Two years have passed since the Demon King was defeated and the world began to stabilize.

    It’s been a year and a little more since Kenneth was born. He hasn’t been weaned completely like Iris, but he’s been eating solid food pretty much since then, so I don’t have to give him food every day.

    ‘Eris has been by Seiga’s side since she was born.’

    There is a nanny who can look after the child at his/her eye level 24 hours a day, so it is natural that he/she grows faster than other children.

    Of course, Kenneth is just like his older sister, and he rarely wakes up in the middle of the night or whines about not wanting to eat baby food, so there’s no need to worry for the time being.

    “Kenneth, Kenneth! Do you want to play a picture matching game with your sister~?”

    “Gringmajjugi!”

    “Ahaha, so cute~!”

    Iris, who used to wonder what it meant to have a younger sibling, seems to be on good terms with her younger sibling these days, and seeing Kenneth often chasing after his older sister Iris, it seems like it’s time for him to escape some of the stress of parenting.

    They say that if you leave children alone, accidents can happen, but there are many maids at Blackwood Manor that you can trust to take care of your children.

    “Ah, Miss…! Miss, you can’t hug the master like that yet…!”

    As soon as Katarina sees Iris trying to hug Kenneth, she hurriedly stops her.

    When Iris was born, Isabel was the nanny at the time, but after Kenneth was born, at some point the nanny role naturally passed to Katarina.

    Isabel is once again in a position similar to my exclusive maid. In fact, Isabel is more trustworthy than Katarina… but Isabel has helped me so much, so I want to let her do whatever she wants if possible.

    “Would you like another cup of tea, Release?”

    “No, it’s okay. If you drink too much, it can cause problems when breastfeeding. Oh, Ethan. Ethan, would you like a drink? ”

    “It’s okay. I’m almost done with work today.”

    Now, Harold’s office has completely become Ethan’s office.

    After leaving Eris and Kenneth in Katarina’s care, Ethan and I usually spent the mornings and afternoons in the office handling affairs of the estate. For a long time, Isabel’s work mostly consisted of bringing tea and snacks to Ethan and I and running errands.

    ‘It’s true that if you do this for a long time, you become accustomed to it.’

    After assisting with Dan’s work for about 2~3 years, I guess I could say that I was able to handle simple tasks on his behalf.

    Reporting crop yields and calculating how much to purchase for stockpiling, issuing permits for new construction or maintenance of old structures, and managing the number of personnel at the basic education center within the Blackwood estate.

    The education I once received from Dietmeyer that felt like my head was going to burst turned out to be knowledge that was truly all-consuming and life-giving.

    By the way, I came up with the idea for the ‘Basic Education Center’, which is the equivalent of the ‘elementary school’ in this world. Now that the Demon King has been fully defeated and the world has become peaceful, the members of the warrior party who were born commoners are starting to attract attention.

    Starting with a hero who was born in another world and had no title, to orphans like Serista, Natalie Thomas, and Luke.

    Since it was revealed that there were people among the commoners who had sufficient ability to achieve great feats, the nobles now had two main tasks to do. Either nurture the ‘capable resources’ growing within their own domains and use them as seeds to grow their own domains in the future, or trample on the ‘dangerous talents’ that could threaten their own positions so that they never bloom.

    ‘If they were corrupt nobles, they would usually choose the latter. What they hate the most is the ‘revolution’ of those who appear as heroes.’

    Of course, having played through the original story, I also know that if you do something like that, the hero will come looking for you to cut off your head.

    Perhaps because he has warm feelings for me, he wouldn’t suddenly come out and point his sword at Ethan, but there’s no need to become estranged from the warrior party that we used to be on good terms with.

    Even if it wasn’t like that from the beginning, it would have been better to do the basic education center unconditionally. This world, which is now close to medieval fantasy, will probably become modern in a few hundred or thousand years, so it wouldn’t be a bad choice to ride that wave a little early.

    For the kids who are good at sprouting, we will pay for their tuition on the condition that they join Blackwood as a researcher after graduation. We will try to do things like that step by step.

    -Whew.

    “Hoooo.”

    After finishing my afternoon work, I had some time to catch my breath, and as soon as I opened the office window to ventilate the room, a cool autumn breeze swept through the office.

    Although it is a bit busy, there are plenty of days to rest, and more than anything, just the fact that it is peaceful makes each day a happy day.

    I found myself mumbling ‘those words’ without thinking as I watched the sunset fading beyond the horizon.

    “You’re free today, Ethan.”

    “That’s right. I wish every day could be like this, peaceful and uneventful.”

    Before I knew it, he was finished with his work and was leisurely reading, keeping time with my words.

    “Shall we go for a walk before the sun sets? The garden looks a little boring these days, so I’ll ask the gardener to plant some new flowers.”

    “Not bad. Then just for a moment… .”

    Ethan, who was leisurely getting up from his seat after hearing what I said, and Isabel, who was also about to open the office door and leave to get ready to go out.

    What broke our relaxed minds was Dietmeyer’s voice suddenly entering the office.

    “Your Majesty, Your Ladyship. The prince’s messenger has arrived.”

    “Prince Antonio?”

    “What a surprise. It’s not Princess Mezlen, but Prince Antonio. Is it by any chance related to Princess Seraphine?”

    “… No. At first, we thought it was the messenger of Prince Antonio, who had a relationship with the young master, but it is the messenger of Prince Panos, the second prince. ”

    “Ah.”

    “Whew, I see. I guess we’ll have to postpone the release and the walk until next time.”

    … Oh, fuck.

    I shouldn’t have said I had free time today.

    ⁎⁎⁎

    “I am Sarkar Desmont, the guard of Prince Panosroenvaltoria. This is the letter the prince sent to you two. ”

    Lukar, the knight of Panos, appears with a face that looks somewhat tired.

    Ethan, who received a letter from a man with white hair who seemed to not understand jokes, immediately opened the letter decorated with golden patterns and checked it.

    “To the Duke and Duchess of Blackwood.

    The third Wednesday of the ninth month. I will be passing through the Blackwood Estate for a brief visit, so please prepare accordingly.

    “Panosroenvaltoria.”

    A short and concise letter, probably written by the prince himself.

    However, it was difficult to just pass over the content. It was difficult to welcome the royal family’s visit without notice, even in the territory.

    Even if you look at the fact that it was sent as a notification without even asking for the opinion, it seems like it was clearly stated from the beginning that rejection was not allowed.

    ‘This crazy bastard is really.’

    It seems Seraphine is really in power these days. It seems like most of the newspapers coming out of the system are about Seraphine and the warrior party.

    So it would be natural for her to try to absorb the Blackwood family, the largest and most useful of her forces. But for such a thing, it was an arrogant and insincere appeal.

    “Then, I will take it as what was conveyed.”

    And there was even a knight who shamelessly rode back in his carriage as if he had said what he wanted to say.

    Since he was under the second prince, he was also a guy who was treated with disdain. He delivered the letter, so did he finish what he had to do?

    “Haa, the third Wednesday is three days away. Can you prepare for the royal visit from now?”

    “… I think I can adjust the transfer as needed.”

    “Yes. Just prepare it exactly as it is. You don’t have to do it excessively. As long as it is not rude, it will be enough. ”

    And if we overreact and welcome them, they’ll think we’re going under them and like it.

    There is no reason to change the rope now that you are holding Seraphine’s hand, who is sure to win, and to begin with, Panos is not the type of person to have a long-term relationship with.

    The ability itself isn’t bad, but the pride of the royal family is so strong that he’s a calculating person who ranks people.

    In the original work, the evaluation of the Second Prince was that if you divide the First Prince Philipson, who does not exist in the work, into politics, military, and popularity, the Second Prince Panos, First Princess Victoria, and Third Prince Layton would come out respectively.

    And if you have one that lives up to that evaluation, the other two abilities are unbelievable. That’s why Seraphine, a latecomer, is competitive.

    ‘Sigh, I really don’t want to see you.’

    Since you can’t stop a guy who’s already decided to come, you have no choice but to persuade him and send him back.

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