Gresis’s POV*
Today is a meat festival date with Lilith.
“It’s my first time walking around town.”
Lilith, who was not allowed to go out of the royal palace, was beaming with happiness.
The people at the residence were also enthusiastic and took care of Lilith so that she could enjoy the meat festival.
I didn’t have the experience of being taken care of like that, but I think it’s good that they made Lilith cute and taught her the stalls they recommended.
I myself get enthusiastic about my first date with Lilith.
I really want Lilith to have a good time.
My father, His Majesty the King, gave a medal to Lilith who contributed to the beastmen and made it known, so ostensibly, no malice should be directed at Lilith.
Even so, I thought vigilance was necessary. But in fact, when I arrived at the royal capital, the gaze of the beast people towards Lilith was unexpectedly gentle.
It’s probably the influence of the infectious disease patients who were taken care of by Lilith.
I was happy that Lilith’s hard work was recognized in the royal capital.
It looks like we can enjoy a town date with peace of mind.
I thought so, but the knights of our unit erased their presence and followed us.
They seem to be watching over Lilith.
It’s a little annoying, but if they don’t get in the way, let’s leave them alone.
The recommended stalls and food lists taught by Chef Bane were all delicious and seemed to satisfy Lilith’s tongue.
She was confused about how to eat her first street food, but when I taught her, she was happy to eat the food.
“Gresis-sama, this skewered meat, the gravy comes out juicy, and it’s chewy, but it’s not too hard, and it’s delicious.”
Lilith makes a cute face and tells me her really detailed impression of the food while looking happy.
With Lilith’s face that says it’s too delicious and the impression that stimulates the appetite, it can’t be helped that the people around us want to eat it. Of course, there are knights among them.
Because of Lilith, the people lined up at the stall, but Lilith didn’t notice at all.
“As expected of Bane’s recommendation.”
She thinks it’s thanks to Bane.
It’s not wrong, but Lilith doesn’t know her charm.
It’s not all bad that the number of Lilith’s followers increases at an accelerated rate, but it seems that she won’t be my own Lilith, so I also think it’s not interesting.
This must be the weakness I fell in love with.
For the time being, we will aim for the next stall in order to be alone as much as possible. But I was approached by a troublesome guy.
It’s Harence, the crown prince of the Kingdom of Howl.
He is a gray wolf canine beastman, and he is two years older than me.
In order to participate in tomorrow’s National Foundation Festival, it is customary for visitors from other countries to participate in the meat festival the day before, and I have known Harence since I was 15 years old, but there is something annoying about to.
Moreover, he still hates humans.
I don’t know what he will say to Lilith.
I thought so, but it turned out to be true.
He insulted Lilith’s physique as poor.
Besides, he thought she wasn’t invited to the tea party hosted by Sherry (Timir’s wife) because she was a human. He’s looking down on her with speculation.
I kept my composure, but to be honest, it was extremely unpleasant.
It seems that I wasn’t the only one.
Not only the surrounding knights, but surprisingly, general beastmen were also directing sharp gazes at Harence.
The number of Lilith’s followers is also increasing in the town. That was the moment when I was convinced.
Without even noticing the air around him, Harence still insults Lilith.
That our relationship is only on the surface and that Lilith has not opened up her heart to me.
What Harence is talking about is probably the first night.
For beastmen, it is a ceremony that a woman accepts the first night to accept the other person from the bottom of her heart.
In our case, as a result of my unilateral rejection in the beginning, I still want to do it, but I can’t do it.
In the case of beastmen, in fact, women have more rights than men on the first night.
Therefore, even if a beast woman gets married, she has the right to refuse the first night.
Actually, they almost never refuse.
On the other hand, in the human countries, there is a strong recognition that the first night will be to produce an heir, and the men take the initiative.
I guess Lilith probably has the same values as other humans.
She may accept it if I ask, but our country has a different set of values from humans.
It’s quite painful, but I decided to wait for Lilith’s heart to be ready.
As canine animals have a better nose than cats, it seems that they can tell whether they have finished the ceremony on the first night by smell.
Even so, it would be good manners to pretend not to know. I have this idea. I want you to refrain from making unnecessary remarks that make Lilith uneasy.
I stare at Harence, but the other person is grinning.
“No matter what Prince Harence thinks, I adore Gresis-sama more than anyone else.”
Lilith clung to my arm and opened her mouth for the first time.
She just said more than anyone.
There’s no way someone with such a diligent attitude wouldn’t open their hearts.
I swallowed my happiness.
Harence didn’t seem to be convinced, so he approached Lilith and tried to grab her arm.
Since he can’t use his nose well at the meat festival, I’m sure he’s trying to check the smell up close to make sure we’ve done the ceremony.
Do you want to do such a perverted act!?
I quickly hide Lilith behind my back. At the same time, the knights stood in front of Harence in a sword drawing position.
I knew they were there, but there were quite a few. Are there twenty? But I really don’t want anyone to be cut, so I’m going to have them leave.
When I sent the signal, everyone quickly dispersed.
I was right to leave the tail.
Our unit is full of eccentrics with strong personalities, but they are excellent knights.
Thanks to that, Harence was scared and left.
As a thank you to the knights, let’s ask Lilith to send cookies at a later date.
I’m visibly unwilling to see their loyalty to Lilith explode even more after being fed, but once in a while it’s probably good to give a reward, not just punishment.
While walking around the town, I thought about that while admiring Lilith, who was curious and moving her eyes restlessly.
Gresis. . . there is a good chance that Lilith won’t say anything about the first night until you ask. She may just become insecure about it instead. And I worry about what will happen when she is around more canine beastmen and they bring it up again.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter and thank you for reading!
