After finishing the day's work, Foldente came to me.
　I've been asked to gather information about my former family home, the Greed family, in the capital recently, but I didn't think that any more ugly news would come out.

　According to Mr. Foldente, this time it was my former sister, Causey, who caused the problem.
　
　I've been told that she's carrying the child of her lover.

It's a very good idea to have a magical appraisal of the child of the mistress.......well, if he or she is playing with a man that flamboyantly, of course his or her father-in-law and mother-in-law will look into it, too.
　Foldente giggles as he says that.

　Causey's position has been downgraded to second wife, and it seems that talks are underway in the direction of welcoming the first wife from another noble family to her husband, who is the heir to an aristocratic family, Causey's husband.
　But now that she has been downgraded to the second wife of a noble family, she is no longer allowed to behave as she pleases.
　All his mistresses have been kicked out of the house and his right to spend the money as he pleases has been taken away, and he is now halfway to confinement.
　In the event that they are all kicked out of the house, and the rights to spend the money they want are taken away from them, it is likely that they are locked up in a halfway house, and there is no other option but to divorce them and send them back to their parents' house, but they cannot do that because they are cut off from the Greed family, which is the family's house.
　

　I felt my head ache again as I listened to Foldente's report.

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　I was slightly depressed after hearing Causey's story, and I sat on a chair and sighed for a while even after Foldente left the lord's room for other business.
　Then there was a knock on the door of the lord's office.
''Come in.''
　The door opened as if to answer my voice, and there was Korok and a humanoid Tiree in human form.
'My lord, I'm here, bear.'
　Korok laughed happily and hugged me.

　........that was it.
　I had a bit of free time today, so I had called Korok and Tiree to take them out to dinner or something.

　Korok hugged me and gave me a slightly suspicious look.
'My lord, what's not fine bear?'
　As I said this, Korok reached for my head and patted me down.
It's a good thing that you're a good sport. I want you to cheer up.
　Korok like that with a worried look on his face.　
　Tiree, who was beside him, also rubbed up against me with a worried expression on his face, and licked my cheek as usual. It's an expression of affection from Tiree, the ancient monster race.

　

　I winced inwardly.
"Thanks, you two. You're all set.
　He smiled as he said that.
　Gazing at that smile, Korok and Tiree also smiled at me.
''Good bear. A lord is best when he's in good spirits.
　As he said this, Korok pulled on my right arm and Tiree pulled on my left arm.
'We're going to get some good food soon, bear!
Ikou!
　Looking at the two who were smiling as they said that, I left the lord's room while being pulled by the two of them.

　After this, we met up with Erdena, and the four of us headed to the dining room.
　On the way.
I'm going with you, mistress.
　When we arrived at the dining room, there were five of us, with Biblina joining us.
Korok is now an adult lady bear.
　As he said this, he couldn't help but chuckle at Korok's request for a children's lunch, and then Vibrina said to him
You got water in there? If you want, I can buy you some juice.
　I felt like he was trying very hard to take care of me.
　I wondered what was wrong with him, and he looked at me suspiciously.
What, it's nothing serious but, you know, I think it's important to keep in touch with Korok and Tiree.
　Biblina smiles as she says this.

　I wonder if she's thinking that since she heard from somewhere that I'm going to adopt Korok, she should get closer to Korok and his friends or something like that.......

　In the face of such a vibrancy, Korok was able to
Thank you, sister Vivina, thank you, Bear.
　He smiled happily as he thanked me.
　
　Every time we saw each other.
'Take care of my daughter. She's more of a concubine, or rather, a side room.
　Although there is the matter of Gelter who continues to say so, from my point of view, I have no intention of having a relationship with anyone other than Erdena, and of course my concubine has no intention of having one either..............................and I've told Biblina about that.
Don't you like being a concubine?
　When you ask me that.
I don't hate you, but...
　I'd have to answer that... and then I'd say...
Well then, you're ready for the long game. Well, you're prepared for a long-term battle, mistress.
　

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　After dinner, we took a short stroll through the city streets.
'My lord, we have to go quickly, bear.
　Korok is innocently happy and tugs at my arm repeatedly.
　I'm not sure if it's because I've been so busy with work for a while that I haven't been able to deal with it properly, but today Korok doesn't want to leave my side, not even for a moment.
　I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what I'm talking about.
　Behind them, Erdena and Biblina are walking side by side.
''I'm sorry but my mistress has no intention of giving up on that one either.
Well I believe in him.
　The two of them are having such a conversation.
　If it was me before, I would have wondered who they were talking about, but now I know that they are talking about me.
　Lately, Unja has been very aggressive in her approach, and I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I don't think her aura is appealing to me either...
　It's kind of like I'm thinking about that, and I think I'm going to wrinkle my brow again from overthinking it.
　Anyway, for now, I'm going to enjoy my walk with Korok and the others.

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　When I returned to the lord's room after sending Korok and the others to their rooms, I found a sealed letter on my desk.
　When I looked at the back of the envelope, I found that the sender was Gelter of the Union of Frontier Cities Batcombe.
　I immediately checked the inside of the envelope and found out that the contents were about the Frontier Cities Coalition.

　The application for the establishment of the Union of Frontier Cities that Geltar sent to the King's Capital has been approved, and a letter of approval will arrive soon.
　A messenger from the capital will visit Geltor, the representative of the federation, to hand him the letter of approval, and it was written that I, as the deputy representative, should be present at the time.
　It seems that a messenger from the King's Capital may arrive as early as early next week, and they'll let you know as soon as it's confirmed.

　In the past, it used to take dozens of days to exchange letters with the royal capital as they used to do this kind of communication by carriage.
　But now, thanks to the fact that regular magician ships are in daily service between the King's Capital and Batcombe and Liberty Convey, we can exchange such letters in one day.
　Because of that, this matter is also progressing very quickly, even though it's not even been a few days since we sent the documents to the King's Capital.
　
　It's going to be busy again... When I was checking Geltor's letter with that thought in mind, at the end of it
"So, I'm always ready to be a grandpa.