The Calamity of the Shamcats Returns
King of the Shamcats Point of View
As I personally took command and made arrangements to welcome the Awaited One, an explosion erupted within the castle.
"What is the meaning of this!?"
"Reporting! A mysterious duo in masks, along with the former king and your sons… have grown larger and are rampaging!!"
How did it come to this? With a sigh, I moved toward the center of the commotion.
"Maryannette!! What have you done this time!?"
"I'm beating up the ones who were mean to Mary, as well as the ones who were mean to Papa, Sufi and Maca!"
"Papa-sama~ I'm all better now~"
"Papa-sama~ I wanted to see you~"
"Sufi, Maca... Huh??"
My children were now bulging with muscle. No matter how I looked at it, it was unnatural.
"Little brother, you have suffered much."
"Elder bro……… wait, huh??"
Even my elder brother was bulging with muscle. This was strange—weren’t my brothers afflicted with a mysterious illness…? Suddenly, I noticed an odd sensation in my body. Checking myself, I found that the birthmark that should have been on my chest had vanished.
"It is only natural for you to be surprised. We have been granted immense power by the incredible Rosarin-sama, and now we are punishing the fools who treated us unjustly!"
"Granted power by the incredible Rosarin-sama, you say?"
Who even is this "incredible Rosarin-sama"? Could it be the Awaited One? I think I recall hearing that name.
"Indeed! After consuming the radiant, rainbow-colored hotpot that Rosarin-sama brought, we were filled with overwhelming strength and gained these mighty physiques!!"
Why would you eat such a suspicious hotpot? However, before I could say anything, my children apologized.
"We're sorry... We were just so hungry..."
"We're sorry... We were so hungry, we ate it all up..."
Was it because they couldn't endure their hunger? But my brothers should have had caretakers assigned to them. Were those people mistreating them?
Were they so starved that they even devoured such dubious food??
"… What do you mean by 'unjust treatment'? Were you not given proper meals?"
My children nodded.
"They were really mean to us~ That old man spilled our food on the ground and told us to crawl and eat it~"
"That other old man said we smelled bad and poured cold water on us. Hitting and kicking were normal. But I protected Maca properly!"
"… I see…"
To think they treated my beloved children like that… Killing them wouldn’t be enough!
Just as I was about to make those fools regret their actions, a bunch of vegetables came running toward us.
???
Since when do vegetables run around??? One of them then asked me a question.
"Did you bully the fluffies?"
"No, I did not. The ones who did are those fools lying over there."
I don't know what "fluffies" are, but those idiots definitely bullied someone, so I pointed at them.
"Daikon Leg Kiiiiick!!"
"Bean Machine Gun!!"
"Carrot... Kancho!!"
Thanks to the efforts of the animated vegetables, those fools were swiftly reduced to miserable wrecks.
"They're Ru Oniichan’s vegetable soldiers~!"
"……… (nods)"
"…Who is Ru Oniichan?"
I couldn't think of anyone who fit that name, so I asked Maryannette.
"Ru Oniichan is Rosarin Oneechan's big brother~!"
"… I see."
That’s all I could say. It seems that the Awaited One’s family is quite something.
"So, he is the brother of the incredible Rosarin-sama… Could it be that the ingredients for that miraculous hotpot were these vegetables?"
"… Did you eat our comrades? Were they delicious?"
"Indeed! They were fluffy and delectable!"
My elder brother bluntly declared how delicious it was. My children also confirmed that it was very tasty.
"So jealous…"
I couldn't comprehend it at all, but apparently, these vegetables wanted to be eaten.
"What did you vegetable soldiers come here for~?"
"We were sent by Ru to punish the fools who bullied the fluffies!"
"Nyafu~,you came to help~! Papa, let's punish them together!!"
"Indeed! Let us go!!"
"Wahahahahaha!!"
"Wait for us~!"
"Time for payback~!"
"Nyahahaahaha!!"
"Ahahahaha!!"
I watched as the muscular ones and the masked duo dashed off with enthusiasm. Now that I understood the situation, I had no energy left to deal with it further, so I simply returned to my duties.
Along the way, a soldier, covered in wounds, came rushing in with a desperate expression.
"Your Majesty, it's an emergency!!"
"… Speak."
Today had already been filled with an attack by Shiverihas and so many other incidents… It seemed I still wouldn’t be able to welcome the Awaited One properly.
What do you think about this chapter?
