CH 28

Agar’s POV*

I’m Agar, Assistant Commander of the Royal Monster Subjugation Special unit.

By the way, I’m a cheetah beastman.

Like other beastmen, I disliked people who are of the human race.

The Kingdom of Seiran is a country of humans adjacent to our country.

Their discriminatory behavior towards beastmen was terrible, and it was clear that they looked down on beastmen.

Even if a young beast man was kidnapped as a slave and was being abused, they didn’t even care to take action.

The beastmen’s children were kidnapped, and the parents became impatient and appealed for slave liberation in the royal capital of the Seiran Kingdom.

At that time, since humans unilaterally resorted to the use of force, it seems that the beastmen only defended themselves. However, it turned into a brawl.

I have to say that the attack on the Seiran Kingdom’s royal capital (that’s what the Seiran Kingdom calls it, but from our country’s point of view, it’s a slave liberation movement) was meant to happen.

In the wake of the incident, humans further positioned beastmen as savages and demeaned them, and it was only natural for our people to avoid humans, and our relationship with neighboring countries worsened further.

It may have been good for both sides that border crossings other than supplies were cut off.

In such a situation, I received a report from the third prince Gresis, a classmate from the military academy, who is also the commander of the same Royal Monster Subjugation Unit.

“I must marry the princess of the Seiran Kingdom.”

He really has no luck with women.

I felt really sorry for him.

Up until now, the women who approached Gresis were clumps of power lust.

Gresis was disgusted with such women, but it was still a royal duty. That’s what His Majesty the King told him, and he reluctantly got engaged to the daughter of an Earl’s family, who has the trust of the royal family.

The fiancée cheated. Who could have predicted this unprecedented situation?

Under our law, cheating during an engagement is a felony. Therefore, the engagement was annulled early.

For Gresis, it can’t be helped that his dislike towards women has accelerated.

Despite this, the king’s order to marry a human princess is stressful for Gresis.

I felt really sorry for him.

I never thought that they would fall in love with each other and pledge allegiance to each other.

I didn’t even think of it at the time.

The first time I met Princess Lilith was on the day of the mission to the frontier.

The frontier knights have stopped functioning due to the spread of the epidemic, and monster subjugation is becoming difficult. The purpose of going to the frontier was to solve it.

In order to treat the knights as soon as possible, a royal doctor was dispatched, and His Majesty the King appointed Her Highness the Princess to assist them.

It seems that the reason for her appointment is that the infectious disease does not affect humans.

We, the Royal Monster Subjugation Unit, were mainly guarding Her Highness and assisting the Frontier Knights in subjugating monsters.

On the fine morning of the day of departure, we were waiting for Her Highness at the residence of Gresis.

“Good morning, everyone. I’m Lilith, the wife of His Highness Gresis. Nice to meet you.”

Her Highness did a lady-like bow and smiled.

The petite woman with pink hair and eyes was different from the human princess I had imagined.

I heard she was 18 years old, but she seemed young and strangely innocent.

Are Gresis’s usually heartless eyes giving her a gentle look? I felt that way.

No way.

At the time, I thought it was probably just my imagination.

On the long road to the frontier, there were many things that surprised me about Her Highness.

She is friendly with the maids who accompany her and the royal doctor, and she talks to us with a smile.

When we had a meal at an inn on the way, she sat with us and ate monster meat elegantly and deliciously.

Humans call beastmen who eat monster meat barbaric. Despite that, Her Highness doesn’t seem to care at all.

In the first place, it’s the fact that Gresis allowed her to sit with him for meals.

Something is wrong.

“After this, we need to talk about the mission.”

With some kind of reason, I stole some of Gresis’s time.

After the meal, after Her Highness left, I immediately started talking to Gresis.

Was my friend brainwashed by Her Highness? There were also people who said that.

“Lilith probably didn’t have a sense of discrimination from the beginning. The day after we got married, I became a beast due to poor health and was taken care of. She told me that beasts were better than humans. She is curious about food and won’t leave any behind. It seems that she is trying to become a citizen of this country.”

I could not believe it. The fact that such a person exists is one reason, but it was also a shock to see the day when Gresis would show kindness to a woman.

If he gives his heart and is betrayed, Gresis really won’t be able to recover.

I became worried and began to observe Her Highness.

Luckily, the missions in the frontier are rotated, and I also get to serve as Her Highness’s exclusive escort, so it was perfect for observing.

The first thing that surprised me was that Her Highness herself apologized on behalf of her country for the discriminatory behavior towards beastmen.

Since she is the princess of the Seiran Kingdom, it is an effective remark.

There are still many who are not convinced.

There were many who treated Her Highness coldly.

Even if an escort is about to step in after judging that it is disrespectful to the royal family, Her Highness will stop them and will not ask for help.

The more I observed her, the more I could see the weak and small woman, who didn’t ask for the help of the escorts, just did her best for the beastmen with a smile on her face.

Her Highness’s kindness made my heart hurt.

I felt like I couldn’t help but want to extend my hand and protect her.

However, the only one who is allowed to ignore Her Highness’s orders is Gresis, who has the power of being her husband.

Gresis might be directing his darker emotions toward the Frontier Knights. It makes me feel that way.

Maybe it was a reaction to that, but when He was alone with Her Highness, I couldn’t believe my eyes for a moment.

Is that Gresis?

Towards Her Highness, he has a gentle face that I have never seen before, creating a sweet atmosphere.

Well, I understand his feelings.

I want to pamper her too… I won’t say anything even if my mouth is torn, but I hope that the two of them will be able to keep smiling forever.

And Gresis seemed happy, I was happy as a friend, and as a single person, I became a little envious.

At this point, the only one who doesn’t know that Gresis has feelings for Lilith is Lilith herself.

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