Arrangements and Ennoblement

"Moreover... moreover, the four ladies who returned with Knight Lemmer are pregnant again..." Jenorio added another report. Although this was Knight Lemmer's private affair, Jenorio still could not stop himself from talking too much.

Fatty Shi and Lorist wore equally stunned expressions this time. The news was simply too shocking...

At that moment, ten thousand *** seemed to be stampeding through Lorist's heart. That fellow Lemmer must have been a boar in his previous life. His face covered in black lines, he complained inwardly as he raised his head and asked Jenorio expressionlessly, "I remember that before Knight Lemmer was dispatched to Molent City by the family, he already had seventeen children..."

Jenorio's face was filled with envy. "Yes, Your Highness. At the time, Knight Lemmer's seven wives had given him seventeen children in total, and every one of them was alive and well—not a single one had died young. Knight Lemmer consequently became a legendary figure in the family territory and was known as the Heroic Father. Everyone envied Knight Lemmer's seven wives for being so prolific. His eldest son, Barak, is already seventeen and is studying at Dawnlight Academy..."

"They're all ****** fierce shrews. What's there to envy?" Fatty Shi muttered unhappily from the side. He had two sons and a daughter, and in terms of the number of children each wife had given birth to, his wives were no less prolific than Knight Lemmer's. However, he had been utterly defeated in the overall count. Moreover, his eldest son had been spoiled rotten by his artsy wife and had developed all the faults of a typical noble young master: he liked literature but not martial pursuits, was lazy and fond of good food, and had already taken three concubines at only twenty years old. Poor Fatty Shi was