A few seasons passed since the incident with Erune and the others.
I have currently finished my work early and is now walking in my castle.
It was a brisk walk, that anyone can see my impatience in my every step.
However, I have no time to pay attention to that, as my head is pretty much occupied right now.
âIs it time for the doctorâs appointment?â
I looked back at one of my vassals following me.
An answer came back immediately.
âYes your Majesty. It was scheduled for today. According to the information we received earlier, it seems to have already begun.â
I nodded to affirm.
Yes. Today is the expected date for my wife to give birth.
ââŚâŚAh, damnitâ
I really wanted to be with them all day long, but there are still the affairs of the kingdom that I couldnât just leave alone.
Itâs not good to let out my complaints in front of my subjects either.
âIâll get used to it, this is not the first time after allâŚâŚâ
In fact, the four queens have already given birth, and today was the fifth, which was Eruneâs delivery.
Though the four babies born earlier were growing up quickly, I couldnât get myself to feel relieved yet.
Because there is a great risk in childbirth for both the mother and child, I still donât know what will happen on the way.
Recently, I have become accustomed to my position as the king, so I was able to get unmoved by some things, however, this is an entirely different issue.
My subjects understood it too, so they didnât try to say unnecessary words.
I was already thankful enough for them to cope and respond to the anxious me.
I walked down the stairs and arrived in front of the delivery room, in which I went many times already.
âAllan-sama, weâve been waiting for youâ
The queens have gathered in the waiting room, just in front of the said room.
Cecil, Fran, Helena, and Effie, each with a child in their hands.
Glinnis and Beatrice are still in the midst of rearing my children in their big bellies.
As a result of working hard in child-making, all of my queens ended up being pregnant.
It was the happiest result for me, and they are also happy with it too.
âI just finished all the office works. Are you two well?â
I turned my eyes at my two pregnant women.
âAhaha, Iâm fine. Though our child has been kicking and tumbling inside, but itâs nothing seriousâ
Glinnis said so with a wry smile.
Maybe our child in her womb will end up an energetic one like her.
âThatâs fine, but itâs dangerous if you move too muchâ
Thinking that the umbilical cord gets entangled with the neck of the fetus, I felt a bit of a cold sweat.
This time, it was Beatrice who called out to me.
âWhy are you always this pessimistic every time this happens? Calm yourself a little more. Arenât you the king?â
She gave me a piercing glance and quite the scolding.
Her stomach was even bulging a bit more compared to Glinnis beside her.
According to the doctor, she may give birth to twins.
âYeah, I already know about thatbut-â
âDonât even try to make such a look when itâs my turnâ
âUughâŚâŚ I know, my head already knowsâ
This is my fifth time experiencing childbirth as a man. However, itâs still the first childbirth for each of my wives.
How can I not worry about this?
As I troubled myself even more, the thick door of the delivery room went open.
However, I couldnât hear the baby crying from the inside.
âYour Majesty, please come hereâ
âI-I understand, Iâll be right thereâ
I said in a voice where anyone can tell how nervous I am.
I then entered the delivery room and switched to clean clothes, all while suppressing my bad thoughts.
Newborn babies have weak immunity.
Measures like this are to avoid bringing bad diseases as much as possible.
In this Country of Elves, every child is treated as precious, so medical care in this field was advanced, but I still gathered information from other countries to develop it further.
You can also say this I what I pressed on as the King alone.
âYour Majesty, this wayâ
When I was taken by the doctor and went forward, I saw Erune on the bed.
Her upper body was raised and there is a baby in her arms.
âErune-sama, Your Majesty is hereâ
When the doctor said so, she raised her head.
She looked pretty tired, but when she saw me, she smiled.
âAllan, Look at this child. Itâs our childâ
She urged me to sit beside, then she showed our baby.
Although it was just born, anyone could already see the resemblance of the babyâs face to Eruneâs.
âItâs quiet. Is it a girl?â
âIt appears so. I was worried because she didnât cry at first, but she was sleepingâ
âIt already slept?â
âWell, the doctor did make it cry, and upon hearing the voice, I was finally relieved. She has fallen asleep nowâ
Erune stroked the babyâs face as she told me.
I already felt the essence of a mother from her actions, maybe because sheâs holding her own child.
âBoth mother and child are stable. After a few days, she can go back to her own roomâ
The doctor at my side told that to me.
Since he is the one who had been present in all of the childbirths so far, I could trust his words completely.
I finally felt relief upon hearing those words.
That time, Cecil and the others came to the room, just right after I entered.
âCongratulations, Erune-sanâ
âThis is your family now, young oneâŚâŚ I want you to grow up wellâ
âSo Erune is now a mother too. Fufu, Be prepared, taking care of the baby is hard you know?â
âEffie-san, please donât scare her. We will also help, so donât worry!â
Cecil, Fran, Effie and Helena who have already become mothers gave blessings to their new member in their hearts.
âYes, Iâll be troubling you with this. Iâm worried about all the things I didnât know yetâ
Erune said that, but since theyâll cooperate with each other, I think it will be alright.
Since all of us are raising children, we can share all the joys and the hardships with one another.
This is the advantage of polygamy.
Of course, itâs also because they are of good relationships with each other that we were able to do it. That, I think, is the most important aspect of all.
âUwaa, soon weâll be like that tooâ
Glinnis watched Erune and the others with envy.
Though sheâs a woman who enjoyed just having sex, upon watching Cecil and the others, it seems this made her hold high hopes for having children too.
âYours will be born, just be patient. On the contrary, you should calm down a bitâ
âBut isnât Beatrice-sama awfully calm right now?â
âIt wonât come out even if you struggle right nowâ
She said that as she patted her belly.
From there, two fetuses are waiting to be born.
âIâm looking forward to it too, but itâs best not to be so eager. Itâs not good for the childâ
I left Erune to Cecil and the others, then I approached Glinnis and Beatrice.
They are the only ones remaining, but I worry about Beatrice more, because sheâll be giving birth to twins.
However, they smiled upon realizing my thoughts.
âDonât worry so much. Leave it to me, and Iâll give birth safelyâ
âAllan is really a worrywart when it comes to children!â
I felt relieved to hear their words encouraging me.
Itâs so effective that I feel I can do everything now.
A few days later, the birth of the fifth child was announced to the public.
At the same time, cheers were heard from all over the town, and the people went lively.
Even from inside the castle, you can already see how much happy they were.
I was listening from the room in the annex.
There is Erune who just returned from the sickroom as planned, and there is Cecil and the others too.
âThank you very much for making this celebration for meâ
âItâs also a proof that Allan-sama has put together a good country. The growth of the tourism industry has advanced from before, and itâs growth is remarkable too.â
âI just laid the policies. The people who actually worked hard are the people underneathâ
However, thanks to this, that the country has become larger and more vibrant than before.
In addition, because I received all kinds of races as my wives, the prejudices against elves and vice versa are now weakening.
âIt was all thanks to everyone that I have come this far. I hope to get along with you from now and hereafterâ
I said so as I looked at the queens before me.
They all nodded together while caressing their children in their bodies.
âWell, Iâm going to be busier from now onâ
As the number of people increases, tax revenues also increase, but at the same time, problems increase too.
However, for the children and for wives, especially those who are still about to give birth, I swear in my heart that I will do my best as a king.
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