Chapter 47

It was still early, just as the sun was rising and the sky was beginning to brighten, when Rina, as usual, was running in the palace garden.

Though she wasn't wearing jogging gear, she was running lightly in a simple shirt and easy-to-move-in pants. Recently, she felt her body had become lighter.

Thanks to the appraisal while running, it was more interesting than just running, and her mind was inevitably distracted.

Recently, while appraising, she realized that when she wanted to see everything, she could just appraise normally, but when she only needed specific information, she could weaken the magic power and perform a "partial appraisal" that only showed part of the information.

Incidentally, if there was a part she didn't understand, she could blink with one eye, like double-clicking, and sometimes get more detailed information about the object. It turned out to be quite convenient.

However, since "appraisal" varied from person to person, asking others often didn't help much, and she might not have noticed this if something hadn't gotten in her eye. Perhaps there was still something else. It was a mysterious skill.

So, she decided to check if she had lost weight.

〈Status〉

Healthy…………

……but still a bit chubby.

“……Tch”

Rina clicked her tongue. It seemed she was in a plateau phase, common in diets.

She felt she had lost weight, but it was subtle.

Well, at least she could now sit in a cross-legged position easily, and her body felt lighter. At her peak, sitting cross-legged was so difficult it made her cry. There was a time when she thought it was fine as long as she could see her toes. Now, losing weight was enjoyable.

“Anyway, I want a magic bag.”

She muttered. While running, she had found a fruit called "Kukuberry." It was a short tree that grew normally around the area, and she had been waiting for the berries to ripen black. Finally, they were ripe, and she was picking them while running.

The taste was similar to a wild strawberry, sweet and tangy, and delicious.

She had brought a bag, but it wasn't enough. There were still many around. She wondered why no one was picking them; it seemed wasteful.

Hmm? Could they be called "divine trees" or "divine fruits," and picking them be dangerous?

……Well, whatever!

Rina stopped thinking about it.

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“…Ed. Are you free?”

As usual, after sweating and changing, she returned to her room to find Prince Egidius sitting on the sofa.

I'm still a girl, you know?

How can he enter my room without the owner's permission?

Is Ed already my husband?

Don't you usually have some kind of announcement?

While thinking about these things and narrowing her eyes,

“Did you take a bath this morning?”

Egidius said, looking exasperated at the warm Rina. Rina was irritated by the prince who had entered her room without permission and acted so superior. So,

“…Ed, you stink!!”

She dramatically pinched her nose and waved her hand in front of it.

“Whaaat!? Seriously!?”

Egidius hurriedly sniffed his own clothes.

“Monica, tea, please?”

Rina ignored him and turned to Monica.

“Rina… Prince Egidius, Rina is lying, right?”

Lady Rana, the head maid, scolded Rina while smiling at the prince who had taken her seriously. Monica, trying not to laugh, poured tea for Rina.

“What!? You're lying!!”

He was shocked by such a trivial lie.

“If you really stink, I'll ban you from entering.”

“You… Really, you’re something…”

He laughed in exasperation at her attitude towards him as a prince.

“…Well, it’s fine.”

……Is it fine!?

Rana and Monica were quick to point out.

“Anyway, I have some questions.”

Leaning on the table, Prince Egidius said with interest.

“Hmm? What is it?”

“First, if you’re going to start a religion here, get permission from my brothers first?”

“…………Huh?”

Rina was taken aback.

……Religion…? Start one?

…But I have no intention of starting one…

…Huh? What do you mean?

As Rina tilted her head, Prince Egidius laughed with interest.

“You… apparently started a sect in the dining hall yesterday.”

“…………………………………………”

…Dining hall…?

“‘Lady Rina~’”

“‘French toast~’”

“‘Lady Rina~’”

“‘French toast~’”

Rana and Monica laughed and mimicked yesterday’s scene.

Oh, that’s it!

“I didn’t start one…”

Why would it be considered starting one…?

Ah, maybe it looked like I was being worshipped…?

It was only the beginning of the day, yet Rina was already exhausted.

“It was quite a scene, wasn’t it?”

Rana laughed, as if it was someone else’s problem. She had been enjoying a meal with her husband Rick, so it was fun for her, but it was tough for Rina.

In the end, a crowd gathered, and she had to hold a second rock-paper-scissors tournament, and only after giving cheese omelets to a few winners could she leave.

“Rana seemed to have fun, which is good…”

“Both the French toast and the cheese omelet were delicious.”

Rana and Monica had both participated in the rock-paper-scissors and won. Of course, they had fun… Rina glared resentfully.

“Please enjoy it while it’s hot.”

Monica placed the tea and pulled out a chair for her.

“…Sigh”

Rina sighed, washing it away with the tea.