CH 123

It will be April from tomorrow.

When I was walking in the garden, I was walking around the time when the buds of the flowers I planted with Fermes came out, and a sweet scent drifted from somewhere.

“Y-Your Highness, please return to your residence. I will also evacuate.”

Fermes said as if he was in a hurry and ran away.

“Fermes? Evacuation?”

Suddenly, I heard the sound of a whistle from here and there.

“Your Highness, please excuse me.”

Isaac, the knight of the imperial guard, suddenly picked me up and quickly returned to the residence.

“Quickly!”

Dolph opens the door and is waiting for us.

When we entered the mansion, the door was quickly closed.

“The windows are closed.”

The chamberlains are reporting to each other.

“What’s going on?”

I asked Isaac who dropped me off.

“It’s a beast flower.”

“Beast flower?”

“It’s a limited period of time in April, but if we inhale the sweet scent of the beast flower for a certain period of time, we will become a beast and will not be able to return to the human form for a while.”

“In other words, the beast flower takes away the physical strength of the beastmen.”

“That’s right.”

Fluffy Festival, it seems to be a serious situation for beastmen that they can’t be happy.

“Is it that hard not being able to go back to being a humanoid form? You said for a while, but someday you’ll be able to come back, right?”

“Yes. However, once the body gets used to becoming a beast, it’s easy because it doesn’t use physical strength. So you don’t want to go back to the humanoid form, or worse, you can’t go back to the humanoid form, no, you can’t go back. It is said that it is because of the beast flower that you feel that way.”

Apparently, beast flowers may have a drug-like effect on beast people.

“If most of the people become beasts, the function of the country will collapse. Because the foundation of life in our country is all based on the premise of the humanoid form.”

“That’s true. That’s why everyone was evacuating. Is Gresis-sama okay?”

In March and April, when there are few large monsters, he goes to the forest almost every day for newcomer training. He said that.

“It may not be okay. Every year in April, it smells after a while, but this year is earlier than usual. When the flowers smell, you stay at home and don’t go to the forest. If you go to the forest, I’m sure no one will be able to avoid becoming a beast.”

As Isaac said, Gresis-sama turned into a beast and came back to the mansion as a black leopard.

“I noticed the smell of the beast flower and immediately retreated, but I couldn’t make it in time. The scent will subside in about a week, so everyone stay at home for a drink this week. I’m sorry, but I’ll cause you inconvenience.”

“No, I also love Gresis-sama as a black panther, so it’s okay. I’ll let you eat the meal.”

I fed Gresis-sama as a black leopard for the first time in a long time.

Before going to bed, I asked Gresis-sama who came to visit my private room,

“When do you think you’ll be able to return to the humanoid form?”

“I don’t know. It’s about three days at the earliest. The scent of the beast flower takes away your physical strength.”

“I’ll touch your back a little.”

When I put my hand on Gresis-sama’s back, I certainly felt that he was a little lacking in strength.

But not as much as the infectious disease.

“I can also heal, but there is a prayer flower syrup, so I’m sorry that it looks like an experiment, but can you drink it and try it to see if it will be effective?”

The syrup made with prayer flowers has the same effect as Healer, helping the power to live.

But I’ve just been able to do it, so I haven’t been able to try it enough to know if it will have the exact same effect.

“That’s good. There is no special medicine in the first place, so if there is a possibility that I can go back, I want to try it.”

I got an understanding from Gresis-sama, so I put a tea with a temperature that is easy to drink in a water jug, a small spoon, and a spoonful of syrup, and had Gresis-sama drink it.

“It smells like flowers and it’s delicious.”

Regarding the taste, I’m glad that I got a high evaluation from Gresis-sama. I hope this will be effective.

In order to recover his physical strength, I lay down in bed early with Gresis-sama.

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Gresis-sama as a black leopard, and I can’t stand it.

“Gresis-sama, it’s the best.”

With a nice touch, I hug him involuntarily and rub my cheeks.

It feels so good that I can’t stop rubbing.

“. . . Even if I’m a black panther, won’t you realize that I’m a man?”

“? I’ve never thought of Gresis-sama as a woman.”

I answered while smirking.

“. . . That’s not what I mean.”

I was hugging and rubbing my cheeks without knowing what it meant, and suddenly Gresis-sama returned to the human form.

“The syrup seems to have worked earlier than I thought.”

“Wah!”

Gresis-sama hugged me tightly. Naked.

“What’s wrong, aren’t you going to rub up anymore?”

Gresis-sama is rubbing his cheek.

I’m wrapped in a beautiful body that has been trained, and I can’t move.

“Gresis-sama, um, you’re naked. First of all, clothes. . .”

“It’s been like that since a while ago. Nothing has changed.”

“No. It’s not fluffy, and it’s naked.”

I said it twice because it’s important.

“I told you earlier. Even if I’m a black panther, be aware that I’m a man. Lilith was aware of it, hugging me and rubbing your cheeks, weren’t you?”

He looked into my face and smiled.

What a nasty thing I do.

At the very least, I should have chosen a place to rub.

Now I’m close to the naked Gresis-sama, and it’s already embarrassing, but it’s even more embarrassing.

“I’m sorry. It was careless. So please let me go.”

I looked up at Gresis-sama’s face and asked desperately.

“It’s no good.”

He had a very good smile and hugged me even harder.

I was wrapped in Gresis-sama’s smooth skin for a while.

I can never say that I felt comfortable even though I was embarrassed!

I think Lilith finally understands what Gresis has been telling her all this time, and has finally learned her lesson about hugging people in beast form.

Only 5 more chapters left before we reach the end.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter and thank you for reading!