After Retirement, Living a Stud Life in Another World - 20
Chapter 20: The Birth of Our Children
As the autumn colors deepened on the street trees, I started receiving numerous letters expressing gratitude one after another.
“She was a splendid girl, thank you.”
“We obtained the girl we longed for, and our baronial family is filled with joy.”
Yes, it had been almost nine months since that “Baptism,” and the childbirth rush of the older sisters with whom I had encouraged child-making was finally beginning.
“Having the first two being girls is a good sign. It’s rare for a stallion to have the quality of easily birthing girls.”
Although Brother Sieg said that with a smile, reports of good news kept pouring in.
“I express my sincere gratitude to Lord Lutz for giving me a jewel-like girl.”
“My daughter is so cute; the lord and lady of the house are lovey-dovey every day.”
“Thanks to Lord Lutz, who gave me a girl I had given up on.”
“The birth of a girl carrying the bl00d of Hero Hildegarde is an honor for our house for generations to come.”
“With the long-awaited birth of a girl, the lord can finally rest assured, and he has decided to retire.”
Hey, isn’t this quite an incredible probability? All seven initially being girls…
And the eighth and final one was Ayaka-san. Only her letter of gratitude, as a member of the dark clan, had been discreetly sneaked into my bedroom by one of her associates.
“Thank you for giving me a wonderful night of memories and an irreplaceable child. It was a bit of a difficult childbirth, but if I think of it as a trial to obtain an irreplaceable child, I could endure it. I didn’t want her to get involved in dark business, but even from my perspective, she seems to possess strong magic power… The clan chief has already decided her as his successor. I may not be able to give her happiness as an ordinary girl, but I will raise her splendidly.”
Although the letter was lengthy with a gentle writing style, the summary was something like that. Well, for Ayaka-san, the first daughter and the successor of the dark business clan are decided at once… It must be a complex feeling, even though she’s happy that a child was born.
So, in the end, all the children born through my “Baptism” turned out to be eight girls.
“This is amazing… I wonder if the initial ranking in the studbook will go up significantly?”
“Yeah, with such a high probability of girls being born, it’s likely to become popular.”
While my parents casually discussed, I’m not very happy because I’m not thinking of making a living as a stud, you know? But all of them being girls… If the ratio of boys and girls born is assumed to be fifty-fifty, the probability of an all-girl streak is… one in two hundred fifty-six. I definitely drew quite a rare outcome.
By the way, in the perverted country of Japan, I vaguely remember them saying something like “if the woman is satisfied, a boy is more likely to be born.” Hey, could it be that I haven’t been able to satisfy my partners…? As a man, that’s a delicate and slightly hurtful thought.
“Well, now it depends on the results of the ‘Baptism’ for these babies. If three or four of them get Magic Rank B or above, the stud market will be in an uproar. I’m looking forward to it.”
No, I’m not looking forward to it at all!
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In this world, the “Baptism” that girls undergo is completely different in meaning from the “Baptism” that boys undergo.
Unlike the shady purpose of testing the “Stallion Aptitude” of high-ranking adolescent boys, the girls’ “Baptism” is a serious religious ceremony performed on newborn babies in front of the church’s altar, where their bodies are immersed in holy water. It’s a solemn ritual that I’ve heard of even in the original world.
However, the purpose of this “Baptism” is entirely practical and determines the child’s life to an extent. Light is emitted from the infant washed in the sacred water, and the brightness of that light indicates the amount of magic power the child can possess, while the color represents the magic attribute. And magic power and attributes are innate… no matter how much effort is put into bloody hard work, the magic power limit won’t increase, and one won’t be able to use magic with an unsuitable attribute.
For my eight firstborn daughters, this crucial “Baptism” would probably take place within the next two weeks. And the color and brightness of the light emitted by the children will determine the evaluation of me as a stallion.
“Well, we’ll also be present for the ‘Baptism’ of Lutz’s children… somehow, I have a feeling that amazing results will come out.”
“I don’t want to go, I can handle it alone.”
“It’s not that simple, Lutz. Your breeding results have already attracted attention from the nobles, and even Her Majesty the Queen is interested. There’s a high possibility that envoys from the royal palace might appear. As the head of the family, your mother, and as your husband, I can’t afford not to be there.”
My usually strict father, who rarely scolds me, earnestly reprimands me as I complain without wanting to make a big deal out of it. This is indeed serious.
“Is this still because of Sister’s ‘Graduation Party’?”
“Yes, for better or worse, Lutz stood out there. A man with deep knowledge of magic, the child of a hero, and the praise for refined nighttime manners in the ‘Back Stud Book.’ Undoubtedly, your name has been brought up as a potential partner for Princess Beatrice, the second princess.”
Oh, Mother’s words sound like a life sentence to me.