PMBPHP Chapter 94

“It’s about time for our country to come into view.”
Prince Curtance, who was looking at the scenery from the window, turned to me with a serious expression, so I also corrected my posture.

“This time, I’m going to have Her Royal Highness Princess Lilith collect medicinal herbs.”
“Is it collecting medicinal herbs?”

I thought it was just a treatment.

“Isn’t it a treatment?”
Gresis-sama seemed to be thinking the same way.

“Treatment, the secret treatment of the Kingdom of Tenar, is it possible to treat anything at first sight, even though the patient is of a different race, even if the patient is not seen?”

“I’m not saying anything. I can’t explain it.”
In response to Gresis-sama’s words, Prince Curtance tilted his head, but did not pursue it.

“Even if I can do it, I don’t want to rely on the Tenar Kingdom every time something happens and be in debt from gratitude.”

Prince Curtance’s argument was reasonable.
If you can solve it in your own country, it must be the best.

“The precious medicinal herbs that grow naturally in our country are also called panacea, and their flowers are also the national flower. I know that my wife’s illness will definitely be cured with that medicinal herb. However, there are circumstances that mean I have to rely on Princess Lilith. Look outside.”

Prompted by Prince Curtance, I shifted my gaze to look outside the window.
A stone castle can be seen on top of a high cliff.

There were several small horizontal holes on the cliff. The ground of the side hole looked like a red carpet from a distance, and it looked conspicuous in the white silver world.

“The medicinal herbs that grow naturally in the side hole of that cliff are the medicinal herbs that I want Princess Lilith to collect.”
I had a question about Prince Curtance’s words.

“The national flower I received is a white flower, but is the type different?”

“No, it’s the same. It was collected by children in the spring, which is not the peak. It is red in winter, and as spring comes, it becomes white.”
Prince Curtance explained it to me.

“With that side hole, it’s impossible for an adult beastman, so why don’t you let your child go?”
Gresis-sama looked at the side hole and muttered.

“Yes, but children are weak and it can’t be collected in winter. In the spring when the weather is good, I have a few remaining medicinal herbs collected, but after all, it is a clumsy beastman child. They crush it and it’s almost useless. Even though it’s rare, it’s a panacea, so it’s used frequently and soon becomes scarce.”

Gresis-sama, who heard the story of Prince Curtance, crossed his arms.

“I see, Lilith is small, and she is also a dexterous person. Compared to ordinary ladies, she will have physical strength. If it was the crown princess, the permission would not have been granted, but if it was the third princess, it would be easy to ask. I can understand that it’s an emergency, but it’s too dangerous. To be honest, I don’t want Lilith to do it.”

“I know how you feel. But it’s a situation that I have to rely on her.”

Prince Curtance looked at me.
Maybe he thinks he’ll be rejected.

“I’ll do it because I’ve accepted it. Your Highness, may I ask you a favor?”
“What? Say it.”

“If I can collect a lot of medicinal herbs, I would like to get permission from the royal doctor of the Hire Kingdom and Crane, the royal doctor of our country, to find out if it is effective for the insanity disease. I think it’s possible to check the effect because Crane should have the inspection paper.”

I know that the national flower is a special flower for the Hire Kingdom.
If it’s called a panacea, it may have some effect.
For the time being, I asked just in case.

Prince Curtance looked at me and put his hand on his chin.

“. . . The insanity disease is not someone else’s business in our country. It will be possible to investigate with the royal palace doctor, so I’ll let you know.”
“Thank you very much. I’ll do my best to collect a lot.”

I clasped my hands and put my energy into it.

“Ah.”
The princess should have a more quiet image, so Prince Curtance may have been a little surprised by my momentum.

I can make up for it myself, but maybe I’ve gotten used to spending a lot of time together, so I just ended up letting my guard down.

“Gresis-sama, I’m going to finish it quickly, so let’s go home together soon.”

When I picked up the sleeve of Gresis-sama’s clothes, he smiled and gently stroked my head.

“Please don’t overdo it.”
“Yes.”
“That’s a good answer. . .”

Gresis-sama. He pinched my cheek lightly and muttered.
I wonder why I’m suspected even though I gave a good reply?

While we were talking, the box was carried over the castle. A part of the castle opened, and from there it landed in the castle.

Apparently, the open part was a large skylight, and I noticed for the first time when I got out of the box that the place where I landed was in a large room.

The skylight was closed immediately, so the room was not as cold as I thought.

Since it was an emergency, without an audience with His Majesty the King, Gresis-sama and I were taken to the conference room of the castle.
Various things have already been prepared on the desk.

“Then, Princess Lilith, please get ready to collect medicinal herbs right away. A set of cold protection equipment, a hemp bag to put medicinal herbs in, and a lifeline.”
Prince Curtance explained the things on the desk one by one.

The cold protection equipment includes trousers similar to knight’s clothes, lace-up boots up to the shin, a hooded jacket, gloves, a scarf, and a hat, and the inside of the clothes is made of fluffy and warm material.

A waist belt was designed to be equipped with a lifeline and a hemp bag.
Gresis-sama said after pulling the lifeline and checking the strength.

“It’s really only Lilith.”

“We, the beast people, are too big to enter the side hole. You can go to the entrance. Princess Lilith, we’re leaving the room for a bit, so please change your clothes.”

“Yes.”

Gresis-sama and Prince Curtance left the room, and instead, Mai and Mei, the maids, entered the room and helped me change clothes.

The fabric is kind of fluffy, so I feel like a stuffed animal. It’s pretty warm.

When I finished changing clothes, Gresis-sama, Prince Curtance, and several knights entered the room again.
A knight carefully checked the lifeline attached to my belt, and His Highness Curtance nodded.

“It’s for children, but it’s perfect. Then let the knight explain where to go from here.”

For children. . . that’s right. All the beast women are tall, and their breasts and buttocks are full. I was confronted with reality.

Of course, the knight who does not notice my state of mind at all begins to explain indifferently.

“The place you’re going to now is a side hole on the cliff that supports our castle. We will carry you to the entrance of the hole, so please enter the side hole and collect medicinal herbs. Medicinal herbs can be easily broken if you pull them from the root. There’s no problem as long as you don’t crush it. The time is limited, so I will call you from the entrance when it’s time. In addition, I will pull the lifeline and signal you, so please come out of the hole. If you don’t come out, I will consider it as an emergency and forcibly pull you out, so please forgive me.”

“I’ll collect medicinal herbs in the side hole for ten minutes. I got it.”

If I am too absorbed in collecting medicinal herbs, I may not notice the signal. I have to be careful not to be forcibly dragged out.

After listening to the explanation, I was taken out of the castle.
The wind is strong and the air is cold.
Even if I wear fluffy clothes and are completely protected from the cold, I can feel the cold.
Even though it’s cold, there are even Gresis-sama, Crane, Carlsen, Mai and May to see me off.

“Crane, when the medicinal herbs are brought, please take it to the royal doctor. Prince Curtance should have spoken to him, so I want you to find out if it’s a treatment for the insanity disease.”

“I understand.”
While talking with Crane, a lifeline was tied to the tip of the castle protruding from the cliff.

A knight in the form of an eagle holds a thick cloth like a hammock, I have to sit on it and be carried to a side hole.

It seems to be wrapped up, like a picture of a stork carrying a baby.

Before leaving, I was hugged tightly by Gresis-sama.

“I’m sorry, Lilith, I really can’t do anything this time.”
Maybe because my clothes are fluffy, I feel like I’m being held differently from usual.

“When Gresis-sama defeats monsters, I can’t do anything, so I understand. So please don’t apologize. Don’t you know how happy I am to have you waiting for me, and how much courage it gives me?”

I put my hand around Gresis-sama’s back and clung to him.

“I don’t know, but I know.”
Gresis-sama is rubbing his cheek on my head.

“Gresis, it’s about time you let Princess Lilith go.”
“. . . .It can’t be helped.”

At the words of Prince Curtance, Gresis-sama reluctantly released the hand that was hugging me.
But I was the one who was holding on.
With a regretful feeling, I slowly left Gresis-sama.

“Well, I’m off.”
I sat in the hammock held by the eagle and squeezed the left and right cloth tightly.

Collecting medicinal herbs is good.
But it’s scary to fly from a cliff, which is so high that you can’t see the ground, even if there is a lifeline.

I really want to stop it.

Everything was ready, and there was no way I could say such a thing now.

 

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I didn’t think about the fact that no one knows about Lilith’s power. They found out that Lilith was the one who was doing the treatment but not how she was doing it, and they probably thought it was limited to the insanity disease. It seems that the people from the Tenar Kingdom also didn’t think of this.

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