Chapter 59: Just the Tip

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Translator: Soafp

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I don't know what happened.

One moment, an angry-looking fox beauty suddenly appeared in the alley, and the next, the instant she saw my face, she looked like she was about to cry and threw herself at me.

Also, her chest was unbelievably huge, so I couldn't breathe. I was about to suffocate.

“…I have longed to see you… for hundreds of years… for thousands of years… my lord…”

The fox beauty hugged me even tighter.

On top of that, nine large, pure-white tails gently wrapped around me.

Ohhh, fluffy and warm…

They're even fluffier than Gal's tail, which I carefully groom every single day.

“Hmm. Ask, you've got some nerve letting your guard down in front of your fiancée.”

“I'm not.”

That was close. If Victoria had spoken up even a little later, I would have buried my face in those fluffy tails and sniffed them like crazy.

“…My lord… who is this little girl…?”

“Hm. That's my line. Ask, who's this woman?”

“I don't know her.”

When I said that, the fox beauty stared at me in shock.

“…You… do not remember… me…?”

“Uh, sorry. Have we met somewhere before?”

“…I see… I see… so the inheritance of memories… did not come to pass…”

“Memories? Inheritance?”

The fox beauty turned pale and looked down sadly.

I'm not very good at remembering things, but there's no way I'd forget someone this beautiful, so this has to be our first meeting…

Still, I felt overwhelmingly bad about it, so I figured I should apologize for now.

“Sorry, somehow.”

“…No… it is fine… it simply means… that now is not yet the time for our reunion…”

The fox beauty gazed at me with fervent eyes and gently stroked my head.

“Hm. Stop saying things I don't understand and get away from Ask already.”

“…I see… so that little girl is now your… then it would be unbecoming for me to intrude… I apologize…”

“Ahh, the fluff…”

“Ask?”

“It's nothing.”

I reached out toward the retreating fluff, but Victoria's glare scared me, so I stopped.

Maybe I'll ask to fluff Ur's tail when I get back.

“…Ah… but now that I know you are here… the world looks colorful once more…”

“Uh-huh, sure.”

“…What I must do… is decided… only one thing… to restore you to your true self… please, please wait just a little longer… my king…”

The fox beauty lifted her face as if she had made up her mind, stared at me for a while, and then melted into the darkness of the alley and disappeared.

“…What was that all about?”

“Hm. Just a super-perverted sl*t.”

“…I don't think you should talk about other people like that.”

“*Blushing*”.

“I wasn't complimenting you.”

And just like that, my first date came to an end.

However, after we returned to the imperial castle, Victoria persistently tried to lure me into her room.

“Hm. Ask, want to rest a bit in my room?”

“It's already late, so I'll pass.”

“Oh, don't say that. I won't do anything.”

“Please be aware of how suspicious that sounds.”

“It's fine, really, I won't do anything. Just the tip, just the tip.”

“Isn't that usually what the guy says?”

She even circulated magic power through her whole body to enhance her physical abilities, trying to drag me into the room with incredible strength.

Of course, I resisted with all my might.

While we were struggling in front of the room for a while, Nee-san happened to pass by.

“What do you think you are doing, Princess Victoria?”

“Hm. Well then, good night, Ask.”

The moment she saw Nee-san, Victoria immediately retreated.

Fast decision.

“Honestly. Trying to drag my little brother into your room in the middle of the night—no guard, no shame.”

“You saved me, Nee-san.”

“Don't worry. Onee-chan will protect your chastity.”

“I'll pass on that.”

I don't think there's any brother out there whose chastity is protected by his sister.

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A few days after Victoria's date.

Nee-san and I were relaxing in the room, drinking tea that the maid Eri had prepared for us.

“…By the way, Ask. There's something I want to discuss with you alone… Eri-chan, could you please leave the room?”

“Eh—ah, yes!!”

“Thank you.”

Eri readily accepted my sister's request and left the room.

“You're suddenly so formal. What's wrong, Nee-san?”

“There's a gag order in place, so you mustn't tell anyone. …A plague has broken out in one of the Empire's port cities.”

“…Seriously?”

“Seriously. A report came from the local lord to the emperor. We received a request from the emperor as well, and a letter from the king stating that the situation must be brought under control, so I'll be heading there.”

I checked the contents of the letter Nee-san handed me.

Wow… it's true. …A plague, huh. I've never treated a plague before, so I kind of want to try.

“I'll go ahead first, and later a mixed unit of healing mages from the Belhart Empire and the Kingdom of Kishirika will join me.”

“That sounds rough. Good luck, Nee-san.”

“You're coming with me.”

“…I'm allowed to? I thought you'd definitely stop me.”

“This time is special. You can never have too many healing mages when it comes to a plague. Well, just like always, put on a mask and go around healing people you meet.”

“Yay.”

I got permission from Nee-san.

Instead of just people I meet on the street, maybe I'll break into houses that are tightly locked and heal them too.

Just then, Nee-san added something as if she had just remembered.

“Oh right. I also contacted the Indiscriminate Healing Magicians, Nightingale. We'll need manpower to search for that child as well.”

“That child?”

“Luu.”

“Luu?”

Ah.

“Don't tell me you forgot?”

“…Haha, of course not, Azerbaijan.”

Nee-san's suspicious glare pierced me.

Crap. So much happened that I completely forgot Luu went missing.

How do I explain this…

“Nee-san, Luu is like a little sister to me. There's no way I'd forget her.”

“…That pause at the beginning bothers me, but fine. We depart in three days. Make your preparations.”

“Can't we leave tonight instead?”

“Of course not. Wait the full three days. Oh, and the members of the Indiscriminate Healing Magicians, Nightingale contacted me.”

“They did?”

I wonder what about.

“It seems the repair of that thing is finished. Since they're coming anyway, they'll bring it with them.”

“That thing…?”

“That thing, you know. The thing you brought back from the underground dungeon of the royal capital.”

Ah, that thing.

Wait, it's repaired already? Yay, awesome.