Swain Hakushaku Reijou no Chiisana Oujisama Chapter 42

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「I heard that Prince Yuriel had been assassinated.」

「Incidentally, Ian Alwick's illegitimate child was discovered.」

It was the boorish conversations during teatime. The usually extremely busy Duke Roderick wasn't even disturbed when I told him this and he took a sip of black tea and exhaled.

「By the way, Ian-dono's illegitimate child is a boy, it seems that his name was Yulius.」

「Ara, then his nickname would be Yulii-sama.」

I need to go see him next time.

When I said that, he gave a strange laugh and put down the cup.

「Isn't, it unnecessary? You are the duchess, he is just the illegitimate child of the thirty year old eldest son of a Marquis House.」

「You're saying such malicious things? Immediately finding fault with someone.」

When I furrowed my brows, Dia laughed much more happily.

「You, you're making the same face as Melvina when she's trying not to fall asleep.」

「This is an angry face.」

「If you keep getting so angry, it would be harmful to the child in your stomach.」

「I'm not always angry.」

When I turned away, at that moment, I caught sight of Mel running here and grinned. Running towards us while holding a flower crown in her hand, there was a smile on Mel's whole face, but it was completely gone from her face when she tripped. Nn, as expected of my child. So clumsy.

When I walked over together with Dia to help Mel who had fallen down stand up,  clinging onto Dia and I while she got up, Mel's eyes were filled with tears with the corners of her mouth tilting downwards.

「U-, uu, hurts, it hurts, okaasamaa…..」

Burying her face in my stomach, Mel said that while bursting into tears.

Picking up the flower crown that was tossed aside because Mel fell down, Dia looked back and forth between it and Mel, and patted Mel on the head while gently asking.

「Did Melvina make this? It's very well made.」

In response to those words, Mel seemed to forget about her pain and let go of me, and once again showed a smile on her whole face. No way, so adorable.

「Ian-ojisama taught me how to.」

「Ara, Ian-ojisama? When?」

「Just now! He taught me in the garden.」

I see, I see. My cousin, the self-proclaimed explorer, once again stealthily came over to the Duke estate despite everything. How many times had this been. Even though I told him to please restrain himself. It's not good to stealthily come over just because Dia and father-in-law is kind.

Did Ian-oniisama know that every time that he trespassed without permission, Al or obaasama would come apologize. As his older brother had been busy recently, there were also times when Avii came.

「I'll give this to okaasama!」

「Maa! Is that really okay? Just as otousama said, it's well made.」

Giving me a tight hug after putting the crown on my head, Mel happily laughed with an 「Ufufu」.

「And then! When Mel said that Mel wanted to meet Yulii-oniisama, he said that he would bring him here. Right now!」

「…right now?」

「Right now!」

When I thought that, there was no way that he would bring him over today, a few hours later, the Alwick House's carriage stopped in front of the house.

「I apologize for coming so suddenly….」

With Mel on his lap, Yulii-sama was awkwardly looking around.

Mel was jumping up and down on top of Yulii-sama while squealing.

「No, it's fine. You were told by Ian-onisama to come, right? Nice to meet you, Yulius-sama?」

「Stop it, Mira….」

Yulii-sama gave a deep sigh, while patting Mel's head. I turned thirty this year, he's recently grown taller than me.

「The name that Ian thought up of so that the same nickname from before can be used had become meaningless. Even Avii coldly calls my name and the twins just make fun of me.」

「You will get used to it before long. Your life from now on is long, since the time you will spend as Yulius will be longer than the time spent as Yuriel.」

Leaning his chin against his hand as if pondering something up until now, Dia opened his mouth to say something trivial.

「Can I address Yulius without honorifics?」

「I'll get mad, so rejected.」

「But, it's something that clearly indicates who has a higher social status than me.」

「…I'll allow it only when we're outside.」

「There's no need to use honorific language either.」

「You're getting carried away.」

I'm sorry for my childish husband. What are you doing in front of your daughter.

「Is work going well? Yurii-sama.」

「Even if say it's work, Avii and I are still doing odd jobs though.」

「Maa, you're still young, so there's no helping it.」

The time given to Yurii-sama was until he's thirty. If he doesn't have a change of heart at that time, and keep chasing the same dream, he will be transferred to a place where he can easily do his work. If his resolve wavered even a tiny bit, he would be enrolled into the chivalric order. That was what His Majesty the King said.

The path that Yurii-sama chose was to be a pharmacist. As a result, Yurii-sama's feelings did not waver even once up until now, and an easily believable story about the illegitimate son of the wild eldest son of the Alwick House who completely transferred the succession right to the second son, was fabricated, he was adopted and Yurii-sama became Yulius Alwick.

Ian-oniisama had his own research institute, so for the time being, he planned to train there, it seems. He's also with Avii, so it's extremely reassuring.

「Yurii-oniisama, are you happy to be able to meet Mel?」

Left out of the conversation, Mel looked up at Yurii-sama and asked that in a worried voice. Her eyes that were the same color as Dia's were wavering, and was waiting for an affirmation.

「Of course. To be able to meet the cute Mel, I am extremely happy.」

Kya–, Yurii-sama happily rubbed his cheeks with Mel who had put her hands on her cheeks and delightfully shaking her head.

「Please don't start a fight.」

「Are you starting something, idiot. She's still five years old. In the first place, I don't want to hear it from you who forcibly snatched away the count's daughter.」

If it's a child at this age, she should say that she was going to marry otousama, but in Mel's case, Dia heard her say that, she was going to marry Yurii-oniisama, and it seems that he was feeling uneasy.

Even though, sooner or later, she will become a bride, he's a father, so it truly can't be helped. My father too, even though he was fine up until that time, the day before the ceremony, he was being unreasonable, saying that he didn't want to go and that he didn't want me to go, so it was quite the uproar.

He even said that, it was beyond his expectations for his daughter to grow up so quickly.

Will there come a day when Dia and I think that as well. Will it come, or perhaps I should say, even though they were not my own child, there were children who have already surprised me earlier on.

If it's like this, it seemed like I would become an obaachan in a blink of an eye.

Seeing that, Yurii-sama gave a wry smile and tilted his head in confusion.

「What's wrong, you're staring.」

「No, I was thinking that you've grown up well.」

「Is Mira my mother.」

「No, no. However, when I met you, you were thiiis small.」

Though his mental age was astonishingly high. They say that girls were more mature than boys, but when I look at Mel, I doubt whether she truly was the same age as the Yurii-sama from back then.

「I wasn't even that small.」

「No, you were this small. Right, Dia?」

「Yes. Since you were even able to sit on my arm.」

Dia said this, and made a gesture as if he was holding a child.

「When you could still be hugged, it would've been great if His Highness Prince Alan was able to hug Yurii-sama a little bit more though. How are your oniisamas?」

「Stop it, it feels weird.」

Did he imagine being hugged by His Highness Prince Alan, tightly hugging Mel, Yurii-sama's body suddenly trembled.

And then, he looked up to the side, and was thinking as he started talking.

「It seems that Alan was promoted to the chivalric order the other day. Romeo was complaining that he didn't think that being a diplomat was this tiring. It seems that Gilbert is still in the middle of training. One thing that they all have in common is that each and every single one of them has a huge attitude. I don't want to be that kind of adult.」

They had huge attitudes. He didn't want to be like that.

No, Yurii-sama, you already…. For you to blurt out something like that without thinking. I covered Dia's mouth with my hand and stopped him, as he was going to say something like that.

It seems that he was getting along with his oniisamas much more than before, Yurii-sama seemed to be happy recently.

「Mel is, Mel is, going to grow up to be like okaasama.」

Hey, listen, looking up at Yurii-sama, Mel did her best to say that while clinging onto the gently smiling Yurii-sama.

I felt embarrassed after my daughter said that she wanted to grow up to be like me.

「Okaasama is alllways smiling, and is kind to Mel, so Mel will also be kind to Mel's own children.」

「I see. Mel can definitely grow up to be a lady like your okaasama」

「Can I. Nn–, well, after that, Mel will be Yurii-oniisama's bride.」

Clatter

The chair that Dia was sitting on jolted, making a sound.

「Just like okaasama, and otousama, I want to us to be a pair of husband and wife who get along, so oniisama can grow up to be like otousama.」

 Clatter

This time, it was Yurii-sama's chair that was jolted.

「Ne? Okaasama. Mel, is really clever.」

「Yes. That's right. An extremely clever child.」

You're someone who made your otousama who can do anything, and your Yurii-oniisama who knows everything speechless.

Today too, was peaceful and we passed the time like usual.

I had my husband, an adorable daughter, as well as the adorable boy who was like my own child who was that small back then. There will be one more person? If I said something like that, there would probably be many people who would be happy for me.

Now then, the prince who was not so small anymore still didn't know about that, I wonder, if I told him after this, would he be happy for me? It made me happy when I imagined it.

Today as well, I, we

are very, very happy.

fin

Author's Note:

The readers that have read up until here, thank you very much!

The original story will be completed with this.

After this, is the story of Mirabell and Judias before they became a married couple, and other couple's story, and after the extras on the children who have grown up, there are plans in progress about a different serialization on Yuriel's love story and Romeo's love story (it's still in the works though). I would be happy if you follow that as well.

Well then, goodbye.

Chapter end