Beast King'S Crippled Mate novel Chapter 40

40 Chapter 40: Have we met before? (1) 

40 Chapter 40: Have we met before? (1) 

Meanwhile, Swan was sitting inside the bathtub, dipping her entire body to neck length. She stared at her legs that she put at the other end of the bathtub. 

She gazed at the difference between her legs. Her right ankle was normal, but the left ankle was crooked to the point it looked strange. 

Swan remembered how she fell from the second floor after Aria ordered the guards to push her. She thought her whole body would shatter like a glass. But she didn’t. 

Unfortunately, her left leg was the first to land, and she broke her ankle instantly. 

Nobody helped her after her fall, so she was left on the palace ground with unimaginable pain. 

She was finally carried inside the palace at dusk when a few maids pitied her. She was treated with all the basic knowledge they had but improper treatment made her unable to move her left leg from the knee down since then. O 

In the end, she became crippled, and it only made Aria laugh as she found it hilarious that Swan was still alive after the fall. 

Swan didn’t know what to feel about Aria. 

Part of her had always been dictated by everyone in the palace to forgive Aria and let her have her fun since Swan was just a prostitute’s daughter. 

But the other part of her was so bitter of her half–sister that she wished Aria could disappear from this world. 

Nevertheless, she never had the strength to defend herself against Aria’s bullying. Aria would call the guards to beat her up if she dared to talk back, let alone fight back. 

‘Ah, I shouldn’t think about her. She wasn’t around anymore, so I should be safe. Swan thought. ‘I hope to never meet her again in this life…‘ 

Swan continued staring at her left leg and began to yell, “Heal!” 

Nothing happened, which was strange, since she seemed to be so powerful in her dream last night. 

“Uhm… cure my leg!” 

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“Cripple no more!” 

Knock. Knock. 

“Princess, are you alright? We heard you yelling strange words inside.” 

“Ah! 1–I’m alright! S–Sorry!” Swan blushed the moment she realized the cat maids must’ve heard everything. She submerged her body deeper to wash up the 

embarrassment. 

‘I guess it’s all just a dream. Maybe Rock had successfully escaped with his own method, Swan thought. ‘I’m glad he escaped, at least he wouldn’t need to die for a crime he didn’t commit.’ 

“Though, it would be nice to have a magic power, so I can heal my leg” Swan 

murmured. “And if I can jump from one place to another like in my dream, I would probably leave this place immediately.” 

Swan had no intention of staying with Gale. He was nice and kind to her, but she knew it was temporary until he marked another woman. 

She wasn’t deluded enough to think he would keep her around. 2 

‘Well, he would. But probably out of pity, not love, Swan thought. She imagined the beautiful streets in Holy Achate, where flower decoration was everywhere, and there were many shops that she had never seen before. ‘Wouldn’t it be nice if I could just disappear and live in a city? I would work somewhere, and earn my own money to live. I can walk around the streets in the morning, and watch the sunset from a beach in the evening!‘ 

Swan knew about meadows, beaches, lagoons et cetera from the paintings in the Holy Achate palace. She often fantasized about visiting them one by one, probably living far away from people, so nobody would hurt her or look at her with disgust anymore. 

She heard another knock followed by Maya’s call, “Princess, it’s been a while, are you sure you are alright inside?” 

“Y–yes, wait a moment!” 

Swan hurriedly finished her bath and then wore a dress that had been prepared for 

her. 

Fortunately, they gave her a more modest dress this time. 

‘He actually listens to my plea. He could’ve just ignored me last night, Swan thought. 

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She was very grateful for it because that meant she didn’t need to worry about accidentally exposing half of her breasts anymore. 

After putting on the dress, she opened the bathroom door. She stepped out of the bathroom with her crutches and noticed that the cat maids were nowhere to be seen. 

Instead, she saw Gale who was sitting at the table with breakfast already served, looking at the window where the wind caressed his hair gently. 

Swan had long known that Gale was handsome and rigid, like a castle wall that nobody could climb. She was scared of him at first, but now that she had lowered her guard against him, she began to realize something strange, 

For some reason, she felt that she had seen Gale somewhere before their first meeting at the Holy Achate Palace. 1 

‘But there’s no way we ever met before, right? Swan pondered. ‘But what’s with this familiar feeling?” 

Gale turned his head and got up when he saw Swan. 

“You should’ve called once you’re done with the bath. I can carry you, so you don’t 

need those crutches.” 

“I–I can do it myself. I’m used to it,” Swan said as she hurried to the breakfast table, so she wouldn’t need to be a burden for Gale. 

She tried to move quickly, causing one of the crutches to suddenly slip. 1 

“Ah!” Swan cried out as she lost her balance, but Gale caught her before her body hit the ground. 

“Told you. All you need is to call me,” Gale stated.