I Became the illegitimate son of a duke

115 – One Year

“Ugh…”

“Are you awake?”

Today, Chloe still wakes up before me and greets me in the morning. As always, it looks very well made.

It’s amazing to see him always wake up earlier than me even though he slept late last night.

I don’t even have an alarm clock, so how the heck can I do that every time? It’s so amazing that I’ve asked several times before, but the answer is always the same. I mean, you can’t show me how you sleep irrationally.

“Did you sleep well?”

“Yes, it’s very refreshing. I think I was able to sleep very well last night because it was difficult because I hadn’t been very active in a long time.”

“…”

Chloe smiled broadly as she said that, then stroked her lower belly. Looking up at Chloe’s motion of stroking her lower belly while lying on the bed is surprisingly erotic.

“hehehe… Now Claudia won’t be lonely either. No, having only one sibling will be too difficult, so we need at least three more…”

Obviously, Chloe’s eyes were looking at me just a moment ago, but not now.

Looking at the children of the future who have not even been born, not even made of cells, they are spreading their happy imagination.

“The first one is named after my older brother, so let’s say the second one is named after me. Then, what should I do with the third, fourth, and fifth… Alternately? Umm, I think this is too plain…”

“Chloe, I’m going to wash up.”

It would be impossible for Chloe to stop paying attention to me normally, but now Chloe is concentrating on a happy future to the point of filming it.

I quietly got up and left the room so as not to disturb Chloe.

And outside the door, as always, the lady-in-waiting and her party of maids are waiting to serve me.

Each of them is holding several things in their hands, such as temporary clothes to wear before changing into uniforms, a wet towel to wipe their face, a dry towel to dry off, and water to drink.

“…”

And Jeanne was also included in the group. Today is either a day off from college or a day without classes.

As soon as Jeanne makes eye contact with me, she smiles silently, but her smile is so artificial that she seems to know what happened last night.

“Good morning, Your Majesty.”

But Jeanne can’t get her word out about it. No matter how close everyone knows, Jeanne’s status is just a simple maid.

It may be an informal setting, but for a maid to speak to the king first in an official setting, that is, in the presence of other maids and attendants, is an act that directly damages the king’s authority, so it is impossible no matter what. Even if there is something really urgent, she should first raise her hand and get me to speak.

Jeanne didn’t say anything and just greeted me following the morning greetings of the maid who leads the attendants.

She

She uhm … She said well, she doesn’t even think about that until she’s done her bachelor’s degree, she said, and she thinks she’ll be fine, but just in case, she’ll be separated later. I’m going to call and talk to you. With all the girls around me, things get messy in an instant if there’s no communication.

…………

“Ahahahaha… It’s just a pity. I made a vow to the saint to abstain from celibacy until I graduate from college, but there’s no way I can break that, right?”

After the workday was over, I called Jeanne aside and asked about what had happened in the morning, and the result was surprisingly empty.

I just couldn’t bear to see the person I loved sleeping with another woman and forced myself to laugh… I’m planning on stabbing myself… No, this is a normal reaction.

Heuk … I don’t know how to say this now, but all the women I’ve built a relationship with in this life were the only women with that kind of personality, so her common sense was slightly twisted. I was surprised that Jeanne gave a normal answer, so I wonder what happened to her real hair.

“Then I guess I’ll have to go.”

“Hmm? Already?”

“Yes, today is the day you sleep with Ines, isn’t it? The longer the time I spent alone with the saint, Ines-sama will feel very bad.”

After saying that, Jeanne gently closed her eyes, bent her back, and slightly lowered her head. Her attitude is that she won’t take any counterarguments.

Hmm… Well, that’s right. There would be a lot of attendants and servants waiting outside the door, so the fact that Jeanne and I had met alone would instantly reach Inés’ ears.

‘But Jeanne would say that.’

In the past, she would have tried to use this opportunity to make more contact with me, but Jeanne doesn’t do that anymore after being scolded by me. She only thinks of me, Chloe, and Ines’ feelings first before acting. It’s a little uncomfortable to see, as if her desires have been completely castrated.

Are you too angry…? No, no matter who sees it, it seems that it was moderately scolded in the line of common sense.

“Uh… Ok, go inside.”

“Excuse me, saint.”

Upon my permission to leave the room, Jeanne lowered her waist to greet her, then opened the door and left.

Several flaws, such as accepting outside information as strange by intra-brain modification and having a tendency to achieve what one wants by any means and methods, should have been corrected and looked good, but it seems that the active Jeanne of the past has completely disappeared. I feel a little guilty.

If Chloe or Ines heard this, they would surely say they were crazy inside, but I hope that Jeanne will regain her former self a little bit.

…………

“Seobang-nim, you said you met Jeanne alone today. What happened?”

“Huh? It’s nothing special. I just thought Jeanne’s expression was weird in the morning, so I just asked her if something had happened. We can’t talk in front of other people, can we?”

As expected, Ines asked Jeanne about meeting her alone.

I tried my best to clear up the misunderstanding…

“Is that so? Hmm… It’s fine if you do.”

“What?”

What is he saying…?

“Sleeping with Jeanne. Currently, the Royal Family of Rotaring is in a very precarious state as there are only three members, Seo Bang-nim, me, and Lillian. But there is still a limit, right? To protect me and the child of the West, I need as many [Family members] As possible.”

Besides, Jeanne has become very docile recently, so I like it.

After that, Ines smiled a little and said that calmly, as if she really wasn’t a big deal.

So what Ines wants to say right now is… Does it really matter because the more illegitimate children there are, the more secure the royal family is?

Uh… Um… Uhm…

‘What kind of education did you receive?’

Is there a wife who strongly encourages her husband to sleep with another woman?

Come to think of it, my father in this life also tried to use me as a shield for my older brother. Hmm… It’s very difficult for me to accept, but I think this is the average of the nobility of this era.

The illegitimate child must have thought that way because, unless it is an extreme case where the entire family is killed, the right of succession will never be obtained, and the legitimate child will not be a threat. Even on the actual Earth, there are many cases where illegitimate children are attached to the fittest and made to practice.

‘Eh… Well, that’s why I have to accept it—-‘

“——Ines?”

“Last night, I heard Chloe worked hard.”

Inwardly, I was lamenting the average morality of this era, but Ines suddenly appeared in front of my nose. He seemed to have been contemplating, so he didn’t notice Ines approaching.

Ines’ arm passes over my back and wraps around 2/3 of my torso.

“…Let me try too.”

Ines, held in my arms, lifts his head slightly and looks at me as he says so. His eyes tremble slightly and his cheeks are very red.

…Well, it’s just that common sense is slightly different, but Ines was also an ordinary woman after all.

“Wow.”

“Sobbing?!”

I picked up Ines from the back holding me and headed for the bed. Ines seems a little taken aback by himself being lifted up, but he doesn’t look upset.

The sun has just set and it’s still early… Well, that’s fine.

A year has passed since then. There were so many things at home and abroad during the year, and domestic cases are representative of the birth of new sons and daughters and the complete settlement of the social world.

Chloe gave birth to another daughter, and Ines this time to a son, both named Claire and Rotter. Claire is also named after me and Chloe, and Rotter is the name of the first king of the kingdom of Rotaling.

The hastily created social circle has been fully established over the course of a year and is very useful in controlling radical students.

Berman, who is in charge of the center of society, thoroughly carries out my orders and forcibly instills etiquette and chivalry into the local aristocrats who lack dignity. New aristocrats entering the University of Dijon know very well that being excluded from society suffers in many ways, so all the rude behavior of the early days of the university is no longer to be found.

As for the case outside of Korea, it is difficult to pinpoint and explain just one because the aftermath of the Holy War completely messed up the political systems of the countries that participated in the Holy War. There is something that caused a civil war.