Gaiden 8
The tightly closed bedroom door was cold, as if not letting him in. Occasionally, Annette's crying voice and screams could be heard through the cracks in the door. Whenever that happened, it seemed like Lapel would literally turn around.
He wanted to break down the bedroom door and go inside. He was going crazy, afraid that Annette would suffer and die alone, somewhere he didn't know.
Even so, the old doctor, Eucalyptus, had a history of daring to poison Annette. Thinking about this, even Risha, the trustworthy new doctor, became suspicious. Rafel stared at the door without blinking, trying to calm himself down.
'It's okay.Annette has a blessed amulet.So she'll be all right.'
But as if to mock Rafel's hopes, a sharp sob of pain came from inside the door.
“Ah, black! I can't, I can't… Heuuuuu!!”
Tears welled up in Rafel's bloodshot eyes as he stared at the door. A terrible sense of helplessness and fear swept through him and tried to devour him. He did not know how to endure this long and cruel labor.
Unknownly, Rafel jumped up from his seat and hovered in front of the door with unsteady steps. I didn't know if I should run inside or wait longer.
“Ugh, ahh…
Annette's breathing her, trembling with excruciating pain, could be heard from inside.Hearing that sound, it felt like he would die before Annette.
Raffel, gripped by nervousness, stretched his hand toward the door, gritted teeth.
“Hey!”
The sound of silver-clad Kane pounding down the cold marble corridor was heavy.It was like a signal to wake up Rafel's clouded mind his.
Raffel, who suddenly came to his senses, looked back at him.Standing there was Annette's father, Duke of Bavaria, Allamand, with a cool face as usual.It was evident that he had walked after hearing the news of his daughter's birth her.
“Tsk.”
Allah Mand saw his son-in-law's half-bewildered face and clicked his tongue as if he was pitiful His attire his as always was perfect Allamand sitting in a chair with an air of arrogance and dignity , gestured towards him.
“Don't just go in and disturb me and come this way.”
Allamand's command tone, which he usually felt was precious, was helpful in this situation. Unknownly, Rafel sat next to him as he ordered. Allamand didn't even look at him.
“How long has it been?”
“It's about eight hours now…
“Right.”
Rafel stuttered in response to his question Allamand stared at the bedroom door, where his daughter was in labor, with a puzzled look on her face Her, To be called a father, he was calm and calm to the bone .
Seeing this, Rafel frowned. He didn't want to see Allamand straight and undisturbed in this situation where Annette might die. So I lowered my gaze and suddenly found something strange.
Allamand, who was always the most perfect aristocrat, had shoes worn backwards on his feet.He crumpled them up so hastily that the Tongue, which serves to protect his instep his, was sticking out.
Rafel looked at Allamand's cold side face in disbelief.For the first time, I felt as if I had glimpsed a part of Allamand's heart beyond his hard shell.Annette was also his beloved wife his, but she was also the youngest. Daughter of Duke Alamand.
The sound of air escaping came from Lapel's mouth, who suddenly realized that fact.
This time, Allamand glanced at Lapel with an expression that he did n't understand why he was doing that.His expression his was solemn, but unfortunately not so dignified because of his backwards shoes his.
Rafel unexpectedly found parts that resembled his wife on Ala Mand's face, which he had always thought was snake-like. When she lowered her eyes, the wrinkles on her eyelids and the light veins of her, the slightly upturned tip of her nose of her , and the angle of the line from her cheek to her chin were similar to her.
At that fact, Rafel suddenly weakened her heart Rafel's spirit her her which had been plagued by her insecurities her wanted to hold onto even a straw Unknownly he spoke to Allamand as if he were hanging .
“Why is it taking so long? Annette… Will you be all right?”
Purple eyes moved slightly beyond Allamand's thin eyelids his.Normally, he would have ignored his disapproving son-in-law's question of his, but now Allamand was in a state of panic inside his.
In the eyes of her parents her, their children her always looked like children. Annette, her youngest child in particular, had a strong sense of girlishness, not only because of her thin skeleton her, but also because of her kind and meek disposition of her. But she said that the little thing was giving birth to her child.
Shocked by the fact, Allamade rubbed her eyes and tried not to be confused.
“My mother was in labor for fourteen hours when she gave birth to Annette. So eight hours is still fine. Unless her mother loses her sanity.”
It was the first time I had heard of my mother-in-law. However, when Rafel heard the story, he had an ominous feeling. He held onto his trembling hands and asked Allamand.
“If you're not rude, why did your mother-in-law pass away so early?”
Please, I hope it's not just because of childbirth, please…!!
Lafel prayed earnestly inwardly. Allamand glared at Lapel in a puzzled way, but he seemed to guess why he was asking that question. Allamand, who was looking at Lafel's pale complexion and trembling hands, responded a little slowly.
“In the winter when Annette was five years old, she could n't overcome the cold and she died of lung disease. She was a woman with weak lungs. It has nothing to do with her childbirth of her.”
And after the death of her wife her, Allah Maja started smoking again.It was the beginning of her smoking her that she had been giving up all the time because of her weak lungs her.
But now that there was no more reason to decline, Allamand became a more ardent smoker than before. If only I could follow in the footsteps of my dead wife a little faster.
Lapel, who did not know the father-in-law's inner circumstances, was relieved. It was a relief that his mother-in-law hadn't died in childbirth. According to a portrait Annette showed her the other day, her mother- in-law her was of a body similar to hers. So Annette would have a good chance of coping with her childbirth her.
Rafel raised a weak hand and wiped his face.During that time, he suffered so much that cold sweat broke out on his hands.
He was confident that if Annette survived, he would light a fire to keep the estate hot during the winter.
Silence fell again between the two men. In the saw, through the crack in the door, Risha said, 'Give me more strength, ma'am!' From time to time. Whenever that happened, Lapel's hips automatically lifted half way and then he sat back down.
He was still afraid that Annette would die, leaving me in childbirth. He had barely come to know the happiness his family he gave him and the peace of mind. Now he was afraid that if he lost her and Annette, he would never be able to live like a human.
But Rafel managed to resist the desire to break down the door and enter.It was because Allamand, who was beside him now, would shake his butt whenever he heard Annette's moaning her.
“Why is it taking so long? Damn it.”
A not very noble mutter flowed from Allamand's noble mouth. Even just a moment ago, the momentum that had told Rafel, 'It's still okay at this level,' had already disappeared.
Rafel found the same fear in Allamand's eyes that he glanced at her.Although of a different kind, her Allah Mandher was also terrified of her that he would let her go first.
Rafel felt a sense of kinship with Allamand who shared a similar fear. And for the first time, he realized that Allah Mand had become his 'family'. To death.
“Ah, heh, aaaaa!!!”
Up until now, Annette had hardly even uttered a word of pain because it was too much for her to exert herself on. When she screamed as if she were really dying, she couldn't take it anymore .
Rafel and Allamand rose from their seats at about the same time and ran to the door.It took less than 3 seconds for the sword master, Lapel, to tear open the locked doorknob. Inside, Lapel was frozen in place.
The smell of blood wafted through the room.
After three or four more steps, you would see Annette lying on the bed, but she couldn't take her feet off her. He gasped for fear that he would find Annette's cold, blood-soaked body her if he did so. Move because the nightmare that had kept me up all night for the past few months was about to unfold before my eyes.
“Annette!!”
Unlike the frozen Lapel, Allamand hurriedly strode towards the bed. Before long, I saw the back of Allamand standing in front of the bed.
He seemed to be looking at Annette, but where Lafel was standing, Annette was hidden from view because of Allamand's body in her.So it was even more sinister.
Rafel's hyperventilation made his head dizzy, and he heard tinnitus beeping in his ears.But he could n't stand like this all the time.It was when he tried to move his trembling legs his his how.
