The Wolf Prince and the Ice Princess - Chapter 5

Chapter 5 – The mysterious puppy

[Mianna, how goes the bride selection?]

Endaria’s prime minister, Atlus Elsette, called his favorite niece into his office and asked.

Atlus was her father’s younger brother and treated her like his daughter since she was young because he did not have his own.

Because he saw through her unique hobby of spying, he lent a hand and raised her skills. He got severely yelled at after it was divulged to his sister-in-law, 『Which gentleman is going to like a lady who involves herself in conspiracies, disguises, and shady behavior, just exactly do you think you would find one!』 — such were her rebukes.

For the sake of her cute niece, he was a prime minister today who considered various things for her future paths that she could have.

Incidentally, the reason why Mianna slipped into the brides’ candidates, was that she was interested to peek into the complicated relationships between the palace and the nobles (and possibly pick up useful information).

The cunning prime minister also held one or two ideas about Mianna’s surprising interest in the queen’s seat, which might be out of sheer curiosity.

[And so, do you want to marry Prince Shuudel and try to become queen?] (Atlus)

[How can that be!] (Mianna)

Mianna drew back her body at her uncle’s words.

[Honestly, I don’t think I can possibly do a queen’s work. I’m not particularly interested in holding power. Rather than doing public work, it’s more of my personality to secretly observe the royal members…… Everyone was peculiar and completely beyond my imaginations.] (Mianna) (TL: She’s subtly insulting them while using polite language at the same time in the raws.)

While Mianna laughed meaningfully, the capable prime minister at his peak capabilities smiled wryly.

He thought the girl with bewitching black hair and silver colored eyes would be able to control the population’s hearts if she did public work.

[Now, now, Mianna. Saying something like “everyone’s peculiar” is improper behavior, okay?] (Atlus)

[I only speak of this in front of uncle.] (Mianna)

[I believe your exclusive spies didn’t enter the palace’s interiors right?] (Atlus)

[Even if I don’t rely on my spies I still know at least this much.] (Mianna)

[Recently, there seems to be a servant girl working in the palace?] (Atlus)

[Why, is that true?] (Mianna)

[It seems like a few maid uniforms are missing?] (Atlus)

[Perhaps there are strong winds on a certain day, hmm. It’s not unusual for the laundry to fly away.] (Mianna)

[…… Mianna?] (Atlus)

[What is it, uncle? If you know information about it, would you mind telling me about it?] (Mianna)

Atlus sighed in his heart at his niece who kept up her pretenses at being innocence till the very end, and wondered, 『is it really fine if I let her talent grow?』.

[Well then, would you mind telling me about the brides’ selection?] (Atlus)

[Every daughter there had an excellent upbringing. Indeed, if you ask if it’s fine or not, as long as Prince Shuudel picks the one he likes, I don’t think there would be any problems.] (Mianna)

[If you’re the one who’s going to be picked?] (Atlus)

[I will reject it, and I will push for Sara Griosta to be in my stead. I have become friends with her. She had training in the borders and possessed considerable wisdom as well as having physical skills. However, she has an issue about not trusting men and there would be difficulty in moving forward. Prince Shuudel does seem to be interested in her, but the situation is becoming slightly complicated…… Well, I wonder how things will turn out.] (Mianna)

[A complicated situation?] (Atlus)

[Uncle, can you tell me about the 『golden dog』 that’s kept in the palace?] (Mianna)

[…… I can’t do that.] (Atlus)

The prime minister’s eyebrows were pulled together into a frown.

[Really, is that 『dog』 involved in the complicated situation? If you don’t tell me about it, I’m afraid I can’t present you anything other than an ambiguous guess.] (Mianna)

[Mianna!] (Atlus)

[My, my, uncle, if you show such a scary face, you will not have your dandy charm anymore.] (Mianna)

She giggled.

However, she quickly turned to a serious expression.

[As I have explained earlier, I became friends with Sara Griosta. She’s really a good and cute person, to not even think about me as a strange girl for the things that I did; I must say I like her. That is why I’m concerned with Sara’s issues……] (Mianna)

She cut off her words, and looked at Atlus’s face with an intense focus in front of her, saying:

[If possibly, the royal family humiliates and toys with Sara……. I—] (Mianna)

Atlus looked at her eyes, which seemed to give off an inner glow and it was a rare thing for him to see it, and felt terrified.

『I will never forgive them.』

[……] (Atlus)

To her frightened uncle, Mianna giggled and smiled cutely.

[That’s about it for my opinions?] (Mianna)

[A-ahh…… Mianna, you, how about becoming a boy and enter the intelligence department in a disguise?] (Atlus)

[…… Only if uncle manages to persuade my mother?] (Mianna)

[Spare me.] (Atlus)

Atlus immediately answered with a stiff face. 『Ahh— scary, scary, both mother and daughter are too scary.』

[Why, that’s a shame then, hmm.] (Mianna)

Mianna tilted her head to one side and left the office before long.

[It seems like Sara’s cute puppy is an incredible secret. It’s just that it’s really strange to have just one dog? I can’t seem to figure out who’s keeping it. Only appearing in the nighttime, with such a splendid dog having excellent golden fur; I just can’t understand why it’s necessary for the royal family to rear it and yet keep it as a secret, hmm.] (Mianna)

Mianna who visited Sara’s room was lying comfortably on her waist across the sofa.

[That’s right. I don’t know who the owner is.] (Sara)

Sara said regrettably. The candy beside the tea was her from hometown was called Iruquia. It was a small tea-colored candy that melted in one’s mouth and filled it with the aroma of honey. When she went for monster hunting in the night, it was a simple candy that substituted emergency rations, but it was now being eaten together with the strong tea, and Mianna was particularly fond of it.

The latter elegantly sent the candy into her lips and smiled warmly at the sweetness before speaking.

[Hey, why are you so concerned with the owner? The puppy is well taken of and is happy right?] (Mianna)

[Happy…… you say—] (Sara)

Sara thought about Soru.

[It’s true, he doesn’t seem to be lacking in meals and is always clean. His fur is always neat too. But you see, how should I describe…… He’s acting very pampered towards me.] (Sara)

Over the few days meeting with Soru, he had always appeared in Sara’s room every night, and even though he seemed to show hesitation when she saw him, he was always submissive to Sara’s petting. Because he appeared to be cute to her, she would pet and nuzzle him with her face while planting kisses, even sniffing him….. This careless behavior of hers was something like a lover (?), such was the level of her affection.

With the meeting days increasing every passing day with her loving caress, she meekly accepted the dog that came around excitedly every evening, even though he probably did not have his owner’s permission and was taught strictly.

[Oh, but isn’t it good that the cute dog is getting used to you?] (Mianna)

Mianna asked what was wrong with it as she was not familiar with animals.

[Well. You see, to desire to be fawned upon this much…… It’s a feeling of an animal with an incredibly thirsty throat drinking water.] (Sara)

[…… Is it a feeling of a starving wolf?] (Mianna)

Mianna asked while tilting her head.

[That’s right! It’s that kind of feeling. At first, he’s hesitating; then he earnestly responds when he’s given affection. He’s really so cute, but at times I feel like he would just glue his eyes to my chest. That is why I want to know how he’s being raised. If that child is being mistreated, I wish to express my opinion to his owner, and I would want to bring it back to my home in the unlikely event.] (Sara)

[To bring the palace’s dog! Are you going back?] (Mianna)

[Yes, to make him become my kid back home.] (Sara)

Mianna was opening her mouth agape before she burst out laughing before long.

[That’s good, you’re someone like that Sara! You’re truly broad-minded! I feel like you’re a brave mother.] (Mianna)

[Mianna……. I’m, still, eighteen……] (Sara)

[And you’re Soru’s mom! Isn’t it good, you have a puppy kid without being married and raising it?] (Mianna)

[Well, that’s not a bad consideration.] (Sara)

Sara said that as if she meant it, and the two of them laughed.

Unknowingly the Endaria knight who had been acknowledged as the household’s kid sneezed loudly once, as he was fighting at the training ground in a bout with his juniors who were being knocked down by him.

[And then about the things on his highness Reidrick—]

Mianna said after the laughter ended.

[From his side, it seems like he has taken a special interest in you, regardless of whether if it’s for his nephew or his personal interest, and I want to ask bluntly….. Are you interested when he made advances?] (Mianna)

[Absolutely not! But in the first place, we only exchanged words that didn’t mean anything.] (Sara)

[His eyes when he looked at you were ones of fancy.] (Mianna)

『I disagree』— Mianna inclined her head with that meaning.

[Recently, His Highness Reidrick isn’t in his room. Well, there are plenty of things to do in the night, but it doesn’t seem that he’s appearing in the town, so there were rumors where he was spending his night at some special woman’s place] (Mianna)

[Hmph. Perhaps His Highness Reidrick the playboy is settling down finally, but well, it has nothing to do with me.] (Sara)

She said like she was someone unconcerned with that.

That night too, Redrick had judged that he worked up his body enough to reduce his passionate energy that was burning up in his body (meaning, sexual excitement) and cleaned his body entirely before he transformed into a wolf.

『Really, it’s going to be a big issue if I turned out to be a stinky wolf since Sara likes to sniff my scent.』

He assumed she was going to smell him.

『But…… I really can’t stand the thought of being thought as a dog. I can’t tell her that either since the palace’s golden wolf is a top secret, what should I do?』

He did not particularly think that a dog was something insulting, but to him and to others who did not mention it, the identity and appearance of the Golden Wolf Emperor’s lineage was an important thing. If there was a day in the future when it needed his strength, he could make his of his abilities fully to protect the country.

He was an excellent swordsman, but having a figurative body was also a significant and unshakable meaning.

In any case, that prideful wolf was restlessly thinking about the beautiful lady and thinking on doing cute things.

Soru ran to the place where Sara was staying at with full speed.

『Sara! Sara! Sara!』

[Soru~, today you’re also cute too, you’re such a good boy~!]

Sara hugged the golden wolf with her whole body and leaned against him.

At the feeling of the soft twin hills transmitted over the thin nightgown, Reidrick desperately held down his feelings to howl.

『Sara, you’re touching me! You’re touching me with them! Are you testing me or tempting me!?』

That could not possibly be the reason, right?

Reidrick who was in stuck in puberty had his lower body in perfect form tonight too.

He was already licking Sara.

During the daytime, while he was thinking about Sara stroking his body, he vented his excess libido by beating up members of the knights and got yelled at by the commander, while fulfilling his desires to his heart’s content in the night at Sara’s place.

He was in a wolf’s form and could not kiss. Therefore, he licked. And he licked earnestly. He went for her face, her eyelids, lips, ears, neck, and lost himself in confusion at her soft chest. He diligently licked every part of her fingers.

And all the licking made him even more excited, making his whimper sweetly and shamefully. As his voice leaked out the only thoughts he had were 『this is all mine all mine my sweet Sara and I won’t give her to anyone my lovely adorable Sara I want to have you lick you drink you eat you ahh I mustn’t do that Sara I adore you like you love you want you』, and he could not stop his overwhelming thoughts in his heart that reduced him to a hopeless idiot.

…… Is that really a good thing, your highness Reidrick?

[Cut it out!] (Sara)

Sara scolded Reidrick who licked her thoroughly all over. Reidrick pretended to be obedient and occupied her bed. If he did not become a good boy, he would not be petted.

He was being trained without him noticing it.

Sara rubbed his paws as he laid down ecstatically and said:

[Hey, Soru, just exactly who is your owner?]

『No, of course, there wouldn’t be one. I’m the prideful wolf who’s free to do as he pleases.』

Soru’s ears pricked up and she scratched it gently at the back.

『Ahh, more! More!』 Reidrick’s body writhed in agony.

[I wonder if your owner knows you’re such a sweet boy…… But I can’t stay here forever.]

Reidrick got up after his body shook.

Sara laughed at the sight of his panicking looks.

[You seem to understand my words. Before I leave, I want to talk to your owner about you. Do you understand? Soru,]

Sara gently kissed the tip of Reidrick’s nose.

[Adorable Soru, I really like you, so I want you to live happily.]

Reidrick gazed at Sara.

『You really like me, you say. Even though my own mother shunned me and abandoned me when she saw my monstrous figure. You said, you liked me. You want me to be happy.』

And, this Sara would someday leave here.

Sara was going to be gone. That sudden realization made him fearful, and he felt like his heart was being torn apart, painfully and bitterly, and he cowered down. He thrust his head onto Sara’s nightgown.

[Whoa, Soru…… Soru?]

Reidrick’s face was pushed onto her nightgown, so she did not notice his overflowing tears.

Sara felt there was something wrong from Reidrick’s reaction and gently stroked him.