Chapter 1105: She Wants To Retire

I followed Katsuki as she guided me through the manor until we reached a different room which took me a moment to remember as Sister Rolia’s sitting room.

Katsuki rapped her knuckles on the door before waiting for a response from inside the room to open it for me.

My hunch was proven right as I entered the Marchioness’s sitting room, finding the person in question seated at the couch sipping on a cup of tea.

She gasped the moment she saw me and started patting her lap, "Aster! Aster!! Good morning! Did you sleep well? Come sit on your big sister’s lap!"

I tilted my head at her, "Are you sure? You do realise that I’m bigger than you now, right?"

"Oh my, is Aster thinking I can’t handle you now? Why don’t you try me?"

That wasn’t what I was concerned about but whatever...

I went over to the Marchioness and slowly lowered myself onto her lap.

Sister Rolia immediately hugged me from behind but since I was so much bigger than her, I was towering over her while sitting on her lap.

Despite that, Sister Rolia didn’t seem bothered and merely hugged me even tighter, "Ehehehe~ This is the best feeling ever~ Ahhhh~ There’s so much of Aster!"

I don’t even know what I should say to that...

If Mother had been here, she would be shoving Sister Rolia away right now and pulling me into her lap instead...

Unerolia then peeked up at me, "Aster? Out of curiosity though... How does Madam Nilm actually hug you after you grew this big?"

"She made herself even bigger than I am... So she was always just at the perfect height where I only reached up to her chest in height..."

"Gasp! As expected of Madam Nilm! She’s a genius! I should learn magic that would allow me to do that as well!"

Esmeral cleared her throat, "I recommend against that, Mistress... Your schedule is already packed enough as it is."

"Ughh... Maybe it’s time for me to retire and hand over my position to someone else. That would free up my time! I could go off to Aerialla Academy to learn in that case!"

"Mistress, who would you even hand your position to?"

"Err... Surely there must be someone right?"

"You have no heirs, Mistress..."

"Then I’m sure Cousin Justinia would just assign someone else here to take my place anyway!"

"And that would only bring trouble to her Majesty, wouldn’t it? She might end up hating you because of that."

The Marchioness sucked in a breath before looking up at me again, "Aster! Put a baby in me! Then I would be able to have an heir to take over me!"

I didn’t even get to reject her idea since Katsuki spoke up before I could, "I would recommend against that, Your Ladyship... My Mistress has others in her harem who are also wishing to be impregnated by her and you would upset them if you were to skip the line ahead of them."

Ok, first of all... What are you even saying, Katsuki?!

Second of all, how did you even know that?!

Wait... I guess the girls have actually been quite vocal about this and I turned them down before so I guess Katsuki knowing about this isn’t that surprising.

Instead of being dissuaded though, Sister Rolia actually got even more excited instead.

"Oh! So those girls also want Aster’s babies? Then isn’t this the perfect opportunity? Just impregnate all of us right now! Come on, Aster! Let’s get that wonderful dick of yours out right now and start putting some babies in us!!"

She pushed me down on the couch and started trying to lift up my skirt while I was still surprised at the sudden change in position, causing me to let out an ’Eep!’.

As if on cue, the door burst open without warning.

"Aster!! I heard your scream! What’s going... On?"

Both Sister Rolia and I froze to look at the door, finding Emilia standing there with Carrey following behind her.

My Trasif slave had her hands thrown up in front of her face as though to hide her eyes but it was clear she was peeking through the gaps in her fingers at what was happening in front of her.

Meanwhile, Emilia was just staring at the sight of Sister Rolia in the midst of trying to dive in between my legs while her hands were pushing my thighs apart.

That was also when I heard some scratching noises from the side and I turned to see Ather squatting down beside us furiously sketching the sight in front of her in her sketch book.

Since when was she there?!

Did she use her Chronomancy to rush here just to start sketching?! And why do you even look so excited?!

Emilia finally recovered from her surprise to point an accusatory finger at Sister Rolia, "You!! You may be the Marchioness but I’m not going to forgive you for trying to rape my Aster!!"

Well... I don’t think that was what the Marchioness was actually trying to do but I can’t deny she did try to push me down to try and do something lewd...

Sister Rolia scowled at Emilia, "How rude! What I have with Aster is consensual! I’m a firm believer of Goddess Nilali and the last thing I would even think of doing is something as abhorrent as forcing myself on someone else!"

"Then why did Boss scream?!"

I raised my hand, "Umm... I was just surprised by how Sis... Ahem... Marchioness Unerolia pushed me down. But umm... I would just like to say that I don’t want to have children at the moment so I’m afraid I can’t help you with that problem, Sister Rolia..."

The Marchioness gaped at me, "Eh?! Why? I’m sure the child that we’ll have won’t lack anything while growing up! I’ll even make sure to properly raise them until they are an adult to have them take over as the new City Lord! That’s not a bad deal, right?"

Esmeral cleared her throat again, "Mistress... Please remember which family Lady Aster belongs to and what might happen to that Family’s succession if Lady Aster were to have a child with you."

"Ehh... I’ll just make an agreement that the child between Aster and I will not be able to inherit the Nilm Family. Problem solved, right?"

"Can you guarantee that the enemies of the Nilm Family will not make use of this child to try and stir up succession trouble with Lady Aster in the future? Especially after you have ’retired’?"

The Marchioness clucked her tongue, "Stupid nobles with their stupid rules... If only I could just cut them all down... Fine, fine. I’ll give up for now... Besides, I kind of want Cousin Justinia to put my first child in me instead..."

I won’t even comment on that...

The Marchioness then sat back down on the couch and she seemed to only have just realised Ather’s presence, the Off-Worlder artist still in the midst of her sketching.

"Aster? I don’t mean to alarm you but I think one of your party members might be sick..."

"Ah... No... She just likes to draw... You don’t need to pay her any mind actually."

"Draw? Hmm... I suppose I can understand that. Anyway... I heard that you were looking for me? Is there something I can help with?"

I gestured to Emilia, "Actually, this concerns her more. She would like to offer you a business proposal."

Sister Rolia giggled, "Oh my, oh my, now this is certainly exciting~ A business proposal you say? What do you have in mind for me? You are the one known as Emilia correct? Hmm? Wasn’t there an Emilia from the Sieger Merchant group?"

Emilia took the seat across from Unerolia, "Yes. I was a daughter of that family before they decided to betray me. So now I serve Lady Aster as her exclusive merchant and agent."

"Oh? In that case, I assume you are here for the same reason all the other merchants are here for? You wish to be able to do business with the slave traders under me, yes?"

"That is correct. I believe the both of us would benefit greatly from this arrangement."

Emilia pulled out a scroll which she placed on the table in between the two of them before sliding it across.

I didn’t get a chance to see what type of proposal Emilia wrote so when Unerolia picked it up to read it, I went over to peek over her shoulder to try and see its contents.

Hmm... Permission for Emilia to buy and sell slaves through the exclusive stores under Sister Rolia’s name... Promise of ten percent cut of trade profits... Non competing agreement... Sister Rolia would be granted a special painting of me... Request for writ of free trade...

Wait, wait... I think I just saw something weird at the back there.

Special painting of me?

Oh... I think she’s trying to use one of those ’failed’ paintings Ather made of me as a bargaining tool.

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Wait a minute... Why are you using that as a bargaining tool, Emilia?!!