PMBPHP Chapter 60

“What’s the next recommended dish? I’m looking forward to it.”

Prince Harence left, and again, I went around the stalls recommended by Bane with Gresis-sama and enjoyed delicious meat dishes.

“Your Highness!”

When my stomach was full, I heard a voice behind me.
When I turned around, there were three men wearing robes from top to bottom, and one of them was crouching.

“That is His Royal Highness Cartens, the Crown Prince of the Hire Kingdom. He’s a hawk beastman, but it’s strange.”
“Let’s call out.”
I rushed over with Gresis-sama.

Prince Cartens’s hair color is chocolate brown, his hair is a little longer than the neckline, and his bangs are slicked back.
His eyes are dark orange and sharp, but his face is well-organized.

The appearance is no different from that of a human, so if you meet in a human country, no one will notice that you are a beast person.

“I’m the third prince, Gresis. What’s wrong?”

“It may be heatstroke. The Hire Kingdom is located in the highlands, and the average annual temperature is lower than here. That’s why we are vulnerable to the heat.”
The escort with Prince Cartens answered.

It was a sunny autumn today, and the temperature was high.
There is a distance to the waiting place for the carriage.
He’s conscious, but it seemed impossible to move the exhausted Prince Cartens, to the carriage.

When I looked around, there was a place in the shade in a nearby alley.
“Gresis-sama, if it’s in the shade over there, it should be cooler than here. Can you move? It would be better to loosen the buttons on the clothes so that the neck would be more comfortable.”

It can’t be helped if there’s no one around, but I can’t go ahead and loosen the button when there’s a man.

“We’ll do that.”
That’s good, the escort with Prince Cartens offered.

At the direction of Gresis-sama, the escort carried Prince Cartens to the shade and loosened some buttons on his jacket.

“Can someone call a town doctor? Also, cold water, if possible, I wonder if there is ice.”

When I called out to the beasts in the town who were watching us from a distance, I got a reply.

“Your Highness, leave it to me. I’ll bring the town doctor right away.”
An unknown man who was nearby ran away.

“I have cold ice water.”
A woman I didn’t know brought me a water jug of ice water and a cup.

“Thank you.”
“The people in this area were taken care of during the epidemic. I can do this much.”
The woman winked and smiled.

I put water in a glass from the pitcher and offered it to Prince Cartens.
“It’s cold water. Can you drink it?”

Prince Cartens looked lazy, but turned away.

“I don’t drink water from humans. It may be poisoned.”
“Lilith, let’s abandon it.”

I was a little surprised because the kind Gresis-sama said that in a rather serious tone, but I’m sure it’s not his true intention, because I know that they’re close enough to talk lightly from when he spoke to Prince Harence earlier.

The water was tested for poison by Vector in advance, so the safety was confirmed.
I took a sip from the glass of water and offered the glass again to His Highness Cartens.

“As you can see, there is no poison in it. It’s water from everyone in the town who was worried about His Royal Highness, so please don’t worry.”

Prince Cartens stared at me, sighed and reached for the cup. But before that, Gresis-sama took the cup and drank it all at once.

“Huh? Excuse me, Gresis-sama?”
“You, it’s a good opportunity. . .”

Prince Cartens looked at Gresis-sama grumpily while wandering his hands in the air.
Ignoring Prince Cartens, Gresis-sama smiles at me.

“I’m sorry, I was thirsty, so I couldn’t help it. Cartens was lingering, so I took it first. Lilith, one more drink, please.”

“Well, I didn’t know you were thirsty. You should have told me.”

When I poured water from the jug into the cup that Gresis-sama was holding, Gresis-sama gave the cup to Prince Cartens.

“Don’t tell me that you can’t drink it from me.”
“. . .Do you say it?”

Prince Cartens clicked his tongue, and when he took the cup away from Gresis-sama, he drank water little by little.
I wet the handkerchief I had in the meantime with the remaining ice water, squeezed it, and offered it to Prince Cartens.

“It’s an unused handkerchief, so don’t worry. You can use it on your forehead, face or neck. If you cool down, it should be a little easier.”

“. . . I guess it’s true.”
“Yes, when I was young, I often got heatstroke and was taken care of, so please don’t worry.”
Big brother. I smiled while thinking so.

When Prince Cartens received the handkerchief, he put it on his forehead.
Maybe he likes the coldness, he closes his eyes comfortably.
The handkerchief quickly warms up, so every time I wet the handkerchief with ice water and squeezed it.

“Lilith, your fingertips are bright red. Let’s take turns.”
“It just got a little cold. This much is fine.”
“No way.”

When Gresis-sama took the handkerchief I received from Prince Cartens from me, he replaced the work of wetting and squeezing the handkerchief with ice water.

“Your Highness, I brought a doctor.”
“Thank you, you saved me. Oh, Terry.”

The doctor the man brought to me was Terry, the representative of the town doctors who cooperated with me to end the epidemic in the royal capital.

“I didn’t think I would be able to see Her Royal Highness again. I didn’t expect Her Imperial Highness to be taking care of a patient on the day of the festival.”
Terry was surprised.

“Leave the rest to me and enjoy the festival.”
“Then, let me do that.”

In response to Terry’s words, Gresis-sama pulled my hand and made me stand up. Before I knew it, he placed one arm under my butt and lifted me up.

“Hya!”
When I was about to lose my balance, he quickly supported my back with his other hand.

“Doctor, please take care of the rest.”
Gresis-sama didn’t change his expression and gave Terry a gold coin as a treatment fee.

“Yes, please leave it to me. But this is too much.”
Of course he is talking about the amount of money, but Terry seemed to be surprised by Gresis-sama, who was holding me.

“He is the crown prince of another country. Please do it respectfully.”
“Is that so, I’m in awe.”

Too surprised by Gresis-sama’s actions, Prince Cartens looked dumbfounded and Terry, who saw the guards, regained his composure and answered. Gresis-sama nodded again and looked at me.

“Lilith, hold on tight so that you don’t fall.”
“Huh? Yes.”

I don’t know why, but if I put my arm around Gresis-sama’s neck and cling to it, can you run fast like this? He started running at a great speed as I thought.
Where on earth are we going?

When I turn around and look in the direction we were headed, we’re going through a narrow alley.
The end is a wall, and there is no road.

“G, Gresis-sama! We’ll hit it!”
I put strength in my hands that cling tightly.

“No problem.”
“Hyaaah!”
Dang!

He used a wooden box nearby as a stepping stone, and with a great jumping power, we went up to the roof at once and started running on the roof.

“Oh, fall, fall!”
“It’s okay. I’ll never drop you.”

When he jumped over while running between the roofs, I saw a high clock tower and a slightly lower building next to it.
Gresis-sama’s hand supporting me became stronger, and I had a bad feeling.

“Gresis-sama, what are you doing?”
“Be quiet. You’ll bite your tongue.”
“. . .”
I close my mouth.

The running speed increased even more, and he jumped from the roof to the wall of the next building as if rushing forward.
He kicked the wall to change direction quickly and jumped even higher towards the clock tower.
It’s a triangular jump!

“Kyaaaaaaaaa. . .”
We landed safely at a place that looked like an observation deck at the top of the clock tower.
I couldn’t hold back my voice, but my tongue was safe.

“Were you scared?”
I nodded while holding on tightly.
A little, no, I got teary eyed with a lot of fear.

“Well, this is pretty normal, but I’m sorry. This is the place I used to come to when I wanted to be alone. No annoying people will come here.”

Gresis-sama said so and slowly let me down.
The townscape of the royal capital and the many people below look small.
Beyond that was the royal palace, and when I looked farther away, I could see the forest as well.

“Wonderful. . .”
“It’s a pretty good view overlooking the royal capital.”
“Yes, very much. It’s the first time I’ve been to such a high place!”

I was involuntarily moved and got excited.
Gresis-sama squinted his eyes and said calmly.

“There are a lot of firsts for Lilith.”
“I’m sorry, I don’t have a lot of experience.”
I couldn’t help it, but I was suddenly ashamed of my lack of experience.

“I’m not blaming you. It’s not bad to fill the firsts of Lilith with me. But there were always people in the way during your first walk in the town. You didn’t enjoy it, did you?”

Gresis-sama’s palm gently stroked my cheek.
Gresis-sama, who is serious and kind, must have been working hard to entertain me because it was my first time walking around town.

“No, it was fun to go out with someone I love, eat delicious food, be treated kindly by the townspeople and knights, and see such a wonderful scenery with Gresis-sama. No, but if Gresis-sama smiles, I’ll be even happier.”

I lightly pinched both cheeks of Gresis-sama and moved them up so that the corners of his mouth would rise.
I couldn’t help but burst out laughing at his face, which was cuter than I thought.

“I wanted to please Lilith, but that’s okay.”
Saying that, Gresis-sama was very kind and gave me a very gentle smile, so I felt happy.

The light of the sunset from the side made Gresis-sama’s champagne-like yellow eyes shine more and more, and the beautiful smile became even more beautiful, and I was fascinated for a while.

I was surprised that my first town walking date was full of unexpected things, but thanks to Gresis-sama, I had a lot of fun.

But I sincerely hoped to walk down the stairs on the way home.