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Chapter 119: The King and Queens

Chapter 119: The King and Queens

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"Father, it's been a while."

As soon as we entered the room, Fer-san bowed his head and me, Sig-san and Chris-san also followed suit. I was feeling overwhelmed because of my meeting with Manami-sama but I finally got to meet with the king!

"Ah, you may be at ease. The rest of you too, you may lift your head."

The king said in a low but refined voice. I also raised my head after I sensed the three of them had raised their heads first. A number of chairs were arranged in a line for the adults to sit on while several children of varying ages were sitting on the floor, on top of fluffy looking rugs. They were all staring at us with great interest. Some of the children were still crawling, their face quickly relaxed into a smile upon seeing us.

The person who was sitting on a two-seater pomp-looking chair looked like the man with the refined voice from earlier. Looking at him made me wonder if Fer-san was going to become like him too when Fer-san grew old. This man must be the King of Aspel.

He had the same beautiful blonde hair as Fer-san but he combed his hair to the back neatly. His blue eyes looked like they were sparkling. Incidentally, Manami-sama was also sitting beside him, smiling brightly.

"Ferdinand, it's been a while, hasn't it? Come and visit the castle more often. Sofia and the others miss you dearly."

"Oh my, Your Highness, isn't Your Highness who misses him? ... Ferdinand, you have become stronger than the last time I saw you. We have heard the news about your achievement. As your mother, I'm truly happy to see you've grown into such a fine man."

"Father, I will keep that in mind. Mother, thank you very much. I will continue to do my best so I can keep making you proud, Mother."

S-so formal! Is this really a conversation between parents and their children?! I wonder if it's because they're royalty?

The woman who was speaking after the king must be Fer-san's mother. She had paler blonde hair compared to Fer-san and the king. Her beautiful blonde hair was tucked together in a braid. She had slightly cat-eyed eyes, giving her the impression of crisp beauty. Judging from Fer-san's age, she must be quite old but she still looked young and beautiful. This must be what people referring to when they said someone didn't look their age....

"Fufu~ The three of you, why don't you tone the greetings down for now? Ferdinand has brought his fiancé along with him, right? I hope you can quickly introduce him to us."

The lady faced the three of them who had been giving formal greetings. She chuckled lightly as she gave a word of advice to the three of them. She then turned her gaze to us. This must be Queen Esther, the one that Fer-san kept calling Mother Esther. Queen Esther didn't have the same sharpness as Queen Sophia. She looked like a gentle person with her soft pink hair gathered on one shoulder. It was as if flowers were blooming around her... Queen Esther also didn't look like her age....

"Mother Esther, you're still the same as ever too... Yes, on this occasion I want to introduce everyone here to the person that changed my life... Ren-kun, if you please come this way. This is the man who will be my spouse for the rest of my life."

Fer-san called out to me. I then stepped forward and immediately bowed at them.

"My name is Ren Himukya Cleva. I'm really honored to meet all of you. Thank you for sparing some of your precious time for this meeting. I'm an otherworlder who came to this world in May."

I quickly raised my head and introduced myself.

"Huh?! You're an otherworlder?!"

Manami-sama was looking at me as if he was saying,"there was someone like him with us here?"