Chapter 33
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"I'm home~ Hey! Mom, listen, listen!!!"
Emily, Desmond's own daughter, who was very serious and had elaborately planned to marry her blood father, shouted loudly as she arrived home. In her hand was a basket of strawberries that she had obtained in exchange for potatoes.
This was the house where Emily and her mother lived, adjoined to a school Desmond established. The family's daily income came from teaching at the school, the potatoes farm was more for training in field management and for bartering than to generate income.
Emily has blond hair and blue eyes inherited from Desmond. By nature, many of the inhabitants of this world are good-looking, and her mother is no exception. A mixture of Desmond's blood, albeit a newly risen aristocrat, enhances her features, and even her fragrance is imbued with a hint of elegance. Even though she was still a young girl, she certainly would grow up to be a beautiful woman in the future.
Although still very young, she still looks lovely, so when the six-year-old rushes to her mother's side with a lively look on her face, it is nothing short of innocent and adorable. --except for the words that came out of her mouth after.
"That beautiful woman who was with Desmond-sama was his wife, Charlotte-sama. Although she had neglected Desmond-sama all this time, she had turned around and she was all over him. Maybe Charlotte-sama was more in love with Desmond-sama than he was with her at this point. So I told her that I have a crush on Desmond! Just as planned!"
That woman is so scary! I'm much, much younger and she can compete with me, she's insanely cute!"
reflecting on that time, she made a "grunting" expression with a childish face. It was indeed adorable. But still, there was a glimpse of a mature woman in it, and if her real father sees this, he will surely hold his head with both hands.
Given modern Japanese ethics, her own mother would have admonished her daughter for not only acting not like her age but also being too reckless. However, her own mother who had raised Emily and even provided her with various types of "training" for her "future," did not do so.
"That is a grave situation. ......I had planned to accompany Emily when she married him as quasi-nobility and have him fall in love with us both mother and daughter but now......."
Sophie, the daughter of the former mayor and the current town mayor, and the director of the academy that Desmond established looks at her daughter, who was the pride of her life between her and her beloved.
Sophie, like many of the natives of this region, has hazel eyes. And her eyes are droopy. Her flaxen hair is tied up with ribbons at the ends and around her nape.
Emilie's appearance always makes her feel happy because she is a daughter born of the seed of her beloved one.
Her manner of speaking was soft and gentle, with a soft yet clear edge to her words, hinting at her wisdom.
--Or, one could call it cunning.
"You made the right choice, Emily. No doubt it was embarrassing for Desmond-sama - for which I deeply feel sorry for him - but now Emily will no longer be left out of the picture. And Charlotte-sama's reaction would have told Desmond-sama that Emily was serious about the matter. As expected of mine and Desmond-sama child."
"Yup!"
The carefree smile on the little girl's face is adorable. Despite the content of their conversation that shouldn't happen between normal mother and child.
But for Sophie, who is seriously planning to marry off her daughter to the man she loves and have him take care of her, and Emily, who has been receiving her mother's "training," there is nothing strange about it.
--It may seem premature to reveal the "plan" but it seems to have worked out rather well for us, especially given the timing.
The mother thinks.
Currently, she is twenty-five years old, and she was nineteen when she gave birth to Emily, which is rather late for the first child in this world. She thought that it was because she looked sickly and weak, she had no one to marry her, and she thought she would die before she was able to have a child. But now, I became even more thankful that I was once born sickly. I was able to receive the nourishment of my beloved, my health recovered, and I was able to have a lovely daughter.
"So, what was Charlotte-sama is like?"
If you know your enemy and know yourself, you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. Emily is intelligent with her own heritage and has been taught from an early age. Despite the fact that she already is a noblewoman when she was in her womb, she had no knowledge about the noble's deceptions unlike Charlotte must have lived in an aristocratic society that was riddled with bluff and lies.
If possible, I would like to have a second child.
If he allows me to do so, no matter how old I am, no matter how dangerous my life is, I still want another child. It is not because I want a child with magical powers. I am a commoner and he is a noble. Even if we can't become husband and wife, it's the only way to prove that I have devoted my love to him.
I had prepared for it, but she didn't give Desmond-sama her attention for a long time, so I left her alone, and now suddenly She's looking at him as if she remember him, and even more, She's falling in love with him and sticking close to him that close all the time?
--I'm not going to allow such a thing. ......
"M-Mom?"
Sophie came to her senses when Emily, the fruit of his love and the proof of his love for her, called out to her with a look of fear. Her daughter Emily must have inherited this sense this from Desmond-sama. It made her shudder at the thought....
"No, it's nothing. So, what is Lady Charlotte like again?"
"umm...let's see......."
From what my daughter told me, however, I could not tell whether she was teasing or serious about the fact that she was competing with a six-year-old. But somehow my woman's intuition tells me that she is serious.
And it was the right move (even if Charlotte didn't realize it herself). However, I don't know if it was a foolish move or a sign that she was confident in her own abilities. Was it a move to look down on Emily as an adult and as a woman from a higher born and to compare her with her own abilities? I can't get a gauge on Charlotte's true intentions.
Even Sophie is a commoner. She knows that nobles often wear a facade when they talk to someone else, but that is something she has only heard about. when The only noble I have spoken to directly is Desmond-sama, but he is so direct, so I cannot use him as a reference to find Charlotte's real intention...
-- I don't know. Without being able to meet an opponent face to face, I cannot determine their true intentions.......
"Uu...... I should have been there. I want to aa~n Desmond-sama too."
Between a legitimate wife who has no children, a woman who is not even his mistress but loves him and has a child with him, and her daughter, they compete for him by feeding him strawberries.
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"I'm home~ Hey! Mom, listen, listen!!!"
Emily, Desmond's own daughter, who was very serious and had elaborately planned to marry her blood father, shouted loudly as she arrived home. In her hand was a basket of strawberries that she had obtained in exchange for potatoes.
This was the house where Emily and her mother lived, adjoined to a school Desmond established. The family's daily income came from teaching at the school, the potatoes farm was more for training in field management and for bartering than to generate income.
Emily has blond hair and blue eyes inherited from Desmond. By nature, many of the inhabitants of this world are good-looking, and her mother is no exception. A mixture of Desmond's blood, albeit a newly risen aristocrat, enhances her features, and even her fragrance is imbued with a hint of elegance. Even though she was still a young girl, she certainly would grow up to be a beautiful woman in the future.
Although still very young, she still looks lovely, so when the six-year-old rushes to her mother's side with a lively look on her face, it is nothing short of innocent and adorable. --except for the words that came out of her mouth after.
"That beautiful woman who was with Desmond-sama was his wife, Charlotte-sama. Although she had neglected Desmond-sama all this time, she had turned around and she was all over him. Maybe Charlotte-sama was more in love with Desmond-sama than he was with her at this point. So I told her that I have a crush on Desmond! Just as planned!"
That woman is so scary! I'm much, much younger and she can compete with me, she's insanely cute!"
reflecting on that time, she made a "grunting" expression with a childish face. It was indeed adorable. But still, there was a glimpse of a mature woman in it, and if her real father sees this, he will surely hold his head with both hands.
Given modern Japanese ethics, her own mother would have admonished her daughter for not only acting not like her age but also being too reckless. However, her own mother who had raised Emily and even provided her with various types of "training" for her "future," did not do so.
"That is a grave situation. ......I had planned to accompany Emily when she married him as quasi-nobility and have him fall in love with us both mother and daughter but now......."
Sophie, the daughter of the former mayor and the current town mayor, and the director of the academy that Desmond established looks at her daughter, who was the pride of her life between her and her beloved.
Sophie, like many of the natives of this region, has hazel eyes. And her eyes are droopy. Her flaxen hair is tied up with ribbons at the ends and around her nape.
Emilie's appearance always makes her feel happy because she is a daughter born of the seed of her beloved one.
Her manner of speaking was soft and gentle, with a soft yet clear edge to her words, hinting at her wisdom.
--Or, one could call it cunning.
"You made the right choice, Emily. No doubt it was embarrassing for Desmond-sama - for which I deeply feel sorry for him - but now Emily will no longer be left out of the picture. And Charlotte-sama's reaction would have told Desmond-sama that Emily was serious about the matter. As expected of mine and Desmond-sama child."
"Yup!"
The carefree smile on the little girl's face is adorable. Despite the content of their conversation that shouldn't happen between normal mother and child.
But for Sophie, who is seriously planning to marry off her daughter to the man she loves and have him take care of her, and Emily, who has been receiving her mother's "training," there is nothing strange about it.
--It may seem premature to reveal the "plan" but it seems to have worked out rather well for us, especially given the timing.
The mother thinks.
Currently, she is twenty-five years old, and she was nineteen when she gave birth to Emily, which is rather late for the first child in this world. She thought that it was because she looked sickly and weak, she had no one to marry her, and she thought she would die before she was able to have a child. But now, I became even more thankful that I was once born sickly. I was able to receive the nourishment of my beloved, my health recovered, and I was able to have a lovely daughter.
"So, what was Charlotte-sama is like?"
If you know your enemy and know yourself, you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. Emily is intelligent with her own heritage and has been taught from an early age. Despite the fact that she already is a noblewoman when she was in her womb, she had no knowledge about the noble's deceptions unlike Charlotte must have lived in an aristocratic society that was riddled with bluff and lies.
If possible, I would like to have a second child.
If he allows me to do so, no matter how old I am, no matter how dangerous my life is, I still want another child. It is not because I want a child with magical powers. I am a commoner and he is a noble. Even if we can't become husband and wife, it's the only way to prove that I have devoted my love to him.
I had prepared for it, but she didn't give Desmond-sama her attention for a long time, so I left her alone, and now suddenly She's looking at him as if she remember him, and even more, She's falling in love with him and sticking close to him that close all the time?
--I'm not going to allow such a thing. ......
"M-Mom?"
Sophie came to her senses when Emily, the fruit of his love and the proof of his love for her, called out to her with a look of fear. Her daughter Emily must have inherited this sense this from Desmond-sama. It made her shudder at the thought....
"No, it's nothing. So, what is Lady Charlotte like again?"
"umm...let's see......."
From what my daughter told me, however, I could not tell whether she was teasing or serious about the fact that she was competing with a six-year-old. But somehow my woman's intuition tells me that she is serious.
And it was the right move (even if Charlotte didn't realize it herself). However, I don't know if it was a foolish move or a sign that she was confident in her own abilities. Was it a move to look down on Emily as an adult and as a woman from a higher born and to compare her with her own abilities? I can't get a gauge on Charlotte's true intentions.
Even Sophie is a commoner. She knows that nobles often wear a facade when they talk to someone else, but that is something she has only heard about. when The only noble I have spoken to directly is Desmond-sama, but he is so direct, so I cannot use him as a reference to find Charlotte's real intention...
-- I don't know. Without being able to meet an opponent face to face, I cannot determine their true intentions.......
"Uu...... I should have been there. I want to aa~n Desmond-sama too."
Between a legitimate wife who has no children, a woman who is not even his mistress but loves him and has a child with him, and her daughter, they compete for him by feeding him strawberries.
"I'm home~ Hey! Mom, listen, listen!!!"Emily, Desmond's own daughter, who was very serious and had elaborately planned to marry her blood father, shouted loudly as she arrived home. In her hand was a basket of strawberries that she had obtained in exchange for potatoes.This was the house where Emily and her mother lived, adjoined to a school Desmond established. The family's daily income came from teaching at the school, the potatoes farm was more for training in field management and for bartering than to generate income.Emily has blond hair and blue eyes inherited from Desmond. By nature, many of the inhabitants of this world are good-looking, and her mother is no exception. A mixture of Desmond's blood, albeit a newly risen aristocrat, enhances her features, and even her fragrance is imbued with a hint of elegance. Even though she was still a young girl, she certainly would grow up to be a beautiful woman in the future.Although still very young, she still looks lovely, so when the six-year-old rushes to her mother's side with a lively look on her face, it is nothing short of innocent and adorable. --except for the words that came out of her mouth after."That beautiful woman who was with Desmond-sama was his wife, Charlotte-sama. Although she had neglected Desmond-sama all this time, she had turned around and she was all over him. Maybe Charlotte-sama was more in love with Desmond-sama than he was with her at this point.So I told her that I have a crush on Desmond! Just as planned!"That woman is so scary!I'm much, much younger and she can compete with me, she's insanely cute!"reflecting on that time, she made a "grunting" expression with a childish face. It was indeed adorable. But still, there was a glimpse of a mature woman in it, and if her real father sees this, he will surely hold his head with both hands.Given modern Japanese ethics, her own mother would have admonished her daughter for not only acting not like her age but also being too reckless. However, her own mother who had raised Emily and even provided her with various types of "training" for her "future," did not do so."That is a grave situation. ......I had planned to accompany Emily when she married him as quasi-nobility and have him fall in love with us both mother and daughter but now......."Sophie, the daughter of the former mayor and the current town mayor, and the director of the academy that Desmond established looks at her daughter, who was the pride of her life between her and her beloved.Sophie, like many of the natives of this region, has hazel eyes. And her eyes are droopy. Her flaxen hair is tied up with ribbonsat the ends and around her nape.Emilie's appearance always makes her feel happy because she is a daughter born of the seed of her beloved one.Her manner of speaking was soft and gentle, with a soft yet clear edge to her words, hinting at her wisdom.--Or, one could call it cunning."You made the right choice, Emily.No doubt it was embarrassing for Desmond-sama - for which I deeply feel sorry for him - but now Emily will no longer be left out of the picture. And Charlotte-sama's reaction would have told Desmond-sama that Emily was serious about the matter. As expected of mine and Desmond-sama child.""Yup!"The carefree smile on the little girl's face is adorable. Despite the content of their conversation that shouldn't happen between normal mother and child.But for Sophie, who is seriously planning to marry off her daughter to the man she loves and have him take care of her, and Emily, who has been receiving her mother's "training," there is nothing strange about it.--It may seem premature to reveal the "plan" but it seems to have worked out rather well for us, especially given the timing.The mother thinks.Currently, she is twenty-five years old, and she was nineteen when she gave birth to Emily, which is rather late for the first child in this world. She thought that it was because she looked sickly and weak, she had no one to marry her, and she thought she would die before she was able to have a child. But now, I became even more thankful that I was once born sickly. I was able to receive the nourishment of my beloved, my health recovered, and I was able to have a lovely daughter."So, what was Charlotte-sama is like?"If you know your enemy and know yourself, you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. Emily is intelligent with her own heritage and has been taught from an early age. Despite the fact that she already is a noblewoman when she was in her womb, she had no knowledge about the noble's deceptions unlikeCharlotte must have lived in an aristocratic society that was riddled with bluff and lies.If possible, I would like to have a second child.If he allows me to do so, no matter how old I am, no matter how dangerous my life is, I still want another child. It is not because I want a child with magical powers. I am a commoner and he is a noble. Even if we can't become husband and wife, it's the only way to prove that I have devoted my love to him.I had prepared for it, but she didn't give Desmond-sama her attention for a long time, so I left her alone, and now suddenly She's looking at him as if she remember him, and even more, She's falling in love with him and sticking close to him that close all the time?--I'm not going to allow such a thing. ......"M-Mom?"Sophie came to her senses when Emily, the fruit of his love and the proof of his love for her, called out to her with a look of fear. Her daughter Emily must have inherited this sense this from Desmond-sama. It made her shudder at the thought...."No, it's nothing. So, what is Lady Charlotte like again?""umm...let's see......."From what my daughter told me, however, I could not tell whether she was teasing or serious about the fact that she was competing with a six-year-old. But somehow my woman's intuition tells me that she is serious.And it was the right move even if Charlotte didn't realize it herself. However, I don't know if it was a foolish move or a sign that she was confident in her own abilities. Was it a move to look down on Emily as an adult and as a woman from a higher born and to compare her with her own abilities?I can't get a gauge on Charlotte's true intentions.Even Sophie is a commoner. She knows that nobles often wear a facade when they talk to someone else,but that is something she has only heard about. when The only noble I have spoken to directly is Desmond-sama, but he is so direct, so I cannot use him as a reference to findCharlotte's real intention...-- I don't know. Without being able to meet an opponent face to face, I cannot determine their true intentions......."Uu...... I should have been there. I want to aa~n Desmond-sama too."Between a legitimate wife who has no children, a woman who is not even his mistress but loves him and has a child with him, and her daughter, they compete for him by feeding him strawberries.
