CHAPTER 546: CHAPTER 546 - FAMILY PLANNING (PART 1)

Just when I was about to start explaining all the available options to the 12 guys in the room, I heard loud and frantic knocking at the door of the meeting hall. Oh, I forgot that I sealed this place with a barrier to prevent anybody from trespassing or hearing the conversations happening inside. Is there some type of emergency or something?

I used my mana to open the barrier slightly and then open the door to see who was so noisy at this time. When I opened the door though, I saw the three panting merfolks that I just assigned villas to. Did anybody tell them to go here?

Since they are already here and I guess to save time when explaining how things would work for all of us from here on, I welcomed them inside the meeting hall and the rest of the mystiques scooted over a bit to give them a space to sit in. I sealed the barrier up again and resumed our discussions.

Now, the crowd has officially grown to 15 mystiques of different races. How exciting!

(A/N: This is a sarcastic statement. This girl hates anything that hassles her.)

Sometimes. I get surprised by my thoughts and ability to adapt to my circumstances. I knew that I liked reading about this type of genre when I was in my previous world but it is different when you are living the genre itself, right?

If you think about it, I was actually doing a ton of stuff all the time from the time I came here in Aeocrescrens. I was trying to understand the background of this world like the history, culture, traditions, laws and stuff while also trying to process the memories I inherited. While those things are happening I also have to learn to use my inherited knowledge, my new abilities (using magic), meet new people, earn money, and also create things as my way of trying to take some of the comforts I had back from earth to this world.

Afterwards, I cleaned up the kingdom I inherited, opened a new realm, woke up four sleeping beauties, started marrying men into my family, had children and that is all while still studying in the academe and living like I was my younger self. Honestly, all of those should have all been overwhelming for anybody. I just am thankful that this body is sturdy, not just in flesh but also in mind and soul or else I would have gone crazy.

Speaking of crazy, I heard rumors that some of the women that came in the same batch as me has gone crazy. I thought they were doing fine since they have been attending classes and even chose their attendants readily at the start of the first semester of our first year but I guess, once the reality of their situation sunk in, they just couldn’t take the required adjustments in their day to day life and that they won’t be able to return to their previous lives anymore. This is one more thing I should be thanking the gods for minus all the random matchmaking they have been doing to me from the start.

I know my mission, alright! They do not need to be so pushy by sending men my way!

I shook my head to refocus myself to the present that I have to handle. Those tons of thoughts passed my mind in just a matter of a few seconds and to others I simply looked like I was staring forward blankly for a bit.

After the three merfolks sat down, I had to give them a summary of all the other things the 12 mystiques and I have discussed about so far. They were quite surprised that I also offered and gave permission to the others to live in the villas near my home. I looked at them with one of my eyebrows raised and they swallowed whatever complaints or questions they were about to ask about my arrangements.

After everyone has been updated and on the same page, I started continuing where I left off before Lir, Levi and Marius came in. It is a necessary topic which may be quite awkward for these mystiques but it is just a part of the normal talk that I have been doing for the men in my life. By this time, it has been more than a year and there are just so many people I had to talk to this about honestly so I can already discuss it in a nonchalant manner.

I resumed what I was saying earlier by explaining to them that there are two options that I can assist them with when it comes to having a child in our near future. I agreed that one of them is indeed the natural way of doing things. I made a firm statement that I won’t touch them just because they feel like it is their duty to do this for their tribe so they have to think carefully.

I also bluntly told them that I am not desperate that I have to take in these men in front of me. I am confident that I can find somewhat that would want to genuinely be with me not just because of the benefits they can get with their relationship with me or because they feel like it was their job to do give birth to a child to represent their respective families or tribes.

At first I also thought that I can treat the "getting a husband" task and "making babies" task as something transactional but I already failed on both of those from the time I met Ioannis. I guess I just care too much and my conscience tends to eat me, most of the time at least, so I can’t just get what I need from them, pay them some type of hefty compensation and bid them goodbye. I also get virgins most of the time too so I wish myself good luck on that.

I have done the second option with the fairies and the blood demon races and honestly, I still feel uncomfortable when meeting the supposed father of my children. I can see the hurt and sadness in their eyes as they may have felt that I robbed them of the feeling of having the child grow inside them naturally.

It was a mistake on my end since I proceeded with that decision when I was angry and stressed, a spur of the moment decision. I thought that I can complete the task faster if I do it using the easiest method available. I failed to consider the feelings of the men whose seeds I harvested at that time. They are technically all untouched because of the method I used but still, most of them wanted to carry the children in their bodies instead. .

Back to the present time, just when I started explaining the steps for the second method wherein I will simply harvest seeds from them and everything will be done through the room of the beginnings with the help of my parents, I felt the temperature of the surroundings getting colder by the minute. I also explained further that the only thing I expect of them is to simply provide some of their mana and essence regularly so the children will grow up healthy. Other than that, they can live freely as they please, no hassle getting pregnant and they stay virgins so they can marry somebody else someday if they want to. They can be as hands on or off as they want to and I am totally fine with that.

As I explained more about the second method, the faces of the men in the room started to pale, some turn red and others couldn’t hide their grimace. I guess the second option is not being received well at all.

They all stayed silent and waited for me to explain the second option. To end the explanation, I added as an assurance that I already have fairy children and blood demon children conceived through the second option and so far, the children are growing well and are perfectly healthy.

My last statement did not change their expression or their opinion about the second option though. As when I finished, the room was pin drop silent.

After that awkward few minutes, Marius was the first to raise his hand for the permission to speak. I gave him a nod and then he went directly to his point, "I want the natural method and all the things that come with it. I want to mate with you, get pregnant and give birth to our child."

After hearing Marius’ firm decision, Lir and Levi gave the same statements as to the option they prefer to use. I feel nervous with how things are panning out. I think this body of mine will end up getting battered again, not that I am complaining about doing the act itself. (A/N: That’s so honest of her... lol)

As for the beastmen, they did not make a decision immediately but instead decided to ask me some question about the process. Sadly, most of the questions were revolving around the idea of confirming if they are going to be provided enough sustenance during pregnancy so they know if they need to hunt or forage their own meals and if they will get any help from me to keep themselves and the children healthy until the child is born at least.