I Was Chosen as the Saint’s Husband

229 – Part 2 Episode 57, Spirit Distribution

The culprit is a spirit.

How on earth should this fact be announced at a meeting of cardinals?

Even if I think about it in my head, nothing comes to mind.

All I could do was sigh as I looked at the parrot making gurgling noises and looking happy.

“Kuruk?”

The parrot spirit doesn’t seem to know what he did wrong.

He’s just tilting his head and asking me why he’s doing that.

After mobilizing all the spirits in our house to investigate, the result of the mystery was as follows.

While the parrot was taking a walk after leaving the spirit shelter, he saw a sparkling window and became interested.

Perhaps because he likes shiny things, the spirit wanted to take the glass, but after thinking about it, he realized that he couldn’t take it whole.

I had no choice but to break it and take it.

Because it was a parrot spirit, there was no need to open the door to the courtyard and enter, and it could commit crimes without a problem even in places where people could see it.

As for the rocks, as I mentioned before, he did it to confuse the investigation by taking out rocks in the opposite direction in order to destroy evidence in his own way.

So… the guards were unable to find out because the spirit was really determined to destroy evidence in order to confuse the investigation.

Since the stone was moved using floating magic, there can’t be any trace of magical power…

“ha…”

“Kukuk?!”

“Be quiet, you tomboy.”

I hit the parrot sitting on my shoulder with a chestnut on the head.

When he got hit, he complained, making parrot noises, but I never seriously listened to his complaints.

This guy is a suspect who will commit a crime against the church headquarters.

In any case, they must be arrested and taken to the cult headquarters.

I let him sleep at home one day.

I asked the spirits in my house to interpret so that I could make excuses if they wanted to.

What if he was a really bad guy?

Still, I gave him a chance to make an excuse, but surprisingly, he told the truth so casually that I was a little surprised.

It is said that newly born spirits have pure hearts according to the theory of gonads.

Are you saying this is pure evil?

After waiting in the living room for a while, Dave came home.

I told him to buy a birdcage from an ornamental bird shop a little distance away.

Well, if the spirit just suddenly escapes from the cage, it’s over.

Because the story is different when I’m next to you.

The spirits obey the orders I give them.

This is because by making a contract with the Spirit King, you can touch all spirits and make contracts.

Before I regained my memories, I didn’t know why the spirits listened to me…

But now that I remember it, I know it very well.

Anyway, I gave him the command to stay quiet, but he didn’t come out of the cage.

They just make a ‘crook’ sound and tilt their heads like parrots.

“Uh-huh, stay still.”

“Kukuk…”

“A spirit that breaks windows… It’s a very annoying spirit.”

Dave seemed to think so too and tried to touch the parrot spirit’s head.

However, of course, Dave’s hand could not reach the spirit’s head and passed through.

Dave smiled awkwardly, as if he had forgotten that the parrot in front of him was a spirit.

When I saw that, I laughed too.

“Let’s leave quickly. The busy cardinals will be waiting.”

“Whew… Do I really have to join the Cardinals’ Council?”

“Of course. He is a guardian priest.”

Usually, I go to the priests’ meeting alone and ask Eri, but today I had no choice but to ask Dave again.

Recently, Eri seems to be not feeling well and is resting at home.

Why am I feeling unwell?

If a woman suddenly gets nauseous, or her period stops, or she doesn’t feel well, isn’t there a certain reason?

For Eri, who is currently resting comfortably at home, I patted her shoulder and told her to work hard.

So, I corrected my sagging posture and strongly tapped my cheek twice.

“Yeah… I’m the head of the household, so I need to come to my senses.”

“Putting that aside, do you like your daughter? Do you like your son?”

Dave was trying to come to his senses to be a good husband, but I had a question, so I asked him.

It is a self-evident fact that Eri is pregnant, so the baby will be born soon, right?

Are you still worried?

Dave, who had been thinking about things in his head, opened his mouth as if he had decided.

“I am a daughter. When I look at Luna, I like my daughter as the eldest.”

“Do you think you will be sad when your son is born?”

“No, you said you prefer daughters as the firstborn, but you didn’t say you don’t like sons, right?”

I tried to gaslight him, but I failed.

Dave literally said that he would prefer a daughter as the first child, but he didn’t specifically say that he preferred a daughter to a son.

Why am I bringing this up…

Actually, recently, Stella and I have been making babies every night.

I guess I wonder if it would be okay to have a second child soon.

When I see Stella shaking her head and saying that she doesn’t need a rubber contraceptive, it’s really…

It’s not hot….

I can understand how much you want to have a second child.

Stella says she hopes her second child will be a son.

I asked her why, and she said it would be nice to have a son too, since it is the son who continues the family, not the daughter…

After all, Stella is the adoptive daughter and not the firstborn, so I thought it would be meaningless to continue the family, but they say that’s not the case.

It seems that it is better for a prestigious family to have multiple branches.

Well… I guess that’s the case too.

Are you trying to get the child born between us to marry into your family?

It’s not impossible because they aren’t connected by blood in the first place.

Well, I don’t mind as long as it’s okay between them later.

Still, wouldn’t it be a bit difficult to see?

***

We arrived at the church headquarters while talking about the future.

When I entered the conference room, everyone was looking at the cage I was holding in my hand with a blank expression.

We’ve already given some notice.

The true identity is that it is a parrot spirit that escaped from the spirit shelter and is playing around.

chin!

A cage containing a parrot spirit was placed on a large round table.

The cardinals’ attention was drawn to the sound of crying.

“This guy is the one who broke the glass.”

“Kkiryun!!”

A guy who is happy rather than reflecting on what he did well.

The sight of him smiling so brightly while making a squeaky sound is enough to give me a headache.

As expected, the baby spirit is a baby spirit…

A guy like this should be given an owner, not taken care of at a spirit shelter.

“Yes… then is this spirit really…”

“Like I received the report…?”

“Yes, it’s all true.”

The cardinals read the paper in front of them again and laughed.

It wasn’t a laugh that came out of genuine laughter, but a bitter laugh that came from the absurdity of it all.

Who would have thought that the culprit was a spirit?

“I guess I can’t punish you like this…”

“Because it’s a spirit. If you think of it as a spirit’s prank, it feels cute for no reason.”

So we started chatting and laughing at each other.

Most people in the religious world are very friendly and loving towards spirits, so it seems like they can just laugh it off.

In fact, it is said that there are many cases where the investigation is judged to be an accident without knowing whether it is a prank by spirits.

“Anyway, I think someone needs to take care of this spirit…”

“I see… If I leave it alone, won’t it break all the glass in the church’s headquarters?”

“I think so too.”

I’m just wondering who should be the owner.

When a spirit grows, it can use magic in a variety of ways, so it cannot be allowed to contract with someone who has the potential to abuse it.

Since I can force the spirit contract on others through expedient means, I plan to find the right person if possible.

He has a lot of magical power, and has raised something like a parrot…

“Now that I think about it, I heard that among the senior priests, there is one who keeps a parrot.”

“I…I raise you, Your Majesty…”

I turned my head in the direction I heard the voice.

There, a very frail-looking woman stood up, raising her hand.

Is it him?

There is a person who keeps several parrots at home.

“I think you might be confused by me suddenly saying this, but… Do you ever want to raise a parrot spirit?”

“That… spirit…? Are you talking about this… child?”

“You don’t have to worry about the contract.”

Before making a spirit contract with me, you can hand it over to the person you want to make a contract with.

Then the contract is completed.

Spirits can cancel contracts at any time, but strangely they don’t break contracts.

I’m not sure if he trusts me because he’s the one I chose, or if he signed a contract with me and ended up signing with someone else, so I can’t unilaterally break it off.

“If possible… I want to raise it…”

Phew… I’m glad though.

I was worried about where to send this troublemaker.

I’m glad there are people around me who raise parrots.

This guy will feel safer if he hangs out with guys who look similar to him.