episode_0029

When I arrived home, Chloe, Sylvia, and Elthea were there to meet me.

“It’s cold, but everyone is at home.”

“The head of the family works in a dangerous place, and we can’t just rest at home.”

“It’s not that dangerous.”

“That’s a line that only Sian can say. The Forest of Darkness is officially classified as a demonic realm by the Empire.”

“Really?”

“Leon had a hard time too. Go in quickly and warm up.”

“Yes, Mom.”

When I entered the living room, I saw Clia taking a nap in front of the fireplace, and Elin was quietly reading a book next to Clia.

“Sian, thank you for your hard work.”

“Thank you, Elin, were you reading the storybook?”

“Yes. It’s a children’s book about a hunter and a bear.”

The book Elin was reading was a children’s book, but most of it had simple pictures.

‘Well, these things will sell expensively, right?’

Looking at the worn condition of the book, it seemed like it had been purchased a long time ago. It seems that Elthea brought a few books like this with her when she moved.

“Elsia, I want to read to the children. Do you have any other children’s books?”

“There are no children’s books, but there are novels.”

At my request, Elthea brought me some books. The title of the novel was “The Silence of the Dumb Knight.”

“It’s more than I thought. What kind of novel is this?”

“It is a romance novel.”

“That’s a bit hard to read.”

Perhaps because it is set in the Middle Ages, romance novels often clearly show inappropriate relationships between men and women. Well, since that genre is provocative, it will sell well.

‘Look at it naked.’

I read the prologue, the first part of the novel, and the intersection between men and women has already appeared. So fucking open.

“Hey, brother Xian?”

“Huh?”

When I closed the book and was about to look at Elthea again, Elin tugged on the hem of my clothes and asked with an expressionless face.

“Sian, can you read?”

“Yes, my father told me.”

“Amazing. I’m good at hunting, I’m good at making things… I haven’t even memorized the alphabet yet.”

“Really?”

I was surprised by Elin’s unexpected words. I thought that Elsia, who has a thorough personality, would have put effort into her daughter’s education.

When I looked at her with that intention, Elthea avoided my gaze and started making excuses with a cold face.

“I taught math first.”

“I see.”

It seems that Elthea likes math more than writing.

Anyway, it’s writing…

‘The only people in this village who can read are me, Elthea, the village chief, and Tom.”

Perhaps because it was a rural village, there were many illiterate people. Of course, there is no shame in not being able to read. However, it is true that being able to read is convenient in many ways.

“It’s winter now and there’s nothing to talk about. Would you like my brother to teach me some letters?”

“Really?”

Elin started to like what I said. Then, after seeing what my mother noticed, I spoke in a quiet voice.

“Oh, you don’t have to work hard because of me.”

“It’s okay, there’s nothing to do anyway. I do it to kill time.”

I stroked Elin’s head and looked at Elthea. She didn’t really object to my decision either. In fact, it is true that when winter comes, the number of things you can do decreases drastically.

. . .

“Chloe, you’re not sick?”

“Yes. My body feels heavy, but I don’t feel any pain.”

Today again, I used the knowledge from my past life to check Chloe’s physical condition. Thankfully, she was living healthy days.

thank god.

Perhaps feeling sorry for me, Chloe smiled and asked a question to change the subject.

“Honey, you like your son, right?”

“Son?”

“Yes, a healthy son like honey.”

“No, not really.”

“Yes?”

The atmosphere here was that many people wanted sons for labor reasons, but not me.

In the first place, it was funny to share love based on the child’s gender.

“I like my daughter. A cute and lovely daughter who resembles Chloe.”

“Honey… I love you.”

Chloe seemed to be moved by my answer and fell into my arms. I kissed her forehead and expressed with actions instead of words that I also loved her.

“Still, I want a son who looks like honey.”

“Yes, you can have more if you want. But I think it would be hard to handle if the firstborn was a son who looked like me.”

“Why?”

“I’m worried that if you have good physical strength like me, you’ll be wandering around somewhere every day.”

“Ah… ”

Chloe made an expression of realization.

It was difficult to even imagine how I would deal with my son, who clearly resembles me and is full of physical strength.

‘I was a reincarnated person, so I behaved rather modestly for my age.’

I couldn’t guarantee that my son would either.

“But don’t worry already.”

“You are right. and. The child to be born will be pretty, just like Chloe, and will not cause any accidents.”

“Hehe, are you healthy and brave just like me?”

“I guess so.”

I knew what it meant to say that a couple is falling out of love.

We’re running out of sesame seeds right now.

Happy awakening.

. . .

And then winter came in earnest.

“Fall from the sky. Garbage. Such a dog… ”

“Hey Sian, don’t play around, help me!”

“Have you finished yet?”

Leon, who was having a hard time shoveling snow, asked me for help.

“So, I told you to use this snow shovel, it’s really convenient.”

“There’s only one. You are using it.”

“Ugh, move out of the way, I’ll do it for you.”

“Thank you, but Sian, I’m older.”

The snowfall was heavier than expected, so clearing the snow was a task. As a rural village, the land was large compared to the population, so there was a lot of space to clean up.

Then I met the village people.

“Sian?”

“Ah, Mr. Carlson, it’s not a good morning.”

“Haha, sure. There is a lot of trash this winter.”

Carlson.

He was the only person in the village who knew how to use a sword.

From what I heard, he was born in the village of Rugeron, but I thought he ran away from home to go to the city with a sword when he was young because he hated the boring country life, and then came back. It is said that he learned swordsmanship in the city at that time.

In a way, he was a model of a young man in a rural village.

And I occasionally take swordsmanship lessons from him. As a hunter, swordsmanship is not a particularly necessary skill, but I needed to gain some knowledge of swordsmanship during my last fight with a mercenary.

Not to use swordsmanship directly, but to destroy swordsmanship.

“Anyway, are the kids doing well?”

“Yes. Everyone is growing healthy thanks to the meat that Sian gave us.”

“No. I only paid the tuition fee, but I’m glad it suits the kids’ tastes.”

The children mentioned here are those who lost their guardians after being attacked by mercenaries. Carlson was responsible for raising those children, and I was also giving away excess meat under the pretext of paying tuition to help him to some extent.

“That’s right. Now, please take the items you promised earlier.”

“You mean that?”

Carlson’s eyes trembled greatly at my words. What he asked me to do.

That’s Warbear’s name, a natural aphrodisiac.

Carlson adopts orphaned children partly because of his sense of responsibility as a vigilante leader, but also because he has not been able to have children with his wife for several years.

And the reason was Carlson’s azoospermia.

‘A seedless seed… ‘

Carlson, who had only just gotten married and had already heard about Chloe’s pregnancy, secretly came to me for consultation.

Because his wife seemed to want a child with him.

I listened carefully to his concerns. Of course, depending on the type of azoospermia, pregnancy is not completely zero. Although it was slim, the possibility existed.

“I have no choice but to do a lot.”

“Yes?”

“You have to do it a lot.”

“….”

But this is the only advice I can give.

In the first place, even if you have some modern medical knowledge, infertility treatment is not a matter of knowledge, but an area of science and technology.

There was no way I could overcome it with acupuncture, which I learned just by looking over my shoulder.

Fortunately, as expected from the fantasy world, there was a good way to solve the infertility problem.

“Here it is.”

“The smell is not as bad as I thought.”

“We made it easy to eat.”

There was beardam, a natural aphrodisiac. It was a bit dangerous to eat it raw, so I mixed it with herbs that my father had told me and made it similar to herbal medicine.

Let’s hand that over to Carlson. He nodded his thanks.

“Thank you. Mr. Sian.”

“Aren’t neighbors supposed to help each other?”

Of course, I also benefited.

Having been exposed to many poisons while training under my adoptive father since I was young, I had a basic resistance to poison. So even if I made a medicine, I couldn’t test its effectiveness properly with my body.

In that sense, Carlson’s concerns could be said to be good news for me. Because I can understand the performance of the aphrodisiac I made.

“You can drink it after dinner. Of course, if you don’t plan on having sex, you don’t have to eat it.”

“I will keep this in mind.”

“And it can be bad for children if they eat it, so please store it in a high place if possible.”

“Yes.”

After hearing the explanation, Carlson went to his house with a flushed face. It looks like they’ll be using it tonight.

‘I hope it works!’

Praying in my head that a good person in the village would raise a happy family, I went out to do some snow removal work.

Looking at the snow still falling, it seemed like this year’s winter would be particularly long.