Chapter 230
Aegir POV–
「Hhuph!」
I swing a spear, instead of my hips, with plenty of weights attached to the shaft and barely stop before hitting the ground .
The spear was unable to withstand the force from the sudden suspension of weight and bends out of shape until it snaps, rendering it totally useless .
「Tch . 」
I unconsciously click my tongue .
As I thought, it’s not going to hold all that weight .
Because the dwarven spear was so excellent, it doesn’t feel right when use regular spears .
They’re too light and too brittle…… I could use the Dual Crater, but it attracts too much attention and it’s a sword, so I don’t have as much reach as I would like when I want to rampage on the battlefield .
When I sigh, I feel someone staring at me .
Crap, I suddenly realize that I was doing all this in the courtyard .
I turn around and see half of Celia peeking out from behind the door who is looking at my broken spear like she’s about to cry .
I was trying to hide from her and purposely didn’t use the parade grounds too…… .
「Celia, shall we take a bath together?」
「Water from a well is good enough for a girl like me . 」
「Don’t be stupid, you’ll catch a cold . 」
「Uuuu……」
Celia looks down and was about to run off, but I grab her by the waist and take her with me to the bathroom .
It’s almost time for the meeting with Leopolt and the others .
We can talk after taking a bath .
I ignore Celia’s whining and strip her naked before dunking her into the bath .
Even though she runs around the battlefield, her skin is still flawless unlike my scarred body .
Her body is toned but her muscles are not as well-defined as Irijina’s, rather she’s softer .
I won’t say this out loud because it might make me seem like a pervert, but I really like the borderline tan of her exposed thigh right below her short pants .
I get naked after her and we both soak in the bath .
She’s got a cute white ass, a vagina with slightly open lips from being constantly used by me, and shapely breasts, all of which stimulate the man in me, but now is not the time to embrace Celia .
「Your tool…… it’s sticking out above the water . 」
「Well that’s because you’re naked beside me . Of course it’ll get hard . 」
I’m not Kroll .
「Shall I suck on it?」
「No, not now . 」
After saying that, Celia awkwardly submerges herself until everything below her nose is in the water, then blows bubbles .
Geez, it’s still bothering her .
「How long are you going to let that bother you? Here, take this . 」
「Waahyya! Stobb id pleaz!」
I wrap my arms around Celia and then squeeze her cheeks .
We play around in the bath, flailing and splashing water everywhere .
After we settle down, she sits back down on my lap .
She buries her face into my chest and mutters softly .
「I’m either useless to Aegir-sama or I end up dragging you down . Aren’t you annoyed at someone as useless as me? If you don’t like something, even if it’s something small, just punch me right now . I won’t tell anyone about it . 」
「I told you I’m not mad . And I’m not going to hit you . You and I both came back safe and sound, isn’t that good enough?」
Celia’s expression actually warps more as she clings to me tighter .
「I want you to scold me…… because of my blunder, Aegir-sama was exposed to danger and even lost your weapon . It really worries me when you don’t get mad after that . It makes me think you’ve given up on me . 」
Celia continues as I pat her head .
「You can hit me, you can kick me, hurt me or embarrass me . The most painful feeling for me is when Aegir-sama doesn’t even pay attention to me . 」
Celia starts crying against my chest .
It’s not like I don’t understand her feelings .
For Celia, I’m essentially her one and only family member .
She’s very close with Leah but they’re just best friends .
I suddenly start imagining .
What if Lucy looked at me with cold eyes after I made a mistake and lost interest in me instead of getting angry .
That would be even harsher than getting beat up by her .
I actually don’t think too much of it, but Celia must be scared that she’s a disappointment and someone who isn’t even worth getting mad over .
I’m not angry at her at all .
Besides, her horse tripping over is accidental .
I don’t have any reason to be mad at her, but I guess she must see some meaning in being scolded .
「……alright, I’ll scold you . You messed up and almost died . If the cute you died, I probably would not have been able to get back on my feet . You made a terrible mistake . 」
I lift Celia up and lay her facing sideways on my lap .
It’s the same posture a child would take when getting spanked by their mother .
「I’m sorry Aegir-sama…… no, dad . 」
It doesn’t feel like Celia’s making fun of me .
I guess she wants to be punished as a daughter .
「I’ll spank you now, so stay still . 」
「Yes, please punish this foolish Celia . 」
I brush her soft ass once before pulling my hand back .
Celia closes her eyes tightly in anticipation of the pain .
I feel somewhat sorry for her but she won’t be able to let go of what happened if I punish her half-heartedly .
「Repent, Celia!」
Naturally, I hold back and hit her with just as much force as when I punished Nonna .
「Gyaan!!」
Her back arches as she screams .
Celia didn’t do anything wrong so it pains my heart, though I’ll do it if it means she’ll feel better .
「Dad! Papa, I’m sorry!」
I gently stroke the face of the apologizing girl and let her go after slapping her butt five times .
Her pretty ass is red now .
「Your ass…… it hurts, doesn’t it?」
「Yes, it really stings…… but it makes me feel more relieved . 」
Celia smiles so there was some value in this undesirable punishment .
「I’ll be getting out now so you can cool your ass in the water . It’ll probably become pretty swollen . 」
After punishing Nonna, the pain lasted for several days .
Carla would play pranks on her by trying to hit her butt so Nonna and her three attendants would have to hide in the mansion, always vigilant of their surroundings like a bunch of spies .
「Ah, please wait . There is one more thing that’s bothering me……」
There was something else?
What is it?
「When I broke my arm, Aegir-sama did something reckless like drinking my pee . It would bother me if I didn’t at least return the favor . 」
Celia smiles as she takes my dick into her mouth .
「……could you just let me off on this? I’m not a pervert who would happily let a girl drink my urine . 」
「Fumoh . 」
Celia doesn’t take my dick out of her mouth, just grinning and then closing her eyes .
Aah, whatever then .
I grab Celia’s head and open up my legs slightly .
I squeeze my abs and then something other than semen flows through my dick and down Celia’s throat .
「Nnh…… nngh…… nngh……」
The immoral sounds echoes in the bath .
「Well, let’s start the meeting . 」
Celia and I head to the office together like nothing happened .
Adolph and the others and I are sitting around the table, probably not because everyone is refraining from standing alone .
「Starting from the conclusion, our financial situation has instantly gotten worse . 」
Adolph indignantly reports the current state of affairs .
「There were a lot of expensive equipment after all…… it won’t make a difference even if we sell all of the items looted from Vandolea?」
「Not much will remain after we subtract the portion we distributed to the soldiers . We were already hard-pressed for money as it is with this war . 」
Adolph sounds semi angry .
This guy was against increasing military costs from the beginning after all .
「But you gotta say that what happened this time was out of our expectations……」
Nobody could predict fire and ash would blow out of the mountain .
It was a complete accident .
「Nobody will wait because you got into an accident though…… that’s why I have a proposal . 」
Leopolt and Adolph look at me .
What do they want?
「Although we lost equipment during this expedition, our army didn’t suffer many casualties . In other words, it will not become a large expense if you don’t resupply all the equipment at once . 」
「Are you suggesting to leave the soldiers who lost their equipment alone?」
That’s just sad .
If Malt gets invaded again, I can’t protect them .
Leopolt adds another comment when he sees me making a troubled face .
「There is no particularly large threat at the moment . According to the statement from the Vandolea commander, their main force was doing battle near Dard mountain and would have been destroyed together with their opponent Altair . 」
Bejček probably feels he doesn’t have any reason to keep information confidential now because he opened up rather easily .
「We are continuing the investigation even now but the impact of the explosion seems to be quite extensive, so I’m guessing it would be difficult for them to start any new attacks . 」
「If you guys say so . 」
I’m not going to resist if both Adolph and Leopolt are in agreement .
「Something like this arrived as well……」
I take out a letter from Kenneth which arrived yesterday .
Apparently, the King doesn’t want to clash with any of the southern nations and he says it’s better to limit any conflict .
「So he’s saying it’s better to refrain from expanding the army as well……?」
This is ultimately Kenneth’s advice, though it is evident that something has changed in the King’s thinking .
Well, I’m in financial troubles anyways so I should probably obediently listen to him .
「I believe we need to grasp what the King is thinking . 」
Naturally, Leopolt is worried about the change in Goldonia’s policies .
Maybe I’ll bring it up when I have to do the New Year’s greetings .
We won’t come up with an answer now even if we wrack our brains thinking about it .
By the way, Tristan isn’t here . He must have hid somewhere as soon as he got home…… Celia’s butt is hurting so I’ll get Irijina to bring him here .
He can enjoy her tactless and inconsiderate invasion .
「The remaining military problem is the treatment of the former Vandolea soldiers . It will naturally cause some unease if we include them in our army . It looks like they have punished soldiers…… in other words, former prisoners, mixed in as well . 」
9000 is a lot .
In the face of such a large disaster, neither side had the luxury to feel hostile towards each other, however both sides would start thinking various things after calming down from the shock of the calamity .
「Should we can create a new pioneer village for all of them?」
There are plenty of fields in my territory that we can give them but also plenty of untouched land with insufficient help .
Leopolt has a slightly grim expression on his face .
「There’s a risk they’ll rebel if we keep them all together . 」
「Bejček, huh? It should be fine with him as the head . I don’t know about each individual soldier, but it doesn’t seem like he’ll rebel . 」
They’ll probably find it more comforting to have one of their own be their leader than if we sent someone from our side .
「Many of them have trained as soldiers . We can incorporate them as another army once we gather equipment . 」
「For that reason, we want them to make families . 」
Adolph says that seriously but it isn’t so simple .
Pretty much all of the 9000 soldiers are men .
「As it is, Lord Hardlett himself has eaten several hundred already . 」
Myla, don’t make such snide remarks .
「I’ll leave that part to you guys . Do a good job . 」
In the end, I pass everything off to someone else, but neither Adolph or Leopolt seem to mind .
「Because the boss who doesn’t know anything isn’t saying anything with much detail, there isn’t much to be irritated about . 」
That certainly is the case, but it makes me annoyed enough to want to strangle Adolph .
As my hands reach out towards him, I see the bags under his eyes and it makes me stop .
He’s tired .
I’ll ask some prostitutes to pay him a visit later .
His fatigue should disappear after embracing five partners or so .
「Regarding domestic affairs……」
It’s almost winter .
「Which is why……」
The price of firewood has fallen ever since Lintbloom started to use some unknown burning rocks in place of wood .
「And there is one thing that concerns me……」
Adolph’s tone changed, which perks my attention .
「After the explosion of the mountain that caused this incident, ash has been falling on the southern part of Malt . 」
「Ash is……?」
We became covered with ash on the way back .
Ash was even falling on the area we recently occupied .
「Fortunately, a strong north wind started to blow so the amount which falls will decrease, however water won’t wash away the ash and many places have a thin layer of ash covering the whole area . 」
「Is there a problem with that?」
Ash is just a slight annoyance and it can simply be brushed away .
Although, it might be hard to create fields with piles of ash in the way .
「It is still unknown what effect it will have . After all, this is happening for the first time . I think we will have to carefully monitor Malt and the occupied area . 」
It doesn’t sound like it’ll be good news .
「We still have lots of food, right?」
Since the topic changed all of a sudden, Adolph had to quickly rearrange the documents in front of him .
「Yes, because we did not sell most of the wheat, we still have lots of stockpiles . Even if we sold a certain amount to help our shortage of funds…… it wouldn’t leave us with a worrying amount after taking in the additional 9000 people . 」
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