episode_0057

Knock knock

Ray, who was getting ready to sleep in his comfortable pajamas, spread out the blanket and stopped what he was doing at the sound and walked towards the entrance.

“I finished work early today.”

When I open the door to the familiar voice, Mila is standing there, wrapped in a dark brown cloak.

“Come in. Your clothes are nice.”

Ray said as he brought her into the house. The ends of her glossy cloak were lined with fur and the entire thing was embroidered with luxurious embroidery, giving her a rather high status compared to when she used to pull a cart and do business.

“That’s right, I asked for something to wrap around because it was cold, and they gave me this, useless stuff. I was just thinking of something like a regular coat. Did you wake up because of me?”

Mila took off her cloak with an awkward expression and handed it to Ray, then asked with a worried look on her face.

“Oh, I was just about to go to sleep. The kids don’t sleep at night.”

“Redhead sister is here!”

“I want to wear a cloak too!”

“Guys… We’re done snoring, right? What if we wake up again!”

Ray suddenly runs out of the bedroom and spots his twin sisters running around the front door frantically, then shouts.

“I’m not sleepy!”

“You have to lie down with me to sleep well.”

The sister responds with the same mischievous smile.

“Go to sleep quickly and have fun tomorrow. Hwaaam, I’m not sleepy because I’m up. I’ll be there soon, so cover yourself with a blanket and lie down quickly.”

Mila smiles with an indescribable emotion as she watches Ray comfort the smaller children with her small body. She takes off the leather armor one by one and places it in a place where the heat does not directly reach, then approaches Ray and hugs him from behind.

“LOL, that’s surprising… … .”

Because of the height difference, the weight of the fat on Ray’s head was transmitted. Mila gently hugged him as he fit into her arms.

“You look just like a father taking care of his child. Hehe… .”

And he mutters. Ray feels stung.

“What the… This is basic.”

“This is what a normal family atmosphere looks like. It’s a really strange feeling when you see it in person.”

“Chi, you grew up in a magnificent palace, right?”

Ray pouts his lips at the speech of a conglomerate experiencing the common people that you only see in dramas.

“That’s not what I meant. It’s just that I think it’s a lot happier than I thought to have someone to welcome me like this at the end of the day. I don’t think having responsibilities is necessarily a bad thing.”

“… What is that all of a sudden? What happened outside?”

Ray asks back at her words, which somehow feel unfamiliar.

“Look at this, you worry about me too. You’re so cute. You don’t know how I feel.”

‘I know. That’s why I said it’s possible.’

Ray could barely swallow the words that had risen to his chin. Instead of enjoying the happiness he had never found in his previous life, he decided to become the very image of his ideal spouse in his new life. It was possible because he had realized early on how harsh and scary the world was, and how insignificant and fragile his own body was.

“Okay, a present.”

When I turned my head as I felt something tap on my shoulder, I saw a small wooden box that Mila had handed me.

“What is this?”

“Open it. I hope you like it.”

Ray found it a little funny to see the one handing it over being more nervous and licking his lips, so he smiled and accepted the box.

“This is… .”

When you open it, the blue glowing brooch gives off quite a splendid glow even in dim light.

“How is it? Huh?”

Ray’s impression after opening the gift was that it looked expensive. Perhaps it was because his aesthetic sense had not changed. If it were a man in this world, he would be more pleased to receive such a gift, so Mila’s choice was somewhat reasonable. However, Ray touched the cold and smooth surface of the brooch with his fingertips, and suddenly looked up at Mila, whose face was very excited.

“… Where did you get this? It looks so expensive! Mila, you don’t have any money.”

Ray thought it would be better to convey his feelings as they were rather than trying to force a happy expression, so he spoke in a pretended questioning tone.

“I wonder if it was stolen?”

“That’s not it!”

She smiled faintly as she watched Ray nag her over the gift she had painstakingly chosen. It was because she felt that he was very considerate of her. As a man, there was no way he wouldn’t like the gift.

“You don’t have to refuse anything anymore. I’m a woman, so I wanted to give my man something like this. It’s pajamas, but what do you think?”

Mila picks up the brooch and places it against Ray’s chest on her nightgown.

“It’s pretty, but… I can’t even go outside because I’m afraid of losing it.”

“Then I shouldn’t leave my room either.”

She caresses Ray’s cheek and bows her head to meet his eyes. She takes a step forward and presses herself against him.

“… … !”

Ray looks up in surprise as Mila’s leg squeezes between his own.

“Are you going to sleep right away?”

Her whispering voice somehow feels sticky.

“Let’s put the kids to sleep first… … .”

What on earth could he possibly be doing, sending such a blatant signal with such a face? Ray felt his face flush a little. He immediately turned his head and glanced at his twin sisters who were playing hide-and-seek in the bedroom.

“Hahaha, those words just now sound like something a married couple would say. In my opinion, you’ll be a good father.”

She became even more excited at Ray’s shy expression of permission, and moved her hand from caressing her cheek down to his neck, back, and buttocks, kneading them.

“Where would someone propose like that? Now, wait a minute… I said I have to put the kids to bed… … ”

Mila hugs Ray’s waist and puts her weight on him, laying him on the floor. She gives him a light kiss on the lips, then jumps up and screams.

“Hey guys. Play for a while and then lie down and sleep by yourselves. Okay? You can see Mom tomorrow. If you don’t sleep, it’ll all be early.”

“Mom?”

“Really?”

The sister who had been crawling under the bed and hiding and playing peeked her head out and asked Mila. Mila didn’t say anything else and just closed the bedroom door.

“Oh, really? Are you going to let Teria go?”

Ray asked, lying on the floor with Mila on top of him.

“Yeah, the execution was invalidated by a 2-2 vote. How many times should we do it today? Five times?”

She said, taking off her top.

“Thank goodness… Sarah was against it, right? ”

“No, it was Remili. And that girl Teria is now working under the special forces. Listen to your butt.”

Although he didn’t know exactly what had happened, he was relieved that the twins would no longer be orphans. Ray thought that he would have to express his gratitude to Remili later.

***

The Frauenkirche, an officer’s office.

“Then I will end my greetings here. It has been a great help in many ways.”

Christie rose from her seat and saluted the master of the office, who had been sitting haughtily.

“Is it that late already? Anyway, if we ever get a chance to talk again, I’ll definitely tell you. I’ll tell you about the story of my heroic deeds with Commander Duzan in the Eastern Region.”

Christie smiles at her words. Then she turns around, smiles away, and walks out of the office with quick steps.

“This will be the last time. How did you feel about looking around?”

Chloe, Hesset’s younger sister who was abandoned by her wife, was currently working as Christie’s adjutant.

“There are complicated factions intertwined here and there within the military, but… there’s no room for any use. They’re just idiots competing to see who’s more blindly loyal. ”

As Christie walked down the long hallway with Chloe, she continued talking to herself in a voice that only they could hear.

“Looking for someone to stand against Uriel here was a waste of time.”

“Then what are you saying we should do now? You’re not thinking of giving up like this, are you? My brother is probably suffering unjustly even now.”

Chloe pressed Christie’s conclusion that it was vain.

“… Calm down. There are many ways to avenge Hesset. If you can’t destroy it from the inside, you have to destroy it from the outside. ”

As someone who had hugged and rolled around with him, I didn’t really think he was being treated unfairly, but since it was decided that she would share in his grudge, Christie agreed to it.

“If it’s outside… Are you talking about the prince? Surely, even if it’s Uriel, if he starts coming from the neighboring kingdom… … .”

Chloe muttered, stroking her chin.

“That’s ridiculous. You’re going to call in foreign troops to catch a tyrant? If we do something like that, we’ll be on the gallows soon.”

Christie stopped dead in her tracks and looked at Chloe pitifully.

“Then what should we do?”

Chloe shrugged.

“… … Think, think. Are you going to hang that head around to grow your hair? Just before Uriel takes control of the capital, you’re gathering the scattered forces. For example, the vassals who are still loyal to King Arshul. Or… let’s find another Arshul who might be alive somewhere in this land.”