The Political Marriage of the Beastman Prince and Healer Princess

“My name is Mai, a cat beastman. I will be taking care of Your Highness Lilith.”

“My name is Mei, a cat beastman. I will be taking turns taking care of you.”

“I am Crane, a puma beastman. I work as a doctor in the royal palace. I will be taking care of Princess Lilith’s health.”

In the carriage, I am accompanied by the maids Mai and Mei, and the royal doctor Crane.

Mai and Mei have white hair and blue eyes. Mai is tall and Mei is short. She’s about twenty years old, but Mei looks younger.

The royal doctor, Crane, is a thin man with long brown hair and eyes, and seems to be around 30 years old. He looks young enough that even if he said he was in his twenties, it would be convincing.

“While we’re waiting, I’d like to make some tea for you. I hope it’s palatable.”
“Thank you, I will take it.”

The tea that Mai brewed for me taste like nothing I had tried before. However, it smells good and is delicious.

“It’s my first time tasting it, but it’s delicious.”
“That’s good. It’s a tea that also has the effect of relieving fatigue.”
Crane explained.

“Then, I will explain what will happen from now on.”
Just as Mei finished explaining the future, one of the two escort knights waiting outside the door, Sanse (he seems to be a lion beastman), called out to us.

“We will be leaving soon.”
“Understood.”
Surprised by Mai who was replying back, I asked without thinking.

“Have you already transferred the cargo that the servants in the Seiran Kingdom took more than an hour to put on the carriage?”
I don’t think it’s been long enough yet.

“Beastmen are stronger than Humans, so they can carry a lot of things at once.”
“That’s true. By the way, does His Highness Gresis not ride a carriage?”

“His Highness Gresis also has a mission as the commander of the Royal Knights, so he will not ride a carriage.”
“I see, he’s busy, isn’t he?”

When I look out the window, His Highness Gresis gave some instructions to the knights.
Then, he quickly straddled the horse.

Splendid.
While I was fascinated, the carriage started running.

After a while, drowsiness soon came.
I managed to endured it.
However, Mai saw through it.

“Are you okay? Perhaps you were affected by a barrier. Compared to Seiran Kingdom, our country has more barriers, so there are cases where people’s bodies are affected in some way. It takes time to get used to it. Please don’t overdo it and take a rest.”

“Is that so. This is the first time I’ve heard about it. There are still many things I don’t know. Well then, I’ll get some rest.”

I was going to do that far a while, but when I woke up, I was lying on a bed in a strange room.

“For the three days until we reach the royal palace, we plan to stay at the mansions of prominent noblemen in the Tenar Kingdom.”

I remembered what was explained in the carriage and jumped up and turned pale.

I see you’ve noticed. I’ll bring you dinner now.”
Mai, who was waiting nearby, called out to me.

“By the way, Mai, what time is it now? What happened to His Highness Gresis? How did I get here?”
I asked as calmly as possible.

“It’s ten o’clock at night now, and Prince Gresis has finished eating with the Margrave couple and is resting in another guest room. It was Prince Gresis who carried Princess Lilith.”

“. . . What a blunder. It’s extremely rude not to say hello to the people who you’re indebted to. I’ve embarrassed His Highness Gresis. And. . .”

I can’t believe he saw my sleeping face. I wonder if I drooled. Was my mouth open? Oh, what shall we do?
I wonder how I was transported.
Carried over the shoulder? Held in one hand? No way, is it like a princess in a story. . .A hug?

There’s a lot of fuss in my head, but I’m still a princess, so I’m keeping my composure.

“Please don’t worry. They understand that it can’t be helped that you’re not feeling well.”
Mai answered me indifferently while I was acting like I was thinking.

“I wonder if I can meet the Margrave and his wife tomorrow.”
“. . . I’m sorry, but we have to hurry, so we’re scheduled to leave at sunrise. The couple has been informed that we will leave without greeting them.”

“I see. Well, I’d like to send them an apology, so could you tell me the couple’s initials? And could you bring me a wooden box from the cargo?”

“A wooden box?”
“Yeah, it’s a wooden box about the size of a hand, with flower carvings on it. You can tell right away.”

With gestures, I conveyed the size of the wooden box.
“Understood.”

While Mai was looking for the wooden box in the cargo, Mei prepared a meal and the bath.

“Then please take a rest.”

Shortly after midnight, I saw that Mai and Mei had left. and took out a silk handkerchief and an embroidery set from the wooden box they brought me.

In the kingdom of Seiran, giving a spouse an embroidered handkerchief means a special feeling. In order to present the best one to His Highness Gresis, I prepared a lot of handkerchiefs for practice and brought them with me.

Even though it’s called practice, my embroidery technique is approved by the teacher who taught me, and if I’m going to give it as a gift, I have no intention of cutting corners.

How to make the initials a stylish design is where you can show your skills.

I hurriedly sewed two handkerchiefs with the couple’s initials and managed to finish them before sunrise.

“Thank you for your help. Please tell them that I’m very sorry that I couldn’t greet them.”
All I could do was leave the handkerchiefs with the butler who saw us off early in the morning and say goodbye.

“I will definitely give it to them.”
The butler smiled and saw me off.

“What did you give the butler?”
It seems that His Highness Gresis, who was escorting me, was curious about what I gave the butler.

“It’s a handkerchief. It’s nothing special, just embroidered with initials.”
“Embroidery is not a big deal.”

“No, I think the embroidery itself is profound, but it means that what I embroidered is just a matter of taste. Of course, it should have reached the level where it can be given as a present, so I don’t think it’s rude.”

“Yes, it’s not rude.”
Hearing His Highness Gresis’s words, I stroked my chest in relief.

I will give my greetings at the next place we stay.
I made a firm decision as I was rocked by the carriage.

I was sleep deprived because of the embroidery, but I was able to stay awake until noon.
But after lunch, sleepiness came again and when I woke up, I was in a bed in a strange room again. . .

Then, while reflecting on myself again, I spent the night embroidering their initials on handkerchiefs.
In the end, I couldn’t stay awake for three days and I couldn’t greet anyone.

Moreover, during that time, when I thought that I was being carried by His Highness Gresis, I felt embarrassed to face him.

“I am truly sorry for the inconvenience.”
If there was a hole, I felt like I wanted to enter it.
“. . . No need to apologize. No one cares if it can’t be helped because you’re not feeling well.”

That’s what His Highness Gresis said, but honestly, yes, I see. I couldn’t believe it.

In the world of royalty and nobles, where you don’t know who your enemy is, you are educated not to let your opponent know your emotions so that they can’t grasp your weakness.

His Highness Gresis is also a member of the royal family, so he rarely shows his emotions. His tone is always polite and calm.

That’s why I can’t grasp what he’s really thinking about my blunder.
I’m sure he must have been stunned.
The owner of the accommodation might have thought that a sickly human princess wasn’t suitable for His Highness Gresis’s wife.

I was confident in my energy, but it was a miscalculation that I would fall asleep after being affected by a barrier.

I had to hold my head.

 

Everyone seems to be polite at least. That’s a good start.

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