July has started and it's the season of fertility.
　I was happy to hear that we had a good harvest this year.

　And then I received another piece of good news.


　"I'm pregnant.


　They both said it almost simultaneously.
　The first emotion I had was relief.

　I'm a king, so it's my duty to make sure they give birth to a child.
　The fact that both of us are pregnant means that me, Julia and Tetra are all functioning normally on that side.

　If Yulia was no good at this and Tetra was normal, we were in pretty bad shape.
　If I was seedless, I could just adopt a child with Rosais family blood.


　'Really?'
　I'm not getting my period.
　I checked with the witchcraft and they're both confirmed.

　Well......
　Well, for now, let's just...


　Well done!

　I gave them both a hug.






　'Mmm, but I can't really feel it.'
　Once again I look at the two of them.
　Nothing has changed. My stomach isn't bloated either. It's not surprising.

　'My belly won't swell until a little later, I think. It's July right now, and I think I'm about five weeks pregnant, so I'm guessing the birth will be in early to mid-March.

　You still have eight months to go before the baby is born...　
　It's a long story.

　But then again, two people at once...
　What are we going to do for the rest of the night?
　You can't have s*x with a pregnant woman. From now on, you're going to be lonely and self-generating.......

　Yulia laughed and said with a laugh, as if the thought of that was on her face.

　'As long as you don't do it too hard when you're pregnant, you'll be fine, okay?　The fetus is properly protected by the amniotic membrane and amniotic fluid. Well, not if it's bleeding or something.
　Alms. Good for you. How do you normally have two pregnant women at the same time?

　........I don't really have that particular s*xuality.


　But I'm glad. This is going to make you happy, Dad.
　I ain't dead yet. Don't kill me if you have to.

　Stop talking about people like they're ghosts. Well, we're all the same in that they can die at any time.
　I want you to still be alive.

　"He'll probably say he hasn't seen his great-grandson this time, and he'll come back.
　So there's no turning back now that I'm not dead.

　The word "great-grandson" made me think of Abraham.
　Come to think of it, me and Tetra's children will be his great-grandchildren.

　I want to live to see my great-grandchildren. Totally.


　"I guess it's going to be a boy first, huh?
　Well I guess so. Well, I won't feel safe until you give birth to it for now.

　It's important as a man to know that in these situations, it doesn't matter either way, but I'm the king, unfortunately.
　So I need at least one boy for Julia to have a boy.

　I have to have at least three boys. On the other hand, any more than that is a bit of a problem. There is no harm in having a girl.
　Tetra said, looking at her stomach.

　In these times, children can die at any time.
　That's why we need numbers, but if there are too many, the issue of succession will come to the fore and the territory we give them will be reduced.

　It is necessary to have a balance between the two.

　Speaking of which, do you know when Ron and the others are getting married?
　Tetra changed the subject.
　I nodded quietly.

　'Yeah, they're doing it in a month. They're doing three pairs in a row.
　By the way, the first day was Ron and So Yeon, the second day was Rosward and Leah, and the third day was Gram and Lulu.
　Well, it's easier to prepare the venue and all that stuff if we do it in succession.


　By the way, the reason why three couples didn't get married until now is because they were busy.
　New fiefdoms and mansions, and the slaves needed to maintain them.

　In addition, I took them around as my guards, and I sent them out to found a spell house.

　...mostly my fault, I suppose.

　This month is the harvest season, so I'm busy to death. Therefore, the wedding will take place next month when things settle down.

　By the way, Alms. Neither Julia nor I can fight the paperwork this month. What are we going to do?
　I'll send out the son of a wealthy family for starters. He'll know some Cilician.

　After all, we can't have a foreigner at the heart of the country.

　Well, for the time being, we will let the big boys take over the important jobs.

　I don't want to put a big family in the center.
　Nevertheless, such selfishness is impossible to manage the state. Compromise is necessary.

　Besides, if you keep them away from you, they will be dissatisfied with you.

　But I don't plan to ask the big families to do it forever. I'll be relying on them for at least the next twenty years.

　What I'm thinking about now is the promotion of slaves.
　To be precise, the right thing to do is to promote freed slaves of Cilician people. With this, the possibility of another country breathing down our necks is infinitesimal.

　And as much as possible, we will promote mainly Adelnians.
　To be more specific, if each person of the same ability was a pure-blood Adelnian, a quarter-half-Cilician, and a pure-blood Cilician, respectively, then we would promote them in order, starting with the one with the darker blood.

　We'd put these in a little bit at a time and create a competency-based organization.

　Well, it'll be complete by the time I die, right?








　Seo-yeon I'll make you happy, I promise.
　Mr. Ron I'm still happy enough.

　They kiss each other without fear of being seen.
　The audience applauds and jeers.

　What can I say....

　We were pretty embarrassed about this, weren't we?
　I muttered as I watched them raise the wedding and elevate from a couple of bucks to a couple of idiots.

　Yulia and Tetra nodded in fierce agreement to my mutterings.

　A youthful indiscretion, you say........
　

　They fought over and over again, and it was one of my jobs to admonish them for it, wasn't it?
　The hardest case I had to deal with was the one where Seo-yeon saw Ron sharpening his sword.

　That was a pain in the ass.

　As I recall, both of them were 14 years old at that time.
　The problem is that Seo-yeon was a rare type of girl who did not do such things.

　There's nothing more difficult than convincing someone who doesn't understand.

　Well, I was treated like dirt too.
　Well, in the end, it turned out that everyone over the age of 13 except Seo-yeon was filthy, and he was the one who solved the problem.

　That's when I realized the importance of s*x education.


　Congratulations to both of you.
　Congratulations.
　Congratulations.

　The three of them congratulated Ron and So Yeon.
　The two of them bashfully grinned at each other.

　''Thank you ... leader.''
　'Mr. Armes you are the reason we are doing what we are doing.

　They bowed deeply.
　'Stop it, you're embarrassing me.

　'Well, here's something for you to celebrate from me. I'm sorry, I didn't know what to do with it. I don't know if it's appropriate for a wedding gift, but...

　I handed Ron a swing of my sword.
　A sword made of dragon Damascus. Should be just as sharp as mine.

　"We'll take this one.
　Come in.

　Tetra and Yulia handed the wand to Seo-yeon.
　From the size of the crystal attached to the tip, they could tell that it was very expensive.

　''Thank you!

　They received it happily.


　Slaves, horses, dishes, and artifacts are sent by other wealthy families, so we thought we'd give them something practical.
　The choice of a sword and staff may seem strange.

　But I also gave you a gold coin as a gift, so that's good.





　Rosward.........
　Leah....
　'Miss!　Captain!

　They look at each other passionately. Virgal cries.

　Rosward is dressed in an Adelnian style and Leah is dressed in a Germanic style.

　Tall and exotic beauty, Leah is naturally attracting the gazes of the other wealthy families.
　However, some of them frown on the 'former slave'.

　In the Adelnian peninsula, slaves also have proper human rights.......it would be an anachronism to say that, but they are treated as human beings, and emancipation is frequently held.
　Nevertheless, there are those who inevitably harbor ill feelings about Ria, who are not intellectuals, not fellow Adelnians or Cilician, who are representatives of the civilized people.

　Well, they don't seem to be in the eyes and ears of the two of them, and they don't seem to care at all, so that's good.


　''By the way, I haven't seen that Ria guy in a while.
　Me too. I don't know why.
　'He lived at Roseward's all the time. He waited all through the war by himself. That's very healthy.

　Leah.....
　As I recall, he was a slave that Ains had given me as a bonus.

　Who would have expected that to happen?
　Me, I didn't expect Rosward's emotions to last this long.

　I thought I had fallen in love with the setting of "slave" and "alien".
　No, I guess that's how it started out.

　Because love is a disease, but love is real. Yeah, what am I talking about?


　"Roseward, it's my birthday.
　I gave Rosward a spear.
　It's not the kind of spear a heavily armed infantryman would use. It's a spear.

　It's a spear with a blade of dragon damascus.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work. It's not much, but...
　Julia and Tetra hand Leah a box.
　Leah opens the box to reveal a garment made of beautiful silk inside.

　''Wow!　Thank you!

　Leah happily thanked them both.
　Leah had no idea what she liked. After much bloodshed, there were some incomprehensible ideas about horses or horse gear or something like that, but it's good to be safe in clothing.

　It's not a good idea.　This is.....
　Leah's face turned bright red.
　Apparently, she noticed the prank of Yulia and Tetra.

　I told them not to put their skeletal underwear in there.
　I don't know.

　Well, the more vassals I have in my family, the better. Make more of them.





　Lulu!
　Mr. Gram!

　Gram kisses Lulu as he picks her up.
　It is moderately difficult for the very tall Gram and the very small Lulu to kiss each other.

　It requires Gram to break his back quite a bit.
　The solution to that is that Gram needs to pick Lulu up.

　But small, Lulu is.

　They are an unbalanced couple.

　As I recall, they're two years apart in age. In Japan, there's a height difference between a schoolboy and an adult male.

　I don't have anything to worry about with these two.
　They're both solid, after all.

　I can't help but worry about Ron and Rosward, because they're idiots.


　It's getting to be a tradition. It's getting to be a tradition.
　What's this?
　It's called a dragon bow. It's a compound longbow made from dragon material. It flies several times faster than a normal bow. I'm sure you know what to do with it.

　This is the one I ordered from Ains. It seems that the people of the desert use this bow.
　You need a lot of muscle strength to pull it, but I think Gram, who has a lot of muscle mass to begin with and is under the influence of the Great King's blessing, can pull it.

　We'll take this one from us. 'Our wand. Me, Yulia and Sojourn with you.
　Thank you!

　Lulu happily hugs the staff.
　This staff is made up of multiple wooden disks stacked on top of each other, with blades inside and a large crystal at the tip.
　In other words, it's very heavy, but Lulu is quite strong, contrary to its appearance.




　This is how the wedding of the six people went off without a hitch.
　Their marriage shows that my ground is solid.

　In twenty years' time, their children will be grown up and will serve me as my vassals.
　I am very happy.

　Julia and Tetra are also pregnant. I'm happy as a husband, a father, and a king.

　Internal politics run smoothly.
　Internal politics are going well.