CH 99

On the day of my return home, it was sunny with no clouds from the morning.

So the eagle box was placed in a large room near the Knights’ station, and only when taking off and landing, the large skylight on the ceiling could be opened.

“Thank you for responding to my sudden request and for saving my child’s life. Also, please take care of the person in charge of medicinal herbs.”

“Leave it to me. I’ll report it to my father.”

Gresis-sama and His Highness Curtance shook hands, and His Highness Curtance turned to me.

“Princess Lilith, thank you for accepting the dangerous herbal medicine collection and thank you for saving my son. And here. The white national flower hair ornament is not suitable for Princess Lilith. So I want to get it back.”

What Prince Curtance offered me was a national flower hair ornament of the collected medicinal herb with red star-shaped petals.

“As I said before, the national flower means great trust. This red national flower is a product made only for Princess Lilith, who made a great contribution to our country. I want you to receive it.”

“I’m very honored.”

I returned the white national flower hair ornament to Prince Curtance, received the red national flower hair ornament, and put it on my right ear.

“Oh, it looks good on you. It’s really like a chick.”

After all, it seems that I only look like a child to Prince Curtance.

Come to think of it, the Queen told me the same thing.

I think they like me. I’m glad to hear that.

But it’s complicated as an adult woman.

“Don’t you like it?”

“No way. I just wanted to be seen as an adult a little more.”

Prince Curtance opened his eyes a little.

“? Let me tell you, I see Princess Lilith as a fine adult woman.”

“But it’s like a chick.”

Prince Curtance looked as if he had noticed something.

“Oh, I see, so. Gresis, why don’t you tell her?”

“Because I don’t want to tell her.”

What does Gresis-sama know?

His Highness Curtance said to me, who looked at the two of them alternately.

“In our country, like a chick, it means lovely, cute.”

“Huh? Is that so?”

When I looked at Gresis-sama, he nodded silently.

So, it’s been said that I’m cute until now!?

“Oh, Princess Lilith, it’s red and looks like a chick.”

“. . . . !”

It’s very embarrassing to know the meaning.

Gresis-sama hid me behind his back so that I could not be seen by Prince Curtance.

“That’s enough, stop teasing her.”

“It’s okay, I’m not teasing her. I’m serious.”

“I don’t like it.”

His Highness Curtance shrugged his shoulders.

“Don’t worry. It’s not a romantic feeling. It’s a feeling like telling my sister, so it’s good, isn’t it?”

“I know, but it can’t be helped because my emotions reject it.”

Prince Curtance tapped his shoulder and said to Gresis-sama, who exhaled a long breath.

“Hey, such a Gresis is also quite like a chick.”

“Shut up.”

Gresis-sama removed the hand of Prince Curtance placed on his shoulder and tried to escort me to the eagle box.

Without Hesitation, His Royal Highness Curtance spoke to me.

“My wife said hello to Lilith. Please come and visit again.”

“I’ll be there by all means. Please tell her that.”

“I’ll pick you up at that time. Is Gresis coming too?”

“If Lilith goes, it can’t be helped.”

“I’m looking forward to seeing you again.”

We said goodbye to Prince Curtance, and when we got into the eagle box, we were transported to the Kingdom of Tenar by the Harpy Eagle knight.

Gresis-sama quickly wiped the condensation on the window and looked outside. I also looked outside together.

On the cliff, you can see a castle covered with pure white snow.

In several small side holes on the cliff, it is the national flower of the Hire Kingdom, and the medicinal herbs called a panacea cover the ground, and the red color of the petals looks as if they are laying a carpet,

In the white snowy landscape, the red color was shining.

“You went there, didn’t you?”

“Yes, I was really scared and wanted to stop on the way. I can say it now.”

I laughed wryly and confessed.

“. . . After all, you were shaking at that time. My wife really pushes herself too hard.”

A hand was put around my waist from behind and I was pulled in.

It seems that Gresis-sama noticed that I was scared and trembling when I said goodbye on the rooftop.

“And yet, if the cultivation fails, will you go?”

Ugh, I nodded after getting stuck.

“I’ll go.”

Gresis-sama exhaled a long sigh.

“The person in charge of medicinal herb cultivation dispatched from our country must do their best.”

Gresis-sama’s head was put on my head.

“Even so, I didn’t expect the Hire Kingdom to come all the way to pick us up. Normally it’s impossible. It’s a very good treatment.”

“Is that so?”

I was picked up both when I was in the Kingdom of Howl and when I went to the Kingdom of Hire, so I thought it was normal.

But it seems to be different.

“At the time of the Kingdom of Howl, there was an urgent request from the Kingdom of Howl, and the Kingdom of Howl gave money. This time, it was the convenience of the Hire Kingdom, so they just picked us up, but originally, when we went to the Hire Kingdom on a trip, we used our own carriages and traveled for about a month to the bottom of the cliff, and for the first time, the knights of the Hire Kingdom came to pick us up with a box, and carry us to the castle. If you pay, they will pick you up, but it’s expensive.”

When traveling, if you don’t pay money to ask for a transfer, it seems that you have to go out with a lot of days to spare.

“Well, we were able to sell the favor this time, and if we send the person in charge of the medicinal herb garden in our country and the cultivation of medicinal herbs is successful, we will be able to sell even more favors. If that happens, they may be able to pick up people other than Lilith when they are traveling.”

Gresis-sama’s tail landed on the hand on my lap.

“Without Lilith, the relationship between our country and the Hire Kingdom would not have changed. Lilith played a role in bringing benefits to each other’s countries and deepening friendly relations. That’s amazing.”

After being praised by Gresis-sama, my face naturally loosens.

“What’s wrong? To be smiling. Did you say something funny?”

Gresis-sama tilts his head and looks at me.

“No, I’m so happy that Gresis-sama praised me that my face seems to have loosened.”

I massaged my cheeks with my fingers and tried to return to a normal face.

“. . . Really, it looks like a chick.”

Gresis-sama, who looked into my face, smiled with a loving expression.

“. . . !”

I already know the meaning, so I have no choice but to be embarrassed.

I knew it would end up meaning something like that, but I can see why Lilith was confused.

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