Chapter 673 – 673. The Witch’s Baby (2)
Seeing his wife lying on the bed and the baby in her arms, Eunhyeon let out a sigh without realizing it.
“Under…”
Looking at the baby sleeping soundly in her mother’s arms, various emotions welled up and filled her heart.
A doubt that makes you wonder if the reality that that baby is yours is real.
Uncontrollable, swelling joy.
Happiness indescribable.
The sigh, which is a combination of complex emotions, is the same for the people around you.
“What, what are you doing… ! Hug me soon!”
As Eun-hyeon was standing in her seat, staring at Illyana and the baby, Erin couldn’t stand it and urged Eun-hyeon.
Erin also wanted to hold the two cute little babies, but she didn’t think to do it first than her father, Eun-hyeon.
Pushed forward on her back, Eun-hyeon carefully reached out her hand toward Illyana.
“Hardship… I did it. Really…”
Illyana’s face was worn out after over 10 hours of giving birth.
Despite the fact that she looked exhausted, perhaps because she had squeezed out all of her stamina, which she hadn’t had before, Illyana smiled as she felt Eunhyun’s hand caressing her own cheek.
“Do you want to touch it?”
“… Is that okay?”
“You are the father.”
Illyana held out her baby, which she held dearly in her arms, to her Eunhyun.
With her slightly trembling hands, Eun-hyeon cautiously reached out for her baby, checking the tension of Eun-hyeon, and a natural laugh came out.
Having experienced many battles and ruling the kingdom of Pernias, seeing him struggling with only one delicate baby made me laugh uncontrollably.
I am even more happy and proud that it is a newborn baby born between him and myself.
After receiving her baby from Illyana, Eunhyun carefully held the baby in her arms.
“Wow… It’s cute!”
“Really.”
Unlike Eun-hyun, who is worried about what to say, the other wives next to him are more fussed.
“Me too… ! Let me hug you too! Hyuna!”
Aaaaah!
She said she spoke in the lowest possible tone, but eventually the noise-sensitive baby woke up and burst into her cries.
Eun-hyeon and the other two wives focused their attention on Erin, who carelessly woke up the newborn baby.
“Ah, haha… Sorry…”
“You shouldn’t make a fuss in front of the baby. Baby.”
“Really… ! I’m really sorry… !”
“Erin. Let us go out.”
Eleanor grinned as she snapped Erin’s shoulder.
Smiling, but that was the look on her face as she preached her sermons to her Erin, pointing out her mistakes.
Sensing that Erin would start nagging again, she cried.
“Hey…”
When only the three of them were left in the bedroom, Illyana and the baby, Eunhyeon gently stroked the baby’s head in her arms to soothe her.
“Not nice.”
Like a lie, the baby stopped her crying and smiled, reaching out her hand toward Eun-hyeon.
The newly born baby’s hands were so delicate and small.
Eunhyeon still couldn’t believe the new life she had inherited from her own blood, but Eunhyeon didn’t lose her smile.
“What. Are you used to it?”
“Well what…”
Eunhyun smiled bitterly.
Apparently, unlike Illyana’s first time handling her baby, she seemed slightly dissatisfied with Eunhyeon’s familiarity.
“This isn’t the first time I’ve been handling a baby.”
Most of her experiences have been acting alone while wandering in various places, but it is not that she has not had any experience dealing with a newborn baby.
Typically, Eun-hyeon herself had to take care of Elysia’s baby until she left it at another nursery.
Elysia.
She was a member of a clan of witches that existed hundreds of years ago called the Jewel Witch, and she is also Illyana’s distant ancestor.
“Huh…”
Illyana didn’t dig deep.
Just now, I was happy just sharing various emotions such as pride and joy with Eunhyun.
“What should I name?”
“I already thought of that.”
“Huh?”
Unexpectedly, Illyana shows her interest.
“Ilayna. How is it?”
“Huh. Not bad.”
A name that sounded similar to her own could have managed to give it a good score.
In fact, Illyana, who liked everything Eun-hyeon gave her, had no intention of rejecting Eun-hyeon’s proposal.
“How are you feeling?”
“Are you okay. You can come back right away in a month or so.”
Perhaps it was because she had taken and prepared the artifacts of divine power that Anies and Eleanor had filled her up with, or the medicines that Eunhyeon had airlifted in advance, her postpartum care was smoother than she thought.
Normally, she would have to lie ill for 2-3 months, but Illyana’s return was very quick as she prepared a lot.
“Do not work too hard.”
“No. Will do Because I have something to prepare for.”
“…”
Illyana’s eyes were determined.
She also felt strongly that she had to be prepared for the upcoming fight.
Knowing her stubborn personality more than she did, Eun-hyeon couldn’t help but let out a sigh and nodded her head.
“… Ha.”
“Why are you sighing all of a sudden?”
“Just. I want to work harder in the future.”
As time goes by, she will have more and more things to protect and be responsible for.
Eunhyeon knew very well how big of a weakness those things were.
“Don’t worry. I have no intention of putting that burden on you.”
Illyana assured me.
That was the reason why she tried to quickly recover her body and return in a hurry in the first place.
Illyana wanted to walk alongside her as Eun-hyeon’s lover, not to be protected as a woman and her wife.
“Still, worrying itself isn’t bad.”
Lying on her bed, Illyana stretched out both her hands toward her Eun Hyun.
Eun-hyeon noticed right away that it was her wife’s request to hug her.
Eun-hyun, who quietly climbed onto the bed while holding her baby, put her baby in her arms and lay down on her bed together.
She has her plans for the future ingrained in her, her goal of creating a happy home for her with a baby of her own.
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About three weeks had passed, and it wasn’t long until Illyana finished her postpartum care and fully recovered.
“Are you thinking of meeting our grandpa?”
She had heard her story from Eleanor and Erin beforehand, but Agies’ invitation was quite unexpected.
Even lying on the sofa in the living room of his own home and eating cookies is an unemployed man.
Even though she was all grown up, she wondered if she would feel like this if she had an immature daughter who stayed in her house, but she is definitely a saint who holds the position of Archbishop of the Temple of Vesta.
“Why does the Pope want to see me?”
Even if he had no particular intention of rejecting Agies’ invitation, it was important to know the details of the situation in advance.
“That’s it, I don’t know.”
Anies confidently shrugged his shoulders and replied.
“…”
Her expression and demeanor made it plain that she really didn’t know anything.
To begin with, she’s not the type to lie or hide something.
This is because deceiving people is not something that can be done unless someone is smarter than you think.
Anyes said she wasn’t naturally a person who wore her hair.
‘Okay. This is how he used to be.’
Eunhyeon belatedly realized what kind of person Agnes was.
But at least she was as good as her human eyes.
It is not something that can be explained by logic or reason, and it is a realm of senses that only the thorough person has.
If Agnes invited Eunhyeon to meet the pope, it is certain that at least the pope is a person with a wrong personality.
In the first place, Eun-hyeon also knew that the relationship between Agnes and the Pope was quite special.
“What would you like me to do?”
“Me? Hmm.”
Anyes thought seriously while tilting her head, perhaps not knowing that she would ask for her opinion.
“I wish I could meet you once. I don’t know what that means, but my grandpa is running out of time.”
Her words meant that the pope’s practical lifespan was short.
“Come to think of it, you had a special relationship with the Pope.”
“… Having said that, something is a little strange. I’m not saying anything wrong.”
The relationship between Agnes and Pope was not a simple one, like boss and subordinate in a normal workplace.
The current pope is the one who made her a place and led her so that she could walk the path as a priest by entering her temple starting with the awakening of her divine power.
In fact, Agies’ help was quite significant in being able to install the current pope in the position after the war with the empire ended 20 years ago.
For Agies, if Eun-hyeon was a trainer who gave advice so that he could play an active role on the battlefield, the Pope was more like a gift that taught him the mindset and character of a priest.
Agnes followed the pope like a teacher, and the pope cared for Agnes like his disciple and daughter.
“I’m sorry. This is not for you It’s just that my grandfather is leaving soon… I want to do something for you.”
At least, it was Agnes’ heart that he wanted to listen to what the pope wanted.
“Okay. Okay.”
Eunhyun nodded his head.
“I begged you, are you okay? You are busy.”
“Even though I’m busy, I’ve gotten help from you a lot, so I’ll have to do this. Furthermore… I also helped Illyana.”
It would be unreasonable to abandon the grace of Illyana, who greatly helped her with postpartum care.
“Ah, thank you.”
Anyes expressed her gratitude with a smile as her Eunhyeon readily accepted her request.
“When are you leaving?”
“About two weeks. Let’s finish only the things that need to be done urgently and then go.”
“Uh. Okay.”
Anies smiled brightly and nodded his head.
When he finished his business, Agies put the cookie back into his mouth.
“This is delicious. Can I give you more?”
“I don’t know. Ask Lily.”
The cookies that are being inhaled into Anies’ mouth are Erin’s favorite cookies, and Lily baked them herself.
Erin’s appetite was also quite formidable, and the amount of roasting in large quantities was enough to eat for a week.
If Erin knew that her favorite cookie was gone in an instant, she would cry.
‘I’ll have to tell Lily later.’
Cookie is also a cookie, but it is Lily’s role to take care of Illyana while she is in the sacred country of Erenia.
Starting tomorrow, Eunhyeon planned to go grocery shopping with Lily to find medicines and ingredients to feed Illyana.
Next day.
Eun-hyeon went out to the duchy with Lily as she had told her the day before.
“Master. There’s one thing I’d like to ask of you… Are you all right?”
“What?”
It was very rare for Lily, who always perfectly fulfilled her role and devoted herself to Eun-hyeon, to ask for a favor first.
There’s really no reason for her to want something from Eun-hyeon except when she’s in bed.
“That is…”
Lily avoided Eunhyun’s gaze and blushed.
Showing her shy appearance by twisting her body around, she took out her favorite tool and held it out to Eun-hyeon.
“This…”
