Family Meeting
It's been a week since I was born.
And today, a family meeting is about to begin to decide my future.
Yeah. If I wasn't a baby, I'd normally leave this house, but......
As expected, a baby's body is inconvenient.
I can't survive without breast milk......
Over the past week, Lilei has skipped my meals several times. At that time, I was forced to drink warm goat milk...
Every time, Lilei was scolded by Granny Fel and Sebas.
In particular, Sebas told her, [If it gets too bad, I'll have to consult with Malberk-sama]. She started to breastfeed me, even though she didn't like it.
It seems that Lilei is afraid of her father, the Knight Commander Malberk. He is currently guarding a new village being built near the [Demon Forest], so he is not here in the capital. If possible, I wanted to meet him to see what kind of person he is.
By the way, although it is a family meeting, the place where it will be held is the reception room of the main building. The table and interior furnishings are arranged in a calm atmosphere, along with a chic leather sofa. It has a sturdy and solid feel.
However, the interior is too heavy for a family meeting.
To be honest, the combination of my future fate also makes me feel heavy.......
The rest of my family is already here.
Stefano, the lord, is sitting on a one-seater sofa at the back of the room, and his wife and my mother, Lilei, is sitting alone on the sofa to the right, which is large enough for three people to sit side by side.
The eldest son, Adio, is a stout young man with the same dark brown hair color as my father, and the second son, Felika, is a slightly slender boy with lighter brown hair color than my father, sitting on a sofa of the same size as Lilei.
It was my first time meeting my brothers, but they glanced at me, who was being held by the old maid Martha, and looked away, uninterested.
"Felticia, please sit down."
Stefano called out to Granny Fel.
Granny Fel sat down next to Lilei, and the maids began preparing tea.
By the way, the people who entered the room with Granny Fel were Martha, who was holding me, and Sebas.
In other words, Martha and Sebas seemed to participate in the meeting while standing.
After the tea was served to everyone and the maids had left the room, Stefano began to speak.
"There is something I have to tell you in detail about Light, who was born just a few days ago. I'd like to hear what you have to say about it."
From there, Stefano starts talking about me.
The fact that Lilei's birth this time was so difficult that she suffered a magic deficiency, and Granny Fel's appraisal showed that I have the same amount of mana as an adult, and that I can use appraisal and recovery magic as my innate skills. I also have the potential to become a [Hero Vessel].
During the conversation, my brothers glanced at me, but generally listened to my father's words seriously.
Lilei, on the other hand, was drinking his tea as if she had no idea what was going on.
Adio, the eldest son, was the first to express his opinion.
"Father, you think Light is too much to handle, right? If so, why don’t we leave it to the Church?"
Felika, the second son, seemed to agree with this opinion.
"I have the same idea as brother. By presenting Light to the church, we can sell our face to the church. If we do that, maybe we can consider inviting the church to our territory?"
It seems that Felika is thinking of selling me to attract more churchmen to the territory and increase the number of healers.
He stresses the need for a large group of experienced healers rather than a single young healer.
Just as Felika was getting a little drunk on his own eloquence, Granny Fel interrupted.
"I am afraid I can only say that Felika-sama's thinking is naive. The church is not as simple as you think. The Church does not feel indebted to you. The Church does not feel any debt of gratitude, and in the first place, the Church does not have the advantage of having a church in this Baron territory. If they were to put a church in this southern district, the dukedom would come first."
Grandma Fel's tongue is sharp, even though she says it politely...
And here, as if to help out, Lilei looked at the brothers and spoke.
"I think I prefer the idea you two have, though?"
As expected, my brothers looked at her with a little skepticism. After all, she offered her own child without any resistance. Moreover, to flatter the two brothers...
"Since Lilei-sama doesn't seem to understand well, I'll tell you what the church is like."
After saying that, Granny Fel started talking about the dark side of the church.
The gathered children are given severe corporal punishment and subjected to learning that is similar to brainwashing, and if any of them are good-looking, they are made to accompany the upper class in their nighttime entertainment, regardless of gender, if their abilities blossom, they are made into holy knights, holy women, or healer mages, but by that time they are already pawns or puppets of the church; those who fail to find their abilities are sold as slaves......
Even the members of the baron family are at a loss for words about this……
When I heard about the church, my gut was boiling over and over again.
No, it's real scum. I want to destroy it.
After taking a breather, Sebas begins to speak, taking over Grandma Fel's story.
"It has become known throughout the territory that your wife is pregnant. The news of her birth will spread quickly. Under such circumstances, if we hand over Light-sama to the church too soon, it will raise unnecessary suspicions. There is a risk that the baron family will be shunned by those who know about the dark side of the church like Felticia-sama mentioned earlier. I would like to ask for your wise judgment..."
After saying that, Sebas bowed. Following that, Martha and Grandma Fel also lowered their heads.
For a while, the members of the baron family were quiet.
Then Stefano, the lord, finally gave an answer.
"I understand. For now, let's see how it goes..."
Rather than an answer, he decided to postpone the answer......
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