I Became the illegitimate son of a duke

89 – Spring (1)

“Huh…! So, how’s the college thing going?”

“If there is no major change, I am guessing that the university will be able to open next spring. Law and theology, which had their own curriculum before specialization, and public administration, where Luca is transplanting the education system of Vines, have been renovated in such detail. Magical alchemy, astrophysics, and mechanical architecture, where there was no need to study, there were many related books, and apprenticeship education was active from the beginning by artisans, are almost complete. Since we are following His Majesty’s progress well, there seems to be no major problem in completing the curriculum by the deadline in spring.”

When I ask Leclerc about his university progress after stretching, Leclerc calmly tells about his university progress, as if he had prepared from the beginning.

Judging by the fact that he talked quickly without thinking for a moment, he must have worked very hard. Because it’s also trustworthy.

“The number of people who will assist professors at the university is based on people who have fallen slightly below the professor recruitment standards, and for the other workers, we are planning to place reliable servants and servants.”

“Good work, it must have been very difficult.”

“No, it wasn’t much different from what I was doing at the court, so there was no big difficulty.”

As he said, evaluating the quality of personnel is what Leclerc usually does… But this time, the workload must have been a joke since he had to hire all the people to work at the university.

Are you deliberately pretending that nothing is wrong so that I don’t feel embarrassed? Oh my…

“That… It’s a bit awkward to say that, but thank you, your dedication has made things so much easier.”

“I just did what I had to do. As a ruler, you should refrain from giving thanks to your subjects without special circumstances.”

Looking at what has happened since the coronation, it seems to be a special case.

Civil war, war, currency reform, etc. Looking at what Leclerc has done in domestic and foreign affairs so far, I have nothing to say even if he ran away a long time ago due to excessive work intensity. It’s a situation where you can say thank you enough.

“…Yes, I got it.”

Of course, I couldn’t get those thoughts out of my mouth. It is an advice given by a servant while worrying about the monarch.

Leclerc nodded his head slightly, maintaining as much dignity as he wanted, and Leclerc put a subtle smile on his face as if he was satisfied.

It is an old man’s expression as if he is looking at the grandson of a close friend. Does it even remind me of my father or grandfather?

…………

“Haaa…”

“Do you have the energy to breathe?”

“Be quiet.”

In the past, a simple conversation like this would have caused a war of nerves, but now it doesn’t happen at all.

No matter how bad it was, we lived in the same room for a year, six months of which, so now we don’t overreact to anything.

Of course, a big reason is that she doesn’t have the energy to get angry anymore because her pregnancy has entered the final stages. These minor annoyances cannot revitalize a weak body.

“Do you know that since Leclerc-sama came, you’ve become very similar like a sick cat? It’s not like all the kids have been kicked out, but please stop. Since some remain, it’s not like all information has been blocked.”

“…How can I trust them?”

“What?”

Seeing that Ines, who had been threatened by Leclerc, had been inactive for several months since then, Chloe provoked him with a shout, but Ines gave a totally unexpected answer to Chloe’s blatant provocation.

‘What else is he talking about?’

The flow of the story is a bit strange.

The minions say that not all of them have been expelled, so stop whining, but why do you suddenly say how you trust them?

“Isn’t that true of you too? The more servants you have, the less likely you are to be swayed by false information.”

“…What does that mean?”

“So, if there is only one person who gets the information, the damage if that one person betrays you is huge.”

Ah…

The development of the idea is too absurd, but I roughly understood what I wanted to say. That’s why he doesn’t even trust his subordinates.

For some reason, Ines’ subordinates tended to hang out together. Wasn’t that just to keep an eye on each other, rather than simply forming a faction?

“That… It’s a bit like saying this all of a sudden, but how did you grow up? Were you happy?”

“What are you talking about suddenly in a bad mood? Hmm… But to answer it, it seems like my grandfather and older brother lived happily in their own way. Maybe because I’m the youngest daughter, everyone cherished me very much.”

“True it… Well, I guess.”

It is said that noble families do not have much time to spend together and have little love for family, but if it was the youngest daughter, there is a high probability that she would have been sufficiently loved and raised.

Then the reason why this b*tch has such a twisted personality is her nature or—

“Of course, it’s an important resource for marriage alliances with other nobles.”

“Huh?”

“There is not a single noble in the world who does not value his daughter? Since the succession right becomes complicated for a son, the second and subsequent ones are released as mercenary commanders or appointed as monks, but daughters have no such risk.”

…Ah.

I see, the point of view was different.

“Ines, what do you think is the way to make a child happy?”

“Happiness… Um, if it’s a son, you’ll have the dignity that everyone in Rotaring looks up to… If it’s a daughter, marrying the person you love just like I met Mr. Seo? I’d be happier if I could give it an advantage. As soon as I knew that marrying Mr. West would benefit the Laurel family, I felt so good… I felt like I was about to fly away, hehehe.”

“…Yes, okay.”

I knew roughly why Ines didn’t trust her men.

Somewhat of an innate personality accounts for the reason, but he grew up in a strange family. If it’s common sense that profit leads to happiness, then it’s not too much of a stretch to think that if there’s no benefit, subordinates will betray you.

Haaa…

‘It’s fortunate that I have an older brother.’

If I hadn’t been adopted into my mother’s family, would I have been too?

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My older brother said before that it’s a bad feeling to be happy seeing other people’s misfortune, but I can’t help but feel relatively relieved.

…hahahahah. Yes, I will patronize you.

“Ines.”

“…What a bad feeling.”

“You may not know it, but your men are truly loyal to you.”

It is true. Until a few months ago, the feeling that the children on Ines’ side were forcibly following Ines rather than being loyal to them was strong, but recently there has been no sign of that.

And the reason lies in the attitude of Ines, who has become docile since meeting Leclerc. Is it because of human psychology that we are disappointed when good people do bad things, but moved when bad people do good things?

In any case, moved by Ines’ attitude, Ines’ subordinates began to be loyal to Ines, to the extent that even I, his outsider, could clearly see it. It’s a shame that he himself doesn’t know that.

“So, trust your subordinates a little more. Isn’t the relationship between ruler and subject only for profit? And the happiness of a child… Yes, think about the feelings you had when you met your brother. The reason you fell for him is there won’t be.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“I can’t explain everything. You have to figure it out for yourself.”

“Your way of speaking is a bit… Is that right? You seem to have forgotten because I’m not making a problem—”

“Noisy, I’m sleepy so be quiet.”

“This, profit…!”

Oh, finally angry all the time. This is Ines.

In the past, I was very annoyed by that voice, but after hearing it for the first time in a while, I feel like I miss it.

…………

Since there was a lot of work piled up, time passed very quickly just to deal with it.

The bony bushes and trees that let the cold wind through spewed out their leaves again and no longer allowed the wind to pass through their bodies, and new life, buds, sprouted from the ground that had been frozen and hardened.

“”Ah ah ae ae ae ae!!!””

And here, too, a new life is born.

“Ugh?!”

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty. You mustn’t enter. No matter how much you tell your Majesty…”

Yes, it was.

The mothers are pecked and sterilized like pickling whole bodies with distilled alcohol, and the clothes are forcibly dressed only in freshly boiled clothes, and the delivery room is kept as clean as possible, so the risk of infection is probably low, but I can’t help but feel very anxious.

As soon as I heard the sound of the baby, I almost went into the delivery room without realizing it. I almost broke my promise

[Never… You can’t come in… Never…]

[Please wait…Until it’s all over…]

[…Okay, I’ll wait.]

For some twist of fate, the two who were pregnant at the same time ended up giving birth at the same time.

Even if you look at the baby’s cry just heard, it seems that the baby came out at the same time.

hahahaha… I laughed out loud because it seemed like our personalities of not wanting to lose to each other were revealed.

…Unlike my mother, I want the two of them to be close, but if we make them stay together from a young age, they’ll become close, right? Yes, this would be better

Other aristocrats strictly separate legitimate children from illegitimate children, but that’s their situation. What’s wrong with being close to each other?