RPG chapter 67

67　A strong nation’s view of marriage

「「Eh?」」

 

That proposal was like a bolt out of the blue

With just that, Forte and Saraka, who were driven by the passion of women in love, were struck defenselessly and froze

 

「W, what are you saying, first rank? Me and Saraka both becoming Jira’s brides? That is not possible is your head alright first rank?」

「My respect towards first rank is gone completely now」

 

It was because I was beaten, huh?

I am really sorry, First rank Grey Ryuuga-sama

 

「But it’s like that, right!? Marriage is between one husband and one wife! A pair of two people is the normal, right!?」

「Is was like that in you guys’ hometown? It’s unusual that the remote tribes are sticking with monogamy. It doesn’t matter though……」

 

After that, Grey Ryuuga-san cleared his throat with an “ahem”

 

「However, the marriage system varied depending on the regions. Some allow polygamy, some allow polyandry. It depends on the environment and their law」

「How well-informed……」

 

As expected of a prince, although it’s a secret

 

「B……, by the way, the system of the empire is……?」

「It’s basically monogamy」

「It’s useless, isn’t it!!!」

 

All the suggestive behaviors came to this?

 

「Wait, wait, listen until the end……. I said it is 『Basically』. You guys should have known our empire has a supreme law that can overturn every other basis」

 

Right

It’s 『Strength is the law』

 

「A strong man can surpass all the rules and can behave as he likes. Marriage for example. If you show your strength and contribute it to the empire, having two or more wives is no problem」

「In the first place, men who failed the military service won’t be allowed to marry. There are many men who are killed in action too. There will be a surplus of women if no one marry the exceed amount」

 

Because of that, strong men in the empire are given the right to have several wives

 

「Mainly, when someone made some kind of merit, it was given as a kind of reward. But Jirat is a Twelve Apostles. His strength was proved the moment he was appointed as a Twelve Apostles. Bigami can be officially recognized」

「「For real!?」」

 

Forte and Saraka raised their surprised and bewildered voice

 

「Well, the number of wives one person can have will depend on the ability of that person himself……. But how much people can Jirat lay his hand on?……Your highness」

「Umu」

 

Even the emperor appeared!?

Despite being quite old, he is eating fried chicken with lots of oil!?

 

「Sir, how many people? As the citizen of the empire, how many wives is the Twelve Apostles Jirat allowed to have?」

「About this much」

 

Saying so, the emperor showed a V sign at us

 

「……Ｖ?」

 

V-sign of victory?

Victory?

 

No, wrong

2 people?

Do those fingers show the number 2?

 

「I can have 2 wives? Forte and Saraka are just right……!?」

「Wrong」

「Eh?」

「It’s 20」

 

20 people!?

I can marry up to 20 people!?

 

No no, there should be a limit, right? I’m just the a Twelve Apostle who has the 『Mouse』 beast piece

1 husband 20 wives is already surpassing the rat multiplication formula!

 

A real mouse would be shocked and said 『That guy, for real……!?』

 

「For someone as strong as you, it’s a duty to scatter your talents for the empire. You can ignore ethnics and the likes to marry as many women as possible and give birth to children with power comparable to you」

「That’s absurd!」

「If you are so inclined, I can even give you the right to NTR up to 50 wives of other people without being sued, you know?」

「I firmly deny!」

 

NTR is no good, absolutely!

 

Once again, I realized the empire is a terrifying country

If you are truly strong, you can do anything. Their seriousness about “rich country, strong army” is remarkably different from others

 

「……Hey, what are you going to do?」

「What do you mean?」

「You want to be told everything? The things that should be said have been told by Grey Ryuuga-sama and his highness the Emperor」

 

The love rivals are discussing seriously

They both wanted to snatch the seat, which was thought to be the only one, even if they had to kill each other, but it turned out there were 20 of them

 

「Although I’m not pleased to be with you, the most important thing is Jira’s feeling. He is big-hearted so I think he won’t be satisfied if he can’t make all the women who love him happy」

「For me to share my husband with something like the Lobos tribe……! But if I persist, it may come to the worst-case scenario where I can’t marry Jira, so should I compromise……!?」

 

Don’t calculate so calmly

 

Those two have already in the progress of accepting the polygamy and are commencing a positive discussion

Is it realistic, or cool? (cool here is like “I’m cool with it”)

 

Compared to then, it’s embarrassing that I couldn’t gather my thought despite being one of the related parties

At time like this, women are indeed more courageous

 

「Onii-chan!」

「Gueee!?」

 

My sister poked my side

 

「Onii-chan, it’s time to show you are a man!」

 

Is this the encouragement from my sister?

But, it’s as she said

 

I’m not a man if I don’t say anything here

 

「……Forte, Saraka. I understood your feeling well」

 

I said solemnly

 

「I’m grateful to accept you. This Jirat welcome Ulforte and Sarakasar as my wives!」

「「Yes!!」」

 

Forte and Saraka hug each other happily

 

Why?

At time like this, shouldn’t they jump into my chest!?

 

「A happy occasion!」

「What a surprising debut party!」

「Saraka-chan will become a brideeeeeeeeeee!?」

 

The applause of blessing resounds from the surrounding

I really don’t understand

 

「Then Jira! Let’s quickly decide the date for the wedding! The style should be imperial style after all!?」

「Hmm, sound great! In fact, I want to try wearing the thing called wedding dress!」

「Let’s make children after that! As a Lobos tribe woman, I will give birth as much as I can! Then you don’t need to have other wives anymore!」

「Shit, damn Lobos tribe, highlighting your fertility trait only when it counts! However, if you have quantity then I have quality! I will raise the children who inherit your blood to become even greater heroes than you!」

 

The pressing is strong

Is this the power of women who survive this survival of the fittest world?

With this flow of event, soon I will be pushed down and exploited……。

 

「Hold it」

 

Someone appeared to control the flow

It’s his highness the emperor

 

「Refrain yourself. I allow you to marry, but you cannot have children yet」

「Wha!?」

 

Eh? Why?

Isn’t the purpose of bigamy is to produce a great amount of superior warriors inheriting the blood of strong men as much as possible!?

 

「Normally, it is, but it’s troublesome that your wives in this case are the strongest too. Ulforte and Sarakasar are the fourth and fifth rank of the Twelve Apostles」

「「Uh……!?」」

「Taking maternity leave right after inauguration is unacceptable, right? Forming the Twelve Apostles is useless if that happens. At least you must focus on reaching the point where you can pause the war first. Okay?

「「Eeeh……!?」」

 

I didn’t expect that their strength would backfire at this time, but there is something else that I couldn’t ignore

 

「B, but your highness the emperor? You said 『pause the war』, but did we plan to start a war somewhere?」

「What are you saying, Jirat? It’s you who fanned the flame of war, you know?」

 

What!?

When did I do such inhumane thing?

 

「the pig lying over there……」

 

At the place where the emperor pointed, a man was lying on the floor convulsing

Isn’t it the ugly man I knocked down a while ago?

 

He sent some suspicious glances at my sister Selen, so that was still a quite gentle treatment

 

「That is the second prince of the neighbor Bresden country」

「eeeeeh!?」

「It is an international problem as you knocked down a royalty who represented their country. Since it’s a nice chance, let’s start the war with that reason and swallow that country. In fact, let’s conquest the whole continent of our empire!」

 

I really started the war!?

 

It’s because that idiot prince is a pervert! Don’t send such a dangerous person to attend the ceremony of other country!?

 

「Jirat, I leave the command of the troop to you! Because you started this. You can use the army and the supplies as you like, just crush the enemy nation for sure. Okay?」

「Yessir!」

 

I already half gave up

 

◆

 

Just like that, I entered the war and overwhelmed the enemy country with my Twelve Apostles friends

Even so, I avoided a forcible invasion in order not to spread war damages to people, and then two years have passed

 

……It’s time for Sero to begin his trip. 

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Title of next time: Game start