Chapter 122 (1/2)
The next day, Kaede woke up.
”Thanks to you, I feel much better already.”
”No, you're still sick, you should rest.”
”It's okay, Master, I can move now... Eh!?”
Just as she was about to get out of bed, Frau smacked Kaede on the head.
”The Lord just told you to keep resting. We don't want you to pass out again, okay?”
”Okay...”
”Kyui!”
”See? Panda agrees with Frau-San.”
Kaede reluctantly lay back down on the bed.
”Speaking of which, do you remember anything from last night?”
”Well, my memory's a little fuzzy.... Did I do anything?”
”No, I was just asking.”
If you don't remember, that's fine.
Anyway, we should let her get some rest today and see how she fares tomorrow.
Unlike me, she's delicate.
There's no guarantee that a simple cold won't turn into a major illness.
”Master~”
She looks at me with moist eyes.
I was about to get up when she calls out to me. She doesn't like the idea of me going away and leaving her alone.
”Frau and Panda will be here with you. I will be back soon.”
”Please come back as quickly as you can.”
”I will.”
”In five minutes?”
”That's impossible.”
I have to deliver the letter to the Palace that Yabai gave me.
”Jessica, take care of them for me.”
”Leave it to me.”
The Queen looks at Yabai's letter and then turns to me.
”Manyu Brigade, huh... It's a party I've never heard of.”
”I would like your permission to enter the sacred land.”
”Fufufufufu, what is a mere human planning to do in our sacred land?”
She tore up Yabai's letter and threw it away.
”I don't know what that ancient court alchemist Yabai was thinking in sending you here, but it's not right to allow an inferior race to enter the sacred land.”
A former court alchemist? Surely he was among the elite with other magicians.
Was that old man in such a high position?
”The defeat of the evil dragon is already scheduled to be carried out by the hero Zig. This is not the time for an inferior human to be present. Get him out of my sight.”
After saying such words, I was thrown out of the courtroom.
”So they kicked you out of the place...”
”Yes, and tore up the letter you wrote.”
”I see that that proud and sedate queen's position has only made her character even worse. When I was taking care of her she was such a cute and obedient child.”
Yabai paces around the lab with his hands behind his back, thinking.
”So you're a former court alchemist.”
”Hm? Well yes, I used to hold that position, and that's why I was able to send you to the royal family. That's no longer an option though.”
What are we going to do about it?
If we can't enter the holy land, meeting the Spirit King won't be an option.
We will have to find the Heavenly Beast on our own.