Raising Beast Cubs to Find a Husband novel Chapter 115

Chapter 115: The Invitation.

The journey back to the Capital had been swift, thanks to Archduke Cassian’s restored portal magic.

They materialized in the alley behind the Daycare. The mood was electric. Caspian was alive. The Void was (temporarily) beaten. And Primrose had almost ascended to godhood.

"We’re home," Primrose sighed, unlocking the back door.

The moment the door opened, they were swarmed.

"DAD!"

"PRIM!"

"KING!"

Orion hit Caspian like a cannonball. The little prince wasn’t using his robot voice. He was just sobbing into his father’s coat.

"You came back," Orion cried. "You didn’t forget me."

"Never," Caspian whispered, lifting his son up and spinning him around. "My data is safe. You kept it safe for me."

Vali tackled Rurik’s leg, growling happily. "Did you kill the mountain? Did you punch it?"

"I punched it," Rurik grinned, ruffling his son’s hair. "It was very satisfying."

Arjun was currently climbing Rajah like a tree. "Did you burn things? Did you use the sword?"

"I used the sword," Rajah confirmed, flexing so Arjun could hang off his bicep.

Jasper walked up to Cassian, inspecting his broken monocle. "Inefficient," the snake boy noted. "But... welcome back, brother."

Cassian actually smiled. A real one. "Thank you, Jasper."

Silas didn’t say anything. He just walked up to Lucien and buried his face in the Duke’s coat. Lucien wrapped his shadows around the boy, holding him tight.

Clover hopped over to Primrose, her ears twitching. "Prim! Did you find the magic soup?"

"I found something better," Primrose laughed, hugging the bunny. "I found a recipe for saving the world."

Jax and Luna stood by the counter, smiling.

"Welcome back, boss," Jax grinned, flipping his coin. Finn peeked out from behind Jax’s leg, giving a bold wave.

Primrose looked at Finn. An illusion? A ghost? She opened her mouth to ask Jax, but she was interrupted.

The front door chime jingled.

"Is he back?" a voice demanded.

Princess Leonora marched in. She wasn’t wearing a disguise today. She was in full royal regalia, looking furious and beautiful.

She zeroed in on General Rajah.

"You!" she pointed a gloved finger at him. "You left! Without a word! You sent a flower! A dried flower!"

Rajah froze. The Tiger General, who had faced Void Beasts without flinching, looked terrified.

"Your Highness," Rajah stammered. "I... it was an emergency. The King..."

"I don’t care about the King!" Leonora snapped (Caspian raised an eyebrow but said nothing). "I care that you vanished!"

Rajah panicked. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the small, wrapped box he had bought in the Fox Village.

"I... I brought you this," Rajah blurted out, thrusting it at her.

Leonora stopped. She looked at the box. She looked at Rajah’s blushing face.

She took it. She opened it.

The Moon-Glass Comb shimmered in the light. As she touched it, a soft, magical whisper echoed in the room.

Your beauty outshines the sun.

Leonora’s face turned bright red. Her lion ears twitched so hard they blurred.

"It... it talks?" she squeaked.

"Every hour," Rajah said proudly. "So you never forget."

Leonora looked at him. She looked at the comb. Then, she threw her arms around the massive General’s neck, hugging him tight.

"You idiot," she whispered into his chest. "I love it."

The entire room went Awwww.

Even Vali stopped chewing on Rurik’s boot to watch.

Leonora pulled back, composing herself (though she was still blushing).

"Well," she cleared her throat. "Since you are all alive... I have an announcement."

She pulled out a stack of gold-embossed envelopes.

"The First Snow Ball is tonight. It is the Grand New Year’s Gala. And you are all invited."

She handed invitations to the Warlords, to Caspian, and then... to Primrose.

"Me?" Primrose blinked. "Your Highness, I’m... I’m just the nanny. I can’t go to a Royal Ball. I don’t even have a dress."

"Nonsense," Caspian said, stepping forward. "You are the guest of honor."

"But I’m a commoner!" Primrose argued. "It wouldn’t be proper." 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

I really don’t want to attend. Even though there’s no bad end, Primrose thought.

"Actually," Leonora interrupted with a smirk. "Since your Daycare attended my cousin Ellia’s debutante ball, you helped her debut well, my father, the Emperor, has officially recognized Little Whiskers as a Royal Institution."

She winked.

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