“Oh, right. There’s one more thing I wanted to discuss.”
After about five minutes of listening to them speculate about what I might receive, the Margrave suddenly seemed to remember something else, almost as an afterthought.
Incidentally, the most popular prediction had been that I’ll receive four medals, be granted a viscountcy, and then marry a woman of royal blood. There was absolutely no way that was going to happen though.
“Well, Shun, you’ve probably noticed this yourself, but Toria considers you to be the person she serves.”
“I’d more or less figured that out.”
“Of course, with Maria’s pregnancy, it’ll be a little while before she can go over to your side. And, speaking of which, we found out this morning that Emilia is pregnant as well.”
Wait.
Did he just casually drop a bombshell?
Emilia-sama being pregnant was enormous news for the entire Margrave’s household.
“Actually, is Emilia-sama really okay moving around like this? I mean, after what happened yesterday with the carriage and everything…”
“That hardly counts as moving around. When she was in her final month of pregnancy, she once sent the Margrave flying with a giant swing.”
Well, apparently there was absolutely nothing to worry about. As expected of Emilia-sama, she is an extraordinary woman.
“We’ll announce it to the people once she’s safely into the stable period, but you and the others will be heading to the royal capital before then. So I wanted to let you know ahead of time.”
“Uhm… congratulations, Emilia-sama. I’ll tell Sue and the others after we leave the Margrave’s territory.”
“Well, with that in mind, it’ll be a little while longer before Toria can go to Shun’s side.”
“Shun-dono, I’ll make sure I learn everything there is to know about raising children before I come to you.”
Please, don’t worry about me. Take care of the Margrave’s family first.
Kent-chan is still so young after all. Raising a child is far more important.
“For now, I think that covers everything. I’ve already told Casey and Telma when they’ll be leaving. Make sure you tell Sue and the others about the plans from here on out.”
And with that, our discussion came to an end.
When I returned from the mansion to the church, I found Casey-san and Telma-san there as well.
“So you’ll be coming to the Royal Capital soon as well, then?”
“When you get to the capital, please be sure to visit our mansion. We’d be delighted to have you.”
After I explained the schedule to everyone, Casey-san and Telma-san immediately invited us to come visit them. There was no doubt Sue and I would be paying their mansion a visit once we reached the capital.
“Hmm… So that means you won’t be here until the orphanage is finished?”
““Oooh….That’s too bad…””
Shiro and the others expressed some disappointment.
Come on, you guys.
It was never the plan for us to stay in the Margrave’s territory until the orphanage was completed. I heard that replacing the church floor alone would take a month, so there was no way we’d be here for the whole thing anyway.
“If we’re leaving in ten days, we’ll need to stock up on supplies to some extent.”
“And since we’ll be traveling with the army this time, we should probably prepare for the possibility that we won’t be staying in towns. At worst, we should be prepared to camp all the way to the royal capital.”
“Since we’ll be escorting some of the highest-level criminals, I doubt they’ll want to bring them into towns unnecessarily.”
Sue was right. The people traveling with us were among the most dangerous criminals in the Kingdom. Under the circumstances, stopping in towns was probably going to be difficult.
“““Yay! Camping!”””
Now, they are excited.
Guys, this definitely isn’t a camping trip.
There’s a chance we’ll even have to fight along the way. Still, maybe that carefree attitude was actually better for our mental health.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeneijiworks.com
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