Free Web NovelChapter 216: Chapter 214: Whose Pretty Little Female?
Qin Nuo bit her lip, irritably throwing all the dresses onto the floor. "They’re hideous! None of them are worthy of me! With dresses this ugly, how am I supposed to make all the royals fall for me at first sight at the banquet?"
Mrs. Qin gently stroked her head. "Silly girl, you’re a Level 9 Female with an unstoppable Beast Taming Ability. With a single word from you, no male can defy your command. Are you really worried they won’t like you?"
Qin Nuo pouted, whining coquettishly, "But that’s different! Even if they can’t defy my commands, I want them to fall for me on their own!"
The smile on Mrs. Qin’s face widened. "My dear, silly child, no male could possibly dislike you."
Qin Nuo huffed and said, "Butler, show me the files on those males again."
The butler nodded, projecting the files onto a holographic screen for the mother and daughter on the sofa.
Qin Nuo looked at the enlarged images of the various royals on the screen, a hint of dissatisfaction on her face. "They’re all so ugly... Huh? Who’s this? I haven’t seen him before."
The butler explained, "That is Rosa Meiya, the Prince of the Sea Country, who recently underwent his second differentiation into a male."
Qin Nuo’s lips curled. "This one’s passable, I guess. What about that one?"
The butler said, "That is Li Chenlin, the last remaining royal bloodline of the Southern Country."
Seeing Qin Nuo’s gaze drift to another, the butler proactively and considerately introduced him. "This is the Snow Country Leader, Lu Tingyan. However, it’s said he already has a wife."
A look of disgust crossed Qin Nuo’s face upon hearing this. "I hate these types who can’t stand being lonely and get married early. Take him off the list!"
A hint of hesitation appeared on the butler’s face. "I’m not sure that’s a good idea. The Snow Country is one of the great powers, with some of the strongest military forces."
Mrs. Qin raised a delicate eyebrow.
The butler lowered his head a little more. "Besides, the invitation has already been sent. It would be difficult to rescind it now."
Qin Nuo snorted coldly. "He’s already taken. What’s he doing coming to the Qin Family banquet? If he dares to show up, I’ll look down on him!"
"Lu Tingyan... Hmph, even his name sounds mediocre!"
The butler didn’t respond to that. The young lady was the heir to the Qin Family, after all. There wasn’t another female in the world with such a noble status.
It was only natural for her to be a little picky.
Qin Nuo impatiently scrolled through the profiles. There were only a few handsome ones, and the males from the smaller countries were a bunch of ugly misfits.
The handsome Mermaid Prince wasn’t as powerful as the others.
That Li Chenlin, a snake, was too gloomy for her liking.
Lu Tingyan...
’Hmph. Getting married so early. I, Qin Nuo, wouldn’t deign to look at a male someone else has already touched.’
She scrolled irritably a few more times. "Go invite more people. We can pull in some non-heirs from the Royal Families too, just in case there are a few good ones who slipped through the cracks. Bring all the handsome ones here. I want to take my time and choose carefully."
The butler glanced impassively toward Mrs. Qin. Seeing her give a slight nod, he then bowed his head. "Yes, I’ll see to it at once."
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「The day of the banquet.」
Almost everyone knew that this banquet had gathered the young royal males from all over the world to select a suitable first Beast Husband for the Qin Family’s heir, Miss Qin Nuo.
The Qin Family had long remained in seclusion, only appearing at royal events. No outside media had ever reported on them.
Therefore, aside from the Royal Families and the most esteemed nobility, the average person was unaware of the Qin Family’s existence.
When Bai Su arrived at the Qin Family’s gate with Wen Dabao, she couldn’t help but be astonished.
To be precise, she had arrived at the gates of Qin City.
She hadn’t expected the Qin Family to have built an entire city for themselves.
Moreover, the city was located in a core junction between several major nations, yet it had never been marked on any map.
If she hadn’t followed the route indicated on the invitation, she never would have found this place. On the map, this location was shown as an uninhabited primeval forest.
The city’s construction was rather insular, complete with city walls and guards.
The guards were all powerful, Level 8 Lion Beastmen.
Truly a display of extravagant wealth.
Quite a few people had come.
Royals from all over the globe were there—from the Snow Country, the Southern Country, and the Sea Country, as well as various other small and medium-sized Beastman tribal nations.
Since basically only males had been invited, Bai Su, lining up with the others, seemed rather out of place.
Li Chenlin was in front of her, and Rosa Meiya was behind her. Standing in line with Wen Dabao, she already had quite a few people looking her way.
The gown Bai Su was wearing today was a gift from Rosa Meiya, brought from the Mermaid Clan—a beautiful spaghetti-strap fishtail dress.
She had a beautiful figure, and with her long, wavy hair cascading down, adorned with a few simple jeweled accessories, she was already stunning beyond compare.
Li Chenlin, in front of her, kept looking back, worried someone might try to take advantage of her.
The royals in attendance were mostly Seventh and Eighth Level Beastmen. There were a few Level 9s, but they were rare.
As a Level 8 female standing here, it was hard for Bai Su not to attract their attention.
Her looks were already exceptionally striking. Back when she ran her restaurant in the Snow Country Imperial City, the patrons, though accustomed to the daily shock of her beauty, would still occasionally find themselves staring blankly in her direction, bewitched and lost in thought.
This was even more true for these foreign royals who were seeing her for the first time.
Whispers had already started to ripple through the crowd.
"Whose young female is this? She’s so beautiful..."
"She’s gorgeous, like a piece of warm, lustrous mutton-fat jade. So exquisite and desirable."
"If Miss Qin Nuo doesn’t choose me today, becoming her Beast Husband would be great too!"
"She must be from the Mermaid Clan, right? Look at her fishtail gown; it looks like something from the Sea Country."
"So she’s a Mermaid. No wonder she’s so beautiful."
Bai Su was already trying her best to restrain her spiritual power and reduce her presence.
But her Level was what it was, and once the other males noticed her, it was nearly impossible for them to resist the charm she exuded.
Though her long, seaweed-like hair was let down, her waist was extremely slender and her hips were full. The fishtail gown she wore outlined her figure, making it appear exceptionally graceful and striking.
In a world where the fashion was for frail, sickly beauties, her appearance was like a vividly luscious red rose suddenly sprouting from a field of pure white camellias.
Her beauty was breathtaking. Without a single word or action, her mere presence was enough to effortlessly capture everyone’s attention.
Her skin was exceptionally fair, with a faint, fleshy pink hue at her elbows and joints, giving her a vibrant, sensuous allure.
Those around her couldn’t control the surging passion and infatuation in their hearts just by looking at her bare arms, their eyes radiating intense fascination and possessiveness.
Awed by the Qin Family’s authority, the crowd remained in an orderly line, not daring to move out of place.
But the spiritual power bursting from them was impossible to conceal. Intense waves of male spiritual power clashed and competed, rising and falling as each one vied to stand out before this beautiful young female, hoping she would be the first to catch the scent of his power.
Atop a high tower within the city walls.
Qin Nuo was in the middle of getting her hair and makeup done.
The butler noticed the spiritual power surging outside the city gates. He raised his eyebrows in surprise before shaking his head with a laugh.
Qin Nuo looked up from the mirror. "Butler, what are you laughing at?"
Standing by the window, the butler pointed outside and smiled. "Young lady, the exceptional males from the various nations are lining up to enter the city. They haven’t even seen you in person yet, but their spiritual power is already so excited it can’t be contained, crashing all over the place outside the gates."
Qin Nuo craned her neck to look and sure enough, she saw the males’ spiritual power clashing and vying with one another outside.
A flicker of smugness crossed her eyes. "A bunch of ignorant fools."
The butler said, "Just having the honor of seeing you, young lady, is a privilege for them. It’s only natural they’d be a little excited."
