“Oh my, is everyone here?”
A few days after Serena and Ruby gave birth.
“Alright... I trust everyone brought gifts?”
Familiar faces visited the recovery room where the two girls were staying.
“What gifts? You are one of the richest won in the Empire?”
“I haven’t received my salary from the Young Master for a while.”
“I had to squeeze space out of my schedule just to make it here!”
“Ferloche, it’s ‘squeeze ti,’ not ‘squeeze space.’”
Irina, looking like she couldn’t care less, Kania, with her usual detached gaze, Ferloche with her usual nonsensical comnts, and Clana, who had gained dark circles recently, chid in.
“You all say that, but you still brought gifts, didn’t you?”
Though their words made it sound like they hadn’t brought anything, their hands were full of presents.
“...”
But the won pretended not to hear Serena as they placed their gifts on the nearby table.
“These are from the three who couldn’t make it today.”
“Even considering that, it’s still quite a lot...”
“Just accept them quietly.”
When Serena kept pressing, Kania responded sharply, making Serena smile and lie back on the bed.
“Ah, I shouldn’t be doing this right now.”
But shortly after, she sprang up and reached for , who was sitting next to the bed.
“Frey, help up.”
“Why? Are you trying to get back to work again? I told you I’d take care of it.”
“I don’t trust you. I’ll look over things myself.”
As I set the docunts that had been on my lap aside, Serena widened her eyes and flailed her arms.
“W-what are you doing? Let do my work.”
“Nope.”
“Ugh.”
I gently pushed her back onto the bed with a finger to her forehead, and she gave a pouty look.
“I told you, postpartum recovery is an inefficient tradition. Realistically, there’s no issue with leaving the hospital right after giving birth...”
“Stop talking nonsense. You don’t even have enough strength in your arms.”
Usually, I end up losing to her in argunts, but I refuse to lose this ti.
“I’m telling you, I can still work. The coronation is coming up, and if we’re going to prevent any mishaps, I need to be preparing all night, every night...”
“If you keep this up...”
“...?”
I played my trump card, shutting my eyes tightly.
“...I’ll sulk.”
“Oh.”
Hearing that, Serena mumbled with a curious expression.
“I kind of want to see you sulking...”
“...”
“Frey? Are you seriously sulking?”
“...”
“Hello~? Frey?”
My face was starting to flush, but I had no other choice.
If I wanted to win against Serena, I had to resort to this.
“Alright, fine. But you have to let review everything you do, okay?”
“... Okay.”
After a few minutes of this subtle standoff, Serena covered her mouth with her hand, ending the standoff.
“My, how adorable.”
As a result, I secured Serena’s peaceful rest.
“””...”””
But it seed the patience of the heroines who had been silently observing was wearing thin.
“We can’t exactly do it here, can we?”
“Indeed, Irina. We must show so restraint.”
It was clear from their expressions that their self-control was wearing thin.
“I’ve got his leg!”
“Ferloche! Being a Saintess doesn’t an you can do indecent things in public.”
“But...”
I started to sweat nervously as Ferloche grabbed my leg, only for Clana to co up next to her and reprimand her.
Thankfully, it seed there was at least one sensible person among them.
“We’re powerful, right? And with power cos privilege.”
“Heeee? Is that so”
Wait, what did she just say?
“We can just assert our authority. Securing Frey’s exclusive first-night rights isn’t a dream.”
“...Oh.”
I take back what I just said.
.
.
.
.
.
“This is a nutritional supplent? I appreciate the thought, but honestly, these don’t do much for your health...”
“I really want to smack you on the head right now.”
“Yaaawn...”
While I worked on paperwork, watching Serena and the heroines chat about the gifts they’d brought, a yawn ca from the other bed.
“Hmm, it’s you lot, huh?”
Ruby stretched as she got up, rubbing her eyes and speaking in a drowsy voice.
“Did you all see my children? They already exude dignity, just like . Right, Frey?”
“Yeah, definitely.”
Honestly, they were more adorable than dignified, but I humored her.
Kania and Irina’s eyes widened as they spoke up.
“Now that you ntion it, we haven’t seen the babies yet.”
“I’d like to take a look, where are they?”
Ruby grinned and snapped her fingers.
- Crackle...
At that mont, a multicolored barrier extended across the room.
“Ruby and I ca up with this ourselves.”
“It is a combination of space magic, sealing magic, and a five-layered barrier... Not even a Demon King or dragon could interfere.”
“It would take a week to recreate this... You made this just for the babies?”
“Of course. They’re our babies after all.”
Were Ruby and Serena more impressive for setting up a barrier in the recovery room that even a god couldn’t break, or was Irina more amazing for being able to replicate it in a week?
- Sizzle...
“I’ve temporarily deactivated the barrier, so take a careful look.”
Lost in thought, I watched as Ruby waved her hand gently.
Maybe I’ll take this opportunity to see the babies again.
“So cute.”
“They really are the Young Master’s children.”
“Shh, they’re sleeping! Don’t be too loud!”
“Ferloche, you should lower your voice too.”
When I approached the bed where the babies lay, I could hear the heroines whispering, not knowing what to do with themselves.
“Ubuh...”
“Haha, look at them babbling in their sleep.”
“Judging by their hair colors... The ones on the left must be Serena and Frey’s child, and the ones on the right is Ruby’s.”
As I admired the sleeping babies, Kania curiously reached out to touch them.
“Buh.”
“...Huh?”
Just then, my daughter, who had inherited Serena’s purple hair and my silver eyes, grabbed Kania’s finger and started babbling.
“Dah.”
“Yes? M-?”
“Adah.”
“No, no. ‘Daddy’ is right over there.”
“Dah!”
“I-I’m not your dad...”
Kania broke into a cold sweat, waving her hands in panic and glancing at .
“S-sorry... Young Master...”
“Why are you taking baby babbling so seriously, dummy?”
I chuckled quietly at Kania’s silliness, which hadn’t surfaced in a while.
“Buh.”
“Huh?”
Then, my daughter grabbed my finger and spoke again in a clear voice.
“Dah.”
“A-Are you saying ‘daddy’?”
“Dah!”
“Did you hear that? She’s calling daddy!”
It wasn’t my imagination.
My daughter, with Serena’s hair and my eyes, had said “daddy.”
She was already speaking.
Was it because of Serena’s blood?
Our daughter was an incredible genius.
“You’ve got it bad...”
“Bweh.”
“Oh.”
As I gently picked her up, Irina’s eyes widened at the sight.
“By the way, the babies have horns and tails.”
“Bweh?”
“I didn’t know half-demons could be born with horns and tails... There was no information about this.”
“Don’t treat my child like research material!”
Ruby, raising her voice from across the room, protested.
“Uuugh...”
Startled by the noise, my son began to whimper.
“Wait, wait...”
“Waaaaah...”
And before I could do anything, they started crying.
“Hwaaah...”
“Hey, hey, it’s okay.”
Even my other daughter, who had been sleeping next to them, woke up and started wailing.
“Considering they’re the children of a Hero and a Demon King... they’re really cute.”
“Yeah, they look so sweet.”
“Be quiet, you two! Frey, bring them to .”
Raising her voice again, Ruby reached out to with urgency.
“Uh... Are you sure, Ruby?”
“What are you talking about? Hurry and give them to !”
As far as I know, demon childcare is known to be harsh and strict.
It’s a survival strategy in the demon world, where the strong prevail, so I understand, but...
Still, I was a bit worried.
Should I stop her?
“There, there... my little ones.”
“...???”
Lost in thought, I froze at the voice in front of .
“What’s making you so sad?”
“Hehehe...”
“Ehehe...”
Ruby made funny faces, lifting the babies, and they giggled happily.
“Uh, um...”
“Is that really the Demon King?”
As Irina said, seeing the forr terrifying Demon King dote on the children so eagerly was quite surreal.
“Rrrr... Peekaboo!”
“Kyaaah...!”
“By the way, Young Master.”
While watching Ruby tend to the babies, Kania asked from the side.
“Have you decided on their nas?”
I pointed to Serena, looking a bit troubled.
“Speaking of nas...”
With a sparkle in her eye, Serena pulled out a long list.
“Which of these do you think is best?”
As the seemingly endless paper rolled down to the floor, the heroines broke out in a cold sweat, glancing at the babies.
“Frey and I have only discussed up to the 216th na, but with your help, we can at least reach 1,000 today...”
Now that I think about it, what should we na them?
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