Kays Translations
Just another Isekai Lover~
Chapter 121: Thinking about a family name
“Family name… What should it be?”
Rest, who had decided to become the head of a new noble family, muttered as he walked down the hallway.
Before the ennoblement ceremony, he needed to decide on a new family name. But what kind of name would be good?
(If I were to use a name from when I was Japanese, it would be Honda… but that’s out of the question. Absolutely impossible.)
Rest Honda. Clearly not an option. Less than nothing, even.
(Then, how about the name of the protagonist from a novel I liked? Like Siegfried or Pendragon?)
However… when he checked in the noble directory he had brought from the library, it seemed that both of those names were already in use by other noble families. He couldn’t use the same name.
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(Is someone else like me using these chuunibyou-esque names? Could there be other reincarnated individuals besides me?)
“Oh, Rest. What’s wrong? You look troubled.”
“Viola.”
As he was contemplating, Rest ran into Viola, who had just finished bathing. Behind her were Primula and Yuri, both similarly dressed in just a negligee and a cardigan.
Since they were inside the house, it wasn’t a problem to wear whatever clothes they liked… but as a teenage boy, it was a bit uncomfortable to see.
(Viola and Primula are fine since I’m engaged to them. But… Yuri’s is a bit awkward…)
“This girl seems to not have any sleepwear. So I lent her what I had.”
Viola explained this without being asked.
Yuri, with her cheeks flushed from the bath, smiled and explained.
“Ah, at Marquis Catreya’s mansion, all my older brothers would walk around naked after bathing. I was the only one who wasn’t allowed for some reason… but ever since I left home, I’ve been spending time in my room naked. Of course, I can’t do that in someone else’s house, so I borrowed some sleepwear.”
Even though Rest hadn’t asked, Yuri explained this unprompted. It seemed that the Catreya Marquis family was a nudist family. It was genuinely useless information, but…
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“How is it? Does it suit me?”
“Yeah… I think it suits you.”
Yuri put her hands on her hips as if asking for an opinion, showing off her negligee. Rest tried to avoid looking directly at her and just complimented him vaguely.
“More importantly… what about you, Rest-sama? You seemed troubled.
“Ah… I was just thinking about something.”
In response to Primula’s question, Rest led the three of them down the hallway.
Chatting in the hallway after bathing would make them catch a cold.
He took them to the conversation room, sat them down on the sofa, and explained the situation.
“Hmm, about a family name… Would ‘Rosemary’ be out of the question?”
“Since it will be a different family from the Rosemary Marquis family, it’s better to use a different name to avoid confusion.”
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“It’s so troublesome… Even if I’m ennobled, I’ll still be part of the Rosemary Marquis family, so why can’t I use the same name?”
“Ah… There are many upper-class nobles who hold several titles and family names. Doesn’t your father also hold several titles?”
Primula supplemented Viola’s explanation, pursing her lips.
Yuri, who was listening nearby, suddenly raised hher index finger and said.
“Well then, how about ‘Giant’? Sounds strong, doesn’t it?”
“It does sound strong, but… honestly, I don’t feel like it suits me.”
“I see… In that case, how about names of powerful animals…? Lion, Tiger, Buffalo. Hawk and Eagle also have a good ring to them, don’t you think?”
“Are you saying that on purpose?”
“What are you talking about?”
Rest furrowed his brows at Yuri, feeling a strange unease, but Yuri just looked puzzled.
Considering the oddly cohesive naming suggestions, Rest couldn’t help but suspect that Yuri might also be a reincarnated individual.
“Come to think of it… many nobles in this country have names of flowers, don’t they? Is there a reason for that?”
Rosemary. Catreya. Crocus. All names of flowers.
Rest remembered that there were also classmates at school who used flower names.
“Well… it seems that the first queen, the wife of the founding king of the Iwood Kingdom, had a hobby of growing flowers. It’s said that she gave flower names to her favorite subjects, and those names have remained until today.”
“I see… that makes sense.”
Rest nodded at Primula’s explanation.
“So, the nobles with flower names were favorites of the first queen… Hearing that, I strangely feel closer to them.”
“It’s not that all of them are like that, you know? Some nobles started using flower names later, following that trend. Rest-sama, if you’re still unsure about the family name, you could do that.”
“Names of flowers, huh…”
Unfortunately, Rest wasn’t very knowledgeable about flowers. The only ones that came to mind were cherry blossoms, plum blossoms, and chrysanthemums from Japanese flowers.
“Well… Primula, do you have any names in mind?”
“Let’s see… How about Tulip, Hyacinth, or Peach? None of those have been used as family names yet…”
“Hmm…”
Rest Tulip.
Rest Hyacinth.
Rest Peach.
None of them sounded impressive. He didn’t have the confidence to turn around when called from behind.
He flipped through the noble directory, but many of the famous flowers he knew were already in use.
(If I’m going to choose, it should be an auspicious name… After all, I’m giving myself my own surname. A lucky name. A flower that symbolizes celebration, good fortune…)
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“I got it… How about ‘Clover’?”
Rest blurted out the name that suddenly came to mind.
Rest Clover. It sounded decent enough.
It evoked the image of a four-leaf clover, and it had a good omen attached to it.
“Clover… That sounds good. There shouldn’t be any nobles with that name.”
“It’s good. I think it suits you, Rest.”
Primula and Viola agreed as well.
“Viola Clover… Yeah, I like it.”
“Primula Clover… Yes, I’m pleased with it.”
“No… I don’t think you guys need to take on the name.”
Rest was going to be ennobled as a new noble, but he would still be marrying into the Rosemary Marquis family.
There was no point in the daughters of the family he was marrying into taking on the name ‘Clover’.
“How about Yuri Clover? Yeah, that sounds good. I like it.”
“Eh!?”
Yuri suddenly dropped a bombshell, causing Viola and Primula to both stand up from the sofa.
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