FVN Chapter 219: War for Korin, their Son-in-Law (1)
Chapter 219: War for Korin, their Son-in-Law (1)
Chapter 219: War for Korin, their Son-in-Law (1)
༺ War for Korin, their Son-in-Law (1)༻
“Young man. Do you wanna meet my granddaughter?”
“Ehew. Sir, what are you talking about in the middle of an exercise?”
I tended to receive a lot of positive remarks from elderly people.
“It just makes me sad. How can someone so kind and hard-working like you have not held hands with a girl until now?”
“Hahaha. I know right? I’m just not popular.”
“It’s all because of those foxes around you.”
“Huh? Who?”
“You need to be careful of women, but also be careful of men. These guys here; there’s something up with their gazes.”
“Hahahaha...! Come on, sir. Looks like you have the room to joke around. Let’s do another set!”
“Mark my words! You have the face of someone with issues with both genders! You must remove that mole under your eye to escape your fate!”
“I do understand you are a veteran physiognomist, but sorry, I don’t believe in that.”
“I am telling you, you will definitely be in trouble because of both men and women! You have an overflow of Yang energy, and you need a large amount of Yin to control it!”
“And is that why you want to introduce me to your shaman granddaughter? Kuhahaha...!”
There were a few people that wanted to introduce me to some girls but... for some reason, none of them really went through.
Now that I think about it, that old physiognomist told me I had a great fortune with romance...
I knew it, you just can’t believe what they say.
Anyway, that tendency of being liked by the elderly continued even in Arhan.
“Young man. Go embrace Lunia.”
For some reason, the Sword Emperor, that old man, also took a liking to me. But that was probably slightly different; it was most likely because he saw potential in my development as a martial artist.
“I am the Count of Rollan. Sir Korin. Would you care to meet my daughter?”
Even the old count that I met at a banquet...
“I have a younger sister at home who is at a marriageable age. You are the only one I can trust.”
Even Senior Beazeker, one of the members of my previous male-only party...
“You can marry my children. You have the right to.”
“Yo. Do you want to sleep with my 27th descendant? I can make a free weapon for ya.”
And even that lady from the North and the little dwarves...
For some reason, I was loved by adults as a son-in-law material. It seemed that I was getting some returns for living a good life!
“Actually, just take them both. Just be the next king.”
But even then... this is a bit...
“Your Majesty... Please refrain from such jokes.”
“I am not joking, Baron Lork. Actually, now that you’re a Unique Grade guardian, I suppose we should raise your peerage. Count? That sounds good. If you don’t mind taking over some land, you can become a marquis as well.”
“...”
You can’t give away peerages like that, Your Majesty!
Well, actually, I guess Park Sihu did become a marquis in the last iteration as well...
In any case, although there were many who asked me to marry their daughter, I wasn’t expecting King David to be like this.
I had to make a lot of preparations before asking for Princess Miruam’s hand in marriage, so why was he suddenly telling me to marry both of them?
“Your Majesty. As unfortunate as this is...”
“Come on. My dear Son-in-law. What is with this stiff etiquette? Just call me Father.”
Hello? Your Majesty? It’s our second time seeing each other face to face, okay?!
“But, Your Majesty... Normally, wouldn’t it be more natural to marry just one of the princesses?”
“I pondered greatly to myself regarding that matter.”
What was there to even ponder about? Like, what kind of father would give two of his daughters to a single man?
“Estelle seemed to like you a lot more than I realized. Recently, she came home and declared that she wouldn’t marry anyone apart from you.”
“Umm...”
It’s... possible for Estelle-noona to be like that. Considering her straight-forward personality—
“Most importantly, she seemed to have received a ‘revelation from the lord’ that she must marry Korin Lork.”
“Kuhup...!”
She’s using it as she pleases! She’s no different from a leader of a cult!
“If that is the will of the lord, it can’t be helped.”
Umm, Father...? Do you really believe that? Aren’t you way too religious? Your daughter right now is at the pinnacle of a non-believer, and she’s even trying to create her own religion now!
“So why not just Saintess Estelle...”
“It was a long hatred.”
“...”
The crumbled newspaper in the shape of a ball struck Duke Marde with a noise that shouldn’t be made from scrunched paper.
This was his first time seeing his wife this angry in his 20 years of marriage, so Duke Marde carefully opened the newspaper in fear.
“Mhmm? Isn’t this yesterday’s newspaper from the capital?”
Duke Marde’s eyes widened into circles after reading the first headline of the paper.
[His Majesty. Proposing a royal marriage to Sir Korin. Both princesses at that!]
He didn’t even have to read anything beyond the headline. It seemed that King David was trying to send both princesses to marry Korin Lork.
“Like, what has this world come to...”
Although polygamy was legally accepted in this world, the common consensus was still just to have one husband and one wife.
“That’s not all! Look at this newspaper from the East!”
This time, the duchess threw an evening newspaper from the East. That too had a shocking headline on the front page.
[Sword Emperor Garrand Arden, “Korin is for my granddaughters. The King shouldn’t think about snatching him away.”]
Sword Emperor? Did Garrand Arden say this?
“Has that old man gone senile?”
“He truly must have gone mad!”
Duchess Elencia crushed the cup of corn tea in her hands. The cup shattered into countless fragments, but they couldn’t create a single scratch on the body of the former high-ranked knight.
“This is all because of you!” she shouted.
“Ehk? M, me?” the duke replied in a stupor.
“It’s because you keep abusing and mistreating my son-in-law! Korin is looking elsewhere because of you!”
“H, how is this my fault? Isn’t it that guy’s fault for wagging his tail everywhere?!”
“If only you were nicer and officially proclaimed that he was our son-in-law! Then these people wouldn’t have dared to covet my son-in-law!”
The duchess yelled out loud with her lips shivering in great fury.
“They’re looking down on us, Dunareff. The King and the Sword Emperor. They can’t possibly do this unless they’re looking down on us!”
In the eyes of Duchess Elencia, they were wicked people who were trying to steal the son-in-law her oldest daughter had already decided on. They were unforgivable.
What? Am I the weird one here?
King David was out there trying to marry both princesses to a single person; the Sword Emperor was warning the King, saying that he was going to marry both of his granddaughters to that same person.
Plus, there was also his wife, who was infuriated by the juncture of having her son-in-law (no marriage nor engagement) snatched away.
Am I the only one who doesn’t like him? Am I the only normal father here? Or am I the weird one? Huh!?’
This was weird. Something was definitely wrong here.
“Dear!”
“Y, yes...! Honey! What is it?”
“Go and get my son-in-law back from them right now! I am not losing my son-in-law!”
“Uhh...?”
He couldn’t even utter a single word of rebuttal.
Like that, the duke was forced onto the Hresvelgr which was headed to the royal capital.
What he found even more strange were the attitudes of the ones that were coming with him to the capital.
“To think they would dare eye the consort of Lady Marie! We cannot let this slip!”
I have never once acknowledged him as Marie’s husband!
Captain Berg of the Dunareff Wyvern Riders, was full of fighting spirit and...
“Oh dear. Looks like there are some puppies that don’t know how scary potatoes are. I’ve given the order to the spies hidden inside the capital. One word, and we can reveal the embarrassing weaknesses of all the nobles in the royalty faction.”
We’re also in the royalty faction okay? Actually, we are the royalty faction!
Butler Paul was in the middle of coming up with self-destructive schemes...
“Let’s carry out an economic attack on the capital city and the East using the money we have stored for Baron Korin. Let’s start off slow with a million gold coins. That might not suffice to show the dignity of the Dunareff but...”
W, when did we store that much money for him?
Baron Bolton, the branch manager of Merkarva Dunareff, started talking about finances that Duke Marde had no idea about.
“Y, you guys... Calm down for now. This might all just be a misunderstanding.”
“Ah...! That is true. My apologies, Your Highness. We have crossed the line!”
“Yes! We should have let Your Highness carry out your esteemed plans. There is no way you would sit back and watch this happen after all.”
“I am sure you will save Young Master Korin from their evil hands, Your Highness!”
The duke was greatly confused.
His wife he could understand but...
Since when were these guys so fond of him? Something... something iss wrong.
Do I really have to accept him as my son-in-law at this rate?
The duke felt like crying.