Honey Wine Ch.48

Chapter 48: What Happened Afterwards—

What Happened Afterwards—

After the curse was lifted, the queen had sincerely hoped that Veles could become the next king of Alfied—considering his brother, the former crown prince Lart, had now become a frog in mating season, this request seemed hard to refuse.

But Veles firmly declined the queen, citing the fact that he was no longer human, and that he still had a job as a forest ranger in Green River Village (to prove this, Veles even presented the work contract he had signed with the village chief).

Well, the queen was understandably disappointed.

Alan also felt a little uneasy about it, but when he learned that the queen, as a great mage, could live up to five hundred years, and that she had just celebrated her forty-ninth birthday… he decided it really wasn’t a big deal.

“Over four hundred years left,” he sighed with relief and muttered to Veles, “We can’t possibly fail to find a way to lift Lart’s transformation curse in all that time, right?”

Veles smiled in agreement, though he made no move to remind Alan that frogs in the natural world only live about five years.

In Alan’s life plan, he expected to spend the rest of his days happily in Green River Village as a gardening mage.

His past experiences had convinced him that he was never cut out to be an adventurer.

However, in order to find a way to lift Lart’s transformation curse (yes, he finally remembered the serious issue of the frog’s lifespan), he ultimately had no choice but to leave Green River Village and resume his travels.

No, no—up to this point, he still had no intention of returning to the life of an adventurer.

It was just that the trail of the wild fae was always elusive, and across the entire continent, he was probably the only one capable of finding that same fae again and asking about a way to lift the curse.

When he first left, only Veles and Little Green accompanied him. But after certain events, Lelian and Lart (in frog form) joined the party, and later, some of Alan’s former party members also returned to his side due to various accidents…

He had never dreamed that, in the end, he would become the leader of the legendary adventurer squad, the “Silver Dragon.”

And he himself would be forever etched into history as a legendary-level spellcaster.

As for Lart…

With the combined efforts of Alan, Antara, and a certain unwilling special individual, a year later Lart finally escaped the frog curse—though only partially.

He drank a rather complex experimental potion. It did indeed transform him from a pure frog back into a human, but the change was highly unstable.

When overly excited or frightened, Lart would still revert to his frog form. (The good news was that his mind and soul remained fully human, and later Veles prepared a tiny sword the size of a toothpick for him, saying that Lart could use it to protect himself if necessary.)

The “Silver Dragon” squad later sought out some powerful spellcasters, but after multiple attempts to lift the curse, they discovered that the only way Lart might truly be freed from this damned transformation was for someone to genuinely love him—including his frog form—and give him a kiss.

Antara: “Uh… it’s not time to despair yet, Prince Lart. Look—Prince Veles has already found his true love.”

Lart: “……”

Antara: “Your human form is handsome enough, so no problem there. As for being a frog… the world is huge; surely someone out there will like frogs… snort”

Lart: “……”

Alright, in the long years that followed, Lart never did find the kiss of true love.

The good news? He eventually got used to it.

Many times, when facing seemingly impossible and terrifying crises, he managed to save the day in his frog form.

And he became the only king in history capable of transforming into a frog.

During one adventure, Little Green accidentally fell into a trap and landed in the soup pot of a wild fae.

This incident gave it the form of a human boy.

It also became the source of the rumor that “Master Alan and Veles had a child together.”

Having lost its fierce flower heads and the glossy, bright green branches it had so carefully nurtured, the young Little Green secretly cried for a long time.

Many, many years later, after their long adventures had ended, Alan and Veles returned to Green River Village.

They brewed vast amounts of honey wine, ate countless sweet tarts, custards, honey-roasted meats, and stuffed savory pies… and so much more delicious food.

Their lives were filled with good food, honey wine, and many, many friends.

And so, they lived together happily ever after.

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