Saving 80,000 Gold in an Another World for Retirement

233 . Neesama

After being teased by everyone in Wolf Fang, I went to the general store Mitsuha in the royal capital .

that was tiring . Lets just take a rest on the 3rd floor for the day

P-pardon my intrusion (?)

When I entered the living room on the 3rd floor, Sabine-chans older sister [Chii-neesama] bowed her head toward me .

Sabine-chan? Shes currently playing a shooting game with her little brother Luchen-kun .

oh, Mitsuha-neesama, youre back (Sabine-chan)

Sabine-chan called me by my name since theres her actual sister here .

I see that she gets so absorbed in the game and didnt notice I was back

I do hope youre keeping your promise, the game time limit, I mean Just so you know, If you broke that, Ill be tightening the limit to one hour a day, alright? (Mitsuha)

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Th-theres no way I would (Sabine-chan)

Sabine-chans flustered look is suspicious

Hmm?

Arere~? How strange . I wonder why there are so many empty bags of sweets (Mitsuha)

Ge!! (Sabine-chan)

Arere~? How strange . Why did Sabine-chan look so pale all of a sudden (Mitsuha)

Guha! (Sabine-chan)

Mitsuha-sama, please forgive Sabine . Actually, in order to protect me, Sabine is (Chii-neesama)

The situation has changed!

Id like to hear more details! (Mitsuha)

Y-yes . Actually, I decided to hide here in order to escape from an unexpected marriage talk This is the only place in the royal capital where pursuers from the royal palace cannot reach, after all (Chii-neesama)

I see However, daughters of aristocrats and the royal family are obliged to marry a partner by their parent in a political marriage, right? For that reason, youre living a luxurious life off the peoples hard-earned tax money, right? Just taking the good parts without fulfilling your obligation is (Mitsuha)

Gaaan!! (Sabine-chan & Chii-neesama)

Ga-gaaan!! (Luchen-kun)

Sabine-chan and the second princess, as well as Luchen-kun, who were delayed by one tempo, expressed their shock with such noises

Well, Its always been like that, isnt it? (Mitsuha)

Th-thats true, but I didnt think Mitsuha-neesama would say such a thing I thought if its Mitsuha-neesama, then, you would (Sabine-chan)

Help you? (Mitsuha)

Un (Sabine-chan)

No, indeed, I have such a sense of values because I grew in a world where both men and women have equal rights, where women arent treated as tools . But thats because I live in that kind of world .

If I suddenly start a gender equality movement in this world, for example, If I were to recommend that parents inheritances are to be divided equally among all children regardless of gender, of course, it will be immediately rejected . No matter even I was called [Himemiko of Sacred Country] .

Because, if I do that, the aristocratic system will collapse, or if the owner of big business were to divide the company equally among their children into a group of small or medium-sized businesses, they will devour each other and collapse altogether .

Theres nothing I can do but wait for the social system to be fully developed and accepted naturally . Even if I were to push through my ideal, itd only cause confusion .

Therefore, I have no intention of doing anything about it .

Well, encouraging and implicitly guiding them towards such a future is the most I can do .

thats impossible . Theres no way I could go opposing the social system by myself Besides, its normal for royalty to marry someone theyve never met, right? Why do you have it so much? Is it someone you know that hes a really bad guy? (Mitsuha)

Right, I dont thinkthatKing would allow such a man to marry his daughter .

Besides, this country is neither in financial difficulty nor likely to be invaded by other countries .

On the contrary, the political situation is stable, and as a coordinator of the Great Alliance for defense from the New Continents invasion, were possessing large ships and weapons and is conducting research to produce them in our own country . If anything, this country is currently the most prominent nation on this continent . So the King is not in a situation where he has tosellhis pretty daughter whatsoever .

no, rumor has it that the second prince of the neighboring country is a good-looking, intelligent, kind-hearted, and gentle person (Chii-neesama)

Then, why? (Mitsuha)

I wonder if he developed a bad habit towards females because hes too popular

Someone who cant beat Japan in [World Advanced Daisenryaku] is a little bit (Chii-neesama)

What the heck is that!!! (Mitsuha)

he didnt even try to play the game tte, spit the truth already!! (Mitsuha)

Of course, the reason she told me earlier was a lie

The second princess, who is terrified by my threatening expression, started speaking

because there is no game console, delicious sweets, cakes, cold squishy juices, kotatsu, or mandarin oranges in neighboring country (Chii-neesama)

So, its because of this room!?!? (Mitsuha)

ah .

Indeed, in countries around here, it is normal for aristocrats and royalties to be engaged since childhood or get married as soon as they come of age . So its not strange for such a topic coming for the second princess, who is about 15 16 years old . Or rather, its stranger that she has no fiance until now .

However, theres a [Something strange] in this country . right, it is the existence of the first princess .

Say, isnt the first princess has to marry first before you do? Shes already about 24 25 years old, right? could it be that her husband died, and his younger brother took over the family, so she left the family she was married to and went back (Mitsuha)

Bufoo!! (SFX)

Gyaa!! What are you doing, Sabine-chan!! (Mitsuha)

Sabine-chan spat the carbonated drink she had been drinking .

Uuh, my eldest sister is still 18 years old!! (Sabine-chan)

Eh? (Mitsuha)

Sabine-chan just told me a shocking fact!!

Eeeh? (Mitsuha)

Even though I already say 24 25 y/o out of consideration

Eeeehhhhhh!!!!?? (Mitsuha)

Of course, I noticed that shes acting like shes interested in Alexis-sama or rather, the ones who dont notice that would probably be just a dense manga character and Alexis-sama himself .

No, theres also the possibility that Alexis-sama is aware, and he was just avoiding that by pretending to be clueless about that

I thought she was just fangirling over that Alexis-sama, who had been honored as a hero of the absolute defense of the royal capital and the founder of a new noble family, just like Japanese aunties who are warmly watching over a young idol

D-dont tell me, that is really [love]!!!!

This bad! This is very bad!!

eh?

What is bad, you ask?

E~to

B-but, if thats the case, then the order would (Mitsuha)

Onee-sama lost her fianc two years ago . After that, she has been depressed for a long time so it was decided to keep such topics away from Onee-sama for a while . But recently, shes feeling better, and we can finally see her smile (Sabine-chan)

Aaaah, I thought so!!!

A joyous event

What a joyous event, yeah .

Even for Count Bozes, it would be great to be related to the royal family .

The King also would be more than glad to bring in the Bozes family, who is sure to be promoted to a Marquis soon, which is the cornerstone of the establishment of the navy . And the Bozes family also has a good relationship with me .

Yeah, joyous!! right

But Alexis-sama seemed to prefer the second princess .

Right, thats how it was when he was awarded the title .

But if such topics were coming from the royal family, would the count couple be able to turn it down?

And ifthatindulgent King knew that his heartbroken daughter finally got into that kind of feeling

Un, Alexis-sama, live strongly