Volume 8 Chapter 9: Killing Intent

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Author: 夜州 (Yashu)

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Author’s Note:

I can only say that I’m really sorry to have kept you all waiting!!!!

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Perhaps due to having some of the king’s blood running in her veins, Mel’s short, golden hair was tied back behind her head, and the clothes she wore were ones suited for combat. Beastmen were already a warlike race as it was, but her father being the king might have been the reason for her fondness of fighting. And that was exactly why she was so harsh towards weaklings.

However, even with Hagnes’ explanation, she still couldn’t believe that this boy the same age as her was the strongest in a country as large as Esfort. Even if one of his fellow countrymen had vouched for him, it wasn’t like she had actually seen that power. And Mel found it rather difficult to believe that the boy in front of her was stronger than a tiger beastman, since tiger beastmen were among the strongest even in Kermes.

“Mel, you are being disrespectful towards our visitors, and thus our allies, be that even if you haven’t seen his strength with your own eyes. What’s more, even Randal said so.”

“Father! I will not believe it unless I see it with my own eyes!”

Showing his true strength was not really much of a problem for Cain. He had already shown off a part of it in his fight against Randal, after all. He hadn’t been planning on hiding his strength anyway, and if things in his vicinity ever got dangerous, he wasn’t going to hesitate to use that strength either. The fact that he had come to Kermes as a higher-rank noble who could use healing magic simply meant that he had had no need to show off his strength.

However, Mel didn’t seem like she would be convinced no matter what.

Mel was, like the king, a lion beastman. And perhaps due to that bloodline, she boasted quite a large amount of strength when compared to the other races of beastmen. Still, there were many people in the country who were stronger than her, be it out of age and experience, or simply techniques. In fact, even Randal was probably stronger than her.

“I have no problem with showing my strength. However, please don’t forget that I’m only here as a healer, and nothing else,” Cain said, feeling that the conversation would never end at this rate.

“I appreciate your kindness, Cain-dono. So, who should go up against y–”

“There is no need for that, I shall show you my strength right here and now. Only if you give me permission, Your Majesty, though, of course.”

The king nodded.

“Then we shall do it that way. Show us.”

Cain nodded –– then let out killing intent, making sure it would reach the audience.

Naturally, he made sure not to target his fellow countrymen.

The atmosphere changed in an instant.

Everyone around Cain suddenly felt like he could take their lives in a split second.

It was not the killing intent of someone who hadn’t even come of age yet.

Some of the beastmen collapsed, drooling, while others hid behind the pillars in the room, trembling.

Mel had also jumped back, her feline ears flattened against her head and her tail between her legs, trembling.

Even the king would have probably sprung backwards had he not been sitting, so he instead tried in vain to stop his legs from trembling with his hands, having broken out in a cold sweat.

“…That’s enough. We all know very well how powerful you are now.”

Cain let his killing intent disperse at the king’s words.

Everyone else relaxed now that the killing intent was gone.

However, half the people present had collapsed, unconscious.

The king sighed, then turned towards Mel, who was trying to hide behind him, still trembling.

“Mel, was that enough to convince you?” asked the king.

She didn’t answer, however, and slowly walked up to Cain instead.

Then, once she reached him –– she laid down on the ground, showing him her belly.

“…Eh?”

Cain had no idea how he was supposed to react to Mel, who was now purring at him as if in submission.

He looked around for help, but the king and the still-conscious among the beastmen all looked stunned.

““““……””””

Naturally, the party from Esfort was silent as well.

“…Erm, what am I supposed to…? Eeeerm…?”

Not quite knowing what to do with Mel, who was now rolling around at his feet, he decided to crouch down and stroke her stomach, as he would with a cat.

Mel purred happily as he did so.

Then, someone cleared his throat.

“––Mel… how long are you planning to do that for…?”

The slightly angry voice reverberated throughout the hall.

For beastmen, lying down and showing their stomachs was a signal of surrender and obedience.

So, the princess Mel, who had been rather antagonistic towards Cain earlier, had been telling Cain that she had submitted to him.

Although, it turned out she had lost control of herself when hit by a despair-inducing amount of killing intent for the first time in her life, and had done all that purely out of instinct.

She managed to regain her sanity at the king’s words though, and quickly leapt away from Cain.

“……”

Her face as she returned to her original position was riddled with shame and dyed bright red.

“I suppose that is only natural. Let us return to the main topic. I have no problems with your strength. As for objections… I see there are none. The delegates can discuss the details later. Our country is deeply grateful for the Kingdom of Esfort’s aid.”

Having finished saying what he wanted to say, the king left, and the party from Esfort were shown to their guest rooms by the person in charge of guests.

Cain, however, was taken to a different, luxurious-looking room by someone else. Unlike the other members of the Esfortean delegation, he was a higher-rank noble in Esfort, and so he was being treated like one.

Sitting down on the sofa in his room, he began thinking about what steps he would take next.

“I guess we’ll hold the meeting tomorrow, and then head straight to the front lines…”

While Cain would be going to the front lines, he would only be acting as a medic.

The king had forbidden him from actively participating in the war, since he was still legally a child.

And while he was permitted to use violence only for self-defense, being aware of his Status, Cain knew very well that he could have taken on the entire country on his own –– which was exactly why he couldn’t.

Then, there came a knock on his door.

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TN: eyyyyyy, it’s been updated (let’s hope it won’t take another 7 months until the next chapter)

Princess number-whaterver-we’re-on: get (i wonder who’s knocking on his door)

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