Chapter 90 Pregnancy

Translator: Isekai Shousetsu

Its the beginning of the seventh month, the start of harvest season.

I receive happy news that this year would be a bountiful harvest.

Furthermore, I receive another wonderful news.

Were pregnant.

The two say at the same time.

The first thing I felt was relief.

Im king so its my responsibility to produce children.

The two getting pregnant means that my, Julias, and Tetras faculty in that department is normal.

It would have been quite dangerous if Julia were infertile while Tetra was normal.

If I had been seedless, it would have been solved if we were just to adopt a child with the blood of the Rosyth clan in him.

Really?

Our periods didnt come.

We also checked through sorcery. Both are positives.

I see.

Then for the meantime

Good job!!!

I embrace the two.

Hmm, but I dont actually feel anything, huh.

I look at a two for a second time.

Nothing changed. Their bellies arent swelling, but that goes without saying.

I think itll be a little while until your bellies would start swelling. Its the seventh month. I think its the fifth week of your pregnancies so birth would be around the beginning or the middle of the third month, right?

Itll still be around eight months until birth.

Its still quite a long time, huh.

That said, for the two of you to get pregnant at the same time

What am I supposed to do at night from now on?

Its not good to have intercourse with pregnant partners, huh. Itll be sad private power generation (*wink wink*) from now on, huh

Julia laughs as if my thoughts had shown on my face.

I think its fine so long as you dont do it intensely, you know? The baby should be properly protected by the amnion and the fluid after all. Well, its NG if complications like bleeding arose though.

Isnt it great, Almis. Its normally not possibile for two wives to get pregnant at the same time, you know?

Its not like I particularly have such special inclinations.

However, what a relief. With this, your dad can now rest peacefully and enter nirvana.

He still isnt dead yet, you know. Dont go treating him as if hes dead.

Okay, Ill stop talking about people as if theyre ghosts. Well, the point still stands, however, since it wont be strange if he died anytime now.

He still wants to keep on living anyhow.

That guy will probably come back to life saying, I still havent seen my grandchild.

I told you he isnt dead yet, so he wont be coming back to life!

At the mention of the word grandchild, Abraham suddenly pops up at the back of my mind.

Come to think of it, my and Tetras child would be a grandchild to that person.

Geez, even I want to live until I see my grandchildren.

As expected, the first should be a boy yes?

Welllets see. For the meantime, I cant rest easy until you two give birth safely.

At times like this, its important for men to say that any genders fine. Unfortunately, Im the king of a country.

Therefore, at the very least, I need to have Julia give birth to a boy.

At the very least, we need to have three boys. Conversely, more than that would be a bit problematic. As for girls, there wont be any problems having them.

Tetra says while looking fondly at her belly.

In these era, it wont be strange for children to die anytime.

Therefore, numbers are necessary. However, if you sire too much, a succession problem will come to the fore while the amount of grantable territory will also decrease.

Balance is necessary in that area.

Come to think of it, do you know when Ron and the others weddings are?

Tetra changes the topic.

I quietly nod.

Yeah, they told me theyd be holding them a month later. Theyd be holding it in a series.

The first day would have Ron and Soyons, the next would have Roswald and Lias, and the last day would have Gram and Lulus.

Well, doing it that way would make it easier for them to prepare their wedding halls.

By the way, the reason they couldnt get married up until now was they were busy.

They needed slaves in the maintenance of their newly obtained territories and manors.

Furthermore, I had brought them around as my guards as well as made them recruit in the establishment of the Sorcery Institute.

It was mostly my fault, huh.

This month is harvesting period so were dead busy. Therefore, its become so that the wedding ceremonies would be held next month since things would calm down by then.

By the way, Almis. Julia and I wont be able to battle with paperwork this month. So, what should we do?

First, well hunt for sons of great clansmen and the like. They should be able to use Cretian language after all.

In the end, we couldnt put foreigners at the center of the country.

Well, for the meantime, I plan to rely on the great clansmen for important posts.

I dont want to put the clansmen at the center.

That said, even if you say such selfish things, itll be impossible to manage the country ((without them)).? Compromise is necessary.

Besides, if you candidly kept them at a distance, theyd accumulate dissatisfaction.

But then again, I dont intend to rely on the great clansmen forever. I plan on relying on them for, at the very least, twenty years more.

What Im thinking of now is the appointment of slaves.

Honestly, appointing released Cretian slaves is correct. That way, the possibility of them holding sentiment towards other countries would be extremely slim.

I also plan to focus on appointing Adernians as much as possible.

Basically, if among the choices I had people of each blood with the same capabilities (i.e. pure Adernians, quarter Adernian-Cretian, halves, and pure Cretians) then Id be appointing in order from the purest blood to the next.

Ill be slowly implementing this to make an organization with a focus on skills.

Well, I wonder if itll be done by the time I die?

SoyonIll definitely make you happy.

Roneven now, Im more than happy with you.

The two kiss each other without hesitation even before the publics gaze.

The guests applause and jeering flutter about.

How do I say this

Wedid quite the embarrassing things, huh.

I mutter while looking at the two who had just held their wedding ceremony which elevated their status from stupid couple (bakappuru) to stupid husband and wife (baka fuufu).

Julia and Tetra strongly nod at my muttering to show their agreement.

Is this what you call youthful indiscretion?

That said, these two getting married waswithin expectation.

The two constantly fought and it was one of my jobs to remonstrate them about it, huh.

What was most full of hardships was when Soyon saw Ron sharpening his sword.

It was a headache

If I recall correctly, the two were both 14 at that time huh.

Theres nothing more difficult than persuading someone who doesnt understand something.

Even I got the same treatment at that time, huh.

Well, in the end, it was resolved when Soyon finally assented when it became clear to all the other girls older than thirteen that those were impure.

That time, I realized how important sex education is.

Congratulations, you two.

Congratulations

Congrats

The three of us congratulate Ron and Soyon.

The two turned awkwardly bashful.

ThanksLeader.

Almisthe two of us getting together like thisis all thanks to you.

The two deeply lower their heads.

Stop it you two, its embarrassing.

Well then, here - its my congratulatory gift for you two. Sorry, I dont know what to get. I didnt know whats appropriate as wedding gifts

I readily give Ron a sword thats made from Dragon Damascus. It should be the same sharpness and feel as my sword.

This is our gift

Here you go.

Tetra and Julia give Soyon a staff.

You can see from the size of the crystal attached on its tip that its an extremely expensive staff.

Thank you very much!!

The two receive our gifts happily.

Theyd be receiving gifts like slaves, horses, tableware, cosmetics, and the like from the great clansmen so we thought of giving them something practical as a gift. Choosing a sword and a staff as gifts could be strange though.

Well, give us a break since well also be giving the couple some gold coins as congratulations in addition the gifts.

Roswald

Lia

Big sis!! Commander!!

The two look at each other passionately as Virgar wails loudly.

Roswald is wearing Adernian-style garments while Lia is wearing Germanis-style garments.

The eyesights of the other great clansmen are spontaneously gathering on Lia, a foreign looking tall and beautiful girl.

But then again, perhaps there are also those among them that are frowning at her whos a former slave.

In the Adernia peninsula, giving even slaves proper human rightsor something would be a mistake in this era. However, they are treated as people and there are frequent and incessant emancipation of slaves that occur.

That said, those who hold ill will against Lia, whos neither an intelligentsia, a brethren Adernian, nor a Cretian who are representative of civilization, are bound to exist no matter what you do.

Well, the two doesnt seem to let it get to them and dont mind it all anyway so its all good.

That said, that girl, Lia. Its been a long time since Ive seen her, huh.

Me too. I wonder what happened?

I heard she lived in Roswalds house all along. She continued waiting all alone even all throughout the war. Praiseworthy, yes?

Lia

If I recall correctly, you were a slave given to me by Ains as a bonus, huh.

Who could have anticipated these things?

I never thought that Roswalds feelings would continue up until this point.

Without a doubt, its a setting where you fall in love with a slave and foreigner.

No, was it really like that in the beginning?

Like(koi) is a disease but love(ai) is true. Yep, what the hell am I saying, huh.

Roswald, heres my gift.

I give him a spear.

Its not a spear used by hoplites. Its a lance, a spear used while mounted on a horse.

Naturally, the edge is made from Dragon Damascus.

This is from us, although its not much.

Tetra and Julia gives Lia a box.

Lia opens it and finds a beautiful silk garment inside.

WOW! Thank you very much!!

Lia happily thanks the two.

We honestly didnt know what Lia likes. Finally, after losing our minds thinking up something, we thought of something insensible thing like giving a horse and some equestrian equipment, but its good that we ended up with giving clothing.

Eh, wha? This is

Lia turns deep red.

She notices Julia and Tetras prank.

They said theyd give up with the see-through underwear though.

I really didnt know.

Well, it would be a good thing if the succeeding generations of my vassals would increase though. Make lots of them for me okay?

Lulu!!

Gram-san!!

Gram kisses Lulu while holding her up in his arms.

The difficulty of the extremely tall Gram kissing the extremely short Lulu was quite high.

Gram would need to lower his hips for quite a bit.

To resolve this, he had to hold Lulu up.

But really, Lulu is quite short, huh.

What an unbalanced couple, these two.

If I recall correctly, the two have a two-year age difference. If this were Japan, theyd have the difference in height between a grade schooler and an adult, huh.

I dont have any worry regarding these two.

Theyre getting by steadily one way or another.

Ron and Roswald, on the otherhand, are idiots, so I couldnt help but worry about them.

Its slowly becoming a custom but, heres my congratulatory gift.

This is?

Its supposedly called a dragon bow. Its a composite longbow made using raw materials from a dragon. It shoots several times stronger than a normal bow. I figured youd be able to handle it.

This is something I ordered from Ains. Its said to be the bow used by the People of the Desert.

Using it would require an incredible amount of physical strength but its no problem for Gram who, on top of his already large amount of physical strength, has the influence of my Divine Protection of the Great King.

Heres the gift from us. A Staff, its a maching set with me, Julia, and Soyon!

Thank you!!

Lulu happily holds the staff.

This staff has several wooden disk, a hidden sword inside, and a huge crystal on the tip.

In other words, its quite heavy. However, contrary to her appearance, Lulu is quite a strong person.

As such, the wedding ceremonies of the six ended peacefully.

Their marriages show that my base has solidified.

In twenty years, their children will come of age and would probably work as my retainers.

Im very happy.

Julia and Tetra, too, are pregnant. Im very happy as a husband, as a father, and as a king.

Local governance is also advancing favorably.

Yes, local governance is

Authors notes:

As such, they celebrated consecutive marriage ceremonies.

I didnt have much opportunit