The Case of Being Reincarnated as a Noble in a World with a Skewed Gender Ratio - 79-80

Chapter 79: Afternoon Tea

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The war had ended and I stayed at the Rainrose Castle until things settled down here. His Majesty was also on his way here. We had plenty of things to discuss for sure, but… I couldn’t stop myself from thinking about the future of my relationship with Tia. 

Tia was the sole princess of this country. We would need to decide on various things like, where to live and so on. Anyway, I ended up borrowing a room in the royal castle for now, but…

“I should’ve known that Mother was involved in this the moment I was blindfolded!!”

Right now my mother was sleeping soundly on the bed. Of course, she was fully naked! 

Actually, when Teresa-san blindfolded me, I thought this was just another one of her kinks, but it turned out… She had a more nefarious plan in mind. Anyway, it seemed in this world blood ties wouldn’t affect the quality of the children born from incestuous relationships. This… This might be the real oyakodon…

“But… What did Mother mean when she said that?”

Shortly after I did the deed with my mother, she said to me..

“I-It was amazing, El…”

Actually, that was like the number one thing I didn’t want to hear from my own Mother… Alas, I could only say this in my heart.

“Even though this is my first time doing it with a man..”

“Huh? Your first time?”

“That’s right.”

“No,no. You’re my mother, right? You’re the one that-“

I wanted to say ‘gave birth to me’, but my sentence was stopped short. Why? Because…

“My turn!!”

“Oi! Marin! It’s Miinya’s turn next!”

“Hm. I will go first.”

“El-sama’s matsutake mushroom is mine-aru!”

“Everyone! Next is me! Leila will become El-sama’s partner next!”

“Fufu~ I will bewitch you with the secret techniques passed down between the kingdom’s knight order.”

“I… I will be the last then?”

Everyone just suddenly came rushing in. Eventually, we were all lying naked in this room. All of them were dead tired from doing it with me. 

One thing I couldn’t understand was why and how Teresa-san ended up sleeping in turtle shell bondage style again. This… This must be her kink, right? Her preference? I remembered Teresa-san was tied up when we first did it too.

Hmm… It would be best if I didn’t touch this subject. It would be troublesome if she started telling me all unnecessary stuff about that side. I definitely didn’t need to hear about that side. 

Anyway, I guess I should ask Mother what she meant by her first time when she woke up. 

And so, I went to take a bath by myself and went to Tia’s room to visit her.

“Oh? El? What’s wrong?”

“No, it’s just… You didn’t come last night, so…”

“Fufu~ Were you feeling lonely because I didn’t come?”

“I guess…”

“I-If you admit it so honestly like that, I will be the one feeling embarrassed instead!”

Yeah, blushing Tia looked adorable today, just like always. 

“A-Anyway, the reason why I didn’t come last night is because… I thought it would be nice to keep our time together private. You know, just the two of us…”

Tia… She was just too adorable!!

“Tia… You’re just too cute that it’s almost a crime to be this cute, you know?!”

“W-Well! ANyway… Si-Since it’s already past noon.. Ho-How about if you have afternoon tea with me instead?”

“Oh, absolutely. It’d be my pleasure to accept an afternoon tea invitation from a princess.”

“Geez, El…”

“Then, I will help you prepare the tea.”

“Yo-You don’t have to! Th-The preparations are already complete, you know?”

I looked around Tia’s room, but I didn’t see anything on the small tea table. Maybe she had already asked the maid to prepare the tea outside?

“I’ve personally prepared it for you, so… Drink a lot, okay?”

Tia said as she slowly rolled up the hem of her dress, revealing her beautiful slender ankles and knees. She kept rolling her dress up. Her smooth thighs came into view, almost bewitching me with its gleam and then finally… She revealed her pure white frilly shorts.

Gulp.

“I hope you will enjoy your afternoon tea to your heart’s content.”

Her face turned bright red from shame. 

Of course, it went without saying that I really enjoyed the tea Tia had prepared exclusively for me. In fact, I asked for another cup and another and another until I lost count.

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Chapter 80: The Story Told by My Mother

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After thoroughly enjoying my afternoon tea time together with Tia, or to be precise, afternoon TIA, I returned to the room I had borrowed. There, I saw my mother sitting alone in a chair.

“El, welcome back.”

“Umm… Is it appropriate to say I’m home here?”

“Yeap, yeap~ It’s totally appropriate~”

Feeling a bit awkward and embarrassed that I had done the deed with my mother, I gingerly sat across from her at the table. 

“Well then, El?”

“Umm… What is it?”

“You’re curious, right? You must be wondering how come I was able to get pregnant even though I’ve never done it with a man before.”

My mother’s expression turned serious as she articulated her words clear and slow to avoid any misunderstanding. I remembered the first memories that came to my mind. I was just newly born, there was no doubt I came from her. I even remembered she was the one that raised and breastfed me. 

“Well, if you don’t mind telling me then… Yes. I’d like to know.”

“I’ve been thinking about telling you this one day. I don’t have any intention of hiding it from you forever anyway. El, you’re already an adult and I see you’ve had your fair share of women as of now. I guess it’s about time for me to tell you this.”

Since she had to wait until I became an adult, this must be a very difficult topic to breach. Mother clearly said that she had never done it with a man before. So how…?

“I… I hated men.”

“Really?!”

That was a surprise. I never thought my mom used to hate men…

“I guess you could say I was in my rebellious phase? Anyway, both back then and now, there are so few men in this world. Men are always treated special, given extra privilege just because they are men. Anyway, I hated that. I couldn’t accept that.”

“Ah, I guess that is true.”

Well, it made sense why the people in this world favored men more. In fact, even a scummy guy like Dill could become the king of a kingdom at such a tender age. 

“But, as a noble… I need to produce heirs and all that eventually, right? I hated men, but despite that, I was actually quite popular! Quite a few men professed their interest in me. Even King Rainrose! He once expressed his desire to take me in as one of his queens!”

“Well, I can see why. You’re beautiful after all.”

But still, King Rainrose as well?! I never thought he would do that…

“Ge-Geez~ El, you’re such a smooth talker~ Once we’re done talking, let’s have a lot fun under the blanket, okay?~”

“Mother! You’re ruining the mood! Please be serious!”

“Aaaanyway,at at time… My father, YOUR grandfather…”

“Grandfather?”

“Yeah, him. He brought someone home. That person was older than him. If I had to describe him… He was old. In terms of appearance, he was similar to King Rainrose right now. That man said I could get pregnant without doing it with a man.”

Could it be… That elderly man was talking about artificial insemination?! No, but…

“At first, I didn’t trust him. I mean, this was a man that my father brought out of the blue. I didn’t know him and I hated men with passion. Not to mention, he was so old!”

This elderly man might be someone like Dill, another reincarnator. In that case, it made sense why this elderly man knew about artificial insemination. 

“At that time, I also found out that my father was already plagued by an illness.”

“I see…”

“Anyway, I decided to trust this man. I was like, might as well give this man a try and then it happened! I became pregnant with you!”

“NO,NO,NO!! Mother?! You’re missing the important part!!”

“No, I mean, I’m not really sure about it either?! The details are kinda of a blur to me! Was it a syringe? Or a sylinge? It had something like a thin… Thin wires? And some sort of a tube attached to it? Anyway, that man said that tube was filled with male sperm or something!”

A syringe… It must be a syringe. A syringe with a tube attached to it. Then it really was an artificial insemination. That man must be injecting the sperm contained in the tube into the uterus with the syringe. I remembered seeing something like that on the internet in my previous life. 

But still! How?! That method was not foolproof!! If I remember correctly, that method only helped in making it easier to get pregnant! Why was that person so sure he could get my mother pregnant with that method?!

“…Mother.”

“What is it?~”

“Do you remember who that person is?”

“That.. I’m not sure. I only met him once.”

“I see…”

“El, there’s something else that I haven’t told you about.”

“Hm?”

“My father’s study is located in the basement of our residence.”

“Our home has a basement?!”

“Anyway, there might be something that could help you understand it more?”

“Can I check the basement when we return to our home?”

“Sure…”

“Thank you, Mother… For telling me about this.”

“Of course. This is something that I have to tell you sooner or later anyway. 

“But, why are you taking your clothes off, Mother?”

“Huh?”

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN ‘HUH’?!”

“I mean, aren’t we going to make love now?”

“Didn’t you hate men?!”

“El is special~ ♡ Besides, you’ve made me realize so many things… Including your masculine vitality… Tehe~♡♪”

It seemed I wouldn’t be granted a moment to relax. That being said, I was really curious about that mysterious man. I hoped this mystery could be unveiled soon.

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