Rather Than The Son, I’ll Take The Father
chapter-180

As I glared at him, Aedis smiled and said.

“Are you not going to accept it?”

“…I will accept it.”

Felix, who followed me, widened its eyes.

[Wow, it’s finally done? I heard the other fairies whispering that they gathered together and made it while the moon rose 100 times.]

“It took that long?”

I tilted my head, then confirmed the faces of the beasts with only beaks, teeth, and claws.

Just completing it is a miracle.

Besides, the door even moved so I could look inside.

“Eh? Did you decorate the inside, too?”

Could it be that there are bloody bloodstains or prey in it?

I opened the door with a bit of apprehension.

Surprisingly, there was grass on the inside, so narrow that even my head couldn’t fit.

In the middle, a small tree was cut to make a table, and the remaining space was decorated with pretty stones.

Of course, even if it looked pretty, a stone was a stone.

The grass on the floor was also different in shape and color, as if it had been taken from many different places.

I found teeth marks in the corner and smiled.

Such a cute and sincere bribe.

I imagined it wandering around looking for grass all day to decorate this small interior, and placing it carefully so as not to damage it.

I ran over to Aedis and whispered.

“I think I’ve got this one leashed? At this rate, I may push for a law to ban subjugation of beasts who don’t attack people.”

Aedis smiled, seeing a moved expression on my face.

“One more thing to do in the capital.”

“Before that, let’s do some renovation work so that this cute kingdom won’t melt under boiling water. Is that okay?”

I looked back at the beasts. The elk lowered its stance.

“As you like.”

The golden power that flowed from my fingertips dwelled in my own little kingdom. Brilliant light and color infused the transparent ice and changed into a completely different substance.

Ummm, I need to increase the size at this point.

The kingdom stopped expanding only after it was sufficiently large for me to enter and exit comfortably.

I went in and knocked on the wall myself.

“Does it get stronger?”

[“Ack, I want to go in, too!”]

Then, Felix jumped in, and the monsters couldn’t hold back their curiosity, so they stuck their heads in first.

The entrance will be broken!

“Wait a minute!”

I urgently started the second renovation work.

Eventually, my kingdom expanded to the point where it could accommodate a polar bear, five beasts, me and Aedis.

Felix happily tumbled across the grass.

[“Lady Maevia’s ability is warm. That’s why it’s warm here, too!]

If I hadn’t strengthened it with my superpowers, those pitiful clods of grass would have been crushed long ago.

Perhaps they liked the warmth, the beasts sat huddled to one side. They looked like well-trained big dogs, while also looking like a bloody polar bear.

“I’ll keep the door open, so come anytime.”

Do monsters like warm environments? I asked it without thinking, but the monsters pricked up their ears.

“Are you, taking, us? As citizens?”

I witnessed the six-legged beast’s smile of satisfaction.

…..what?

Could this be the real purpose?!

I guess it must have already drawn a big picture in its head while obscuring the human words because it was not used to it.

However, receiving a model of the kingdom as a gift and becoming the king of beasts were completely different matters. More than anything, it seemed like it would be incredibly annoying.

Even now, I didn’t have good days in Cyclamen Castle because of Aedis’ subjects, three unidentified cats, Paimon, and Shaula. If the beasts would come to say hello every day, Cyclamen Castle would be rumored to be the Devil’s Land.

I awkwardly raised the corner of my mouth.

“You guys are beasts, right? There’s no need to meet my standards as a human being. I won’t harm you in the future, so you don’t have to do things like be my people.”

“I would.”

“Would do it, unconditionally.”

“Certainly.”

[I’ll do it too!]

Even Felix raised his paw excitedly.

I pulled my husband over as a last resort.

“Aedis, aren’t you jealous when your wife is so popular? Stop it quickly.”

“It’s okay. My wife likes me the most.”

Aedis just laughed lightly.

The touch on my hair was strangely soft, the sensation caused the heat to rise to my face.

“Yes, still! You can stop it though!”

I protested in a timid voice, but Felix tilted its head.

[Huh? Lady Maevia, do you have another desire again?]

No! Yes, but no!

I couldn’t stop the monsters anymore because I was blocking Felix’ mouth.

After parting with the beasts and finally returning to the capital, the day was dawning.

Around the time I was despairing at the fact that I couldn’t sleep, the servants glanced at Felix.

“It’s a bear.”

“It’s a white bear.”

“I’ll have to figure out what to prepare for the food.”

Everyone muttered their impressions one by one, and then scattered to do their job.

I muttered dumbfounded.

“…why is no one surprised by Felix?”

They don’t even ask what it is.

Aedis answered in a languid voice, holding me as I staggered from sleepiness.

“Compared to a spider that can transform into a person or a talking crow, a bear like this is normal.”

Aha. I was worried for nothing.

Even if the beasts didn’t come to say hello, Grand Duchy Kallakis is already full of beasts.

Separated from me, Peep pecked its beak at Felix’ foot in anger.

It seemed like it was trying to avenge that it almost got eaten, but Felix didn’t notice at all.

[There are a lot of flowers and trees here? Everything looks delicious!]

Felix rushed into the garden.

“Ppyak ppyak!”

Not caring that Peep was about to get trampled and was protesting, Felix ran into the flower garden delicately tended by the gardener.

The sight of a bear with its mouth covered in blood, biting flowers at will, was terrifying.

First of all, what should I do with that bloody mouth?

I shook my head and took out a handkerchief.

“Felix, come here.”

I wet a handkerchief in the fountain and wiped Felix’ mouth. Felix liked my attention, too.

[Lady Maevia is kind! I love it!]

However, not everyone took Felix seriously. The grumpy Paimon flew by flapping its small wings.

[Where have you been, Eve? What is this again?]

When Paimon tapped Felix with its cotton bat-like foot, Felix turned its head.

[Ung?]

[How dare you look down at this body?]

Paimon transformed into his main body, seeing Felix looking down at it as annoying. In the process, the fountain was smashed and the garden was scorched.

A knight who was watching nearby exclaimed.

[It’s the first time I’ve seen a bear and dragon fight.]

Huh?

“Sir Agena?”

Agena was not alone. He was with someone who was itching to interfere with ‘The Maevia hymn commission.’

“This is the head of the Dempina family. He said he had something to say to Your Grace, so I brought him…”

Agena’s gaze turned to the ground.

“Oh.”

Perhaps because of Paimon, Felix, or both, he fainted.

Agena shrugged his shoulders.

“I’ll throw him somewhere hard to find.”

Azena dragged him along.

At least, no one would be able to find him until the Maevia hymn was finished. Now the work will proceed smoothly.

Rubbing my eyes, I summoned Paimon and Felix.

“I’m going to sleep, so you guys stop fighting. The gardener will cry.”

[Me too! I want to sleep with Lady Maevia, too!]

Paimon narrowed his eyes as Felix tried to follow me.

[Then I won’t say anything if the Demon King hits you? When they say they go to bed, it doesn’t mean they really go to bed. Usually, they take off their clothes and kyaaak the Demon King is killing the spirits!]

Paimon’s scream pierced my eardrums. It was thanks to my husband’s direct treatment in consideration for his wife, who couldn’t respond properly because her eyes were half-closed.

Our bodies had switched back, too. It seemed that Paimon would soon run away to the academy where Regen was located.

I yawned and went into the bedroom.

* * *

A few days after that, a secret meeting was held in the kingdom of Maevia.

Felix set the wad of paper he had been carrying so that it would not be torn by its claws on the golden grass.

[I’ve been trying hard to get it. But no one noticed me!]

Felix opened the chest, but the beasts attending the meeting did not believe him. It was impossible for a bear so large and menacing among humans to not be noticed.

They must have deliberately pretended not to know. Their king was merciful.

“Is this what you had heard?”

Felix, the oldest beast, nodded vigorously.

[Yes. According to humans, this is the only way the kingdom can be completed. I’ve learned how to sing it, so repeat it one line at a time!]

The beasts opened their mouths.

Their singing practice to perfectly sing Maevia’s hymn continued until the king’s disciple, the giant spider, came to them as they were too noisy.