Finally, the engagement party was about to begin.
　For the sake of ease of conversation, we dared to make it a standing buffet, and placed three small bar tables in the center of the room for standing use.
　Three small bar tables were placed in the center of the room for people to stand up at, and the food was placed against the wall.
　People can get their favorite dishes and eat them while chatting with others of their choice at the bar table.

"Everyone get your favorite dish first, then we'll make a toast. Then we'll make a toast.
Wow, it's a lot of food. Oh, the gratin. It's in a crab shell. It's very cute.

When you take the gratin apart, it inevitably looks messy and messy.
　I didn't want to do that, so I stuffed it into a small crab shell and then baked the whole shell in the oven.
　Of course, the crab meat is used as a garnish to make a superb crab gratin, making it both visually pleasing and tasty.

I can't decide what to eat because they all look so delicious.
'It's been a long time since I've seen you cook, Brother Lug. It's the best meal I've ever had.
Kian, you look very tasty.
'Yes. I think we'll take one too.

The reason we decided to have this type of party, even though there are only six of us, is because this time there was a need to talk in depth with someone in particular rather than all of us at one desk chatting away.
　Dia has been wanting to talk to Maha alone for a while now, and even my parents want to talk to each and every one of my fiancées again.

'And it's really beautiful,'

I look again at Dia and the others.
　All of the dresses that Maha has prepared look good on them.
　Dia's dress is mainly white with ruffles in key places. It's dainty and fairy-like.
　Tart's dress is a fluffy, gardenia-colored dress with a bold opening at the chest. The reddish yellow color matches the warmth of the tart's image. And erotic.
　Maha is a purple, mature dress, clean and sleek throughout. It has a slit in the leg and is beautiful, cool and bewitching.

All of them were state-of-the-art, made by top-notch craftsmen with the best materials.
　I'm surprised they were able to prepare them in such a short period of time.

It seems that everyone has taken their food. I would like to say a few words before we begin the toast. First of all, thank you, Dear, Tart, Maha, for liking me. You're all so beautiful and lovely and talented. Thank you for choosing me, even though I could have been any number of men. You chose me, and you didn't fail. And I'm going to prove that in the life we're going to walk through together.

I hate humility.
"I don't deserve to be..." "I don't deserve to be...
　That kind of line is standard, but that's like saying I'm not blind to the girls who chose me and I would never say it.

So I've made it clear that I wasn't wrong to choose me.
　I'm aware that I'm raising the bar. But if a man can't pull it off, he doesn't deserve to be associated with these women.

I'll make them all happy. But you have to do one thing for me. You have to make me happy, too. If we both try to make each other happy, we can make a better future than I could ever hope to make on my own. ...just like your father and mother. I want to have a warm family like my parents.

Before my reincarnation, I was just a tool to kill.

I used to know the preciousness of life, warmth and such things only as knowledge.
　I thought that when it came to love and affection, it was just one of the performances that facilitated the killing.
　It became a realization, not knowledge, because I was born in Touahade and my parents gave me love.
　My parents transformed me from a tool to a human being.
　I'm grateful for that, but I also admire them for that.

'Of course I am. I don't want them to just make me happy.
'I am Master Lugue's. I have and always will live for Master Lugue!
'I feel the same way as the tart. But I'll just say I'm going to stop holding back for a bit from now on.

Good answer.
　It's exciting. I'm sure the reason I'm not worried and excited about this kind of situation is because they are the best partners for me.

That's all I have to say. That's all from me, so let's move on to the toast.

They each hold up a glass.
　The sake in the glass is a local brew made in Touahade. It's made with maple syrup.
　Maple syrup can only be collected for a very short period of time in the winter, and the amount of maple syrup that can be collected from a single tree is not very large.
　It is a small luxury that is consumed up in our territory. Hence, it is a drink that can only be consumed in this territory.
　That's why I chose it to toast our engagement party.

"Cheers!

They clash glasses.
　Everyone is laughing.
　Now the party is about to begin.

◇

The party has begun.
　The parents are immediately calling each one of them up and starting a sort of interview.
　The first person to talk to my parents is Maha.
　Therefore, we are divided into two tables: mine, Dia and Tart's, and my parents and Maha's.

'Wow, this crab gratin is so good,'
"The secret ingredient, crab miso, gives it a nice flavor.
'Um, you're this plump fish!　This is the best fish I've ever tasted.
Eels. Eels are best eaten this way.

The food is well-received and the place is lively.
　They both ate more than usual.
　I looked at Maha with a sideways glance and she seemed to be having fun with her parents even though they had never met before.
　Maha's social skills are tremendous.
　As Orna's representative representative, she's not a good-looking person to be out in the social world where the mountains and mountains are riddled with seductive spirits.

''Maha is beautiful, isn't she?''
I envy you.

Maha is beautiful in her appearance, her bearing, her speech, and everything else.
　Some of it is innate, but a lot of it is an acquired taste.

You'll find that even Dea and Tart are like that when they're away from home.　It's the difference between doing that all the time on a regular basis or not.

Both of them have excellent looks. The rest is how to make use of it, but in Dia's case, as the Countess of Vicone's daughter, she's been thoroughly drilled into her manners as the Countess of Vicone's daughter, and Tart has been trained so that she won't be embarrassed no matter where I show up as the nobleman's personal servant.

''Inevitably, I'll lose my strength if it's not in that kind of situation.
Me too. I think it's a gift to keep doing that for twenty-four hours, just like Maha.

That's true.
　........However, such a Maha can return to being just a girl only when it's just me and her, but I'll keep that a secret.
　That Maha will come back.
　Instead, this time Dia went over there.

'Welcome back, did your fathers say anything?'
He asked me to look after the rogue.
I suppose that makes sense.
'He admitted it from the start. ─ They approved of it from the start, saying that if Rougu had chosen the right woman, it would be the right one. ─ They just wanted to be reassured, that's all. That's why I told them who I was, without saying a word.

I'm a lot of trustworthy.

That's good to hear.
'Yes, I'm relieved that you seem to be a good person too. I have a feeling we'll get along just fine. There's just one problem, I want to protect Orna. But your stepfathers can't leave Touahade it's hard to live with them.

That's probably true.
　Orna does business all over the country, or even the world, but the centerpiece is still the main store in Murteau.
　Maha can't get away from there.
　But that doesn't mean he's going to give Orna's representative position to someone else.

I will try to see her as much as possible. Or you could take your fathers with you on a sightseeing trip.
''Well I've been able to put up with that so far, but I'm going to miss the idea of being separated when we're together. So, you see, I've got an idea.
I've got a bad feeling about this.
I'm moving the flagship store in Orna to this location.
What's the point of having a flagship store in the middle of nowhere?
'Develop Touahade, more than Murteau. Then it wouldn't be surprising to find the main store in Orna, would it?

That's an outrageous statement.
　Murteu is developing in large part because of its geographical location.
　It is located in the center of the country and is easily accessible from everywhere. The nearby roads are well developed. In addition, the country's largest port is located in the country, making it extremely easy to transport goods.
　On the contrary, Tauahade is located in the westernmost part of the Kingdom of Arvan, and there is no sea, no big river for ships to pass through, and even more importantly, it is extremely disadvantageous in terms of distribution because it is forced to go over the mountains even by land.

It would be unrealistic to expect Touahadé to develop as a commercial city.
'I know. Still, I have a plan to make it possible. Look forward to it.
So it's still a secret.
Yeah, it's more fun.

Well, Maha wouldn't make it bad.
　He wouldn't change Touahade in a direction I didn't want him to go.
　As we were talking about this, Dia finished talking to her parents and went back ... not to come back and get some additional food.
　This time it was fried shrimp with lobster.
　Mom beckoned me over to her and the tart headed that way, and Dia came back.

'Wow, they're so plump and sweet. And this tart sauce is excellent. Ugh, I'm so happy.
So how did it go?
It's good.
I'm talking about us.
'We didn't talk that weird. We just talked about how excited we were about having children as soon as possible, and how I'm the rightful wife, but I'll be the best one to take over Touahade, and how I don't resent it if my child doesn't get picked, and all that kind of stuff, which is pretty obvious.
It's rather heavy stuff, I guess.

Dia is a genuine aristocrat when it comes to flushing this area out of the way.

''The women of the Vicone family will produce strong children, so you can count on them. I'll do my best to be a rogue's wife.''

That's not an occult, that's a fact. That's why the best of Touahade, me, was born, and Diah was nearly kidnapped by a great nobleman who targeted him.

'I'm not too concerned about those things, though.

It's not that I don't want to take care of my kids, whether they are excellent or not.

'You don't have to be excellent to love them, but you're safer if they're excellent. Aristocrats are hard enough to live with, you know. We have to raise them strong for the sake of our children. I'll give them a hard upbringing.
Go easy on him.
'Hmmm, maybe the rogues would be much more reckless. Rogues are demons in training.
I'm not trying to be hard on you.

He simply analyzes the bodies of Dear and Tart and pushes them to the edge of the acceptable range with maximum efficiency.
　I won't let them do anything reckless.

'Yeah, I think that's fine with Roug. Oh, the tarts are back.

The tart comes back.

'Are you okay?'
'Ha, yes. Well, I got a lot of advice on becoming a nobleman's wife. You should be prepared for a lot of things to be said about you as a commoner when you go into society, and so on. That was helpful.

You didn't forgive him, but you were giving him advice for the future.
　Tart and I had lived like family for years. Neither my father nor my mother would ever test her now.

'Also, and also, Master Lugue is a pushy herbivore, and, well, he says I should lead the way. Your mother-in-law is going to cook up something amazing to get Master Lugues to do it.

The last one was bright red.
　..........Totally mom.

''Well don't worry too much about it.
Okay, well, I'll do my best.

I care so much.
　Let's keep an eye on the tart for a while.
　And now they call me in.
　What the hell are my parents going to tell me?

◇

I move to the bar table with my parents.
　Both of my parents have serious looks on their faces. It's rare for my mom to look like this, let alone my dad.

'All of Lug's fiancées have been wonderful women. It seems that Lug had an eye for women, too.
'Well done!　It's great to have such good kids as daughters.

Gulp, Mom gives a thumbs-up.

'Yeah, they're all good kids,'
But when you have three wives, it's a lot of work. I've had to deal with a lot of things, even with just one Esri.
What does that mean?

Mom is smiling, but her eyes aren't smiling.

'Gosh, well, it's a lot of work,'
'I know, sir. I've made up my mind to make them all happy. No matter how hard it is, it's much better than having those girls taken by another man.

I didn't want to get engaged to all of them from the beginning.
　I was going to choose someone one day, and I was going to support the girls if they chose another man.
　But when Maha proposed to me, even though it was after she was tied to Dia and Tart, I was so lonely, scared and angry that she would be taken away from me, and that I would be helplessly lonely and scared and angry.
　That's when I decided.

I would not let anyone go. I would make them all happy.
　And I knew that the happiness I would get would be worth every hardship.
　And I knew that if I was going to push through with my selfishness, I would have to make them happier than any other man in the world.

It's good to be a big man. But if I tell you, you will do it.
Of course. I can do it. I was raised strong enough to do it.
''Ugh, Roug, you're looking great. Also, mom wants to see her grandson's face as soon as possible, so good luck with that one too!
That's going to have to wait.

That's after saving the world.
　They are not only lovers, but also important assets.

"Ikizu.

Mom is looking at me with zit eyes, though. I can't break this one, as expected.
　Then I told her about the future.
　My dad and mom are both laughing. And Deere and the three of us talking at the next table, the three of us without me, seem to be enjoying ourselves.
　I'm sure we'll get along just fine.
　You are all good people.
　Let's do our best to protect this happiness.
　With that resolve, the engagement party continued late into the night.

Finally, the engagement party was about to begin.
　For the sake of ease of conversation, we dared to make it a standing buffet, and placed three small bar tables in the center of the room for standing use.
　Three small bar tables were placed in the center of the room for people to stand up at, and the food was placed against the wall.
　People can get their favorite dishes and eat them while chatting with others of their choice at the bar table.

"Everyone get your favorite dish first, then we'll make a toast. Then we'll make a toast.
Wow, it's a lot of food. Oh, the gratin. It's in a crab shell. It's very cute.

When you take the gratin apart, it inevitably looks messy and messy.
　I didn't want to do that, so I stuffed it into a small crab shell and then baked the whole shell in the oven.
　Of course, the crab meat is used as a garnish to make a superb crab gratin, making it both visually pleasing and tasty.

I can't decide what to eat because they all look so delicious.
'It's been a long time since I've seen you cook, Brother Lug. It's the best meal I've ever had.
Kian, you look very tasty.
'Yes. I think we'll take one too.

The reason we decided to have this type of party, even though there are only six of us, is because this time there was a need to talk in depth with someone in particular rather than all of us at one desk chatting away.
　Dia has been wanting to talk to Maha alone for a while now, and even my parents want to talk to each and every one of my fiancées again.

'And it's really beautiful,'

I look again at Dia and the others.
　All of the dresses that Maha has prepared look good on them.
　Dia's dress is mainly white with ruffles in key places. It's dainty and fairy-like.
　Tart's dress is a fluffy, gardenia-colored dress with a bold opening at the chest. The reddish yellow color matches the warmth of the tart's image. And erotic.
　Maha is a purple, mature dress, clean and sleek throughout. It has a slit in the leg and is beautiful, cool and bewitching.

All of them were state-of-the-art, made by top-notch craftsmen with the best materials.
　I'm surprised they were able to prepare them in such a short period of time.

It seems that everyone has taken their food. I would like to say a few words before we begin the toast. First of all, thank you, Dear, Tart, Maha, for liking me. You're all so beautiful and lovely and talented. Thank you for choosing me, even though I could have been any number of men. You chose me, and you didn't fail. And I'm going to prove that in the life we're going to walk through together.

I hate humility.
"I don't deserve to be..." "I don't deserve to be...
　That kind of line is standard, but that's like saying I'm not blind to the girls who chose me and I would never say it.

So I've made it clear that I wasn't wrong to choose me.
　I'm aware that I'm raising the bar. But if a man can't pull it off, he doesn't deserve to be associated with these women.

I'll make them all happy. But you have to do one thing for me. You have to make me happy, too. If we both try to make each other happy, we can make a better future than I could ever hope to make on my own. ...just like your father and mother. I want to have a warm family like my parents.

Before my reincarnation, I was just a tool to kill.

I used to know the preciousness of life, warmth and such things only as knowledge.
　I thought that when it came to love and affection, it was just one of the performances that facilitated the killing.
　It became a realization, not knowledge, because I was born in Touahade and my parents gave me love.
　My parents transformed me from a tool to a human being.
　I'm grateful for that, but I also admire them for that.

'Of course I am. I don't want them to just make me happy.
'I am Master Lugue's. I have and always will live for Master Lugue!
'I feel the same way as the tart. But I'll just say I'm going to stop holding back for a bit from now on.

Good answer.
　It's exciting. I'm sure the reason I'm not worried and excited about this kind of situation is because they are the best partners for me.

That's all I have to say. That's all from me, so let's move on to the toast.

They each hold up a glass.
　The sake in the glass is a local brew made in Touahade. It's made with maple syrup.
　Maple syrup can only be collected for a very short period of time in the winter, and the amount of maple syrup that can be collected from a single tree is not very large.
　It is a small luxury that is consumed up in our territory. Hence, it is a drink that can only be consumed in this territory.
　That's why I chose it to toast our engagement party.

"Cheers!

They clash glasses.
　Everyone is laughing.
　Now the party is about to begin.

◇

The party has begun.
　The parents are immediately calling each one of them up and starting a sort of interview.
　The first person to talk to my parents is Maha.
　Therefore, we are divided into two tables: mine, Dia and Tart's, and my parents and Maha's.

'Wow, this crab gratin is so good,'
"The secret ingredient, crab miso, gives it a nice flavor.
'Um, you're this plump fish!　This is the best fish I've ever tasted.
Eels. Eels are best eaten this way.

The food is well-received and the place is lively.
　They both ate more than usual.
　I looked at Maha with a sideways glance and she seemed to be having fun with her parents even though they had never met before.
　Maha's social skills are tremendous.
　As Orna's representative representative, she's not a good-looking person to be out in the social world where the mountains and mountains are riddled with seductive spirits.

''Maha is beautiful, isn't she?''
I envy you.

Maha is beautiful in her appearance, her bearing, her speech, and everything else.
　Some of it is innate, but a lot of it is an acquired taste.

You'll find that even Dea and Tart are like that when they're away from home.　It's the difference between doing that all the time on a regular basis or not.

Both of them have excellent looks. The rest is how to make use of it, but in Dia's case, as the Countess of Vicone's daughter, she's been thoroughly drilled into her manners as the Countess of Vicone's daughter, and Tart has been trained so that she won't be embarrassed no matter where I show up as the nobleman's personal servant.

''Inevitably, I'll lose my strength if it's not in that kind of situation.
Me too. I think it's a gift to keep doing that for twenty-four hours, just like Maha.

That's true.
　........However, such a Maha can return to being just a girl only when it's just me and her, but I'll keep that a secret.
　That Maha will come back.
　Instead, this time Dia went over there.

'Welcome back, did your fathers say anything?'
He asked me to look after the rogue.
I suppose that makes sense.
'He admitted it from the start. ─ They approved of it from the start, saying that if Rougu had chosen the right woman, it would be the right one. ─ They just wanted to be reassured, that's all. That's why I told them who I was, without saying a word.

I'm a lot of trustworthy.

That's good to hear.
'Yes, I'm relieved that you seem to be a good person too. I have a feeling we'll get along just fine. There's just one problem, I want to protect Orna. But your stepfathers can't leave Touahade it's hard to live with them.

That's probably true.
　Orna does business all over the country, or even the world, but the centerpiece is still the main store in Murteau.
　Maha can't get away from there.
　But that doesn't mean he's going to give Orna's representative position to someone else.

I will try to see her as much as possible. Or you could take your fathers with you on a sightseeing trip.
''Well I've been able to put up with that so far, but I'm going to miss the idea of being separated when we're together. So, you see, I've got an idea.
I've got a bad feeling about this.
I'm moving the flagship store in Orna to this location.
What's the point of having a flagship store in the middle of nowhere?
'Develop Touahade, more than Murteau. Then it wouldn't be surprising to find the main store in Orna, would it?

That's an outrageous statement.
　Murteu is developing in large part because of its geographical location.
　It is located in the center of the country and is easily accessible from everywhere. The nearby roads are well developed. In addition, the country's largest port is located in the country, making it extremely easy to transport goods.
　On the contrary, Tauahade is located in the westernmost part of the Kingdom of Arvan, and there is no sea, no big river for ships to pass through, and even more importantly, it is extremely disadvantageous in terms of distribution because it is forced to go over the mountains even by land.

It would be unrealistic to expect Touahadé to develop as a commercial city.
'I know. Still, I have a plan to make it possible. Look forward to it.
So it's still a secret.
Yeah, it's more fun.

Well, Maha wouldn't make it bad.
　He wouldn't change Touahade in a direction I didn't want him to go.
　As we were talking about this, Dia finished talking to her parents and went back ... not to come back and get some additional food.
　This time it was fried shrimp with lobster.
　Mom beckoned me over to her and the tart headed that way, and Dia came back.

'Wow, they're so plump and sweet. And this tart sauce is excellent. Ugh, I'm so happy.
So how did it go?
It's good.
I'm talking about us.
'We didn't talk that weird. We just talked about how excited we were about having children as soon as possible, and how I'm the rightful wife, but I'll be the best one to take over Touahade, and how I don't resent it if my child doesn't get picked, and all that kind of stuff, which is pretty obvious.
It's rather heavy stuff, I guess.

Dia is a genuine aristocrat when it comes to flushing this area out of the way.

''The women of the Vicone family will produce strong children, so you can count on them. I'll do my best to be a rogue's wife.''

That's not an occult, that's a fact. That's why the best of Touahade, me, was born, and Diah was nearly kidnapped by a great nobleman who targeted him.

'I'm not too concerned about those things, though.

It's not that I don't want to take care of my kids, whether they are excellent or not.

'You don't have to be excellent to love them, but you're safer if they're excellent. Aristocrats are hard enough to live with, you know. We have to raise them strong for the sake of our children. I'll give them a hard upbringing.
Go easy on him.
'Hmmm, maybe the rogues would be much more reckless. Rogues are demons in training.
I'm not trying to be hard on you.

He simply analyzes the bodies of Dear and Tart and pushes them to the edge of the acceptable range with maximum efficiency.
　I won't let them do anything reckless.

'Yeah, I think that's fine with Roug. Oh, the tarts are back.

The tart comes back.

'Are you okay?'
'Ha, yes. Well, I got a lot of advice on becoming a nobleman's wife. You should be prepared for a lot of things to be said about you as a commoner when you go into society, and so on. That was helpful.

You didn't forgive him, but you were giving him advice for the future.
　Tart and I had lived like family for years. Neither my father nor my mother would ever test her now.

'Also, and also, Master Lugue is a pushy herbivore, and, well, he says I should lead the way. Your mother-in-law is going to cook up something amazing to get Master Lugues to do it.

The last one was bright red.
　..........Totally mom.

''Well don't worry too much about it.
Okay, well, I'll do my best.

I care so much.
　Let's keep an eye on the tart for a while.
　And now they call me in.
　What the hell are my parents going to tell me?

◇

I move to the bar table with my parents.
　Both of my parents have serious looks on their faces. It's rare for my mom to look like this, let alone my dad.

'All of Lug's fiancées have been wonderful women. It seems that Lug had an eye for women, too.
'Well done!　It's great to have such good kids as daughters.

Gulp, Mom gives a thumbs-up.

'Yeah, they're all good kids,'
But when you have three wives, it's a lot of work. I've had to deal with a lot of things, even with just one Esri.
What does that mean?

Mom is smiling, but her eyes aren't smiling.

'Gosh, well, it's a lot of work,'
'I know, sir. I've made up my mind to make them all happy. No matter how hard it is, it's much better than having those girls taken by another man.

I didn't want to get engaged to all of them from the beginning.
　I was going to choose someone one day, and I was going to support the girls if they chose another man.
　But when Maha proposed to me, even though it was after she was tied to Dia and Tart, I was so lonely, scared and angry that she would be taken away from me, and that I would be helplessly lonely and scared and angry.
　That's when I decided.

I would not let anyone go. I would make them all happy.
　And I knew that the happiness I would get would be worth every hardship.
　And I knew that if I was going to push through with my selfishness, I would have to make them happier than any other man in the world.

It's good to be a big man. But if I tell you, you will do it.
Of course. I can do it. I was raised strong enough to do it.
''Ugh, Roug, you're looking great. Also, mom wants to see her grandson's face as soon as possible, so good luck with that one too!
That's going to have to wait.

That's after saving the world.
　They are not only lovers, but also important assets.

"Ikizu.

Mom is looking at me with zit eyes, though. I can't break this one, as expected.
　Then I told her about the future.
　My dad and mom are both laughing. And Deere and the three of us talking at the next table, the three of us without me, seem to be enjoying ourselves.
　I'm sure we'll get along just fine.
　You are all good people.
　Let's do our best to protect this happiness.
　With that resolve, the engagement party continued late into the night.