Mushoku Tensei Redundancy Chapter 17

The first day was a visit to the cathedral.

Claire was with us too, and half way she broke down into tears.

The Miko kept bragging about her daily training routine and how slim she’d gotten and just wouldn’t stop…

Apparently Aisha took Ars, Lara, and Sieg to see the Adventurers Guild HQ.

But Aisha had probably already dealt with it.

But it didn’t seem that Lucy was mad at being left behind.

She might have liked the gardens or maybe Clive’s tour was quite entertaining.

If I pressed it I might have gotten it out of her, but I held back.

The second, third, and fourth days were spent giving various greetings.

The Holy Knight Captain.

After that was the formal audience with the Pope…

I met with the Millis Royal Family.

It was a real pain, but I eventually managed to secure an audience with the King in several days time.

Orsted had said, “It’s fine if you put off making relations with the Millis Royal Family,” but I asked him before and a simple greeting was fine.

I don’t know why he said that after hearing that we were going there for a holiday, but the original purpose was show the kids different parts of society.

In the last five years he seemed to be evaluated quite highly and they were considering his promotion to Bishop.

The southernmost point of the Great Forest.

But it seems that in the last 10 years the scope of the place has increases along with the number of people.

The city isn’t affiliated with any particular country or race, but when places get larger like that, people are bound to be interested.

He follows the Human Supremacy Doctrine, so not only is he against the Magic Races, but the Beast Races too. He’s a disdainful man, but he’s good at his job.

But considering his personality, putting him there could cause problems with their relationship with the Great Forest.

Because of his relationship with the Rudo Mercenaries who employ a number of beast races and one of the Beast Race Princesses.

So they raised his rank and gave him the job of overseer.

Cliff seemed disappointed that he wasn’t chosen purely for his ability.

Once he becomes a bishop, his influence will increase, and if he can gain favour with the Elves of the Great Forest, the church may stand for him taking one as a wife.

And took out the doll, but he got super mad.

He seemed quite curious as to the details of its Magic Formation.

Well if it comes down to it we can always put some sunglasses on it and dress it as a man, like Sylphy suggested.

There’s no guarantee that that Archbishop won’t try to assassinate him.

Apparently Lara found her locket that she had lost a year ago.

A parent loves to boast about their kids.

“All the children will be at school soon, so I’m going to have to properly watch over them,” she said.

Also, apparently Sylphy and Norn took Lucy and Clive to the Adventurers Guild.

It seemed like she wasn’t that interested in the guild itself.

We went shopping and took the kids sightseeing.

We basically just did whatever we felt like.

The Millis King was a mild old man.

And because of my connections with the church, the meeting was simply a formality.

…Well it couldn’t be helped.

Time for us to leave Millishion.

Just you alone would be one thing, but to bring children along too, you’ll should be a bit more careful…”

Right before we left, Claire gave us a good mouthful.

Although she’s not unpleasant about it.

“…Yes.”

Norn had “Here it comes,” written all over her face.

Even in spite of Ruijerd telling her to treasure her relatives…

If they were to talk, Claire might end up bad mouthing Ruijerd.

Claire’s quite stubborn, so I’m sure she wouldn’t take back anything she said and it’s quite possible it could turn into a massive ordeal.

“You are no longer a Latrea or a Greyrat.”

She probably expected something unfavourable about being a Demon’s wife.

Even I had a premonition that something bad was going to happen.

“You are now the wife and mother of the Sperdia Family. Be aware of that and work yourself to the bone for your husband.”

It did sound somewhat like an order though…

“I am not knowledgeable of Demon customs but is it a wife’s duty to protect their children and house, I’m sure that hasn’t changed.”

“Do you understand?”

As if a weight was lifted from her shoulders.

I feel like Claire has changed in these last 10 days.

Something probably happened in the time I was away.

Roxy’s had more than enough of that in her time after all.

And thanks to that, Norn probably managed to get over a little of her ill feelings.

We stopped the carriage and got the children off.

You could see the City of Millishion in the distance.

We spent 10 days there.

Although the small building and the people living there might be different, seeing it like this makes it seem like nothing’s changed.

“What do you think?”

This kind of massive scenery is something you can see quite often in this world, but I would bet there’s no other place that you could walk around in and then look at it from a distance like this.

She’s been acting more and more like the eldest sister lately, but she’s still quite childish in this aspect.

…Oh, Clive next to her seems to be debating to himself whether or not to grab her hand.

Just watching them makes me feel more relaxed.

He’s going to be with us until we get to the post town where he’s going to be inspecting his new church.

He had managed to convince the Pope to let him spend some time with Elinalise.

“…I wanna live here some day. It’s full of sweets.”

Lara stared sleepily for a couple seconds and said that.

Claire would prepare sweets for her every day, and she spent each one with a smile of bliss on her face.

It seems she was silently living in sweets paradise.

“Hey, Papa and Red Mama came here a while back right?”

“Hmm…”

Ars nodded and clenched his fist.

“That’s right. Do you know what that one is?’

That’s why it’s bigger than the rest!”

Alek has been telling him stories of all kinds of adventurers so he’s oddly well informed.

“Yea…”

After I picked her up, as if she had no interest in the scenery, she buried her face in my shoulder.

She doesn’t seem all that interested either.

I guess that’s pretty normal.

Her red hair was fluttering in the wind.

“…I thought, we’d end up with something more simple.”

Our lives really aren’t that simple.

Although she’s calmed down after giving birth to two children, time changes people.

“I love you Rudeus.”

Eris suddenly looked me in the eyes and said that.

What do I do. Right now, My face is probably bright red.1

“I love you too Eris.”

I managed to calm myself down and say that, and Eris leaned on me slightly.

Instead I thought to just tickle Chris and she quickly began to giggle.

“Papa, no tickling.”

“You won't tickle?”

She then kissed Chris on the forehead and turned to the others.

“I guess it’s about time we got moving.”

After she said that, we headed back for the carriage.

On the proverbial ‘handle’ of the Holy Sword Highway.

Even Lara let one of her rare “Wow,”s slip.

From here on out, we have no idea what we might come across.

Our hopes were destroyed after a few days.

The scenery never changed.

And of course, we didn’t see any monsters.

The children were over it within three days.

Lara didn’t even try to hide it and would just shout “I’m bored!” repeatedly. Occasionally she would say “I’m walking Leo,” leave the Carriage, and go off somewhere on top of him.

We wasted our days away in the rocking carriage.

Chris was crying “We’re trapped!” and Lily had already disassembled the magic toy she had gotten only a few days prior.

The only quiet one was Lucy, who was still reading the book she had gotten from the Latrea house.

We all worked together to try to pacify the kids…

Although there is the matter of safety.

It’s precisely because they were so over it, that when we got to the post town, they were overwhelmed with excitement.

“We’re heeeeeeere!”

The second they saw the town at the end of the valley, Ars, Sieg, and Lara all jumped straight out of the carriage.

“Don’t go running off!”

Eris and Sylphy chased after them.

That said, there’s no reason to panic.

She was also quite bothered being cooped up in the carriage.

Eris has never been someone able to sit around for a long period of time.

Ars and Sieg reluctantly returned to the carriage.

She stared at the forest that opened up endlessly before her.

“Lara, come back.”

Lara turned around to look at Sylphy but Leo didn’t move.

But seeing that he still didn’t move, she looked somewhat troubled.

But the second she reached out to Leo, Lara stepped in between them.

“Wait.”

“This is Leo’s first time seeing his home like this, wait a little.”

I’d like to let him look, a little more, but right now we’re moving together.

What to do… Even if Leo is with her, there’s no way I can let them catch up by themselves.

I got off the carriage and walked up to them.

“I’ll bring them back, so you go on ahead.”

And Lara sat down next to me.

A brown line cuts through green as far as the eye can see.

Thinking back on it, last time I was here, I never even turned around to take a look…

“Lara?”

“Does Leo miss it?”

“…”

Then I wonder what he’s feeling.

I don’t want to ask her too much so I don’t make her feel like an interpretation machine.3

“Yeah?”

“I know, I heard.”

“Leo.”

From the Holy Beast himself huh.

“You know Pursena right?”

Although she’s not wrong.

“You’ll go together with her.”

Lara looked somewhat puzzled at that.

“…Papa won’t come too?”

Does she not want her Papa to come because it’s embarrassing?

“…Leo says it’s not a problem.”

She’s probably talking about me coming along.

That said, when she gets older, she’ll probably find every reason she can to dislike me.

Chris is still saying things like “I’ll marry Papa when I grow up,” but i’m sure that’ll change when she gets a little older.

“Papa.”

“It’s alright, you can look forward to it.”

Lara returned my nod looking satisfied and stood up.

But right as I was about to get up,

“Whou…!”

Something suddenly landed on my shoulders.

“…Am I Leo’s replacement now?”

Well then, I guess I shall oblige.

The sound rang far through the Great Forest.

Doushimashou. Tabun, ima, atashi no kao, makka wa."

The is a super cliche line that a shoujo heroine would think to themselves after being confessed to.

The tone is super effeminate and he even uses 'Atashi' the most effeminate of pronouns.

3. Hey! What's wrong with that. I'm offended [Sarcasm]

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