Episode 131: The Conditions of a True “Fae”
“Being loose with women is even worse, you know? There’s an old story about a court poet who was stabbed to death by ten women in a lovers’ quarrel… Have you done anything that would get you stabbed?”
“No, I haven’t…”
“Besides, even if you have mistresses, they’re Barbarians or Mazoku, right? Since you’ve taken Rosalinde-sama as your legal wife, there shouldn’t be a problem, right…?”
“Well… I love my mistresses, so… I think it’s not okay…”
“Huh…? Do you perhaps think having mistresses is ‘infidelity’ itself…? You’re quite faithful to the Church’s teachings… If there’s a legal wife in public, then there’s no problem.”
Ah, yes…
The Church says, “Let’s stop having mistresses!”…
The Church’s teachings are quite similar to Christianity…
You might be thinking, “A Japanese guy following Christianity? Is he a Kirishitan or something?”
But it’s true that after Japan lost World War II, America forced Christian values on us.
For example, the idea that breasts are erotic! That’s also a Christian value.
In Japan, the original idea was that large breasts didn’t suit kimonos and made you ugly! Seeing large breasts and thinking of them as symbols of abundant motherhood… that’s a Christian teaching.
In the first place, the concept of chastity and such is also Christian-based.
If you look into the culture and customs of the Edo period, the morals were so loose it was like a modern-day “To-Yoko” situation. Japan was originally like that, I guess.
Anyway, the Church in this country also often spouts idealistic things like poverty! Chastity! Honesty! which are similar to Christianity.
I automatically follow the same morals as Japan, so I’m treated like a saint.
Oh, by the way, I’m not saying that the invading religion called Christianity is bad! Well, you often see news about European clergy having children, but that’s that. I have no complaints.
Rather, I personally think it’s commendable that they created the advantage of being able to violate both God’s law and a woman’s body by daring to break the concept of chastity that they brought about…
“But isn’t it actually dishonest?”
“My father… no, the King, and Count Missgancia also have one or two mistresses, you know? What’s the problem?”
“Well, yeah…”
Yeah, they do.
I’ve even met them and treated them before.
In the first place, Rosalinde, who is my woman and Count Missgancia’s daughter, is the child of the third wife.
Religiously, it’s supposed to be that you love only one wife, but in reality, the nobles need to increase their numbers…
The nobles in this world are mostly warrior class, so if they decrease, the country’s power itself decreases.
As I said before, like in the real Middle Ages, there are battle developments (wars) with terrible foreign countries, and on top of that, there are battles with Monsters and battles with Barbarians.
The Holy Knights of the Church are doing their best, but there are never enough forces anywhere.
So, even if the religious teachings are like that, in reality, the nobles had a duty to leave as many children as possible.
“But I’m not a noble or anything, so I have no reason to increase my lineage.”
“No, no… Um, please, I beg you, please increase it? If we don’t have excellent people leaving children, we’ll really be in trouble…”
“No, that’s a strange thing to say. Just because they’re my children doesn’t mean they’ll be excellent, right?”
“I think they will be excellent…?”
“Eh? Ah, ah~…”
That’s right, that’s right.
In this world, Magical Power and race are somewhat hereditary…!
The reason why the nobles are so strong is because individuals with high Magical Power and high combat ability are crossbred.
Eugenics is a terrible idea that I, as a doctor, should deny first and foremost, but in reality, there is a “Magical Power” gene in this world…!
Individuals with a lot of Magical Power and who can use Magical Power well are undoubtedly strong. They can become strong.
The same goes for magic, and whether or not you can become a Mage is almost entirely decided from birth.
In the commoner class, where there is only thin blood of Magical Power, no matter how hard you try… even if you train rigorously for twenty or thirty years, you can only manage to light a small fire on your fingertip.
But if you are from a noble bloodline, well, if you train for ten years, you can master at least one True Word.
It’s too cruel, a world dominated by blood quality.
You can’t rise up through effort, and even if you can rise up through effort, it will be like in a certain boy’s manga magazine, “Actually, you were from the D clan!” “Actually, you were the Hokage’s child!” “Actually, your parents were also Shinigami!” In other words, after you put in the effort, your blood had value, that’s how it will develop.
“You are a half-Fae, a Changeling, right? Moreover, you are a ‘True Ancestor’ Changeling, almost like a Fae. On top of that, you have ‘Fairy Eyes’ and are even learning magic from the Fae… Your blood has tremendous value.”
Eh, sorry, I don’t know… I don’t know the words that came out…
What?
“What did you say…?”
“…Don’t you know, by any chance?”
“Know what…?”
“Haa… I see. That’s why Count Missgancia is desperately trying to keep you tied down… I understand the reason for giving you his beloved daughter. At worst, if something happens to the main family, he intends to make Rosalinde-san’s child the head of the family…”
Lady Lucretia mutters to herself.
“Um… would you like me to explain?”
“Well… for now…”
“First of all, you. You’re almost a legendary existence. Almost a ‘Fae’, a first-generation Changeling.”
“Ah, you mean my Fae blood is strong?”
“That’s right. According to Marlene, even among Changelings, those with all silver hair are direct descendants of the ‘Fae’. Almost all Changelings that exist in the world today are mixed, and their hair color is different.”
Ah…
Well, in the first place, I don’t know because I’ve never met other Changelings, but that’s how it is…
“And, ‘Fairy Eyes’… Sometimes, only one eye becomes a ‘Fairy Eye’, but it seems that they are persecuted in the streets, right? But in reality, Marlene said that it is proof that you are loved by the ‘Fae’.”
“Ah, the pale blue eyes…”
“It is said that those who have these eyes are proof that they have received the Fae’s kiss. It is also said to be a magical eye, a ‘Mystic Eye’, and that Magical Power increases.”
Yes…
“On top of that, if you have even studied under the Fae, you must have ears that can hear the Fae’s voice and lips that can speak to them, right? You’re almost a miraculous magical race.”
Is that so…