Vol 2 Chapter 13 – Lydia’s Secret【Vol 2 – Personal Maid = Mistress!?】

Iris was completely exhausted.

I’d meant it as a little punishment for teasing Lydia earlier, but maybe I’d gone a bit too far and bullied her.

Still… Iris had seemed to enjoy it.

Maybe it was because I was from another world, but my stamina had been greatly enhanced.

That was exactly why the conversation had come up about Iris not being able to handle me alone…

But having the partner for that be a thirteen-year-old little girl was a pretty high hurdle.

After everything I’d done to her, Iris had run out of energy and was now fast asleep on the bed.

I glanced over at Lydia, who was sitting in a chair beside me.

Lydia gave a little start, then looked up at me with those golden eyes.

“It’s… my turn next, right?”

“Well, yeah, but you don’t have to push yourself. I already got plenty of service from Iris today, so maybe you could just get used to the atmosphere for now.”

I tried to be considerate and made the suggestion. She was a thirteen-year-old girl, after all—some care was needed.

But Lydia shook her head firmly.

“No. I came here to serve you, Kazuki-sama.”

“But still…”

I looked Lydia up and down, still wrapped in her bath towel.

There were definitely some girlish curves on her body, but she was still very young.

Was it really okay to make babies with a girl like this?

Flora had said it was just common sense in this world.

I had no intention of arguing with that.

Even so, I couldn’t help wondering if Lydia had any other options besides becoming my concubine.

Flora had a mature, adult figure at seventeen, but if I actually got a thirteen-year-old like Lydia pregnant, I had a feeling there might be risks like miscarriage.

While I was thinking that, Lydia stared straight at me with her golden eyes.

“Kazuki-sama… do you not want someone as small as me?”

“You actually admit you’re small?”

“Yes. Compared to Iris-san… I know I don’t have much charm. But I think I’m pretty cute!”

It was true—Lydia was a beautiful girl.

With her mysterious golden hair and golden eyes, she was as perfectly formed as a doll.

Her body had feminine parts too, so it wasn’t like she had no appeal.

Lydia lowered her gaze.

“…The only value I have in life is serving you, Kazuki-sama.”

“Huh?”

“I have a body that can’t have children.”

Lydia gave a lonely, strangely mature smile.

Vol 2 Chapter 14 – The Girl Serves the Emperor【Vol 2 – Personal Maid = Mistress!?】

Lydia gave a lonely, mature smile.

Lydia has a body that can’t have children?

What does that mean?

Lydia hugged her small body with her hands and looked down.

“My mother was my father’s mistress. She was a maid, but he took a liking to her and gave birth to me.”

In other words, she was in the same position as Iris is to me now.

But how does that lead to her being unable to have children?

“My mother was only a mistress, but Father loved her far more than his legal wife. However… the noble lady who was his legal wife grew jealous of my mother. That’s only natural, right?”

“And then what happened?”

“The legal wife placed a curse on my pregnant mother. The child who was born would carry a curse that prevents her from ever having children.”

Lydia spoke as if singing.

A curse. Normally, I would have laughed it off as superstition.

But this world has magic.

“The child who was born… really did end up with a body that can’t have children. It was forbidden magic, but it’s properly recorded in books,s and the effect is certain.”

“But isn’t there a way to break the curse?”

“So far, none has been found. …No one would take a girl who can’t have children as a wife. Even Father said he didn’t need someone like me and threw me out of the mansion… so I was taken into this castle.”

So that’s how it is.

Men are already scarce in this world. No matter how much of a count’s daughter she is, no one would marry a girl carrying the fatal flaw of being unable to have children.

In other words, Lydia could only become a tool for service.

That’s why becoming my official concubine as the emperor was the only path left for her.

Lydia gazed at me with her golden eyes.

“So if you’re worried about me getting pregnant, you don’t need to be. After all, I can’t have children anyway.”

“I see…”

I felt like I finally understood why Flora had chosen Lydia as the first concubine.

One reason was probably to ease my resistance to embracing a young girl like Lydia. If she couldn’t get pregnant, then even with her childish figure, there’d be no worry about childbirth.

The other was that there was no risk of her threatening Flora’s position. Lydia was an official concubine, so if she got pregnant before Flora, it might cause problems over the emperor’s heir.

It was easy to imagine that a child from a noble-born Lydia would have a stronger standing than one from the mistress Iris.

But since Lydia couldn’t get pregnant, there was no such fear.

Also, from Flora’s perspective, she probably didn’t want any girl besides Iris to get pregnant before her.

Judging from how easily Flora gets jealous, that had to be it.

Lydia, wearing only a bath towel, gently clung to me.

The warmth of her small body came through.

“I can’t give birth to Kazuki-sama’s child. My small body exists only for Kazuki-sama.”

“That’s…”

“I have no place to belong, not in the count’s house, not in this royal castle. Her Highness Flora is kind to me, but I’m of no use to anyone. But…”

If I bestowed my favor upon her, things would change.

Even a girl like Lydia—born to a noble’s mistress and unable to have children—could bask in the spotlight.

“I’ve always dreamed of a romantic love with a cool man. But… with a body like mine, I thought I’d never be wanted by a man, never get married. Yet Her Highness Flora made me the concubine of such a wonderful, cool man. So… please teach me about love, Kazuki-sama.”

Lydia looked at me pleadingly.

I hesitated. Was it really okay to push down this lonely girl… and make her my concubine?

Lydia let out a soft chuckle.

“Besides, I think there are good things about not being able to get pregnant.”

“Huh?”

“Iris and Her Highness Flora will definitely end up carrying Kazuki-sama’s baby soon. Once that happens, they won’t be able to serve you for a while. But…”

“Right, so Lydia… you can always be with me…”

“I can take care of you!”

Proudly, Lydia puffed out her small chest and showed a happy “ehehn” expression.

“I’m thirteen now, so even in twenty years I’ll only be thirty-three. During that time, I can serve Kazuki-sama every day, anytime. I want Kazuki-sama to feel my growth with your body.”

Then, Lydia dropped the bath towel that had been hiding her body onto the floor.

Her small, slender body had the proper girlish curves. And her cheeks were bright red, her golden eyes moist.

In a few more years, Lydia would become a captivating adult woman.

And I had the right to embrace both the young, thirteen-year-old Lydia and the grown-up adult Lydia.

Lydia’s small breasts would grow even bigger.

And I could monopolize all of that time with Lydia.

Noticing my gaze, Lydia made a shy face.

“Ah… Kazuki-sama, you pervert.”

Lydia whispered in a sweet voice.

“My breasts… they’re definitely going to become yours from now on, Kazuki-sama♪.”

I smiled and gently kissed Lydia on the lips.

Lydia accepted me obediently.