Volume 3 - CH 14

For example in the upper world, a number of the nobles who hold power take wives and concubines. Particularly with the king. Since the king needs to father many children, it’s not unusual for them to have women in the double digits.

As a man, I’ve dreamt of having a harem, but that was purely a dream. I’ve never actually planned to do it in reality.

I think loving a single woman who loves me is quite a blessing in and of itself. That’s what Livia is for me right now. I don’t intend on having any other women.

Livia shook her head at my firm denial. “It’s okay. I’m happy enough that you think that. Rather, it is important for a chief to have the power to love multiple women. It would be really hard for a single woman to have so many children. I, I’ll do my best okay?”

“N, no, you don’t need to say that much…” Livia’s sudden words made my face go red. What are you saying Livia… Before I could say anything, she firmly pointed a finger at me.

“In any case. I’m happy enough that you think that. But- I will always be your number one!!” Livia shouted with her face red. Since she looked too cute like that, I unconsciously hugged her. “L, Lord Crest.”

“Sorry, you were just too cute.”

“….Th, thank you very much.” Livia closed her eyes happily and put her ear against my chest. “Hearing your heartbeat is very comforting…”

“…Is that right?”

“Yes.” I don’t really understand the feeling. Perhaps it’s something unique to goblins? With her eyes still closed, Livia muttered, “Come to think of it, we’re rescuing the vampires.”

“…Not happy?”

“Perhaps Lord Crest prefers little girls like that… is what I was thinking.”

“No way! My ideal right now is you Livia!”

“…”

“…” Both of our faces turned red. Livia hugged tighter.

“Right now… I can’t stop my lips from smiling so don’t look this way.”

“…Ah, yeah.” My own mouth turned all loose as well. I’m probably making a very sloppy expression right now. I also don’t want to be seen like this.

“I agree with saving the vampires. But you said you wanted to live a laid back life, right lord Crest?”

“Right.” It’s just that it looks like that sort of life will be on hold for awhile. Even after we save the vampires, we’ll still probably have to fight with the other monsters to the north. It seems like it will be quite awhile before things calm down.

“So… that’s why I thought you might not want to get involved. I fully agree with increasing our number of allies, so I was thinking of how to convince you of that.”

“Is that right.”

“Yes, I’m happy we have the same opinion on it.” She’s right about that.

“It looks like ogres are quite a strong bunch of monsters. That’s why we need to strengthen the village and give everyone further training. Can you help me with that Livia?”

“Yes. But not just everyone. You need to become stronger yourself as well, lord Crest.”

“You’re right about that.” However, the gacha will update soon, and I get stronger directly from everyone else getting stronger. I suppose the most important thing is strengthening our whole group after all.

“For that sake, let’s examine the situation around this village. Based on what I heard from the slimes, it seems the like the slimes used to live in is nearby. Sufi should be able to guide you there.” Livia spoke in an unhappy tone as she dropped Sufi’s name.

“Alright.”

“Sufi said that the two of you alone will be enough …So be careful.”

“I understand.”

“M, make sure to tell me if she does something to you! I’m sure she’ll try to temp you, but make sure to turn her down! I’ll give you the same things!”

“I, I get it alright!” It felt like Livia had gotten a bit rasher after having Sufi around more. …Well, she’s cute that way too. More than anything it means she’s thinking about me more so it’s not a bad thing for me. “For now I guess we’ll go check out the lake tomorrow. I might find some new monsters too.”

“I suppose so.”

Looks like I’ll have more things to take care of starting tomorrow. First I’ll have to call over the monsters standing by in the south.

After that, I’ll leave directing the monsters to Orphe, and I’ll have to take care of making buildings inside the village itself. It’s a lot to do, but I’ll do my best.