Chapter 829 – 829. Darkness on the Frontier (1)
“…”
It was a morning at home that I hadn’t seen in a long time.
When she woke up, Erin felt that the aftereffects she had felt before she woke up had completely disappeared.
No, to be more honest, it’s true that she didn’t have time to worry about after-effects because she had other thoughts.
Her mind was sober, and on the contrary, it was all the more confused because she was so sober and clear.
The emotion Erin was feeling now was shame.
Thud.
“Let’s die. Die. This is the only answer.”
If possible, she would fill a plate full of water on the table and drown herself with her mouth and nose.
“Erin. What’s the matter.”
Lily, who was just preparing her morning meal, couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
“… Sister.”
Erin glanced at Lily, who was smiling at her in the kitchen.
Even though she knew why she was so ashamed of herself, she puffed out her cheeks for no reason at Lily’s grumpiness for asking.
“Sorry. Sorry.”
Lily couldn’t help but laugh at Erin’s cuteness.
As she put on her gloves and moved the steaming soup onto the table, Illyana came out into the living room.
“What are you so ashamed of? Things like that happen, too.”
Illyana laughed as if she was having fun sitting at her table after holding her daughter, Ileina, in her arms and suckling her.
Erin, who was seated in front of her, looked at Ileina suckling her breast.
To be more precise, it is Illyana’s breast that Ileana is suckling at her breast.
She blushed as she averted her gaze, which she had been aiming for involuntarily.
‘Sir, I don’t like it… Me too… How old are you…’
“Whoops. Okay. Did you like it?”
“…”
Erin’s shoulders trembled at her question mixed with Illyana’s laughter.
“No, don’t make fun of me…”
Hearing her voice as she crawled in full of shame was enough to make Lily laugh from her as well as Illyana.
Erin was now a fully grown adult, but even though her body had matured, why did her actions and thoughts look like a child?
As a woman, she already had her husband and even though she had seen her cheeks, she was still immature in the odd part.
“It’s okay. Let me know if you want to eat again.”
“Eww…”
Erin moaned as she closed her eyes tightly.
She hates herself so much that she can’t answer that even though she’s ashamed like this, now she won’t do it again.
Because she was just as sweet and fragrant.
“You care about things like that. Hyun-i eats confidently. Sometimes I go and I don’t know if I’m raising only my daughter or if I’m raising another son of hers?”
Erin knows too.
Because Eunhyun really likes her breasts.
Her own husband, whom she trusted and gave her all, including her body and soul, whom she believed in, was also a pervert she really couldn’t do anything about.
“What’s the point of raising another daughter now?”
“Hey…”
Thud.
Erin blushed again and slammed her head on her table.
Illyana’s teasing was too shameful and harsh for Erin now.
“Erin. Come on, let’s have breakfast. You only slept for two days, but you are very hungry.”
“Oh, did I sleep that much?”
Erin put on a bewildered expression as she belatedly raised her body from her table.
When she woke up, she checked the time on her watch, and she knew it was morning, but she didn’t know how many days had passed.
She just thought that she had fallen in the city of mage towers and that the next day would come.
It was because Illyana and Eleanor came to the rescue belatedly with Gerard, and since Illyana was fine, I thought the incident was well covered.
“Huh. About a day or two? Eleanor-sama said that all of her wounds and damage had been recovered, but she said that she would not be able to get up because she was mentally exhausted.”
“I see… But what about Hyun and Eleanor-sama?”
Eun-hyeon heard that she was lying in a distorted state, but tilted her head at the fact that Eleanor was nowhere to be seen.
“The two of you are going to the elven forest now.”
“Oh, did Hyun wake up?”
“Huh.”
“However… Why in the forest of elves?”
Illyana smiled and told Erin the story of Eunhyeon and Eleanor.
Erin, who heard that she had gone to the elves’ forest for a week-long vacation to make a baby, showed her joy, but at the same time, looked sad.
“I envy you. Baby…”
“Do you want to have a baby?”
“Yes? Of course I want to have it. Umm… But not right away.”
“So?”
“Yes. Little… It’s scary…”
Erin remembered how difficult it was for Illyana when she gave birth to her and how painful it was for her.
Of course, the pain was scary, but I was willing to endure it.
“For the time being, I will monopolize Hyeoni’s love!”
I still wanted to share love with Eunhyeon sweetly and be together.
When she already has several wives, it’s another matter to monopolize her affection for the baby, even if it’s nothing but good.
“Huh. I see.”
Although the logic and circuits of thought were a bit strange, Illyana and Lily responded with a smile when they heard that Erin wasn’t so eager for a baby yet.
“When I come back, please ask me to love you a lot.”
“Hee hee, yes! Okay!”
Erin, who had regained her energy at some point, took up a fork and spoon, and she began a delightful breakfast with the two of them.
Erin is sometimes so simple that even Illyana and Lily laughed at how she cheered up so easily.
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In the office of the duke’s mansion, where she thought she would never have to go to work for the lord.
Ironically, Avros was currently working as an acting lord.
“…”
After waking up in the morning, an enormous amount of paperwork is on the desk in the office.
It was a time when his eyesight was dim due to his old age, but Abros handled his papers, thinking of the past when he was in the midst of the lord’s work.
It was to the point of sighing as to when the paperwork, which boasted an enormous thickness, could be processed, but I was still able to process it all before lunchtime approached.
“Whoa…”
As soon as he finished all the paperwork that reached the office, Avros leaned back in his chair and forced his chin to straighten his brow.
She finally felt the time of rest that had come for her, and she remembered the bold words of her daughter, who had suddenly entrusted the task to her.
[Father. I want to take a week off. Please do not look for it.]
“… This is the first time that child has spoken so strongly about his intentions. No. It’s not the first time.”
I mean, it only happened once.
This is the time when she said she wanted to marry Eun-hyeon.
The Eleanor that Avros knew was a child who, if I had to put it in words, immediately came to mind with the word ‘good child’.
Her daughter, whom she cherished and cherished, was very intelligent, and she understood her role and responsibilities within this aristocratic family.
She quickly realized at a young age that she was a part of the realm and of aristocratic society, and had no doubts about receiving the knowledge and education necessary to be useful to her family.
It was because she naturally accepted that since she was born into the family of the Duke of Armitas, it was a duty she had to shoulder.
Eleanor thought to herself that the culture and knowledge she had learned, as well as her life as a woman, were resources to be used for the sake of her family and kingdom.
It was not that Avros had specifically forced or wished her Eleanor to do her duty and her responsibility.
It was only natural for her daughter and the environment around her.
Abros himself had also built up his current status and family status through arranged marriages, so he didn’t particularly oppose Eleanor’s choice.
Eleanor had a crush on a man.
“… I wondered if all these things had happened in my life.”
Although she foolishly never expected that she would have a pre-married man in her heart, who already had an occupant of hers.
However, both Eunhyeon and Illyana readily accepted Eleanor.
There were many twists and turns and accidents, but now Eleanor seemed to be living her fulfilling conjugal life.
She was enjoying her life as the wife of Eun Hyun rather than the enormous responsibility she had to shoulder as the daughter-in-law of the duke’s family, as the lord of the duchy, and as the next saintess.
Abros was soaked in a new feeling at the sight of her daughter, who appeared not as a woman sitting in a position fulfilling her responsibilities, but as a devoted wife for her husband.
It’s to the point where I really want to think that all of these things exist.
Eleanor’s reckless behavior when she suddenly handed over the duties of her lord to herself was enough to embarrass Abros.
And that was also the reason.
[I’ll show you my grandson soon. Father.]
It couldn’t have been a really shocking story.
Eleanor’s request for her one week’s vacation was to make her child between her Eun-hyeon and herself.
A new aspect of a daughter who always fulfilled the responsibilities and roles imposed by the family and the temple and was courteous.
Eleanor, who showed her that side, looked really happy.
I was able to realize that I was getting old again.
Smart
“Duke. I brought some papers to deal with during my afternoon business.”
Lily, who was usually her assistant and secretary to Eleanor, brought a huge pile of papers the size of her own torso.
Just putting it on her desk makes a thud and the desk shakes slightly.
Even at a rough estimate, Avros hardened her complexion at the amount of paperwork, which was more than in the morning.
“… It seems like too many.”
“This is also reduced. The little mistress thought of the duke and took care of all urgent matters in advance.”
In fact, most of the large-scale business agendas involving large sums of money within the territory had been approved by Eleanor.
What Avros has to do is to check whether the projects are not experiencing major problems or to check the progress.
And it was to deal with minor civil complaints from the local people, the internal members of the territory.
Most of the paperwork piled up on the desk belonged to those complaints.
“… That’s a huge amount.”
Even if it looks like this, these complaints are all sorted by agenda by filtering out duplicate complaints every day by the administrative officers of the lower territories.
Usually, in other territories, the villagers do not express their opinions so actively or actively file civil complaints.
Even if you put it in, it will be a sense virtue if it is properly processed.
Most lords tend to ignore the opinions of the people by saying they don’t have a budget or manpower.
The lords ignored the knowledge of the young people who had not learned anything properly due to the difference in status, and the lords cowered at the power and power of the lords and had no choice but to swallow the unreasonable treatment by crying and eating mustard.
The reason why the people of the Duchy of Armitas maintain good public sentiment toward the Duke’s family is that they are making policies that make the people affluent through stable management of the territory.
Also, because they know that their voices are being heard.
Of course, one of the biggest reasons is the population of the territory, which boasts an overwhelmingly larger number than other territories.
As soon as Abros ate lunch, he sighed, foreboding that he would have to get back to work.
A week seemed too long to deal with this dreadful amount of work.
“Hmm?”
After a quick lunch, I was in the middle of processing the piled up paperwork again.
Avros found a document with strange information written on it and read it again slowly.
“This…”
Avros hardened his face.
His senses were talking.
What is written in this document is unusual.
A more accurate identification of the incident was needed.
‘Should I dispatch knights?’
The first thought that came to mind was to dispatch knights from the duke’s family to find out the situation through an accurate investigation, but he frowned at another method that came up belatedly.
“I don’t like it, but…”
They were once a group that threatened their family, but now they have completely degenerated into Eunhyeon and Eleanor’s faithful hunting dogs.
He wasn’t sure if they would listen to him and not Eleanor.
However, it is certain that they are the right people in the field of collecting information and understanding the situation.
“Lily.”
“Yes. Duke.”
“The head of the Black Wands. Did you say Runan? Call him.”
“I will do as you command.”
