>>5889684You stand there jaw agape and blurt out "Hold on, children?" Just then your steward ever the bearer of joyful news interjects, "If I may my lord. In your absence Lady Stacy has been rather... busy. She's given birth to ten children." You're flabbergasted. "What? I've been cuckolded!?" Your steward with a sigh that carries the weight of the world informs you "By the king's law any offspring born within a lawful marriage are deemed the husband's responsibility. Legally you're the father which means child support. And just so you know you already owe about a hundred thousand in backpay."
>time to make a hasty retreat>take this matter up with the king this is an outrage!>time to man up and pay these debts>fall on your sword 