Civil Servant in a Romance Fantasy

956 – Mental Preparation – 1

Titi and Jenny’s amazing decision to share their child’s grief of becoming independent with new children.

I couldn’t help but admire their open mind to see more, having already given birth to 14 children. In fact, both Luciano and I thought that Titi and Jenny’s children would end at 14. To be honest, if they gave birth to 14 children at once, it would mean they had given birth to all the children they would have in their lifetime.

‘Did Jenny receive a blessing too?’

Thanks to that, I seriously thought about it while watching Jenny chewing on raw meat.

Did Jenny also receive Tanian’s blessing like Titi, or did I forget because I was absent-minded? Otherwise, I can’t understand her amazing determination and stamina.

Or maybe the Growths were affected when they visited Luciano’s mansion? Certainly, Growths and Sub-Growths are totems that radiate divine power just by their very existence. Since such totems came in droves, it wouldn’t be strange if Jenny, who was nearby, was imbued with divine power.

“Good dog.”

As I absentmindedly stroked Jenny’s head, she stared into my eyes with meat in her mouth.

They say that even dogs don’t touch you while you’re eating, but luckily I’m the owner of Jenny’s pet, Titi. It’s perfectly acceptable to pet her on the head.

Besides, even though Jenny’s personality is a bit cold, she’s basically a golden retriever. Retrievers don’t hate people. It’s just a matter of whether or not they express their affection aggressively.

“I have to give birth healthily this time too.”

Jenny’s tail began to wag at my encouragement and support.

Of course, the gestation period for dogs is about 2 months. The ‘2nd Juniors’ will be born at the end of the year at the earliest, or early next year at the latest, so it may be a little early to start cheering them on already.

But what if you cheer early? You can cheer more when the baby is about to be born. There is no limit to the number of times you can cheer.

‘It’s the beginning of the year.’

Anyway, I took my hand off his head, meaning to tell him to finish what he was eating, and looked at the ten pups playing with Titi.

For the sake of Titi and Jenny’s mental health, we planned to proceed with the distribution in intervals of several weeks or months. We planned to continue the mini Injeolmi pickup period for at least the next year, or at most the year after.

But will additional pups be born early next year at the latest? Even if only half of the 14 are born, that’s 7 pups, so the number will increase to 17 in an instant?

‘I have to hurry.’

If you decided to postpone the sale for your mental health, this time you should hurry up and sell for your physical health.

Ten cubs running around and seven newborn cubs (estimated minimum number). No matter how strong Titi and Jenny are, they won’t be able to withstand this. Maybe Titi will escape to the Teilglen County or the Imperial Counts’ lake.

‘I have to send it to my in-laws soon.’

Among them, let’s send them to the Wolken Duchy first. My father-in-law also said that he was bored since he had nothing to do after stepping down from the dukedom.

Considering the size of the craftsman, the mini injeolmi are a bit unbalanced, but even the Minister of Finance got one, so I guess it’s okay.

…

‘Are you good at controlling your strength?’

For a brief moment, an ominous thought crossed my mind. I had a horrible thought that my father-in-law had failed to control his strength and the rice cake would turn into a rice cake.

‘It’ll be okay.’

He shook his head quickly to shake off the ominous thoughts.

The craftsman is a veteran among the imperial warriors. He has handled all kinds of weapons and fought against various enemies, and in private, he personally hugs and caresses his grandchildren.

It is unlikely that such a master craftsman would get into trouble just because he handled a puppy wrong. He is more skilled at controlling his strength than anyone else.

The time has come when we feel the cold winter wind rather than the autumn leaves.

Winter. The end of the year. The last time to welcome the new year.

In other words, it is the last grace period before turning one year older.

‘You guys are five years old now.’

I watched the triplets running around with a heavy heart.

The time has come that I hoped would never come. It is time for my eldest, second, and third daughters, whom I would never mind putting in my eyes, to leave the mansion.

‘Is this how Titi feels?’

Of course, Titi must have been more depressed than I was. Unlike the mini Injeolmis who are permanently independent, our triplets are only independent for a certain period of the year.

Even to the distance I can go whenever I want. If Titi reads my mind, she will bite my leg and say how dare you compare me to her.

“…Trixie.”

“Why is that?”

“Since one-fourth are elves, aren’t our children not even two years old yet?”

Trixie, who was standing next to me, seemed to be impressed by my perfect logic and closed her mouth.

Even if you think about it yourself, it’s amazing logic. Pure-blooded elves are 10% human age, and half-elves are 20% human age. Just like Tricky, who is over 120 years old, is in her mid-to-late twenties by human standards.

Then, our children, who are quarter elves, can be roughly calculated as 40%. Even if they turn 5 next year, 40% of 5 years old is still only 2 years old.

‘Are you a genius?’

I was so proud of myself. This logic is perfect and infallible, and no one can refute it.

“Contact Servette immediately─”

“Don’t do that.”

“huh.”

The problem is that it was only perfect for about 30 seconds.

“Carl. I fully understand your feelings.”

Finally, Trixie gently took my hand in hers.

Then he whispered in a gentle and affectionate voice.

“But how long have Katoban’s vassals waited for this moment?”

I’m telling you that if you keep talking nonsense, you’ll be very sorry.

‘It was ugly.’

I lowered my head, feeling embarrassed and ashamed.

I know. Just as I want to keep the triplets by my side somehow, the retainers of the Duke of Katoban will also want to bring the triplets to Servet.

After all, he is the first new blood relative of the Katoban in about 120 years. He is the youngest duke born more than 100 years after Tricky became the Duke of Servet. How could the vassals of the Katoban Dukes not be excited about receiving a life that their parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, or even more, have never seen?

“It’s only a month at most. Can’t we invest at least a month for the future of our children? Someday, Maria will become the next Duke of Servet, and Cecilia and Cattleya will become the pillars that support the Duke. The fact that such children did not grow up in Servet could be a source of anxiety for the vassals and the people.”

“That’s true…”

This time too, I nodded bitterly because it was true.

The Duke of Servet, who has never lived in Servet. What a terrible and bizarre title. Even if he is a member of the Catauban family, who has only appeared in a century, it is difficult to acknowledge someone who does not know Servet as the Duke of Servet.

“knife.”

However, when I still couldn’t hide my gloomy expression, Trixie let out a small sigh,

‘ah.’

He looked at me with his arms wide open, as if telling me to just hug him without saying anything.

Thanks to that, I almost burst into tears. That small gesture seemed to be an expression of complete understanding and acceptance of my feelings.

“Dad! Mom! Let’s hug too!”

“Us too! Us too!”

“Us too~”

As the couple shared a warm and tearful embrace, the triplets also ran over and hugged Trixie’s legs.

“Me, me, put me down and hug me!”

There was a minor commotion between me and Cecilia, as Jang-saeng was in Cecilia’s arms, but it was so trivial that I let it go.

***

From the moment the autumn leaves began to fall one by one, a smile never left my face.

Finally, finally, the day comes. The year our princesses turn five. The time when the precious blood of the Katoban comes to Servet.

“What are the rooms like for the princesses?”

“It’s perfect. I’ve been changing it every quarter just in case, so there’s no problem if you come today.”

The corners of my mouth went up even more as I listened to the conversation between the attendant and the attendant next to me.

Since His Majesty became pregnant and gave birth to three princesses, a sacred space has been created in the castle of the Duke of Servet. It is a noble room where the princesses can stay.

In addition, to prevent the three of them from fighting over the room, they were made with the same area and decoration. If these insufficient vassals cannot satisfy all three of them, shouldn’t they avoid dissatisfaction?

“What about Clarisse?”

“You went to the elven residential area four days ago, so you will return in three days.”

The chamberlain nodded at the servant’s unhindered report.

Lady Clarisse. The former Madame’s close friend and the elf whom His Highness the Duke has commanded to be treated with great respect. A valuable person who will teach our princesses the common sense of elves. Among the nannies whom our vassals have prepared with all their passion, she is by far the best.

‘You are perfect.’

The princesses stay at Servet from the age of five, but even so, Lady Clarisse has been staying at our ducal castle since before that. It is more smooth to teach when the teacher is familiar with the place where they are teaching.

We also gave our full support to Clarisse, who took the time to help us. We found whatever Clarisse needed, and we treated her to food and entertainment that she would not have experienced in the elven residential district.

“It’s difficult. If this continues, even when the children grow up, I won’t want to go back.”

Why else would Lady Clarice say something like that? That the elves wanted to live somewhere other than the elf residential area.

I was proud and satisfied. I hope our sincerity was of some help to Lady Clarisse. Lady Clarisse’s satisfaction will lead to quality education for the princesses.

“Butler! Chamberlain!”

‘hmm?’

As I was smiling for what felt like the umpteenth time, a butler came running from across the hallway.

“Ah, Your Majesty has come with Your Majesty the King!”

“What?”

“Now that this is where the princesses will be staying, they came to take a look around in advance…!”

“Go now!”

And then he made a sudden and moving report.

His Majesty the Duke and His Majesty the King have come to inspect in person. This is, more than anything, a sign that the ladies’ visit is imminent.

As a house manager, it makes me so happy.