PMBPHP Chapter 96

When I woke up I noticed the sound of the wind blowing, and the sound of the windows rattling, and opened my eyes, I saw an unfamiliar blue wallpaper and gorgeous lighting.

I’m lying on a strange bed in a strange room.
The bed was fluffy and warm, and I wanted to sleep forever.

Where? What is this. . .
I couldn’t understand the reason for a moment.
Unexpectedly, I seemed to be sleeping soundly.

I’m sure. . . Oh, that’s right! I collected medicinal herbs, then I was surrounded by fluffy, and then?
When I turned over to the side, my eyes met with Gresis-sama, who was sitting on the chair beside the bed.

“I thought it was about time to wake up.”
He gently stroked my hair.
“What is this place?”

“It’s a guest room in the castle of the Hire Kingdom. I also fell asleep for a while at the knight’s station, but I can’t let you sleep with the knights forever. And Curtance guided me to the guest room.”

“That’s right. Even so, Gresis-sama also fell asleep, you can’t beat that comfort.”

“Absolutely. Even though I knew that it was men’s belly hair, I couldn’t compete with the combination of Lilith and fluffy.”
“Belly hair. Please say feathers.”

I giggled at Gresis-sama’s troubled expression and the way he called the feathers.
Even if I only see an eagle, Gresis-sama can see the appearance of a male knight. So it seems complicated.

“Around seven o’clock, I was contacted to have an audience with His Majesty King Brenarook. They have something to talk about before the audience, so I was told by Curtance to come to the royal doctor’s room. It’s time to get ready.”

“If you say so, we haven’t had an audience yet.”

Originally, it was normal to greet His Majesty the King as soon as I entered the country, but this time it was urgent, so I hadn’t greeted him yet.

“By the way, have you heard anything about the condition of Prince Curtance’s wife?”

I was only worried about whether the medicinal herbs I collected could be used properly or if they were in time for treatment.

“I haven’t heard anything, but Curtance didn’t seem to be depressed, so it’ll be fine. You can check with the person himself.”

I had Mai and Mei quickly dress me up, and while I was worried, I took my escort Carlsen and went to the royal doctor’s room designated by Prince Curtance with Gresis-sama.

Prince Curtance, who opened the door of the room, saw me and gave me a hug.

“His Highness Curtance?”
“Lilith, what have you done?”

I’m confused by the words that seem to be happy, but can be taken in a bad sense.

“Let’s move away for the time being.”
Gresis-sama separated Prince Curtance, so I asked what I was most curious about.

“Um, is your wife okay?”
“Oh, thanks to the medicinal herbs, her physical condition is stable, and it seems that there is no problem with the child in her stomach.”

“That’s good.”
I was relieved that the medicinal herbs I collected didn’t seem to be wasted.

“It’s not good. You’ve accomplished a great thing, Princess Lilith.”
“What’s amazing? What on earth did Lilith do?”

Gresis-sama put his hand on his waist and asked Prince Curtance for an explanation.

“Look at that. It’s a medicinal herb collected by Lilith. It’s a huge amount, isn’t it? She took that amount in just ten minutes.”

The hemp bag containing the medicinal herbs I collected was on the table.
I tilted my head and looked at Gresis-sama.

“Is it amazing?”
“Well, I don’t know because I’ve never collected medicinal herbs, but if you say it’s amazing, it must be amazing.”
Gresis-sama and I didn’t get it.

“Even if we put in ten children, we can’t get this amount. And it’s in the extreme cold. Look at that. It’s uprooted.”
Prince Curtance showed me a bottle of medicinal herbs.

“What’s important about it being uprooted?”
In response to Gresis-sama’s calm reaction, His Highness Curtance shook his head.

“It can’t be helped that Grese doesn’t know this value.”
“Speak so I can understand.”

Gresis-sama’s tail hit the floor.

“It was our country’s long-cherished wish to grow and increase medicinal herbs that are our national flowers and can be used as panacea in the fields in the castle. In order to do that, it was essential to collect uprooted plants. However, for children who we have no choice but to rely on, they break the stem and crush it. If you dig with a shovel, the roots will be cut off, some nutrients will come out, and even the surrounding medicinal herbs will wither and die. That’s why we couldn’t touch the soil.”

“So Lilith accomplished that easily.”
“That’s right. How on earth did you do it?”

I was troubled because Prince Curtance stared at me with a serious expression.

“As you taught me, when I held the root and pulled it, it came out easily. I thought it would be better to break it with my hand, but it’s the same no matter how many times I tried, so I gave up. I was worried about what I would do if you couldn’t use it, so it was good.”

“Did you pull it out easily? Really?”
“Yes, it was surprisingly easy. Winter medicinal herbs may be easier to remove compared to spring.”

At my opinion, Prince Curtance tilted his head.

“That can’t be true. But either way, it can’t be confirmed. It’s impossible for us to collect the national flowers in winter. That’s why what Lilith has done is great. We could never uproot the winter national flowers and collect them in large quantities.”

I’m just a person who is smaller than normal, so I’m glad if I was able to help.

“His Highness Curtance helped me a lot, so it would be nice if I could return the favor.”
When I smiled with relief, I was given a troubled expression from His Highness Curtance.

“Rather, we have to return the favor on behalf of the country. My father will intend to do so too.”
“It’s such an exaggeration.”

It was certainly scary to go to the side hole, but it was a knight who carried me to it, and although it was cold, he also prepared cold weather gear.

The collection of medicinal herbs itself is surprisingly easy, and it’s not a big deal.
When I was confused and saw Gresis-sama, he smiled to reassure me.

“It’s the result of Lilith’s hard work. That’s good.”

I just did what I could, but I felt a little sorry.

 

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Lilith needs to learn to accept praise and gratitude gracefully. It my not have been a big deal to her or even particularly difficult, but what she did could affect many people and help save a lot of lives in the future.

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