Forced to become a delicate companion of a paranoid lord

The convoy, bearing the exclusive emblem of the Dragonwing Knights, entered the large teleportation array in neat and orderly batches. In the middle of the convoy, inside an ordinary-looking carriage, the two young princes of the Hayseton Empire were huddled together, flipping through a thick picture book.

"This is Nadino County. There are no more large teleportation arrays after Nadino County. Father said our destination is the Duchy of Ruval. If all goes well, we only need to stay there for three days. After that, we'll head west... Finally, we'll pass through the Garda region. There's a very small village in the Garda region, with only about a hundred people. When I was little, I often went there with my parents. I haven't been there much since I was four years old..."

Egbert pointed somewhat wistfully to the patterns representing village symbols in the picture book. He had memories from a very young age; even before he could walk, he was able to selectively record the people and things he liked in his mind.

In his memory, everyone in that small village in the Gada region made him feel comfortable and close. So when he was still not very good at walking, his mother and father would occasionally leave him with one of the older brothers, sisters, uncles, or aunts in the village, and then disappear with the village chief for a whole day or even several days.

Even now, Egbert still doesn't know where his parents and the village chief went or what they did in secret. He only remembers that whenever they reappeared, their expressions were always unusually solemn.

Finn rested his chin on his hand, listening quietly and attentively to his cousin's explanation. When he noticed his cousin suddenly stop talking and seem lost in thought, he didn't rush to urge him but waited patiently until the other person stopped thinking and came back to his senses before asking him a question.

"What's that little village like? You seem to really like it there."

"It's just an ordinary little village, but the villagers build their houses according to their own preferences, so every house is different. They hardly need to go out to meet their daily needs, and their clothes are also very distinctive, my mother said..."

"Egbert, Finn, the carriage is about to enter the teleportation array. As before, please drink your potions and lie down on the bed for a while, okay?"

Elias, who had just entered from outside the carriage, interrupted his eldest son. He quickly walked to the table, gently but firmly lifted the two children from their chairs and placed them on the bedside. Then, he took out two light purple vials of medicine and said softly.

"Okay, my sweeties?"

Finn, looking flustered and with a slight blush on his cheeks, said, "Yes, Uncle."

Prince Egbert, who wanted to imitate his mother's stern and reserved nod, suppressed the corners of his slightly upturned lips and said, "Okay." Although he was trying very hard to control himself, he was very happy and satisfied that his father called him his good boy, so he couldn't control himself very well.

Finn had never been called "baby" before. He wasn't sure if his nanny had called him that when he was an infant, but he was absolutely certain that his father and mother had never called him that.

Under his uncle's gentle gaze, Finn squeezed the potion bottle and drank the sleeping potion in one gulp before obediently lying down on the bed.

He turned to look at his cousin and found that his cousin was still holding the medicine without moving. He wanted to comfort his cousin, saying that after drinking the medicine a few times, it didn't taste as bad as before.

The medicine took effect so quickly that he fell asleep before he could even finish speaking.

Egbert, who had been secretly observing Finn, tentatively called Finn's name a few times. When Finn didn't respond, he muttered, "Dad, this really tastes awful. Can we not drink it?"

“If you don’t drink this, your head will hurt a lot tomorrow. Do you want a headache or an encouraging hug?” Elias said, then added, “Look, Finn is already asleep.”

“An encouraging hug.” Egbert knew that if he didn’t drink the potion and go to sleep now, his head would hurt terribly tomorrow. This was a minor side effect of the large teleportation array; the effects on adults were negligible, but on children were often more significant.

“My Aegir is being affectionate again~” Ilyas reached out and picked up his eldest son from the bed, holding his first child tightly. Unlike before, recently he didn’t want to let go after holding Aegir.

Egbert means "a persistent, brave, and strong person" in Imperial English. The nickname "Aigel" doesn't actually have any real meaning. It's just that when Egbert was little, he couldn't pronounce his full name clearly and always called himself "Aigel." His two new parents thought it was cute, so they used it as his nickname.

However, when his eldest son was still young, Elias once pointed to the bird egg that his eldest son was holding tightly in his hand and said...

"Aeger is my precious baby, Mommy and Daddy's precious baby."

Prince Egbert automatically ignored the last word in this interpretation.

Therefore, the meaning of Aiger is: baby.