Chapter 208 – Ordinary Family (2)
26. Ordinary Family (2)
‘Cestia… It’s the best.’
With Cordia sleeping next to her, the mother-to-child feeding and immoral sex play gave Eugene an ecstatic pleasure. After the wise man’s time arrived, he felt ashamed belatedly, but since Sestia seemed as embarrassed as he was, wouldn’t it be a draw? Although her body complained of fatigue, her mind did not. Would this be the feeling of a computer that went beyond refreshing and rebooted?
Actually, I came to my senses from the middle, but I couldn’t get back in the situation where I was already in a mood. Rather, even if Cestia tried to escape by tying him up like a noose, he wouldn’t have been able to.
“Thank you, Sestia. I’m sorry, Cordia.”
Side- side-
“Yes.”
Eugene, who lightly kissed the sleeping Sestia and the baby’s forehead, carefully stood up so they wouldn’t wake up.
Now that recharging is over…
“Shall we do our best today?”
It was time to start working again.
**
Several months passed again.
Except for Cestia, Eugene’s wives were all full-term. It wasn’t strange if anyone went into labor at any time. Is it because the baby is coming soon? They were cautious in everything.
“I want to eat something spicy, but…”
“Be patient.”
“Yeah, would that be better?”
I don’t know if it’s because everyone’s body was originally so strong, but there was no such thing as loss of appetite or difficulty moving because of lack of strength in a chain with him.
“Baby… Wouldn’t it be disgusting to see the scars on my body?”
“What does the baby know? Even I can’t remember anything before the age of five.”
“Even if you don’t recognize it, it can remain unconscious. And, as Eugene says, how does she answer when she turns five and asks why her mother’s body is like this? Yes?”
“The fact that you were born is a miracle, so I need to comfort you well.”
“What if you still don’t understand?”
“What if I don’t understand? If you hurt her mother, you’ll have to punish her.”
“Eugene, that’s not it… If the child gets hurt, not me.”
Eugene hugged Shay from behind. She has learned very well over the past ten months or so that Shay is not something rational logic can appease in her current state. Is she already worried about what will happen in 5 years? She also sold her worries. But she never laughed. She couldn’t have a ‘baby’ for Shay, so it was a miracle that actually happened that she kept as her hope. The fruit of love that can be the first and the last. The whole world revolved around babies. As a mother with a baby, she acted close to reason.
I can’t figure out how to change that. So, as her husband, she only comforted her so that she would not fall into greater anxiety.
“You and I are children born of love. We don’t know at first, so we can hurt each other with pure childlike ignorance. No, that moment will definitely come. You just have to let me know whenever that happens. Of course, you can’t tell a very young child everything right away, but her child has a line that can be understood in his own way. She believes that just as there are no perfect people, no parenting is perfect. If you go through trial and error ‘together’ and raise it as correctly as possible… Wouldn’t it be natural to understand the meaning of your wounds and feel gratitude and affection rather than disgust?”
“Eugene… !”
I wonder if he was moved by Eugene’s words. Shay, who was quietly hugged by Yujin, turned around behind her and grabbed his cheek and pulled her face.
‘It’s a success.’
It was the moment when Eugene, who overcame another crisis, tried to respond to her kiss with her joy.
“Ouch!”
“Shay?”
“Ahhh.”
Shay’s hand, which had been touching Eugene’s cheek, moved over her swollen belly. Her white hands were shaking.
“No way… !”
Shay’s face was pale. She barely nodded her head, breaking into a cold sweat. Eugene was barely taken aback. He has already been simulated hundreds of times. If you panic and wander around, won’t the mother fall into more anxiety?
Eugene carefully supported Shay and led her to the room set up for her delivery.
“Sestia! Cestia-!”
**
It’s obvious, but there was no poor facility like an obstetrics and gynecology clinic in this world. In this world, medical practitioners were priests and nuns. A simple suture operation was not part of medical practice. At least, childbirth was cured and not this, but midwives did exist. In addition, it was a nest nestled in a rare corner. There were no monasteries, no midwives, of course.
But we had Mamang, no, Sestia, who was once Salem’s most dignified healing nun and had two children. It was absurd to ask for help from other mothers. Thinking about it again, Cestia was a god. What would she be like without her?
“Aaaaagh!”
“Right, right! Don’t overdo it, naturally.”
“Aww!”
Shay screamed as the mountain’s swollen stomach writhed from time to time. She was an ordinary woman who never backed down from monsters and cults, and was a brave woman who did not even make a sound at all. Seeing her suffering so much, Eugene’s heart was burning as well.
“Cestia. Divine power…”
“No.”
Eugene, who was worse off, begged Cestia for help, but she firmly shook her head.
“Unless it’s really urgent, it’s better not to use the help of divine power. Divine power comes from postpartum care…”
“But that’s it.”
“Are you okay. Colic is normal. You expected it? Please don’t be crazy and stay by my side. That alone will give Shay a lot of strength.”
Cestia was calm. She said she was, so maybe she just wanted to stay put. If she put her mind to it, she would be able to ease Shay’s pain in no time.
But Shay didn’t want to. She did not tolerate any variable. Because she only needs to last one day. Even if all of the raw flesh is torn apart, even if the skeleton is twisted, even if it really comes to the brink of death… ‘Cause she’ll survive it all Because she believes that Eugene and Sestia will do something for her.
Eugene approached Shay’s bedside. Shay held her Eugene’s hand. She said that her contractions had been lulled for a moment, and she let out a faint moan.
“Than you think… It hurts more.”
“…”
“Still… I will be patient. Because I am the proof that the baby is alive.”
“… Okay.”
“There are many things I want to eat. Kaya unnie’s cooking is good, but I think it’ll be even more delicious if Yujin makes it.”
“You have to do whatever you want. What a big deal.”
“Swimming… Promise, I did.”
“Okay. It’s a promise.”
“Please don’t let go of this hand either.”
“Of course. I will hold onto you.”
“Yes… What a relief.”
“What?”
“I’m so glad I went through this pain…”
Shey gritted her teeth as if the contractions had started again. And she squeezed Eugene’s hand as if it were her enemy. Eugene’s hand creaked and screamed. Her grip, which boasted strong tanking at the forefront of the warrior squad, was on a different level from that of an ordinary woman, even though she had taken a break from physical activity for several months.
‘You have to be patient, you have to be patient, you have to be patient… !’
Even so, if Shay’s pain could be shared even a little bit, her hand could be crushed. So let her give birth safely.
Eugene held Shay’s hand and prayed to Raella and to Justitia who was inside her.
‘Baby. It will be harsh to you, who will be in pain and suffering, but I hope you come out soon.’
Shay would have been horrified to find out, but if the worst came, I would choose Shay over the baby a hundred times.
– Head! Her head is starting to show!
– Aaaaagh!
– Shay! Strength! Give me strength! You can’t lose your mind! Hurry!
– Ahhhhh!
As if her labor pains were worse than before, she stood by Shay, who started screaming at her again, and Eugene glanced at her.
9 hours 28 minutes.
“Cestia.”
“… Her baby’s head doesn’t seem particularly large, but Shay’s hips isn’t even narrow, so it’s not coming out. If this condition lasts any longer, she will feel the pain Shay will feel for her, but she will be bad for the baby.”
“Incisional surgery was common where I was, but shouldn’t it be here?”
“I have no intention of setting a moral standard here. But I have no knowledge. No matter how much my healing technique is, it can leave irreversible scars if done wrong.”
“Then what do you usually do at times like this?”
“It forcibly activates the surrounding muscles with divine power. Tighter contraction and relaxation to help the baby come out… But.”
“Is there a chance that the baby will also go wrong?”
“Yes. And pouring healing on a newborn baby is, on the contrary, violent. Shay will have aftereffects too. Both physically and mentally.”
Eugene and Sestia whispered so that the exhausted Shay couldn’t hear.
“Shay is not in a state of arbitrary judgment right now. She’ll wait a little longer, but if there’s still no sign of her baby hair coming out… Honey has to decide.”
“… How much more.”
“About 30 minutes at most.”
Shay, who is barely breathing, may not have the strength to hold Eugene’s hand anymore. Eugene approached her again.
“Shay.”
“…”
“Shay.”
“… Eugene.”
Eugene briefly explained her current situation to Shay. Before she could hear it all, she shook her head as if she didn’t need to talk about Shay.
“Baby, unconditionally, baby…”
“Shay.”
“For what purpose, until now, enduring, suffering… Just a little bit, a little bit more, please wait… Me and the baby, together, we’ll do our best…”
Shay’s limp body began to tremble again. It seemed that she was trying to give her powers no matter what. Her Eugene was upset because she seemed to have rushed her for nothing. Eugene’s number one priority is Shay, but she is Shay’s number one priority, she is not herself. Both of them knew the difference, but neither showed it. She just expressed her opinion and appealed.
“… Sorry. You will be the hardest I’ve been patient until now, but I couldn’t be more patient.”
“Huh. Flaw. I’m sorry, but… Everything, I, stubbornly, became like this… !”
As she speaks, Shay’s eyes suddenly widen.
“Shay! Strength! Give me strength! Hurry! Baby is coming out!”
Seeing if there are signs of childbirth, Sestia is preparing to receive the baby in a hurry.
“One, two, three! One, two, three! Just a little bit, a little bit, a little bit more! Now!!!”
Aye ae- Ae ae ae ae ae ae-
“I’m all right!”
It wasn’t the gross sound of a baby clinging to Cestia’s chest shamelessly imitating it.
“Congratulation! Eugene, Shay! What a beautiful daughter!”
A loud cry announcing the birth of a precious life overflowing with love just by existing.
“Ahhh… Baby. Our baby.”
For this.
For this ordinary yet great moment.
“Eugene… Name. Call me by my daughter’s name.”
To a little baby who makes the surroundings happy and shining just by existing.
“Lucídĭa.”
Let there be light on the road ahead.
