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Chapter 11.
As the Empress awakened, the number of engagements with humans noticeably decreased.
With the beastmen’s forest becoming much more relaxed, the news spread that ‘Someone delivered leaves to the humans and greatly contributed to the Empress waking up.’
The beastmen were curious about who had convinced the suspicious humans and delivered the leaves.
“It wouldn’t have been easy to convince the humans, so who negotiated? Was it sir Winter?”
“I heard that the name ‘Snowa’ came up from the human side.”
“What? Snowa? The snow leopard Snowa that I know?”
“No way, it must be a false rumor.”
“For dealing with humans, the elders must have gone. How could a kid who knows nothing have gone?”
The adult beastmen naturally concluded it was a false rumor.
However, the children were different.
The children mistakenly thought that Snowa had really met and persuaded the humans.
So whenever they had a chance, they followed Snowa around and begged him to tell them about that time.
Today too, after being thoroughly harassed, Snowa carried Asil home from school and ground his teeth.
“Just let me catch the beastman who spread the false rumor. I’ll pluck all the fur from their body.”
“Whaaat?!”
Asil unwittingly covered her mouth.
It seems the false rumor spread because of me, if this gets found out, will all my fur get plucked?
But come to think of it, she already had no fur.
Thus, she nodded confidently and encouraged Snowa.
“Yeah, I don’t know who it is, but let’s pluck all the fur from their body! I’ll help too!”
In times like this, she shouldn’t look like a beastman with a guilty conscience. Asil shrugged her shoulders up.
It was when they returned to the castle after thus uniting in spirit.
‘Ah, right.’
Something she had forgotten suddenly came to mind.
Asil grabbed Snowa’s fur so tightly that his face crumpled.
“Ow!”
“Today is the day to talk with black dragon dad!”
Once a week, she talked with Arcian in the empire using the communication device, and that was today.
“I have to go quickly and talk with dad!”
Lately, Asil had been actively appealing to go to the human world in alliance with black dragon dad.
With the engagements with humans coming to an end, today too, she had to persuade mom well together with dad!
Asil left Snowa behind and flapped her wings toward Brianna’s room window.
“So, about that…….”
Inside, someone was already chattering away.
It seemed mom was already talking with dad.
After Asil came to the forest, Arcian and Brianna often kept in touch.
At first, they only talked about things related to Asil, but as the saying goes, familiarity breeds affection, and as exchanges increased, now they even shared personal stories.
‘I have to wait until their talk ends.’
Asil sat on the window frame outside so as not to disturb the conversation.
Just then, through the slightly open door, she saw Snowa entering silently.
With the rabbit friend on his head, Snowa quickly hid under the table and mouthed.
‘How could you go alone!’
‘Shh!’
Asil put her front paw to her mouth meaning to be quiet. You can’t disturb mom and dad’s conversation!
Meanwhile, Brianna was talking with Arcian, unaware that Asil and Snowa had come in.
“You found traces of the snake hybrid?”
Seven years ago, right before taking Asil back to the forest, she had warned Arcian about the ‘snake beastman hybrid’ that would become the beastmen’s greatest enemy.
And now, traces had finally been discovered.
– Yeah, I found magical traces in the direction of the imperial palace. It seems to be there.
“What does the saintess say?”
– The saintess?
Arcian made a puzzled expression.
– Why the saintess?
“You didn’t say anything to the temple? Like to be careful of the imperial palace, or beware of snakes.”
– Well, there was no such talk.
“……What’s the relationship between the saintess and the Monlepe Duke? They don’t seem to like each other?”
– Not at all. Rather, whenever the duke comes to the temple, the saintess runs away immediately.
“Oh dear, this is trouble.”
Brianna murmured lowly and groaned.
According to the original story, by now, the male lead and female lead should be progressing through the process to defeat the final villain, the snake hybrid.
However, as Arcian said, the two were in a situation where they had not even a speck of interest in each other.
She had hoped not, but it seemed the female lead of this story had really changed to Asil.
Because of that, whether Edenber could defeat the final villain had become uncertain.
Originally, he would have steadily thwarted the snake guy’s schemes together with the female lead and saintess Selena, but now that was impossible.
‘If that happens, that snake guy won’t leave us beastmen alone.’
That guy held a lot of ill feelings toward the beastmen.
The beastmen-friendly Edenber would try to help, but she couldn’t leave the beastmen’s future solely to him.
Moreover, Brianna herself was the king of the beastmen.
So-
“I have to go.”
Having organized her thoughts, Brianna murmured quietly. I’ll go personally and have a life-or-death battle with that snake guy.
As she was about to convey that thought to Arcian, Arcian opened his mouth first.
– About the messenger sent to the Monlepe Duke this time. There’s a rumor it’s Snowa. It’s not the Snowa I know, right?
“No.”
Brianna held her head as if just thinking about it gave her a headache and sighed.
“It’s Asil.”
“Peep?!”
Asil, who had been quietly listening from outside the window until then, hurriedly covered her mouth.
Uh, how did you know?! I haven’t told anyone!
Then, she met eyes with Snowa hiding under the table and flinched.
“…….”
The blazing gaze was tremendous.
If fur could be plucked with eyes alone, Asil would have become bald by now. Though she was already bald.
‘G-good thing I have no fur.’
For a while, I’ll have to fly only in the sky so brother can’t catch me. Asil swallowed dryly.
Meanwhile, Brianna, who hadn’t heard Asil’s cry, pressed her temples hard.
“It’s obvious. Since I didn’t send her, she must have sneaked out of the forest alone. Sigh, that kid……. What to do if she’s even more uncontrollable when I’m not there?”
– Not there? What do you mean?
Instead of answering his question, Brianna thought deeply about something, then suddenly let out a deep sigh.
“It seems that’s the only way.”
– ……?
“As your wife, I need to go to the human world for a bit.”
Arcian froze solid.
He looked at Brianna with eyes saying, you’re joking, right? But she didn’t budge.
“I’ll take Asil too. I can’t leave her here not knowing what she’ll do.”
“Peeyat?!” (What?!)
Bang!
Startled Asil broke the window and came in.
Since she had broken it so many times before, Brianna wasn’t surprised anymore.
“Peeyat pee pya peeiya!?” (Am I going to the human world?!)
“Yeah, let’s go together with mom.”
“Wait a minute, mom!”
The anxious Snowa and rabbit also came out from under the table.
“I want to go too! I want to protect Asil!”
“Kkyu!”
– What are you suddenly saying? Bringing Asil here!
In the chaotic atmosphere, Arcian, who suddenly had to play family with his divorced wife, jumped up and down.
To this, Brianna asked indifferently.
“You don’t want to see Asil?”
– I do want to see her. I want to, but you not so-!
“Want to die?”
– ……Think carefully. Doesn’t the queen of the beastmen have things to do there?
He, who flinched at Brianna’s fist, hurriedly changed his words.
However, it didn’t work at all.
“I’m going there because I’m the queen of the beastmen. This is all for our beastmen.”
– No, if it’s for the beastmen, you should stay there! Besides, the war isn’t over yet!
“Not over? The humans are preparing to withdraw. Anyway, I’ll be there soon, so prepare.”
Brianna said refreshingly and snapped off the communication device.
Then, she threw the brilliantly shining communication device into the back of the drawer.
Thus, Asil’s trip to the empire was decided in an instant.
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