After receiving the blessing of the Deer God from Sidhi's brother, Garutto, we returned to our residence in the capital again. After a while, I received a call from the guest house in Agartha from Patterson asking me to come to the guest house.
I immediately transfer to the guest house. Sidney is with me. I told her to rest in her room, but she insisted on going with me. She's worried about the cabaret that we've sealed up.
"Ah, King Agartha, even Queen Considine ....... I apologize for calling you at such a busy time."
As usual, Patterson bows repeatedly. Seriously, doesn't he hurt his back? No, he may have already hurt his back. While I was thinking about that, he led me to the window.
"Excuse me, could the queen please refrain from the ......? Oh, you can see it now. First of all, King Agartha, please look at the mirror outside that window.
Sidhi, with a curious look on his face, looks at the mirror hanging from the branch of a tree outside the window, wondering what is going on. Upon closer inspection, he saw the reflection of a man who looked like the king of Maintia. Moreover, he seems to be completely naked. And he is lifting his hands against the wall and wiggling his hips obscenely. This is definitely not something I want Sadie to see.
"What's the play? What was that?"
"It's been like that for about five days now."
"What? You've been naked for five days?"
"Yes ...... that ......."
Patterson said he has been locked in this room since the day he was given the dagger that contained Cabaret's spirit. He never allowed anyone to open the door, and from inside the room, Patterson and his friends could sometimes be heard sighing or gasping, and they used to confirm the king's survival by listening to his sighs and wheezes.
He said that he came out of his room at mealtime until about the fifth day he had been holed up in his room, but after that he did not come out of his room anymore. When they knocked on the room, there was no answer, and when they tried to enter the room, the door would not open. I managed to open the door barely halfway, but no matter what I did, I could not open it any further. They have no choice but to offer water and food through the gap.
Two days have passed in this state. They were not sure if the animals were eating the food they had brought in, and they were getting worried. So they climbed a tree outside, and with the branches creaking, they managed to look in the window of the room where the king was holed up, and they saw the scene I had seen. They devised a plan to keep an eye on the king at all times. They hung a mirror on a branch of a tree in a position where they could see into the window and set up a system that would allow them to see into the room from the next room.
Although they could not always see the king, his reflection in the mirror indicated that he was eating the food that had been offered to him by his hand whenever he felt like it, and that he did not seem to be worried about starving to death. However, the worry of Patterson and the others reached its peak as they wondered how long he would continue to do so. So they had no choice but to come to me for help.
"But you know what? How do I know you're not just in the middle of some perverted play?"
"Please don't say that. I'm worried about my king ....... I think he might really be ...... crazy."
Patterson speaks to me with tears spilling down her face. I sigh loudly and say something to him.
"Well, I guess you can't blame him for thinking I'm crazy after seeing that."
"I still ...... think so. ....... It's been more than 10 days. It's been almost three weeks since before that. ....... Oh, if this was going to happen, I should have brought him in sooner. ......
"Bring him in? What are you talking about?"
Patterson opened his mouth to ask me a question, a look of surprise on his face.
"Ever since we found out Noreen was pregnant ....... For three weeks, nearly three weeks, my king has not had a woman. A king who is not satisfied unless he has a woman morning, noon and night has been sleeping in his bed for nearly a month. This has never happened before. Even a child could understand that our king could not endure such a situation. Oh, what a thing to say with me following you. ....... If this is the case, I should have gotten a woman somewhere and let the king have her. ......"
"......, disgusting."
Sidney looks at Patterson as if he were looking at something dirty. I look at him with a wry smile on my face, and Sidney slowly shifts his gaze to me.
"The point is to get King Maintia out of the room, right?
At Sadie's words, I glanced at Patterson. He nodded his head with a surprised expression on his face. Sadie sees this and looks around the room with a bored expression on her face. Then, while discussing something with Noreen, he brought a large white cloth, spread it out and started to write some words on it.
"Beautiful!"
"How beautiful!"
"It's so beautiful! It's like a painting!"
"Oh, it's gone... it's a shame... such a beautiful thing is gone... it's a shame..."
"Tsk. ...... but it's beautiful! It's really inspiring."
...... They don't like the way I spin my lines. Sadie is sticking her tongue out. And she's glaring at me. ...... I'm scared.
No, I tried. I really tried to imitate Ichimura Hazaemon XV of Kabuki. What? Don't know Hazaemon XV? ...... That's fine. But you can look it up if you want. It's super-tokomae, you know? Anyway, we read out the lines that Sidney had written on the white cloth in a very convincing performance.
"King Maintia likes beautiful things, doesn't he? I'm not sure about the stick figure of Master Linos, but maybe this will catch it?"
"What are you talking about? I dare you to use that line. ...... But then again, you're not a fish. I don't know if that's going to get them out."
As I was saying this, I heard a bang from the door of the room where King Maintia was holed up. There is a sound like something banging on the floor. Everyone's eyes are focused on it. A few moments later, another bang! Gah! Gallop! Gah! The sound of something being scratched is heard. Then, after a moment of silence, the door slowly opened.
"Which one is the beautiful one?
King Maintea appeared with sparkling eyes. Naked without a stitch of clothing, his beard growing like moss around his chin. ....... He had the appearance of a complete pervert, which made all who saw him uncomfortable. At the same time, there was a terrible smell emanating from his body as well as from inside the room, as if he had not taken a bath for the past few days.
"Upp!"
Sadie, unable to stand the smell, held her mouth shut and left the room like a rabbit. Her sense of smell must have been heightened to a level above that of other people, as her senses were being sharpened. The smell she sensed was probably more than just a bit too strong for her nose to handle.
"......What in the world are you doing?"
"Ah, King Agartha, it's you. I have come to appease your uncle's spirit. I've been trying a little too hard, haven't I?"
King Maintia opens his mouth with a beaming smile, as usual. I couldn't stand the smell either, so I immediately put a ward on myself to remove it. Patterson and the others frowned. Noreen is the only one with a poker face, but her expression does not seem to have changed.
"First, let's have them take a bath. "Hey, Patterson."
I urged him on, and he immediately took the king into the bathroom. The rest of his attendants entered the king's room and began to clean the room, making noises of "oops" and "oops" and so on. I returned to the palace and went to Soleil's room.
"Oh my, you are very unusual. It's still early in the day. ....... But I'm glad.
"Oh, no, no. No, you don't have to take it off. ....... I was wondering if I could borrow some of that ...... perfume that Soleil has."
"Perfume, sir?"
"Yeah, I'd like something with as strong a scent as possible."
"In that case, I recommend ...... this Kalisariki fragrance."
Thank you, I'll borrow that.
With these words, I was transferred back to the main tier king's room. When I entered the room, I found King Maintia sitting comfortably on the sofa in his bathrobe, probably after taking a bath. I paid no attention to him and immediately sprinkled the room where I had been staying with him with a lot of perfume that I borrowed from Soleil. Then I sat down in front of King Maintia. I tried to release the warding, but the smell still lingered. I silently sprinkled perfume on him as well.
"No, I'm sorry for bothering you," he said.
"What the hell were you doing? You were dancing naked, weren't you? No matter how you look at it, it looked like you were praying to the Great Skeleton God, didn't it?"
"Ha ha ha! No way. No, I was making something to comfort your uncle's soul. I used a paintbrush so it would get dirty. That's why I was naked.
"What was that you were doing with your hips?"
"Did you even look at that? That was just to help me sleep. Sometimes, in spite of my desire to paint, sleepiness takes over. At that time, I would shake my whole body to fight off the sleepiness.
"No, let's go back to sleep."
"Not so fast."
Suddenly he turned a straight face and began to speak in a low voice.
"Your uncle's hatred is considerable. ...... Patterson told me all about it. It's no small thing to try to soothe it. Your uncle's spirit must be appeased in our Hradime nation for all time. For this, we must show him our resolve. He will not understand our resolve if we are too lazy. That is why I have worked tirelessly and sleeplessly to make a testimony to appease his soul.
At that moment, one of the attendants came to report that the king's room had been cleared. He nodded his head in an eagle's eye and called out to me.
The deed is almost done. I'll show it to you."
With that, he strode into the room. I follow him.
Even with Soleil's perfume, there was still a slight odor in the room. This smell was probably from ....... Seriously, I haven't been out of my room for the past few days. While I was thinking about this, I saw a large white board placed on the floor right in front of the door. It seemed that this large board had been propped up against the door, and that was why the door could not be opened. King Maintia commanded Patterson and his men to take the board and put it up against the wall.
The board was filled with ridiculously realistic paintings of human figures that looked as if they were about to move.......
A large man, who appeared to be Cabaret, and next to him, a beautiful woman, who appeared to be his wife. In between them was a bright-looking boy. Moreover, they were holding each other's hands. At first glance, we could see a family connected by deep affection.
"In my country, my uncle's family has been erased. I do not think that my uncle's family should be buried in oblivion. His family's soul must be reposed by our royal family for our children and grandchildren. Your uncle is most afraid that he and his family will be forgotten. It is for us to caress his soul that we remember him and his family. Your uncle will be enshrined in our country forever. You can rest assured of that at ......, Uncle."
He smiled kindly and looked at the dagger that lay beside him, the one with the cabaret sealed inside. Somehow, though, I felt that the atmosphere of the dagger had changed.
"When I return home, I will take this with me. It's designed to come apart so that I can carry it with me, so Patterson and the others don't have to worry about it.
He nodded in satisfaction.
"Excuse me."
Suddenly, a slight, fat, petite woman entered the room.
"I'm sorry, sir. I'm here to see how Master Noreen is doing.
"Oh, come in."
Patterson invites her in. Immediately after, a small voice explains to me that she is the doctor who has been assigned to Norene's care the other day.
"Well then, please take good care of Miss Noreen."
"Wait, Patterson!"
Suddenly, the voice of the king of Maintia spoke up. I look at him to see what's going on.
"What is your ...... name?"
"What? Oh, yes. It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Master Noreen's doctor, Canal.
"Canal ....... How old are you?
Yes, I am 28 years old.
King Maintia slowly approached Kanal. He looks at her face.
"You know, ......"
"Beautiful! Come on!"
"What? Um... What?"
King Maintia suddenly grabbed Canal by the arm and dragged him to the next room with great speed. Patterson hurried after him.
"I knew it, you're an idiot. ......"
I was so stunned that I couldn't move for a while.