Supreme Spouse System.

Chapter 593 593: scene

If he came to buy tea leaves, then shouldnʼt you just sell him the leaves? Since he was a noble, he must be rich.

「The noble was very happy when I showed the tea leaves stocked in our village. I was able to receive a large payment, too. It was really a great help.」

The fact that the tea leaves that weʼd worked hard to raise was liked by a noble made me feel like my job had been approved and I felt happy. The village chief seemed to be joyous about the payment, but I didnʼt really care since it wasnʼt my money.

「That noble will be staying here for tonight and leave tomorrow.」

「... That noble, is he a male?」

My mom interjected.

Indeed the village chief nodded his head.

「You probably donʼt know him, but that noble is the eldest son of the House of Quordentz. Heʼs a very influential noble...」

Even if you tell us that, I didnʼt know the difference between nobles. A noble was a noble.

However, only me and other girls around my age thought like that.

Momʼs eyes had become serious. Above all, the village chiefʼs expression was so serious that it was frightening.

「We canʼt let this chance escape. No matter what, you must receive his seed…!」

Mom and the other older women explained the matter to us, as we didnʼt have any clue.

Apparently, if you were to receive, that… seed from a noble, a child possessing a magic power would be born. People with magic power were very strong. Their body wouldnʼt catch a cold, and their strength was several times that of an ordinary person. They could easily plow the fields and repel a pack of wolves alone. Some could heal illnesses with magic, while some could let out flames that could burn fields.

There was one person with magic power in this village in the past. It was Uncle Beard. He could unleash a flame that could burn down as many as three large trees. He also fought thieves several times, so people in the village respected him very much. I still remembered that the village was enveloped in a depressed atmosphere when he died of illness two years ago.

Currently, there was no one in the village with magic power.

「I will be taking you all in front of the noble now. No matter what, you must receive his seed! You must get pregnant with a child, a child with magic power!」

There was a talk about how Uncle Beardʼs mom received a seed from a noble who had arrived in our village by chance. The village chief wanted us to do the same thing.

I didnʼt want to do it, but I couldnʼt disobey the village chief. If I did, it would cause trouble for my family, including my mom, dad, old sister, and even my younger brother.

But, I didnʼt want to do it. I wanted to give birth to Rafenʼs child. I wanted the child of the man I love and not a child with magic power.

「Um, canʼt we first leave the unmarried girls behind…?」

My mom asked the village chief.

「I agree. Weʼll go in front of the noble first. If he liked any of us, we wonʼt need to send any of the girls.」

A mother of another girl said.

They were protecting us.

「But, the noble was only ten, eleven, or twelve years old at most from his appearance. How old are you now?」

「Twenty five.」

My mother answered.

「10 and 25, thatʼs already mother and child. Iʼm not sure if he would take a liking… It would be best to send the young girls first, rather than carelessly sending someone and receive his displeasure.」

No one could object. The village chief had already decided to send the young girls. There was no villager who could go against his decision.

No!

Rafen, help me!

「We should show him the beautiful girls. Letʼs see. Mauve, Nasha, Keiha, and… Sokola. Go and clean your body at once, and then gather here again.」

If I knew this would happen, I shouldnʼt have resisted him.

Rafen…

It was after the village chief had left and my mother patted my head that I noticed the tears falling down to my chin.

My mom brought me back to our house, wiped my body with a wet towel, and had me wear an especially beautiful dress. As she was combing my hair, I remembered the day when my older sister married.

Why did things turn out this way? I never imagined that the day my mom would dress me with such a sad feeling would come. Tears fell down, and the teardrops ruined my makeup. Every time, Mom would fix my makeup while apologizing to me. After the same thing repeated a couple of times, I realized that there was no escaping my situation.

「Iʼm sorry, Sokola. I wish we couldʼve shown ourselves first in front of the noble, but…」

「Thereʼs nothing we can do, Mom.」

There was no way that was true! But, nothing would change even if I told her that.

「Oh, you look beautiful.」

Mom said as she displayed a proud smile. I wished I didnʼt look beautiful so that the noble wouldnʼt notice me. I wanted to roll over the fields and get myself covered in mud.

「...Sokola. Listen to your mother.」

「What?」

「You can tell the villagers how much you hate it, and you can even voice your dissatisfaction, but… You must never ever show that kind of attitude when the noble speaks to you.」

Mom said as though she was warning about my inattentive attitude. She tightly held my She tightly held my shoulders, and it felt painful.

「If you make him angry, he could easily destroy our village. If you were to make a mistake, even if he doesnʼt go as far as destroying our village, he might kill your mom and the others, and even your fiancé Rafen.」

「No way…」