Ack! You’re crazy!

Among the invited guests was Morifes Marcellion.

Still looking like a plump young man who belied his age of 211, he was neatly dressed in a purple robe, the symbol of the Matapist, and had long blue hair tied loosely.

However, even with his dignified and classy attire, the dog collar around his neck was not hidden. And this went very well with Morifes’ innate frivolity.

“Pink Pope, please take off the choker around my neck now!”

Morifes, sitting across from me, stretched his upper body and thrust his neck in.

<This is the perfect position to cut off a neck.>

I completely agree.

“Why? It suits you well.”

“No, I admit that, but still.......”

“Okay, sit down.”

“Ugh!”

As I uttered the command, Morifis sat upright on the chair due to the force of the dog collar.

As my divine power reached the 9th level, I widened the gap with Morifis, who was in the 8th circle, and his rejection became weaker.

Of course, I have a more powerful command skill, ‘King’s Order,’ but it feels too luxurious to use on Morifis. [‘Architect of the Skyscraper of Trials’ says that a dog collar is enough for a beast.] Morifis grumbled.

“This leather choker is so tight and uncomfortable. Do you know how uncomfortable it is when you wash, especially when you sweat in the summer?”

“I don’t know.”

“Please show mercy!”

“If you took me out of the mirror, that would have been mercy enough. What more do you want?”

Morifis finally gave up and changed the subject.

“Then...... when will you give me back custody of my cute Beatrice, Esmeralda, and Catalina?”

“They say they like the royal palace better, what can I do?”

When I turned my head, I could easily find the small chimeras enjoying the afternoon in the royal palace garden.

The magpie Beatrice was drinking water from the fountain with the sparrows, the squirrel Esmeralda was gathering nuts, and the cat Catalina was being courted by some male cat.

“Don’t worry, I’m feeding them blueberry jam and cream cheese-covered raw meat.”

“Beatrice, Esmeralda, Catalina....... Come back to me.......”

“You must be lonely. Aren’t you doing chimera research these days?”

I thought you’d make a new chimera and take it with you a long time ago, but Morifis had been alone until now.

Morifis’s eyes changed when the topic of research came up.

“Ah, I’m into bug research these days!”

“Bugs? Aren’t you only dealing with cute things?”

“That’s right. That’s how it was originally. But I found something interesting in the bug feed I had piled up to feed my experimental demons!”

I was more interested in the first part of his words than his discovery.

“Ah, the demon feed is... bugs.”

“I’m the type to pay attention to nutrition, so I feed them holistic grade food!”

“But do you really have to talk about this at the dinner table?”

“It’s about demon feed. I just talk about eating at the dinner table. Anyway, listen to me!”

No matter what, Morifis Marcellion was a great magician who had reached the 8th Circle and was an excellent researcher. If there was a discovery that he could talk about passionately, it wouldn’t be trivial.

Morifis did not disappoint me.

“I found a very special bug friend in the feed. I even named it like a king. It’s called Karls 39,001 years old.”

The name is Karls, but what’s with the 39,001 years old after that? It’s not the age (歲), but the dynasty ranking (世), so why are there tens of thousands when even tens are excessive?

My curiosity about the seemingly baseless naming was immediately satisfied.

“I killed that friend 39,000 times! Karls was a bug that reincarnated while maintaining his ego and memories!”

“Huh? Really?”

<Huh? Really?>

The detailed story was as follows.

It was said that a battle royale took place inside a fresh holistic grade feed bag. It turned out that it was the work of one particular bug. This was enough to pique the interest of the mad wizard. - Hoo, what a strange guy! Morifis, who named the guy who stood out as Kals, immediately began to explore the creature. - Our Kals hates bathing in holy water. Oh, dear. Did he drown already? He conducted various experiments.

In the process, Kals died like a bug. However, death did not bring peace.

Due to the powerful barrier in the laboratory, Kals' soul was trapped in the laboratory and had to reincarnate. And each time, Morifis found the reincarnated Kals with his ghostly eyes.

"Hmm, usually after reincarnating about 100 times, you would reincarnate into a better individual, but Kals was different. He kept reincarnating from a lower-level species like Grima or a cockroach. I wonder when he will become a cute slime. Tsk tsk."

This is a point that raises questions.

“Even if you reincarnate as a bug tens of thousands of times, you’re still a bug?”

“Yes.”

“It seems like the evil karma you accumulated in your past life is not ordinary. Maybe a high-ranking demon is reincarnated with memories?”

Maybe it’s because of the similarity in the name of Cals. For a moment, I thought of Demon King Carpeios.

‘Oh, no way.’

There’s no way that could be a coincidence. I chuckled. Meanwhile, Morifis seemed excited.

“Wow, thinking that there’s such rarity makes me even more motivated. I’ll continue to work hard to kill Cals.”

“Okay, do your best. Call me when you evolve to a slime. I’ll go check it out.”

“Understood!”

Since I’ve talked about something disgusting, I needed to purify it with something cute. I watched the small animal chimeras in the garden.

The situation with the magpie Beatrice was interesting. A bird of prey tried to harm the sparrows, but was scared by the roar of the transformed Beatrice and fled away.

At that time, the remaining two seats at the table were also filled.

Suddenly, someone appeared holding a large bouquet of flowers to the left of my face.

“Hello, sister-in-law.”

“Regares, why are you here?”

“Why? I came as His Majesty the King Celestide’s representative.”

It was natural for Celestide, who was unable to leave the palace after ascending to the throne, to send a representative. However.

“His Majesty wouldn’t have sent you?”

“Yeah. I did something behind the scenes. It’s common in a palace where infighting runs rampant.”

“Ah, so.......”

“Yeah. So take the flowers first.”

“Okay, thank you.”

I threw the bouquet I received into my inventory.

“You’re crazy, so sit down.”

There was a female knight who pulled out his chair so that Ligares could sit down. Red-blond hair tied into pigtails. It was the color that was characteristic of the Recandro family.

She bowed politely.

“Good morning, Your Holiness, Lord Morifes.”

“Sir Ceri, it’s been a while.”

“The daughter of the Marquis Recandro has arrived too. Welcome, Sir Cherry.”

“It’s not Cherry, it’s Cherri, Lord Morifes.”

“Oh, Cherry is cuter.”

I stepped forward when I saw Cherri’s forehead getting bloodshot.

“Morifes, if you like cute things so much, should I put a name tag on her leather choker that says Momo?”

But Morifes was too strong to realize the rudeness and close her mouth.

“Momo? Oh, how cute! I like it!”

“......Hmm, Your Majesty. It seems that common sense does not apply to Lord Morifis.”

“I see.......”

“Anyway, thank you for your consideration.”

Cheryl went back to the other side of Regares and sat down in the remaining chair. It seemed that she was also one of the people at this table.

Now that I think about it, she wasn’t dressed as a royal knight today. This fact had enough significance.

“You are here as a representative of Marquis Lecandro?”

“That’s right. The Duke sent me a separate invitation, but I am here today in place of my mother. Congratulations on becoming the Pope.”

“Thank you. By the way, it feels empty without Sir Chez by Sir Chez’s side.”

While we were talking, I diligently rolled my eyes to find the knight with light brown hair.

Chez was radiating a friendly atmosphere at the same table as Hestio. Unlike me and Tesilid, he seemed to have done well at drawing lots, so I was a little jealous.

At that time, Cheryl seemed to be holding back a sigh and made a small complaint.

“The presence of the other person filling the space is too much to feel empty.”

“Oh, that’s right. I won’t even have time to feel empty.”

Cheryl and I glanced at Regares.

Since we ended up at the same table as the former prince, Cheryl was left to do the cleaning. Of course, the superior doesn’t know the joys and sorrows of his subordinates.

“Why are you looking at me like that, sister-in-law?”

“Yeah. It’s nothing. Eat a lot, Regare.”

It was when I was joking while pushing a small plate of salmon canapés in front of him.

“What? Regares?”

Regares’ expression suddenly hardened.

“Did you just say Regares?”

The atmosphere at the table changed completely at his sharp tone.

<Why are you suddenly angry?>

Is that so?

I tried to understand somehow. It was when I guessed that his judgment was distorted because he had called him by his nickname without permission.

Regares was a very unpredictable guy. This time, he suddenly blushed shyly. And then he said... ... .

“Call me more, Sister-in-law.”

“......What?”

“Call me Riga.”

“.......”

“I said I won’t call you by your nickname. I like ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ being called by my nickname. Hurry up, Sister-in-law.”

“......Oh, okay. Eat this too, my Riga.”

When I pushed the avocado dish while looking at him in disbelief, he smiled contentedly and started eating. I whispered quietly to Cheryl. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

“If there’s a food you’re picky about, let me know. Push it.”

“You generally hate egg dishes.”

“Good.”

It was secretly fun.

Ligares, who was mashing the white of a boiled egg with a fork and swallowing it without chewing, asked carefully.

“Hey, how’s your brother doing?”

“Yeah, he’s doing well.”

“You two don’t fight or anything?”

“What’s there to fight about?”

“I’m glad you two seem to get along well. Then when are you getting married?”

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