544 – Purple Coronet, Blue Blood – 3

The Crasius family is not a family where people are particularly valuable. This does not mean that they treat people arbitrarily because they do not know that they are precious like some red countries, but it means that they give birth to children easily.

It may not seem like a special feature, but considering that some noble families are unable to have children and adopt relatives, or even bring in collateral that was abandoned long ago due to the impossibility of this, this is definitely a blessing. The direct lineage that continued for 300 years since the first head of the family symbolized Crasius’ authority and prosperity.

Thanks to this, my parents only gave birth to me and Erich, unlike Geumseul, who was in good health. It’s not like your family is in danger so much that you go out of your way to have children.

“Congratulations, Mom.”

“Well… Congratulations.”

However, that was the story of ‘Wilhelm, the Crasius matriarch,’ and it seems to have been different from the perspective of ‘Wilhelm, the unemployed man.’

“Thank you…”

Her mother looked down at the floor with a red face as Erich and I congratulated her. Her father next to her had already closed his mouth for a long time.

‘The youngest, over 20 years older than me.’

Looking at those two people, I smiled awkwardly. When I first heard the news of my mother’s pregnancy, I was embarrassed, but in fact, I had guessed that something like this would happen.

That’s because the two of you have been hanging out together 24 hours a day since Erich graduated from the academy. Thanks to Erich and me, my father was no longer the head of the family, a count, a lord, or a member of the council, and my mother became the mother of the family rather than the mistress of the family. Rather than being busy with work, she is in a situation where she has to worry about how to spend her extra time.

If two people who are already on good terms run out of time, it’s obvious what happens next. Coincidentally, the two of you are maintaining your youth thanks to the influence of learning mana.

‘It was even weirder when it didn’t happen.’

The fact that birth control magic exists in this world was momentarily erased from my memory. I guess you wanted to see your youngest son full of charm instead of your dull son.

So I celebrated this happy occasion with the brightest face possible. To be honest, I am not yet at a level where I feel complicated or unable to understand.

‘It’s too late to dry in the first place.’

Right now, my wife is late. I am willing to accept having a youngest child born late.

Of course, the youngest child born now is younger than Pedi, Taeyang, Haneul, and Chomok, but Mar also has quite a few nephews who are older than him. A somewhat distorted alignment is never a flaw.

…

‘I definitely have to teach it.’

I decided. When children grow up to a certain level, add ‘how to treat young uncles and aunts’ into the home education curriculum. It would break my heart if I saw my children speaking informally or belittling my younger brother.

I guess I’ll have to wait and see then to find out whether it’s my heart or my child’s heart.

“Rather than that, the nanny will get busy again soon.”

Anyway, I told a small joke to my mother who was still keeping her head down. As Erich and I grew up, I became a nanny who only focused on being the maid, but with the sudden appearance of the youngest child, I returned to being a nanny─

“I plan to raise this child myself.”

I was left speechless for a moment by the unexpected answer.

What now? Mother? A baby?

“Directly?”

I asked again, wondering if I had heard wrong.

“Yeah, that’s right. Now I have more time than the head maid. So, I think it would be better for the free person to make an effort rather than bother the busy person… “

However, the answer that came back did not change. Even though my mother was concerned about me and Erich, she clearly showed her intention to raise us herself.

This is troublesome. Since it is an extremely natural thing for parents to raise their children, there is no reason to dissuade the mother. Moreover, as her mother said, it is more efficient for an unemployed mother to take care of the baby than a busy nanny.

Nevertheless, the reason why I react with trepidation is simple.

‘It won’t be easy.’

Taking care of a child is not something you decide to do simply because you have time.

Even I, who is in my 20s and have a strong body, gets discouraged when I take care of a pedi, so my mother, who is the epitome of a poor noblewoman, must be appalled. She may have witnessed her mother lying on the ground, completely charred, next to her crying youngest child.

Crucially, I sometimes forget, but my mother is in her 40s. I’m at an age where I start to feel a bit physically challenged.

“It’s going to be very difficult. You know better than me, but babies are unpredictable creatures. They cry all the time, you comfort them and then turn around, but they cry again, they cry while they’re sleeping, they just cry. … Considering the mother’s physical strength, it’s better to leave it to a nanny.”

That’s why I persuaded him with sincerity. It is too harsh for a mother who gave birth in her 40s to take responsibility for her childcare as well. It is inevitable that she must take care of her mother, but there are only a few employees who can help her.

“I will help you, so don’t worry. Aren’t couples raising children together?”

At the words of my father, who had remained silent, Erich and I’s eyes turned to him.

Father raising children?

‘Is it possible?’

This time I started to worry for a different reason than her mother. First of all, if you are a father, you do not need to worry about physical strength like a mother. Because he is a person who can perform well even if he goes to the battlefield right away.

I’m just worried about whether the little baby can handle his father’s stern and serious face his. It’s rude to think like this, but it seems like a crying baby will either cry more when he sees his father or get scared and close his mouth.

“I fully understand your concerns.”

And I was shocked by what he said next. I thought it was really rude, but I got caught─

“You won’t believe us, who couldn’t take care of you properly and now say we’ll take care of your child.”

Oh, no.

“Still, I don’t want to miss this opportunity that Enen has given us. It may be selfish, but I want to be a parent like a parent for once.”

“What do you mean? My father and mother have already played the role of great parents twice.”

Eventually, I hurriedly answered my father’s bitter words.

It is true that our nannies, not our parents, were responsible for our growing up years. But that was the average of all noble families.

It is true that the Crasius family’s parenting methods were a bit wild. However, it was a result of immaturity, not malice, and there was concern and care behind it.

So feel sorry for us, but there is no need to feel this deep sense of self-destruction. It’s not enough to use extreme words such as ‘parents like parents’.

“This is a sorrow that was caused by our fault, so we must solve it ourselves. It would be embarrassing if we received your help for even this.”

As if reading my mind, my father shook his head with a faint smile.

When he said that, I couldn’t open my mouth anymore. The reason he insisted on resolving his resentment himself was because that’s what I told my father before I went to catch Dorgon. I never thought I would get it back as is.

“Over there.”

Just as the contradictory confrontation was about to continue, Erich opened her mouth.

“If we raise our youngest child with the mindset of repaying what we did wrong, wouldn’t that be a disservice to our youngest child?”

With logic that I had never thought of.

When I thought about it, I was amazed because it was absolutely true. I fully understood the feelings of the father and mother, and I felt the determination to take care of her youngest child with true love, but as Erich said, it could also be interpreted that she views her youngest child as a kind of means to her her her her her.

“And there’s no need to take to heart every single little commotion that happened between family members. Just as the matriarch and mother treated us a little strangely, my brother and I also didn’t tell them our true opinions.”

Even the guilt the two of you had been treated as ‘that’s something that can happen between family members.’ Just as we suffered because the two of us were not good at expressing our feelings, we also said that the problem arose because we did not express our feelings to our parents.

As an older brother, I am satisfied with this. Just because he goes to work at the National Assembly makes me wonder if he has his own intelligence and eloquence.

However, if there is just one thing that is disappointing,

“Is it me who is going?”

“Oops.”

The father, who evolved into an unemployed man, is still called the head of the family.

It’s a stupid action, but I accept it because the contribution I made today is quite significant.

The youngest child’s uproar almost became a bitter confession for his parents, but thanks to Erich’s occasional wisecracks, he was able to overcome it safely.

“Erich is right. Yes, that’s right. We almost made that mistake again just to get our money’s worth.”

It was so bad that her father let out a small smile and her mother patted her stomach with tearful eyes.

“It was hard.”

“I just said what came to mind.”

After safely saying goodbye and returning to the system, I patted Erich on the shoulder and praised Erich for his rare performance.

If I had gone alone to say hello, we would have parted ways awkwardly. Today’s incident is entirely Erich’s fault.

“I will come to the best land.”

Erich’s steps stopped at those words.

“…Are you serious about bringing territory?”

“Then it must have been a joke.”

As expected from a guy who occasionally shows off his smarts, I burst out laughing when I saw Erich say something strange again.

Keep this in mind. The eldest son never tells lies to his younger siblings.

Because that is the weight of the eldest son.

‘I have to take care of my youngest too.’

And with two younger brothers, it is not the eldest son’s duty to take care of one and not the other.

Our youngest. As soon as this brother is born, I will make him a titanium spoon with reishi.

No, not an older brother. Do you want to be an older brother?

‘It’s a bit like that when you only have three sons.’

Certainly, if a son has been born two times in a row, it is soon time for a daughter to appear.

***

With the only remaining declaration of departure for the Kingdom of Leon, a report was made that an unfortunate event had occurred in the minister’s family.

At first, I thought it was my third wife’s pregnancy. He is the one who immediately got the princess of the Varenti family and Lord Majong pregnant, so I thought he would do it this time too.

‘This is something I couldn’t have imagined.’

However, the mother, not the third wife, was the main character.

‘What should I do?’

With complicated feelings, I looked at the pink accessories kept in a corner of the office.

I prepared that as a gift to celebrate pregnancy, but should I give those gorgeous pink accessories to a lady in her 40s? If you give them something like that, won’t they think you’re making fun of them?

‘Damn you.’

I felt resentful of the minister for no reason. The minister did nothing wrong, but it seems right that the minister did something wrong. They kept doing it and now they’re even mobilizing their parents to make them worry.

Still, fortunately or unfortunately, there was no need to send the gift prepared for the third wife to the minister’s mother.

A few days later, I heard that my third wife was also pregnant.

‘Crazy guy.’

Is that a person or an animal?