Chapter 206: Chapter 206: Morning Sickness


    The festival to celebrate Beast King''s sessful rut was finally over after five days, and the new year had just started.


    Winter was getting colder than before, and it was torturous for Swan whose body was getting weaker and weaker.


    Today she stayed in the bathroom for a long time, at least longer than usual. Not for bathing, but because she felt nauseous.


    "Ugh... What''s wrong with me?" Swan asked herself as she stared at her reflection in the mirror. She had been feeling ill for two days. She got nauseous, weak, and even somewhat feverish, but it onlysted a few hours in the morning.


    The nausea would disappear around brunch time, but she would feel fatigued all day. Of course, she tried her best not to show any sign of fatigue or illness in front of her husband, fearing that Gale would panic since he seemed to be overly concerned about her.


    ''Maybe the winter cold is just too much for me. I should drink more tea and eat more to fight the sickness,'' Swan told herself as she washed her face with warm water on the basin. She stared at her reflection again.


    Usually, she would avert her gaze from the mirror because Aria always called her ugly or disgusting, but not anymore. She had grown confident over her appearance, especially when she realized that she had been putting up some weight, so her sunken cheeks were a bit chubbier and rosier.


    Gale kept mentioning that he liked her when she had such rosy cheeks. It encouraged her to eat a bit more than before.


    Unfortunately, her face didn''t show a good expression. Each morning had be difficult for her who experienced nausea and sometimes vomiting.


    "Princess, are you alright?" Myra asked from outside the door. "Do you need me to call the doctor?"


    "No, I''m fine. I''m about to finish soon," Swan replied. She had been telling the cat maids to keep calling her Princess in private despite Gale already iming that Swan was the Queen of the Kingdom of Beastmen. She just felt morefortable that way, as she still felt she didn''t deserve the title just yet.


    Swan walked out of the bathroom with her crutches, and when she opened the door, the cat maids were already standing in front of her with worried eyes.


    "Princess, you took almost an hour inside. We also heard the sound of you retching. Are you sure that you are alright?" Myra asked again.


    "I can call the doctor now, Princess."


    "No, don''t call the doctor. It''s no big deal," Swan refused. "I think the cold has gotten into me. I should eat and drink more. Oh, and don''t tell His Majesty about this. You know he gets concerned over small things."


    The cat maids wanted to refute that, because the Beast King usually didn''t care about anything other than his wife. It made sense for him to be overly concerned when Swan was the most important person in his life.


    "But, wouldn''t it be better to be checked by the doctor? I''m sure His Majesty wouldn''t mind if we call Matoa, the miraculous doctor."


    "That would be too much. Doctor


    Matoa would need to travel far in the middle of cold winter just to see me. Besides, we shouldn''t bother His Majesty. Isn''t he currently in the Holy Achate, handling the Queen''s abdication and also the transfer of power to make the Holy Achate our vassal kingdom?"


    "Yes, Princess. He is apanied by a few elite guards, with ze Silverfang as the second-inmand," Myra replied.


    "He also left with Lady Jade," Maya added.


    "Lady Jade?" Swan frowned. She didn''t have a good feeling when the cat maids mentioned Lady Jade. "Does that mean Lady Jade will be ced in the Holy Achate as the new vassal kingdom ruler?"


    "We don''t know, Princess..."


    "Hm... then I will ask himter. He has a lot on his te, making sure that Holy Achate could survive after the trade ban during a harsh winter. So, we shouldn''t stress him out over my condition. This is just a cold at worst." Swan chuckled. "I don''t want him to run back to the castle just to check on me over a cold." freewebnovel


    The cat maids felt like Princess Swan was oversimplifying her condition. It had been two days, and she kept having morning sickness.


    However, they had no authority to call the doctor, let alone the miraculous Doctor Matoa, without Princess Swan or the Beast King''s order.


    Thus, they decided to follow Princess Swan''s request and helped her to return to bed.


    Swan ate her breakfast on the bed, and once she was done, Maya delivered a message from Long Xiurong, "Princess, Lady Long has been asking us about your schedule. She wants to have tea time with you as soon as possible."


    "We asked if there was a message she wanted to say to you, but she said nothing else. She just said she wants to have a tea party," Myra added.


    Swan was surprised by that. It had been a while since she had tea time with Long Xiurong, and it was Swan who always invited Lady Longe because she wanted to make sure that Long Xiurong wouldn''t be footed by Jade.


    This would be a perfect opportunity to see what Long Xiurong had been up to, and to find out if she was moving to Jade''s side because she might resent Swan for hogging Gale all for herself.


    "Tell Lady Long toe for brunch. Prepare tea and assorted snacks. We will have tea time in my room," Swan ordered. "Oh, make sure to prepare a lot of snacks. Lady Long loves them, so we can talk for a long time."


    "Understood, Princess!" The cat maids replied in unison before excusing themselves out of the room.


    Swan sipped her morning ginger tea, and her stomach felt much better now.


    She stared at the tea and muttered, "I wonder if Long Xiurong has something to


    say."