CH 68

When I was waiting in the conference room with Crane, Prince Corini, who had just left the room, came back again.

“Your Imperial Highness Princess Lilith, please come to the arena immediately.”

“Is it an arena?”

I look at Crane and wonder what’s going on.

“I’ll talk about the details while facing you. The guard knights of the Kingdom of Tenar, please follow Lord Crane. I’ll take Princess Lilith to the arena.”

Prince Corini instructed Agar, who was waiting as an escort outside the door.

“. . . Understood.”

For a moment, Agar, who saw me, looked worried.

“I’m afraid, but I have a dedicated escort of the Kingdom of Howl. So shouldn’t Lord Agar follow the Princess?”

Crane expressed his opinion to Prince Corini.

“Mr. Crane, you are the only one who can treat the insanity disease. I want you to concentrate on treatment without any stress. For that reason, it should be more reassuring to be with your own escort knight than the escort of another country. I understand that you are worried about Princess Lilith, but I will protect her in the name of the royal family. Please understand.”

Crane looked at me with an indescribable complex expression, so I laughed to reassure him.

“I’ll be fine. Agar, please take care of Crane.”

“Yes.”

I left Crane to Agar and headed to the arena with Prince Corini’s guidance.

“Apparently, Princess Lilith, it seems that the knights of our country and the knights of the Kingdom of Tenar have entered an argument about you. It escalated and ended up in a duel.”

“I’m the cause, is it?”

I’m sure the knights must have gotten angry when something was said about me as a human.

I’m happy, but I can’t be happy about the duel.

From tomorrow, the knights of each country have to cooperate to end the insanity disease, but if they have a falling out, they may not be able to cooperate and it will interfere with the mission.

Besides, I can’t help but worry if someone gets injured in a duel.

“Is a duel so easy to do?”

“No way. The person in charge of both countries needs to allow it. This time, it will be my brother and Lord Gresis, but they easily allowed the knights to talk directly, and the duel was decided. Seriously, even though it’s the real thing from tomorrow.”

Prince Corini clicked his tongue in a bad mood.

Prince Corini, the voice of his heart comes out.

It seemed that he was unaware of himself, so he apologized.

“No, it can’t be helped if you think so.”

While Prince Harence likes to play pranks, Prince Corini has a serious impression.

Maybe he is usually swayed by Prince Harence.

“However, when granting permission, Lord Grace said that Princess Lilith, the cause of the duel, must be present, and if Princess Lilith does not want a duel, it cannot be permitted . That’s why I came to call you.”

“I’m sorry to trouble you.”

“No, this is also for the mission.”

I manage to follow Prince Corini, who is in a bad mood and rushes ahead.

Unlike me, Prince Corini has a wide stride and is as tall as Gresis-sama.

Even if His Highness walks a little faster, if I don’t run, the distance will get further and further away.

No, it’s hard to breathe.

Ladies are educated not to run. Because if you are not conscious of elegance all the time, you will not be able to acquire it.

Still, I was a tomboy, so I was running around here and there because I didn’t leave the royal palace.

But that’s occasionally, and I’m not used to running.

As expected, I was out of breath, so I stopped and sat down.

Prince Corini, who noticed me sitting quite far behind and breathing roughly, ran up to me looking surprised.

“Princess Lilith? What’s wrong?”

“That’s because I don’t usually run. I’m out of breath. Excuse me. If I rest a little, I’ll walk.”

I managed to answer while breathing.

“. . . I didn’t know that you would be out of breath at this level. Seriously. . . I’m in a hurry. . .”

When Prince Corini saw my breathing, I thought he clicked his tongue, and he immediately became a wolf.

“Um, what’s wrong? Are you not feeling well?”

I was worried because I heard that if beastmen weaken, they will not be able to keep their human form.

Prince Corini, in the form of a wolf, turned around after finishing putting his clothes in a black box.

“No, my physical condition is normal. Aren’t you afraid of me or feel disgusted?”

I didn’t know why I would be scared even though he was talking normally like this, and I didn’t know what was disgusting about a wolf with beautiful fur, so I tilted my head.

“Well, I think it’s fluffy and adorable.”

“Eh?”

Prince Corini opened his mouth, but it’s not enough.

“More than that, you haven’t been able to maintain your human form. Aren’t you forcing yourself?”

I asked about the wolf’s complexion while sitting down, but I couldn’t understand the color of the wolf’s face covered with hair, so we just stared at each other.

“. . . Unlike cats, we canines can become beasts by our own will. Because you can demonstrate your high physical ability if you become a beast. At that time, the clothes will get in the way, so boxes are installed everywhere so that they can be put away. The black box is for the royal family only.”

If you look at it, boxes of various colors are installed at equal intervals in the corridor.

“That’s right. But why did you become a beast?”

My breathing is getting better, and I think I’ll be able to walk soon, so I stood up.

“It’s to put you on my back.”

I was surprised when Prince Corini took a prone pose.

You mean get on?

“I can’t be rude to straddle your highness’s back. I can walk now, so don’t worry.”

When I tried to walk, I was grabbed by the hem of my skirt and stopped.

“It’s common for us to put it on our backs and ride it when we need it. I said we’re were in a hurry. Please get on quickly.”

“. . . Yes . . . .”

It’s not an atmosphere that I can refuse, so I had no choice but to straddle his back.

Immediately after straddling, Prince Corini stretched out his four legs and stood up, so I lost my balance and fell down on his fluffy back.

I immediately turned my arms around his torso and managed to catch it desperately so as not to fall.

“. . . . –, please don’t ride in such a strange way.”

“Even if you say it’s a strange way to ride. . . Is there a way to ride?”

Prince Corini gave me a big sigh, but I think it can’t be helped because it’s the first time.

“Please put your hands on my back like riding a horse and raise your body a little.”

“Is it like this?”

I managed to put my hand on Prince Corini’s back and got up.

Every time Prince Corini breathes, the back I am riding moves.

The back of the wolf, which is not prepared for riding, such as saddles and reins like riding a horse, is unstable, and I’m afraid that I will be shaken off if it moves.

“Well, in this position, I’m scared because I don’t have a place to hold it and I feel like I’m going to fall.”

“You can hold it tightly anywhere.”

“Tightly, if I get on your back and pull your hair, or grab your meat, it hurts the same as being pinched, doesn’t it? I can’t do that.”

“When we become a beasts, we become strong, so there is no pain. I didn’t think I’d hesitate to grab it because you were worried about it hurting me.”

Apparently, I was thought to be a person who abused animals.

Does it look like that?

“Normally people hesitate. Because they don’t want to do to others what they don’t like being done to them.”

“Is that normal?”

Somehow, I feel like I’m still being suspected.

I’ve never abused animals.

“Now, please grab it quickly. I can’t wait.”

“Well, if you’ll excuse me.”

“If you don’t hold it tighter, you will fall.”

“Yes.”

When I grabbed it with both hands, Prince Corini started to run vigorously.

“Oh, wait, wait! It’s fast!”

“I told you I was in a hurry.”

Prince Corini, like Gresis-sama, has an unusual running speed.

It was impossible to balance while raising my body.

I feel that if I lower my position and keep the wolf’s back and my body in close contact, the air resistance will be less and it will be stable.

“Wait, please don’t stick to me again!”

“I’m sorry, but it really has to be this way of riding.”

I know I’m causing trouble.

But I can’t do anything about it.

“. . . It can’t be helped. Please hold on firmly.”

I thought he would be angry, but unexpectedly, I felt that his tone was kind.

“Yes.”

When I squeezed it tightly and attached my body tightly, the speed increased even more.

“Kyaaaah!!”

The fluffy is nice, but I definitely don’t want to ride on the back of the wolf anymore.

I thought from the bottom of my heart.

There will be no update this coming Monday.

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