Chapter 121 – 121. Duchess Kang a-Jin.

Nobles gathered from all over the empire.
They were people who took time out to congratulate Ash on her pregnancy and to socialize with her.

It’s like you’re hiding your black inner thoughts, but there’s no 100% trust in human relationships.
I decided to accept the consideration of understanding to some extent.

Even among ordinary friends, such cases sometimes occur, but between aristocrats, I wonder.
Thinking about it, the person who came with a completely transparent mind seemed more dangerous.

We laughed and talked politely.
I saw Ash in the middle of the aristocrats in the distance.
Ash said she was dealing with them with a kindly soft smile.

If you think of her original Ash, it was a really great development.
She could feel how hard Ash was working.

Ash said that she had to put up with raising chickens for the sake of the Duke of Grayfield and was only saying nice things.
The proof was that the atmosphere continued without being messed up.

People came to me too.
Unlike me, who was shy, they were nobles who had been educated and trained since childhood.
Those who are engraved in the bones of how to treat and deal with people.

Even if I didn’t say anything, he led the conversation on his own.
I just followed suit with their questions and answers, but at some point, the awkward atmosphere changed and I started to enjoy it.

“Is that so?”
“Managing and developing a manor is not an easy task. However, I believe that the Duke of Greyfield will do just that. Because with strong power, people follow.”

My position was very ambiguous.
Even though he is a man who should lead the family, he has no ability and is clinging to Ash.

Whether they had a conversation about the future of their family, or even just reckless personal sadism, everything was ambiguous.

‘That’s why nobles are great.’

He didn’t even show his face.
I asked questions only to the extent that I could answer, and inquired about my interests.
Learned a number

The orchestra, which had been quietly playing classical music, raised its voice.
A magnificent sound filled the banquet hall, as if the voice would not be buried.

The nobles were divided and scattered one by one.
How can I express it?
The atmosphere changed from everyone laughing and chatting to one laughing and chatting with each other.

The footsteps of the aristocrats, who had been taking turns running as if in a tag match, stopped at the moment.
After showing their faces moderately and having formal conversations, everyone went to people with business.
Sipping wine alone.

“Kang A-jin.”

Ash lightly came this way.
The nobles must have flocked like bees, but how did they manage to shake it off?
I wondered.

“Can I just leave?”

In the distance where Ash was, there were several nobles staring blankly at Ash’s back.
Ash abandoned them and came to me on his own.

“It’s up to me to talk or not.”

Ash came to my side and snatched a glass from the server he was serving.
And gave it to me

“Braided.”

He smiled and clinked glass with glass.
I drank a glass of wine.
I could feel it in the surrounding gaze, implicitly.

He was watching Ash’s every move.
As such, Ash was a person of interest.
In a good sense or in a bad sense.

“What are you doing, aren’t you drinking?”
“I drank a lot. I’m full.”
“Why don’t you, drink it quickly.”

Ash pushed my glass up to his mouth.
With a stance that could not be helped, she swallowed the wine after it had faded.
The sweet scent spreads wildly.

“What do you think? Can you survive the banquet?”
“… Can I be honest?”

Ash blinked as if to say something.
I sighed and replied.

“… I want to go see Viole.”
“No matter how hard it is, it really is bottomless and bottomless, right?”
“…”

I know that’s something I shouldn’t say to Ash.
Even if they seem to be getting along well lately, from Ash’s point of view, it’s someone else’s child.

People who raise other people’s children as if they were their own are amazing.
Most will hate it.
Even if Ash doesn’t like Viole, I fully understand.

I mean it’s that hard.
The banquet of nobles was more tiring than expected.
The agony was greater than the joy.

“But can I have a drink?”

I thought of that while watching Ash drink wine.
There’s a baby in Ash’s belly too, alcohol?
For now, it would be better to steal Ash’s cup.

“It’s okay, don’t worry.”

I can’t beat Ash with my body.
Ash is good at avoiding cooking even in a cumbersome dress.
Ash said.

“Because it disintegrates before it is absorbed. I just enjoy the taste and feel.”
“… Really?”
“Really.”

Ash gently shook the glass.
A few drops of purple wine tumbled across the bottom of the glass.

“Are you going to drink because I’m crazy?”
“… But.”

Ash cares more about the baby in his belly than I do.
It was unlikely that Ash would buy something bad for the baby.

“A miracle, a miracle.”

Ash said while stroking his belly.

“Do you know what percentage of different races are able to conceive? Less than 1 percent Shouldn’t we bring in ovulating females and test 1,000 times to make a pair? But what about us?”
“I am not a great person.”
“… It’s not like they’re of a different race than normal.”

Ash points to himself as an angel and to me as a human.

“The realm of living is different. It’s not just the race that’s different, it’s that the realm is different. Of course I’m only half, but still.”

My energy is nothing.
It’s because there is a man who impregnated a female angel in one shot, Ash’s father.
Of course, he died early and does not appear during development.

Ash was adamant.

“I will definitely give birth. There is absolutely no legacy.”
“Absolutely not.”

I agree with that.
I didn’t want to lose my hard-earned baby.

“Shall we go in?”

Ash asked quietly.
I don’t know where to go, but I shook my head, glancing at the nobles around me.

“Everyone is looking at you, but where are you going?”
“… That’s why I want to go Dealing with nobles is difficult now.”
“Duke Grayfield, the bonds you make here are your wealth. It is very important to us who have no clue.”
“…”

Ash laughed at my polite reply.

I realized the role given to me.
What I did, I did my best.
Ash was returned to the nobles who wanted friendship with the Duke of Grayfield.

“Go and share one more word. These are the people who came to see you.”
“… Just remember that you need to release as much stress as you have accumulated. I am determined.”
“Okay, so let’s go.”

I patted Ash on the back.

“Ugh, annoying.”

Ash smiled, but quickly regained her expression.
With the idea that she only had to suffer for a few days, she dealt with the family owners, her successors, and even the young ladies.

I greeted only moderately approaching people.
They enjoyed the banquet while resolutely rejecting requests that were not requests or suggestions that did not sound like words.
The atmosphere was ripe.

* * *

The festival, which was held under the leadership of Count Glaros, ended in great success.
Residents went back to their daily lives, and the nobles went home, satisfied.

“It was hard! For a week!”

Servants were also given leave.
If they left at once, the daily life of the Countess would be paralyzed, so they had to decide the number of people and go on vacation in turn.
A week of paid vacation.

“Count Glaros fired a big shot.”

The servants did their part.
It was not necessary, but Count Glaros rewarded the servants.
It was because Ash pressured him with nice words.

“Well, I shot it while crying and eating mustard.”

The servants work really hard.
I don’t know if I should give them a vacation or not.

Throughout the festival, he pecked beside Count Glaros.
From the perspective of Count Glaros, he had no choice but to scatter the rewards.

“Thanks to that, there are not many maids in the annex.”

It wasn’t unmanageable at all.
Few went on vacation, so it was still well maintained.
But there were more gaps than before.

Ash dug into that gap well.

“So what are we going to do?”
“Outdoor sex.”
“… It doesn’t even sound like a real word.”

Only laughter came out.
The reason I had to do it was more spectacle.

“Your stomach will gradually increase. Then it would be hard to go outside, and there would be no chance if it wasn’t now.”
“Okay, let’s have sex. But why are you taking care of that?”
“What?”

Ash wore half a penny over her panties.
She then put on her pants to hide her cock.
Only her pants could be pulled out if she lowered them slightly.

“Why? You’re getting ready for sex.”

How to speak proudly.
I was dumbfounded every time I saw it.

“I have to tame it slowly for 10 months, so as soon as my son comes out, he won’t be able to accept my object. I have already applied for production orders. Just a little bigger than your cock.”
“Wow, that’s okay.”

He says he’ll fuck up his asshole with a pennivan bigger than my cock.
A truly terrifying warning.

But the child in Ash’s belly is a daughter.
I decided so.
I have no doubts about my X chromosome sperm.

“It must be a daughter.”
“It’s my son. I can feel it.”
“No, daughter.”
“Son.”

There is no concession at all.
Because you never know when you might get pregnant.

What if it was Bianca?
She would have gone unnoticed.

If you want a son, you can get pregnant again.
Even if you want to have a daughter, you can get pregnant.

But not Ash.
This pregnancy could have been her last.
So desperate

I have a daughter who looks like Ash, and Ash has a son who looks like me.
This was an area where concessions were impossible.
So, we made a bet so that we couldn’t back down.

“It’s my daughter.”
“It’s my son.”
“She is my real daughter.”
“What are you saying, son?”
“Don’t make me angry.”
“What are you going to do with your anger?”

There is some truth in Ash’s words.
Even if someone like me got angry, it wouldn’t even jab Ash.

“Confiscate your cock for a month.”
“Add two months of ejaculation management as per chastity.”

Do weak people always have to live with suffering?
It’s too unfair.

“I will yield.”
“Shut up and stick your ass out.”
“If you give me your ass, will you let me put your cock in it?”
“You can’t see it because the baby is in the womb, but I’ll let you do it in the ass.”
“…”

Where is that anyway
I pulled down my pants and stuck out my butt.
He left traces all over the county of Glaros.