Elf Koushaku wa Noroware Reijo wa Iyaiya Metoru - Chapter 14 – The Elf Who Got Mad and The Selfish King’s Body - Galaxy Translations

9-11 minutes 08.07.2022

Hydrangea, who landed in the office of the Magic Division, falls straight into his knees.

“Light as a feather, and extremely fluffy……!”

The first cat he held up in his arms had soft fur, a warm body, and smelled good.
It is the best. As expected, cats are the best creature. He put his hand on his chest and bit into the happiness of holding a cat in his arms.

He wanted to write a poem about the feeling he had when he hugged the cat and compile it into a book, but he had been summoned by the King today. He picked up the marriage certificate on the floor and put it on the office desk.
Since a paw stamp alone would not be accepted as a marriage certificate, he worked on it.

A few moments later, Quince, his aide, came in.

“Good morning, Your Excellency Laudense”
“Yes, good morning”
“You look well today─ Ah!”

Quince’s gaze stopped at the marriage certificate.

“So, you’re finally submitting your marriage certificate to His Majesty the King?”
“Yes”
“Congratulations”

At last, he can get away from all “get married” attacks from everyone around him.
When he thought about it, his heart became lighter.

“Prepare the silver tray. I will bring it to His Majesty now”
“Yes!”

He placed the marriage certificate on a silver tray and had Quince carry it. Then, he moved to the palace where the King was at using transfer magic.

“─Uhh!”

The moment they arrived at the king’s palace, Quince crouched down. His complexion turned pale and his lips turned blue.

“You still can’t get used to it?”
“I-I’m sorry”

The transfer magic can make even those with a lot of magic power nauseated.  Quince was also one of them. The reason for this has not been clarified, and Hydrangea thought that it was probably a matter of the magic power aptitude.

He held out his hand to Quince and gave him a light blessing.

── O blessing, heal the bad cause and effect

Then, Quince’s complexion improved. His lips also returned to a healthy color.

“T-Thank you. I don’t feel sick anymore”
“Let’s go”
“Yes”

They passed by the saluting imperial guards and proceed into the hallway with red carpet spreaded out.
After passing through the three strict secured door, they find the King’s private chamber.

Currently, the King was in medical treatments, so he conducts the government affairs in his bedroom. All outward business is represented by the crown prince, Prince Magnolia.

The heavy door was unlocked by the imperial guards, They were led through the living room into the bedroom.

“Oh, isn’t it Hydrangea!”

The King was lying on a canopied bed supported by four pillars.
Hydrangea tilted his head, as he looked plumper than when he had come to visit him a month earlier.

The king is now on a restricted diet under the guidance of the court physician. Particularly, he is supposed to abstain from sweets, but how did he end up in this state?
It sounds good to describe him as well-builded and dignified, but to put it bluntly, he becomes fat.

“Your Majesty, have you taken the potions I made for you?”

He asked him first as he approached him quickly.
Potion is a medicine made with magic power.
Hydrangea made a potion that lowered blood sugar and gave it to him to take it once a week. The King was lying down because of high blood sugar and diabetes.

Although he continued to receive treatment, his symptoms did not improve at all. So, he had asked his physician to prepare a highly effective potion for him.

“So, did you take the medicine?”
“Ugh……!”
“You didn’t take it, right?”
“Ughhh……!”

Apparently, he had not taken the special medicine that Hydrangea made. When he asked him why, he told him that it was bitter and awful.

He could on sigh in return.

“Your face has become a bit swollen. Also, your eyes are itchy, right?”
“……”
“What’s wrong?”
“Y-You look just like your late father”
“I get that a lot”

It is said that Hydrangea’s father was someone arrogant with great self-confidence, and unmanned person who could not understand the hearts of other peoples.

He was not happy even if he were told that he resembled his father. But, since they were connected by blood he had no choice but to give up on it.

“You didn’t eat anything sweet, didn’t you?”
“I refused it just as the doctor said”

­­­He asked a nearby attendant to show him the record of the King’s meals. He took the leather-covered record book offered to him as if to snatch it away and looked at his diet for the past month.

“──Wha!?”

He was speechless at the ridiculous lists.

“Fruit juices for breakfast, dried fruits for lunch, and three-kind of fruits for dinner…… are you serious?”
“I’ve been refraining myself from my favorite cookies, ice cream, and cakes since three days ago. The doctor said fruits would be fine”
“Certainly that’s not wrong, but”

It is said that the sweet component of fruits is not good for diseases with high sugar content, but in fact it has no significant effect. But that only applies if one eats the right amounts according to common sense.

If you ate three meals, as the King did, you would be taking in too much sugar.
Dried fruits are especially dangerous, because they are sweetened by being dried.

“What did the physician say?”
“The new physician said we will see how things turn out”
“New physician?”
“Well, the minister recommended a good physician, so I switched with him”
“……”

The physician who had been supporting the royal family for a long time had been replaced with a new one. Hydrangea pressed his forehead and let out a deep sigh.

The sudden dismissal of the court physician, a physician who recommended a strange diet, and the minister who recommended that physician.

It seems there are some unfavorable forces working secretly in the King’s surrounding.
It was just his hunch, but such hunch was usually right.
He already had a hard time dealing with his own family, and now he even noticed a problem in the royal family.

His head throbbed with pain.
He decided to consult Prince Magnolia about this matter.

“For the time being, please abstain from eating all fruits”
“N-No way!”
“Do you want to go blind?”
“!?”
“At this rate, I’m afraid it will become like that”
“W-What should I do?”
“First, you should get an examination from the former physician,  and correct your lifestyle. Then, drink the potion that I gave you”
“Ugh……”

The King stared at him and replied, “all right” in a small voice.

“So, what was your business, Your Majesty?”
“T-That’s right. I wanted to give this to Hydrangea”

The thing that was brought out from under the King’s pillow was a marriage chart.

“This is the minister’s niece, this is the daughter of the leader of Knight Corps, and this is──”

Hydrangea took the five or so books and handed them directly to Quince.
It was because they might be related to the people who had recently been telling strange things to the King.

“So, what do you think of your marriage partner?”
“Regarding that, there is already someone whom I decided on”

He took the marriage certificate from the silver tray in Quince’s hand and showed it to the King.

“This is─!”
“I have no intention of marrying anyone but her”
“N-No, but I heard rumor that Count Northpole house is on the verge of ruin”
“I intend to support her family”

He gestured the attendant to get a desk, pen and ink for him. The attendant in charge prepared it immediately.

“Hydrangea, why does your marriage partner have a cat’s paw stamped on her seal?”
“It seems that the cat’s paw is the substitute for the seal”

It’s cute right? He swallowed such words without saying it.
By the way, Violette’s name was written by Hydrangea.
The marriage certificate was a near forgery, consisting of a forcibly stamped paw print and a signature of someone other than the bride herself.

“I beg you, Your Majesty. With this marriage, I intend to serve the royal family and the country even more”

He bowed his head. The King probably would not say no if he went this far.

“Hm…… well, if you insist”
“Thank you”

He immediately had him sign his approval. The seal of state is also stamped firmly. With this, the marriage between Violette and Hydrangea became official.

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Just like when they arrived, they returned to the office using transfer magic.

“Ueeeeek～～!”

Quince was also suffering from transfer magic sickness on the way back. He began to decide on the documents while looking at Quince’s backside, who crouched down and was fighting the nausea, at the edge of his vision.

The talk of Hydrandia’s marriage had spread until the evening. He flatly turned down the royal public relations offer to interview him and headed home.

He sat in a single chair in his private room, and exhaled.
Now he remembered that he had not make appointment to meet Prince Magnolia.
He moved to the study room next door and picked up a pen. Since it was something he urgently needs to confirm, he uses his letter magic. He threw the letter outside and sent it flying into the night sky.

This time, his work for the day was over.
Suddenly, he was wondering what Violette was doing, and her figure was reflected on the crystal.
She was in her private room, drinking tea leisurely.
Surprisingly, she seems to have adapted to the life in Duke Laudense house.
He smiled naturally when he saw Violette drinking black tea with a composed expression on her face.