Rico's pregnant. It is mine and Rico's child, for real. After that day, Loni from Posehay examined Liko again and diagnosed that Liko's due date is around the end of January, the new year.
And now Liko is.... She is still resting and not getting out of bed.
"...Linos, it's all right now..."
"No, you can't be all right! What if Rico's kid is washed up! I'm resting, I'm resting!"
"As Roni said, pregnancy is not a disease. And if you don't move, it's..."
I mean, what?
"...and your stomach will hurt again."
"Well, you can walk, but be careful, be careful. Don't ever fall down!
"I know. I know."
Hey, Rico.
What is it?
"Is the baby you're carrying a boy or a girl? Is it a girl?"
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no... I don't know yet!
It seems that I have become quite an annoyance to Rico. However, in this world, Rico's age is a very old age to give birth. This means that there are many risks involved. Roni is also told to lead a normal life, but not to overdo it. It is a difficult balance between the two.
However, since Rico's pregnancy, the house has become brighter as if it had been a lie before. Most of all, Rico seems to be happy. I really feel that it is true what they say that after a bad time is a good time.
A few days after the announcement of Rico's pregnancy, congratulatory messengers began to visit Agartha from various quarters. I should have made the announcement after Rico entered the stable period, but I was so happy that I forgot myself and made the announcement immediately. I regret this very much.
I immediately went to report it to Omisama and Sandille. Both of them laughed so hard that nothing serious happened. However, they were in a very good mood because I brought them a lot of their favorite souvenirs.
Liko also had some signs of pregnancy, but she had never expected to have a child at this time. She is a very sensitive person, and when the environment changes drastically, there are a lot of changes that we don't know about. This time, too, she did not think she was pregnant because of the change of workplace to Agartha.
My main task now is to see the lords of Agartha and the nobles of Heedata who come to congratulate me. Among them was Vivar, the chief of the Silurians.
Two weeks after the announcement of Liko's pregnancy, Vivar came to me in a good mood. He was not dressed in the erotic costume he wears in the village, but in the dress worn by the human nobility. She had probably spent the past two weeks improving herself. Although her dress was quite revealing, she still managed to impress the visiting lords with her s*xiness that could not be concealed even if she tried.
"Congratulations on this occasion."
Viveal greets the guests in a voice that is even clearer and clearer than usual.
"Thank you very much. Thank you for coming all the way to our home, Chief.
No, no, this is nothing. The village of Siljus is expanding its arable land and producing crops. I cannot thank you enough, Mr. Linos.
"No, my wife May did this. If you want to thank her, please tell her.
Again, your modesty. Speaking of wives, our family is overjoyed to hear that our daughter Soleil has been adopted into the family. We will always be ready to take Soleil into our family.
Vival is very excited. I chuckled a little,
Yes, I will tell you about it later. Right now my wife, Licorette, is..."
"Yes, I know. This is my fault. Licorette is still pregnant. It will be a while before the baby is settled. I heard that the Princess of Niza is also expecting... We'll talk about it when the time is right. Hohohohoho!
Vival's face is smiling, but his eyes are not. My daughter will not be defeated by such a Dwarf woman! And his eyes are telling the story. I could barely manage a wry smile.
And then, as if in a gesture to Vival, Yury, the Prime Minister of the Duchy of Niza, arrives. And next to him was a nice guy with white hair. I was so surprised that I almost fell off my chair.
He said, "It's been a while. I would like to congratulate you on your..."
"No, no, Prime Minister Yury. Why, why, why is the Deer God here?
No, I was so happy to hear that my granddaughter has made a friendship with Lord Rinos that I came here. I am grateful to you, Lord Rinos, for the offer of Considine's hand in marriage!
No, no, no, no...
"The Dwarf King was overjoyed. The king wanted me to marry him immediately, but I told him not to do so.
"That's Prime Minister Yury for you. Thank you very much.
The princess's manners are not yet perfect, after all. I hear she's taking to wife a very beautiful seer called Silurus. If this is the case, it will make you look small, so I want her to at least learn proper manners and etiquette so that she can be carried off to the royal wedding.
"I see. That's... that's...
"Master Riccolette has just become pregnant. It will take her some time to settle down. Shall we discuss the timing of the wedding again? Until then, I will train the princess well!
The Deer God is laughing. I couldn't help but laugh, too.
"Yes, that's right. Please don't take it too hard.
Yury was very proud, as if he was in good hands.
As they left my room, Ruara came in to replace them.
"Master, this concludes our meeting for today.
"Ah~ it's finally over. I didn't expect Siljus and Dwarves to keep coming. Are those two having some kind of meeting?
"That's right, I'm sure they're gathering information. I think that when Vival heard that Niza's emissary had departed, he came here just in time for the emissary's arrival.
"Why would you do that...?"
"I think it's to see who I'm dealing with. The personalities of the emissaries, what they wear, their manners.... You can tell a lot about a country just from that.
"Ruara, you're starting to sound like Rico."
What do you mean?
"No, I'm complimenting you. I'm just saying you've grown up. By the way, what are you two Niza going to do now? You don't think he's going to go back home now, do you?"
"Yes, that's right. I'll go and ask him.
"If you plan to stay in the capital, use the Hotel Krumphal. If you plan to stay in the capital, use the Hotel Krumfalu.
"Awe, sir."
In the end, Prime Minister Yury and the Deer God chose to stay at the Hotel Krumphal. They were very pleased with the service and scenery, and were delighted with the food. They stayed longer than they had planned, and returned to Japan after a long and relaxing stay.
That night, in my bedroom, I told Rico what had happened.
"That's just like Siljus, isn't it?"
"Ruara said the same thing."
"How is Matkal doing?"
"Hmmm. Matkal has become strangely distant..."
Matkal, who normally did not talk much, had been consciously avoiding me ever since he received Rico's letter. I didn't mind it, but it was hard for me to deal with him.
"That's understandable. It must have come out of the blue.
Why did Rico choose Matkal?
"Somehow, I don't know."
"Somehow?"
Yes. When I talked to Matkal, I felt the same way I felt when I talked to Linos alone for the first time. I thought that maybe he could be good for Linos and for me..."
"Hmmm. Not Luara or Perris or something?"
"You don't like Linos, do you? I don't think Ruara and the others would like it, and I don't like it either."
"Well, yeah."
I'll take Rico's hand.
"Rico... You can refuse the marriage proposal if you want, right?"
Rico rolls his eyes and squeezes my hand back.
"I can't do that! We brought it to you. If we go against it now, the nation of Agartha will lose all credibility at once!"
"But... is Rico going to be okay?"
"I... I'm fine. I'm ready. So, Linos, please go and make friends with your new wives....go on....go on....go on....go on....go on..."
Rico hugged me with big tears in his eyes. I gently stroked her back,
"It's okay, Rico. Even if I have more wives, Rico is the one I love the most. When we have children, you will sleep with me, won't you?