"Mistress, the young master has returned.

When the lively conversation was over, Moritz came back at the same time.

"Oh, you're back earlier than I expected. I thought it would be at night.

Marlene was surprised but pleased with his early return and got up to go greet him.

Elsa followed her.

"I'll be there too. ......Please move everyone to the reception room."

Elsa asked him to move and went to the front door to greet her brother, thinking that the parlor would be a better place for a proper greeting than the living room.

"Welcome home."

"Welcome home, brother."

"I'm home, Mom. ............ is that you, Elsa?　You came."

You're here. Congratulations on the birth of your child. I'll ...... say hello one more time later, but first, here."

Elsa also wanted to see her eldest brother Moritz's face for the first time in a long time. So,

"......Have you had a hard day's work?"

Moritz looked very tired.

"Oh, yeah. I've been working hard to get ...... a vacation. ......"

"But you're not on your own anymore. You have to realize that."

"Yes, Moritz. You're going to be the parent of a human child.

Marlene also advises Moritz.

"Yes ...... that's true. ......"

At this point, Elsa says sharply.

"Yes, but..." She says, "No... You're obviously exhausted. At this rate, he will collapse. This is my advice, not as your sister, but as the Reichsanstalt.

This seemed to make the workaholic Moritz a little more bearable.

"Yeah, well, ...... I'll be careful."

He was still uncertain about his brother, but this was not the time to be talking on the doorstep.

Elsa accompanied her brother to his room, which she knew well. Marlene returned to the parlor.

"But you came back earlier than I expected, didn't you?

"Yes. ...... Actually, I stopped by the residence of Mr. Jin in Leuthart.

What?

I was going to ask him to give me a lift by airship if possible, but he wasn't there that conveniently.

"......"

But Mister Butler D lent me his Golem car, so I was able to get there faster.

"Oh, right."

"Yeah?　You also got a call from Butler D and rushed to the site, didn't you?

Yes, yes, but I didn't hear anything about lending you the Golem car.

It seems that Moritz had stopped by at Jin's house in Leuthart.

Erza quickly puts the timeline together in her mind.

5th.

At 6:00 a.m. a baby is born and a pigeon messenger is sent from Eksi to Leuthart.

Moritz learns of it in Miyagi at around 10:00 a.m. He immediately asks for leave. He immediately requests leave.

Six days. The permission was granted at around 11:00 a.m. He was told that it would be for three days from the 7th to the 9th.

During the lunch break, I went to Jin's residence, but he was not there. However, he lent me his golem car.

At this point, Jin's side also learned of the baby's birth. A call was made to Nido Castle (at around 4:00 p.m. local time) by <.

Erza rushes to get ready. Jin also learned of this at the same time (or so he thought), and asked Erza to send him to the castle when she had a communication meeting with the deus ex machina.

Erza hurries to get ready.

7th. Elsa goes to Leuthart. And now.

Moritz leaves Leuthart early in the morning. He takes a rented golem car to Koju, crosses Lake Tosmo by boat (which also carries a golem car), and lands in Sagina.

From Saginah, he returns home again in a golem truck.

There is no inconsistency in the timeline.

Erza is relieved inside.

Since Moritz likes to change by himself, Elsa waits outside the room for three minutes. Mauritz came out in his normal clothes.

"Now brother Fritz and Gloria are here too.

"Yes, the butler told me. Let's go and greet them.

The siblings went to the reception room together.

Elsa seems to have returned to her daughterhood for a moment, and walks down the short path, soaking up the nostalgia.

* * * * * * * * * *

Congratulations on the birth of your first child, brother.

Congratulations to my brother-in-law, Mr. Moritz.

Before Elsa, Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Gloria congratulate her.

After that, Elsa said,

"My husband couldn't make it in time because he had some business to attend to, so I came ahead of him. Congratulations on the birth of your first child, brother Moritz!

I greet him formally.

Neither Mauritz nor Marlene, nor Fritz nor Gloria, knowing Jin's friendship, said anything about his absence.

Fritz brought a gift of medicines. They are highly effective ones that have started to be produced in <.

Of course, they cannot compare to the ones from Horai Island, but they are more than enough for general use.

"Oh, thank you for this. This is good for the people."

Moritz, as a small lord, is concerned about the health of his people. This is partly because he himself is sickly.

And Elsa has a roll each of thick and thin Magi Silk fabric. The price on the market would be more than several hundred thousand dollars.

"Oh, this is wonderful. Ingrid will be pleased."

A pure white silk that can be dyed and tailored at will. Moritz saw the value of it correctly.

Although <> is stronger than ordinary silk, it is only 5 times stronger (tensile strength), and its hardness is not so high (if it were high, it would not have that texture), so ordinary people can process it.

When it comes to subterranean spider silk (GSS), the shear strength becomes an order of magnitude higher, making it impossible for ordinary people to work with it.

For example, it is more difficult to cut a woven cloth made of aramid fiber, which is used for body armor and stab-proof vests, than it is to cut it with ordinary scissors.

On a more tangential note, Moritz also ate some of the Persica, Apurul and Citran that I had brought with me, which seemed to help a little with the fatigue that had been building up.

Then came the important question.

"So, brother. Tell me the name of the baby, if you have chosen one.

"Oh, oh, yes, of course. I'll announce it at ....... I'll announce it at Ingrid's."

So with Moritz in the lead, Elsa, Fritz, Gloria, Marlene and the others went to Ingrid's room.

"Welcome back, sir.

When Moritz opened the door, he was greeted by a smiling Ingrid.

"I'm home. I've chosen a name for him and I'd like to announce it.

"Yes, please tell us."

"Yes, I'd love to hear it.　I'm going to name her Henrietta.

It's a good name, dear.

"Hmm, good name."

Henrietta Randall. That's the name of Moritz's eldest daughter.

"I like it, brother."

It's a nice name.

Henrietta. ...... Eta?　Or is it Rietta?"

Fritz and Gloria agreed that it was a good name, and Marlene had already thought of a nickname.