Chapter 210 – Ep.14 – Dad
Exactly one month after arriving at the Demon Continent, I had become a real father. I knew at least that my sisters were pregnant, but I didn’t have time to think deeply about the Queen’s affairs or the Demon Continent’s affairs…
It was only when Kaede whined, complaining of pain, that goosebumps appeared on the back of her neck. Words like father, mother, parenting, etc., Which she thought were things of the distant future, flashed through her head for a moment.
Everything about giving birth for the first time was awkward and immature. Kaede wanted to stay in a corner of her room alone rather than go to a hospital or something, and I wanted to get help from demons with modern culture.
As a result, I couldn’t overcome Kaede’s insistence on giving birth on her own, so I had to give birth in a corner of our home. Not only was this world’s childbirth culture different from my world, but she also understood Kaede’s lack of trust in demons, so she decided to follow her opinion.
Kaede leaned against the wall and entered her room alone, begging her not to come in until she called. They say that is the tradition of the beast people.
Even though she was in a daze, she couldn’t bear to give birth on her own, so she tried to go in, but Kaede never opened the door.
A small room she had been using ever since she came to the Demon Continent. Kaede gave birth alone in that small room, which she probably decorated the way she wanted.
To me, it looked like a messy room that hadn’t even been cleaned properly, but I guess that really touched Kaede’s heart.
“Why are you so worried? Anyway, that person won’t die even if he gets hit by a knife.”
“That is correct. Delrin, we will help you if anything happens, so you can rest.”
Me, Chichi, and Neva were standing in front of the door. They all tried to make me rest, but I couldn’t understand at all. Kaede is the one giving birth. Maybe my expression was too dark.
“Are you okay. Yes… I’m fine… “
“I do it because I don’t think it’s okay.”
Honestly, I was scared. I would definitely be lying if I said I wasn’t scared. Furthermore, I had already decided to remain in this world longer, but even so, becoming a father was so scary that I couldn’t hide it.
Above all, I wasn’t ready yet. Not only do they not know how to raise a child here, but they also lack basic common sense. I never thought that I would become a father in my early twenties.
I just missed my mom and dad for the first time in a long time. Two people who I don’t know if I can go see now or not flashed before my eyes. What were they thinking when they gave birth to me? Were both of them as scared as me?
As anxiety overtook me, all the nasty thoughts I had hidden for so long came to the fore. Among them was also concern about my relationship with my older sisters, whom I thought I had already decided on.
If my sisters and I have a child, there will be no turning back. I’m not talking about the current relationship that is tied to save and load abilities. Now, we will go beyond a simple romantic relationship and become a family.
A family that fights and teases each other, but eventually returns to each other.
I wanted to ask myself. Are you ready to start a new family? As a child who was always looked after, I asked if I could raise a child.
When I thought about it like that, I suddenly felt like being a child was a shackle.
Ah, shackles! I thought it was such a terrible thought that I immediately dismissed it, but I couldn’t deny that it was a part of my heart.
I was that much unprepared. Preparing for a child was a different matter from the decision of the heart or decision to stay in this world.
All my feelings and thoughts were still fresh in my mind, but Kaede’s moans from inside the room began to fade. Soon she could feel it instinctively. That a child was born.
A faint sound of crying and body tossing and turning.
I can never forget the sound I heard in front of the door. A small, vague presence that clouded my head was filling the room.
Chi-Chi and Neva seemed to have felt it as well and immediately looked at the situation in the room. If Kaede asks for help, I plan to go straight in.
But.
“… “
Kaede said in a slightly weakened voice,
“Sir, it’s okay to come in now… “
Only I was invited.
I don’t even remember what I was thinking as I grabbed the door handle. The only thing that vaguely comes to mind is the afterimage of the anxious future I felt beyond the door at that time.
When I opened the door and entered the room, there was a vague mixture of Kaede’s warm body odor and the fishy smell of blood.
Women in this world didn’t seem to have much difficulty giving birth compared to the original world, but as soon as I entered, I was convinced that Kaede’s childbirth was quite difficult. Maybe the reason she didn’t let Kaede into her room was because she didn’t want to show that she was having a hard time. Did she also feel that her first birth would not be easy?
“Hey, sister. Sister? Are you okay… ?”
It seems like it’s been a while since she called Kaede “Older sister.” ‘You human being’, or ‘Kaede’…
Because she was the one I was most comfortable with among my older sisters. She didn’t have any quirks in her personality, and she didn’t see all the things she couldn’t see like the other sisters…
It’s just, it’s a little stupid, but it’s always bright, it’s very bright…
She was that kind of person.
I think she felt like Kaede was an adult for the first time. She didn’t have a bed, so she laid out a soft blanket on the floor, and for some reason, her eyes became red when she saw Kaede curled up on the blanket.
“It’s okay, right? Right… ?”
In response, Kaede purred a little to catch her breath, then slowly extended her hand to me. When I came a little closer to hold her hand, I could already see the little life she was carrying.
It was around this time that Kaede realized that she was giving birth to twins. She called me a little closer and placed each of her children into her grasping hands.
“This child is Karin, and I will call this child Karen… “
Holding her child in her hands felt frighteningly real. The weight of two children is scary…
“… Haha.”
… Although it felt heavy in my heart, in reality, it felt so light. The two newborn babies cried hard, as light as cotton.
“They’re babies. Babies… “
The little heart that had been pulling out its hair and denying reality had disappeared before I knew it. To be honest, a part of my heart resented the children. I thought there were other shackles on my ankles and wrists.
However, the children I picked up with my arms were so small and pretty that I couldn’t put them down. My extremely complicated mind was already looking at only one answer.
“Sister, they are babies. Babies… “
It seems like I was holding him like that for a long time. Children who are hairless but have protruding ears and the top of their buttocks. The children who had already stopped crying and struggling in their mother’s arms…
“You’re cute. How can it be so small… “
Perhaps it was at that moment when I held the two children in my arms that I finally understood my parents’ feelings.
I couldn’t leave these little kids alone. Small joys that break your heart from the moment you first encounter them. A small movement that masks all worries.
“It’s dad. I’m dad! Huh? “Dad is here.”
In the end, everything came to an end. From the moment I received my two children in my arms, I had no other options. No, I even lost the will to choose another option.
At first, these were the kids I wanted to deny so much. I wanted to somehow deny the fact that I was pregnant.
Nevertheless, the first thing I said to my children was that the person they are holding now is their father.
It’s me, not anyone else. I gave birth to you, and I will raise you and take care of you. Furthermore, I am dad. You must remember me. Others may not know, but you must not forget me.
“Everyone, everyone! Can you see it? It’s a baby! Sister Kaede did it. They’re twins! They are both so pretty, so healthy… “
Kaede is soaked in sweat and blood,
The two daughters are soaked in blood and saliva,
I ended up shedding tears too, so we all got wet.
“Master, I will let you rest for two more days… Children, give me my children. We need to stay together a little longer. We need to be together now… “
“Yeah, really? All right. Come on, guys. I’ll come see you again. Okay? Dad will come back soon to hug you. Huh? Can’t you forget it? I am dad. I’m dad… “
Kaede kept her word. She spent two full days cooped up in her room with her two children.
I was the only one allowed into that precious room. I went in their dozens of times a day, with one hand holding a wet towel to clean her and her children’s bodies, and the other hand holding oatmeal for her Kaede.
Perhaps it was only natural that I hugged my children every time I entered.
Because I wanted to hug you a little more.
