Chapter 1050 – #250_Pregnancy(2)
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1.
A cabin in the gulpi tree forest near Taro Town.
It hadn’t been that long since Amelia had last visited this cabin.
Even if it was being maintained by magic, a house that was cut off from people was bound to become desolate.
She would visit the mansion from time to time to manage it, and she would bake bread in the kitchen that Siwoo had recently improved.
“……”
But today’s purpose was a little different.
In the backyard of the cabin was the grave of her master, who had inherited the brand and disappeared.
Among the verdant blades of grass reflecting the sunlight, and the wildflowers blooming here and there, was a tombstone that was full of the traces of time.
“Master, are you doing well? I have some news that you’ll be happy to hear. Don’t be too surprised.”
Amelia knelt down and quietly touched the tombstone with her hand, then placed a bouquet of dried flowers.
“I’ve become a mother. It’s Siwoo’s baby.”
Of course, there was no answer.
But at the end of the summer breeze that swept past her ears, Amelia felt her master’s touch.
“Were you this happy when you first brought me here, Master?”
She was carrying the child of the person she trusted and loved more than anyone else.
It felt like she had received a gift she had never expected.
She had only heard the sound of its heartbeat, but that small thumping was so lovely that it was hard to bear.
“It goes thump-thump-thump, and it’s so cute. I haven’t decided on a nickname yet, but will it be a girl? Or a boy? Will its nose look like Siwoo’s? Will it have mischievous dimples like me? I hope its eyes look like mine. Because my eyes are the most similar to Master’s.”
Amelia, uncharacteristically, gestured with her hands and feet as she talked about the mysterious experience she had gone through.
After excitedly chattering on for a while, Amelia paused.
“……”
She had only shown her happy side in front of Siwoo, but Amelia wasn’t a fool.
Of course, it wasn’t that she wasn’t truly happy, but it would be a lie to say that she had no anxiety at all.
A witch having a child was unprecedented in the history of witches.
It was uncertain what kind of impact this child would have on Amelia, what would happen after she gave birth, or even what kind of being it would be.
In the worst case, if she inherited the brand at the same time as giving birth, Amelia would not be able to remain in this world.
After all, a witch cannot live without the brand.
“But that’s okay, I think.”
There was anxiety, but it wasn’t as big as she expected.
Was the heart of a mother this great?
If she had to give up one of the two, Amelia was willing to sacrifice her own life for her beloved child.
“But what if that’s not the case? What if I can hold this child in my arms? Can I become a good mother like you, Master?”
This was the only thing that scared Amelia.
Amelia knew her own clumsiness.
She wasn’t as sociable as the twins or Luelle, she didn’t have the acceptance to embrace others like Sharon, and she didn’t have the gentleness and kindness of the Duke.
She wasn’t as quick-witted as Linne, nor could she lead with the ease of an older person like Dorothy.
Time alone.
Even if she tried to fill the void created by the long gap, it was not easy.
Amelia was still clumsy.
It was only now that she was able to face that clumsiness.
But could she be a good mother to this child who had suddenly appeared?
When asked, ‘Who do you respect the most?’ could she be a guardian who could hear the answer ‘Mom!’?
Could she be a lighthouse when they get lost and wander in the rough world where it is difficult to move forward?
There was nothing she could be sure of.
In one corner of her heart, a weakness that wanted to run away briefly raised its head.
“But I’ll do my best. Please support me, Master.”
Amelia bit her lip firmly.
2.
The news of Amelia’s pregnancy also reached Albireo’s ears.
If you just looked at the result, it was a shocking situation where the dolsoe had impregnated the young lady he used to serve.
If you combined it with witch common sense, it was an even more shocking situation where a virgin had given birth to a baby.
“Oh my god, I’ve lived long enough to see all sorts of things…”
Albireo, forgetting her usual refinement, was shocked for a while with her mouth wide open, but she quickly recovered.
Well, in a world where a male witch who suddenly appeared was going around beating up great witches, there was no need to be surprised by the fact that a witch was pregnant.
“Haa…”
But regardless of that, her face could not help but darken.
It was because of the twins.
Until now, there had been many lovers around her detestable son-in-law.
Not only lovers? No, there were a lot of somethings too.
But until now, she hadn’t felt much impatience.
His lovers were all attractive, but they seemed to be well-coordinated without any fights breaking out.
Even if she didn’t know, the indecisive nature of her son-in-law must have acted as a balancing weight.
He didn’t particularly favor anyone, and even Albireo thought he was giving out affection fairly.
Even if she didn’t like everything, that was why she decided not to get involved in a love triangle.
“A child is different…”
But a game changer had appeared.
A baby is different.
Although she had no experience of giving birth herself, Albireo, who had raised the twins when they were babies, knew.
Before that, Albireo and Deneb, who had been bickering quite a bit, did not fight much after they took the twins as apprentice witches.
It was thanks to the camaraderie that had been built up while going through the process of raising children, which was comparable to war.
The strong bond that had been built up at that time was not something that could be built up simply by spending a long time together.
No matter how hard Siwoo tried to share his love equally, how could people’s hearts be as they wished?
His eyes would be drawn to Amelia, who was carrying his child, even just once more.
He would look at the child, who was so precious, even just once more.
The conflict that would arise from that, and the possible catastrophe that might occur.
“Haa…”
Just as Albireo’s sigh was deepening.
The triplets also heard about the whole story of the unprecedented incident from Sharon, who had appeared like a messenger.
“Assistant is pregnant?”
“No, the associate professor.”
“Associate Professor Amelia?”
At the same time, salty moisture welled up in the twins’ eyes as if they had been planned.
“What should we do… This is a big problem…”
“This is a foul… It’s so unfair…”
“What’s the problem?”
But Luelle, who was lying on the sofa, was as carefree as ever.
Luelle was generally carefree, and Odile and Odette were used to that attitude.
But this time, the twins had no choice but to criticize Luelle’s lack of a sense of crisis.
“You idiot!”
“Don’t you know how big of a deal this is?”
“A baby is born! A cute baby!”
“What’s the big deal? A new member of the family has just been born. Instead of thinking of it as a celebration like the green-haired one, you’re making a fuss about it being a big deal.”
Odile and Odette felt their necks stiffen.
Who didn’t know that?
Of course, it was something to celebrate and be blessed.
If they weren’t rivals with the associate professor, the twins would have blessed her with a pure heart.
The reason they couldn’t was, needless to say, because they were almost exactly following the reasoning that Albireo had made.
“Oh no, we’re doomed.”
“I hate the associate professor.”
It was rare for Luelle to see the twins’ serious complaints.
Seeing the twins, who would quickly regain their fighting spirit no matter what happened, unable to come to their senses and drooping like old pickled spinach, Luelle also became slightly uneasy.
“…Is that such a big problem?”
But since marriage or pregnancy did not exist in witch society, Luelle’s imagination had its limits.
Was pregnancy that significant?
After all, wouldn’t Odile, Odette, and Luelle all take in apprentice witches someday?
“Luelle, you don’t know the horror of a baby.”
“You’re so immature.”
“Explain it in an easy-to-understand way.”
“We went to Pecha’s house once. We saw a newborn baby there.”
“Do you know how heinous the cuteness was? How much did Pecha’s father love the baby?”
“What’s the big deal? It’s not like we’re competing with that baby.”
“You still don’t get it? A content has been created where they raise such a cute child together!”
“Is that all? Even if the assistant decided to play with us today, if she suddenly thinks of the baby, she’ll think, ‘Ah, I should just take care of the baby with Amelia today instead of Odile and Odette!’”
“Even if she’s preparing a gift for you, she’ll just take it, saying, ‘Hmm, this would suit our baby better than Luelle’!”
Of course, the twins didn’t fully understand either.
But with a woman’s intuition, they vaguely sensed that the other party had gained a huge advantage.
The conversations that had been scattered here and there eventually came to one conclusion.
“By the way, why is it only Amelia who got pregnant?”
“I know, right?”
The twins put their heads together and groaned.
They were all the same spirit.
If only Associate Professor Amelia had gotten pregnant without a magic amplification, there must be a corresponding cause.
The twins, who had mobilized all their memories from the first time they met her at Trinity Academy until now, found one variable.
The love potion, or Eros’s potion, that was the cause of the twins attacking Siwoo and that they used to prank Amelia.
“But why now? We had the magic amplification effect just fine.”
“But is there any other variable? Let’s find out one by one. Maybe we can do it too.”
At that time, they had thrown it into the fireplace after seeing the absurd clause, ‘The effect of the potion does not apply to a test subject who already loves the experimenter,’ but fortunately, both of the only two forbidden potion recipe books in the world were in the library of the Geminai mansion.
After much effort, the twins found the potion recipe book that was wedged under a pile of books.
The effect of the potion varies greatly from test subject to test subject, and this is distinguished according to the test subject’s latent sexual consciousness.
In addition, the cases where the potion is difficult to take effect are described below.
Test subjects who have not experienced menarche, test subjects who are pregnant, test subjects who have no aptitude for magic sensitivity.
Also, the effect of the potion does not apply to test subjects who already love the experimenter.
This was a clause they already knew.
Because they had read exactly up to this point and used it as kindling.
But one sentence on the next page strongly caught the twins’ attention.
“Huh?”
“Huh?”
However, in the case of the last case, the effect and time have not been sufficiently verified, so caution is required when experimenting.
“In other words, if you drink the potion while already in love, you might get pregnant? Is that it?”
“Eureka!”
The twins cheered.
