Chapter 5 – Birth
Birth
‘Ah, it’s warm… It’s so cozy… I want to keep sleeping here…’.
However, Junho woke up because some powerful force was pushing him away.
‘Where am I? Who pushed me out! Over there!!’
Junho shouted loudly to understand the situation. But the only sound that came out of his mouth was a strong cry.
“Mung~ Mung~ Mung~”
“Congratulations!! Mama! A healthy prince was born!”
There was a lot of noise around him, but Junho smiled with satisfaction when he heard that he was the prince.
‘God kept his promise… The prince… Unlike the dirt spoon in my last life, I can definitely play and eat in this life… And I should find Mr. Yuri and live a hundred years together and enjoy it. . And even though he is a prince in name and title, wouldn’t it be acceptable to have a concubine? Hehe’
At that time, the surroundings suddenly became quiet and a loud voice was heard.
“His Majesty the Emperor is coming in.”
‘Ah… If the emperor is my father… I want to see his face at least once.’
Junho forced his eyelids up and looked at his father.
‘Omg! You’re totally a grandfather, right? Could it be that I mistakenly said His Majesty the Former Emperor rather than His Majesty the Emperor? Or, there is a possibility that I am not the prince but the imperial grandson.’
“Your Majesty, you are busy with state affairs… How did you end up here…”
“Hehe, I heard the Empress gave birth to Jim’s son, so of course I have to come… Let’s take a look.”
When the emperor held out his hand, the nurse who was holding Junho politely extended her hand and gave him to the emperor.
Hehe, the prince that the Empress gave birth to this time looks half-and-half like Jim and the Empress. Isabella only resembles me, so you would have been disappointed, but this is a good thing.”
“How could a new concubine feel sorry for Your Majesty… It’s a misunderstanding, Your Majesty.”
“Oh my gosh! The empress doesn’t like jokes. Where… Let’s take a look at the prince’s pepper… Wow, this pepper is so big that it must make a woman cry? Haha,”
Junho was offended by the emperor’s joke and struggled.
“Look, Count Liechtenauer! It’s hard for me to hold on to the newborn prince struggling. What do you think? I think he’ll be a very strong knight when he grows up. Haha.”
“I salute you, Your Majesty! It seems that the prince was born with great military talents. Haha,”
As the two men continued to chatter while holding the newborn baby’s body, the nurse, who became anxious that they might accidentally drop it, whispered something to the Empress. Then the Empress carefully opened her mouth.
“Your Majesty. Would you please choose a name for the prince?”
The Empress asked the Emperor the baby’s name, and the Emperor thought for a moment before handing the baby over to the Empress. The Empress brought the baby back into her arms, wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and warmed her son’s body.
“Huh~ I suddenly asked Jim for his name and he couldn’t remember it. Does the Empress have a name in mind?”
“Yes, Your Majesty. My concubine would like to name the prince Yuno.”
“Yunora… Haha, isn’t that name one of the gods that our ancestors worshiped in the distant past, the god who controls childbirth? But why did you think of giving that name to the prince?”
“The moment she saw the baby for the first time, the name Yuno immediately came to her mind. Moreover, Yuno is in charge not only of childbirth but also of the family. As the third prince, it means to support the royal family and become the crown prince’s strength. I also want to give it to you.”
Upon hearing the Empress’s words, a big smile appeared on the Emperor’s lips. The emperor, who was approaching 70 years of age, could not help but worry about the succession. In addition, the emperor was worried because the current crown prince was young and weak, so a picture was drawn in the emperor’s head of the newly born prince assisting his older brother and becoming a knight protecting the imperial family.
“Hmm~!! That’s right!! Yuno… That’s good!! I will name the third prince Yuno! And the middle name can be chosen according to the tradition of my father and your family. Hello~ Third prince Yuno Alexander Windrage von Let’s spread the word that Balkan was born and hold a three-day festival throughout the empire!!”
“Yes! Your Majesty! I salute you!!”
“And to wish for the prince’s strong growth, please release all prisoners with less than one year left on their sentences, except those who are serious criminals!”
“I will follow your orders, Your Majesty!”
After hearing the emperor’s orders, the subjects withdrew, and the emperor approached the empress again.
“Thank you for your hard work! I am so glad that the prince was born! You have worked really hard… Please rest well for a while and take care of yourself. Yuria.”
“Thank you, Your Majesty”
When Junho heard her empress’s name, her eyes widened.
‘Yuria…? No way… No way… ‘
And as her Empress opened her breast to nurse herself, and took the breast in her mouth, and drew near her face, even in the blurred vision of her child, she saw the face of her mother who had given birth to her.
Came in correctly.
‘Aaaaah!! Why is Yuri’s face here!! No matter how you look at this, this is what Yuri looked like when she was young!!! You’re like a fucking god!! Just because you asked for it to be easy to meet, did you really make it so easy?! You damn god!!!’
Junho, no, now Juno Alexander Windrage von Balkan, he cursed the god who reincarnated him. The woman he loved most in his past life, died with, and even reincarnated with, became his mother.
Of course, Yuno will love her as his mother in the future, but it has become impossible to love her as a woman, so she falls into despair.
‘No wait! Doesn’t she have to be old enough to become empress and give birth to me? Also, I think you said earlier that you have an older sister named Isabella. Then you shouldn’t be this young!! Just by looking at him, Yuri looks like he’s no more than a middle school student! Such a crazy pervert old man!!’
In Yuno’s opinion, the emperor was clearly a crazy lolicon pervert old man. That’s why Yuno began to feel that she had to protect Mr. Yuri from the lolicon emperor.
‘Ahh, Yuri is going to be my mother… That’s right… In a way, it’s because I couldn’t protect Yuri in her last life… In this life, I must protect Yuri, no, her mother. I won’t say it!!’
Of course, there was nothing her newborn baby Yuno could do, and Yuno was bundled into her swaddle, pinned to her hands and feet, and forced to put her mother’s nipple in her mouth. However, Yuno, who still saw her mother as Yuri, refused to suckle her breast.
“Yuno~ Why aren’t you eating? You need to drink milk to become stronger~”
Empress Yuria was worried that Yuno was not drinking her milk, so she continued to put her own milk into Yuno’s mouth and express her milk with her own hands, urging Yuno to drink her milk.
After a while, Yuno’s hunger came over her along with the sweet smell of her milk, and before she knew it, she forgot her strong determination and started sucking her mother’s breast like a baby.
‘Ah, it’s sweet… This is mom’s milk… It’s so delicious…’
“Now he’s finally eating… He’s a good kid… My son needs to drink a lot of mom’s milk and grow up quickly~”
Before she knew it, Yuno had fallen asleep in Yuria’s arms, as if her stomach was full, and Yuno smiled softly as she looked at her son who was fast asleep.
“Mama… We will take care of Your Royal Highness, so please rest and take care of yourself now.”
“No, Nanny. I will take care of the prince myself. The Nanny didn’t sleep the entire time she was giving birth, so go and sleep.”
“I’m afraid you might hurt yourself.”
“I take care of my body myself. Don’t make me say it twice, Nanny!”
When the Empress spoke strongly, the nurse flinched, bowed her waist politely, and withdrew with her attendants.
So Yuria and her prince were left alone in her room, and Yuria looked at her son with her loving eyes.
“Hehe, maybe he’s this cute and handsome? Our son… Won’t he be making a lot of women cry later, just like His Majesty the Emperor said? Hehe”
Yuria looked at her son for a while, and before she knew it, she felt herself falling asleep. It was her second childbirth, so she wasn’t that tired, but she was already sleepy, so it seemed like the birth had definitely taken a toll on her body.
“Haaaaa am sleepy… Our prince~ You should sleep well and grow up well~ When you grow up, you will go play here and there with her mom~ Promise~”
Yuria fell asleep while holding her son’s cute fingers.
“Umm… Mmm… Mmm… Junho… I love you…”
Words that she loved someone flowed from the sleeping empress’s mouth, but no one heard them, not even Yuno, the person who said them, or Yuria, the person who spoke.
From the next day, Juno spent every day sucking his mother’s milk, sleeping, and showing off his handsome face to his mother and the noble ladies who visited the empress’ palace.
The girls couldn’t help but think that Yuno was cute just by blinking, and Yuno, who had no memories of women in his past life, was able to enjoy his current life even more.
A year later, Yuria once again gave birth to the emperor’s baby. The child she gave birth to this time was her daughter.
Although she was not the prince she had expected, the emperor was very pleased this time and named her Marie, one of the names of her former saints, and wished her to grow up to be a chaste and upright princess.
Yuno was also happy to see her newborn sister, and after a while, she said she would carry her sister on her back, making the Emperor, Empress, and the surrounding subjects smile.
But she wasn’t all happy. After Marie was born, when Empress Yuria turned 16, the emperor no longer viewed her as a woman and no longer visited her bedroom with her young concubine.
Of course, just because the empress who gave birth to her prince lost her favor, it did not mean that she, whose biological family was a duke, was pushed out of her position as empress. However, after losing the emperor’s favor, power-seeking nobles, their wives, and daughters no longer flocked to her side, and only a few daughters who had been close to her since she was a virgin came to visit her occasionally for tea.
Therefore, Empress Yuria was able to focus solely on her childcare and raise her prince and princess with care.
*Illustration of Empress Yuria holding newborn Yuno in swaddling clothes
where can I see the illustrations