Not yet

Not yet

In the context of this world’s norms, the maid’s words were correct.

In this world, nobles who were engaged and kissed usually moved on to the next step.

‘So it seems that when people kissed, it usually meant they went all the way.’

The problem was that Sien seemed to have taken this at face value and concluded that kissing leads to pregnancy.

‘This is troublesome.’

It’s incredibly difficult to figure out how to explain this.

As I was contemplating how to broach the subject while looking at Sien, who was staring at me with bright eyes,

Sien gently rubbed her belly and said to me.

“I’m not sure if it will be a boy or a girl, but I hope it’s a boy who looks like Lord Deren.”

Seeing Sien move beyond thinking she was pregnant to now guessing the gender of the baby, I couldn’t help but squeeze my eyes shut.

The speed at which her thoughts were progressing was too fast.

I looked at Sien again, pondered for a moment, and then slowly opened my mouth.

“Sien?”

“Oh, and I haven’t thought about names yet, but I was thinking of naming it after Lord Deren…”

“Sien.”

Only after I called her name again did Sien react, blinking her eyes.

Looking at her, I slowly opened my mouth.

“You can’t get pregnant from just kissing.”

“……?”

At those words, Sien looked at me with an expression of incomprehension.

I looked at Sien, briefly considering what to say, and then, feeling at a loss, I threw a straightforward pitch.

“You can’t get pregnant from just kissing alone. You need to have a deeper relationship than kissing to become pregnant.”

As I speak, I feel a sense of reality hitting me, making my thoughts tangled.

I never imagined that I would end up giving one-on-one sex education in this world.

I continued speaking to Sien, who was looking confused in front of me.

“So, just to be clear, you absolutely cannot get pregnant from kissing alone. There’s no need to worry about that.”

At my words, Sien stared at me with a blank expression, as if confusion had struck her.

Then she looked at me with eyes that showed she didn’t understand.

“Lord Deren. Then… what do we need to do to get pregnant?”

“……”

This must be what it feels like to have a headache.

I felt my breath catch for a moment, unable to give any answer.

After pondering for a while, I decided to just speak frankly.

“You need to share affection between a man and a woman.”

“… Really? If it’s about sharing warmth, I think Lord Deren and I have already shared plenty of affection.”

“Not that kind of affection… No, I misspoke. Let me say it properly. You need to have sexual intercourse.”

Feeling that the more indirectly I spoke, the more confusing it became, I spoke bluntly.

Sien blinked her eyes, looking at me as if she understood even less, and said.

“Sexual intercourse…? How do you do that?”

She slowly approached me with a puzzled expression, as if she really didn’t know.

As Sien got closer to me, I thought about how her unique sweet scent lingered in my nose.

I explained to her step by step.

“… First, you take off your clothes.”

Sien tilts her head at the mention of undressing and unbuttons her front, revealing her large breasts.

I’m wearing a confused expression, wondering why on earth Sien undressed.

Sien looks at me with her head tilted, then glances at the writing on her chest and smiles as if she just realized something.

“Ah, this is a doodle I did with Lord Deren before. As I mentioned earlier, I’ve preserved it with magic and kept it until now.”

I feel my head starting to ache again at Sien’s response and clutch my head.

Sien looks up at me intently and urges for a response.

“Lord Deren. What should I do next?”

To that, I reply in a voice that shows I don’t understand at all.

“Sien, why are you imitating what I say?”

To this question, Sien looks at me as if I’m the strange one and answers as if it’s obvious.

“Well, I was following along because I want to get pregnant with Lord Deren’s child right now.”

“… Right now?”

“Yes.”

Sien nods as if she really doesn’t understand and looks at me.

I look at Sien like this and slowly say while holding my forehead.

“You shouldn’t say such things to a man.”

“Ah. Don’t worry. I’ll only say these things to Lord Deren, and I only plan to say them to Lord Deren.”

“That’s not what I meant.”

At my response, Sien once again looks at me with her head tilted as if she really doesn’t understand.

I look at Sien’s reaction and decide to give up, throwing my hands up in surrender.

All the blame for everything was decided to be shifted to the ‘maid’, the root of all problems.

“… For what happens next, ask the maid.”

“No. Please tell me, Lord Deren.”

“I can’t.”

The moment I tell her, it would definitely be crossing the line.

I decided to postpone it at least until I deal with the Heaven God Cult, and pushed away Sien who was trying to cling to me.

‘This is troublesome.’

It might be okay to cross the line once or twice, but.

Considering Sien’s behavior of trying to kiss frantically after just one kiss.

The probability of her wanting to do this endlessly was high, so I had to avoid it as much as possible in the current situation.

I gently patted Sien’s head, who was looking gloomy.

Then I lightly pushed her back, signaling her to leave now.

Sien looked at me hesitantly, then pointed to her lips and said.

“T-then, please give me one last kiss.”

“……”

I sighed at those words and nodded.

* * *

[It would have been easier if you just did it. Master, you’re an idiot!]

After sending Sien away.

I was in the middle of listening to all the nagging from Luna who was in my arms.

As much as I wanted to, I couldn’t bring myself to give Luna a smack.

‘If I hit her, it feels like I’d be the one losing.’

While ignoring this and proceeding with my research, I discovered an interesting fact.

‘Come to think of it, I could fit all those Heaven God Cult members into a space expansion spell, couldn’t I?’

In other words.

Now I can properly ‘kidnap’ as well, beyond simply killing.

I looked at this with an intrigued expression upon realizing this fact.

‘Then instead of killing them all, it might be good to kidnap them to one place and use them as needed.’

Deciding to try this later, I made a mental note.

As I was modifying the spell, someone began to knock gently on my research lab door.

“Come in.”

As I said that and turned around.

Senior Espin came in and spoke to me.

“I’ve come to ask about the information on the Heaven God Cult.”

It seems the knowledge extracted using the head of the Inspection Department was somewhat useful.

I nodded as I heard this, and Espin explained in more detail.

“When we gathered all the people from the Inspection Department and interrogated them, there was one common statement. They said all of this was done to create the seed of negation.”

I nodded to indicate that I understood.

Senior Espin spoke to me with a rather serious expression.

“But the problem is that the progress of this seed of negation seems faster than expected.”

“… Faster progress?”

“Yes. I heard it’s almost completed to the target level.”

I couldn’t hide my puzzlement at those words.

It’s not like I completely neglected it, and whenever I had time, I thoroughly investigated everything related to the Seeds of Corruption.

Yet, it’s somewhat strange that they were able to proceed without any major issues.

‘Perhaps there’s a separate main production factory for this?’

That’s the only way to explain it.

As I listened to Espin’s words, I was pondering where the main production factory might be if there was one.

Espin smiled brightly and said to me.

“The reliability of this information is low, but there’s one more piece of information related to this.”

“What is it?”

“One of the bishops is in charge of mass-producing the Seeds of Corruption, and the area is near the Academy.”

Near the Academy, of all places?

I couldn’t hide my bewilderment at this incredibly inefficient choice.

If it were me, I would have built it in an outlying area where others rarely come, or near a place where troops could be easily mobilized.

‘Is there something at the Academy?’

Otherwise, they wouldn’t make such a choice.

As I was thinking about this with great puzzlement.

Espin continued speaking to me.

“And lastly, this is also the reason why I barged into your lab, but you need to decide after hearing this.”

Hearing that, I nodded.

Espin took a light deep breath and told me.

“And there was also information that the reason all these things were built near the Academy was because of Lumi.”

“Because of Lumi?”

Looking at Espin who was nodding his head,

I couldn’t help but blink my eyes.