
"Claus, what does this mean?" Aunt Sera asked sharply.
"Cousin, what does this mean?" Andrea smiled stiffly.
"Little man, what does this mean?" Aunt Dayana grinned playfully.
I don't know if I should laugh or cry when I see their reaction.
Come on, girls, it's just a kiss.
I've done more with the three of you.
Plus, do you think you can intimidate me like that?
Laughing inwardly, I feigned a complicated expression and sighed with a look of embarrassment.
"You're right. Wrong doing such a thing with my family.”
Aunt Sera flinched.
“Lina is my cousin. Kissing among cousins is wrong.”
Andrea freezes.
"Yes. From today onwards I will not do such a thing with my family again.”
Aunt Dayana stiffens.
Looking at the three of them, I put on a satisfied expression.
How's it? Do you like my answer?
“... Mom, sister, aunt, did something happen? You suddenly freeze. ” Lina tilted her head and asked.
"T-No, it's okay."
"You're imagining something."
“Y-Yes, little Lina. K-We're fine.”
Aunt Sera, Andrea, Aunt Dayana, you look very suspicious.
See, Lina now turned her gaze between the four of us with a clear suspicious expression.
The three of them, however, were in no mood to pay attention to Lina.
Because right after the three of them answered, they realized their reactions were very similar.
Almost instantly, the three of them looked at each other and opened their eyes wide.
Aunt Sera looked at Andrea with an expression of disbelief, Andrea looked at her mother with a panicked and suspicious look, and Aunt Dayana smiled wryly.
"Goddess, why is my family so messed up?"
Aunt Dayana, did you forget you helped me seduce your sister a few hours ago?
"Cousin, could it be that you seduced them as well?" Lina asked with a sharp glint in her eyes.
I stroked her hair with a helpless smile.
Girl, you must be wiser. Can't you see how they flinched when they heard your question?
“I prefer to call it love,” I answer like that.
"… The pervert."
i'm. And with great pride.
As if grasping a straw, Aunt Sera, Aunt Dayana, and Andrea quickly followed in my footsteps.
“K-We came to report you about the losses we suffered during the attack.”
“T-Also, we also want to ask what we should do with the injured.”
"I came to accompany them."
The three of them spoke one after another.
"OKAY. Tell me about the situation then. ” I put on a serious expression and nodded, making the three women sigh in relief and recover their composure.
The damage caused by the attack last night was quite serious. Fortunately, the imperial army received most of the damage, so the losses our group suffered were quite small.
According to Lina, four members of the Eternity Tarynx were injured, but no one died. As for the other members of the caravan, two of the merchants Bibi Dayana was carrying were killed by a stray attack, and seven others were injured.
Economic losses are much worse. After Aunt Dayana counted them, she realized that one-fifth of the Reincarnation Auction Hall merchandise was damaged or destroyed.
Fortunately, the purpose of the merchandise was to hide the real reason behind this caravan and the deal with the Carmell family, so that the losses we suffered did not hurt us too much.
Plus, it was nothing compared to the losses the soldiers suffered.
According to Bibi Sera, about two thousand soldiers were killed in the attack that night, and another two thousand soldiers were wounded.
In other words, out of the ten thousand soldiers sent as reinforcements, nearly half of them were incapacitated before they could even reach the frontlines.
“The number of victims is very high,” I said with a sigh.
I'm sure the general must be angry by now. He must have been thinking about how to report this to the emperor.
After all, such a high number of casualties was enough to execute any general.
Well, Ysnay killed a fourteenth-tier practitioner during the attack, so the situation wasn't too bad for him.
Coincidentally, the general arrived at my tent at that moment.
He entered my tent violently, without asking for permission, making me raise an eyebrow.
And when she came in and saw Lina sitting happily on my lap, and Aunt Dayana, Aunt Sera, and Andrea talking 'happy' to me, her already ugly expression turned even worse.
“Prince Claus, we just lost thousands of troops during the battle and you are here teasing women!?”
I looked at the general with a smile. My gaze, however, quickly changed sharply.
“First, I don't remember giving you permission to enter my tent, General. Who do you think you are to enter the tent of a prince uninvited? Second, these are your people, not mine. Why should I care?”
"You ... They are imperial citizens!"
"Yes, and your negligence ends up killing them."
The general was silent suddenly. His face was completely red from anger and shame.
Finally, he took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and put on an ice-cold look.
“We will have a meeting an hour later to discuss the situation.You should be there too, prince. ”
"All right, I understand. You can go now.” I nodded and waved my hand humbly.
The general was angry with my obvious mocking attitude. But he said nothing.
However, when he left the tent, my heightened senses caught something he muttered quietly.
"… you won't be happy much longer, prince."