Chapter 4
Translator: Hasr11
Editor: Xeodee
While choosing an inconspicuous path, I rushed towards the palace where the prince lived. I’ve visited inside the castle’s premises many tis as an animal, so I was quite familiar with the grounds inside.
There was a mountain near the castle. Because animals often trickled into the inner castle from the mountain, I wasn’t seen with much suspicion. It was to the extent of people saying 「Look, a black cat!」when I ran.
Due to the fact that the guard duty this ti was to last all night — every single night — for a month, I had to use long-lasting magic. But in a situation where an assassin really appeared, I had to be able to fight. For that sake, I had to reserve a bare minimum amount of magical power.
Thinking so, I paid attention to the allocation of magic. If it were a simple transformation magic, I don’t think I’d have to use magical power to that extent. However, I was a behind-the-scenes bodyguard. A considerable amount of technique was needed so that even the mbers of the Royal Palace Magic Order will be tricked into not knowing that the creature was a transford one.
The reason I beca a black cat was that it made the happiest. I could beco a cat in any colour and pattern, but an appearance different from my usual colour was fun.
Normally, magical power would leak and be noticeable when I used magic, but I had confidence on my proficiency with transformation magic that I would probably be overlooked with the level of the castle’s Royal Palace Magic Order.I would be detected if they seriously doubted and investigated . If it ca to that, I’d have no choice but to co out clean.
Anyhow, assuming Captain also had the sa opinion, in order to save face I’d stick to the fact that「The people of Tech stayed close to the prince throughout and guarded him, just as the King requested」.
While thinking so, I ran and snuck into the palace where the prince lived. As I proceeded ahead, I saw Prince Chennel playing in the palace courtyard. The fact that we can et so soon was a good on. If he had been holed up in his room, I’m sure I couldn’t have t him in a way that would allow to be liked.
A few of the Royal Knight Order mbers were standing near the prince. It seems the guards, albeit temporary, had begun their job.
When I ca closer, the Knights noticed and were troubled by what to do. Despite that, they let get closer to the prince. What would they do if I was an assassin, I worried. Good thing I’m a friend.
I’m sure Prince Chennel’s holand is turbulent, but our country takes peace for granted. It can’t be helped since there hasn’t been much of a war in the past few decades. It’s peaceful on the dostic front too. I sotis wonder if we lack tension.
「Look, a cat!」
The prince, who had a gloomy face despite playing, noticed and raised a shout of joy. Great, it seems he likes cats. If he hated cats, I’d have had no choice but to start over with a different animal. Actually, considering the fact that if he hated animals I’d be relieved of my duties, perhaps the prince liking cats might be a regrettable thing.
「It’s a completely black cat! I raised a cat I’m my country too! Its na was Earl Curtis!」
The prince grinned and picked up in his arms. For the prince to have even raised a cat, what a coincidence.
The people around made a move to stop him, but they hesitated to do so after seeing the prince making such an elated face.
Because he raised a cat, the prince picked up with a practiced hand. He brought his face nearer and looked at with a smile. Prince Chennel had brown hair bordering on red and light brown eyes. No semblance of a prince ca to mind.
Wondering if thinking that he gave off a countryside-ish feeling was bad on my part, I apologised suitability with a 「ow-」.
「Great, you’ll be my Earl Curtis here! Hey, is it ok if I keep this cat? 」
When the prince asked the adults around, the attendant who accompanied him from his holand asked the ladies-in-waiting and the knights with a glance 「Is it all right?」. Because I was an animal of my country, it seems he asked for permission just in case. The ladies-in-waiting and the knights looked at each other. In the midst of it, the oldest knight nodded his head.
「Thank you. It has been many days since I have seen the prince this happy.」
The man who seed like the prince’s aide courteously bowed his head. There’s no doubt that the prince is all smiles. The adults looked at the smile with tender eyes. Knowing the disputes in his holand and the threat to his life, the prince must have been feeling down all the ti while he was here.
And the mont a cat like appeared, his mood changed completely for the better. I was of split opinion whether to feel guilty or to feel proud of raising the prince’s spirits.
「Earl Curtis, aren’t you hungry?」
I don’t know when, but it seems my na has beco the na of the prince’s pet from his holand, Earl Curtis. It was a na that seed nobler than my actual na, Nidel, and made give a wry smile.
「Earl, c’re! Let’s go to my room.」
Besides, if you wanted to shorten the na, wouldn’t it have been better to only give the na Earl in the first place?, I ridiculed in my heart while being carried to the prince’s room in his arms. The adults around the prince trailed behind.
The prince’s room was, as expected, worthy of being called a guest room for a foreign delegate; it was quite luxurious for a child and was tens of tis the size of my room.
The prince, who’d completely been enraptured by , from then on didn’t let go of . I, sitting beside him, received leftovers from the prince’s supper and was able to eat sothing much better than what I could as a human. Of course, nobody nearby was suspicious of . Rather, I ended up even getting tender looks that seed to say Thank you for making the prince happy!.
When I entered the bath, I was a bit frightened. But I who beca thoroughly clean was able to enter the prince’s bedroom and curl up on one corner of the wide bed where the prince slept.
Just like the king said, the prince seed like the nervous type. He considerably disliked the dozens of knights acting as bodyguards and entering the bedroom. In the end, two knights who didn’t give out much of a sense of intimidation stood far from the bed, near the door, erasing their presence. Midway through, the guard knights switched places. Even that slight change of presence woke the prince up. The prince, who woke up many tis throughout the night, escaped from reality by stroking my coat of fur.
This job of being a bodyguard is quite troubleso, I sympathised with the Knight Order and the Royal Palace Magic Order like I was an outsider. However, there was no way they would not have even a single person accompanying him to the bedroom as a guard.
With a small number of people, perhaps the sa knights ended up guarding the room all through the night. It’s a difficult task, I thought as I was on the soft bed swaying my tail. But as dawn neared, I too realised the gravity of my job.
No matter how much I want to sleep while sprawled on the bed, because I was guarding him there was no way I could sleep. I successively opened my eyes while on the verge of nodding off.
Do I have to continue this lifestyle for a month? Wondering so, I yawned.
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