CH 90

While I was working hard to reform the territory, I had the opportunity to meet the daughter of the village chief and became friends with her. When I first met her, she was a beautiful girl who was malnourished and sickly due to food shortages. 

As a result, even after the domain management resumed its normal course, we continued to run into each other frequently while I was on inspection visits. As we chatted, we grew closer.

To be honest, I don't know what she liked about me. I had no romantic experience, including in my previous life. Perhaps it was the fact that I did my best to talk to her in such a situation. The rest - is it my face? It's all about looks, isn't it!

--Well, probably not that. I don't think she could have gone that far just because she fell in love with my looks. But unfortunately, I can't think of any other reason.

Anyway, she fell in love with me for some reason, and she became zokkon(completely) crazy about me. It's a dead meme. But since I'm a reincarnated person, it is safe to consider it after death so I can sue it, I guess.

Leaving that aside, it seems that she has become so attached to me like I am the only man in her life. Besides, she was always frail and sickly, and although she was the daughter of the village chief, that was no advantage since there was an older sibling. Being only the daughter of the village chief, she was able to read, which was rare in those days, and she had some knowledge from reading books that had been passed down from older generation, but she had no place to put her knowledge to good use.

Because of that, she remained unmarried at the age of nineteen.

There was nothing left for her to do, nothing to lose. Therefore, she was determined. With her weak body, She wants to bore and birth my child even if it costs her life.

Apparently, that's what she really believed in.

Such passion and persistence!

However, I wouldn't say that she is weak.

She was ill Physically. At the time of her imminent death, if she met a purpose worth burning her life for, all she had to do was to rush forward.

As for me being chosen as that partner, I'm happy, confused, and even scared...... really, why......?

Anyway, so she has found a way to do it.

It is the special first night right that only a single daughter of the representative of the village is allowed to have.

Having carried out such large-scale territory reforms, I was regarded as a deity by the people of the territory. Then Sophie caught onto the idea. The idea of an empty air marriage, with me as the guardian god of the village and locals, a sacrificial offering to the guardian deity.  In this way, a commoner could exercise her right of first night by asking the lord for his seed, even if she did not have a husband. Moreover, as a proof that she had become a sacrifice to the guardian deity, I had to pour sperm into her until she was impregnated.

The establishment of that system was aided by the influential people of the village, and by the observant and jolly old man left behind by my father, Randolph. it's amazing that Sophie was able to get those people involved... She went that far to get what she wanted...

And then the final nail in the coffin was her request.

"Desmond-sama, I want to have your child even if I die. Because it would serve as proof that I had lived."

How can I refuse her? I am already close to Sophie back then, and to be honest, I was not only interested...... in her, but also sympathetic.......

That's how Emily came to be.

Back then - and still was, I already have a legitimate wife, Charlotte, who can't get pregnant.........I wanted to have her look back at me, but if I accept this, the possibility of it might vanish, but I still can't refuse Sophie.......

I never imagined that I found myself knee-deep in such a quagmire.

In the end, I accepted her, pumped her full of my semen until she was conceived, and poured her full of 【heal】 through my semen as a medium. Thanks to that, she got better as I observed her, and now she's raising Emily to be a fine young woman. ――it's admirable... In order to raise the literacy rate and education of this Aldora, She's teaching at the lord's academic institution.

That's right, Sophie is a teacher!

She was literate, to begin with, and I gave her the book when she asked for it....... Well, from that book, she discovered the ticket to be able to have her wedding night without a husband and be lavished until she was impregnated....... Well,......I guess it's my own doing after all............

Well, thanks to her, Aldora's literacy rate has increased dramatically, more romance books are being published, and Charlotte has found a friend named Maia.

Many things have fallen into place, and everything is good.

As for Emily, Charlotte accepted her case as Noble's duty, and my fears were unfounded. It was supposed to be like that, but.......

It was supposed to be a peaceful tea party. Then Sophie, the supposedly so thoughtful Sophie.

"Why did Charlotte suddenly decide to notice Desmond-sama? I have often seen Desmond-sama out alone, but I have never seen Charlotte in person before."

*shake* *shake* *shake*......。

Don't shake, my chicken heart! Don't you scream, my knees!

" You are beautiful, and you are the one Desmond-sama has always loved. May I ask what change of heart has come over you? I know it's condescending and rude, but as a woman, I'd like to ask you merely for the sake of learning."

Um,.......Sophie......?

Were you that kind of a character......?

I thought you were more meek, intelligent and...... cunning?

-- Well, that's exactly what you are, isn't it.......

After all, its words and behavior are on the edge. The contents seemed to be exquisite and not insulting to the nobility. As a commoner, her stance was that she was curious about the acts of high nobles, -- also she was interested in the topic as a woman.

Seeing that Charlotte likes romance stories, it is clear that in this world, even though there is no sexual desire, there is still love for romance.

In aristocratic circles, where women are seen only as tools to bear children, political marriages are favored, and indulging in love affairs is the object of scorn, while commoners will not be looked upon with contempt even if they are openly curious about love affairs. Moreover, The lord's wife, Charlotte, desired romantic tales, even though this territory was in the middle of nowhere, but if the literacy rate was high enough that even Maia, a mere farmer, could read, there was no reason for the merchants not to distribute their goods to the stores in the territory after they delivered them to The lord's wife!

This is why romance books are so widely available in the territory, even used as a replacement for language textbooks. I would die if my favorite books were used in such a way, but - Well as if the erotica romance books would ever be used as a textbook. Hm? Isn't that add some value, like "Book that accompanies the lord at night" or something?...... I'd die a million times if that were the case! --Good thing there's no Erotic stuff in this world!

As for Charlotte's favorite -- I think it was from Ms.Viviane, was it? (Is it just me, or does that sound a little erotic?) ――it was already a well-known name too. Shame on these Aldora women.

--Stop talking off-topic, me.

Therefore, if she told her that as a woman, she was interested in romance, the sense of rudeness would be even lessened.

--But if one were to look into Sophie's words...

"I've always seen Desmond-sama strolling alone in loneliness --How nice for a beautiful person like to be loved like that even though you've been wicked to him all this time. And? Why the sudden change? I had Desmond-sama's first child - look at this Emily. This blonde hair, blue eyes, and noble features, while I have flaxen hair and auburn eyes....... Fufu, it's Desmond-sama's blood, my own child. My womb was used by Desmond-sama♡."

The part about being lonely and alone was superfluous, and whether Sophie thought so or not, it could have been a biased reading on my part, but if one wanted to read that deep, then it is that deep. It's no longer tongue-in-cheek, it's a declaration of war, a first shot!

--This is bad, it's so bad that I can't help but cower, stifling my breath.

And if I might add, that learning is definitely about me. Sophie, like Charlotte, is not so conceited to say that I am the only man in her life.

I don't know how much Charlotte knows - and I don't sure how she's going to respond, but I'm, in many ways, really uncomfortable.......

I do care about Sophie. And I adore her too. After all, she has stayed by my side for a long time, even though I couldn't get Charlotte to notice me, and I said that I couldn't respond to her love, She was always with me, always walking three steps behind me.

Truthfully, if only Charlotte will pardon me, I want to give Sophie a second child as well, just for my own selfish desires, and I'm sure she'd go wild over it, and I'd like to fuck her using the sexual arts as well.

Still, it's Charlotte I love the most.

And, Sophie is in danger now.

She is a commoner and we are nobles. That's a line that should never be crossed.

No matter how much my "Damwead's heretic" believes that nobles and commoners are all the same. this world's system is created by an elite society of kings, princes, and lords. The nobles don't think of the commoners as anything more than their own property, which is terrible! It would be easy to understand that I am also fed up with it.

Yet, it is because of the presence of nobles with magical powers that the commoners' territories are protected, and even though they are being exploited, they can live their days in peace. Of course, although I use the word "exploit." it is a fair price to pay for the protection of their daily lives, as long as it is not excessive abuse. Some of them are good lords like me, thinking about people, like me... (I said it twice because it's important).

So, if Sophie oversteps that......because our relationship hasn't yet broken free of the commoner-noble relationship, even if I have a soft spot in my heart for Sophie--

--Stop, Sophie, please, don't make me reject you.

"--Fufu, don't worry, Desmond-sama. I won't do anything to make you feel sad."

"Eh......?"

And then I look next me, as she, my dearest wife....

a charming smile appeared on her face.

--No, she didn't just say that, did she? And I'm sure Charlotte didn't open her mouth either.

It was as if she had spoken directly into my head-

"Yes, I did."

And with a fine gesture, Charlotte sipped her cup of tea. I wonder which one I want to be, the tea or the cup. It's hard to decide whether I would like to be gulped down or kissed.

――Stop.

However pretty she may be, she is so much like a proper madam that it is hard to believe that she is the same person as the lewd monster on the bed. Even if I am the husband who degraded her, I honestly feel pressured.

Charlotte put the cup back on the plate and said

"I didn't do anything. In fact, it was Desmond-sama who came into my bedroom and said things to me that I would not have dared to say now. He spoke to me with sweet words that I could not stand any longer. I have been seduced then and there......"

Charlotte's moist eyes and sweet voice grated toward me.

--Wha...eh......?

Rubbing her body against me like a cat, - it's like she's marking me...... in front of Sophie.

No! My six-year-old daughter Emily is watching! She even puts her hands on her reddening cheeks!

And next to her, is her mother with blue veins on her temples, desperately trying to stifle her emotions!

--Kill me! Please Kill me now! Of course, it felt good to be rubbed by Lady Charlotte, but I can't stand this situation!

"--Fufu, isn't that right, Desmond-sama?"

Even so, when she whispers to me while blowing on my ear, The lord can't help but feels a shiver run down his spine, even under such circumstances.

"it seems that you two are very close."

Sophie's voice is like a bitterly cold wind. She is a woman who was once prepared to die. Regardless of the fact that she was dealing with Charlotte-sama, a noble and his wife, she never backed down. That's honestly impressive.........

Sophie is a smart woman.  Still, she lost her patience in front of Charlotte after seeing her attitude toward me. It was astonishing, though, that she was able to hold back so much.

-Ah, God, I can't take it anymore.

"So Sophie, won't you give us your blessing?"

I said.

Sophie widen her eyes and bit her lip.

Maybe this is the line I need to draw. If I have to choose then I'm choosing now.

"Pardon me...I understand... I'm so happy for you and your wife. Desmond-sama, Charlotte-sama."

"Umm." I said.

"Mother......."

"Sophie......"

Emily and Maia are trying to soothe Sophie.

I feel soooo guilty....... But, well..........

"That's splendid, Sophie." Charlotte said, opening her mouth. She smiled at me with her lovely, pretty looks. All eyes in the room turned to her.

She is my beloved wife, The lord's wife Charlotte, who is the mistress of the place.

"I didn't mean to cause Sophie any grief. I want to test a few things out, and she passed--"

......what's going on? Hey, you almost scared me to death.