How to Survive as a Princess in a Reverse Harem Game - Chapter 121

I was quite taken aback by his unexpected words. The man was going to come to the distribution center? While I appreciated him coming on his own…….

“Do you know why he suddenly changed his mind?”

“I’m not entirely sure…… but I think he had a change of heart while talking with me. I did subtly praise Your Highness quite a bit.”

Could that really change someone’s mind?

While I found it hard to believe, considering it was Reno, it seemed possible. After all, I had seen how the man had completely melted around Reno yesterday.

Still, I couldn’t feel entirely at ease. Not only had the man’s attitude changed suddenly, but he was also still suffering from ergot poisoning.

‘What if he changes his mind again halfway?’

After some consideration, I turned to Reno.

“You said you went to that man’s house yesterday, right?”

“Yes, I did.”

“I’m sorry, but could you watch him again with your spirits?”

“Is that necessary when he’s coming on his own?”

“Actually…….”

I explained to Reno about the symptoms that ergot poisoning could bring. I also told him that we needed to apprehend the man since he was already experiencing severe hallucinations and there was no telling what he might do.

After hearing everything I had to say, Reno hesitated with a troubled expression.

“Well, I’d like to help, but…….”

“……?”

“I haven’t fully recovered my strength yet. I won’t be able to bind him with spirits like yesterday until the afternoon.”

So it took that much energy. Well, I suppose handling spirits wouldn’t be an easy task to begin with.

“Still, after hearing what Your Highness said, it seems we can’t leave him alone. Should I go to his house myself?”

“Will you be alright? Isn’t that pushing yourself too hard?”

“I just can’t use spirit powers, but physical activity isn’t a problem. Though Isaac will probably scold me later.”

“Scold you?”

“While following Your Highness’s orders is my duty, our top priority should be your safety. If I’m watching the man, your guard will be short-staffed.”

“Ah, if that’s the case, I’ll explain it to him. Isaac will be guarding me anyway.”

“Then I’ll trust Your Highness and go.”

“Wait!”

I quickly called out to Reno. He had already gripped the railing as if about to jump down, but turned back to look at me questioningly. Seeing him like that, I extended my hand to him.

“I’ll hold your hand. Stay and hold it for a bit.”

“P-pardon?”

“You said it helped yesterday, right? I thought it might help you feel better now too…… or not?”

Seeing Reno stare at me with a surprised face made me increasingly uncertain and confused.

Had I misunderstood something? Then why did Reno ask me to hold his hand yesterday?

“Ah……! It does help. It’s just that, as Your Highness said, isn’t this an urgent situation?”

“Oh? That’s true.”

“So I’ll ask for it later.”

Before I could respond, Reno jumped down. Even though I knew he’d be fine, I still anxiously peered over the railing. Reno waved his hand, mouthed “I’ll be back.” and turned away.

Watching his figure quickly disappear into the distance, I went back into my room. Only then did I realize something.

‘Ah, I didn’t return his hair tie and jacket…….”

Well, he’ll be coming to the distribution center with the man in the afternoon anyway, so I can give them back then?

After entrusting Reno with the most pressing concern, other matters came to mind. For instance, I thought I should inform Evgenia about the ergot poisoning as well.

According to my limited knowledge, while ergot poisoning could be prevented, there wasn’t much that could be done once someone was already poisoned.

Perhaps there might be some miraculous treatment method here…….

‘It would be good to prevent it.’

If there was fungus in the rye that man ate, it could be in other people’s rye as well. Prevention was more important than treating it after the fact.

I wrote a letter about ergot poisoning and sent a maid to Evgenia’s palace. I could only hope she would check it as soon as possible, though I wasn’t sure when that would be.

And then,

[<Linked Quest> Revolution That Changes the World. (In Progress)

―Distribute the new alternative supplements (742/1,000)

―Time Limit: 2 days 20:51:47]

I needed to finish this quest too.

Yesterday, while focused on catching the man, I had only managed to distribute about 30.

I thought more would go out after Reno’s spirit bound the man and it was revealed he had been spreading nonsense, but…….

‘People are bound to be uneasy when there are rumors about death.’

While I understood, I had a mission to complete the quest. If the remaining days went like this, it would be troublesome, so I needed to fix this quickly.

‘I’ll have to use that method today.’