Chapter 127 - 125: Stubborn Conservatism
Klaus prefaced his words by saying that the prevailing theory was that it was doubtful whether a person named Otfrid had even actually existed.
"Until now, it was a name that only appeared in legends. It's a story from the era of the First Emperor, and no records remain. Like the age of myths, it was thought to be just a tale."
"Thought to be? Does that mean you found some clue?"
"Yes. A stone monument was discovered. The person was thought to be a figure of legend until now, but the monument was inscribed with 'Here lies Otfrid.'"
I had also investigated, but as expected, no documents or anything remained, so I said, "I thought that Lord Klaus might know something. I've had this nagging feeling, wondering if it was a dream or an illusion," and he nodded.
"I also thought he was a fictional character all this time. If he appeared before you, perhaps he has something he wants to convey. I think that's a rather romantic story in itself."
He talked happily, drinking sake with a minced meat cutlet as a snack.
Windam, though I had secretly cast High Heal and treated him, slurred his words as he accosted me, unsteady on his feet. "Those quack doctors threatened me! 'If you don't moderate your womanizing, it wouldn't be strange for a woman to assassinate you someday!' they said! That's exactly what I'm hoping for!"
As I was troubled over how to respond, he pressed me further.
"Don't you think so, Shivans-kun? Anyway, the reason Aristo isn't coming home now is probably because he's obsessed with some other woman! Is this because of bloodline? Is it a man's instinct? Which is it?"
I wanted to say, how should I know? It seemed he fell asleep while I was at a loss.
"Windam might truly ruin himself over a woman someday..."
Klaus murmured sadly, called for the butler, and had Windam carried to his room.
After that, I took a bath with Klaus. As he was worried about Aristo lately, I answered, "He's fine. Lord Aristo is currently in the student council, listening to and dealing with the students' troubles!"
"Is that so! I wonder if he gained confidence around the time he fought that knight to a draw?"
"Lately, it seems he's been diving into a dungeon in the northern part of the imperial capital with companions, along with Lady Aria and His Highness Jeff and others?"
Hearing that, he said happily, "He's becoming more robust!" Afterwards, I treated Klaus, and then treated his wife as well.
His wife had her monthly visitor and couldn't be with me, but she asked, "Am I still a good woman?" and when I said, "Of course! I'll make you even more beautiful!" she was delighted. She told me that lately, she's been climbing mountains and jumping rope with Aqua to train her body.
I cast Revive and Heal, put her into a deep sleep with Sleep, and carried her to her room. Aqua said, "I'll be waiting in my room!" so I decided to visit her later.
Aqua was waiting in exceptionally erotic underwear.
"I... I'm an auntie, you know... but I love you!"
She knelt before me and immediately, with a face full of desire, opened her mouth, stuck out her tongue, and said, "I want your cock! No other man will do! I want your cock!" and began sucking with slurping, smacking sounds.
"Aqua, you're beautiful! Suck it deeper, lick it more!"
Becoming completely like a lewd prostitute, she sucked devotedly and happily, playing with her pussy and making wet, squelching sounds.
"To think you get so big for me! You're more robust than last year! Wonderful!"
I took off her underwear and led her to the bed.
"What a beautiful body!"
"Your mother and I climb mountains and jump rope every day! We decided we can't just rely on your magic! I'd be sad if, after giving birth to a child, you told me my pussy was loose."
When I held Aqua and gave her a deep kiss, she skillfully stroked my cock with her hand so it wouldn't wilt. When I used my fingers on her, she squirted in no time.
"Just being kissed by my beloved husband feels this good! And if you put such a big cock inside me, it'll definitely feel amazing! I want you to put it in already, quickly!"
She straddled me herself in the Front-Facing Seated Position.
"Darling! Kisses too... being licked all over my body... I'm about to cum! Can I cum? Even if you say no, I'm cumming! Aqua... is cumming! Your cock feels so good! It drives me crazy instantly! I'm no longer a mother or a wife! I'm becoming a woman just for you! Cumming, cumming, cumming, cumming! I'm cumming!"
She convulsed violently, arching back, and squirted with a gushing sound.
"I'm moving, Aqua!"
"If you're rough with me now... I'll fall... I'll have an orgasm! Do you want to get me pregnant with the next baby again? Okay! Make me cum a lot!"
After I came inside her a lot and she performed Cleaning Fellatio, she made a slightly sad face.
"What's wrong?"
"Lately, I've been worried about my age. Your mother and I aren't that far apart in age, you know? Thanks to you, I'm getting younger, but..."
At that point, I showed her the female student uniform of the Altmea Imperial Academy.
"Let's go on a date wearing this!"
"Are you serious?"
"I want to do it with Big Sister!"
Saying she was happy, she declared, "Let's have sex until morning! Big Sister will make you feel good!" It seemed I had flipped a strange switch.
Her mindset shifting from mother to older sister seemed to have eased her mind a little.
The Next Day
After finishing breakfast, Klaus went to the palace. Windam, now recovered, said, "I want to tell Lady Victoria about the cake!" and headed to the palace with him. His wife had developed menstrual cramps, so she said, "I'm going to rest..." and returned to her room.
I took Aqua to a room and changed her hairstyle.
It was a short bob, but with layers added, it had a neat finish. Showing the nape of her neck, which followed the line smoothly, gave it a sensual feel rather than a boyish one. Exposing her neck also had a face-slimming effect, making her even more beautiful.
"For the bangs, like this!"
It was a see-through bang with a light, airy finish where her forehead was faintly visible. Cut to just the right length to graze her eyes, her originally beautiful eyes became more striking and appeared larger.
"Looks good! You've become even more beautiful and youthful, right?"
"Yes! You're amazing! Is this... really me?"
And then we chose underwear.
"Let's go with white, befitting a schoolgirl!"
I held back the urge to retort that schoolgirls don't wear such string-like, see-through, erotic panties. Saying that it would be bad if breast milk leaked, she decided against the Open Bra.
She changed into the uniform, put on makeup, and wore the accessories I had gifted her. On the ring finger of her left hand, a ring emitting Aqua's radiance sparkled.
"Hey? My cleavage... and with this skirt, it seems like my panties could be seen right away, you know?"
She said she hated the idea of being seen by anyone but me, so when I cast 'Perception Block' on the skirt, she was delighted, saying, "With this, even if they look, they can't see!" and linked her arm with mine.
We walked arm in arm to the academy, savoring the feeling of a date. We separated just before the academy, but she looked lonely, so I held her hand and cast 'Perception Block' to make our hands invisible.
"You know, I was attending the academy after giving birth to Aristo! To think I could come back again like this! We didn't have uniforms back then. I was in a different year than Windam, and I never really interacted with boys..."
As we talked about such things, the students gradually noticed Aqua.
"The Devil is walking with an incredibly beautiful woman!"
"It's true! Who is she? Was there someone like that in the third year?"
Hearing those voices, Aqua laughed, finding it funny, and said, "They call you a Devil!"
On the way to the Student Council Room, male students asked her things like "Tell me your name!" or "What year are you? Do you have a lover? You're not the Devil, right? Are you an exchange student?" and Aqua was all smiles.
Finally, we entered the Student Council Room.
"Good morning!"
When we entered smiling, everyone was surprised.
Jeff and Muller, their faces red, couldn't even greet her, just saying, "A beautiful person..." Chris asked me, "Your lover?"
And then Aria and Aristo.
"Could it be, Mother?"
"It is indeed your mother-in-law! Even though you're a mama's boy! Notice it right away!"
Then Kate seated her on the sofa, smiled, and said, "I'll prepare some tea now. Please, right this way."
A huge crowd had already gathered in the hallway.
"Did you hear? That's Aristo's mother?"
"It's no wonder he lusts after her! I wish I could trade her for my mother!"
"Me too! I understand why Aristo peeps at his mother's bath and gets an erection every day!"
She was the object of envy from the male students.
"You're kidding... It wouldn't feel out of place if you said she was our classmate!"
"She looks younger than my older sister... I'd like to know her secret?"
"I finally understand why Aristo-kun is a mama's boy!"
"No wonder he can't remember other women's names. He was obsessed with his mother!"
I could hear all of the students' voices. Aqua was smiling contentedly, but Aristo voiced his doubts.
"Why is Mother dressed like that?"
"Oh? Aren't you happy to hear your mother called beautiful?"
When she hugged Aristo, his face turned red.
"Kyaaa!!"
The female students let out cheers resembling screams, while the male students cheered, "I'm so jealous," and "I somehow understand why he's a mama's boy now. We were wrong!" leaving Aristo troubled.
It was a way of suppressing his question about why she was wearing such a uniform.
"It's because we previously asked Lady Aqua to wear a uniform!"
When Kate followed up, Aristo nodded vaguely and said, "Please, just let go of me already."
And so, it was acknowledged by the entire student body that Aristo being a mama's boy couldn't be helped.
"We're sorry for teasing you until now. Even I would become a mama's boy!"
"I understand Aristo-kun's feelings of lusting after that mother of his!"
Was it sympathy? Aristo was understood.
'The Miraculous Lady Aqua'
She instantly became a celebrity at this academy.
After leaving the academy, we enjoyed a date in the imperial capital while still in uniform. Walking arm in arm, a stall-keeping Uncle said to us, "What a handsome couple! You stand out!" and Aqua was delighted.
We enjoyed window-shopping around the city.
"Academy students are on a date! Those two look great!"
"There was a sexy student in such a miniskirt!"
Being seen by various people, she was happy that she had forgotten she was an auntie.
With a lustful face, she said, "Don't you want to hold your Big Sister? Let's hurry back to the mansion!" and we truly hurried back.
When we entered the room, I pushed her down on the sofa and caressed her. "No... the uniform will get wrinkled!" she said, but she spread her legs, and when my tongue licked her, she said, "That spot is weak," held my head, and shifted her string panties aside.
"My Big Sister's naughty pussy is already all sloppy, so lick it!"
As I ran my tongue over her, she said, "Big Sister♡ Only you know that my thighs and pussy are weak♡ Ah♡ Aah♡ Nnn♡" and seemed about to cum.
While taking off her clothes, she pressed her face against me, saying, "Suck my breasts too♡ Only you and our child are allowed to suck them♡."
She undressed me and asked with an upward glance, "Do you want Big Sister to suck your cock?"
"I love Big Sister's thick, slimy fellatio!"
"Ah♡ How cute♡"
Aqua sucked with slurping, smacking sounds.
"Do you want to get Big Sister pregnant again?"
"I love my super-slutty Big Sister!"
"Big Sister is only super-slutty for you♡"
We indulged in debauchery in a perverted world.
"Hey♡ Violate me until morning♡ Big Sister will serve you a lot♡"
True to her words, Aqua's body ended up covered in my semen. Until morning, she sucked my cock, and in the Doggy Style position, she cried out in pleasure as I spanked her bottom.
"Big Sister♡ Aah♡ Nnn♡ Being spanked, I'm cumming already♡ Cumming, cumming♡ It feels incredibly good♡ Aah♡ I'm cumming♡"
Exhausted, she said, "So happy...!" and collapsed into sleep.
The Next Morning
When I went to the Student Council Room, Aristo rushed over.
"Why did you bring Mother to the academy?"
"Weren't you upset that people who hadn't seen Lady Aqua were arbitrarily calling you a mama's boy, Lord Aristo? With this, haven't they all been convinced?"
He thought for a moment and said, "No, no... I was never a mama's boy to begin with, you know?"
"I am aware of that. However, it was a situation where even Lady Aria didn't believe it. Has there been any progress in this past year? If not, wouldn't it be quicker to just have everyone accept it?"
Aristo let out a sigh.
"I see. There's no way complete strangers would believe something even Aria doesn't. Making them envious rather than despised... was this your strategy, Shivans? Well, it might not be bad!"
To me, that didn't matter either way. More importantly, hadn't his relationships with women worsened again like last year? As I was worrying about that, he said confidently, "It's fine!"
"I'm not using marriage as bait, and I'm sleeping with them out of gratitude! Shivans, you'll age faster if you worry too much, you know? More importantly, you need to make an effort to be liked a bit more! Don't let them call you a Devil forever!"
I wanted to say, it's not like I want them to call me that.He was confident that he had properly learned his lesson, but was that true? It seemed his pace of seducing girls was increasing. Indigo and Frank told me he was using the gym storage shed with different girls again.
The Next Day
A summons came from the palace.
"Baronet Shivans O'Brien-sama! Please come to the palace with the utmost urgency!"
Unusually, even a carriage had been prepared.
When I stepped forward before His Majesty, I was immediately scolded.
"Why did you feed delicious food only to Klaus and Windam? Why did you not inform me?"
"I shall speak, with all due respect."
I explained frankly that having a food taster there casting accusatory glances was bothersome, and that I didn't know the kitchen. His Majesty whispered something to a person who seemed to be the Grand Chamberlain.
The Grand Chamberlain came to me.
"Well then, this way, please."
I was led to the kitchen.
"What is it, Grand Chamberlain? You're not thinking of putting a young brat like this in here, are you? This is a sanctuary where even His Majesty has no say, you know?"
An elderly person who seemed to be the Head Chef was intimidating him.
(I thought it would be something like this. With their stubbornly conservative ways, they probably haven't been able to update. Of course, protecting good old traditions isn't bad, but they seem to be left behind by the times. The Grand Chamberlain is troubled too, so I'll help out!)
"You are the Head Chef, correct? My name is Shivans O'Brien, and I have been appointed as a Baronet. This time, by His Majesty's imperial command, I am to prepare a meal, but you seem quite confident in your cooking. I also have confidence, as I cook at the mansion of His Excellency Prime Minister Klaus. So, how about a contest for the eight people present here? We will each serve food and see which is more delicious. Of course, you may run away if you wish?"
"Me, run away? Don't get conceited just because you can cook a little at the Bismarck household!"
Having taken the bait, I decided to challenge him on terms advantageous to him.
"For cooking, serving, and presentation, I will not ask for anyone's help. I will also borrow only this corner as my cooking space. How does that sound?"
"Don't mess with me! You, all by yourself? Don't blame me if they get full on my cooking and can't eat yours!"
When I nodded with a smile, the contest finally began.
The cooks laughed, saying I was overwhelmingly disadvantaged. However, I was overwhelmingly advantaged. I had the seeds of cooking in my inventory, magic, and alchemy. Plus, using Instant Movement, I plated dishes beautifully one after another and carried them out.
"This is roast beef made from a monster called cattle. And this is a dish called char siu. Please, enjoy!"
The eight people, seemingly dissatisfied with the small portions, said, "Delicious! I want some wine!" so I prepared wine.
Next, I served soup.
"This is a soup simmered with lobster stock and wine. Please enjoy its rich flavor!"
"This is good! It's delicious and has a gentle flavor!"
His Majesty seemed to like it. Next, I served Hamburger Steak cooked on a hot iron plate.
"Please be careful, as the iron plate is hot. There are two types of sauce. Please use whichever you prefer!"
I prepared a vegetable and fruit sauce, and a sweet teriyaki sauce.For bread, I prepared two types: crispy toast with butter, and soft, fluffy bread.
And finally, I prepared cake and gelato.The cake was cut into eight equal pieces and served in front of them. For the gelato, I served two types: a wine-flavored one with restrained sweetness, and a vanilla-flavored one.
"Is this it? The cake that Klaus and Windam raved about?"
"Please! I don't usually eat many sweets myself, but I could eat any amount of this."
His Majesty immediately jumped at Klaus's words.The Empress Victoria, known for eating little, was silent. She was absorbed in eating everything completely.
His Majesty, Empress Victoria, Klaus, Windam, and the four members of the Senate all finished every last bite. Then, the dishes made by the Head Chef and his team were brought out.
As everyone took a single bite, their knives and forks stopped. "It's not bad, but this is..." the eight of them said, exchanging glances. Perhaps also because they were already full, the eight looked dissatisfied.
Hearing this from the servers, the cooks panicked.
"It can't be..."
The Head Chef rushed before His Majesty, and upon hearing all eight of them say my food was overwhelmingly "Delicious!" he fainted.
"To food made by a brat like this..."
"You are before His Majesty! This is unsightly!"
Rebuked by Klaus, the Head Chef prostrated himself. Then, in a gentle tone, Klaus spoke to the Head Chef.
"This is a story from a little while ago, but do you remember when the Court Physician disappeared?"
"Wh-What are you talking about all of a sudden? Are you telling us to leave as well, Your Excellency the Prime Minister?"
Shaking his head, Klaus said, "You are far too ignorant of what is happening in the outside world. Nowadays, in this country, there are many people who can cook more delicious food than you. Of course, formality and tradition are important. However, salty dishes unchanged from ten years ago. Dishes that have lost their freshness from taking too much time. You are gravely mistaken if you think such things will be appreciated. Do more daily research!" The Head Chef was shocked.
"He reduced the salt content and cooked with our health in mind. Ultimately, it's about heart. The reason for your defeat is that your cooking lacked the desire to make the person eating smile. Furthermore, if you use disrespectful words like 'brat' towards him again, I will not forgive you!"
The Head Chef trembled at Klaus's harsh words.
And so, I became able to freely come and go from the kitchen, the cooking area of the palace. The Head Chef and others asked me for "Recipes!" but I didn't teach them easily.
"First, I recommend visiting various shops and trying the food. Also, it would be good to start from the point of selecting ingredients and seasonings."
Their pride that they were 'the best in this country!' crumbled easily.
"The food at this stall is better than the Head Chef's cooking, you know?"
"That shop over there was even more delicious!"
The Imperial Family's cooks went around eating and begging each shop to teach them their recipes.
I was called by His Majesty, who said, "Let me grant you some reward!" So I said, "In that case, I have one request." He replied, "Speak it!"
"I wish to demonstrate a martial skill that may prove useful in future battles. I was hoping you might lend us the army's training ground! I especially want Lord Windam to see it! The martial skills of my territory's elite will surely be of service to this country!"
"Very well! Then I wish to see it too! What is this martial skill called?"
"It is called Yabusame! I shall show it to you come autumn!"
When he asked what it was like, I told him, "That is something to look forward to!" and His Majesty was excited.