261: I wanna see it!
Princess Claude then turns red in the face and starts making excuses, but it is already obvious from her attitude that she already has a liking for me.
I think elementary kids are better at lying than her.
Given that her speech was so slurred, it is amazing she thought she would fool me. Furthermore, her face was so red that it looked as if one could boil water with it. On top of that, her eyes were swimming around.
Clearly, you don’t have to be a mentalist to know that Princess Claude is lying.
“Is that so…”
“Yeah! So don’t get the wrong idea that I like you… b-but… I do think you’re cool… Well, you might find it hard to believe I would say such a thing after having picked a fight with you before, but that’s why you can believe my words, or whatever they are…”
And then, she twisted her body and said such a thing with her face reddening even more while wriggling and squirming.
Eh? Isn’t it too early for her to be dere? If she doesn’t at least show a little more of tsun-tsun, I’ll feel like my last hope of using that tsun to break off the engagement will be gone.
I got completely set up by the Emperor.
I never expected Princess Claude to be so easily smitten. Otherwise, she would not have fallen in love with someone else while being heartbroken by Sufia and Bridgette.
In that respect, in a sense, the game itself would be a bland story if the main character didn’t have a romantic nature, so in that light, it probably makes sense that Princess Claude is now a Choroin.
[TLN: Choroin is easy to capture heroine.]
If you take advantage of this characteristic, there is a possibility that Princess Claude will fall in love with another good-looking guy if he is courting her. However, it is unthinkable that a good-looking guy, better than the main character in such a game, or at least an aristocrat, would go after Princess Claude now, which is also unlikely to happen. So it’s safe to assume that the chances of that happening are low.
In the first place, as an aristocrat, one would undoubtedly know that Princess Claude used to be a man, and they would also be aware of Princess Claude’s many recent blunders.
I’d like to see any nobleman go out of his way to get engaged to a Princess Claude like that!
“H-hey. What’s the matter? You suddenly started holding your head. If you’re having a hard time, can I stay with you? If you want, I can sit by your bed and stroke your head until you fall asleep, okay?”
And when I realized that I had no choice but to marry Princess Claude no matter how hard I tried, I held my head in my hands, and Princess Claude was so worried about me that she rubbed my back comforting me.
262: For Kaisar-sama
Seeing Princess Claude like that, I wondered, “Why did this happen…”
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[Sarah’s POV]
Looking at Princess Claude cuddling with our Master, Kaisar-sama, I think that we, the Black Rose, have reached the final stage of our mission.
Looking back, I can say that I have had nothing but pleasant memories since becoming the first slave of Black Rose.
The only complaint I have left is that Kaisar-sama does not call me in as a night attendant.
But that’s not surprising.
Given the possibility that you can get pregnant with the first child, even a boy, before his wife or other women, it is only a matter of time before Kaisar-sama is unable to touch other women.
However, it becomes a different matter if the desire to do so with Kaisar-sama disappears just because you know it.
Although one can suppress the chances of getting pregnant with a child, that doesn’t mean the desire will disappear.
After all, the quickest and only way to release that desire is to do that kind of thing with Kaisar-sama.
That’s why we, the members of Black Rose, have a tremendous amount of unity regarding that one thing, the elimination of the desire to do such an act with Kaisar-sama.
And now, our long-cherished dream, ‘the great operation for the members of Black Rose to have such an act with Kaisar-sama’, is almost accomplished.
However, we have not yet achieved it, so I had to be determined to the end. I know, but I could not resist, and warm tears spilled out of my eyes.
I recalled the many operations I had carried out in secret with the members of Black Rose until now as if we were running a racehorse.
They all have different births, tribes, races, and even countries. Of course, they have different values and sometimes quarrel, but they all still band together towards a single goal of ‘for the sake of Kaisar-sama’. It was like entering a fairy tale world.
No matter their birth, upbringing, race, or country, they are all equally slaves under Kaisar-sama.
Maybe this is what was needed for world peace.
Being a slave to Kaisar-sama is what makes me happy.
Even if I explained that under Kaisar-sama, elves and dwarves are friends who can laugh at each other, no one would believe me if I told the people who are not from the Black Rose.
263: Oh, no!
However, under us, Black Roses, it is an everyday scene and the norm.
There is no conflict. There is only one Lord, and everyone lives happily under his protection.
Isn’t this the country we can call our utopia?
So it came as a shock when it got brought up at our regular Black Rose meeting.
I don’t know who proposed the idea at first—I have a feeling it was me, but it wouldn’t hurt to pretend it wasn’t, in case something goes wrong—, but its impression was so great that everyone started working towards one goal after that day, and I saw that they all think the same thing.
Yes, everyone began to move in unison toward the great ambition of creating a great nation with Kaisar-sama as the absolute monarch.
However, it is very difficult to found a country from scratch, so we, Black Roses, thought of taking over the country instead. At the same time, ‘Operation: To conduct a certain act with Kaisar-sama’ also began to be carried out.
If anything, I can’t deny that the first half of the operation is about 30% complete, and the second half is about 70% complete. But since both result in the same, providing a country to Kaisar-sama, there should be no problem.
And with this operation, the Kingdom was already in the hands of Black Rose. Even the Empire is about to fall.
It would end the long-standing skirmishes between the Empire and the Kingdom, and the border area would be peaceful.
Not only will trade flourish, but Kaisar-sama will develop these two great nations with his wisdom in ways we can’t even imagine and transform them into a prosperous nation that will never fall.
I have no doubts about that, so even if it is a new nation that spans the vast area of two major nations, the Kingdom and the Empire, Kaisar-sama’s wisdom and ingenuity will successfully manage it and provide the people with a life free from starvation.
However, it is easy to forget that Kaisar-sama is also human.
Since the Kaisar-sama cannot keep a close eye on all the crimes in the country, we, the Black Rose, will check the neighbouring countries in this regard.
It’s a perfect strategy.
All that’s left is to make Kaisar-sama emperor, have his wives conceive children, and then we can do this and that with Kaisar-sama… Oh, I can’t! Not there! Kaisar-sama, no, we can’t do that!
This will be like a fantasy come true.
264: Brutus, you too?
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[Kaisar’s POV]
“Kaisar-sama, about forty of our members are in their monestrous today.”
“F-forty…”
It is unusual to hear this number of people from Sarah, who finally changed from her self-appointed to the official title of First Slave because of her achievements, thought that ‘there aren’t many today’, which would be abnormal to others.
To begin with, many, including the dark elves, tend to go on heat during the full moon, so that day became h**l on earth.
Still, these days, the number of pregnant ladies is gradually increasing, and the number of things to do is decreasing, so it is much easier to do it.
I would have definitely dried up if I hadn’t learned recovery magic.
It’s not a drink. It’s just meat, meat, meat.
Thinking about that, I remembered that day four years ago when this happened.
In the end, I became Princess Claude’s fiancée, but I was only able to get a three-year reprieve after discussing it with the Emperor.
At first, I thought I would do something about it within those three years, but by the time I realized the outer moat got completely filled in those years, it was already too late.
And since it was my slaves who filled the outer moat, I feel like I’ve been stabbed in the back by the very people I thought were my friends.
I was so surprised that I almost said, “Brutus, you too?”
However, after listening to the story, it turned out that the slaves were acting on my behalf, and for better or worse, their loyalty was just too high for me to push away.
I guess this is more my fault for not noticing it even though I was so close to them.
It’s really pathetic that you can’t even manage your slaves.
I mean, what’s with the Kingdom as a gift? This is the kind of thing I can’t let continue.
I couldn’t say it even if I wanted to.
Rather, it means that when I was engaged to Princess Claude, all escape routes had already been blocked by the slaves.
And just like that, I got Kingdom and Empire in one piece—I would say no if I could—. I didn’t want it. I just wanted to live a slow life…
Of course, it may be that they were frightened of my slaves, but my marriage partner is Princess Claude, a member of the royal family, and I am, after all, a member of a ducal family, so I have some royal blood running through my veins.
Above all, the most significant part was His Majesty the Emperor declaring his retirement during those circumstances and His Highness Prince Douglas renouncing his right of succession to the throne.
It is only natural that I, a distant relative of the royal family who was marrying Princess Claude, should be given the white feather.
In fact, it was so well done that it would be impossible to pull this off without setting it up behind the scenes. In order to find out who drew up this plot, I tried asking the slaves for ‘the right to hug me for a minute if you tell me the truth.’
The first one, Sarah, the self-proclaimed first slave, told me all about it.
265: How did this happen? [END]
“How pathetic! Kaisar! You’re a man! You’re the one responsible for the slaves you took in. Then isn’t it courteous to be responsible for impregnating every last one of them?”
“Abu-abu.”
“See, our son agrees!”
As I slumped over, Queen Claude gave me a pep talk from behind.
I mean, it started out with something that looked good, but because of the second half, it quickly turned into the worst thing I’ve ever experienced.
My son, seeing his mother, imitates her happily, saying, “Abu-abu”.
Ahh, babies sure do heal me.
It proves, once again, that my kid is the cutest thing in the world.
“How pathetic. Are you still our husband, our father, our master? If you’re a man, you’d better behave.”
“Babubu.”
“It’s true. Still, as the man called the father of chemical engineering and whose name will be written down in the history books, I would like to see him have a little more dignity.”
“Papa, papa.”
“I thought so. I, Bridgette, the great dog who can do anything, have given today’s partners an aphrodisiac! Now Kaisar-sama doesn’t have to move, just count the stains on the ceiling, and it’s all over!”
“Wa-wa.”
And then Karendoll, Mowry, and Bridgette, in that order, with their own children—Karendoll’s daughter, Mowry’s son, and Bridgette’s daughter— followed Queen Claude’s lead and gave me a scolding.
—Bridgette, you are the only one who can’t.
It’s not a state of ‘doing nothing’, but a matter of ‘not being able to do anything’! What have you done to me!? You stupid dog!
“Ah, master has escaped!”
“Ara, it’s true! But you can’t run away from me!”
“It doesn’t matter where you run to!”
“Come, let us make babies till morning! Master! Our bellies have been tingling for some reason!”
“Giyon-giyoon.”
“Who is it? Who is the person who gave the aphrodisiac to Farue, the dragon? I won’t be offended! I just want you to come forward!”
“There should be a signal from the Black Mask around here… W-w-w-what a dragon is doing here?”
Because of what the damn dogs have done, there is chaos in front of me.
Wait, what is that thing in Sufia’s hand that looks like a Dragon Ball? I have a bad feeling about this, based on what Sufia just muttered.
And this is what I thought when I saw chaos unfolding in front of me.
How did this happen?