Elder Brother
“Takumi-san, may I talk to you for a little?”
While relaxing in our room at the Ruven house, Rebecca-san over .
“Yes, of course . What is it?”
“Velio-san—my son who usually stays at our fief has arrived, I would like to introduce you guys to him . ”Matthias-san and Rebecca-san’s oldest son, Granvelio Ruven-sama . Wald-sama’s older brother . He is the one to usually manage the Ruven territory instead of Matthias-san who works at the castle .
“Hey, so you are Takumi, I see . ”
A man resembling Wald-sama walked into the room after Rebecca-san .
His hair was of the bright brown color and his body-type was somewhat thinnish, so they are not so similar you would mistake him for Wald-sama, but the way they carry themselves are especially alike .
Even though he apparently just arrived at the Capital, he took the trouble to come and greet us .
“I am Granvelio . Nice to meet you . ”
“How do you do? I am Takumi . Sorry for the trouble, I should have been the one to go and greet you…”“No, I was the one who wanted to meet you as soon as possible, so you don’t have to mind it . ”
When I apologized, Granvelio-sama smiled cheerfully . He’s oozing with kindness .
“”Wald-sama~?””
Allen and Elena looked at Granvelio-sama’s face in wonder .
“They look similar, but that’s not him . This is Granvelio-sama . Wald-sama’s Oniisan . ”
“”Onii~chan!”
“Correct, Oniisan . Will you greet him?”
“”Yeah!””
“I am Allen!”
“I am Elena!”
“”Hello~””
Discovering that he was Wald-sama’s older brother, Allen and Elena greeted him cheerfully .
“Hello . It’s good to be lively~ Ahh, you can call me Velio . ”
“”Velio-sama~?”
“Without ‘-sama’ . ”
“”Velio-sa~n?””
“N~ a bit more intimately . ”
“”Nniyu~?””
“You are calling my mother ‘Obaasama’ right? In that case, wouldn’t I be Ojisama then?”
“”Oji——”
Velio-sama was trying to correct the way Allen and Elena address him with his utmost effort, but——
“Nonono! Allen, Elena, wait a moment!”
“”Uniyu?””
I stopped Allen and Elena who were on the verge of saying “Ojisama” .
As expected, I can’t have them call Granvelio-sama who is only a little older than me “Ojisama . ”
I mean, I was also reluctant to have them call Matthias-san and Rebecca-san “Ojiisama” and “Obaasama . ”
“How about Oniisama or Velio Niisama instead?”
“Ohh! That sounds nice . That’s something my real little brother would never call me himself! Allen, Elena, quickly, try calling me like that . ”
As simple “-san” wasn’t allowed, I tried proposing the sibling way .
Granvelio-sama was greatly pleased with that .
“”Velio Nii~sama?””
He immediately had Allen and Elena call him like that .
“I see, this is something fresh . I somehow understand the reason you wanted the children to call you ‘Obaasama’, mother . ”
“Isn’t that right? Gee, so adorable!”
Granvelio-sama seemed to be satisfied . He’s now understanding of Rebecca-san’s delight .
“Well~ as I thought, children are just cute~”
“Right! Velio-san, you can have as many children as you like!”
“Hahaha . The first one is yet to be born, so saying as many as I like is being too hasty, Mother . Well, if Amelia does her best, I wouldn’t mind that many~”
Listening to his conversation with Rebecca-san, I sense that Velio-sama is quite an indulgent person .
He will surely spoil his children together with Rebecca-san in the future .
“Errr… have you not come together with your wife, Granvelio-sama?”
“Ahh, Amelia—my wife is unfortunately not feeling well after the traveling, so she’s currently resting . She will have dinner with us, so I will introduce you then . ”
“Yes, please do so . ”
If I am not mistaken, theRuven family’s fief is… to the west of the Capital . It should be between Shirin and Bailey . I don’t know accurately, but wouldn’t it take at least a week of travel by carriage? Of course, you would get exhausted from that~
“By the way, Takumi-kun . You can call me Velio . ”
“… Yes, Velio-san . ”
“Hmm, I will compromise . ”
By the way, I tried calling him “Velio-sama” in a casual matter, but he would either not recognize it or correct me .
Then, at dinner .
“I am Granvelio’s wife, Amelia is my name . ”
“It seems that I got tired because of the long journey in a carriage after a long while . But, I became much better after resting for a little . ”
What a young-looking woman~ is what I thought, but Amelia-san is apparently only twenty-three years old . She’s apparently the younger sister-in-law to Wald-sama who is twenty-six this year .
“…… Ugh . ”
After we finished the introductions and the food was carried in, Amelia-san suddenly felt nauseated . It seems that her condition is not at its best just yet .
“Amelia!? A, are you all right!?”
Velio-san stood in panic, rushed over to Amelia-san’s side and patted her back .
“”Onii~chan . ””
“What is it?”
“”Stomach~””
“Stomach?”
Then, while watching Amelia-san, Allen and Elena patted their bellies .
“N~ belly, huh~…——Ah!”
Thinking what they could mean while looking at Amelia-san, I felt magical power coming from Amelia-san’s abdomen .
“What’s the matter, Takumi-kun?”
Matthias-san looked at me who cried out all of sudden in wonder .
“Matthias-san, I can feel magical power coming from Amelia-san’s abdomen . ”
“What!?”
“Is she perhaps… pregnant?”
The magical power was similar to Amelia-san’s but different, so I could only conjure that she was with a child .
“My!”
“”… Eh?””
Hearing my and Matthias-san’s conversation, Rebecca-san immediately reacted in delight, while Velio-san and Amelia-san were dumbstruck .
“Ta, Takumi-kun, are you saying the truth?”
“That’s surely it! Amelia-san’s symptoms look like a morning sickness too!”
Velio-san who came to his senses tried to confirm with me one more time, but Rebecca-san who was now convinced started calling for a doctor to check up on Amelia-san .
“First of all, we should move Amelia-san to somewhere she can rest…”
“I, indeed . ”
When Velio-san left with Amelia-san in his arms, Rebecca-san followed them cheerfully .
“”Hungry~””
As we kept sitting down because we couldn’t follow, Allen and Elena began singing the song of hunger… well, we were about to have dinner, so it can’t be helped .
“… We probably should have dinner as planned . ”
“… Indeed . ”
“”Can eat~?””
“Yeah, go ahead . ”
“”Let’s eat~!””
The Father-in-law Matthias-san also hesitated to follow after them, so he answered to Allen and Elena’s song of hunger .
We quietly had our meal while the Ruven family became busy instantly .
