Saving 80,000 Gold in an Another World for Retirement

In the meantime, we have to throw a party. (Marquis Bozes)

E e e e eh~! (Mitsuha)

Ive conducted other peoples parties a few times, but never a party of my own!

I mean, if I were to throw a party

It costs money, isnt it? (Mitsuha)

When I say that with a pitiful face

As your guardian, we will be the organizer, which means we will pay for it.

Ah~, dont look so apologetic. Thats a guardians role.

If I let you pay for it, Mitsuha, I would completely lose face, and that would be more trouble than it would be worth. (Marquis Bozes)

Ah~ I see (Mitsuha)

Thats right, of course.

But then

What would you call that party?

Youre not calling it my [Fiance selection party], are you?

In my country, the age for women to get married is 24-25 at the earliest, and 34-35 or older at the latest, so I dont plan to get married for a while yet, you know? (Mitsuha)

Too late! That marriage age is way too late!!

No, no matter how much you lie, that would be a little, no, it would be too unreasonable (Marquis Bozes)

No, well, its no surprise that Marquis Bozes doesnt believe me. In this world, the ideal age for marriage is from around 15 years old, which is the adult age, to around 23-24 years old

The only people over the age of 25 are those who remarried or had some other significant circumstance like they had to take care of their parents, or they lost their parents and had to raise their younger siblings, and so on

Well, the social culture here is not designed for women to live alone, the mortality rate of children is high, so the idea is to have many children while they are young, and theres no medical system that can support giving birth at an older age.

I guess I shouldnt compare it to modern earth

But I look about 12-13 years old here, so I should still not be ready for marriage.

However, its not uncommon for nobles and royalty to get engaged right after theyre born.

Beatrice-chan, whose parents are repelling applications, or the Kings family, who are eliminating all engagement proposals for all their children because of the heartbroken Princess Ichi, who has lost her fianc, are just abnormal.

Or rather, His Highness, the Crown Prince is engaged. The only ones who are not yet engaged are the three princesses and the still-young Prince Luchen.

Even on the New Continent, many of the Society members had fiancs

Some of the girls are so ambitious that they are willing to break off their engagement and go with someone better because the Society has increased their own commodity value

Sorry, former fiancs

Really, sorry

Well, putting that aside, I have no intention of choosing a fiance just yet! (Mitsuha)

Or rather, am I going to get married here?

Arent I going to find a marriage partner back on Earth?

Now that Im fluent in the languages of each country, theres no need to limit myself to Japan, so I have a wide range of options for marriage on earth

No, at the moment, I dont have anything to offer.

And its not like I dont like the people of this world.

They may not have scientific knowledge of earth, but theyre not stupid.

There are plenty of men here whore much more intelligent, respectable, and robust than the charlatans and idiotic ones from earth.

They will stand in the way of the flying bullets as theyre protecting me No, nah naw nah no!

Anyway, its not that I dont want to get married here.

In that case, people in Japan would think that I would be single or an unmarried mother.

I wonder if my childs family register will be an illegitimate child

Well, it would be better to have a family register on Earth. Just in case something happens

I want them to receive their education on Earth

~tsuha. Mitsuha, come back~! (Marquis Bozes)

Ah~ (Mitsuha)

No good, as everyone says, I was too engrossed in my delusion time

And wait, Im seriously thinking about raising a child? Me?

If I must get engaged, then make a backroom deal with some nobleman to get him engaged to me in name only, then break it off a few years later and have him marry another woman

Like he found true love or something (Mitsuha)

You idiot! A nobles marriage is for the connection between families.

If the engagement were to be broken off or something, that would mean that there was a major problem in one of the houses, and the family name would be tarnished.

If its the eldest son and an heir or something, its fine, but women will no longer be taken seriously in social circles.

I dont see how you can engage then break off so easily! (Marquis Bozes)

Ah, is that how it is?

But still

Even though you were in a marriage for love, yourself (Mitsuha)

Wha~! Where did you hear that?! (Marquis Bozes)

Ah, as expected, it was a true story (Mitsuha)

Gugh (Marquis Bozes)

Also, it seems that he proposed to a naive student at the Academy in front of a large crowd so that it would be difficult to refuse (Mitsuha)

Waa, wait! Who told you that! Thats clearly an explanation by someone with malicious intent!! (Marquis Bozes)

He~eh Then, are you saying that at that time, Iris-sama wasnt enrolled in a girls school?And there was no one around when you proposed to her? (Mitsuha)

Kuh (Marquis Bozes)

Fuhaha, things have gotten worse for you, and you cant escape it anymore, Marquis-sama

Well, if its with Alexis (Marquis Bozes)

Are? Are you sure about that?

Oh, I guess it means that since the Marquis Bozes House will be succeeded by Alexis-samas younger brother, Theodore-sama if Alexis-sama left home after founding his own Viscounty, his own family, Marquis Bozes, will not be stigmatized even if the engagement is broken off.

But I cant cause Alexis-sama that kind of trouble.

Moreover

Eh? But, Alexis-sama The first princess is aiming for him, isnt she? (Mitsuha)

Eh?

Eh?

Eee~eh?

Eeeee~eh?

Apparently, Count Bozes No, I mean, Marquis Bozes wasnt aware of that.

Even now, I carelessly call him Count-sama

I heard that its a great insult to mispronounce a title, even a lower one, but since its a sudden change from what I had been accustomed to calling him, its no wonder that Ill make a mistake.

Although the Count~err, Marquis-sama doesnt seem to mind even if I make such mistakes sometimes

However, he said Dont make such mistakes in other places!, like I was about to be stabbed with a nail

When it was revealed that I had misunderstood the first princesss age by nearly 10 years, Sabine-chan and Chii-neesama, the second princess, gave me an earful of lectures.

No, its difficult for Japanese people to tell the age of a Western woman

According to what I heard at that time, Princess Ichi-sama was madly in love with her fiancee when she was 10 years old. However, she continued to study social studies, political economy, industry, agriculture, and all other fields. And was praised as the [Princess of Efforts].

And even though her appearance isnt as healing as the second princess or Sabine-chan, shes a sufficiently beautiful woman with a distinguished and dignified feeling to her that seems to be strong-willed as a noble or royalty.

Its just that the direction is different Yes, shes a beauty in Iris-samas direction.

When her fianc passed away, there was a flood of proposals, but the king was furious, saying, Youre rubbing salt in my daughters wounds! The king was furious, and the offers of marriage came to an abrupt halt.

Nevertheless, it seems that they still come from other countries occasionally, but it seems that the king stopped them all and crushed their hopes

And Sabine-chan, who was originally a genius, deliberately imitated the good parts of both the efforts of the first princess and the second princess, who has a little naturalness and is pampered without any trouble. It seems that she has become the genius little devil Sabine-chan that she is today

What the hell is she doing!!

No, well, anyway, to Princess Ichi-sama, Alexis-sama, who is the eldest son of the Marquis Bozes family and a peerage noble in terms of family status, age, ability, and good looks. Thats why hes a good match for her.

On the contrary, no matter how much hes the eldest son of the Marquis family and has his own title, Alexis-sama is a little less powerful than his younger brother wholl take over his familys house, while he himself is a Viscount, but his family is broad So if the royal family wants it, a marriage would be no problem.

Hes the son of Marquis Bozes, who will be in a position to support this country from now on, and hes the older brother of Theodore-sama, who will inherit the Marquis house in the future. The brothers are very close as well

Ah, Marquis Bozes-sama, hes stuck in a daze, isnt he?

Is it really that surprising?

Princess Ichi-sama, had a pretty visible attitude all this time

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