It was just when I finished dancing the third dance with Gresis-sama.
“Kya!”
Suddenly, I heard the sound of something breaking and a woman’s scream from behind.
What’s going on?
When I turned my face toward the voice, the glass of the drink broke on the floor, and the fragments of the glass and the drink were scattered. A man was crouching right nearby.
Big dog ears and a sloppy tail. He is surely. . .
“Harence!”
The dog-eared woman next to me raised her voice and tried to reach out, but fell down on the spot.
“Your Imperial Highness!”
The escort with Prince Harence who rushed up to him also suddenly collapsed.
Prince Harence and the woman turned into wolves, the guard turned into a fox, and everyone began to roar.
“It’s an insanity disease!”
The invited guests who heard the words of the dog ear guard, the only humanoid, paid attention to the three people who became beasts all at once.
“It’s an insanity disease!?”
“You’ll get infected!”
“Run away quickly!”
The invited guests shouted and started running towards the exit.
“It’s bad. Excuse me, Lilith.”
“What!? Wah!”
Gresis-sama said that and grabbed my waist and he carried me lightly on his shoulder.
While carrying me on his shoulder, he quickly avoided the invited guests heading in one direction, ran up a few steps through the stairs, and when we reached the seat dedicated to the royal family, he gently set me down.
“I’m sorry for the sudden sloppy way of carrying.”
“No, what the hell is going on?”
When I looked at the hall, a lot of invited guests panicked and rushed to the exit.
If Gresis-sama hadn’t brought me this far, I might have been pushed and messed up.
“Gresis-sama, thank you very much for bringing me here. I can’t believe I was in a situation like this. . .”
I can’t believe I was having fun dancing until a while ago.
The three people who became beasts are roaring as if they had lost their reason, rolling around, and trying to attack no matter who it is.
All the invited guests are beasts and have high physical abilities, so they manage to escape and head to the exit.
Although they rushed with the momentum, the charging beasts are crashing into the wall headfirst.
It’s obviously not normal.
“That’s not much different from a monster. No, monsters with a purpose to eat are still more rational. . .”
Next to me, I touched Gresis-sama’s arm, muttering to myself, and asked.
“Is this a madness disease?”
“Oh, it is a disease that is said to have no cure with a 100% fatality rate, and it is said that if you get infected, you will not be saved first. The cause is unknown, but the incidence rate is especially high among canine animals. If you are bitten or caught by an infected person, you will be infected from the wound, so you will also be infected with other beast people and humans. If you get infected, you will lose your reason and go on a rampage, and you won’t be able to touch it.”
It was a ridiculously dangerous disease.
“It’s no wonder that everyone is confused. . .”
Everyone’s lives are precious.
I don’t want to lose my reason.
But the royal family has to take control of the situation.
“A message to the knights. While immediately ensuring the safety of the invited guests, evacuate to a separate room, make everyone wait, and lay a gag order. Request a sleep arrow from the royal doctor. Seal the movement of the three beasts until the sleep arrows are ready. However, don’t give a fatal wound and never be bitten. There is no point in being infected. If they are hit with a sleep arrow and stop moving, immediately isolate them in a separate room.”
His Majesty King Leroy gives instructions.
The guards of the evening party were the knights of the imperial guard directly under the king, the royal guard knights of the second unit, and the facility guard knights of the third unit.
The knights quickly divided their roles and were split into the evacuation guidance of the invited guests and the role of sealing the movements of the three beasts.
The knights are forced to struggle in front of the three beasts that rampage like monsters.
You have to block the movement without giving a fatal wound while avoiding it so as not to be bitten.
I was suddenly curious.
“You will seal the movements of the three beasts and isolate them by making them sleep with sleeping arrows, what will you do after that?”
“I will send you back to the Kingdom of Howl as soon as possible while they are asleep. The rest is the other side’s decision.”
I had a bad feeling about the muddy way Gresis-sama said it.
But as a royal family, I thought it was necessary to know about the country, so I dared to ask.
“So, what will you do if there is an infected person in the Kingdom of Tenar?”
“. . .It’s euthanasia.”
It was hopeless.
What if a lot of people get infected? What if Gresis-sama gets infected? What if I get infected?
My hands trembled because I was afraid of the possible reality.
I suddenly felt fear, and I felt like I could understand the feelings of everyone running away for the first time.
Can I use Healer? I don’t know. But I want to try it.
I knelt in front of His Majesty King Leroy.
In the official place, by doing this gesture, it is a sign of intention to talk to His Majesty King Leroy.
“Lilith, tell me.”
“Yes, this time, I may not be of any use. But when you finish the quarantine, could you please give me a chance to contact them?”
In front of the knights, I can’t talk about Healer.
However, what I want to say should be conveyed to His Majesty King Leroy.
“If you are accompanied by the royal palace doctor Crane and Gresis, I’ll allow it.”
His Majesty King Leroy nodded and stared into my eyes.
“Thank you very much.”
“Then, we have to seal their movements quickly.”
Gresis-sama said that and knelt next to me and waited for His Majesty King Leroy’s reply.
“Gresis, tell me.”
“Yes, I’ll block the movement. It is difficult for the guard knights to protect themselves and not kill against the royal family who attacks with all their strength without reason. But if it were me, I wouldn’t have any constriction. Please give me permission to hold a sword.”
If he attends the evening party as a prince on an official occasion, Gresis-sama will not have a sword.
So, if he wants to hold a sword, he needs the permission of His Majesty the King.
“That would be good. A sword for Gresis.”
Gresis-sama usually couldn’t calm down without wearing a sword, so he brought his sword until just before the evening party and entrusted the sword to the prime minister Ethan before entering.
That’s why Prime Minister Ethan was able to prepare Gresis-sama’s belt and sword immediately.
I called out to Gresis-sama, who quickly took up his sword.
I can’t be helped to be worried even if he’s strong.
Because it’s absolutely impossible to always be okay.
“Be careful.”
“Oh, I’ll finish it right away.”
Gresis-sama gently stroked my anxious head, and jumped lightly to the hall towards the beasts.
The moment he was in front of the beasts, he changed to an expression completely devoid of emotions, the same as when he defeated monsters.
While the knights were not able to get close at all, he quickly turned around behind the beast, lowered his position, and quickly swung the sword straight to the hind legs.
The tendon snapped, the blood blew out, and the blood splashed on Gresis-sama’s white formal clothes.
The wolf, who can’t support his weight with his hind legs, screams and falls down on the spot, and tries to rampage even if to move his neck violently and move only with his front legs.
However, the movement has become much slower.
Without a moment’s pause, he quickly went around behind the other two who attacked the knights and carried out the work of cutting only the tendons of the hind legs accurately.
In no time, the movements of the three people were sealed, and the screams of the beasts echoed in the hall.
The knights were stunned by his speed and skill.
“The sleep arrow is ready.”
“Lend it to me.”
Gresis-sama received the arrow brought by the knight, and he did not hesitate to thrust it into the buttocks of the three beasts.
“There is no mercy for the same kind. It’s just a black demon. . .”
Someone’s muttering voice echoed in the hall.
The effect of the sleeping arrow was fast, and the three beasts immediately lost consciousness, and the royal doctors, including Crane, who were waiting for it, immediately wrapped a bandage on their hind legs to stop the bleeding.
“Okay, carry it out.”
The three were carried somewhere by the knights.
“Crane this way.”
His Majesty King Leroy called Crane right away.
“I allowed Lilith and Gresis to accompany Crane for the treatment. I’m going to ask you to guide them to the quarantine room now.”
“Understood.”
Crane understood the meaning of His Majesty King Leroy’s words and guided me to the isolation room.
“Please come inside.”
It seems that he was also spoke to the guard knight waiting in front of the door of the isolation room, and he opened the door immediately.
There is nothing in the isolation room except a large bed.
Sleeping arrows were still stuck in the buttocks of the three beasts lying on the bed.
“When the time comes and you stab a new sleep arrow, the old arrow will be pulled out. That’s how I try not to run out of sleeping arrows.”
After listening to Gresis-sama’s explanation, I just felt sad.
If Healer doesn’t help. . . when I thought so, I was afraid to touch it.
Please.
With that feeling, I touched each person’s back with fear.
. . . . . There is. I feel like they have the power to heal.
“How is it?”
“I don’t know if it should be called healing power, but I feel that they have the power to heal.”
I tell Gresis-sama and call out to them while stroking their backs slowly as usual.
“It’s okay, it’s okay.”
It’s hard to grow the power to heal.
But it’s certainly growing little by little.
“It’s okay, it’s okay.”
When I kept stroking each of them for about 20 minutes, I was convinced for some reason that it was okay now.
I slowly take my hands off their backs and ask the doctor, Crane.
“I think it’s probably okay, but can you judge that they’ve healed as a doctor?”
As far as I can see, the three people who are unconscious with sleeping arrows have not changed.
“That’s right, unlike the previous infectious disease, the complexion and breathing don’t change, so I can’t judge. Whether reason is returned or not is the criterion for judgment, but there is a risk of stopping the sleep arrow in an uncertain state. When it comes to madness, it is the same as the previous infectious disease that you can’t keep your human form. So if you keep using the sleep arrow and they return to human form, you can say that they have recovered.”
“In other words, is it necessary for the Kingdom of Howl to wait for the progress?”
Gresis-sama looked down at Prince Harence, who had turned into a beast, and muttered.
“I will report that to His Majesty King Leroy. If the Princess says it’s okay, I feel like we can have hope.”
It’s frustrating that I can’t judge if they are cured right away, but I left the isolation room hoping that they would return to human form.
“Let’s stop by the garden and go home. Your complexion doesn’t look good.”
Gresis-sama’s hand gently touched my cheek.
“That’s helpful.”
The natural energy has decreased more than I thought, so I thought I had to make up for it.
The autumn garden is a little cool, and it’s chilly in a dress with open shoulders.
“The night party has been ruined.”
Gresis-sama took off his jacket and gently hung it on my shoulders.
The warmth and kindness of Gresis-sama is felt, and my heart becomes soft and warm.
“But my dream of dancing with a man other than my brother has come true, and I’m very satisfied because I was able to see a wonderful Gresis-sama swinging a sword for everyone even though there is a risk of being infected. However, it’s a pity that there were people who were frightened of the black demon god.”
Gresis-sama’s fighting figure may certainly look cruel.
But the strength of the kindness that no one, not even a knight, wants to make sacrifices is at the root.
I don’t know much about Gresis-sama, so maybe it can’t be helped. But I can’t do it.
“Thank you, if Lilith says that, it was worth polluting the formal clothes.”
Gresis-sama squinted his eyes and gently placed the hair that was in my face behind my ear.
“The next time there is a night party, will you join me for the dance again? If you don’t go with me, I’ll be in trouble because I don’t have a partner.”
Gresis-sama takes my hand and begs me.
It’s a cheating way to say that even though you know that I like to dance with Gresis-sama. But I’m happy.
“Of course I’ll go with you. It’s a promise.”
“Oh, it’s a promise.”
“Ah!”
When I noticed, Gresis-sama respectfully lifted my hand with a good smile and kissed the back of my hand.
I feel like there’s been a lot of this flow lately.
Isn’t Gresis-sama swearing too much loyalty to me?
I’m embarrassed because I’m not used to it at all, but I’m also happy, so I’m in trouble.
It’s past the point of swearing loyalty. It’s just flirting.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter and thank you for reading!
