Chapter 199 – Sincerely (4)
25. Sincerely (4)
“Cestia.”
“Hendrick.”
How can I forget
From a third person’s point of view, it might be funny to say forget about something you haven’t seen for a few months, but to Sestia, those few months were longer than several years. I can’t forget it, but the feeling of time has increased several times, and the desire to see it has become more concentrated rather than weathered.
When Cestia saw Hendrick startled, all sorts of negative emotions that she had been trying to bury so far welled up, but the clots, like ink dispersed in water, melted away in an instant.
Found.
As soon as the face I had been looking for and seeing so much came into my eyes, things got better.
The distance between them, who were more than ten meters apart, was shortened in an instant. In such a situation where they seemed to be hugging each other violently, what caught Hendrick’s eyes was not Cestia, but the baby she was holding.
“Baby… ?”
The moment her eyes met that of the baby, a tingle ran through her spine.
“Ab!”
The moment the baby babbles, the tingling that echoed down her spine spread throughout her body.
The moment he saw the baby’s face once more, Hendrick realized instinctively.
Called your own child.
“…”
“…”
Hendrick and Cordia stared at each other for a while, while Sestia silently watched her father-daughter first reunion.
Hendrick’s heart was strangely seething. He was itchy and sore and bubbling. He couldn’t leave his mouth still.
“Did you come to see me?”
“Yes.”
“… How?”
“It may be hard to believe, but the baby was found. As soon as she came out of Salem.”
“What? That’s possible…”
When I tried to ask how you’ve been, how you’ve been, and whether your body is okay, words that were different from the ones in your heart came out. It is said that it has improved a lot now, but Hendrick’s soul, at its root, contained the temperament to be a fan of every corner of the room. It wasn’t easy to speak confidently from the beginning of what I wanted to say.
No matter how urgent the situation was, right after defeating the dungeon, Hendrick hadn’t considered Sestia.
No, there was something much more important than that.
“That baby…”
“Yes.”
“That…”
“Isn’t it cute?”
“Uh.”
“Isn’t it lovely?”
“Huh.”
“Isn’t it pretty?”
“Pretty.”
“Who do you resemble to be this cute, pretty, and lovable?”
Sestia’s expression when he asked that question showed no sign of boasting, thinking that she was thanks to him and that she was pretty. Her eyes were always looking at one person.
“…”
“Yes?”
“…”
“Yes?”
“…”
“Look. Even the baby is waiting for an answer, Mr. Hendrick.”
Hendrik, who had been sucked in by Cordia’s black eyes, blinking.
“The baby, Cordia, is waiting.”
Hendrick wasn’t talking, but he was instinctively aware. Cestia knows that he has realized it. But he couldn’t stand it. I wanted to hear it directly from Hendrick’s mouth.
Are you and my baby
Or is it our baby?
Or is it my baby?
Whichever was good In terms of tone, I liked the fact that it was my baby, but I thought it would be nice to ask that it was my baby. So I urged him, revealing the name of the baby that Hendrick had deliberately chosen.
‘Do I remember?’
Judging from his behavior, I knew he wasn’t an irresponsible rogue, but if he denies it at all…
‘No. Hendrick is not that kind of guy. He doesn’t believe me, so what can I do?’
“Cordia.”
“Yes?”
“Sestia was one of the two names you asked about… Were you already pregnant then?”
“Hendrick… !”
I thought Hendrick-sama would remember!
“You asked me about it, and you came out of Salem with a baby with that name on your hands and came to me…”
That you came to see me?
Why do you hang out there?
You know You know. Why are you struggling? It only takes one sentence, but why does it take so long to say that…
“Sorry.”
“… To?”
Sorry?
Are you sorry?
Could it be that it’s one in a million?
How could you say such a thing about me, who gave birth to such a lovely baby with such hardship…
“It was hard.”
“… Yes?”
“I am the world’s dog scum.”
“Yes?”
“You don’t need to say you didn’t know.”
Cestia, who was trying to somehow manage her contorted expression, raised her head. The expression was pretty stupid.
“Thank you.”
“Ah.”
“And… You’ve been through a lot.”
Tears were falling from Cestia’s eyes before Hendrick’s words were finished.
“For giving birth to my child. Because I’m healthy. For coming to me.”
“Hendrick… !”
“Ab!”
It was the moment when two lonely mothers and daughters became a family of three.
**
“I understand. I can’t even say I like Salem right now, but what about back then? Chaos itself. It’s been about a week since I got out, and I don’t know what’s going on now. Looking at the situation, I don’t think it will improve easily.”
Two or three enjoying a dramatic encounter.
They were walking together on the road that Hendrick had passed and talking about unfinished business.
“Because I am stupid… Sorry for not noticing sooner.”
“It’s even weirder to find out. I didn’t say it on purpose because I was afraid you would react like this. There was something very important back then, but now that it’s all over, I’m a little greedy…”
“Greed.”
“Abv!”
Paradoxically, as Cestia continued to speak her words to alleviate Hendrick’s guilt, Hendrick’s guilt rose vertically. There was no way Cestia wouldn’t notice that, and she changed the subject.
“Everyone, are you all right?”
“Uh? Uh. Not all right Thanks to your strong will, and thanks to the Goddess.”
“Relief… That’s it.”
“Ab?”
But the topic was land mines. It was because of the small existence that babbles innocently.
Baby.
Hendrick’s 2nd.
A half-elf with congenital infertility and an acquired infertility due to the torture of heresy.
Abandoning the lovers who wished for his baby, getting pregnant just once, and being with the baby at the reunion after a long time?
No matter how broad-minded Hendrick’s lovers were, this was a different matter.
When Cestia’s strong desire to see Hendrick came true, she began to worry about the aftermath that she had been neglecting. And so did Hendrick.
‘A daughter I never thought of, but a very pretty daughter… Of course it’s good. It’s so good. Ha, fuck, how am I supposed to get into the house and get the words out? How can I see the faces of Kaya, Shay and Illumina?’
The memory of the day I had an unexpectedly hot night with Cestia and the day after that, Kaya and Shay attacked me vividly.
‘Sex was about that much, but what about the baby? That’s the first baby…’
“Huh!”
“Hendrick?”
“Oh, no. Never mind.”
‘Calm down. How long has it been since you decided to take responsibility? The more this happens, the more anxious Sestia becomes. But come to think of it, did she ask for forgiveness enough? Pregnancy is… It’s more like an event no one expected.’
Hendrick tried to erase the cold expressions of the lovers and smiled at Sestia.
“Cordia, can I hug you?”
“… Sure! Come on, baby. Are you in the arms of the father that the baby misses so much?”
“Flattery!”
Cordia was held in Hendrick’s arms without any resistance, and he shuddered at the small body temperature and heartbeat.
‘My daughter… I mean my daughter…’
Hendrick’s eyes twinkled.
**
“Is that it?”
“Uh. How is it?”
“Great. The surrounding scenery is nice, it’s quiet, and it looks cozy. The house is neither too big nor too small, oh my. Do you have a vegetable garden and trees?”
“Hmm.”
At Cestia’s praise, Hendrick shrugged her shoulders. In the meantime, he has received too much for his lovers with almost nothing, but the house was the result of his hard work and hard work to do something. Although there were many lovers who were strong and capable, who helped me a lot.
‘Nightfall… As usual, it would be time to prepare dinner.’
Hendrick, who measured time by the altitude of the sun, returned Cordia to Sestia. Cordia struggled for a moment, and Sestia looked at her and laughed happily, even though she was embarrassed.
‘After the dungeon was destroyed, the happy period of peace finally came after living hecticly… I couldn’t even go for a few days, but I’m crushing it.’
Is it an exaggeration to say that the shallow climb home feels more difficult than the road from 3-9 to 3-10? I would have expected the three to return after leaving alone, but those three were not these three.
“Whoa.”
Hendrick stretched out his chest and squeezed his stomach. And just as he was leading Sestia on a confident walk with an expression of being really happy to see his dear colleague again, he heard a crash from the side of the house.
‘Sir, what the fuck?’
He barely showed that his shoulders and chest were about to shrivel, and only his eyes rolled back.
“Hendrick? Why did you come so soon?”
“Oh, uh. Therefore.”
Tall with pointed ears and tail.
“I was thinking of bringing two of my colleagues because I smelled different signs and smells…”
Illumina, who had the best sense of the party, noticed Hendrick’s unexpected quick return and came out to meet him. I was prepared, but I felt like I was attacked one step too quickly.
“Illumina. I’ll go home and explain everything, so go inside.”
“Let go.”
Illumina’s eyes were already fixed on Cordia.
“Am!”
Cordia did not dodge.
… Certainly, she was an unusual child.
