The Main Heroine Likes the Extra

80 – Engagement ①

After getting ready with the help of the exclusive attendants, we went down to the living room where the whole family was.

It was still in the middle of preparing breakfast, so it could be said that it was a time that we spent as a habit among our families, such as having light conversations in the morning or reporting on matters to be reported.

Riel usually spends time alone at this time, but she didn’t think she would be able to do that this time.

That’s right, it’s the same as the person involved in the report, so I’ll take him with me.

“uuu!!”

“Ah…Ugh!! Yes, yes! It’s okay, it’s okay…!”

Did you feel a little uncomfortable going down the stairs? The World Tree… When the baby started whining, Riel worked hard to soothe the baby.

“…Even if it’s a world tree, it doesn’t seem to be much different from a normal baby.”

“I guess so. I’ve only heard about the birth of the World Tree as a tradition, so it’s a strange feeling.”

Mr. Leelu was looking at the baby with interest.

It was a quiet tone as usual, but I could tell there was a little excitement in it.

Well, Lilu originally lived as a guardian of the World Tree.

At some point, he thought he had been abandoned by the World Tree, but now he sees the World Tree reborn right in front of his eyes.

I don’t dare to express how Leelu feels.

“Anyway, she definitely resembles Riel, just as Phyllis said. Could it have something to do with her being chosen by Yggdrasil-sama?”

At Leelu’s words, I took a good look at the baby again.

…Certainly, she looks like she will grow up to resemble Riel when she grows up.

Is it because Riel still has a childlike appearance, is she at least lucky that she looks like her older sister and her younger sister?

“Ah, Bocchan. Are you all waiting…?”

The maid who was waiting in front of the living room stopped talking when she saw the baby she had never seen before.

No, absolutely not.

Don’t get me wrong either.

With that thought in mind, I passed through her hardened maid and entered the living room.

“I’m sorry I’m late, Father.”

“So, um? Did Lilu and Miss Riel come? What the hell…”

When my father saw Rilu and Riel, his gaze slightly lowered, and then he froze.

The mother sitting next to her is relatively calm, but her eyebrows are slightly raised.

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Kino had his mouth wide open, while Asta stood up quietly and approached.

“Brother.”

“…Why?”

“I asked how far I’d gone, but I really didn’t know you’d go this far.”

“What?”

Asta put his chin on my shoulder.

“…So, when was the nephew born?”

“Die, son of a b*tch.”

He grabbed Asta’s hand on his shoulder and threw it away.

It didn’t take long for everyone to regain their composure, including my father.

Actually, being my child is realistically and physically impossible.

After calming down the family, it didn’t take much time to explain the situation.

“Oooh, kyaa!”

“Rightrightright, yes.”

Now the baby was in her mother’s arms.

A mother who takes good care of a child who struggles with his arms and legs, showing interest in various places in the living room.

Well, maybe it’s because she has a lot of parenting experience, her mother is great.

When I try to hug her, she doesn’t refuse, but even the child who used to look a bit grumpy is enjoying it now.

Aside from that, maybe it’s because they have the same green hair color, but looking at them like that, they really look like parents and children.

My father listened to us and brought paper and a pen to write something, while the mother looked after the baby.

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Kino was looking at the baby with a curious face next to his mother.

And Asta was sitting across from me, touching the sore spot from being hit by the tossed wind.

“Isn’t this a joke, bro.”

“It’s because you tell stupid jokes.”

As if Riel remembered the joke she heard earlier, she lowered her bright red face.

“So bro, what are you going to do with that baby?”

“That’s the problem. I have to go back to the academy in two weeks…”

I gave Riel her gaze and signaled her.

Riel nodded her head, and she cautiously stood up and tried to leave her living room.

“Oooh…Wow!!…Wow!!”

The baby playing with her mother stretched out her hand towards Riel in surprise.

Then she started to cry bitterly, and Riel in hastily returned to hold her baby and calm it down.

“…Because it’s like that.”

“Huh…”

“At least when you’re not in the same room, you cry with anxiety like that.”

Earlier in the room, the moment Riel was about to leave the room to change her clothes, the baby Phyllis was holding cries and upsets her, causing trouble.

In the end, Riel solved it by taking her baby to her room, but the problem is what to do with her academy.

She can’t take the baby to class.

“She’s heard about the birth of a baby, but in a way, Riel’s sister can be said to be her mother.”

“…I guess I’ll have to find a way to solve it.”

“Rather than that, my older brother had a child before he even got married.”

“I’m just about to get engaged, but he looks like a father.”

Saying that, the surroundings suddenly became quiet.

I looked around to see what was going on, but my father, mother, and Asta Lanquino were all staring at me with their mouths open.

“What? What’s wrong with everyone?”

“Kyou, are you getting engaged?”

It was only then that she remembered her father’s words.

…Come to think of it, you haven’t told me about your engagement yet.

I was originally going to say it at this time, but I completely forgot about it because of the baby.

One day, the Duchy of Ignis.

Andrew, who was concentrating on restoring the dukedom as the head of the family, put down the papers he was writing and leaned back in his chair to rest.

“Whoa…”

Andrew sighs as he stretches his body.

Starting with Gilbert, many acquaintances he made during his academy days rushed to work hard after receiving a letter he wrote.

Thanks to that, the security of the dukedom and public affairs that had been paralyzed are starting to run smoothly again, and the anxiety of the people is gradually easing.

And the other day I received a letter saying that I had found my father, so I felt like things were finally going back to normal.

At that time, someone knocked on the office door.

Andrew replied to come in, and the door opened.

“Prince Andrew.”

“Alicia, what are you doing?”

It was Priest Alicia who came to visit Andrew who was resting in his office.

She had a tea set in one hand.

“I thought it was time to take a break, so I brought some tea.”

“Oh, thank you.”

Andrew taking a break while drinking tea Alicia brought.

Alicia was helping Andrew because she used to help her with paperwork at church when she was at church.

Andrew stared at Alicia for a moment as he sipped her tea.

Alicia’s beautiful appearance makes her heart agitate.

‘No, wake up, Andrew. The duchy hasn’t completely returned to normal yet…’

As I was thinking that and controlling my mind, someone knocked on the office door again.

The one who came in with Andrew’s permission was one of the newly hired employees.

“Boss, a letter has arrived.”

“The letter? Who sent it?”

“This is Miss Riel.”

With those words, Andrew received the letter right away.

Andrew received two letters.

One had his name written on it, and the other one…

“This is a letter from Alicia.”

“For me?”

Alicia received a letter from Andrew and opened it.

Alicia, who was slowly reading her letter, opened her eyes wide in surprise.

What is written in the letter is that the seed of the world tree that he brought to the forest of the world tree himself hatched.

Alicia felt great joy when she heard that a new World Tree had been born and was growing little by little.

As a believer and as a person who brought seed.

“I’m glad…I’m so glad.”

Feeling the joy in her heart, Alicia held back the tears that were about to overflow.

How sad she was when she heard the story of the world tree Yggdrasil and the dead world tree she saw in the forest of the world tree.

How desperate she felt when she heard that the World Tree was disappearing, and that the world was heading for an end due to a problem with the circulation of magic power.

It wasn’t a time like this.

Feeling that she urgently needed to see the new World Tree, Alicia turned her head to Prince Andrew.

“Prince Andrew, urgently…”

The thing that caught Alicia’s eyes as she looked at Prince Andrew was Andrew’s frozen figure holding a letter.

“…Prince Andrew?”

Andrew doesn’t answer when I call.

Alicia walked up to Andrew, stuck her head out and read the letter he was looking at.

It’s bad manners to read other people’s letters, but what caused him to…

“Oops.”

She certainly thought that, judging from the tendencies of a man named Andrew she had seen, she would have to be like this if she received a letter like this.

“Prince Andrew? Calm down.”

Andrew can’t come to his senses even when he grabs his shoulder and shakes him.

In the end, Alicia gave up and waited.

“That… I guess I’ll have to go to Earl of Wentos soon!”

“Yes? But isn’t it time to focus on the revival of the dukedom…?”

“…This is also necessary for the revival of the dukedom.”

…It’s kind of an excuse, but Alicia didn’t point it out.

Alicia also has a reason to go to Count Wentos.