Leon Greyrat: The Second Son - Mushoku Tensei OC

Chapter 106 - Political Instability

— Leon Greyrat —

A year had passed, and it was now the year K425 of the Armoured Dragon calendar, meaning that I was now twenty years old.

To think that at this age I would already have four wives, three cute kids, and another on the way... well, if my younger self had heard this, he would have definitely been confused.

But I couldn't complain.

After all, I loved them all more than anything else, and they... well, they loved me just as much.

I just had to have a slightly pathetic intervention in order to truly realize that.

But now that I had... well, things were better than ever.

"What are you grinning about?" Luke asked from my side.

"Nothing," I said, shrugging. "Just thinking about things."

"Huh... I didn't take you for one who reminisces," he said.

"Well, there isn't really anything else to do, is there?" I asked.

Luke simply shrugged.

"Oh? Is looking at your beautiful lover not enough excitement to alleviate your boredom?" Ariel asked with a teasing tone. "Or perhaps... do you need two?"

She then pulled Sylphy from her side onto her lap, causing her to flush as Ariel rested her chin on her shoulder.

It was a very pleasant sight, to say the least.

Luckily, I was able to see such a sight at home as well.

"That isn't it. I'm just thinking of my love for you, is all," I said.

"O-Oh... I see... I suppose that's acceptable, then," Ariel said, a little embarrassed as she looked away.

Hmm... what did Rudy call her?

A powerful offence and a weak defence?

Yes... something like that.

Ariel wasn't necessarily weak to teasing, but she crumbled in front of my earnest expressions of love for her.

She was cute like that.

"Damn romantic," Luke muttered, shaking his head.

Yes, and I wouldn't deny it.

As for Luke... our relationship was stable, if I was to put it into words.

He was initially angry at me for being with Ariel, especially since she wasn't my sole focus in terms of romance, but that eventually calmed down with time, and after getting Perugius to our side, he had come to truly see me as an ally once more.

Well... for the most part, at least.

He still glared at me quite harshly whenever I gave Ariel a kiss, but I doubt that would ever change.

And as for me, while there was still a slight suspicion of him being the Man-God's apostle, I could at least trust his devotion to Ariel completely, and since he knew how much my kids and wives mattered to her, I could at least trust him to not harm them.

He could, of course, still be tempted by the Man-God into harming me, but, well... I was an Elemental Emperor, and he was an Intermediate rank swordsman, so I didn't feel too threatened.

"A-Anyway, did you think-"

"Excuse me, Princess Ariel!"

Ariel's words were interrupted by the sound of rapid knocking on the door, and with Sylphy swiftly removing herself from the princess' lap, the door then opened to reveal one of the attendants.