[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-are-beast-nobles-supposed-to-be-this-lewd":3,"chapter-are-beast-nobles-supposed-to-be-this-lewd-are-beast-nobles-supposed-to-be-this-lewd-chapter-38":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Are Beast Nobles Supposed to Be This Lewd?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1526390,1978,"Chapter 38: Sunlight Through Darkness","are-beast-nobles-supposed-to-be-this-lewd-chapter-38",38,"\u003Cp>\"You seem annoyed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelith’s ears lowered slightly, genuine concern flickering across his face as though he worried he had somehow done something wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mmm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She very eloquently stated the obvious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now his expression shifted into something faintly wounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Somehow, I get the feeling I’m just an excuse so you don’t have to deal with the other two.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, he didn’t actually care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as she stayed with him, he would gladly accept being used as an escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had absolutely no intention of letting her know that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, Mirabelle’s heart tightened at his words, and a quiet sense of guilt stirred inside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because somehow...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what she said instead was:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No. Not at all. Of course I intended to dance with you today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelith looked unconvinced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure. But only because I was convenient.\" A crooked grin spread across his lips. \"I get it though. Compared to a mysterious panther or a charming fox, a hyena doesn’t exactly stand much of a chance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence stretched briefly between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Laughter and music drifted through the ballroom while countless couples moved across the moss-lined floor in elegant circles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every now and then, the scent of flowers and warm food cut through the heavy presence of beastmen lingering in the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Mirabelle’s guilt only grew worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he was right about something else too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside Silas, Kaelith had somehow always faded into the background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Lucien possessed an entirely different kind of charm than he did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that didn’t mean Kaelith wasn’t attractive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he absolutely was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face, the half-shaved hairstyle with the remaining dark hair falling long around his shoulders, the piercings, and those reddish eyes gave him a forbidden kind of wild beauty that probably would have destroyed every girl obsessed with dark romance novels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if she was being completely honest with herself...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...something about him tugged at her heart too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it wasn’t just his appearance working in his favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While dancing with him, she could clearly feel just how strong he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelith was strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not merely physically, but politically too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Mirabelle, with her still limited understanding of noble structures and cultivation ranks, could tell that he stood far above most males in the ballroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A high-ranking beastman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Respected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet not so powerful that being connected to him would immediately drag her into the center of political warfare the way Lucien or Silas inevitably would.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And maybe that was part of why being around him felt... easier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She just hadn’t truly given him a chance so far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And suddenly, Mirabelle found herself wondering whether that had been unfair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelith carried status and power, but wore both carelessly, like things he had never truly asked for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was something deeply rebellious about the hyena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not in the loud, reckless way he joked or provoked others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something quieter — more instinctive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As though, if forced to choose between blind obedience and following his own instincts...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he might choose himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps the people he cared about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mirabelle couldn’t know if that was actually true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for some reason...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she could imagine him standing beside her far easier than she could imagine Kaelith kneeling obediently beneath the queen’s orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell me what’s going on inside that cute little head of yours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice sounded like trouble wrapped in warmth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heat immediately rushed into Mirabelle’s cheeks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, she honestly couldn’t even say how often this happened today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I tell you,\" she replied dryly, \"I’ll have to kill you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For one brief moment, the smooth confidence of the hyena beast faltered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the grin returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go ahead,\" he said easily. \"For you, I’d crawl back from the dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A laugh bubbled out of Mirabelle before she could stop it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above them, hundreds of lanterns swayed softly beneath the branches, their warm light flickering across the dancing couples below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the tall windows, darkness had settled over Rotwald, turning the ballroom into a world of glowing gold and deep shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rolling her eyes, Mirabelle lightly smacked his shoulder:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you always have an answer for everything?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelith tilted his head slightly, pretending to think about it seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" he said finally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mirabelle blinked in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I panic internally all the time.\" He flashed her a shameless grin. \"I’m just hot enough that people usually don’t notice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That caught her completely off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another laugh burst out of her before she could stop it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hyena beast looked unbearably pleased with himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Are you always this full of yourself?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\" Not even a second of hesitation. \"It’s part of my charm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She snorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought the charm was the tattoos and emotional instability.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelith clutched his chest like she had mortally wounded him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you reducing me to my body?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the emotional instability,\" the lynx female added helpfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where exactly am I emotionally unstable?\" he demanded, sounding genuinely offended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me think...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mirabelle suddenly fell silent as though she were honestly considering it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucien: \"...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you think I have a chance?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The abrupt topic change worked immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mirabelle’s brows drew together slightly, her nose scrunching in confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaelith nearly lost his mind over how adorable she looked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The overwhelming urge to bump his finger against her nose hit him out of nowhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chance at what?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Kaelith’s voice sounded so unexpectedly soft and vulnerable that Mirabelle no longer felt like teasing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, she actually thought about it:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well...\" she admitted slowly, \"you do have a lot working in your favor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a direct answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to Kaelith, her words felt like sunlight breaking through darkness he hadn’t even realized existed inside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like the emotional instability?\" he joked weakly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mirabelle grinned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A\u002FN:Why are all of them suddenly becoming husband material?┐(￣ヘ￣;)┌\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if you have a moment, reviews are super appreciated. ♡\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They help confused future readers decide whether they’re ready for beastmen chaos yet.(￣▽￣*)ゞ\u003C\u002Fp>",997,"2026-06-06T05:51:58.980Z",1,"novelbin.me","dd065002f8de6823ac408daeafce7fc362eed732b6bb227626070f0c8b5dda4a","are-beast-nobles-supposed-to-be-this-lewd-chapter-39","are-beast-nobles-supposed-to-be-this-lewd-chapter-37",70,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fare-beast-nobles-supposed-to-be-this-lewd-cover.jpg"]