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But—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chairman grandfather paused and snapped his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That could vanish at any moment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yandel family still has no heir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply put, the moment I die, our baronial house will fall into ruin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t wrong even to my ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, I have no children, nor any close relatives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If something happens to the baron now, the Yandel house will disappear that very day. Most of the baron’s possessions will be confiscated back to the royal treasury.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the chairman grandfather who was planning to push me seriously, this was naturally the greatest worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least some risk management, one might say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I faltered, all plans would definitely go awry, but if the Yandel house alone could survive, Melves—with its many affiliated houses—could minimize losses...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...What if I have no intention to marry right now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then regrettably, this proposal must be put on hold. If even this condition is not met, no matter who I am, it will be impossible to persuade the other houses.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tentatively tested the waters, but the answer came back far stronger than expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no push-and-pull here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“However, even so, our Welbait Marquisate will support you. But... as I said before, gaining the full backing of all Melves houses will come much later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...I see.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nodding roughly to buy some time to think, the chairman grandfather added in a coaxing tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Also, the heir need not be a barbarian. Given Melves’s nature, it’s preferable they not be human... but I have no intention to enforce that. The top priority is to avoid the Yandel house falling into the royal family’s hands.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, my marriage partner need not be barbarian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, of course, marrying a woman of the same tribe is the best choice. The first child should inherit proper blood, so there will be fewer disputes among multiple heirs.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps from living long in the noble circles until his hair turned white, the grandfather spoke so rationally that I first thought he was genuinely reasonable rather than meddlesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...I will take care of that issue myself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“May I take that as acceptance of the proposal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I said I will consider it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A very noncommittal, evasive barbarian-style phrasing, leaving plenty of room to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I see.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the chairman grandfather smiled and continued, as if that was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you have no partner, our family’s granddaughter—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Geez, where did this old man come from now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you don’t like beastfolk, I could look for daughters of other houses...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t I just say enough?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sighing as if exasperated, the chairman’s eyes darkened meaningfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not the disappointment of an answer falling short of expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You do have a partner, then? When I heard the proposal, you must have already thought of someone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the chairman smiled kindly and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That will be all for today.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...Experience cannot be ignored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the marriage topic was settled,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as if waiting for a topic to close, the door opened and a servant brought tea, and we drank while discussing another matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baron, have you checked on the status of the Yandel family estate under construction in District 7?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...I have.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was still a terrible sight, even in memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The roof was beautifully raised, and from the look of it, the house was nearly complete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only it hadn’t been shattered so badly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Looks like the move-in date is delayed again...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When will the Yandel family estate ever be finished?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt hopeless, but I chose to think positively. If it had been completed as originally designed, it would probably have been quite cramped in its current state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Given how things are, you’d better buy some nearby land. Your household has grown unexpectedly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That seems necessary. But wasn’t it the case that earlier the chairman promised to buy land because he knew I needed it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh, it’s not easy to read Baron Yandel’s thoughts. I wanted to hear it clearly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Next time just ask directly. It’ll be easier for both of us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, then. How large a plot do you want? Given the current times, you might be able to buy land at a very reasonable price.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, we spent time chatting and discussing minor details like old friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me know as soon as you’ve decided. There’s much to prepare for a grand wedding.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing the private meeting with the chairman, I rode back to the holy land by carriage, staring blankly out the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Marriage, huh...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a topic I had never seriously considered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, I had thought about it a few times, but then dismissed the idea as absurd for someone like me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was one time I truly thought about it sincerely, but...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t end well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haah...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My head felt cluttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My chest wasn’t tight, but for some reason, I kept sighing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like facing a huge mountain I would have to cross someday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marriage, marriage, marriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those two words left by the chairman suddenly echoed persistently in my mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even on the rocking carriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The chief! The chief has returned!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when welcomed by the warriors back at the holy land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...The Viphron residents settled well, no major issues yet. But it seems a waste to leave so much labor idle, so from tomorrow I’m thinking of deploying them on various tasks in the holy land. Is that okay?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even while listening to the administrative officer’s report in the office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehe, sir, try some more of this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...How is it? I added a bit more lemon juice today, does it suit your taste?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Delicious.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You don’t look good. Did something bad happen there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even while eating with my comrades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That two-letter word lodged like a thorn in my throat, and I couldn’t focus on the conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Marriage, huh...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What should I do about it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should I do it, or should I not?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have no intention of a political marriage or anything like that, but the thought kept coming back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...?!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...??”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I don’t plan to return to Earth anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I intend to stay and live in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, I will have to marry someone, won’t I?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘So I can have children, grandchildren, and live peacefully with them all my life—’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm, maybe that’s not so bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Maybe it’s not so bad after all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without realizing it, I said that aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly realizing, a strange silence fell deeply in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not everyone was looking at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some sat frozen holding their spoons, others dropped their spoons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Hic!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone even hiccupped as if choking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Oh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid that, someone busily chewing swallowed and let out an odd sound of surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And from that moment—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bjorn Yandel.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...What did you just say?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Y-You said marry! Marry, didn’t you?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gazes gathering on me were full of questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I-I also said it might not be so bad!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing I was talking to myself too late, I was lost for words, when Auyen cautiously spoke up beside me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s certainly time to find a partner. Actually, the whole city wonders why you haven’t yet. But...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you suddenly bring up such a topic... Is there someone you’re planning to marry?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blunt question felt like a spear thrust; everyone at the table swallowed hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Understandably so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what might happen in the future, right now we were practically a community of fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘In this case, it’s better to be honest.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I put down my spoon on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calming my breath, I told them about Melves’s proposal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a long story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Get married and produce # Nоvеlight # heirs quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the entire Melves will mobilize to support the Yandel house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It doesn’t matter if the spouse is not barbarian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a proposal simple enough to be summed in a few lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the reactions of my comrades to that were too many to summarize in just a few lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah... so that’s what happened?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The old man was just being foolish.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what will you do, sir? If you need a partner no matter what...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh! A son of Bjorn! Surely he’ll have tremendous potential! I’ll train him to be a great warrior!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ainard, what do you mean by that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes. I can’t just ignore that. Ainard said he would raise the old man’s son?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? What’s wrong with that? If he’s Bjorn’s son, he’s like my own child.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I mean...!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop it! I don’t think he meant it like that!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Haa...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a situation too confusing to even call that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the tension was quelled from a most unexpected place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strictly speaking, not truly quelled but entering a temporary lull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So... are you accepting that proposal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amelia asked bluntly, and the room grew quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.......”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a recreational instructor used to public speaking would have difficulty opening their mouth with such intense focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smiled bitterly and answered honestly once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m going to think about it first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Just think?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh, yes, just think.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...But why? Why only think?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still a strange question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m not a hermaphrodite barbarian or anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...Well?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The other party’s consent is needed, isn’t it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That outburst hung over the table in an awkward silence again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One second, two seconds, three seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How long did that silence last?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So... you mean you’ll seek consent in the future?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I may be mistaken, but what you said earlier sounded like you already have someone chosen—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Auyen asked, I jumped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a warrior, I knew well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A clever warrior must choose the battlefield himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My stomach’s full; I’m sleepy!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m going to bed now!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Barbarian-style, I dashed safely to my room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then locked the door and lay on the bed, wrapping myself in the blanket, feeling somewhat at ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though showing such a hurried escape to my comrades was a bit embarrassing, it couldn’t be helped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A warrior overcomes any adversity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a barbarian’s honesty is a virtue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as a K-barbarian with Confucian spirit engraved in my soul, how else could I have spoken?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have a partner? When I heard the proposal, you must have already thought of someone.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, that’s something I can never tell anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Get a grip, Hansu...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wasn’t the only one who thought of it.\u003C\u002Fp>",1789,"2026-06-05T19:33:18.084Z",1,"novelbin.me","108c6c6ce97a05056e536e217a7d4265ba0a0a7710c73b95173a99a5e381b2cc","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-638","surviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-chapter-636",807,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurviving-the-game-as-a-barbarian-cover.jpg"]