Blue Phoenix Chapter 22 - Jesting

“I am not of mixed blood? Don’t jest your Highness,” Hui Yue asked as he looked at the third prince. He was greatly shocked by the question, and for the first time, he truly looked at the prince in front of him. He had sworn to take his life for his friends, but Hui Yue had to admit that he had been looking down on the prince. He was seen as a genius, but his age when reaching the King rank was only a few years later than Hui Yue's. The white-haired young man expected him to be a spoiled young heir, but there was more to this man.

“I never said that you were not of mixed blood, but you are definitely not a half-beast, half-human,” the prince said as his face showed curiosity, and his lips curled up into a smile. “If anything your beastly genes are so distant that they can hardly be the reason for your unusual appearance. I like you. Why don’t you come visit me soon? We can see what the actual reason for your appearance is. Maybe it is even the same reason your two friends look the way they do, especially the one who looks as peculiar as you,” the prince went quiet for some time as he looked at Hui Yue causing the younger man to be even more cautious than he had been before. Hui Yue’s eyes were fully focused on the third prince, and his heart was beating rapidly. “The three of you are the most interesting people I have seen in a long time.”

“We have to return to the castle now, but it was incredibly interesting to visit and see the Grand Marshall of the Beast Army. Tell me, did you trick them all, or do they know that you are a human who pretends to be a beast?”

Hui Yue looked at the prince as a smile crept onto his face. He then shook his head. “There are things I cannot tell anyone, not even a prince,” he smiled and paused for some time. “I might visit you at some point if I have time,” he continued as he bowed to the second prince. “Thank you for visiting my humble mansion. I wish your Highnesses the best in the future.” With this, the two princes nodded towards the bowing Hui Yue, Deng Wu, and Cai Jie before the

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