That prince - the one who gave the order to attack our village. But ...... recently, the prince has been acting a little strange. I've been researching the prince in secret.
But I don't have any collaborators, so I'm investigating everything on my own.
There was a limit to how much I could find out about the prince on my own, but I didn't want to tell anyone about my thoughts. I was able to gather the beasts, but I couldn't imagine what would happen next. I'm not sure how I'm going to go about it, but I don't want to put anyone else in danger if they find out what I'm trying to do by speaking my true feelings.
I am acting to gain the trust of the ...... people in me. So I think I'm at least getting people to think of me as a good pawn.
But this is a tightrope walk.
I really don't know what will happen if my desire to save the beasts becomes known. So, alone and under my breath, I searched for the prince.
--But even though he is the 7th prince, he is still royalty.
My presence was discovered.
I thought I was doing well, but the prince's aides found out.
However, it seemed that it was not made public. In secret, I was captured and taken to the seventh prince. That was strange.
The Seventh Prince, Hiccuped Migga.
A man with beautiful silver hair. He is looking at us.
The prince who gave the order to attack ...... our village. But ......, the prince who was rumored to have mysteriously not treated us badly after we captured him.
You are ......
Hiccup Migga stammers in front of my captors.
My mind is buzzing with fear that now that I've been captured, I'm going to be exposed for all sorts of things and cause everyone a great deal of trouble. But ......, I can't let my uneasy demeanor show to the being in front of me.
What are you ...... thinking?"
Hiccup Migga asked me like that.
What do you mean? I'm just doing what I want to do.
I answered.
I had no intention of telling this Hiccup Migga prince or his entourage what I thought of them, even in death. Even if I decayed, they could not know that I wanted to help the beastmen. Even if I die, I must make sure that the beastmen, everyone, will be saved.
Please--leave us alone."
Hiccup Migga said such a startling thing.
Even though the men in his entourage showed signs of hesitation, the prince said in a strong tone, "It's all right," and made his entourage back down.
I may be bound, but I am a beastman. I have more power than a human being. I didn't understand why he would want to be alone with such a being. What was this man thinking? The prince is moving in mysterious ways. I wondered what he was thinking when he left me alone with the prince.
"--I'd like you to listen to me without saying a word," the prince said.
The prince said.
I gave the order to hunt you down. It is true. Until now, I thought I could not disobey my father, the king. I thought I had to obey his orders, and I had no will of my own. But then I met someone who made me think about what I wanted to do.
Somehow, the prince tells the story.
So I decided I wanted to save the ...... beasts."
And then he said such a remarkable thing.
Then he continues.
If you ...... really are as selfish as the rumors say, a beast who has sold his soul to man, then I'm doomed. But I don't see you as that kind of person. That's why I'm telling you.
I don't look like a man who sold his soul to a human, the prince said.
I went against my father's orders and said I took care of the beastmen, but instead of getting rid of them, I let them go. Some of the beastmen are still there, but I let them go to the godson. The being I saw, who I thought was Kamiko, was with the wolf beastmen. Perhaps the ...... godchild is on the side of the beastmen."
A godson. I have heard of this being. The existence of the god child was protected by the kingdom of Fairytorov, the neighboring kingdom of Migga, which is also the reason why our village was attacked. They were attacked because they were afraid that the neighboring kingdom would gain power and drop them as slaves.
But they are flabbergasted that it wasn't a real godson or something.
--And the real godson was with a wolf beastman?
I don't know anything about that. Maybe this prince saw it but didn't report it?
I'll be punished if I'm found out. But I decided to help the beasts of my own volition, even though it may not atone for my sins. ...... So if you want to help the beasts, I think we can help each other. I want you to tell me. I want to know what you are thinking. I won't make you look bad."
The prince said and looked me straight in the eye.
He looked me straight in the eye, as if there was no doubt in his mind, no deceit in his eyes.
I fell silent for a moment.
I'm not--"
After a while, I thought about what I should do ......, and then I opened my mouth.
---I meet a cat.
(The cat was all alone. (The cat was all alone, without any allies. And where it acted on its own, it was caught by the prince. The cat met the prince...)