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Chapter 55 – Beginning the development of the Baumeister Earldom

Chapter 55 – Beginning the development of the Baumeister Earldom

Finis.h.i.+ng the handling of the various uproars and incidents in relation to my family’s home, we finally started the development of the Savage Lands.
I, who was given the majority of the Savage Lands, became Earl Baumeister upon the royal family’s decree and became the successor of the head family.
Although it’s a minor detail, it would turn into a strange situation of an Earl household becoming a branch family with a Knight household, which was succeeded by Herman-nii-san, being the head family, if this wasn’t done.
Occasionally there will be an alternation between the main family and the branch family.
Although those are the ups and downs of life in the flow of time, since it has been designated this way only for the sake of telling apart fellow n.o.ble households with strong blood ties, there won’t be any particular change in anything because of that.
Since it’s substantially a different n.o.ble household, there won’t be any legal liability even if one side commits a crime.
As there are many cases of being indebted to family members and such as way to keep the household safe, you could even call it a kind of insurance for n.o.ble households.
In case that there are no children, it also often happens that son-in-laws are ushered in.
In the Savage Lands south of the mountain range I, being an Earl, am the patron of the head family.
Whereas Herman-nii-san, who’s scheduled to become a Baron in future, has inherited the former Baumeister main family and Paul-nii-san has obtained a branching a.s.sociate Baron household.
And, it is also planned for Amelie-sister-in-law-san’s children to receive Knight territories in the future.
However, my nephews won’t be called by the Baumeister surname.
It was decided that they would use the surname Mainbach, which is Amelie-sister-in-law-san’s maiden name.
They will receive retainers from the Mainbach family as well.
As their rights were gone thanks to Kurt, it has become necessary to consider such things.
Also, as for Amelie-sister-in-law-san’s treatment, she will stay in order to bring up her children.

『You are still young. Won’t you reconsider remarrying or such?』

『Something like remarrying after getting divorced and having even given birth to two children… being a second wife is a great way to retire, no? If things don’t go well, I will become at most the mistress of a merchant. I won’t marry anymore. I have to properly raise the children.』 (Amelie)

Given that she is worried about them becoming like Kurt, she is diligently teaching them writing and calculation.

『Besides, I can’t go back, can I? What shall I tell my parents…?』 (Amelie)

From the Mainbach household’s view, the recent disgrace of Kurt should have been a bolt out of the blue.
Although they would have profited with their daughter having married into the Baumeister territory, which will be enriched with the development of the Savage Lands, if it was a normal interaction between n.o.bles, their married daughter became the ex-wife of the perpetrator of an attempted a.s.sa.s.sination now.
Of course that doesn’t mean that they want something like an under-the-table pay-off in this situation.
Even if Amelie-sister-in-law-san returns, she’s bound to feel like nothing more than a nuisance to them.

『I will move together with father-in-law-sama and mother-in-law-sama to Paul-sama’ new territory.』 (Amelie)

Father had retired, but with it being awkward for Herman-nii-san if he stayed in the Baumeister territory, it had been decided that they would transfer to the territory, where Paul-nii-san has started development.
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