I Got Possessed, But the Monster Beast Is Adorable - Chapter 72

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#72

 

Leon explained that Limia disease was an incurable illness with a mortality rate converging on 99.9%.

 

What maintained the life force of beastmen was primordial energy, which could be called animal instinct.

 

This disease only affected beastmen who needed to maintain an energy balance between human and animal aspects.

 

“When you contract Limia disease, your animal instincts disappear, causing your energy balance to collapse. Because of that, you inevitably face death in the end.”

 

“That’s impossible… Is there absolutely no way to cure it?”

 

“Not that I know of. This disease is a kind of curse that spread when the ruler who governed the Beastman Kingdom disappeared.”

 

“The ruler who governed the Beastman Kingdom…?”

 

Ruler…

 

It was a strangely familiar word.

 

I opened the Quest window that had appeared after finding the Compass of Fate earlier.

 

[<System> Use the Compass of Fate to travel to the first Divine Beast’s habitat.]

 

-Obtain the relic of the first Divine Beast, one of the great rulers. [Quest Progress 0%]

 

Could it be… that the ruler mentioned in this Quest is connected to the ruler Leon spoke of?

 

The ruler mentioned countless times in the history books at the Library of Forbidden Books.

 

The distorted history revealed by the double-sided magnifying glass.

 

The four Divine Beasts that created and ruled Berheim.

 

I wasn’t sure, but it seemed like the System was trying to tell me something by giving me this Quest.

 

What could be the connection between all these things…

 

No, that’s not what’s important right now. I can’t just let Sona, who’s like everyone’s star, die.

 

“Sona, I’ll cure that disease for you.”

 

“…Excuse me?”

 

I took out the Chalice of Life from my bag with the spacious area inside.

 

There was still a little holy water left in the chalice.

 

This was all that remained after I gave some to Leon when he lost his leg last time, but this should be enough.

 

This is an ancient S-rank item that cures all diseases.

 

I showed her the golden chalice and said to Sona.

 

“If you drink the holy water in this chalice, your disease will be completely cured, Sona. Come on, drink it quickly.”

 

When I tried to put the chalice in her hands, urging her to drink, Sona pushed the chalice away as if troubled.

 

“Sona, this isn’t something bad. It can really cure your disease…”

 

“…Um, Zoe. I’m fine.”

 

Is she refusing because she feels sorry?

 

There’s no way she’s fine after having a seizure earlier.

 

Perhaps reading my bewildered expression, Sona continued speaking.

 

“I can’t use something so precious. And…”

 

“What are you talking about! It’s really okay, so drink it quickly. Here!”

 

I cut off Sona’s words and pressed her.

 

Sona looked at my agitated state and smiled faintly.

 

It was the same smile I had seen earlier.

 

“Zoe, please listen to me. I’m… happy.”

 

“…About what? About being sick?”

 

The thought that Sona might die made my words come out sharply.

 

But Sona firmly grasped my hand.

 

Then she slowly parted her trembling lips.

 

“I’ve been waiting… only for the day I would die all this time.”

 

At Sona’s words, my vision went completely dark.

 

* * *

 

“Master, want to drink this? They were giving it out outside.”

 

“…No thanks.”

 

Leon offered me juice made from Solaris, the golden grapes that were Bellnoir’s specialty, as I sat dejected.

 

Normally I would have gladly accepted and drunk it, but right now I wasn’t in the mood for juice.

 

I sat in the VIP seats in the front row of the Grand Theater, recalling the earlier situation.

 

‘Sona, what on earth do you mean by that…!’

 

‘Hey, Master, calm down. Sona, don’t you need to get to the theater?’

 

‘Oh, it’s already this late…! I need to go quickly.’

 

‘The stage isn’t what’s important right now! Not in your condition!’

 

‘…Zoe, Your Highness the Second Prince. If it’s alright with you, would you both join me for my final performance?’

 

Finishing my recollection, I let out a deep sigh.

 

Final performance… why would she say such a thing…

 

I couldn’t understand Sona’s words at all.

 

Any human would have the will to live, so why would she say she’d been counting down the days until her death?

 

I looked up at the stage that was about to begin and murmured quietly.

 

“…Leon, does Sona really want to die?”

 

“Well… What’s certain is that Sona Aquallis loves the stage.”

 

“We now begin the stage of Moonlight Carnival, the greatest animal show on earth unfolding under the moonlight!”

 

With the words of a troupe member dressed as a clown, the red curtain covering the stage opened with a swoosh.

 

On the stage was a massive aquarium.

 

Inside the aquarium, various corals and fish were swimming through the water.

 

It seemed like they had decorated the inside of the aquarium to look like the sea.

 

After a moment, a large shell in the center slowly opened, revealing a blue dolphin.

 

I was captivated by the sight of that beautiful dolphin.

 

Could it be… that dolphin is Sona?

 

“The same daily routine is boring, I want to swim to a slightly wider sea!”

 

Along with the background music, Sona and other fish jumped through circular obstacles installed right above the aquarium.

 

“Wooow! Amazing!”

 

“Milky-white Sona! We love you, Sona!”

 

Sona’s devoted fans cried out her name from behind.

 

A performance combining music, acting, and circus…!

 

Now I could finally understand the hearts of people who were passionate about Moonlight Carnival.

 

As I exclaimed in admiration at the artistic stage, the background soon changed and a man jumped into the aquarium.

 

“Glub! P-please save me. Save me, *gasp*, please!”

 

Then the dolphin swimming in the blue sea quickly swam toward the drowning man at his desperate cry.

 

The dolphin instantly rescued the man and pulled him out of the aquarium, then her body was enveloped in thick smoke and soon transformed into human form.

 

‘As I thought, that dolphin was Sona…!’

 

Sona approached the collapsed man and shook his shoulder.

 

“Hey, snap out of it!”

 

“Ugh… Th-thank you. You saved me.”

 

“Why did you go into the sea when you can’t even swim?”

 

“Ahaha… I thought I could succeed this time.”

 

“Don’t tell me… you’re Rio? That dolphin beastman who can’t even swim…”

 

“Yes, the defective product of the Beluoa Family. That’s me, Sona.”

 

The man said this and smiled awkwardly.

 

“…Master, did you know? Sona Aquallis wrote the script for this work herself.”

 

Leon showed me the back of the pamphlet as he spoke.

 

I took the pamphlet from him and read the work description section written on the back.

 

「I wrote this script based on my own true story, Sona Aquallis. I hope that now he can swim freely in the sea.」

 

Based on a true story…?

 

That means the content of the current show… is Sona’s story?

 

I began focusing on the two people standing on stage once again.

 

The story on stage progressed rapidly.

 

The two continued to meet frequently at the beachfront after that, and like fate, they were drawn to each other and fell in love.

 

However, there were those who stood in the way of their love.

 

It was none other than their own families, who were bitter enemies.

 

“A defective one dares to covet our family? Have you ever seen such shameless audacity!”

 

“Father, I love Rio! What’s the big deal about not being able to swim well!”

 

“There’s nothing more to discuss. From now on, you’re forbidden to go outside, Sona.”

 

Sona was confined within the manor due to her family’s fierce opposition, and thus withered away day by day with longing for Rio.

 

Then one day, on a night when the moonlight shone brightly, someone knocked on Sona’s bedroom window.

 

Sona hurriedly opened the window upon hearing the familiar voice.

 

“Sona, I missed you.”

 

“Oh, Rio… I was afraid I’d never see you again…”

 

Pearl-like tears flowed from Sona’s large eyes as she embraced Rio.

 

Though it was acting, I shed tears watching Sona’s sorrowful face that didn’t seem like acting at all.

 

Watching me like that, Leon quietly handed me a handkerchief.

 

Unable to abandon their passionate love for each other, the two eloped in the middle of the night.

 

After traveling for three days and nights, they arrived at a village in the Empire, Baltergard.

 

Sona’s final performance was now racing toward its climax.

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