Next bit is the granny suggest an option for him to raise his population count quickly: Buy slaves.
He's totally against it.
Then a frog merchant shows up with 2 elven kids as his 'merchandise' (there's some stories behind them, but I kinda skimmed it)
In the end Dias took them in, and they're now basically his kids.
Because why wait 3 years to snoosnoo the waifu when you can always adopt adorable elf children.