Chapter 212: Monster Musume Family: Elf Princess Great Commotion (2)

"Oh my, Lady Erina. What brings you all the way here?"

When Eve came down dressed in her clothes, Erina was clearly showing signs of unease. With her arms crossed, she tapped her forearm with her fingers, waiting solely for Lucius to come down. She nodded her head in greeting to Eve and opened her mouth.

"Peta Eve. Where is your husband, Peta Lucius?"

"He went on a business trip?"

She, who had been maintaining a strict and haughty expression, crumbled at that single word. With her mouth wide open, she looked around her surroundings with a flustered face and asked Eve again.

"A b-business trip? Suddenly?"

"Yeah. Because of the Church of Love matters in the Eastern Plains Region."

"That makes no sense! The hero AA didn't receive any such contact!"

"Your husband is a Beastfolk Hater who goes around splitting beastfolk heads open. It's a job to persuade them, so how could they take a crazy bastard like him. My husband, who is rational, cautious in everything, and loves beastfolk, should go. What's a swordsman going to do by going? Is he going to perform a sword dance in front of the beastfolk to persuade them?"

Whether AA actually went around splitting beastfolk heads open or not was none of Eve's business. Erina flared up at Eve's nonsense and shouted.

"Do not speak nonsense! Out of everyone I've seen, there is no one who cares for and looks after beastfolk as much as AA! I will have to send an official document to the Kingdom regarding this matter!"

"Bullshit. His wife is an Elf Princess who is a Beastfolk Hater, so if it were you, would you entrust him with the job of persuading beastfolk? My husband was so afraid of being denied entry by you guys last time that he couldn't even take Elsi with him."

Eve spoke while recalling the time she went to Ahildern. Erina, as if she felt guilty about something from those words, flinched before turning her gaze away and starting to bite her fingernails.

"No... This cannot be..."

"Shall we go inside and talk for now? We can't just keep standing out here."

"Understood."

Eve felt it wasn't good to keep an esteemed guest standing here, so she suggested moving their place to the office. On the way, she ordered Soya and a few other employees to ensure no one came near the office.

As soon as Erina entered the office, she locked the door, placed her wrist bracelet against the door, and began to mutter something. Eve asked.

"What's that?"

"It's soundproof magic. Now, no one will know no matter what sounds occur in here."

"You're doing all sorts of things. No one is coming."

However, Erina still looked around her surroundings with a face full of anxiety and interrogated Eve again.

"Those employees can keep their mouths shut, right? As much as possible, the news of me being here must not spread to Ahildern."

Eve asked Erina back.

"Come to think of it, they said you collapsed from childbed fever, so why are you here? Did the hero finally get sick of you?"

"Are you saying that as a joke? There is no way AA would get sick of me. Do you know how amazing our AA is? He always tells me he loves me, and when I said my stomach hurt, he nursed me all day long..."

"And behind such a husband's back, you're fucking my husband like crazy."

Eve, sick of Erina's hopeless boasting about her husband, made a sarcastic remark. Erina's face flushed red at those words, and she screamed.

"That's...! That's because Lucius is bad!"

"So, why did you come. Did you come here to ask my husband for sex because your husband doesn't have a fucking cock?"

"It's not about that! It is a much more important matter than that!"

"Actually, our Soya recently developed a new dildo, should I give you one?"

"Wh-What?"

Eve ignored Erina's words and started her own story. Surprisingly, Erina was slightly tempted by the mention of a dildo and turned her gaze in the direction Eve pointed. Dumbfounded, Eve let out a scoff and took out the dildo she had left inside the office drawer. Erina asked.

"Why is that in there?"

"So my husband can get a shock when he sees it."

"You have so many excuses. As expected of a lewd mermaid, you probably use it to soothe your heated body in the office every day!"

Eve, as if she had caught a good opportunity, spoke to the provoking Erina with a triumphant expression.

"Idiot. Why would I use this? Unlike your husband, my husband actually has a cock, you know? A fucking huge one at that."

Erina shouted while blushing.

"Stop dragging the conversation in that direction!"

"So, are you going to use this or not? According to our mage, it's a specific remedy for improving married couples' relationships. Look at this. If you press this, it moves."

The moment Eve pressed one of the dildo's buttons, the dildo started wriggling and thrashing around like an eel. Freaked out, Erina waved her hands and shouted.

"Put that vulgar thing away right now! You lewd bitch! You immature bitch! Learn to distinguish the time and place! How could you even think of making such an obscene tool?"

"Hey, think about it. My husband opens the drawer, and this dildo is in there. He'd wonder what it is and touch it once, right? The moment it starts fucking thrashing around, my husband would scream like a little girl. Ah, fuck, it's fucking hilarious just imagining it."

Eve giggled and laughed. Erina sharply turned her head away and waved her hand wildly. Eve stopped the dildo and put it back in the drawer. It was better to stop teasing Erina here. Judging by how anxious she looked, she clearly had an important agenda. Eve asked.

"So what's the matter?"

"Hoo... The truth is, I went through childbirth recently."

"Yeah. I know."

Eve nodded her head and humored her. Erina, who had been hesitating to bring up the story for a moment, opened up a little at Eve's favorable attitude and spoke.

"However, my son looks entirely too much like Peta Lucius. Even now, there are many people between Ahildern and the Human Kingdom who doubt the relationship between me and Peta Lucius, but if the rumor spreads that my son resembles Lucius and not AA, it will be irreversible."

"It's not a rumor, it's a fact."

"When facts turn into rumors, they become weapons. This is not something for you to sneer at either. If this matter becomes an issue and it comes down to determining my son's biological father, I will helplessly be forced to marry that wicked and dirty Peta Lucius!"

"That's a bit pitiful."

At Eve's words, Erina sniffled and asked.

"Right?"

"No, not you, the hero is, you shameless bitch."

Erina's face flushed at those words, and she cleared her throat again. Every time she tried to get angry, the bracelet she wore emitted a faint light, calming her anger. Erina gathered her wits again and spoke.

"If that happens, you will also have to get a divorce from Lucius. The Elf Kingdom... I'm not trying to insult you, but there's no way they would accept a mermaid bride. Most likely, the Human Kingdom will also urge you to divorce him in exchange for not punishing you."

"Hearing it like that, it sounds fucking awful again."

Eve muttered while frowning. To have an uncontested divorce with Lucius, she hated just the thought of it. Eve unconsciously felt strength entering her hands. She hid her expression and asked again.

"By the way, so what did you come here to do? It doesn't seem like you came because you want to get married."

"Well, according to Mimir's decision... Do you know what Mimir is?"

"It roughly means some high-ranking people decided it, right?"

Eve said while nodding her head. When she went to Ahildern last time, she had heard the name Mimir before. Erina began to explain again.

"It's a relief you're quick to understand. According to Mimir's decision, I will marry AA as planned. Instead, Peta Lucius must come to our side and use the [Oath of Meiga]."

"The Oath of Meiga? What's that?"

Surprised by the name she was hearing for the first time in her life, Eve asked back. Erina made a slightly prideful expression, then raised her nose again and spoke.

"Hmph, the Oath of Meiga is an ancient artifact passed down in the royal family. Normal elves wouldn't know much about it. This is a legacy of our ancient ancestors, a contract that forces commands. It became the foundation of the restraint devices for current slaves, and it's also used when reforming heinous criminals."

"Fuck, a slave? Did you just say you're going to put my husband under a slave contract?"

Eve almost rolled her eyes back in fury at the single word "slave", but barely managed to hold it in.

"Do not misunderstand. This is not just a slave contract, it's the Oath of Meiga."

"Whether it's the Oath of Meiga or Meiga's fucking mother, you're saying it forces commands anyway. You fucking bitch. Are you spouting bullshit because you think I haven't seen a restraint device? Even in this kingdom, that shit is so inhumane they don't even use it on mermaids or beastfolk, and you're going to use it on my husband?"

"Why are you so twisted? The Oath of Meiga is on a different level from such vulgar things. The person giving the command and the person receiving the command agree in advance to draft a treaty document using the power of magic, and then place that document in the Chalice of Meiga and drink it. It is said that our ancestors tricked Mimir into submission with this Oath of Meiga."

Eve didn't know what the hell Mimir was, but she flared up at the part about tricking them into submission.

"This fucking thing can be used to trick people, exactly as you said! If you write 'Peta Lucius becomes a slave of the Elf Kingdom' in fucking small letters on that contract, doesn't it end there?"

Eve racked her brain a few times in her mind before bringing this up. But no matter how many times she heard the explanation from Erina, this Oath of Meiga was too dangerous. There was overflowing room for abuse, yet the conditions were far too simple and full of loopholes. However, Erina spoke confidently.

"What are you talking about? Do you think my mother would pull such a despicable trick? The Elf Kingdom Ahildern is a great place with conviction and pride, and the Oath of Meiga is an ancient artifact that compiles that greatness. All my mother and I want is for Peta Lucius to officially deny that he is the biological father of my child and keep his mouth shut from now on. That is all."

"Ah, right. Let's decide on that after I talk to my husband first."

Eve realized that she would gain nothing by having a further verbal argument about this topic. It was because there was nothing as exhausting as dealing with an idiot. Erina, perhaps thinking Eve's lukewarm reaction was an affirmation, spoke like this.

"Yes, it is a relief that you understand. However, you must not speak about it to Peta Lucius."

"Why the fuck not. Isn't this an issue my husband needs to know about more than anyone?"

"It is because, in truth, my mother told me to absolutely never inform Peta Lucius about this Oath of Meiga. She told me countless times to never, ever tell him, but I am telling you because I felt you, as his wife, should know. Do you understand? This matter is a secret to Lucius. You must never tell him, alright?"

Eve felt a chilling goosebump upon hearing those words. And she thought it was a relief that this Elf Princess right in front of her was a complete fucking idiot.