Chapter 278: The Three Souls
In the early morning, my sister was waiting for me in the cafeteria with a clear face.
Good morning, brother.
Naturally, she was not wearing the nightgown she had stripped down to last night.
Good morning, Fanny.
I greeted her back, and she got up from her chair and walked over to me.
I lightly hugged my wife-to-be.I was afraid that if I hugged her too closely, she would notice my morning erection her and the air would get weird.
I was surprised when I woke up and she was gone.
When I woke up this morning, I was sad that Fanny, who was supposed to be sleeping next to me, was gone. I wanted to kiss her in the morning.
'Yes. I was taking a bath.
She had taken a bath after waking up in the early morning.
In order to replenish the missing good friendship ingredient, I stroked her head and hair a lot. Goodness gracious, Fanny is a good Fanny today.
Oh my, you two are early.
I am startled out of my wits.I turn around and there is my mother with a gentle smile on her face.
I finally laid my hands on my sister last night, even though she was the one who had put me up to it, and I wondered how she would react.
She said, “Good morning, mother. Good morning, mother.
Fanny, on the other hand, greeted the morning in a nonchalant manner. There was nothing strange about her, and she reacted in a very natural way.
Mother, good morning.
So I followed suit. My mother also asked, “Did you have a live seed-creating session with your blood brother and sister last night? Did you ejaculate properly?” I was sure that my mother would not ask me such a question, and that was the end of the greeting.
I would later explain to my father and mother about our future procreation policy. I would later explain to my mother and father about my policy on procreation, that it was not for fun, but out of concern for Fanny's health. An erection and had ejaculated, a little delay should be allowed.
Breakfast was brought in after the three of us, Fanny and my mother, were all present.
The meal and merriment proceeded so peacefully that it seemed as if there had never been a brother-sister affair, and the food was reduced from the plates.
I looked at the last piece of bread and asked, “…Speaking of which, when do you think Arkunoa's will be arriving?”
I ask the civil official as I pick up the last piece of bread.
I have received word that they are scheduled to arrive in New Nellie the day after tomorrow.
'I see. What do we do in the morning?
We can't just leave Romilie in the pavilion, so we need to go to the castle in the afternoon.
She said, “…… Fanny, would you like to have tea with me afterwards?”
The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that the two of them have been together for a long time.
I'm happy to talk with you.
She said she had a lot to talk about.She probably would have liked to talk to me last night, but I guess she gave priority to her duties her as a wife.I am grateful for that.
I'm looking forward to it.”
And so I spent the after-dinner smoke with Fanny in the pavilion in the garden.
I had heard a little bit about it in the letter, but I guess it was tough to be away from home for Operation Snake Jaw.Basically, I just watched the work of the Quardenze knights and officials, but there is a certain amount of pressure that comes with being a superior.
According to my mother, who joined the tea time, Fanny continued to show a noble attitude befitting a princess of Kuordenze. She herself was proudly accepting this evaluation, so she must have thought she had done a good job herself. Pat on the back.
In the afternoon, I left the castle and headed for the villa.
Unlike Nambonan City, where people come and go as they please, New Nellie City is quite reliable in terms of information security. Therefore, it was relatively easy for me to visit my mistress.
Since I was going all the way down to the castle, I wanted to check in with her before heading to the mansion.
How is everyone?”
As soon as I entered my room at the villa, I immediately mentioned the purpose of my visit. Of course, by “Everyone,” I meant the concubines who were pregnant or had already given birth.
Yes. Shall I take you to your room?
Yes, please do so.
I don't want all the concubines to be in the same room. I told them to call each one individually, and the servants on duty at the villa quickly gave instructions.
The door was knocked within a few minutes, and when it opened, Minute was standing there.
Young master,……”
She is blushing and her stomach has become completely thin.The last time I saw her, she was so flat that I was afraid to touch it.
And I was relieved to see that. I had been informed beforehand that both mother and child were healthy, but I could not be truly reassured until I saw it with my own eyes.
Minute. I missed you.
I missed you too. I am so glad that you are safe, young master.
Minute seemed to be worried about me who rode into the enemy's territory with Minute.
I received a hug from Minit, who approached me at a short run, and put my hand on her stomach Her.It's flat.As you can see, there's nothing there anymore.
'It's the same for me. I was relieved that Minit had made it through the birth safely. Did you have a hard time……?'
I asked her that, and she smiled vaguely.
'It was very hard at the time,…… But looking back on it now, I think it was a very easy birth.'
Minit was very nervous and had a hard time, not only because it was her first birth her, but also because of the pressure of giving birth to a nobleman's child.
However, she was not the only one to have a difficult time. Having witnessed the births of ordinary commoners on several occasions, she recalls her own birth, “When I think about it, it was super easy mode. Her own mother and sister told her the same thing.
She seemed to have a deep understanding of her own blessedness, especially after having a cousin's healer provide postpartum care for her.
She said, “In the city, it is not uncommon for people to die after giving birth because of poor postnatal fertility.”
Minit, who had run through the goal of childbirth and had a nervous breakdown, was able to overcome it thanks to her healer's follow-up care for her.If you think about it, this may be a safer environment for childbirth than that of modern Earthlings.
The birth mothers must be praised. I made a note in my brain and decided to love the minit in front of me.
I am really glad that you gave birth to my baby,” She said. I am so glad you gave birth to my child. I am so happy to see you and my beloved Minute again today.
Now that she no longer had to worry about her belly, she could hug Minit without hesitation.It seemed like she wanted that too.
'Hah……♡Waka-sama……'
The first thing to do is to make sure that you have a good time with your family and friends.
I was so excited to see her lips on mine.
I was the one who kissed her on the mouth her, but the force of sucking was rather stronger on Minute's part of her.Her tongue her enters my mouth and seeks a tangle of mucous membranes.
It was an intense kiss, as if she was making up for the lack of kisses she had received so far. But there is a teasing feeling of wanting nothing more than to make love.
There is no obstetrician between us anymore. I can't complain, since the old women were doing it out of the goodness of their hearts, but I was so happy to have my woman as mine.
Kissing her with so much hidden flavor of love, I feel more and more uplifted and want to plant a second one just like this.
I wondered when we would be able to have sex after the birth of her.While I was thinking about such insolence, Minit's lips were parted.
I open my eyes, wondering why, when I want to connect with her more.
Young master. This is the girl.
A maid standing diagonally behind Minit was holding a baby. Apparently, this is the child of Minute and I. To tell you the truth, I still feel like a father.
To be honest, I didn't feel like a father even now. I came to the villa with the same feeling I had when I received the birth report: “I don't know what it is, but it was born.
Oh……”
And when I actually saw the baby, nothing filled me up that much. There was surprise, joy, and excitement at the birth of a life, but no sense of mission or paternalism like “I'm going to protect this baby no matter what it takes” Came up.
I was a little disappointed because I had expected a more explosive joy beyond my imagination, as if my sense of values and consciousness would be completely renewed the moment I saw the baby.
I was expecting such a dramatic change in my heart. I was starting to feel as if I were a heartless person, and it was making me rather uneasy. I guess I didn't make any progress in changing my mind about “Becoming a parent “. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that I had almost no contact with her during my pregnancy in the maternity barrier.
Of course, I don't speak such straightforward thoughts that make no one happy.
I am happy to have a child, and I am sure that in time I will awaken to paternity.
Cute.”
Minit, on the other hand, seems to be growing aware of her role Her as a mother Her eyes Her are full of compassion as she looks at the baby.
Her hair is still short, but it is the same chestnut color as Minute's. Her eyes are grayish, just like mine. Her eyes are grayish, slightly different from mine. If you only look at her appearance, she is a baby version of Minit I heard she has a penis, but I can't see it because she is wearing clothes.
Is this my first child?
Yes, handsome!
The Minute was so happy to be recognized by me as my first child that she seemed to be about to ascend to heaven at any moment.I don't want her to leave her child behind her.
Please, take your time.
The maid placed the baby in the cradle and moved it to a position where Minute and I could see it easily.
Is it okay if I touch it?
Yes,” She said. Yes, it's fine if you just touch it. But if you want to hold her, please say something to her.
After saying this, the maid took a few steps back.
Minit was born in mid-August, and it is October now, so she is only a little over a month old.
I have always thought, and that is exactly what I have thought since I was alive on earth, that I don't want to carry a baby this old because I am afraid of them. Feel like I might drop them.
I thought it would be enough to just plop my fingers on these big, plump, bliss-like cheeks, but then I noticed Minit's glistening eyes full of anticipation that she wanted me to hold the baby tightly. That thought.
I asked her, “…… Minit, can I ask you to show me how to hold her? I'm afraid I'm going to drop you.”
And that request was apparently the best solution.
Minit got so excited that the onlookers could n't help but smile, and she happily lectured me on how to hold the baby.I guess she wanted to have this kind of husband-wife interaction with me.
Influenced by this high level of happiness, I gradually began to feel happy and tender. It was a strange feeling, because the baby seemed even cuter than at first.
Is this okay?”
“Yes…….♡”
I hold the baby in my arms so that it lies on its back. The baby is held in a way that looks like it might fall off the hips, but it is surprisingly stable because it is held in place with all of the arms.
Minute was writhing in agony as she observed the two shots of me and the baby from a little distance away.I was not the only one who heard her heart cry out of her, “I wish I could have seen this.
I heard that the naming of the baby had been done.I was told that the baby had been named, but I had not heard the important thing: what was her name?
The report I have received so far says, “The baby born was a boy. The only thing it said was, “Minit has named him.
I don't know about other families, but in the Kuordenze family, nobles cannot be too openly protective of their concubines' children, in short, their cousins' children. A son of a cousin is still a cousin, and special treatment is strictly forbidden. However, my father casually loves Odie, the daughter he had with his favorite concubine, the head maid, so not everything is forbidden.
Anyway, because of those circumstances, I have no naming rights to the Minute's child.
I decided to name him Gius.
In addition, it has been decided that all Minute's children will be adopted by the Lugon family, one of the Quordenze knights.
It is best to leave the cousin's children in the care of a knight family that has a lot of expertise in education. The Rougon family is also Tesch's family, so there is nothing to worry about. Will support Quardenze.
So you are Lugon Zius? …… Hey there, Gius. I'm sorry to bother you now, but it's your father, isn't it?”
Minute, the mother, is trembling with her face down. It seems that she was moved by the sight of father and son conversing.
On the other hand, Zius, the son, was in a daze.
He's a…… Kind of unresponsive kid.”
I had an image of a baby crying or acting out when held by someone other than his mother, but Zius looked at me strangely, his mouth gaping open, gazing somewhere into the void.
He is so. I'm usually too energetic.
The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that the two of them have been in the same room together for a long time.
Then one of the maids waiting in the room spoke up.
She must be feeling the young master's magical power and wondering about it.
'I see. I see. Zius is a slave ancestor, so this is the first time for him to recognize the master ancestor through the sense of magic power.
If I had been a slave ancestor, I would have found out about Minute's affair and the shock would have destroyed my brain.
'No, the Master and Mistress confirmed it when they brought him up to the castle earlier.
Although he was the son of a beloved concubine and a cousin, Zius was the first grandchild of his father and mother.They are checking to see if he was born properly.
So Zius has already forgotten the magic of his grandfather and grandmotherHe's a very easy-going guy, isn't he?
Well, the young man's magic power is exceptional.
That's true, too.
Perhaps my father and mother did not see Zius because he was their first grandchild, but they wanted to check the amount of magic power.
My enormous amount of magical power is due to my training, and on a genetic level I am just a main ancestor. Therefore, Zius is also just a follower. It is not possible for a baby to be born with enormous magical power.
…… Yeah, Zius is just an ordinary follower.
I tried to capture it with a firm sense of magical power just to be sure, but I could only feel the follower level of magical power from Jius.
It is first of all impossible to predict the amount of magic power in the future at this point, because it is like guessing the future height of a baby by looking at the baby. Nevertheless, I could tell by my senses that the baby was not much different from the baby cousin that Lupetta had picked up in New Nellie Field last year, and belonged to the same category of beings. Well, that foundling was more grown up, and I think it had a higher amount of magical power.
'Just puzzled, is that it?
Minute, who understood the reason for the dazed and confused, was relieved and gently patted the gius I held. Inevitably, the distance between the three parents and children became very close.
…… This way, I am made aware of the phrase “The three ranks and one soul.”
It suddenly popped into my head, but I don't think Minute understood it.
What do you mean?
It is said that the concept of the Trinity and the One Soul itself has existed since ancient times. Simply put, it is a philanthropic concept that the master, follower, and slave ancestors, despite their differences in power, are all important friends who share the same soul. It is also used in the preamble of the Nambonan Peace Treaty to appeal to the humanity of Quardenze Wilk.
He says, “I, the Lord Ancestor, Minute, the Slave Ancestor, and Zius, the Subordinate Ancestor. We are three completely different people, yet we have a definite connection. I am both curious and happy about this. I'm sure you don't quite understand what I'm talking about.
It is said that in ancient times, that is to say, until the main ancestral interbreeding techniques of the manipulative people were widely spread, all parts of the continent were ruled by the Great Lord. Lord Ancestor who was accidentally born to the parents of a slave and a slave's parents.
Focusing on this being called Daishu reveals an interesting relationship. The parents are slave ancestors, the spouse is a slave ancestor, and the child is a follower. In other words, the positions of master and slave are completely contained within the family unit.
I used to wonder why the master and slave, who are so different in power that they could be called different species, were categorized as the same human race, but now I think I can understand it.Regardless of the difference in power, it would have been emotionally impossible to despise one's parents or children as inferior beings.
Since the disparity in their bodies is obvious no matter how hard they try, they may have wanted to believe that there is a connection at least in their hearts or souls. May have been inevitable in a sense. As a matter of fact, having Minit and Zius by my side made me aware of this concept.
In this day and age, the master ancestor establishes a familial relationship with the master ancestor, so the slave ancestors and the follower ancestors are placed outside of that framework. …… If there were a newspaper on the continent of Eluo, it would probably write such a far-fetched editorial on the social page.
No,…… I kind of get it. I had the same thought when I gave birth to my young master's child, Zius. It was strange that a soul had descended, but I was very happy.
By the way, at one time Minit was visiting a church in the city of New Nellie.
According to Zethusian doctrine, the body and soul combine to form life. And when the body decays, the soul is released and returns to the greater being to become one. A lump of flesh in the shape of a human being is generated, into which a part of the greater being, that is, the soul, flows and grows as a new life.
In short, all souls are originally part of a “Greater being” Of which we are not sure what it is, and they eventually return to their original state. Is ultimately just a difference in the body, which is the vessel.
I mean, some virtuous souls remain in the world after death and change into spirits.
This is why the Zeth cult also affirms the concept of the three ranks of one soul. Rather, it seems that Mr. Zeth, the founder of Zethuism, has simply incorporated religious ideas and views of life and death that existed before Zethuism into his doctrine. And I think that the systematic compilation of the soul system gave rise to the superstition that if you make an image of a real person, your soul will be trapped after death. Trinity of the soul, but they had a culture of making statues of great people who had died, so their way of thinking was slightly different.
I feel that Mr. Zeth is more of a politician than a religious person. He does not seem to me to be an inviolable prophet of the God-Buddha class. There is something strangely human about him, such as his lifelong regret over the Vermana War, in which he attacked and destroyed the people of Manipulation.
Rather than imposing the teachings of the Zesu cult by the book, it would be easier to be accepted by many people if we adopted the concepts that were originally believed in. It seems as if they would make up an anecdote or two for the sake of proselytizing. He would say, “What you guys believe is actually consistent with the Zethusian doctrine. So let's learn other doctrines,” And it could be a gateway to entry into the faith.
As a historical fact, the compilation of the pure scriptures took quite a long time, and I am sure they made some corrections and additions along the way.
At any rate, the idea of the three ranks of one soul has not been denied even today in the age of the aristocracy. The only part that tends to be focused on is the absolute division of the ranks of master and slave.
…… You've fallen asleep.”
I entrust Zius, who has closed his eyes, to Minute, who places him in his cradle.
“Young master, will you be …… Up after this?”
I'd like to talk some more. I've not seen you in a long time, so tell me more about Minute and about Jius.”
It is soothing to see Minit happy.
Freed from the superstition of baby jealousy, she began to chatter away here and there. It was pure fun as she talked about the hardships and joys of childbirth and the care of the newborn Gius, which was of interest to us as well.
I asked her, “…… Speaking of which, how are you training Zius for his magical powers his now?”
If I'm allowed to train him, that's worthwhile.
It was the squire's maid who gave me the answer, just on the subject of magical power.
