Price of Management

“Baron! Are you the Baron Karoc Kunt?! ”

Is that Richard Buck?

I looked at it with a sense of gnome. Richard's right.

Richard rushes toward me, riding his horse.

“Baron! Stop for a second! ”

“What's going on? ”

“Phew, he's not in the mansion, so I asked the colonists, ‘Isn't he the baron who's bathing in the sky? He said," Yes. You were right. ”

“Hahaha.”

“This is big, by the way! ”

“Why? Did you have a war? ”

“That would be better. If it were, you wouldn't be so restless. ”

So much for your father's restlessness?

“Tell me what? ”

“Grand Duke Arthur's daughter is about to be born. ”

“Eek?! ”

I was furious.

Our Ellis is born? Yeah, it makes sense for him to be restless.

“Let me guess. Our wife, Arthur, said," Summon Caroc! There's got to be something we can do! I said, "Yes? ”

“You know that, don't you? ”

“Let's go!”

“Yes! But... will you go there? ”

Hm?

It turned out that I was soaking naked in a floating bathtub in the sky.

I left my clothes at home.

“Noum, bring me my clothes. ”

- Yeah!

Phew, the wrath that disappeared into the ground soon appeared again with my branches of clothing.

I got Wounded to get rid of all the hot water in the bathtub and pick up my clothes. Now you are the first man in heaven to be clothed.

Fully clothed, I asked Richard on horseback.

“Do you want to ride this? This is faster than a horse. ”

“I'm sure it'll be quick, but I'll pass. because I care about the face. ”

“Wise. I'll go first, then. ”

I let it fly at full speed. The bathtub travels through the air at terrifying speed.

From the senses of gnome, "That's definitely fast. ’I could see Richard muttering.

I arrived at the family mansion in almost a minute. I got rid of the bathtub and ran inside.

As I ran along the corridor for a long time, I saw Father and Arthur shuddering around in a frenzy.

There he is.

I waved to both of them.

“Ellis is born? ”

“It's her! Oh, no, it's Elizeda! ”

My father shouted. Haha, have fun.

As soon as Arthur saw me, he stepped up and put his hands on my shoulders.

“Caroc! Save Leyra and Rebecca, or Elise!" He's going to die! ”

“Something wrong? ”

“I don't know, but it wouldn't scream like that if it wasn't! ”

I listened quietly.

“Ahhhh!”

Leyra screams as if torn.

Well, that reminds me.

Screamed just like that when I gave birth to that bastard's son. I heard a scream similar to that one, and there didn't seem to be any special problem.

“It's just a normal mother's voice. ”

“How do you know that? Have you ever heard the voice of a normal mother? ”

Yeah, I've heard of it. Your wife used to be my wife!

I can't even say it like this.

Apparently, he was the one who summoned me.

“Anyway, I need your help. You're a higher spirit. You can do whatever you want. ”

“Well, that's true. All right, I'll give it a shot. Noum, it's Wounded. ”

- Yeah!

-Yeah.

Two spirits appear.

I shared my senses with Noonum to see how Leyra was having her baby.

Leyra and the fat, old midwife and two other maids. Huh? Betty's nanny is the one in charge of the midwife. The nanny who took care of me until I was eighteen.

Well, Betty had experience with Brother Rick and me when I was born.

I focused more on Leyra.

“Push harder! Power!”

“Ahhhh!”

Leyra screams and lets out a hand. I looked inside Leyra's body.

For the first time in my life, I'm seeing a baby struggling to get out of her.

The baby is struggling through a narrow passageway. It was pathetic, but that's how childbirth was supposed to be. Mothers and babies are hard.

Hmm.

Can I help you with something?

I decided to tell Woundee.

“Woundee. Go inside and help Leira and the baby recover from their fatigue. ”

-Yeah.

Wounded entered the room, being sucked right through the door.

Leira and the baby begin to feel more energized as Undine empowers them to recover.

“Yes! That's it! Just a little more! I'm trying to see your head! ”

“Ugh!”

Thanks to Wounded's recovery, Leyra reaches out with all her might.

And finally my niece's head came out.

“That's it! That's it! ”

The nanny carefully pulls the baby out and cuts and ties the cord. I slapped my butt after washing it in warm water.

“Meow! Meow! ”

My lovely niece who bursts into tears with her breath.

I clenched my fist.

“Enough! My Ellis was born! You're okay, too!”

“Oh! Rebecca! ”

Arthur got excited and ran inside, forgetting the name King Eric himself had given him (Elene).

“Haha! You're finally a grandfather! I'm a grandpa, hahaha! ”

My father burst into laughter as well.

I also felt overwhelmed. I can't believe Arthur finally has a child. Isn't that the birth of a new family that wasn't there before?

I asked my father.

“Father, what does it mean to have a child? ”

“Huh? What do you mean? ”

He looks at me with a sudden look in his eyes like he's talking nonsense. Oh, come on! Listen to me seriously!

“You know, one day we'll have to wage war against the Horn Empire." ”

“Of course.”

“So I'm afraid to get married and start a family. Especially since I met Emperor Kars in person and confirmed his ambitions. Is it weird for me to think that? ”

“Well, what's weird about it? ”

“Yes? Really? ”

“Yes. To a man, family means people who are supposed to be responsible. If you think you want to feel something precious about your family, even if you are responsible for it, you can get married, and if you don't want to, you can't. Take, for example, your brother Rick. You think he's getting married? ”

“No.”

“No, you won't. But you can't blame him. ”

“What's so precious about it? ”

My father laughed and said.

“Let me give you an example. Behold the dragon that once existed. Eternal dragons do not bear children. But humans are born. Why do you think that is? ”

“Human life is finite. ”

“It has nothing to do with the finite life expectancy of having children. ”

“Well, I guess so. So, when you get old, you lose your energy, and you have a child to support you? ”

My father stared at me.

“That makes sense. But I don't ask you to support me no matter how old I am. ”

“Hahaha.”

“Here's what I think. Children believe that even if I close my eyes after I die, I will continue to exist in this world. Humans give birth to children because their lifespan is limited. In other words, even if he dies, it is to maintain his existence. ”

I never felt that way when I died. Maybe it's because it lasted longer than the son of a bitch. Phew, 90. I was a very long man back then.

“And here's the thing. ”

My father put his hand on my shoulder.

“You may seem silly, but sometimes you feel mature like you've lived longer than me. And I can't believe I'm about to get the chance to tell you this. ”

I was tempted to listen to my father.

My father said.

“Living is always a struggle. ”

“ ……. ”

“Do you know the miners who work at the Iron Ore Mine? ”

“I know. You hired poor people to work during the Great Fires. ”

“Yes. I've never done it, but I know that working in the mines is hard and hard. Arthur does a lot of thinking, including increasing rest time to improve the working environment of the miners, but the hard work remains constant. ”

“That's right.”

“Then why do they work? To protect my family. ”

That's right. When we recruited miners, we prioritized the poor with the dependents.

“If they didn't have a family, they wouldn't have to work so hard, and you can't ask them why they built one. ”

“Yes.”

“That's all it is. Humans work hard to live their lives because everyone has something to protect. War eventually falls into that category. No matter how political and religious the cause may be, every war in the world is for profit. In the end, war is also a means for human survival. ”

“ ……. ”

“You were worried about the invasion of the Horn Empire. Then I ask you, why fight when you have nothing to protect? ”

“… because we have something to protect. ”

“Yes, you already have things to protect. Adding your wife and kids to it doesn't make a difference. Well, talk like this and get married or whatever. I'm going to hug my granddaughter. ”

Then he went into the room.

“Do I have to protect……. ”

I quietly fell into reminiscence.

My father was right. There are already a lot of people to protect, but adding one or two more to it didn't make a difference.

International politics is just an excuse. The problem is with myself.

Maybe I'm still afraid because of the unfortunate marriage I had in my past life. That's why I keep finding excuses.

Besides, I have lived alone for a very long time. But I also wondered if it was a good thing that my life was limited by the connections of family.

Humans feel lonely when they are alone, but I am not lonely. Because there were my spirits.

“Phew. I'll think about it a little more. ”

I couldn't find the right answer.

I wish I loved Julia with a burning heart. If I had been completely paralyzed by love, I would have put all my worries aside and married right now.... I like Julia, but I don't know anything about love. Is it really possible for a human being to lose his mind and have someone like him go crazy?

There you go.

Now I have to see my niece. I leapt into the room screaming vigorously.

“Elise!”

“Aren't you sick of it?! Elena!”

My father grabbed my head. Tsk, I should give Elise's name to Hansen's daughter, hahaha.

Anyway, there was one more member of my family.