Oh no! After I Reincarnated, My Moms Became Son-cons! - Volume 12 - Chapter 54

Chapter 54

Honestly, I wasn’t accustomed to the dishes in the North . The anthropoids had some habits that belonged to wild beasts . They weren’t good with cooking . To the contrary, they enjoyed raw meat . Even Ling Yue liked seasoning raw meat with some salt, and then eating it raw . Watching her lick the blood off her fingers truly shattered fantasies you’d have about her .

I intended to introduce some colour to dishes to the North . The main dishes and soup would be prepared as per humanity’s cooking . Additionally, we chose fruit from the elven lands . Everyone would be given some meat skewers . Then, we’d share the Empress bread Mommy Elizabeth prepared in order to show the anthropoids the purpose of wheat .

The farmers in the North weren’t willing to plant wheat . The wheat in the North was a quite similar to soybeans . Once they were ripe, they were wrapped in shells . There were very few farmers in the North . Freya gave them wheat crops, but they were full of vigilance, because they’d never seen wheat before . Up until we introduced wheat, they planted a crop similar to tomatoes . What grew, instead, resembled potatoes .

There weren’t many of them . One strain provided roughly two potatoes . What they did was wrap it up in mud, throw it into the fire and finally eat it once it was baked . Anthropoids usually had those potatoes and raw meat for dinner . If they didn’t have salt, they’d just chew the raw meat . They smoked meat in autumn to preserve the meat .

Since salt was scarce in the North, bacon and salt could, therefore, only be enjoyed by noble tribes such as Ling Yue’s . I wasn’t sure if improving the environment would help increase the production volume correspondingly .

The coronation ceremony would be a bit too shabby if they ate that way at the banquet, too . I needed to change the nobles’ concepts of food with humanity and elven foods . That, in turn, would change the people’s tastes . As a subsequence, the North would be more civilised, and thereby resemble the South .

Admittedly, while I consider eating raw meat and drinking blood to be a unique characteristic of beasts, I wanted to make them more similar to humans… Perhaps… that was because I was a human . I suppose it was comparable to what we considered as bread .

My coronation was tomorrow . You could say today was the entire Imperial Palace’s most bustling day . It was late at night, yet the horses in the stable were still neighing . There were a total of four stables; but nonetheless, there were still people who had to leave their horses outside .

A bright flame was lit in the centre of the palace to make it convenient for everybody to move their horse carriages around and unload . Lots of people were moving about in the palace . All the nobles brought food when they came over as per Alex’s request . They offered food under the pretext of a gift from the North to the new King . That also managed to cover the fact that there was no food in the Imperial City .

The nobles had high very expectations for me, but I didn’t have a positive impression of them . They didn’t give me money when I needed it most . Plus, in all honesty, the life of the North was in their hands . They were comparable to tycoons . Just as Ling Yue’s tribe was responsible for the Brilliant Moon Stones, every noble tribe in the North was responsible for something .

My purpose in calling them to the palace this time was to try and confiscate them of their power and influence . I didn’t want autonomous politics under my ruled . I was the only one allowed to rule in the North, and all the important resources belonged to me, period . The four tribes managed to form their own armies, as they had money . I couldn’t let history repeat itself . I was very curious as to whether Alex invited Ling Yue or not, I thought .

Although the Moon Fox Tribe was previously considered exterminated, the tribe’s only descendant, Ling Yue, returned to the Moon Fox Tribe’s territory, I didn’t know if Alex still considered the Moon Fox Tribe one of the noble tribes . As such, I didn’t know if he invited her or not .

I didn’t invite her, since I didn’t really want for her and Lucia to meet . However, I ended up looking forward to seeing Ling Yue . I kept looking downstairs, hoping I could get a glimpse of a red silhouette . Unfortunately, I never found her .

“Your Highness, it sounds so noisy,” whinged Lucia .

Lucia held Nona, who was crying, and soothed her with pats . I held Vera . Vera looked in Nona’s direction with a strange smile . The reason I was holding Vera was solely because she wasn’t crying due to the noise outside . Nona went wild with her crying . Lucia held her the whole time .

“Mm, it is . ”

“How about quietening the horses first?”

I laughed . I softly called, “Freya . ”

Freya responded, and then knocked on the door . She came in and said, “Is something the matter, Onii-sama? There are lots of things to attend to outside . I have my hands full, so if you bring up something pointless, I will scold you . Onii-sama . Prepare yourself . ”

“Take the White Deer King outside . Have him make a trip to all four stables and let him stay for just a while . It’s a little noisy right now . Nona and Vera can’t sleep . The people can be dealt with; however, the horses are taking it too far . If they disturb Daisy, I’m worried the horses won’t see the next day… I wouldn’t be surprised if Nier hacked them all . ”

I peered at the flames outside . I noticed a fire-red silhouette appear next to the fire, which was located near the bonfire at the centre . She wore a long fire-red dress . The colour of her dress was very similar to the colour of her ears and tail . She had her tail plastered firmly to her body as though she was worried somebody would touch her tail .

I thought, “Wouldn’t it be better to put it inside the skirt, then?”

She turned her head around and looked up at the windows up high . She noticed that virtually all of the rooms were bright . She swept her gaze across the rooms feeling flustered . She then fixed her eyes on the window before me .

To be honest, I didn’t know if Ling Yue saw me, but the corner of her mouth curled up into a smile when she looked my way .

“One more thing…”

I tried passing my daughter over at the same time I looked down below . Vera was shocked . She grabbed my sleeve and called out to me . Nona looked at Vera and took pleasure in her misery . Freya quickly walked over and grabbed Vera . I let go, and then sprinted off to the door .

“Onii-sama!!”

“Your Highness?!”

“Waaahh!!”

Vera gave Freya a fright . It was the first time she held Vera at such a close range . She froze in place . She was dumbfounded and unsure of what to do . She didn’t even dare to shake her arm, as she was afraid she’d drop Vera . Freya shouted, “Onii-sama! What is this about?! What do I do?! What do I do?!”

“It’ll be fine . Hold Vera . I’m going down to lead the White Deer King . ”

All I left them with was the echo of my voice . I rushed out and broke the “no running” rule in the corridor . I bolted downstairs as fast as I could . I ignored everybody who greeted me on the way . I ran so hard I got stitches . It was the first time I hated Freya for building the palace up so high .

“Ah…”

A fire-red silhouette was standing at the entrance of the Imperial Palace . She was in a dilemma . She was unable to decide if she could enter or not . I saw her once I reached the foyer .

She smiled, and then stretched her arms out: “Long-time no see . ”