Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure C.808 What are you planning?

?With Henry out of the way, the visit had suddenly become much more pleasant.

Though the majority of this was due to the fact that they realized that I wasn't someone to mess with.

Both the count and countess became much more respectful after what had happened with Henry.

In a sense, they had even seemed a bit fearful of me.

This might not be the best way that this could have concluded, but it was better than most options. In the end, one couldn't always hope for the best option, they could only hope for a good ending.

After dinner was over, I brought Rose to our room alone and asked her, "What are you planning?"

Rose was surprised to hear this and even seemed like she didn't know what I was referring to, but I didn't buy it at all. I just looked at her with a stern look as if I was waiting for her to answer me.

There was a long silence that lingered in the air before Rose finally said, "I'm looking out for my child."

"Huh?" I was completely taken aback when I heard this.

However, there was also a part of me that was disappointed when I heard her say this.

After all, the fact that she said this made me feel like she didn't trust my ability to provide for our child. It seemed like she was planning for the future where if anything happened to us, there would be something that this child relied on.

When Rose saw the look on my face, she said, "It isn't that I don't believe that you have the ability to care for us or our child, it's just that the situation has completely changed. In the past, I thought that we would just live a simple life in our territory, but now..."

Her voice trailed off, but there was no hiding the bitter look that was on her face.

It was clear that there was something that made her feel this way and I could already guess what.

These were things that I didn't want either, but I had somehow gotten caught up in all of these things.

There was nothing that I could do about it, so I just accepted it and moved on.

But at the same time, I could understand why she was worried about this.

So I firmly said, "Don't worry, no matter what happens, the child between us is the most important thing for me. I won't ever neglect it or mistreat it."

As I said this, there was a determined look that appeared in my eyes.

After all, this situation made me think of the way that the count had treated Rose her entire life.

He was someone that I recognized as a failure of a parent, someone that I didn't want to be anything like in the future.

When my child came, I would treat them the complete opposite of how the count had treated Rose. That was the decision that I had come to the moment that I learned how the count really felt about Rose.

But to my surprise…

"It isn't about that. I'm not worried that you will neglect or mistreat our child, I just want the best for our child." Rose said with a faint smile.

This time, I couldn't help feeling confused as I didn't understand what she was saying.

If she wanted the best for our child, wouldn't that mean letting our child become the duke after me?

Or even better, wouldn't it mean letting the child become the crown prince?

As if she was guessing what I was thinking, she said, "No, it's not always the highest position that's the best. You and I both know what it's like when there are too many below that want to take your position. It's the case with this country, right?"

There was a bitter smile that appeared on my lips when I heard this since I knew what she was referring to.

The corruption that was present in this country was because of all those people who were left to their own devices in the different parts of the country while there was an internal struggle in the capital.

So there was something that I had to say, "Won't they feel slighted if we give them lower positions? There are people that want to rise up higher in life and won't be satisfied with these lower positions."

That was the case with the princes…

They all wanted to be king, which was why there was that internal struggle.

But Rose didn't seem worried at all as she said with a smile, "It's up to us to teach them better. I choose to trust our children." Then after a pause, she added, "Of course, that was also because they were neglected the whole time."

The latter part of what she said was a bit more hesitant as if she wasn't sure she should say this, but she still said it in the end.

I couldn't help giving a nod of agreement when I heard this since I had seen the way that the king was with his children…

Other than the fourth prince and the princess, it didn't seem like he spent that much time with his children…

Perhaps that was what caused the divide between them in the first place.

Rose looked at me with a serious look and said, "We won't let the same thing happen to our children. We'll raise them well and give them all the love that they deserve."

There seemed to be something else that was in her eyes as she said this, almost as if there was something in her past that was influencing her…

I cursed the count in my mind again before taking her hand and saying, "Of course, we'll give them all the love they deserve and more."

"Yes." She simply said before putting her head in my chest.

It would have been a sweet moment if not for…

"The title of count can go to our child, the title of crown prince can go to the princess' child, the title of duke can go to Haley's child, the title of knight captain can go to Cecilia's child…"

I was about to agree with her until I realized that something was off about what she said…