episode_0070

Today, as always, I head to my mother-in-law’s room to have a meal with the royal family.

-Quick!

As I open the door and go in, I see my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and Theodora already gathered and give them a quick hello.

“Did everyone sleep well?”

Theodora nods at me and Joey responds to my greeting.

“Did you sleep well, brother-in-law?”

“Yes, I slept well.”

Saying that, I bow my head and say hello to my mother-in-law.

“Were you at peace last night?”

My mother-in-law responded to my words with a gentle smile.

“Yes, thanks to you, last night was peaceful too. Hurry up and take a seat.”

As I sat down with those words, the servants brought food.

Among them, one thing stands out.

You can see oysters neatly placed on ice.

I feel puzzled as I look at the milky-colored oysters on their thick shells.

“This?”

Fresh oysters in hard shells are an expensive food loved by nobles.

Since fresh oysters have to be caught and distributed without spoiling, they are considered quite an expensive food and are rumored to be particularly good as an aphrodisiac.

uh…? Isn’t it a bit excessive in the morning?

It’s usually eaten at banquets or on special occasions, so it’s a bit difficult to eat for breakfast… but?

Since the food is quite expensive here, I didn’t expect it to be served in the morning, so it felt a little burdensome.

“Mom? What kind of oyster is this?”

My mother-in-law said as she grabbed Joey’s wrist as he tried to pick up the oyster in front of me.

“Joe, this is for your brother-in-law.”

Those words made me feel strange, so I looked at the food on the table closely.

Except for me, the three of us only had simple food such as simple bread, bacon, and eggs, but in front of me was a large bowl decorated with ice, lemon, and tangerines, and an oyster in the center.

At a glance, my face becomes pale as I realize that only the food in front of me is gorgeous.

Is this… that’s it?

I remember the last time I was called by my mother-in-law and scolded her.

Union with Theodora.

Of course, we are merging in words, but since we are not doing anything like that at night… you are saying it in a different way, right?

“chi! Mom is too much!, I am also mom’s daughter.”

Joy’s mother-in-law comforts her when she says she was sulking next to her.

“Joy, doesn’t your brother-in-law often skip meals because he’s busy doing government work? Later, at lunch time, I will tell the kitchen to prepare oysters. Don’t steal your brother-in-law’s food.”

Joey nods his head as if he feels good at those words.

“Hehe… Really?”

At those words, my mother-in-law nods her head with a smile and glances at me.

When blue eyes meet mine.

“Then~ I recently told you to buy a lot of fresh oysters, so don’t worry.”

Is it a coincidence…? It must have been a coincidence that our eyes met, right?

Although she is definitely smiling, let’s go into the limestone cave without showing that we are getting goosebumps from the cold look in my mother-in-law’s eyes today.

“Oh, wait a moment.”

My mother-in-law urgently stops me.

“Chamberlain?, please bring the dragon heart.”

“Yes.”

As we watched the Chamberlain disappear like that, we became as hard as stone.

-gulp.

I don’t know who swallowed it, but the sound of swallowing is really loud.

Theodora is blushing and Joey is coughing as if he has a headache.

“Cough!, Cough! mom? Uh… Mom?”

The chamberlain dully brings the dragon heart, leaving me perplexed.

Then, he puts a small glass next to my water cup and pours the red liquid from the crystal bottle.

Dragon Heart.

It is a drink made from medicinal herbs that are very good for stamina.

There is a legend that if you drink it, your heart will turn into a dragon heart and you will be able to hug women all night long.

Well, despite the rumors, it’s not an aphrodisiac, so there’s no such thing, right?

and…

“Chamberlain, please bring that.”

The chamberlain brings something white and square with a cheese grinder and grinds it into powder and sprinkles it on the drinking glass.

I was puzzled by the white powder I saw for the first time, so I asked my mother-in-law.

“Mother-in-law… is this?”

My mother-in-law smiles brightly at my words.

“That’s the horn of a unicorn. It’s a treasure of my parents’ family.”

-Push!, Cough! Cough!

Joey, who was drinking milk, spits out milk and coughs, but that is not important now.

By any chance… were those rumors true?

About 25 years ago.

A rumor circulated throughout the empire.

Rumor has it that a unicorn appeared at the ducal residence of Lombardy.

Even now, it is not a beauty that can be admired anywhere, but there is a rumor that a unicorn that fell in love with my mother-in-law during her prime came down from the sky, and when it tried to approach my mother-in-law, the Duke of Jans, who was present, killed it.

Isn’t a unicorn… an imaginary animal?

It is a world where demon kings and dragons exist, but the existence of unicorns brings many questions.

If that’s the reason…

He is so invisible that the last sighting was hundreds of years ago…

No, because I showed up to my mother-in-law recently.

It is believed that they usually appear every few hundred years.

They don’t show themselves that often, but whenever they do, there are a few things in common.

That’s a pure beauty.

It doesn’t just appear to pure beauties.

Appears to a woman so beautiful that it only appears once every hundred years or so.

and…

A story about kidnapping a pure, century-old beauty.

Unicorns are not treated very well here because their behavior is similar to kidnapping, something that barbarians would do.

anyway.

It is said that the unicorn horn is very good for men’s stamina.

According to legend, the first emperor ate the entire horn of a unicorn and impregnated the empress and all 32 of his concubines that day.

Should we call it the Viagra of the fantasy world?

Perhaps that’s why Theodora lowers her head to hide her shame and her eyes shine.

No, you… why are your eyes shining?

“Now, hurry up and eat.”

I say with an embarrassed face when my mother-in-law tells me to eat quickly.

“Mother-in-law… I have to take care of official business soon, but drinking alcohol…”

My mother-in-law frowns at my words.

“This isn’t alcohol, it’s a tonic.”

“Yes?”

“So it’s okay to drink it.”

No… there’s too much alcohol in that for anyone to call it a tonic, right?

Although there is alcohol used as a tonic here… I think the unicorn horn is too much, right?

The words came up to my throat, but I struggled to swallow them again.

Let’s open our mouth to say something…

“I…”

“Son-in-law, are you really going to refuse a gift from an adult?”

I sigh inwardly as I see my mother-in-law glaring at me with her eyes wide open.

“I will accept it with utmost care.”

After saying that, I lift the glass and feel the scent of alcohol.

My nose tingles with an indescribably stimulating scent that combines a rich musk-like scent, a pleasant scent, and the scent of oak wood.

Drink this…?

I’ve already said it and I don’t want to drink it, so I drink it all at once.

Ugh! What does this taste like?

The taste is delicious, but the taste of my esophagus burning makes my throat and my mouth burn.

“Cough, Cough…”

When you feel like the alcohol is stronger than the last time you drank it.

“Hurry up and eat some oysters.”

As my mother-in-law said, I pour the sauce on the oysters and put them in my mouth to soothe my mouth.

And so… breakfast begins.

***

That night.

“Hehe… Today, the two of us…”

Dragon heart and unicorn horn.

If a man eats these two things, he will be unable to control himself.

“Whoa… I never thought I would use the unicorn horn for my daughter.”

Once, when he was walking in the garden with his father, a unicorn suddenly appeared and ran towards him, so his father killed the unicorn on the spot.

He kept the unicorn horn and gave it to me as a dowry when I got married…

The unicorn horn that she and her husband used.

I never thought I would use it for my daughter and husband.

“Ha… If you make it this far, you’ll be sure, right?”

I don’t know anything else, but I’m sure it’s a unicorn horn.

Memories of those times when I was with my husband come to mind and my face turns red.

How many times have you been in trouble because of your husband’s uncontrollable sexual desire when he eats it?

When she thought about those days, her husband tormented her so persistently and mercilessly that she felt lucky that she was alive, making it difficult for her to even walk the next day.

The effect is certain.

My face gets hot at the memory, but then a thought comes to mind and I frown.

But… this is my first time with Terra…

“Phew…”

Now that I think about it, I’m worried that I might have gone too far on Terra’s first night.

When I spent my first night, I cried because of the pain of my flesh being torn.

I start to worry that Devian will go crazy with sexual desire and treat Terra roughly, but I quickly shake my head.

No… if you don’t do it like this… it won’t work.

I feel a little… no, a lot of pity towards Terra, but when I think of my son-in-law like this.

There seems to be no answer other than a prescription for extreme medication.

It’s been over two months since we got married.

How surprised were you when you heard that the first night wasn’t held in the meantime?

In fact, the idea that newlyweds avoid marital relations is something we have never heard or seen.

I can roughly guess the reason, but considering my son-in-law who refuses to have marital relations, I think this method is the best.

“Terra… Even if it hurts, just be patient…”

Because the fate of the empire depends on it… You can overcome it, right?

I lie down on the bed, trying to calm my anxious and excited mind.

Today, my empty space feels empty.

“Honey…”

I miss my husband.

Today, I miss my husband who so cruelly left me alone.

It’s my plan, he’s already gone…

I force my eyes to close because I feel like tears will flow from my slightly heartbroken emotions.

Oh no… I need to go to sleep now.

So I barely fell asleep…

In my dream, I had a dream of going on a picnic with a gray-haired boy who resembled Theodora and a gray-haired girl who resembled Devian.

***

-Sruk… Srurk!

As I was writing on paper, I looked sideways at the clock.

I stretch while looking at the hour hand pointing to 5 am.

“Huh? Is it already 5 am?”

I usually go to my room when I’m exhausted from work, but today, strangely, I don’t feel tired.

“Whoa!, I’m in a crazy mood today?”

That’s not an empty remark; my condition is surprisingly good.

Usually, when I work this late, I feel like my head is cramping, but now I don’t even have that feeling.

It’s been 22 hours since I’ve been awake, but I’m surprised that I woke up feeling like I had a good night’s sleep, so I’m working all night.

“Hmm~ The investment fund has been resolved with this, Lulu~ Now, shall we check the fertilizer business report?”

As I quickly review the paper as I turn the next page, I smile at the vitality I feel in my body.

“Work goes really well today?”

With my head spinning differently than usual and my physical condition feeling tight, I decided to burn off the backlog of work tonight.

When the morning sun comes through the window.

-Quick!

Someone roughly opens my door and comes in.