In the evening.
I arrived at the castle with Mac-kun.
The soldiers stopped us at the castle gate.
“Welcome, Nico-sama! Is that your pet?”
“Eh? You’re a newly appointed soldier, aren’t you?”
“Yes! My name is Percy!
Nico-sama is looking lovely today….”
“Oh, don’t flatter me.
Please give a message to the King.
Tell him Neko-san has something to say.”
“……”
“Hello?”
“…Huh?! I-I don’t understand!”
The soldier entered the castle with a red face.
“Did he get surprised by Neko-san and momentarily lose his mind?”
Oh, no.
It was like he was admiring Mac-kun.
The young man was drawn to Mac-kun.
“What do you think, Neko-san?”
[It’s nice to be young.]
“???”
If I weren’t a cat like this, I would have invited the young man out for a drink and given him advice on his love life.
I’ll send him a letter of support later.
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Franbel IV POV
One of my soldiers came to deliver Nico’s message.
It’s probably something to do with Cat Sith-dono. What is it this time?
“Report! The cat wants to talk to the King!”
“…Is it the cat by… Nico’s side?”
“Yes, sir!”
Deg.
I felt giddy.
He wants to talk to me directly, not through Nico’s message.
It must be about something outrageous.
Ah, my head hurts…
There are still a lot of problems with the new Demon King.
About six months ago, an oracle was passed down to the temple in the royal capital.
It said that the current Demon King had lost its power and that a new Demon King had appeared in the Franbel Kingdom.
We are currently searching for information about the Demon King, who is said to be somewhere in the Franbel Kingdom, but we have no leads.
There have been many sightings of elves around the forest, so I thought that the Demon King Sylph had returned.
But according to the oracle, the Demon King’s name is Tomita.
Sylph doesn’t have anything to do with it.
The oracle uses local soldiers and guilds to investigate Tomita.
But at the same time, we also refuse to accept soldiers from abroad who are dispatched under the guise of investigation.
Why do we refuse? We don’t want them to run amok in our country.
It also takes a lot of time and effort to host people from other kingdoms.
The new demon king, Tomita, has made us busy in both domestic affairs and diplomacy.
Plus, Cat Sith-dono has arrived.
You can understand why I would want to cry.
“……Let them through.”
“Yes, sir!”
It would be a good idea to ask Cat Sith-dono about Tomita.
Because I was so tired, I had completely forgotten that I had previously treated Cat Sith-dono as a great mage.
No matter how I put it, I would never have called him Neko-san.