And, a note that seemed overflowing with sorrow.
[If you don't go to training for a day, will you die?
You try to feel my heart too, sleeping lonely all alone in a big bed ^ă
^
And absolutely, absolutely do not look for me, okay?
You don't really want it?
I hope you don't find it?
Am I angry?]
Bang!
Startled, Nike immediately kicked out of Vania's room.
"Stop, Your Highness!"
But Kali stopped him.
"Why!"
"Where are you going?"
“The Duke’s house.”
Yeah, the Dukes' mansion is probably the only place Vania can go.
"She probably isn't there. I heard it has been a week since she left the palace; if she went to visit her family at the Duke's residence..."
The summons issued by Ryan was also received by Kali, a member of the Belzer family.
"We must go to Belzer!"
"...What?"
***
Belzer Castle.
As I headed to the banquet hall, I asked Ryan.
"Are you really not going to tell me what that damn serious matter is?"
I spent the last few weeks back in Belzer, greeting my family and enjoying the rest of my journey.
Ryan wouldn't tell me at all why he issued the mobilization order.
"Ugh, are you still saying that? We'll find out once the meeting starts."
"It's just a useless endeavor!"
I felt a sense of foreboding because Ryan was stalling.
"You go ahead and tell me. You said there's something that would make me faint?"
"Yeah, I'll speak up when the meeting starts, too!"
There must be a give and take!
I also put off telling Ryan the baby bunny story, being mean.
"Hmm."
Ryan stopped in front of the banquet hall door, grinned, and turned to look at me.
"Do you by any chance remember the bet we made two years ago?"
"Wow?!"
I was shocked.
[Lion's Wedding VS Baby Bunny's Birth]
A bet to grant the wish of the first person to achieve it.
'S-Surely not that I'm going to lose?'
What if this summons was issued to announce a marriage?
I haven't even heard about Ryan dating anyone.
"Get married?!"
"That would be nice. I haven't even started dating yet."
"Ah, you startled me! Then why did you suddenly bring up the bet?"
Ryan did not answer and threw open the banquet hall door.
“Matriarch appears!”
Inside, members of the Belzer family had arrived and were already sitting.
On the right side of the long table were Revan and Alex, and on the left were Merchen, Christa, and Richard.
"Come here! Special treatment for the royal family!"
I was about to go sit next to Alex, but Ryan took another seat at the head table, so I ended up sitting next to him.
Ryan said immediately.
"Thank you all for responding to the summons. Before the food arrives, I will inform you of the reason for gathering you today."
At last!
"As you all know, the cycles of monster appearances in the 'Cursed Land' overlapped in all four locations this time. This is something that happens perhaps once every few decades."
...Suddenly?
I immediately became nervous at the completely unexpected beginning.
If you say that Ryan seems likely to say nothing worthless, the same goes for Merchen, Christa, and Richard.
We sensed an ominous atmosphere and exchanged glances.
"Thus, His Imperial Majesty has contacted me. I must travel across the sea to the Kingdom of Rothenberg as an imperial envoy to Valencia. It will probably take half a year."
My heart sank far away.
The story of 'demonic beasts' started abruptly, and Ryan, a 'person with supernatural abilities' who received an unexpected order to go to a foreign country as an envoy.
"Have monsters started appearing on other continents as well?"
Richard asked nervously.
Right. That was the only thought I had, too.
"Can you all go together and help me?"
Ryan spoke with a serious expression, and we were shocked.
And soon.
“I have to go.”
“I have to go.”
“I’m going too!”
Richard, Christa, and Merchen spoke without hesitation.
As expected, warriors know how to sacrifice their lives for a great cause.
“Ugh.”
Alex sighed for some reason, though.
“I’m going too!”
I will add my strength.
That moment.
"Damn it, I can't stand this!"
Revan slammed his fist down on the table.
"Ahahahaha!"
Then Ryan burst out laughing.
"Ah, darn it, haa. Ah... this is driving me crazy!"
What? Why are you laughing?
While I was looking bewildered, Alex rested his chin on his hand with an indifferent expression and spoke.
"His Imperial Majesty says he will arrange a marriage for my brother with the daughters of the Kingdom of Rothenberg. He will take him along as an envoy."
???
...???
“What?”
"No..."
"What the heck!"
“Are you kidding me?!”
The family, having been thoroughly tricked, was shocked, and Ryan laughed so hard he even shed tears while clutching his stomach.
"Ahahahaha!!!"
"Is this funny? Then why did you bring up such nonsense about the cycles of the cursed land overlapping or whatever, you human!"
"Why is there no context?"
I asked him in disbelief, and Ryan shrugged his shoulders.
"Since I completed the subjugation in all four directions—east, west, north, and south—simultaneously, this empire has become a monster-free zone for the next six months until the next cycle returns. It is essentially my vacation. That is why I can leave the empire vacant for the time being."
"Wow!"
“Now, calm down!”
Ryan, who tapped my angry shoulder, picked up the bell on the table and jingled it.
"It’s absurd that the mistress of this great Belzer family is still absent, isn’t it?"
Then the door to the banquet hall opened, and the servants began to serve food.
"Furthermore, I have the responsibility to maintain the bloodline of those with supernatural abilities, so I must devote my heart to marriage."
"All the women in the Empire run away, so do you think the women in the Kingdom would like you, brother?"
“Seuuuup!”
When Christa acted cheekily, Ryan glared at her.
"What bad luck! Anyway, since His Imperial Majesty is paying this much attention to me despite my inability to get married. On this Rothenberg expedition, I absolutely must produce meaningful results!"
Bang!
Ryan, slamming his fist on the table in determination, said.
"This time, I'm telling you, I'm going to find Clara, who ran away from home!"
“Puhup!”
Richard, who was taking a gulp of his aperitif, spat it out.
"Why are you spitting it out?"
"No."
Richard, who has been in a good relationship with a woman of the same name for a year.
He asked that his relationship be kept a secret until Ryan found a partner.
"I plan to get straight to the point of marriage from dating."
By that time, all the splendid dishes were prepared on the table.
"Hahaha! Therefore, I am the winner of the bet. This slow bunny..."
"Ugh..."
"...?"
That moment.
Silence fell.
'That's killer timing.'
Of all things, the smell of the huge roast turkey placed in front of me was so...
“Ugh!”
Ugh, I feel nauseous..
I covered my mouth and barely managed to lift my head, only to see Ryan looking at me with a shocked expression.
"My jaw is going to fall off... Ugh!"
"Hohoho, you aren't throwing up like this for the reason I'm thinking of, are you? If this is just an act to trick me, isn't it boring? Yes?"
I covered my mouth to block out the smell of food, then looked around the table.
In silence.
The whole family has the same expression.
Eyes wide open as if about to pop out, and a gaping mouth.
I held out two fingers toward Ryan.
2 months. The age of the baby rabbit.
"Hehe, if you don't get married within the next eight months, I win. You lion!"
"K, kiyaaaak!!!"
Ryan sprang to his feet and roared.
Starting with him, the whole family began to get excited and run wild.
"Noooo! Is it true?!"
Alex, who starts by shedding tears.
"Wow, damn! What a joyous occasion!"
Revan is shouting while clutching his head.
"Brother! Don't swear! The baby can hear!"
Christa is already paying close attention to prenatal care.
“Vania!”
Richard, running from the far end as if to hug me,
"Oh my god, that's unbelievable!"
Even Prince Merchen, who slipped his knife while trying to slice the turkey himself.
...Uh?
Merchen earned his own hand instead of the turkey.
“Aaaah!”
With my screams.
Crackling.
Merchen's neck snapped at a right angle right before my eyes.
Wow! What a terrible sight for prenatal care!
I didn't even expect Rattan's congratulations!
“Wrap it up!”
Ryan quickly placed his hand on my shoulder and spoke.
<Mirror Eye - The Poem of the Reversal>
"Oh my god, that's unbelievable!"
Ryan quickly snatched the knife from Merchen's hand.
Truly, a chaotic crash.
It was the moment the baby bunny's existence was loudly announced.
***
That time.
Kali was following behind Nike, who had arrived in Belzer exactly four days later after riding his horse without rest.
She felt a renewed sense of pity for Nike, who looked half-crushed on the way because of his wife, who had left home, leaving behind nothing but a note.
Having heard that everyone was gathered at the banquet hall, he crossed the long corridor in the blink of an eye...
"Aaaaaaahh!"
"Wheeeeee!"
"We don't know yet! Eight months is enough! We absolutely cannot lose!"
"Bunnyyyy! Kyaaaak!"
A strange scream was coming from outside the firmly closed door.
Kali laughed because she thought she knew the reason.
Therefore...
The cake Vania had baked herself to give to her husband, but it was miserably discarded.
And.
The congratulatory message was engraved on the crumpled cake tray.
đ€Congratulationsđ€ on becoming a dad
***
Crash.
The moment he burst through the door.
Nike saw it.
"Kiyooooo!"
"Huo!!"
"Today it's pa~~tea!!"
"Everyone, calm down... Eyahooo!"
The whole family stood up from their seats, surrounding Vania like mad monkeys, rampaging around.
"Vania!!"
The husband comes looking for his wife, who ran away from home. Nike appears!
The monkeys immediately stopped roaring.
Silence arrived, and Vania looked at Nike with astonished eyes.
"Honey?"
Shaken, Nike strode over to Vania.
"I'm sorry. I was wrong."
Then he hugged her tightly and said,
"From now on, I won't leave you alone again."
"... Really?"
Vania, who had pulled Nike around his waist, looked at him and smiled brightly.
"Yes, really."
"Hmm~ good."
Relieved, Nike buried Vania's face in his chest again and hugged her tightly.
Clap!
Then, a loud and short sound of applause.
It was Ryan.
Clap, clap, clap...
Eventually, they clapped repeatedly.
Are they congratulating them on making up?
Clap, clap, clap!
The applause of the family members began to gather one by one.
Clap clap clap!
Clap clap!!
Clap Clap!!!
'...What is this?'
For some reason, the applause around Vania and him was so loud it hurt their ears, and it showed no sign of stopping.
"Stop... You can do it."
Clap clap clap clap clap!
Nike glanced at their identical expressions one by one, frowned, and asked.
"... Why is that? Stop it."
Clap clap clap clap clap!
Despite Nike's attempts to stop them, the family gradually closes its distance, and continues.
Clap clap clap clap clap!
"Why, why on earth..."
Flustered, Nike looked at Kali and tried to stop her.
"...?"
Clap clap clap clap clap!
Before he knew it, Kali was joining in.
Nike realized.
This must be a bad virus being infected in real time!
"Get lost!"
Nike immediately covered Vania's ears and embraced her protectively, flailing his arms towards her family.
"Don't come any closer!"
Clap clap clap clap clap!
"Hey! My ears are bleeding!"
Clap clap clap clap clap!
"Please, stop!"
Clap clap clap clap clap!
Clap clap clap!
.....
...
That day, the crazy applause at the Belzer Castle banquet lasted for more than ten minutes.
And not long after.
Is it true that even the Prince of the Empire has become a monkey with madness?
Bi~mil!
< The Strongest Family Has Arrived >
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