CH 45

One morning, two months after the mission started, when I went to the dining room, Gresis-sama was sitting in his seat.

“Is it okay for you to come home?”

“Ah, before the date changes. The subjugation of monsters is going well, and it’s only for one day, but we can take turns taking a day off.”

“You could have woken me up.”

When I sit opposite Gresis-sama, Dolph served my meal.

“Lilith will have to use Healer today as well. It’s better to sleep well. More than that, you can’t stay too long, can you?”

“That’s right.”

When I ate alone, I finished eating right away, so I didn’t take much time to eat.

If I had known that we could have breakfast together, I would have come to the dining room earlier.

I finished the meal with regret, and at 9 o’clock it was time to go to the royal capital.

When I got on the carriage, Gresis-sama came to see me off with Dorf.

“I have business in the royal capital, so let’s go together.”

“Huh? Yes.”

It wasn’t a send off.

“In the Tenor Kingdom, if you have an escort, the royal family can walk around the town freely. That’s why I asked Dolph, the butler who was a former knight of the Royal Knights.”

“Dolph was a former knight, wasn’t he?”

When Gresis-sama told me, I noticed that Dolph was wearing a sword.

I couldn’t imagine the gentle Dorf swinging his sword at all.

When I arrived in front of the hut for healing, I got off the carriage with the help of Gresis-sama.

Crane and I walked to the hut, and Gresis-sama and Dorf walked somewhere in the town.

When I finished using Healer and was carrying the patients to the temporary building, Gresis-sama and Dolph came back.

“I can go home after this is over, so please wait in the carriage.”

“Who is that?”

Gresis-sama pointed to the bobcat I was holding.

“It’s a patient. Crane and the doctor Terry are returning them to where they used to be.”

“Why Lilith?”

“We don’t have enough manpower, it’s the size I can carry, and it’s fluffy and cute, so it’s not a problem.”

I stuck my cheeks to the sleeping bobcat’s back.

It’s still comfortable.

“Wait, wait, wait! Stop, Lilith!”

Gresis-sama suddenly raised his voice, so I put my index finger to my lips.

“Shh. Gresis-sama. The patient will wake up.”

“But. . .”

Gresis-sama seems to want to say something.

It may be that the royal family shouldn’t do it.

Before that, I have to leave this place.

“I’ll do my best to finish as soon as possible, so please wait for me.”

Carrying the patient, I headed to the temporary building in a rush.

“Wait, Lilith.”

Gresis-sama chased after me with tremendous speed.

For some reason, Crane and Terry are carrying two patients each, one patient in their left arm and one in their right arm.

“I’ll help you too.”

“But you would be tired from helping on your day off.”

“It’s the same with Lilith, who goes every day. So let’s finish it quickly and rest together.”

Gresis-sama is really kind.

“Well then, I look forward to working with you.”

Dolph also helped, so we finished carrying the patients earlier than usual.

When I return to the residence, I take a daily walk in the garden.

Even at that time, Gresis-sama went with me.

“After having lunch, why don’t you take a bath and spend a relaxing time in Lilith’s private room?”

“It’s relaxing, isn’t it? Can dinner be brought to my room?”

“Let’s do that.”

Around 3 o’clock, Gresis-sama, who had finished taking a bath, came to my private room.

“It’s been a long time since we’ve been alone.”

“That’s right.”

It’s a little embarrassing.

As usual, we sit side by side on the sofa and enjoy the afternoon tea prepared by Mai, the maid.

“I thought you were only using Healer in the royal capital, but if you’re going to carry them, why don’t you at least limit it to women and children?”

“Then it will take time to confirm, and it will be inefficient. I know it’s rude, but to me, all the patients are the same, just cute cats. If there is a way to distinguish it, please tell me.”

“I can’t explain how to distinguish it because I know it the moment I see it. I see, Lilith doesn’t understand, that’s why it’s like that. . . no. . .”

Suddenly, Gresis-sama’s tail landed on my knee.

“Even if you can’t help carrying it, I want you to put up with this stroking and rubbing with your cheek. Otherwise, I’ll think about it and I can’t focus on the subjugation.”

Gresis-sama can’t can’t focus on it that much. That’s impossible. I think so, but it’s better not to have any concerns.

“I understand. I’ll only stroke and put my cheeks together with Gresis-sama.”

“Oh, please do that.”

When I was stroking Gresis-sama’s tail and enjoying fluffy with my cheeks up, the tail slipped out of my hand.

“Ah.”

Gresis-sama laid down and put his head on my knees.

“Maybe it’s a drunken flower?”

I remembered the day I was nuzzled on the frontier.

“It’s just being spoiled. I don’t mind if you stroke me as much as you want.”

Gresis-sama turned over and put his right arm around my waist.

When I stroke the smooth hair and the animal ears, the animal ears move and are cute.

When I was stroking his head, shoulders, upper arms and back, before I knew it, Gresis-sama fell asleep.

He must have been very tired.

After a while, the eyes of Prince Gresis opened.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I seem to have fallen asleep.”

“No, you look tired, do you want to rest in bed?”

“No, as soon as I sleep, it will be tomorrow. I want to enjoy our time together for a while longer.”

While having dinner in the room, we reported each other’s recent situation.

The fun time passes quickly, and the time is 11 o’clock at night.

I have to rest soon.

“We’ll be apart for a while from tomorrow. I’m a little lonely.”

“Then, take this for me.”

Gresis-sama took out a small box decorated with a pink ribbon from his pocket and gave it to me.

“Thank you for the handkerchief.”

When I opened the box, there was a ribbon-shaped barrette inside.

In the center, there was a yellow jeweled Citrine, which was very similar to the eyes of His Royal Highness Gresis.

“The stone is the same color as Gresis-sama’s eyes. . . thank you very much. I’ll definitely wear it every day. I’m very, very happy.”

“That’s good.”

We both lie on the bed.

Before I knew it, burying my face in Gresis-sama’s chest had become my regular position.

I wanted to feel the warmth for a while, but I fell asleep right away because I was tired.

The next morning, I immediately put on my hair clip and saw His Highness Gresis off.

“It suits you well.”

When we parted, I got a compliment and a second kiss.

I have to do my best for this.

I regained my spirit.

It’s been three months since I started using Healer every day.

Since I asked the patients for absolute rest before, everyone unexpectedly cooperated with me, so there have been no deaths since the first week.

Sometimes there were patients who tried to move around. But when Crane learned of it, he took out the rope he had brought with the appearance of a demon and tied the patient’s limbs with it.

“If they don’t listen with this, I’ll tie them up.”

One day, I remembered that Crane was talking about it in the carriage.

I thought it was a joke, but I didn’t realize he was serious.

“I wonder if Crane-dono was too scary, but after that, everyone began to protect absolute rest.”

Terry, the doctor, told me.

The patients in the temporary building gradually returned to human form and returned to society, and there were about 100 patients left.

I thought 100 people was a lot when I was on the frontier, but now I feel like it’s less.

The number of people infected with the disease in the capital was so huge.

But that’s over today too.

I finished using Healer on all the beastified patients.

After that, they just need to rest and wait to return to humanoid form, so I’ll leave it to the town doctors.

“Thank you for everything so far. I’m sad that I won’t be able to see you two, but please leave the rest to us.”

Terry and the town doctors made a strong promise and saw off the carriage.

Returning to the royal palace immediately, Crane reports the end of the mission to the princes.

On the afternoon of the same day, in the forest around the royal capital, the demon extermination activities of the Royal Monster Subjugation Unit led by Gresis-sama were effective.

It was decided that the local low-ranking knights would be able to deal with the situation without camping at night, and the mission came to an end.