After Retirement, Living a Stud Life in Another World - 22

Chapter 22: Ayaka-san’s Child

“Well, at the age of fourteen, being a lady-killer is quite impressive.”

“Even as my younger brother, he’s quite fearsome.”

Finally, Helmine-san stopped crying, reluctantly letting go of me with a somewhat accusing glare from both Mother and Liese-nee.

It’s not like I had some excellent strategy when dealing with Helmine-san, it just happened that her child happened to have outstanding magical power, and she got carried away with joy. Yeah, just a coincidence.

However, unfortunately for me, it seems it wasn’t just a coincidence.

“Oh, this time it’s a Water Attribute A-class!”

“Another A-class! This time it’s Fire Attribute!”

“Unbelievable… Wood Attribute is A-class too…”

“Even Wind!”

“And Gold Attribute…”

In the end, for each of the seven attributes, all the children inherited the same attribute as their mothers, and they all possessed A-class magical power.

“This is wonderful, or rather, it’s unbelievable.”

“What’s unbelievable, Zeke?.”

“Normally, the chance of a child inheriting the mother’s attribute is about fifty-fifty. Even in our Count’s family, Liese-nee, who should be the child of the Fire Hero mother, is Water Attribute, right? But in Lutz’s case, all seven children have the same attribute as the mother. They call this parameter ‘Stability’ in the Stud Book, and in Lutz’s case, it seems to be outstanding. Being able to fix the child’s attribute is a valuable trait… the breeding fee will surely increase.”

“Indeed.” “This is going to be tough…”

I’m tired of Zeke-nee’s explanation, and Mother and Liese-nee are adding more pressure one after another.

“Now, only the young lady of Darkness is left.”

Ayaka-san, holding her black-haired, black-eyed daughter, bowed deeply to me and entrusted the child to the Cardinal. The Cardinal, seeing the excellent performance so far, seemed unable to hide his tension.

“That young lady is different from the previous mothers, she has high-class magical power.”

Mother murmured. That’s right, with someone like Mother who has SS-class magical power, she can estimate the power of others’ magical power just by looking at it.

The baby was slowly immersed in the holy water. For a while, nothing happened… Well, it seems not everyone ended up being a magic user. I feel relieved, but I also feel sorry for Ayaka-san, who chose me as her first partner.

When I silently apologized in my mind, it happened.

The Cardinal’s white priestly robe instantly turned into a brilliant purple. It was because a dazzling purple light was emanating from the child he was holding. This light was clearly of a different class from the seven children who had received baptism so far, with much higher brightness.

“Chief Appraiser, th-this is!”

“Yes, no mistake… Darkness Attribute of S-class! To witness such a sight…”

“Incredible!”

The Association’s appraisers were excited like anime fans visiting a holy place. Well, because Darkness Attribute is considered rare.

Ayaka-san, having quietly taken back her baby from the Cardinal, approached me slowly… and opened her attractive lips.

“As expected, you are a wonderful man. I truly believed you would give birth to a strong child. Thank you very much. And… may I ask one more thing from you, the father of this child?”

“Uh, y-yes. If I can.”

“Could you give this child a name?”

Well, that’s… if it’s a Germanic-style name, I can come up with something suitable, but Ayaka-san’s family comes from far east, with different culture. Names they might like… wait a minute.

“Excuse me, but what is the name of the chieftain-sama who came with you?”

“Huh? It’s Kanako.”

I see. This clan has a mentality that closely resembles Japanese culture, especially from the 19th century. In that case.

“Well then, how about the name ‘Kaori’ for this child?”

As soon as I said that, the faces of Ayaka-san and the chieftain-sama, who seems to be in her mid-forties, lit up. Well, considering Ayaka-san as ‘Ayaka,’ and imagining the chieftain as ‘Kanako,’ I proposed the name ‘Kaori’ based on the common character ‘fragrance.’ It seems to have matched their taste.

“What a wonderful name…”

Murmured the chieftain-sama, who then suddenly sat in seiza in front of me and bowed deeply, touching the ground with three fingers. Ayaka-san also sat in seiza beside Kaori, looking straight at me. Hey, what are you planning to start now? In front of me, who was frozen, the chieftain-sama began to speak.

“I am grateful for bestowing upon our nearly extinct clan a child who will carve out our destiny. You are our hope for the future. The entire clan will follow your wishes… Please command us in any way you desire.”

Th-this is… It feels like things have gotten quite serious.