Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou Zero - Volume 6 - Chapter SS5

Liv Gruen Is Eternal

“Hmmmhmmmhmmm!”

A pleasant singing voice rang out across a high-class restaurant sitting in a corner of one of the desert cities. The performance was so stellar it moved the hearts of all who heard it. The guests all forgot their meals as they lost themselves in the song...and the beauty of the songstress. She had waist-length golden-blonde hair, tanned skin, and glittering jade-green eyes. Her ivory-white dress showed off her ample cleavage as well as her slender legs.

“Thank you very much for listening to my song,” she said with a bow as she finished. Her every movement was elegant and refined, and the smile she gave the crowd was filled with innocent joy.

The diners showered her with thunderous applause.

“Yunfa-chan, that was amazing!”

Indeed, the singer was none other than Yunfa. She smiled politely at the applause, looking more like a grown-up version of Susha than the energetic tomboy she’d been as a young girl.

“Y-Yunfa-san! I fell in love with you at first sight! Please marry me!” one of the patrons shouted, getting down on one knee in front of Yunfa. The restaurant went silent. Everyone could tell this guy was a newcomer. After all, none of the regulars would dare make a move on her. They all stared at the poor man with looks of pity, recalling their own past attempts.

“Mmm, well...”

Yunfa folded her arms, the gesture emphasizing her formidable bust. She then put one finger on her lips and cocked her head as if considering it. Each and every one of her mannerism was adorable, and a number of the patrons were hnnnghing in the background.

“I’m not sure what my husband will have to say about that...”

The young man’s expression stiffened.

“Husband?” he asked, but Yunfa didn’t respond.

Instead, she smiled charmingly at him and said, “But don’t worry, I won’t say anything to him. I’m sure none of the people here will either.”

The young man paled.

Don’t tell me she’s actually the wife of some powerful noble?!

Yunfa knelt down in front of the man.

“I’m afraid I can’t marry you, but I can at least sing for you.”

“U-Umm...” the youth mumbled as he struggled to meet Yunfa’s gaze.

“Will you come listen to me again?” Yunfa asked in a calculatingly innocent voice.

Naturally, the young man was smitten.

“Of course!” he said immediately. The patrons all cheered, celebrating the birth of a new regular, and Yunfa sang another song for them. She’d become a local idol, and almost all of the powerful and influential men in the area were her fans. No one knew how old she was, or where she’d come from, so speculation and rumors abounded. People claimed her mystery husband was someone so powerful none of the local elites were worth his time. They said he traveled only under heavy guard and was possibly even one of the lords of the federation. Either way, everyone knew that Yunfa wasn’t someone they were allowed to put their hands on.

Of course, Yunfa was the source of most of these rumors, and she was spreading them so that tales of her love for her husband would carry on for generations, as well as rumors about the Liberators and the truth they’d espoused. It was for that reason that she’d won over the young man, who was the successor to quite a large trading company.

“Naiz-sama, your beloved wife is hooome!” she said, completely discarding the persona of a mysterious, enchanting songstress as she stepped through the door.

“Oh, welcome back, Yunfa. How’d it go?” Naiz asked as he walked over to greet her, an apron tied around his waist.

“Perfectly. I turned that young merchant into one of my fans!”

“I-I see...” Naiz mumbled, offering a silent prayer for the poor merchant. Honestly, he wasn’t too fond of Yunfa’s methods, but he couldn’t really bring himself to stop her, since he knew why she was doing it. It didn’t help that he felt guilty about continually refusing Yunfa’s requests to have children. She’d been coming on to him ever since she’d officially become an adult and they’d gotten married, but he hadn’t been able to work up the courage to respond to her feelings.

Just as he was thinking that, Yunfa pushed him down and said, “Naiz-samaaa!” in a seductive voice.

“W-Wait, Yunfa! Miledi and the others are coming soon!”

“Don’t worry, we’ve got plenty of time until they get here. Take off your clothes, dear husband.”

Yunfa straddled Naiz, panting heavily. She’d already stripped off half of her clothes and Naiz realized that it was too late to stop her now.

“Nacchan! I bought you a bunch of— Oh.”

Miledi and the others—who’d returned a bit earlier than planned—all stiffened up as they opened the door.

“Th-This isn’t what it looks like! I just—”

“Sorry, but could you come back in, say, two hours?” Yunfa said in a sweet voice.

“My bad!” Miledi shouted as she dashed out the door. Oscar and the others gave Naiz a pitying look, but before they could turn to follow Miledi, Naiz stopped them. They then safely transitioned into the celebration party for completing Naiz’s volcano labyrinth without him having to get mounted. As everyone dug into the food, Miledi started teasing Naiz about how he’d probably have kids very soon. To her surprise, though, Naiz’s expression darkened as she mentioned that.

“What’s wrong, Naiz?” Oscar asked.

Naiz hesitated, not wanting to hurt Yunfa’s feelings.

Sensing his turmoil, Laus asked, “Hmm, do you not want to have children?”

He was right on the money. Trembling a little, Naiz replied, “Yes...because I won’t be able to look after them.”

Yunfa was the only one allowed to go into his labyrinth, so he would never see them.

“I’m sorry, Yunfa. I know you want kids, but...I just can’t bring myself to...”

“Naiz-sama...” Yunfa mumbled as she gently took Naiz’s hand. “Don’t worry...”

“Yunfa...”

“Because I’m already pregnant.”

“I see... I suppose in that case, I— You what?”

Naiz had not been expecting that curveball. He turned to Yunfa, his neck creaking like an old door, while Miledi and the others all gasped.

“I could tell you were trying your best not to get me pregnant, Naiz-sama, so...” Yunfa paused there, grinned, and gave him a thumbs-up. “...I secretly swapped out all your contraceptives!”

“Nice going, Yunfa-chan!” Meiru shouted, whistling in appreciation. Lyutillis looked quite happy as well, but all of the men were pale-faced. They stared at Yunfa like she was some kind of monster.

“Why?! Whyyyyyyyyy?!” Naiz shouted, cradling his head.

Vandre gave him a wake-up slap and said, “You should know by now that you can’t go against Yunfa.”

“I already knew you were a coward, Naiz-sama, so as your wife, I had to take charge.”

“Ngh...but...”

“Listen here, Naiz-sama. Even if you won’t be able to meet your children, you’ll be able to convey your feelings for them through me. Besides, I know I’ll be able to raise them well. That’s why I’ve built up such a huge circle of allies.”

Yunfa took Naiz’s hand in her own, her eyes glimmering with the determination only a mother possessed. It was clear her resolve was far greater than Naiz’s.

“Thank you, Yunfa,” Naiz said, smiling at her. Yunfa smiled back, tears welling up in her eyes.

After that, the celebration continued, but now everyone was celebrating Naiz’s new kid instead of the completion of the labyrinth.

“I was hoping we could all come up with a new family name together, by the way,” Yunfa said halfway through the festivities. Her family would pass down the truth of the Liberators, so she wanted them to have some input on the family name.

After thinking about it for a while, Miledi timidly suggested, “Umm, we can’t use the exact same last name as the founder of the Liberators, but what if we modified it a little bit? They’re going to be the ones telling the Liberators’ story to the world, so I’m sure Belle would be happy if they inherited her name.”

Everyone seemed satisfied with that, and Yunfa and Naiz also decided to add their own initials to the family name as well as a small reminder of where they’d come from. But while they’d settled on a family name, they still needed a first name as well.

“Hmm...judging by the shape of the soul, it’s a girl,” Laus said, examining Yunfa’s belly.

Yunfa had already had a name in mind if it was going to be a girl, and everyone else approved of it as well, so Yunfa and Naiz’s first daughter came to be named Susha L. G. Levellair. She would be the first of many storytellers to pass down the legend of the Liberators.