Chapter 111 – Chapter 111 ― Cat Help (3)
Episode 111 ― Borrowing Cat’s Hand (3)
“Whoops. Suin is more faithful to their instincts than we are. But to be able to do that in front of His Majesty. In a sense, that’s great.”
Hearing about the ‘observation’ that took place in the office that day, Grünent laughed for a long time.
“And His Majesty, who accepts it, is a very generous person.”
Honey dripped from Grunent’s eyes as he looked at Roan as he said that.
In the past, Lauca, who would have scolded Grunent for this behavior or gave a disapproving look,
Now he nods his head without saying anything.
Her likability rose alone to +50 before she knew it.
After her love affair in her cave, she seems to have felt something akin to her romantic feelings for me.
Now, basically, what I do will be seen with the crush filter on.
From -100, it was a long way.
She felt good, but she still didn’t feel good because she had something to say.
If I said this, Lauca would be upset.
“Lauka. How is the condition?”
Lauca blushed.
Pretending that Grünent hadn’t seen it, she naturally looked elsewhere, but
Roan realized.
That Grünent already knew about Lauca’s affair with him.
“It’s okay now. Magic power is also normal.”
“Has anyone ever spoken to you? You shouldn’t use magic there.”
“What… ?”
Lauca’s face was filled with astonishment.
She’s not the only one surprised.
“A place where you can’t use magic? Then what about the master?”
Helen jumped up in surprise and instead tried to check my condition.
“Jim rarely used magic. At first, Lauca used magic to fight the Cave Worm.”
“What do you mean you can’t use magic? Your majesty.”
“If you use magic there, it is said that the consumption of magic is accelerated. The possibility of mana oxidation is also increasing. I’ll have to keep that in mind next time I need to visit that cave again.”
After listening to the explanation with nervousness, Lauca’s expression contorted.
“I am…”
“Lauka. I’m glad you came back alive.”
Grünent offered her comforting words to soothe her, but Lauca shook her head as if sensing her embarrassment.
“I guess I’m not a proper forest fairy after all.”
“Even human beings have different knowledge. Instead, isn’t there a forest fairy who knows more about us humans and His Majesty than Lauca?”
Grünent said softly.
Lauca’s face straightened a little as she looked back at me involuntarily.
Even if you don’t, there’s a gift prepared because Lauca will blame herself if you give her a warning about the cave.
“Grünent.”
“Yes. Your majesty.”
“If you don’t mind, I’d like to unlock all of Lauca’s power seals as soon as we return to Basel.”
Lauca’s eyes widened at the unexpected words.
Grünent smiled broadly and nodded her head.
“If Lauca, who escorts me, becomes stronger, then I am welcome. Your majesty.”
“Good. Lauca.”
“Now… Are you okay?”
Lauca looked at me and at Grünent, half delighted and half embarrassed.
“I think Jim is fine.”
“So do i.”
Grünent looked at Roan with warm eyes.
“You finally accepted all of Lauca. Your majesty.”
And she said to Lauca.
“See. Lauca. I told you that His Majesty is a good person. Can’t you say no anymore?”
Her eyes curled slightly into a smile, but there was a strangely passionate light in her deep blue eyes.
Lauca looked away embarrassedly and nodded her head.
Grünent’s voice lifted with joy.
“He is kind by day and gives pleasure and grace by night. Lauca is finally able to accept all of Her Majesty’s favors.”
“Huh? Grünent, what…”
Lauca’s eyes widened.
But Helen stood beside her and nodded her head fervently at Grunent’s words.
To be honest, I was also a little surprised by Grunent’s words.
Grunent smiled lightly as she stared at her.
“It’s not that I don’t have a desire to monopolize someone precious like Your Majesty, but I know it’s impossible. Being able to protect even a small part of His Majesty’s side is already an undeserved joy for me.”
“How… , I found out.”
Lauca asked curtly with her bald face. Grunent playfully shrugged her shoulders.
“Since coming back from the cave, I’ve been at a loss as to how good it is to talk about His Majesty, but those who don’t notice are fools.”
“You… Are you okay?”
Lauca looked into Grunent’s eyes.
“Lauka. You know His Majesty’s charm, right? I think it’s unfair for one person to monopolize it.”
Helen, who had been silently listening to her conversation, added a word to her while shaking her head.
“The master’s beautiful figure is a precious public treasure.”
At those words, Grünent and Lauca stared at me with expressions of deep agreement.
Well, if you look at it that way…
You’re ashamed…
“Anyway, Lauca. I’m glad that Lauca can finally understand me. I am fortunate that I have fully regained my strength, and that I have been freed from the desire to hide it.”
Grünent smiled happily.
Her feelings conveyed through her skills are sincere.
Affinity +85.
You may feel obsessed with me.
But practically, it is impossible for one woman to monopolize me.
Even human kings already have many wives.
Grünent grew up in an environment where it was taken for granted.
Perhaps she regards her own obsession as a virtue that must not be exhibited, and turns it into her admiration for me, which she zealously seeks to assist me with.
It is highly probable that the remarks of a religious color that can be seen little by little in her words came from that mindset.
As a political partner, as a business operator,
And as someone who helps and manages the other women except for the queen.
As a woman who is sometimes referred to as ’emergency’.
If you do,
Because you can stay with me longer.
That must be the trick to occupy me according to her own way that her ‘politics’ skill concluded.
Also she is smart
And Lauca, who received her unexpected encouragement, put on a moved expression.
“Grünent… Thank you.”
A forest fairy has only one companion in her life.
Perhaps she hadn’t expected such a reaction from Grunent at all.
Rather, it seems that he was anxious inside, fearing that his relationship with me would be found out.
She knows that it is not a problem for the emperor to have a concubine in the world of demons, but it is difficult for her to act differently from the common sense of the race, which she has taken for granted all her life.
Grünent held Lauca’s hand.
“You’re welcome. I like Lauca.”
Then, Lauca looked at the hand with a daunted expression, then opened his mouth as if deciding something.
“My name is not Lauca.”
“… Yes?”
The sudden words made Grunent widen her eyes. Lauca turned to Grunent and Helen and said.
“Lauka is an alias.”
And she told them the story of her old days sitting on her wall.
Meaning of her nickname.
Lauca had accepted the name silently because she loathed herself.
Her real name.
“… I had a chance to tell His Majesty my real name and have her name called. And only then did I know.”
Lauca fixed her gaze on me with a face even hotter than before.
“It makes me very happy to have someone I care about call me by my first name.”
At Lauca’s confession, Roan’s heart started beating for no reason.
“… Oh my goodness.”
Grünent, who saw this, admired a little.
“You are right. Mr Lauca. I am very happy when my name is called.”
Helen nodded her head, affirming Lauca’s words.
“So Grünent and Helen… I want you to call me by my name properly. Will it be okay?”
For some reason, Lauca seemed to be asking me for permission.
I’m the only one who called Lauca by her real name, so I’m sorry she seems to be taking away my privilege for some reason…
… The feeling called, has been conveyed through ‘listening’.
“Of course, no problem. Your thoughts matter.”
Roan readily agreed.
Upon learning Lauca’s name, Helen put a soft smile on her piercing face.
“Aina-sama… Originally, it was an ‘angel’.”
“… Do you know the language of forest fairies?”
“A little bit.”
“Aina. That’s a pretty name.”
At Grünent’s praise, Lauca smiled shyly.
“It was the name her sister gave her. Seeing how I looked when I was born, she seems to have insisted to her parents that my sister had to use this name.”
The forest fairy’s family gave the impression that they were cold and cold, but there seems to be an exception when dealing with children.
After hearing about Lauca’s embarrassing family anecdote, Grunent and Helen praised Lauca’s beauty, saying, “It could be so.”
Grünent ended the conversation with a happy face.
“Anyway, I’m very, very happy that His Majesty accepted Aina. Now we can keep our promise together.”
“Promise?”
Was there such a thing? Grunent dropped a bomb with a smile on Lauca, who made a face of she said.
“You made a promise with Lee, right? Let’s go to bed together.”
“Poop”
Roan, who was drinking tea, spurted the tea vigorously.
“When did you say that? Mr. Grünent!”
“That was before Helen came.”
When Helen, who was wiping the spray from her car hanging from Roan’s front desk, questioned Grunent,
Grünent pursed his lips and replied.
“Master. Me too…”
Helen looked at Roan with a desperate expression.
Roan was taken aback.
“… What, what… Helen.”
Helen squeezed her fist into her.
It is rare to see the master’s bewilderment.
And cute!
Although he didn’t express it, Roan was even more flustered when he saw her likability rise by 1.
‘Five… In the same bed with five women… ? Should I change the bed to a bigger one? No, the current one is big enough… But why did Helen’s favorability increase?’
Grünent said sarcastic.
“It’s not up to us, Helen? Your Majesty will have to give permission.”
‘Haven’t you already decided everything among yourself?!’
Fortunately, his bewilderment was only revealed through a seemingly nonchalant expression.
It was shaking to such an extent that only Helen, a sensitive knight who pays attention to her master’s every move, could not notice it.
Seeing Helen’s slightly sullen expression, Roan hurriedly changed the topic.
“Hmmmm. Come to think of it, it’s time to go back to Basel.”
“Yes. I heard about it from the driver earlier. It’s leaving the day after tomorrow. I just started packing up in the morning.”
“I don’t have a lot of luggage. Anytime is fine.”
Fortunately, Grünent and Helen noticed the Emperor’s awkwardness on the topic and complied with his new conversation.
“If you want to decide on the implementation of the armistice agreement, you will be busy in the future, but you must take care of yourself first.”
The weak Grünent looked anxiously at Roan, who had a health of 99.
“I get it. And to save time, I’m thinking of using the ruins’ facilities. How is it?”
We’ll just send our luggage to the carriage, and the women and I will go to the waypoint.
Lauca, who had gotten motion sickness from using the waypoint, looked uncomfortable, but Grünent and Helen looked happy.
A carriage trip that lasted for nearly a week was exhausting.
We decided to use the waypoint to move using Lauca’s magic.
It was to convince the many people who needed to move. In this way, they wouldn’t think it strange if they were to carry only the luggage without us.
I thought about revealing the function of the ruins to the two great lords and the chancellor, but after all, I want to inform about such things in the game as late as possible.
Words can somehow leak out.
Because I want to do my best until I catch the hero and put it in front of me.
I think digging for crystals will be enough for the time being if I secretly go and pick them up whenever I need them.
‘Since I also need to get a reply to the note I left last time, I guess I’ll have to use a waypoint anyway.’
While Roan was lost in thought, Grunent spoke excitedly.
“It’s already been close to a month since I left the castle. Everyone will be happy if you go back soon. Your majesty.”
Grünent smiled brightly.
The castle in Basel is now a new home for her, Lauca and Helen.
Like it happened to me too.
“Hmm.”
It’s short, but it’s a place where memories with my women dwell.
Go back home.
Roan nodded his head.
