CH 31

Morning?

I have to get myself out of bed. But I’m awfully lazy.

“Did you forget that you promised to take a few days off from today?”

Prince Gresis, dressed in a knight’s uniform, poured water into a cup from the jug on the side table and brought it to me.

I took it on my bed and took a sip.

Maybe I was thirsty, but it tasted better than usual.

“I’ve taken a few days off from tomorrow. If you’re feeling well, I think it’s good to go to the forest with a lot of nature once in a while, how about it?”

“I’m looking forward to it, but is it okay for His Highness to not rest?”

“It’s fine. But it’s not good if I’m worried about Lilith. It’s enough to oversleep a little, so let’s go out as soon as we wake up. That’s why you should take a good rest today.”

After stroking my head as if to soothe a child, Prince Gresis left the room around 10:00.

Ever since I came to the frontier, I’ve been waking up at 6:00 every day to prepare for the 8:00 am meal service, so it felt like the first time in a long time I’d overslept so much.

Last night, thanks to being in contact with nature, I feel like I can move.

However, in order not to cause His Highness Gresis any more worries, I decided to stay calm and rest in bed today.

Crane, who had finished assisting with breakfast in the morning, came to check on me, as if to replace His Highness Gresis.

“Today, it took a long time to help, even though half returned to their human form. In the next few days, everyone will be deeply grateful to Her Highness.”

Crane gave me a prescription for medicinal herb tea with a meaningful smile.

It’s okay to do handwork. Since I received permission, I will embroider the ribbon that I have been making steadily and the handkerchief that I will give to His Highness Gresis when I have time.

The color of the ribbon is yellow, which means good luck. I made it the same color as His Highness Gresis’s eyes.

The handkerchief is embroidered with the initials of His Highness Gresis and a sword motif.

He doesn’t have to be happy. because it is self-satisfaction.

I made it with all my heart while praying for safety.

Around four o’clock, His Highness Gresis returned.

He smells faintly of soap.

The subjugation unit will be covered in the blood of monsters when they come back, so when they return, they will immediately enter the large public bath exclusively for the Knights in the fortress and change their clothes.

“It’s still better to take it easy. Let’s have dinner together in the room.”

The meal in the dining room was canceled due to Prince Gresis’s concern.

“It feels like it’s been a long time since we’ve had a meal together.”

“That’s right. I’m going to keep Lilith all to myself while you’re resting. Although it’s for the sake of the mission, it’s not fun for you to spend more time with the other knights.”

It was surprising that His Highness Gresis thought like that.

After all, I thought His Highness Grace accepted me as part of his family, not as a woman.

I vaguely thought that it must be like a sister or a friend.

However, his statement just now clearly shows jealousy.

Maybe he sees me as a woman?

A small hope arose.

But he might be the type to dote on me as little sister, like an older brother.

Quickly pluck the buds of hope.

“I’m sorry. I’m narrow-minded.”

“No. I’ve been wanting to know more about Your Highness, so I’m happy to spend more time with you.”

“Then let’s have it all to myself. I also want to see various aspects of Lilith.”

He smiled mischievously.

If you say something like monopolizing, I’m likely to misunderstand.

The buds of hope have resurfaced.