239 Chapter 16-17 Main Room & Side Room

"Hmm? Uhhhhh!

My engagement to Primera was announced by the Duke of Sanga. It was Amy who was surprised and shouted the loudest. Amy was embarrassed to realize that she had shouted, but because she was by Caesar's side, there was no one to blame. Besides, Eliza, who is a little far away from Primera next door to me, sees Amy with a smiling face, so it won't be something that the organizers will notice.

"Now that we are finished with our announcement, please enjoy the New Year's party hosted by the Duke of Sanga."

The host changed from Duke of Sanga to Albert and the party was announced. But...

"Everyone's just looking at us from afar, and no one's coming near us..."

"I can't help it. Anyway, there's an order for speaking up."

"Exactly. Even if you were surprised and upset, there wouldn't be anyone here to speak up before me. Well, with the exception of two people who are close to each other... who are at this party and who are especially close to each other."

While I was talking to Primera about the surroundings, Caesar and the others came to me. I guess I had a little time since the party started because I called Albert and Eliza first.

"Congratulations, both of you. I was surprised when I heard you were suddenly engaged, but if you think about it, it's a natural combination."

"I see. I heard it was an impressive encounter with a noble woman I met for the first time as a temptress, and I thought it was a primera that made me feel familiar and helpful."

Most of it fits, but the noble woman I met for the first time was Chris.

"That's not supposed to count."

I said. At that time, Chris was just a "former noble lady" with comparable powers to the Viscount, and above all, it was because Primera was more romantic at first. After all, it is better to say that to the public... especially women, and there is also a reason that allies are more likely to increase.

"Still, Amy didn't know, did she? All I know is that Teeda is teaching me...."

"If I were to say that, could Tenma have told me? Do you think you didn't do that because you were thinking about Amy's safety and the Duke?

That's true, but I thought Teeda might have kept quiet and taught him secretly.

"Well, if this was a normal secret, it wasn't a compliment, but I might have told you. But if teaching could put Amy in danger, Teeda wouldn't even teach. That's what I think, kid."

If Amy finds out about the engagement and leaks it to the audience, the aristocrats who don't think Amy well may be attacked by people who can't even keep the secrets of their relatives, such as "the queen won't be the queen." That's how unstable Amy is. However, if you keep it a secret until the end, it won't leak, and if you see the reaction when the engagement was announced, you will only be sympathized with "poor child who didn't know anything", and even if you say "I can't trust you enough to let me know the secret", I will just say, "I couldn't tell the secret of another house to the person who let me out." And if the Duke of Sanga agrees, even a royal family can't talk to the future queen.

"By the way, does Luna know about my engagement?

When they heard that, they turned away.

"Well, what... I don't think Luna will storm when she finds out about Tenma's engagement... but do something about it. If you give one of the sweets, Luna will (...) grow up. You can blame your father for keeping your mouth shut."

"Luna is a little... no, no, no... she's an honest kid, so it's okay, but Chris is the problem. I think Chris is making a lot of noise... so I wonder why he doesn't know so much about the temper?

Honestly, that's what I want to know. That's all, when Primera and I got engaged, we were all alone from start to finish sleeping. After that, I didn't come to see you only when I was talking about my engagement, and I'll sleep when I come.

"If Chris doesn't want to be quiet, Father... no, you can say it was your mother's order. If it's true, I can't complain because Chris is not connected to the Otori or the Duke of Sanga, no matter how noisy he is... because he calls himself Tenma's 'sister'. It's going to get emotional. Together with my lack of love fortune."

Ultimately, I kept my mouth shut about the same idea as Caesar, but I don't think I would be convinced if I told Chris that it had been kept secret for about four months. Well, Maria-sama can be relied upon, so there's only one thing I can do.

"Caesar, please tell Maria-san to come and visit at any time. When they come, if possible, Chris will escort them and bring Aina with them...."

Don't hesitate to ask Maria-sama to take care of it. I can ask Eina to do it, but even if Eina is very quiet on the spot, it is likely that the effect will expire the next time.

"Hmm, let me tell you that. Now, Isabella and I are going to have to go around."

I'm a little reluctant to ask Caesar for a message, but this will help Chris. And Luna, just like Isabella said... she's an honest kid, so if you tell her, she'll grow up.

"Congratulations on your engagement, Miss Tempura."

"Congratulations, Doctor Primera."

Teeda and Amy came to us in exchange for Caesar. Both of them spoke of blessings, but somehow Amy seemed dissatisfied and Teda was restless.

"By the way, Sensei! Why didn't you tell me about your engagement?

Amy's dissatisfaction still seems to be a feeling of alienation that she wasn't told about her engagement.

"Amy, this conversation wasn't that easy. I'm sorry to keep this a secret, but Amy is now adopted by the Silfilds. The Cilfilds are friendly with the Otori family and the Duke of Sanga, and the Duke of Sanga, among other things, is close enough to the engagement of their natural son and eldest daughter."

Until then, Amy seemed to know what was going on, and she nodded as she took a breath.

"But still another nobleman. Besides, even though the Otori family is a civilian at a glance from the nobles, the Duke of Sanga is such a nobleman as to represent the country. Therefore, there is certainly a nobleman who is reluctant to connect two families of different identities. If they want to interrupt Primera's engagement with me, Amy will be the first target. Teeda and I, the Duke of Sanga, and the King and Maria decided not to do that."

When Teeda told me that it was after thinking about Amy, it seemed like her drinking dropped slightly. And Teeda, who was beside Amy, clearly had a nice face.

"So Amy will be my sister-in-law, right?

"That's what happens. Best regards, Primera (...) Yoshi (...) Sister (...)!"

When Primera changed the subject to try to change the air, Amy got on the subject. And then...

"Primera, Amy's best sister is me!

Eliza, who was watching us, came to leave Albert alone. Albert, who was left behind by Eliza, had three women on his side. But I don't see anything colorful there, and Albert seems to hate it either.

After watching the situation for a while, Albert suddenly turned to me, feeling his gaze.

"Primera, do you know the women who are talking to Albert?

I thought if I knew Albert, I'd know Primera.

"Mr. Tenma, what are you talking about? Those three are the Duke of Sanga's wives. I mean, it's Primera's mothers."

Eliza, who was talking to Amy, told me with a surprise look on her face... well, rather than teaching, it felt like she blamed me, but there was no excuse for that. Anyway, she didn't know about her future stepmother.

"... Primera, I'd like to say hello to my mother-in-law, so could you introduce me?

"Yeah, let's go. However, you may be teased a lot, so be prepared. If you sacrifice niisama when it's really tough, most of the time, you'll be able to handle it."

Let's praise Albert for being a man we can always count on.

"Still, why do you meet their mother on the day of the engagement announcement? Normally sooner... that's when I'm going to say hello right after or before my engagement is decided, at least once?

After walking out behind me, Eliza murmured, but I didn't have the right to argue with her right now, so I decided to ignore her... but Eliza followed me and Primera whispering about whether she had business with her stepmothers.

"Mother, may I have a moment?

When Primera called out, the three of them turned towards us. Now, I don't know who Primera's mother is, but Eliza immediately told me that "the Duke of Sanga calls all three 'mothers' without distinguishing between the front and side rooms."

"Mother, this is my fiancée, Tenma Ootri."

"First of all, my name is Tenma Ootori. I would have had to greet you as soon as we decided on the engagement, but forgive me for the ruse of not being able to greet you until today."

I apologized and lowered my head at the same time as the greeting, but I thought I didn't like these words. Give me a moment to apologize.

"My husband told me why, so please raise your face."

and came back. Judging by his tone of voice, he doesn't seem angry that he didn't say hello. However,

"Milord says, 'Tenma, you've been busy and forgotten your greetings, so why don't you go see her?" But we were too busy to come to King's Landing, so it was each other. "

And I was pretty embarrassed because it seemed to be out of the box until I forgot why.

"Now, again, I'm Olivia from Primera's 'Parent of Life', 'Parent of Growth'."

"It's Carmilla from the parent who raised her."

"Oh, they took those two... it's Grace of the 'Raised Parent's (...) 3 (...)'"

"Thank you very much... by the way, Primera, what do you mean by one, two, three?

There was something I didn't understand in the introduction of the three of them, so I asked Primera and she smiled bitterly. So,

"Albert is sneaking out of there! That one, two, three?

I saw Albert sneaking away from the scene, so I didn't let him escape. Well, if it sounded as loud as I could hear around me, it would be quicker to ask the three of you directly... but Albert was the only one who made it easier, so I dared to make a loud noise.

"Hey, temper! No, Mr. Tenma? Come here... damn it! I can't move!

Albert tried to pull me towards the corner in a hurry, but I stepped on it and resisted. Because I didn't have a reason to follow Albert and I thought it would be better for me not to leave because I was worried about the female team's gaze.

"Fu ~... well, that's fine. That's why my mothers said," Raising parents 1, 2, 3, "because I raised Primera in three ways. Well, I was raised by three of my eldest sisters, so that's normal for the Duke of Sanga."

The front room and the side room of the nobility are the moments when we have to work together to raise our daughter-in-law, but at the same time they are rivals... or the general image may think that it is a more drastic relationship than a rival. In fact, when the front room gave birth to the second son and the side room gave birth to the eldest son, there were many stories of a trail dispute involving both parents' houses, and it is often heard that the relationship deteriorated without going so far.

"It was Mother Carmilla who had the first child, Mother Grace who gave birth, and Olivia who gave birth next. And finally, Olivia's mother gave birth to Primera...."

"I'll explain from there. First of all, we were originally childhood acquaintances, and that's what we met before Milord. Technically, it's like Milord's coming between us later. That's why I wanted Carmilla and Grace to be the side rooms when I decided to be Milord's fiancée in the conversation between the houses."

I have heard that the front room speaks out when welcoming the side room, but I think it is unusual to go through the side room before getting married.

"That's how it felt when Carmilla gave birth to Rachel, or when Grace gave birth to Angela, to have a baby without pain."

"That's what I'm talking about."

"That's right. Instead, I was able to take care of him while the three of us were changing, so I didn't feel as hard as I could hear."

She said that she had hired several other nannies, which made her mental well-being easier.

"I was a little late from the two of them, but I had a baby, and when I was born, I was the Duke of Sanga's long-awaited boy, so the three of them were always enthusiastic about education. I've been very careful with you."

"I see. At first, I was a little confused because I was a boy when the girl continued. Well, it was nice of me and Grace to have an illegitimate son in Olivia's room."

"Yeah, it was just a girl, and if I or Camilla gave birth to a boy first, it might make the neighborhood noisy."

With that in mind, the expectations of the three Alberts were high, and the Duke of Sanga stopped him as soon as he was born to begin his talent education. This led to Albert's education being conducted mainly by the Duke of Sanga.

Then, about three years later, Primera was born using the reflection of Albert's time, and decided to be involved in education so much that she basically left it to the tutor, but when it comes to cuteness, there was the reaction of Albert's time (Albert was also cute, but it seems that he turned to Primera the part that he couldn't touch during his education as a bastard), so it turned out that he was the cutest of the four. In addition, since she couldn't have a child after Primera, it seems that the cute period has become longer.

"As a result, I slightly escaped and became an unknown primera...."

"I see. But that's cute, isn't it?

I couldn't deny that, so I nodded silently. The three people who were careful with my reaction started talking about Primera's past without even hearing it.

"Mother, shouldn't we go and say hello to Caesar and Isabella?

Primera, whose face turned red, said so, and the three left us in a bit of a hurry. Primera's power and Albert was about to go somewhere, but before that, a man came to us.

Congratulations, Primera and Albert.

Thank you, Vicomte Abis.

"Thank you, Viscount Abis... By the way, did you name Primera first?

"No, that's not true. Congratulations on your engagement, Mr. Tenma."

"Thank you very much. Count Abis, this may not be the place to ask, but what happened to Fallman after the wedding in Gungjo?

I know that Fallman is serving under the surveillance of Count Abis, but I'm a little concerned because there's no further information.

"Yes, he works very well. At this rate, it may be faster to be free. And recently, a lover pushed me to Farman's. She seems to enjoy living together."

I wondered if it would be okay to live together under surveillance, but Falman told her the reason when she had to move to the city ruled by Count Abis and once said goodbye, but she didn't seem convinced by the parting story and tried to push her with one bag without any premonition.

"You're a passionate woman."

In Primera's words, Viscount Abis nodded loudly, telling me that those who knew the circumstances had initially shown difficulty living together, but had come to tolerate Fallman's serious service.

"Hey, Albert... it looks like Viscount Abis is finally blind to me."

"I hardly seem to have seen it from the beginning, so I'm still a temper."

Viscount Abis seemed to have lost sight of us, talking to Primera all the time.

"I don't know how to get out of here... so does Albert want anything for his wedding?

I couldn't leave Primera, and it was stupid to just stand here, so I talked to Albert. Well, Albert had a plan to keep his partner Eliza from going anywhere else with Amy (+ Teeda).

"Hmm, that's right... I want a golem, but I've been nailed by Maria-sama before..."

I thought Maria wouldn't say anything in Golem if it were a gift in this case, but it would be easier to make it something else.

Albert, who's been worried for a while,

"I like carriages. It doesn't have to be as big as what the tempura has, so it's a box carriage with a slightly smaller appearance, and inside it's big enough for a couple of people to lie down. Besides, I can't use the toilet and bath... but do you want some space to change?

In the future, there will likely be more trips to and from King's Land and the Duke of Sanga, so they want to make their travel more comfortable. However, since it was not a Golem horse like Riden that pulled the carriage, he wanted to make it a little smaller than normal and increase the speed of movement by reducing the burden on the horse.

"Well, it's not that hard. At least it looks easier than the golem we're making now."

The point is that it is a small version of the carriage that I am using now, so it is not that difficult if I use it as an example.

"But if you give the carriage to Albert, someone else will want it. At least Cain and Leon are safe."

I see. But I'm not convinced I'm going to give it to both of you for no reason. "

Well, certainly the reason for giving it to Albert is a wedding celebration, so you shouldn't give it to them for no reason. But...

"Well, as far as Cain is concerned, if you want to give it to me when I marry Miss Sierra, I won't say anything because I have the same conditions, but Leon doesn't have anybody... No, there are candidates, but I don't know when it's going to be that way, so I don't think we'll be able to do it for a few more years."

Albert is right. Cain, who is likely to get married soon, should be given at that time, and no one will tell him otherwise.

Well then, let's do it. But in this case, will there be two, including Eliza's?

"It's a wedding between me and Eliza, so it's one. Well, if you give it to me, you can have two, but that would make it hard to get back at the time of the temper... it would be in the form of a gift to the couple or to the Duke of Sanga."

Normally, it may be strange to ask the giver, but I don't have that kind of experience, so I can't help it. If you think that I got advice from someone who would be my brother-in-law for the future, it wouldn't be strange.

"Whatever they say, when they find out that me and Eliza got the carriage, they'll be asking them to make it for themselves."

Giving Albert a special carriage will spread the word that nature and I made it ourselves. Then, I can see someone coming out asking me to make one for myself because I'm paying. But...

"Well, I'm thinking of giving the same to Teeda in the future. Of course, it was when Amy and I got engaged or married, and I had to get permission from the kings, but wouldn't that make it feel like we had to get along pretty well with each other and give it to someone else?

I wish someone in the royal family had that kind of reason, even if it wasn't Teda, but I thought the reason for marriage and engagement was more limited and easy to understand.

"I think that's a good idea, but it's going to be a long time before Teeda-sama and Amy get married... maybe we should use Cain's engagement here. It may be painful for reasons, but you may be able to imagine it as a gift to someone close to you, if you put in place a condition that says you were to give it in advance of the wedding and it's not for Miss Sierra's safety."

I have to talk to Cain later...

"Master Tenma, it may be rude to ask this just now, but are you willing to have a side room in the future?

Count Abyss asked me if I was waiting for Albert to finish.

"Vicomte! You'll be rude to anything!

Albert was angry at what Count Abis said, but I was concerned that Primera, who was there, would not say anything.

"Master Albert, you should finish this story as soon as possible. No matter how much Primera leaves the aristocracy, Tempura will be deeply involved in the aristocratic world. That way, such stories will come from the nobles of the elephants, and if they make you uncomfortable every time, I think it would be better to make them clear here."

After Count Abis made it clear, and with Albert's blame earlier, all of a sudden we were able to attract the attention of the audience.

"Vicomte Abis, I'm...."

"Yes, Count Abyss, I have an idea about the side room."

When I tried to answer that I didn't want a side room, Primera stopped me.