V6C133 (2/2)

“Please be quiet nyi … ”

“Doctor, is His Majesty all right nya?”

“I speculate His Majesty has only two hours left nyi. If you have anything you want to say to His Majesty, you should say it now nyi.”

“No way, only two hours left nya …”

I lightly patted Stella’s head who had collapsed in tears.

If there are only two hours left, you know what you should do now right?

I told her that.

Stella wiped her tears and nodded.

“Your majesty! I completed the Silver Vine Wine nya! I hope that your Majesty would drink it nya!”

It’s usually not recommended to offer alcohol to a patient. However, there was nothing Stella could do now for the King if he only has about two hours left. Nobody stopped her as they all knew that.

” … Stella … you’re here huh. I can no longer even open my eyes.”

“Yes, Stella is here nya! I made Silver Vine alcohol nya!”

“I see, you made alcohol huh … could you please feed it to me?”

“Yes, Your Majesty … ”

Stella opened the lid and scooped the Silver Vine Wine with a ladle.

“Your Majesty, please open your mouth.”

Stella said and the King slowly opened his mouth.

Then, Stella gently poured the Silver Vine wine into the King’s mouth

It was then.

The earth shook ― an earthquake? …. I thought but then the white wall … no, the King’s body moved.

“The King ―” “The King ―” “The King ―” “His Majesty ―” “His Majesty’s body ―”

Everyone blurted out one after the other.

The room gradually got wider.

Actually no, the room’s size didn’t change. The King’s body was shrinking.

“The King’s body ― is free!”

“The King’s face that has been stuck at the door to his own room in the Royal Palace has detached!”

Somebody cried.

Wait, so the space behind the King was empty! I’m kind of worried how they managed his daily business but at least the mystery has been solved.

The King sat on his backside and licked his forefoot as he said.

“Delicious nyaaaaaaa!”

Ah, he said ‘nya’.

“Stella, my daughter! Well done nya! Stella, how much more Silver Vine wine do you have?”

“Yes, your majesty. I have two barrels nya!”

“Then, we will have a Silver Vine Wine tasting festival for all citizens nya!”

He announced in an extremely loud voice unimaginable for someone who has an estimated of a couple of hours left to live.

From then on until the night turned to day, the citizens all had a party in the name of a Silver Vine tasting session.

It wasn’t just alcohol, a lot of river fish dishes were served and we also tasted them.

In the middle of the night, the King called out to me.

“Hume … thank you. I could enjoy an extremely tasty wine in the end.”

“You say the end but you still seem very healthy though.”

“Umu, I also wish to have a longer life if there’s a wine like this. Leaving that aside, I smell a strange smell coming from you.”

“Strange smell? Is it that the smell of Silver Vine is stuck on me?”

“No … do you know the Demon Lord Famiris‧Raritei?”

“Only the name though … ”

“I’ve met her only once. The smell I smelled that time and your smell … the smell of your souls resemble each other.”

” … Ah … is that so?”

That’s probably because Haru’s lord was the Demon Lord right? But I couldn’t reveal that.

“Well, it doesn’t matter. I have a request to ask of you … a final request as a King.”

After that, I listened to the King’s final request.

The next morning, the Cat Sith King, Suberoa took his last breath while surrounded by his citizens.

He was a King who watched over the Cat Siths for a long period of centuries. They all regretted how they did not realize that his death would come in an instant.

But, I thought that it was alright.

That’s because he had a peaceful expression as if he was sleeping and having a delightful dream.