides, it felt nice to be taken care of by your other half, even for something useless.

Thus, he allowed Swan to wipe his lips. Once she was done he began eating just like before, and let the meat juice trickle on his chin, so Swan quickly grabbed the napkin again, gently patting his chin with it until it was clean.

’So strange and stupid. But I don’t hate this feeling,’ Gale thought.

Swan was busy wiping Gale’s lips like wiping a slobbery kid’s mess, and after the third time, she said, "T-try to eat slowly."

"I am eating slowly," Gale retorted lightly. He grabbed Swan’s wrist when she stopped moving her hand, before wiping his lips and chin with the napkin in her hand. "I don’t care about your human method, but I do like this. Go on, continue wiping it for me."

Swan was embarrassed. She had never done this to anyone, but if Gale wanted it, then she had no right to deny it.

Besides, Gale seemed to be genuinely happy with it, and it also made her feel good.

In the end, Gale finished his breakfast, while Swan hadn’t touched her food at all.

"I-I’m not hungry after seeing you eat. W-we should go out now," Swan excused, but Gale didn’t move his butt as he waited for Swan to finish her breakfast.

"We won’t leave until you have your fill," Gale stated firmly.

Swan became nervous and then began to eat slowly. She wasn’t used to being stared at like this, so her stomach churned as she continued eating.

"Embarrassing..." Swan murmured. "I’m not a child."

"But you are so small and light. It’s easy to carry you like this," Gale said.

"I-I can use my crutch."

"You’re so slow with that. Why are you so embarrassed anyway? You are my mate. I can carry you like this," Gale said before continuing, "And people won’t dare to mess with you as long as you’re with me."

Swan had no way to refuse anymore when Gale stood up, because when she looked down, she realized the ground was so far from this angle, so she hugged his neck tighter.

"P-please don’t let me fall. I’m scared."

Gale smiled as he was in a good mood, and then walked out of the room. He strolled around the castle ground with his mate on his arm. Every soldier and servant they passed would kneel immediately when Gale walked past them, but some forgot to do so because they were taken aback by Princess Swan’s beauty.

Gale was in a great mood seeing their reaction. It made him proud, so he let them off, knowing they forgot to kneel because they couldn’t help staring at Swan.

Gale glanced at his mate a few times, checking if her body was exposed in any way. Despite liking the attention his mate got, he would hate it if they looked at her with perverseness in their eyes.

It made him want to gouge their eyes out.

Meanwhile, Swan couldn’t care less about what these beastmen think of her. She was more worried about falling from this height, so she hugged his neck tighter and buried her face on his shoulder.