Chapter 19 (1/2)
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The next few days were quite a pain.
When I visited Paddle in the tavern inn, they were having a party.
Marines and pirates were eating and drinking shoulder to shoulder
Apparently, the Marines wanted to repay their grat.i.tude by holding a banquet for us.
When both Adelle and I arrived at the bar and told them that we got n.o.ble ranks and a mansion, the party grew even larger.
The inn’s owner also greeted us in high spirits.
「The Hero of the Blue Sea has come to my inn! Let’s throw a huge party! Oi, bring out more food and sake to serve!!」
When I told my men and the marines that I became the kingdom’s official pirate, all of them were surprised but they quickly shook hands and hugged each other.
「That’s right that’s right! If there are some b.a.s.t.a.r.d pirates, there must be some good ones like you guys! Let’s do our best to protect the kingdom from now on!」
「Ou! Never expected Big Boss to join the aristocracy, Big Boss’ true power is truly ridiculous! We are asking for your support as well, fellow brothers in arms!」
Barbarossa responded to a veteran with a lot of battle scars.
Both of them have beer mugs in one hand and other’s shoulder in the other.
The men of the sea indeed get along great with each other. It’s nice to build a good relations.h.i.+p.
And in the morning, most of them were completely useless because of their hangovers.
***
The next day, I visited the house that Earl Allan mentioned… but it’s a ridiculous mansion.
It was at the corner of the n.o.bles residential area, but it has a fountain and a big garden. It was an undeniably beautiful mansion.
「It’s obviously not a house…」
The mansion I imagined is more normal… Just regular big house with a garden. However, what I get is a millionaire mansion like those I used to see on TV.
「This used to be where His Majesty’s younger brother lived… where Adelhide’s father lived…」
「My father’s…」
(TL: Need help with this 貴族というのはマナーに五月蠅いようで貴族のなりたての癖にこんな豪邸をと言う輩が多いようだ。)
This mansion was previously owned by Adelhide’s father.
Since the royal palace maintained it, and the daughter of the previous owner works for me, the other n.o.bles won’t say a word if his majesty gave this mansion to me as a reward for protecting the kingdom. (TL: taking some liberty here. Giving more rational excuse)
Everyone in my pirate group were given good vacant houses near the sea and lived there. It seems they already made friends with the neighbors and often go out drinking and training.
After a few days of moving and cleaning, right now Claudia, Adelle, and I were staying at Adelle’s father’s mansion…
Well, now it’s my mansion, so I’m relaxing at the Toudou residence after a long time.
The reason why there are 2 women at my house is easy.
Since I established my n.o.ble status, other n.o.bles and merchants quickly offered their daughters or sisters either as a bride or a concubine.
I don’t have any harem desire in particular. Just one wife is hard enough to handle, what are you going to do with multiple of them?
The main factor was my age. I’m now 28 years old.
They said that I’m too late for marriage in this world.
Earl Allan said something along the line Why don’t you just marry the 2 woman around you?
I almost spit out my coffee.
In this world, polygamy is common and Earl Allan himself has 4 wives.
While I was enduring the torture as I refused wife offer and mistress offer, I was being suspected of having a single-digit-aged girl fetish or over-50-year-old woman fetish.
The damage was real.
My heart started wavering.
Before some rumors about me being h.o.m.os.e.xual started to spread, I tried asking the girls for help.
「Well, right now we’re at war with the empire. I haven’t been thinking about marriage at all, but…」
「So which one of us will be the wife or the mistress?」
「Ah. I’ll be glad even if you just pretend to be my wife」
It’s only been a couple of weeks since we met. Far from marriage, we haven’t even gone on date yet.
Both of them think for a while… their faces are serious.
「Well… I… personally… don’t mind…」
「Eh? Pretending to be my wife?」
「No, not that. Not pretending but being married for real…」
Adelle blushed and nodded.
Marrying Adelle for real…
「Declaring to be a first wife eh… Then I don’t mind being the second wife. I didn’t say anything but my parents are n.o.bles in the Yamato Country, so it should be fine」
「Et tu, Brutus!!?」
「Who the h.e.l.l is Brutus?」
(ED: The “et tu, Brute” were Julius Caesar’s last words as Brutus/Brute stabbed Caesar and finished him)
「That’s not important. But this is the first time I’ve heard that you’re a n.o.ble」
「But… The n.o.ble obligations are troublesome, that’s why I ran away from home. So I think it’s nice to be able to settle down in a place like here」
「Is… Is that so…」
Anyway, Claudia Fyura is just a fake name, and her real name is Yoko Izanami.
It seemed like Yamato Country is a maritime nation who has been secluding themselves until recently.
Since she said I can call her with either name, I decided to call her with her original name.
She would blush and turn away whenever I called her Yoko.
I think she looked cute when she blushed when called with her long-abandoned name without honorifics.
I somehow got an OK from these two.
Even though I felt overwhelmed, it also didn’t feel realistic… right now, I have 2 beauties as brides.
It would be a path leading to a bad end in the real world… but I want to make these two as happy as I can.
I imagined a happy future but quickly change it.
「Thank you, both of you. But right now… can we keep it as… fiancée? Since you know… We are currently at war… I want the proper ceremony after it becomes peaceful」
「You have a point… That’s not a bad idea」
「It’s not like I don’t want to marry immediately, but I don’t mind it either」
Both of them agreed. I know it seemed that I was leaving them hanging… But we have a war to finish.
For the sake of these two.