159 – Ready for all-out war (3)

After the meeting with the nobles, I headed to the living room of the mansion to spend time with my family.

Even by the end of the meeting, I felt like I was going to die of exhaustion, but strangely, thinking about going to see Irina, Ella, and Victoria after a while gave me strength.

I look like an office worker who is excited about going on a long-distance business trip from work and seeing my family.

After 12 years since I was reincarnated in another world, I thought that this kind of emotion would have faded a lot, except for the historical knowledge that I use every day…

As I walked with that thought in mind, before I knew it, I passed through a long hallway and came to the living room.

I knocked on the living room door twice, opened it and went inside.

A stone fireplace with a chimney, gray upholstered sofas and rocking chairs, and a small wooden table.

It is said that nobles decorate all places splendidly, but whenever I have time, the place where I gather with my family is purposely decorated like this to make it as comfortable as possible.

Inside, Ella and Irina were talking, unaware that I was there.

“Children grow up really fast… It’s only been 2 years since I was born, but now I’m just walking around… ”

“That’s right, Irina-sama… I couldn’t even walk a few steps properly until my master went to the ecliptic… There are times when the fortress goes far away if you take your eyes off it a little… ”

“It’s nice to take care of Victoria yourself, isn’t it too hard? Just like Ciel said, why don’t you use a nanny now? Then you might get hurt.”

“I am the master’s daughter. And I don’t have many things to do like Irina-sama… I can do this enough. Rather, leaving Victoria with a nanny would be too boring… I will continue to take care of this cute child.”

“I can’t even count how many times I’ve had this conversation already… I want Ciel to be loved a lot by a kind person like Ella.”

Usually, in other aristocratic families, there are many cases in which the concubine and the main wife monopolize the love of the head of the household and fight in secret to seize the initiative…

In our family, Irina’s rival, Ella, declared from the beginning that she would not fight for leadership, and thanks to her efforts to be friendly…

The two were able to get along casually, like sisters.

So I benefited from that, so I didn’t have to worry about conflicts between women like other nobles.

“Irina, Ella, I’m here.”

At those words, Ella and Irina turned to me and said.

“You worked hard to get to the ecliptic, Ciel.”

“You’re back, Master… ”

At first glance, the greeting may not seem like a big deal, but the words of asking if the two of them have been together came very touching.

Because, it was only now that I realized that I had returned to the family I was trying to protect, away from the emperor and nobles who were trying to screw me up.

So I opened my arms and hugged them both at the same time.

“I’ve been Thanks to your concern, I was able to come back without any problems.”

To be precise, I feel like I’m going to have a hole in my stomach thanks to the damned Regent and His Majesty the Emperor, but there’s no need to complain in front of those two.

Today is the first day back from the ecliptic, so we should only talk about good things.

Perhaps reading that feeling, Ella looked at me and smiled.

“Do you remember that Victoria was just taking her first steps before her master went to the ecliptic?”

“That’s right, it was as if he was comforting his departing father by saying, “Don’t worry and come back, Victoria is growing up very well.” How could I forget that.”

“Victoria has also grown up quickly, and now she’s not just toddling around, she’s jumping around. Sometimes, when I poured tea into a teacup to have a cup of tea, they went all the way to my door before I knew it… A few days ago, well, I left my room and went up to the stairs. I’m glad Hans found it, otherwise I could have been seriously hurt.”

When I first reincarnated into this world, I was a young and weak girl, but before I knew it, she had become a mother who was proud of her daughter and at the same time worried.

However, Ella’s face was still shining with the innocent and cute look she had when I just picked her up.

“yes? Then I should go see Victoria too. I was going to play with you tomorrow morning or afternoon when you’re awake, but I wonder if I’ll see your sleeping face… ?”

When I said that, Irina smiled slightly and said.

“Ciel, when Victoria heard that her father was coming today, she kept whining about when her father would come… fell asleep So, a few hours ago, Ella asked to see Dad tomorrow, but because of her whining and stubbornness… ”

After hearing that, I looked in the direction Irina pointed, and Victoria heard my voice and was staggering out, still awake.

And with a short tongue, Dad… Dad… called me on the street

So I involuntarily hugged Victoria.

I started gently stroking the brown hair that resembled Ella and the high nose that resembled mine.

The soft skin like a hairy nectarine and the slightly warm temperature unique to a child reassured me.

After stroking it for about 3 minutes, Victoria looked at me blankly and said in a sleepy voice.

“ah… Dad? Dad?”

I guess I woke up… damn it… When young children wake up, it takes a long time for them to go back to sleep…

If that happens, Victoria will not be able to sleep well tomorrow either, and it will be difficult…

But Victoria, as if she liked seeing her father, whom she hadn’t seen in months, rather than being annoyed by waking up, looked at me and stretched out her arms, asking me to keep hugging her.

So, following the memories I had learned from Ella and the nanny, I held the child in the correct position as much as possible.

Other aristocratic families would say that if the head of the family behaved like that, it would lower their dignity, but…

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My family was just a country baron anyway, and my authority is so strong… No one can point out the extent of hugging like this in a place where no one else can see.

no… If you don’t hold it properly, Ella will teach you in such detail that you can’t do that in a slightly angry voice…

“Dad, Joe… Dad… ”

I went into Ella’s room next to the living room with the baby in my arms.

As we walked, Ella and Irina didn’t say a word to me for fear of waking Victoria.

And I managed to bring back the memories I had learned before and slowly put Victoria to sleep until she fell asleep.

He was cute and lovely when he was awake, but even cuter when he was sound asleep.

“Victoria doesn’t sleep well once she wakes up… I think he fell asleep right away because he was relieved to see his father.”

“Yeah, at first I was very worried that I wouldn’t be able to sleep until late at night because I woke up… thank god.”

“Ciel, I don’t know if it’s another day, but today I just came back from the faraway ecliptic. So no one will say anything. And Ciel, you’re really tired right now, so you came here because you thought we’d be worried, right?”

Irina also showed the same high self-esteem as when she just got married into our family, but I felt cute and proud that she always worried about me.

“I came because I just wanted to see the faces of you two, Irina and Ella. I’m glad you’re doing well… ”

“We always get along well. Even if you save money elsewhere, you spend generously and considerate of me and Ella… ”

“Yes, thanks to the master, Ella is living a life beyond her means. So you don’t have to worry about me and Irina. And… Are you Irina? Don’t you have something to say to your master?”

Hearing those words, Irina suddenly blushed, then sighed as if she had made up her mind and said:

“me… I guess I’m pregnant… Ciel went up to the ecliptic and a month later, he had indigestion and it didn’t come, so he went to the family doctor… They said it was like having a baby. The pear hasn’t come out yet, but I think it will come out within this year.”

Hearing that, I immediately hugged Irina tightly.

Although it is not the first child in my life, Irina is a woman who understands and supports me in a different direction than Ella.

It may not be visible to the naked eye, but if I manage all the vassals in my family, their salaries and various expenses…

Irina, as my wife, manages the factories I run, various private properties, and the social activities of my family’s vassals.

If it wasn’t for her, by now… In our family, an invisible power struggle by wives of vassals may have begun.

Even if it’s not at the level of aiming at my neck, it’s a problem that’s enough to grab my ankle…

Thanks to you for managing it so well, and saving your budget well without spending it on strange things…

I can order Saemaul Undong plans or various large-scale projects without hesitation.

In that sense, if Ella is a woman like a sunflower who only looks at me, Irina is like a woman who supports each other.

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Maybe that’s why, rather than the thought that the family lineage would continue, I was more happy that the fruit of the relationship between her and me had come to fruition.

“Ciel, it hurts… ”

“Oh sorry… .”

“And tonight, you sleep with Ella instead of me. How much Ella screamed for a second child while you were gone…”

“Irina? Anyway, that’s… .”

It’s not that I don’t have enough money to raise a child, and if that’s what Ella wants, then of course I can listen.

So I immediately went into the bedroom with Ella, but my body was already at its limit, so I just stretched out as soon as I put my back on the bedroom.

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“under… It’s good that I received the title of Marquis in the Imperial City… In return, I had to give sugar and all sorts of things to the damned emperor for free… Even if the gifts alone are combined, there must be over 30,000 gold coins… ”

It is not necessary to argue, but it is customary for nobles who have received a new title to give a heartfelt gift to the emperor as a token of gratitude.

And if you break that convention… ?

He won’t say anything at that moment, but the emperor will think he’s been ignored and will use all sorts of tricks to get his revenge.

So, I still have to endure as a vassal of the emperor…

Also, even if it’s an expedition, it’s not always bad things…

Come to think of it, it’s about time…

After a while, the door to my office opened and Mark, who had been promoted to captain at the promotion screening this time, entered.

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Mark was half thicker than normal armor, but he was wearing armor that came down only to his thighs and a leather apron.

And when he saw me, he saluted and said,

“Combat Engineer Company Company Commander, Captain Mark! By order of His Excellency the Marquis of Creutel, I have come with Lieutenant Colonel Wheelin Meister, the commander of the Engineer Battalion.”