Incompatible Interspecies Wives

130 – Bad Habit (2)

“…I think it’s a bad habit. What do you think?”

“….”

I stood firm for a while trying to digest the words the king had delivered.

It wasn’t just me.

Hyung Adam, Siendo, Prindo, and the rest of the party also looked at the King in silence.

No one answered right away.

I didn’t think I would bring up the story of some multisystem.

It felt like the king had touched a big frame that I thought would not be shaken.

Especially when you approach it negatively, the feeling is even more different.

Nevertheless, I feel that the atmosphere is gradually changing.

Surprised by his remarks, the Lizardmen of the Pantra family and the Dwarves of the Dom family soon stood on the king’s side and looked at us.

It seemed like it could be because it was a story that had no effect on them.

Asked Prin, blinking her eyes.

“…Is it because of our family?”

The king nodded softly and replied.

“It was an opportunity. But I always thought it was a bad habit.”

As if organizing a story in his head, he pondered for a while before explaining.

“You may not know because you do not receive information, but as the king of a kingdom, you will hear many stories. It is also recorded in the history of our kingdom. There is no race that fights as much over succession issues as the Humans. I am looking for this problem in polygamy.”

He took a sip of water from the glass in front of him and continued.

Contrary to what he conveyed, he seemed very relaxed and natural.

“Yes, succession issues can arise even between siblings who are not half brothers. But that kind of thing is extremely rare. If there was no will, there is a custom where the eldest son takes over. Everyone leaves, even if the successor is decided between the half brothers, there will be a succession problem. Maybe it’s because he doesn’t have the same mother, and she always seems to have a bad relationship.”

Prin listened quietly to the king’s words.

The king asked.

“Prin, you tell me. Were the Jacksons on good terms? Wasn’t the relationship between the wives a cause, and did it spread to this succession fight? Can’t we see it as the result of the explosion of emotions accumulated over the years?”

Prin replied, shyly lowering her head.

“…We had a bad relationship.”

“Of course. So the guy I executed must have made such a stupid choice. It is not that there is no fool behind a foolish choice, but that emotions are mixed in most cases.”

Immediately after that, the king asked me.

“Tell me too, Berg. Are the wives on good terms?”

Sparks flew at me.

Shien looked at me from the side.

“….”

I couldn’t answer.

Sometimes they seemed to be on good terms, but they were wives who would tell me gossip about each other.

The king looks straight at me and says.

“…See. Those who haven’t been connected for a year are like that, but I wonder if others are less. It would be even more difficult to accept, especially if your wife is not even a human.”

“…”

“Equity between wives will also be an issue. You say you’ll love me the same… But how can you love me the same? Even with children, rankings are created.”

The King took a deep breath and said.

“It is a story that these poor women should not be harmed by the greed of the human race.”

I thought of Ner and Arwin for a moment.

Is this really my greed?

Though the situation went like this, I was just thinking that I could get through it well.

“…”

Suddenly, Ner and Arwin’s words about not being able to love me came to mind.

The reasons were different, but they were definitely the words he said to me.

Could it be that my greed made both of them unhappy?

…I wanted to believe it wasn’t. I wanted to believe that this was just a transitional period.

“Even if the succession issue is covered up, the problem remains.”

The king’s words were endless.

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“Due to polygamy, the human race has many children. There are definitely people who don’t, but they’re rare.”

An aide next to the king handed him some documents.

The King turns over the document and continues his words.

“Of course I have to feed and raise them all. However, the Humans who do not have the ability to do so eventually start abandoning their children on the street. Well, even that is a difference between people, but everyone vaguely knows that there are many abandoned human races, right? If you give birth to a child without the ability, it is a natural result that there will be a child abandoned.”

The King’s gaze reaches me.

“Berg. Were you an orphan?”

“…”

His eyes also reached Adam’s brother.

“Adam. Were you an orphan too?”

“…”

My brother quietly shut his mouth.

The king continued despite this.

“You have to think about it. There are a lot of negative words that describe humanity. Barbaric, cruel, heartless, selfish…And so on. Is this really a characteristic of the human race? It might not be a characteristic of the human race, but a characteristic of the unlearned. If only the abandoned humans disappeared, even that evaluation might disappear. Aren’t Humans interesting beings, just looking at the people right in front of me.”

The head of the Pantra family and the head of the Dom family who were sitting in their seats also nodded slightly.

As if the king’s will was right.

A silence fell for a while.

Still no one has revealed the name.

In the end, the king asked first.

“Prin. Let me know what you think. Tell me why polygamy should be maintained. I will listen to anything you say.”

“…”

Prine froze for a moment at the king’s words.

But everyone already knew what answer he would give.

No action has been taken against him yet.

I had no choice but to bow down to the king.

“…I agree with His Majesty’s will. My father has many wives, and I only have memories of suffering. I don’t know if it’s good for the person in charge… But we who were under him had a hard time.”

Prin, a human aristocrat, answered that.

The king asked next.

“Adam?”

My brother looked at me at those words.

My brother suffered for a while.

I felt what hyung wanted to say.

If we agreed to the King’s will, we could not suffer any greater loss than that.

There were members who died to bring Ner and Arwyn to the Red Flame Team.

My older brother looked ahead.

“…I think it should be maintained. This is our culture.”

The king maintained a certain expression. He did not appear to be angry or offended by my objection.

“…I see.”

The king’s gaze reached me next.

“Berg?”

I shook my head.

“I disagree.”

“Why?”

“I already have two wives.”

At that, the king burst into laughter.

He laughed for a while and said.

“Honest reasons. Yes, how could a commoner want to let go of two aristocratic wives?”

Cien rustled beside him.

I can feel it gripping my clothes.

“But, Berg. As I explained earlier, polygamy may be a bad habit for the Humans as well.”

I shook my head.

“I don’t care about other people.”

The king smiled at the answer and nodded his head.

“…I like you like Adam.”

And then everyone’s eyes are on the last person.

An existence that can represent the human race even more than Prin, me, or Adam hyung.

Everyone looked at Shien, who had the design of Hea on the back of her hand.

Even her king treated her with more formality.

“Saintess, what do you think?”

“……”

Cien looks at me for a moment.

Our eyes meet again.

And during that moment, many emotions are conveyed.

“…I…”

Shien looked at me and blinked her eyes.

Then she lowers her head and whispers.

“…I thought it was a bad habit…”

The king asks the meaning.

“But…?”

“Right now…I don’t know.”

I could see why Xian gave such an answer.

She was the one who just said she wouldn’t give up on me.

It must have been related to that reason.

“…”

After hearing our story, the king nodded.

He kept silent as if he had something to think about.

“…I heard you well. It’s something to think about.”

Prince asked such a king.

“…Will polygamy be abolished?”

The king said, avoiding answering.

“That’s not what I’m thinking about right now. Because I just wanted to hear the story. Even if you make a decision, you should listen to the stories of the various races. You can’t decide on such a big change during the war in the first place.”

I listened to him with a complicated mind.

It’s not like polygamy is going to be decided anytime soon… But if it does, it could mean that you should separate from your wives.

There were many things I wanted to say.

But I couldn’t open my mouth because I remembered Adam’s words to be careful and the thoughts of my wives.

Then the king spoke for the last time.

“But everyone, even if a decision is made… I hope you don’t be surprised.”

I looked at the king quietly.

He finishes.

“After all, it is a choice for the sake of the kingdom.”

****

The meeting was over, and King Rex Draigo remained in the meeting room and sighed.

I feel that I have completed one thing that I have been working hard on.

“…Your Majesty.”

The moment he was about to enjoy a break, a person who had not left the conference hall called him.

It was Gail.

“I am listening.”

Gail, who was choosing a horse, asked with difficulty.

“…Is that really what you’re doing?”

“What are you talking about?”

“…Do you think it’s a bad habit to abolish polygamy among the human race?”

Rex smiled.

Then he stretched himself out in his chair and said.

“…Gail, as expected, you are very quick-witted.”

“…”

“…And talk too much. You can move on without even asking.”

Gail didn’t answer that.

It was originally like that.

I couldn’t stand the story inside.

But Rex also liked that Gale.

Being that honest and being able to look inside.

If only that discomfort could be overcome, there was no one as comfortable as Gail.

“…Of course it’s not just because of that.”

Rex said.

Then he turned his head to face Gale.

“You knew that, Gail. Why did I hate polygamy?”

“…”

“Even if you pretend not to know, I know you know. Because you know who I am.”

Gail shook her head.

“…I just knew he was hiding his intentions, I don’t know anything more.”

“…Really?”

Rex thought he was lucky even though he was puzzled.

If Gale was like this, the rest of the people might not have noticed.

“Please explain.”

Rex shook his head.

And then I told him.

“…Then stay as you don’t know.”

It wasn’t even a grandiose story.

It was also a pretty cowardly story.

…Polygamy is a danger to the royal family.

If numerous aristocrats centered on one human race began to form an alliance through marriage, it might become powerful enough to pose a threat to the royal family.

Rex was only looking for a chance to get his hands on the human culture.

It was true that the Jackson family had rotted his head, but Rex wasn’t going to miss this opportunity.

Rex sighed.

The pressure he had to bear as a king was heavy at times.

****

Ner stroked his white tail and waited for Berg to come out of the conference hall.

Arwin was also by his side.

Recently, Nere has begun to like my white tail.

I felt it while stroking it.

That I don’t feel as ugly as I used to.

That he has his own charm.

At the same time, Ner felt that he was being protected by Berg.

After the mercenary meeting, there were occasional stories that came to Ner’s ears.

Especially because this is the Jackson estate.

Rumors about the human race, Berg, seemed to spread even more.

And among those rumors were these words.

… Berg likes Nere very much, and she says that she shouldn’t make fun of her white tail.

That everyone who mocked Ner Blackwood was trampled on by Berg.

Ner remembered that story made her face blush without realizing it.

I was even more embarrassed because it was true.

Coming to think of it, it was a story that would have been irrelevant if Bergman thought of it beautifully, but… It felt like the pain inside her was moving forward.

Her self-esteem was recovering a lot.

“Your tail is pretty!”

A woman who appears to be the Jackson family’s maid shouts as she passes by.

It was her flattery’s words, but Ner smiled at him.

Even this was a change for her.

I didn’t feel like I was being sarcastic when she said that her tail was pretty.

So Ner had been trimming her tail neatly since sometime ago.

She might tell you that Berg is prettier if you brush her.

“…”

It was still embarrassing to be touched, but I thought it wouldn’t be bad if I tried to force myself to touch it.

She still remembered the moment when Berg gently stroked her own tail.

I still can’t forget the goosebumps of that time.

At that time, the door to the conference hall opened.

Ner put her tail down in surprise and looked at the door.

Berg was walking out.

A smile naturally forms on Ner’s lips.

But as if he still had something to share with the warriors, he was standing next to Adam and having a short conversation with the warriors.

“…Strange.”

At that time, Arwin muttered next to him.

“…Yes?”

Ner asked back, but Arwin’s eyes were fixed on Berg.

I saw Berg along with Nerdo Arwin.

Looking closely, while Captain Adam was leading the conversation, Berg was exchanging glances with the saintess.

“…?”

At the same time, Ner also felt a strange discomfort.

Berg doesn’t usually pay attention to anyone… Why is that saintess staring at her for so long?

“…”

And seeing himself obsessed with just one gaze, Ner was quite surprised.

What is that thinking?

He didn’t know where he had gone because he tried to value freedom.

So instead, Ner untied his throat.

They were having a conversation, but they called their partner once.

“Berg!”

Berg’s eyes turned around.

His hardened expression softened after he saw himself.

Ner really liked that.

That he smiles at himself.

The well-combed tail started wagging accordingly.

It turned out to be a waste of making things pretty, but there was nothing I could do about it.

Berg gave a short greeting to the warriors and moved on.

Start walking in this direction.

Ner smiled and met eyes with the saintess behind Berg.

“…”

“…”

That gaze is so cold.

At the same time, an expression that looked hateful again.

…The uneasiness I felt before grew in size.

Soon after, the saintess turned her body and left.

While I was distracted for a moment, Berg came right in front of me.

As if he was tired from the meeting, he said with a slightly tired expression.

“…Now let’s get ready to go back.”

He looked a bit sad.

“Let’s take a break…at Stockpin.”

“…?”

Ner didn’t know what the question he was starting to feel was.

But like Arwin, he was feeling strange.